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A Deep Insight Into The Sialotranscriptome Of The Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma Maculatum, Shahid Karim, Parul Singh, José M.C. Ribeiro

Faculty Publications

Background

Saliva of blood sucking arthropods contains compounds that antagonize their hosts' hemostasis, which include platelet aggregation, vasoconstriction and blood clotting; saliva of these organisms also has anti-inflammatory and immunomodullatory properties. Perhaps because hosts mount an active immune response against these compounds, the diversity of these compounds is large even among related blood sucking species. Because of these properties, saliva helps blood feeding as well as help the establishment of pathogens that can be transmitted during blood feeding.

Methodology/Principal Findings

We have obtained 1,626,969 reads by pyrosequencing a salivary gland cDNA library from adult females Amblyomma maculatum ticks at different …

Sourcebook On Socio-Economic Survey, Gichd

Global CWD Repository

The Sourcebook features many types of socio-economic surveys that have been used to inform mine clearance, victim assistance, risk education and development activities. These surveys form a rich body of practice that can inspire mine action practitioners to implement field surveys that improve their planning, priority-setting and reporting on results achieved.

Nebraskamath Years 2-3 Report

NebraskaMATH Materials

This Report to Nebraska after Year 3 highlights the progress of the NebraskaMATH grant’s three main initiatives, Primarily Math, Nebraska Algebra and New Teacher Network, as well as the Nebraska Math & Science Summer Institutes (NMSSI), NebraskaNOYCE and the online Nebraska Math & Science Network.

Proceedings Editors

NASIG Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Family Affairs Newsletter 2011-12-01, Zack Paakkonen

Family Affairs newsletter (2004-2016)

FAMILY AFFAIRS was a free, twice-a-month, social activities newsletter for the GLBTQI (gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans/queer/intersex) community, sent out around the 1st and 15th of each month. It covered the State of Maine only. The list was begun and maintained for many years by Jean Vermette in Bangor, and later operated by Zack Paakkonen of Portland. Over the years it evolved from a social activities newsletter into a business directory, classified ad service, and community bulletin board.

Acer Enews 12 December 2011, Acer

ACER eNews Archive 2001-2013

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican December 1, 2011, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

The Pace Eportfolio As Educational Passport: Enhancing Students' Interdisciplinary, Co-Curricular And Experiential Learning, Linda Anstendig, Beth Gordon Klingner

Cornerstone 3 Reports : Interdisciplinary Informatics

No abstract provided.

The Alien Terrorist Removal Court And Other National Security Measures You May Have Never Heard Of: The Need For Comprehensive National Security Reform, Emily C. Kendall

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

In light of the decade that has passed since 2001, cooler heads have prevailed. Advancements in technology and information-seeking have paved the way to prune unnecessary laws that are archaic, redundant, in many instances contradictory, and which merely frustrate the real policy behind these laws: safeguarding the U.S. and its citizens. To assist in this pruning, this Article presents a comprehensive plan for national security reform, specifically involving immigration, with an emphasis on the agency tasked with its implementation-the Department of Homeland Security. In light of this goal, Section II provides a brief background into the U.S.'s current approach to …

Severance V. Your Texas Public Beach, Ellis Pickett

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

Coastlines, like riverbanks, are dynamic. They continually move, usually imperceptibly, but in storm events they can move a great distance. This movement affects both private and public property rights. The State owns "submerged lands," wherever they happen to be at the time.' In legal documents in Texas, terms such as "along the river" and "with the meanders of the river" describe property boundaries. The difference between Gulf of Mexico and riverfront property is gulf beaches are open to the public, whereas the sand along rivers is private property. There is no Open Beaches Act for rivers. Owners of beachfront property …

Open For Business: The Ada Beyond An Employer’S Front Door, Scott C. Thompson

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

Although heralded as an emancipation proclamation for people with disabilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") has done little over the course of its twenty-year history to increase the number or quality of employment opportunities available to individuals with a disability. Title I of the ADA requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for qualified employees with a disability so long as the accommodations do not impose an undue hardship on the employer. In applying Title [ of the ADA, courts consistently drew a bright line at the employer's threshold and refused to compel employers to make any accommodations unrelated to …

Clean Air Act Mayhem: Epa’S Tailoring Rule Stitches Greenhouse Gas Emissions Into The Wrong Regulatory Fitting, Teal Jordan White

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

Regardless of whether you believe that human activities cause or contribute to global warming, regulatory action seeking to mitigate the future consequences of climate change will impact the lives of every American. On January 2, 2011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources took effect. The EPA rule implementing this regulation is the conclusion, for the time being, of a sequence of recent judicial and administrative activities comparable to a regulatory domino effect. The Supreme Court started the cascade of regulation in Massachusetts v. EPA, in which the Court held that the EPA has …

Honest Services Update: Directors’ Liability Concerns After Skilling And Black, Lori A. Mcmillan

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

This Article will set out the current law in the honest services area after a quick historical review for context. Then, civil standards and penalties for breach of a corporate officer or director's fiduciary obligations will be outlined to give a more complete picture of what hazards officers and directors face when discharging their duties in a manner less than sufficient.

A True Threat To First Amendment Rights: United States V. Turner And The True Threats Doctrine, Casey Brown

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

The Supreme Court has carved out several exceptions to what qualifies as protected speech under the First Amendment, including true threats and incitement. The majority rule in the circuit courts is that speech qualifies as a true threat if the speech would be interpreted by an objectively reasonable person as an intent to commit serious harm or injury. Most courts apply a true threats analysis to cases involving a charge under 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B). Furthermore, most courts do not require that the speaker actually intend to carry out the threat in order to be convicted. Although courts have generally …

Back Where You Belong: Individuals, Corporations, And The Third Circuit’S Redefinition Of Personal Privacy Under Foia, Emily A. Schneider

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

The Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA" or "the Act") serves an important purpose in informing the citizenry of its government's actions. Congress created it as a disclosure statute, the Supreme Court has decided FOJA in favor of disclosure, and the D. C. Circuit has kept that goal of disclosure by refusing to broaden its exemptions. Despite this history of consistent treatment, the Third Circuit attempted to change the game with its holding in AT&T v. FCC. The Third Circuit held that corporations may have personal privacy under FOIA Exemption 7(C). This paper will argue that this holding contradicted three FOIA …

Vol. 3 No. 1, Fall 2011; Table Of Contents & Masthead, Northern Illinois University Law Review Online Supplement, Northern Illinois University Law Review Online Supplement

Northern Illinois Law Review Supplement

No abstract provided.

Taking Hope To China : An Example Of Late-Qing Translation = 將Hope引介到中國 : 晚清翻譯一例, Denise Gimpel

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

論周瘦鵑"影戲小說" : 早期歐美電影的翻譯與文學文化新景觀，1914-1922 = On Zhou Shoujuan's "Movie Story" : The Translation Of Early Euro-American Films And New Literary And Cultural Landscape, 1914-1922, Jianhua Chen

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

Structural Determinants Of Homicide: The Big Three, Maria Tcherni

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Building upon and expanding the previous research into structural determinants of homicide, particularly the work of Land, McCall and Cohen (1990), the current paper uses county-level data to disentangle three major influences on homicide rates: poverty, racial composition, and the disruption of family structure. Theoretical foundations of these influences are laid out, and the effects of the three factors on homicide rates are tested at two time periods as far removed from one another as possible: 1950-1960 and 1995-2005. All major variables typically used in homicide research are included as controls. The results of analyses show that the effects of …

Commonwealth Times 2011-12-01

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

In Defense Of Community: Athenian Legal Rhetoric And Its Modern Legacy In American Foreign Policy, Bradley Aron Cooper

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

This Article will examine how the rhetoric of the legal speechwriters reflected idealized views on participatory democracy and the rule of law. Next, this Article will attempt to show that these same views also supported a strong Athenian tradition of opposing tyranny, and that this, in turn, led to the inclusion of anti-tyrannical rhetoric in some of the legal speeches. Finally, this Article will address the lasting legacy of this anti-tyrannical rhetoric by giving evidence of its modern usage in the rhetoric of American foreign policy and by proposing reasons for its enduring presence.

Legislating By Proxy: Did President Obama Amend The Texas Labor Code When He Signed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?, Charles Hill

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

Does the Texas Labor Code permit Congress to amend Texas law by proxy? Specifically, does the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act automatically incorporate Title VII amendments? This is the question posed to Texas courts and federal courts interpreting the limitations period for filing employment discrimination claims with the Texas Workforce Commission. Despite almost two decades of court precedent interpreting Texas's equal employment opportunity law, the answer is anything but clear. With the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Texas courts must decide whether the law automatically incorporates the federal act or not. Given Title VII's deference to …

College Senate Minutes December 1, 2011, Bronx Community College Senate

BCC Governance Archives

Minutes for the meeting of the College Senate on December 1, 2011.

President's Notebook, Fall 2011, James Evans

James Evans

University updates and personal thoughts from Lindenwood University President, James Evans.

From Juvenile Court To The Adult Criminal Justice System: An Examination Of Judicial Waiver, Sheri Lu Jenkins Cruz

Dissertations

This project was concerned with how extra legal factors impact juvenile court judge‟s decisions to waive juveniles to the adult criminal court. This study had both a general and a specific purpose. Generally, it sought to identify and examine the perceptions of juvenile court judges regarding judicial waiver based on previous positions held and on the state in which the juvenile judge resides. Specifically, this study sought to examine the relationship between individual characteristics of juvenile court judges and their perceptions regarding judicial waiver. Based on the research questions, ten hypotheses were developed and tested. The population for this study …

Youth Internet Safety Study (Yiss): Methodology Report., Kimberly J. Mitchell, Lisa M. Jones

Crimes Against Children Research Center

The Youth Internet Safety Surveys (YISS‐1, YISS‐2, and YISS‐3) were conducted in order to quantify and detail youth experiences with unwanted or problematic Internet experiences including sexual solicitations, harassment, and unwanted exposure to pornography on the Internet. YISS‐3 collected additional information about youth produced sexual images (YPSI) or “sexting.” The YISS‐1, YISS‐2 and YISS‐3 studies were conducted in 2000, 2005 and 2010, respectively, providing important comparative information on changes in the numbers of youth reporting unwanted or problematic Internet experiences at 5‐year intervals since 2000. This is a critical timeframe for observation given the sharp rise in the use of …

The First Prejudice: Religious Tolerance And Intolerance In Early America, Adrian Chastain Weimer

History & Classics Faculty Publications

Reviews The First Prejudice: Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America, edited by Chris Beneke and Christopher S. Grenda.

In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Fuzzy, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

No abstract provided.

Webtailor: Internet Service For Salient And Automatic User Interest Profiles, John Anderson

Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

Website personalization systems seek to give users unique, tailored content and experiences on the Internet. A key feature of these systems is a user profile that represents each user in a way that distinguishes them from others. In current personalization systems, the data used to create these profiles is extremely limited, which leads to a host of problems and ineffectual personalization. The main goal of this thesis is to improve these personalization systems by addressing their lack of data and its poor quality, breadth, and depth. This is accomplished by analyzing and classifying the content of each user's Internet browsing …

How Does The Rural Food Environment Affect Rural Childhood Obesity?, David Hartley Phd, Mha, Nathaniel J. Anderson Ms, Mph, Kimberley Fox Mph, Jennifer D. Lenardson Mhs

Population Health

Objective: Assess the impact of the rural food environment on the eating behaviors and BMI of rural low-income children. Method: Statewide (Maine, 2009) household survey of parents of children on Medicaid (n=1722), oversampled in six rural communities, resulting in n=272 for six target communities. Food environment measured using modified Nutrition Environment Measures Survey in Stores (NEMS-S) for 46 retail food outlets. Multi-variate analysis assessed factors affecting home food environment, child's eating behavior and BMI. Results: Home food behaviors (how often: family eats together, child eats breakfast, vegetables served) and parent food consumption were significantly associated with children's healthy eating behaviors. …