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Pets, Chickens, And Gay Rights: Tracking Social Change With Google's "Ngram Viewer", Harold Herzog

'Animals and Us' Blog Posts

Google's new research tool makes everyone a social scientist.

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Beyond The Global Summits: Reflecting On The Environmental Principles Of Sustainable Development, Stathis N. Palassis

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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Restraining The (Real) Beast: Protective Orders And Other Statutory Enactments To Protect The Animal Victims Of Domestic Violence In Rhode Island, Margreta Vellucci

Roger Williams University Law Review

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Nor'easter News Volume 4 Issue 7, Nor'easter News Staff

Nor'easter News

The thirty-fourth issue of the University of New England's student-run newspaper, Nor'easter News.

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Aquilegia, Vol. 35 No. 4, Winter 2011: Newsletter Of The Colorado Native Plant Society, Bob Henry, Mo Ewing, Nanette Kuich, John Giordanengo, Al Schneider

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

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Deafdigest: Blue Edition, January 2, 2011, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2011

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Safety Risk Areas At The Dairy Farm, U. Francesca, J. Keown, M. Endres, C. Mondak

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

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Anion Activation Site Of Insulin-Degrading Enzyme, Nicholas Noinaj, Eun Suk Song, Sonia Bhasin, Benjamin J. Alper, Walter K. Schmidt, Louis B. Hersh, David W. Rodgers

Chemistry & Physics Faculty Publications

Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) (insulysin) is a zinc metallopeptidase that metabolizes several bioactive peptides, including insulin and the amyloid β peptide. IDE is an unusual metallopeptidase in that it is allosterically activated by both small peptides and anions, such as ATP. Here, we report that the ATP-binding site is located on a portion of the substrate binding chamber wall arising largely from domain 4 of the four-domain IDE. Two variants having residues in this site mutated, IDE^{K898A,K899A,S901A} and IDE^R429S, both show greatly decreased activation by the polyphosphate anions ATP and PPP_i. IDE^{K898A,K899A,S901A} is also deficient …

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International Legal Regimes To Manage Indigenous Rights And Arctic Disputes From Climate Change, Robert Snyder

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

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The Methodology Of Comparative Law, Edward J. Eberle

Roger Williams University Law Review

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Lift High The Cross?: Contrasting The New European And American Cases On Religious Symbols On Government Property, John Witte Jr., Nina-Louisa Arold

Emory International Law Review

A comparative anthropologist could not have asked for a better script: two high profile cases, one before the European Court of Human Rights, the other before the U.S. Supreme Court, each involving challenges to traditional displays of crosses on government property. The European high court struck down the cross. The American high court upheld the cross. Both cases are procedurally complicated and are factually distinguishable. Together, these two Articles illustrate some of the complexity of the legal issues surrounding the place of religious symbols on government land, and how serious scholars and judges can take opposing views and marshal reasoned …

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The Uninvited, Tim Kelly

SFA School of Theatre

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School House Rock Live!, Scott Shattuck

SFA School of Theatre

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Casein Α S1 Is Expressed By Human Monocytes And Upregulates The Production Of Gm-Csf Via P38 Mapk, Stefan Vordenbäumen, Achim Braukmann, Klaudia Petermann, Andrea Scharf, Ellen Bleck, Anna Von Mikecz, Joachim Jose, Matthias Schneider

Biological Sciences Faculty Research & Creative Works

Caseins are major constituents of mammalian milks that are thought to be exclusively expressed in mammary glands and to function primarily as a protein source, as well as to ameliorate intestinal calcium uptake. In addition, proinflammatory and immunomodulatory properties have been reported for bovine caseins. Our aim was to investigate whether human casein α s1 (CSN1S1) is expressed outside the mammary gland and possesses immunomodulatory functions in humans as well. For this purpose, CSN1S1 mRNA was detected in primary human monocytes and CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, but not in CD19 + B cells. CSN1S1 protein was traceable in supernatants …

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Assessment Of Pubertal Development Of Boars Derived From Ultrasonographic Determination Of Testicular Diameter, J.J. Ford, T.H. Wise

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

At the onset of puberty, seminiferous tubules rapidly increase in diameter, thereby occupying a greater proportion of the testis, resulting in a rapid increase in testicular size. The objective of the current studies was to evaluate ultrasonography for assessing testicular diameter, as a basis for ranking boars relative to their extent of pubertal development. In the initial study, prior to castration at 4, 5, 6, or 7 mo of age, testicular length and diameter were assessed by ultrasonography in 160 anesthetized boars. After castration, testes were weighed. Mean diameter of seminiferous tubules and percentage of the testis occupied by tubules …

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Determinants Of Bovine Thermal Response To Heat And Solar Radiation Exposures In A Field Environment, Brad Scharf, Michael J. Leonard, Robert L. Weaber, Terry L. Mader, G. Leroy Hahn, Donald E. Spiers

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

Continuous exposure of cattle to summer heat in the absence of shade results in significant hyperthermia and impairs growth and general health. Reliable predictors of heat strain are needed to identify this condition. A 12-day study was conducted during a moderate summer heat period using 12 Angus x Simmental (Bos taurus) steers (533± 12 kg average body weight) to identify animal and ambient determinations of core body temperature (T_core) and respiration rate (RR) responses to heat stress. Steers were provided standard diet and water ad libitum, and implanted intraperitoneally with telemetric transmitters to monitor T_{core …}

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Social Innovations In Thailand, Walaiphorn Wajavuth, Amarit Charoenphan

Social Space

Walaiphorn Wajavuth and Amarit Charoenphanare enthusiastic about the social innovations that are taking place in the Land of Smiles.

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Effect Of Feeding Wet Distillers Grains With Solubles To Beef Cattle On Air And Manure Quality, M. J. Spiehs, D. N. Miller, B. L. Woodbury, R. A. Eigenberg, V. H. Varel, D. B. Parker

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

Air quality is becoming a pressing issue for beef feedlot producers. Feeding practices influence the excretion of starch, fiber, nitrogen (N), and sulfur (S) in manure, thereby affecting nutrient content and the production of ammonia (NH₃) and odorous compounds. Wet distillers grains with solubles (WDGS) are a common and economical ingredient in feedlot diets. WDGS are high in protein, fiber, phosphorus (P), and S but low in starch. The objective of this study was to compare NH3 concentration in the air and nutrients and volatile organic compounds (VOC) concentration in manure between two dietary treatments fed to feedlot …

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A Solid Phase Assay For Topoisomerase I Interfacial Poisons And Catalytic Inhibitors, Vidusha Cyril

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

We report a mechanism based screening technique to rapidly identify eukaryotic topoisomerase I targeting agents. The method is based on genetic tagging of topoisomerase I to immobilize the enzyme on a solid surface in a microtiter well format. DNA is added to the wells and retained DNA is detected by Picogreen fluorescence. Compounds that result in an increase in Picogreen staining represent potential topoisomerase interfacial poisons while those that reduce fluorescence report catalytic inhibitors; therefore, the solid phase assay represents a „bimodal‟ readout that reveals mechanisms of action. The method has been demonstrated to work with known interfacial poisons and …

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