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Rome And The Republic, Rev John Lee Aug 2011

Rome And The Republic, Rev John Lee

ATS Digital Resources

This pamphlet presents the idea of: "The fact can no longer be concealed from the American people that the "great war, by which they lost thousands of brave citizens and immense capital, was planned and promoted by Jesuits;" and that Pope Pius IX. did his very utmost to deal a death-blow to that Republic to establish which our Revolutionary fathers fought and bled."

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Can A Christian Consistently Patronize The Theater, Rev J H Horst Aug 2011

Can A Christian Consistently Patronize The Theater, Rev J H Horst

ATS Digital Resources

A presentation of the theater from the stand-point of Christian ethics

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Entire Sanctification, B. F. Crary Aug 2011

Entire Sanctification, B. F. Crary

ATS Digital Resources

"Entire sanctification is, no doubt, possible, and God has made all necessary provision for its attainment. Going on to perfection, perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord, and, finally, being 'without spot and blameless,' ought to be the immediate and constant object of everyone born of God."

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Tlr4 Mutation Reduces Microglial Activation, Increases Aβ Deposits And Exacerbates Cognitive Deficits In A Mouse Model Of Alzheimer's Disease, Min Song, Jingji Jin, Jinghong Kou, Abhinandan Pattanayak, Jamaal Rehman, Hong-Duck Kim, Ken-Ichiro Fukuchi Aug 2011

Tlr4 Mutation Reduces Microglial Activation, Increases Aβ Deposits And Exacerbates Cognitive Deficits In A Mouse Model Of Alzheimer's Disease, Min Song, Jingji Jin, Jinghong Kou, Abhinandan Pattanayak, Jamaal Rehman, Hong-Duck Kim, Ken-Ichiro Fukuchi

NYMC Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Amyloid plaques, a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), are accompanied by activated microglia. The role of activated microglia in the pathogenesis of AD remains controversial: either clearing Aβ deposits by phagocytosis or releasing proinflammatory cytokines and cytotoxic substances. Microglia can be activated via toll-like receptors (TLRs), a class of pattern-recognition receptors in the innate immune system. We previously demonstrated that an AD mouse model homozygous for a loss-of-function mutation of TLR4 had increases in Aβ deposits and buffer-soluble Aβ in the brain as compared with a TLR4 wild-type AD mouse model at 14-16 months of age. However, it …

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Methods Of Using Black Bear Parathyroid Hormone, Seth W. Donahue Aug 2011

Methods Of Using Black Bear Parathyroid Hormone, Seth W. Donahue

Michigan Tech Patents

Black bear parathyroid hormone (PTH) and functional fragments thereof are provided. Also provided are methods of using black bear PTH and functional fragments for increasing cAMP in a bone-forming cell; reducing apoptosis in a boneforming cell; decreasing the ratio of expression levels of Bax protein to Bcl-2 protein in a bone-forming cell; increasing the expression level of one or more of a bone matrix protein, a transcriptional activator, or a transcriptional regulator in a bone-forming cell; enhancing bone mineral density, increasing bone mass, decreasing bone loss, or reducing the incidence of bone fractures, or any combination thereof, in a subject; …

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Staff Senate Minutes, 2011 August 9, Clemson University Aug 2011

Staff Senate Minutes, 2011 August 9, Clemson University

Staff Senate Minutes

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The Formation And Stability Of Radical-Molecule And Radical-Radical Complexes And Their Importance In Atmospheric Processes, Jared M. Clark Aug 2011

The Formation And Stability Of Radical-Molecule And Radical-Radical Complexes And Their Importance In Atmospheric Processes, Jared M. Clark

Theses and Dissertations

This research explores the role that radical-molecule complexes play in the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere. The formation of such complexes can have direct and pronounced effects on the reaction and product outcome of atmospheric chemical reactions. Some attention is also given to the formation of radial-radical pre-reactive complexes in the HO + ClO system. Peroxy radicals (RO2) can form stable complexes with polar compounds such as H2O, NH3, and CH3OH. For the simplest RO2 radical, HO2, complex formation (e.g., HO2-H2O, HO2-NH3, and HO2-722;CH3OH) gives rise to a significant increase in the HO2 self-reaction rate constant. Although this phenomenon has been …

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Early Detection Of Pathogens In Blood, Matt Ewert, Philip Amuso, Andrew Cannons Aug 2011

Early Detection Of Pathogens In Blood, Matt Ewert, Philip Amuso, Andrew Cannons

USF Patents

The present invention is a method of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood including the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The fibrin lysis reagent is preferably composed of plasminogen and streptokinase frozen in coincident relation until the fibrin lysis reagent is needed whereby streptokinase enzymatically reacts with plasminogen to form plasmin upon thawing. The plasminogen is suspended in an aqueous salt solution prior to freezing including NaCl and Na3PO4.

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Targeting Of Triacylglycerol Synthase Gene For Tuberculosis Treatment (Con), Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, Vinod Dubey, Tatiana Sirakova Aug 2011

Targeting Of Triacylglycerol Synthase Gene For Tuberculosis Treatment (Con), Pappachan Kolattukudy, Jaiyanth Daniel, Vinod Dubey, Tatiana Sirakova

UCF Patents

Disclosed herein are novel methods for screening for compounds useful in treating or preventing tuberculosis. In exemplary embodiments, screening methods are based on the implementation or manipulation of triacylglycerol synthase like polypeptides or polynucleotides encoding the same. The methods are useful in identifying agents active against TB infection.

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Hotline Press Newspaper- August 2011 Vol 28 No 10, Hotline Press Newspaper Aug 2011

Hotline Press Newspaper- August 2011 Vol 28 No 10, Hotline Press Newspaper

Hotline Press Newspaper 2011

No abstract provided.

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Construction Of An Evaluation Instrument For A Web-Based Learning Environment (Wble) And Validation Of Its Causal Structure / Abdullatif Ismail, Ismail Abdullatif Aug 2011

Construction Of An Evaluation Instrument For A Web-Based Learning Environment (Wble) And Validation Of Its Causal Structure / Abdullatif Ismail, Ismail Abdullatif

Student Works (2010-2019)

This research is aimed at constructing an evaluation instrument for a Web based learning environment and furthermore to validate its causal structure. The evaluation instrument assumes that there are five principal factors in evaluating a WBLE: the Usability, Pedagogy, Accessibility, Information quality, and Added value. A questionnaire with five point Likert-scale has been developed for such a purpose. A priori model was developed to depict the possible causal effect of Usability, Pedagogy, Accessibility and Information quality on Added value. The quantitative research method was used to collect data from 650 students at the Syrian virtual University (SVU). The process of …

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Kindergartens' Landscape : The Effect Of Outdoor Play Space On Children's Play And Performances / Wan Azlina Wan Ismail, Wan Ismail Wan Azlina Aug 2011

Kindergartens' Landscape : The Effect Of Outdoor Play Space On Children's Play And Performances / Wan Azlina Wan Ismail, Wan Ismail Wan Azlina

Student Works (2010-2019)

Playing and moving are central in young children’s lives. Allowing the children to experience the natural and man-made elements in their school environment would develop their cognitive, physical, and social abilities. This study investigates the impact of playing in outdoor play space on physical skills or motor development of kindergarten children. The outdoor play spaces of four kindergartens’ playground were selected to be evaluated in the case study afterwards. The research aim is to identify the landscape features (natural and man-made) in the playground areas that offer challenge in children play. Data of the children performances were elicited using a …

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The Development Of Two Units For Basic Training And Resources For Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages: "Using Songs To Increase Participation, Recall, And Enjoyment" And "Using Games For English Language Teaching", Jung-Eun Chung Aug 2011

The Development Of Two Units For Basic Training And Resources For Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages: "Using Songs To Increase Participation, Recall, And Enjoyment" And "Using Games For English Language Teaching", Jung-Eun Chung

Theses and Dissertations

As English continues to become the universal language in commercial, educational and social settings worldwide, there is an increasing demand for English language teachers (ELT). While many teachers are native English speakers, many of them lack formal training in pedagogy and content knowledge. One challenge of novice teachers is how to create a learning experience that is both engaging and enjoyable for English language learners. Basic Training and Resources for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (BTRTESOL) created by Dr. Lynn Henrichsen, is a basic but comprehensive program to provide skills and resources to teachers with limited formal training, …

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The Higher Resurrection, Rev R H Howard Aug 2011

The Higher Resurrection, Rev R H Howard

ATS Digital Resources

"...the glorious Pauline doctrine of the resurrection of the body, that, according to the constant belief of the Church through the ages, shall be realized" at the last day." But. my decided impression is, that the great want of our humanity is a present spiritual resurrection; an awakening from the mortal torpor of spiritual death..."

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The Poetics Of James Dickey: The Early Motion, Douglas Keesey Aug 2011

The Poetics Of James Dickey: The Early Motion, Douglas Keesey

English

No abstract provided.

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The Possibility Of Buddhist Virtue: A Christian Response, Jonathan Royce Pruitt Aug 2011

The Possibility Of Buddhist Virtue: A Christian Response, Jonathan Royce Pruitt

Masters Theses

The heart of Buddhism is ethics. This is evident even in the legendary accounts of the Buddha's life. The Buddha first encountered the problem of suffering after he finally escaped the isolation of the palace he had grown up in. His father, a powerful ruler, wanted to force his son into a life of politics and war. He had been warned that if his son was exposed to the kind of life people experience every day, a life marked by suffering, that his son would likely become a great teacher instead of a ruler. However, despite his father's best efforts, …

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Differential Gene Expression In Male And Female Rainbow Trout Embryos Prior To The Onset Of Gross Morphological Differentiation Of The Gonads, Matthew C. Hale, Peng Xu, Julie Scardina, Paul A. Wheeler, Gary H. Thorgaard, Krista M. Nichols Aug 2011

Differential Gene Expression In Male And Female Rainbow Trout Embryos Prior To The Onset Of Gross Morphological Differentiation Of The Gonads, Matthew C. Hale, Peng Xu, Julie Scardina, Paul A. Wheeler, Gary H. Thorgaard, Krista M. Nichols

Department of Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: There are large differences between the sexes at the genetic level; these differences include heterogametic sex chromosomes and/or differences in expression of genes between the sexes. In rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) qRT-PCR studies have found significant differences in expression of several candidate sex determining genes. However, these genes represent a very small fraction of the genome and research in other species suggests there are large portions of the transcriptome that are differentially expressed between the sexes. These differences are especially noticeable once gonad differentiation and maturation has occurred, but less is known at earlier stages of development. Here we …

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Impact Of Marina Construction On Scleractinian Corals In Kampung Tekek, Tioman Island, Malaysia / Nikoo Cheheltani, Nikoo Cheheltani Aug 2011

Impact Of Marina Construction On Scleractinian Corals In Kampung Tekek, Tioman Island, Malaysia / Nikoo Cheheltani, Nikoo Cheheltani

Student Works (2010-2019)

This study was conducted to determine the impacts of newly constructed marina on the adjacent coral reefs in Kampung Tekek, Tioman Island. Two study sites were chosen, consisting of the fringing coral reef adjacent to the constructed marina and a control site 3 nm south which was the fringing coral reef around Pulau Renggis (Pulau=Island). Acute and chronic impacts in two depths (shallow, <6 m and deep, 6-12 m) at the Marina site were studied. To document impacts of the construction, substrate cover percentage and environmental parameters such as sedimentation rate and sediment type were measured. In addition, changes in physiological aspects were monitored on four different coral growth forms. The acute impact study using modified Reef Check showed that there were some negative changes such as coral breakage and increased sand cover (from 6.88% to 22.50 %) and silt cover (from 0% to 16.25%). Differences in substrate cover before and after construction were detected in deep water with higher Recently Killed Corals (%) and shallow water with higher Rubble (%). The chronic impacts study showed that there was a significant difference (F: 6.735, p<0.05) in sedimentation rate between Marina site (up to mean of 23.37 mg/cm²day in Marina Shallow) and control site at Renggis (mean of 0.59 mg/cm²day). The higher sedimentation rate recorded in Marina site significantly decreased the light intensity to a daily mean of 275.15 Lux. Coral cover % was lower in Marina site (with the lowest average of 24.74 %) compared to control site (53.27 %). Comparison between shallow and deep areas in Marina site showed that Marina Deep was the most affected due to high sedimentation and its lower light intensity. Changes in zooxanthellae density and chlorophyll content of the selected scleractinian coral growth forms indicated that the corals had been under stress due to smothering by sediments in Marina site. Foliose growth form showed more changes in their physiological aspects compared to other iv growth forms. Results of this study demonstrated some negative acute and chronic impacts of the marina construction to the adjacent coral reef. Therefore management programs should be improved so as to prevent or at least reduce the impacts of similar constructions at the vicinity of sensitive habitats in the future.

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A Population Study Of Nypa Fruticans (Arecaceae) On Carey Island, Malaysia / Nasrin Asle Zaeim, Nasrin Asle Zaeim Aug 2011

A Population Study Of Nypa Fruticans (Arecaceae) On Carey Island, Malaysia / Nasrin Asle Zaeim, Nasrin Asle Zaeim

Student Works (2010-2019)

Nypa fruticans (Arecaceae) is distributed in mangrove forests of South Asia especially in islands and the coastal area around Malaysia. It is one of the most versatile palms in terms of usage. A population study of N. fruticans at two sites using 3 plots was conducted in Carey Island, Malaysia. Aspects of demographic study of N. fruticans such as population structure, life stages of individuals, spatial distribution, reproductive phenology, growth rate, survivorship and environmental parameters such as water and soil quality were investigated in this study. Using the growth information, estimation of age would be possible. Four life developmental stages: …

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The “Found” World Of Genesis 1 Part Ii: How Does Science Inform Theology, Nicholas Miller Aug 2011

The “Found” World Of Genesis 1 Part Ii: How Does Science Inform Theology, Nicholas Miller

Memory, Meaning & Faith

No abstract provided.

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Mechanisms Of Prenatal High-Salt "Fetal Programming" Resulting In Stress Hyperresponsiveness In The Adult Female Offspring In The Sprague Dawley Rat., Clinton L. Johnson Aug 2011

Mechanisms Of Prenatal High-Salt "Fetal Programming" Resulting In Stress Hyperresponsiveness In The Adult Female Offspring In The Sprague Dawley Rat., Clinton L. Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

Female offspring of Sprague-Dawley rats fed a high-salt diet (HS) during pregnancy show an enhancement of mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) response to acute stress in adulthood compared to offspring whose mothers were fed a normal-salt diet (NS) [1]. In the present study, we first examined the expression of soluble epoxide hydrolase (SEH) protein in brain tissue. Whole brains were collected and SEH gene (EPHX2) mRNA and SEH protein expression were analyzed using RT-PCR and Western blot, respectively. mRNA levels were relatively decreased in high-salt rats (1.0 ± 0.32 NS vs 0.39 ± 0.07 HS, n=6). However, …

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Characterizing The Distribution Of Planktonic Fecal Bacteria In The James River, Richmond, Virginia, John Furry Aug 2011

Characterizing The Distribution Of Planktonic Fecal Bacteria In The James River, Richmond, Virginia, John Furry

Theses and Dissertations

Surface waters containing fecal bacteria present significant public health risks. Understanding the sources of and factors affecting the distribution of fecal-indicating bacteria is necessary to predict potential illnesses more effectively. This thesis presents two studies on the distribution of fecal bacteria in the James River through Richmond, Virginia. Chapter 1 describes nearly 11 years of water quality, climate, and hydrologic data that occurred with changes in Escherichia coli concentrations, concluding that Richmond contributes significant quantities of fecal bacteria to the James River, and that the distribution of these bacteria varies seasonally. Chapter 2 details the development of Polymerase Chain Reaction …

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Acer Research Conference Proceedings (2011) Aug 2011

Acer Research Conference Proceedings (2011)

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

The papers are also available individually from the session listing.

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Scorpions In The Modern Cuban Culture: An Introductory Iconography, Luis F. De Armas Aug 2011

Scorpions In The Modern Cuban Culture: An Introductory Iconography, Luis F. De Armas

Euscorpius

Some graphic examples of the role of scorpions in the present-day culture of Cuba are presented. They include tattoos, jewels, carpets, caps, and drawings by children, among other objects of personal or social usage. Increased use of this arachnid as a cultural element among Cuban people during last 50 years seems to be directly related with globalization, mostly through the TV and movies.

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On Fabre’S Traces: An Important Contributor To The Knowledge Of Buthus Occitanus (Amoreux, 1789), Marco Colombo Aug 2011

On Fabre’S Traces: An Important Contributor To The Knowledge Of Buthus Occitanus (Amoreux, 1789), Marco Colombo

Euscorpius

Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (1823–1915) has probably been one of the most important entomologists of the world in the last two centuries, leaving to posterity a huge amount of manuscripts and books. The Languedoc yellow scorpion, Buthus occitanus (Amoreaux, 1789), has been one of his objects of study: many of its behaviours, including the famous “promenade a deux”, have been described by the careful eye of the French entomologist, giving an interesting contribution to modern scorpiology

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The First Record Of The Family Euscorpiidae (Arachnida: Scorpiones) From Central China, With A Key Of Chinese Species Of The Genus Scorpiops, Zhi-Yong Di, Ya-Wen He, Zhi-Jian Cao, Ying-Liang Wu, Wen-Xin Li Aug 2011

The First Record Of The Family Euscorpiidae (Arachnida: Scorpiones) From Central China, With A Key Of Chinese Species Of The Genus Scorpiops, Zhi-Yong Di, Ya-Wen He, Zhi-Jian Cao, Ying-Liang Wu, Wen-Xin Li

Euscorpius

The genus Scorpiops (Euscorpiidae) is recorded for the first time in Central China. Two immature specimens of a form belonging to Scorpiops hardwickii (Gervais, 1843) “complex” were collected from Huzhaoshan Mountains in Hubei Province. A discussion of Chinese species of genus Scorpiops is provided, as well as a key of Scorpiops from China.

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Scorpions In Ancient Egypt, Hisham K. El-Hennawy Aug 2011

Scorpions In Ancient Egypt, Hisham K. El-Hennawy

Euscorpius

The ancient Egyptians knew the scorpion and its toxicity, and venerated it since pre-dynastic era. They used the scorpion as a king's name, a name of a nome (county), and a symbol to their goddess, Serqet, that protects the body and the viscera of the dead, and that accompanies them in their journey to the afterlife. They had medical prescriptions and magical spells to heal the stings. Since the 5th dynasty, the title of a “Follower of Serket” was given to clever physicians. Scorpions are most famously depicted on Horus Cippus, a talisman featuring Horus the Child holding in his …

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Pectine Development In Scorpion Embryos And First And Second Instars, Roger D. Farley Aug 2011

Pectine Development In Scorpion Embryos And First And Second Instars, Roger D. Farley

Euscorpius

The pectines are complex sensory organs that extend from the ventral surface of the anterior opisthosoma (mesosoma) in all extant scorpions and nearly all the fossil scorpions that have been examined. The pectines are synapomorphic for the Order Scorpiones. In this investigation, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to study the development of the pectines in representatives from five scorpion families. In the more basal families (e.g., Vaejovidae) with apoikogenic development, the pectines start to develop early with enlargement of the limb buds on the third opisthosomal segment. The primordial pectines become elongate lobes attached to the ventro-lateral surface …

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The First Record Of Upper Permian And Lower Triassic Scorpions From Russia (Chelicerata: Scorpiones), Victor Fet, Dmitry E. Shcherbakov, Michael E. Soleglad Aug 2011

The First Record Of Upper Permian And Lower Triassic Scorpions From Russia (Chelicerata: Scorpiones), Victor Fet, Dmitry E. Shcherbakov, Michael E. Soleglad

Euscorpius

Several small fragments of fossil scorpions are reported from two localities in Vologda Province, Russia, representing the Upper Permian (Severodvinian, correlated to Wuchiapingian) (Isady) and Lower Triassic just above the Permian-Triassic boundary (Induan) (Nedubrovo). Most observed structures are not diagnostic at genus or family level. The Isady leg fragment possesses ungues (claws), which are both denticulated and setaceous, and resembles a Carboniferous Eobuthus sp. (Eobuthidae). It is the latest record of this type of ungues, which are known in some Paleozoic scorpions (extinct suborder Mesoscorpiones); all extant scorpions have smooth claws without denticulation or setation.

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In Situ Infrared Videography Of Sand Scorpion Nighttime Surface Activity, Douglas D. Gaffin Aug 2011

In Situ Infrared Videography Of Sand Scorpion Nighttime Surface Activity, Douglas D. Gaffin

Euscorpius

Sand scorpions make burrows from which they emerge at night to seek mates and prey. Previous ecological studies have documented scorpion activities on the sand surface. Few studies, however, have videotaped scorpion movements in the context of understanding their sensory neurobiology. Our objective is to understand which signals guide scorpions as they emerge from and return to their burrows. Candidate stimuli include chemical trails, footsteps, celestial patterns, geomagnetic cues, humidity and/or temperature gradients, distinctive scents from the burrow, seismic echolocation, memory, or landmark orientation. We videotaped scorpions to learn whether they return to their burrows by the same path they …

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