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Plasma Fetuin-A Concentrations In Young And Older High- And Low-Active Men, Nathan T. Jenkins, Jennifer A. Mckenzie, James M. Hagberg, Sarah Witkowski

Exercise and Sport Studies: Faculty Publications

Fetuin-A is a liver-derived factor that may play a role in insulin resistance and age-related chronic diseases (eg, type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular [CV] disease). Regular exercise improves CV risk and insulin sensitivity; however, it is unknown whether chronic exercise training is related to circulating levels of fetuin-A. Therefore, this study examined whether plasma fetuin-A levels were related to age and chronic physical activity in men. We hypothesized that chronic physical activity would be related to lower plasma fetuin-A levels in younger and older men. In healthy high-active (HI) and low-active (LO) young (HI, n = 7; LO, n …

Conventional Prompt Global Strike: Strategic Asset Or Unusable Liability?, M. Elaine Bunn, Vincent Manzo

Strategic Forums

The Conventional Prompt Global Strike (CPGS) concept calls for a U.S. capability to deliver conventional strikes anywhere in the world in approximately an hour. The logic of the CPGS concept is straightforward. The United States has global security commitments to deter and respond to a diverse spectrum of threats, ranging from terrorist organizations to near-peer competitors. The United States might need to strike a time-sensitive target protected by formidable air defenses or located deep inside enemy territory. Small, high-value targets might pop up without warning in remote or sensitive areas, potentially precluding the United States from responding to the situation …

Panorama February 2011, Southern Adventist University

Panorama Parent Newsletter

This issue of the Panorama parent newsletter provides tips for staying motivated, contains a profile on Professor Dana Krause, and announces the opening of Florida Hospital Hall,.

Serradigitus Miscionei (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae), A New Species From Southern Arizona, Richard F. Ayrey

Euscorpius

A new scorpion species, Serradigitus miscionei, is described, placed in the genus Serradigitus Stahnke, 1974. These are small reddish-brown scorpions found on vertical surfaces, in the San Pedro River system and other river systems in southern, Arizona.

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Against the Grain

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Women's Expectations And Experiences Of Childbirth In An Egyptian Public Hospital, Zeinab Ahmed Mohamed Farahat

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis seeks to understand women's reasons for giving birth at a busy teaching hospital in Greater Cairo, and what their experiences of it have been. It asks whether women's parity and the money paid upon admission to the hospital had an impact on their expectations and experiences. The thesis uses secondary data from interviews conducted in 2001 with mothers who had normal births, before they left the hospital. It is part of a larger project that investigated practices surrounding normal childbirth. The results are analyzed using the perspectives of critical medical anthropology, biomedicine and public health. Fear of the …

In Silico Design Of Selective High Affinity Ligands Against Hcv Using Novel Computational Diology Tools, Reem Rafik Al Olabi

Theses and Dissertations

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects 170 million patients worldwide. The absence of an effective mean of treatment or prophylaxis makes HCV infection a serious public health problem. Generating selective high affinity ligands (SHALs) against HCV could provide a solution to this public health burden. HCV E2 glycoprotein is required for HCV entry into host cells. It binds to CD81, a host receptor protein that belongs to the tetraspanin family and plays a critical role in viral invasion. HCV protease is essential for the cleavage of non structural proteins, in addition to preventing the phosphorylation of human interferon regulatory factor …

Ucc Minutes, February 8, 2011, University Curriculum Council

UCC Agendas/Minutes

No abstract provided.

Prescription For Fairness: A New Approach To Tort Liability Of Brand-Name And Generic Drug Manufacturers, Allen Rostron

Duke Law Journal

Over the past two decades, courts have consistently ruled that the manufacturer of a brand-name prescription drug cannot be liable for injuries suffered by those taking generic imitations of its product. This meant that a patient injured by a generic drug could have no remedy at all because in many instances the generic drug manufacturer would escape liability on the ground that it did not produce any information on which the patient's doctor relied. It was a perplexing dilemma. The generic drug manufacturer made the product that the plaintiff received, the brand-name manufacturer produced all of the information the patient's …

Cairene Women: A Bachelorette, Not A Spinster!, Sandra Abdalla Khalifa

Theses and Dissertations

"They ask young girls here [in Egypt] when they are three or four, who would you marry, they implant the idea your only purpose in life is to get married. Even after she goes to school they tell her that a girl's only future is in her husband's home. So what happens when a girl for any reason cannot get married? Should she set fire to herself?" --Awza Atgawez, Ghada Abdel'al. This study proposes that females who remain unmarried until a certain age are to be referred to as "bachelorettes" and not "spinsters" . "The bachelorette" is a female who …

Development Of Prototype Gold Nanoparticle-Dased Immunoassays For The Detection Of Plasmodium Falciparum Hsp70, Bassem Samy Guirgis

Theses and Dissertations

Biomedical nanotechnology is providing revolutionary opportunities for the rapid and simple diagnosis of many infectious diseases. About half of the world's population are at risk of infection with malaria and diagnostic assays available either lack sensitivity and specificity or require expensive equipment, expertise or costly infrastructure; that are not usually available in countries where the disease is endemic. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop rapid, sensitive, and inexpensive diagnostic tests for malaria for both high- and low-resource settings. In this study, we developed two prototype gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-based immunoassays for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum Heat Shock Protein …

Rest/Nrsf Is A Master Negative Transcriptional Factor For Neurogenic Program By Maintaining Stem Cell Quiescence In Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis, Mostafa Nashaat Ahmed Abdelhamid

Theses and Dissertations

Adult neurogenesis occurs in two distinct regions inside the brain, the subventricular zone (SVZ) in the lateral ventricle and the subgranular zone (SGZ) of the dentate gyrus in hippocampus. Neural stem cells (NSCs) are controlled by several intrinsic and extrinsic factors that regulate their proliferation, survival and differentiation in the adult hippocampus. REST/NRSF is considered a master transcription factor that regulates hundreds of neuronal genes essential for neuronal fate decision. In this study, we address the role of REST/NRSF (RE1 silencing transcription factor/Neuro-restrictive silencer factor) in regulating adult neurogenesis in hippocampus.REST/NRSF has biphasic expression in neural stem cells and mature …

Is Wildlife Going To The Dogs? Impacts Of Feral And Free-Roaming Dogs On Wildlife Populations, Julie K. Young, Kirk A. Olson, Richard P. Reading, Sukh Amgalanbaatar, Joel Berger

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

In human-populated landscapes, dogs (Canis familiaris) are often the most abundant terrestrial carnivore. However, dogs can significantly disrupt or modify intact ecosystems well beyond the areas occupied by people. Few studies have directly quantified the environmental or economic effects of free-roaming and feral dogs. Here, we review wildlife-dog interactions and provide a case study that focuses on interactions documented from our research in Mongolia to underscore the need for studies designed to best determine how dogs affect native wildlife and especially imperiled populations. We suggest additional research, public awareness campaigns, and the exclusion of dogs from critical wildlife habitat. The …

A Report Of The Effects Of Fishing Advisory Group (Efag) Meeting (2 – 3 November 2010) And The Western Rock Lobster Ecological Effects Of Fishing Research Plan Revised And Updated By The Effects Of Fishing Advisory Group (2 – 3 November 2010), Department Of Fisheries

Fisheries Occasional Publications

No abstract provided.

Detection Of Human Papillomavirus In The Saliva Of Women With Concurrent Human Papillomavirus Related Genital Lesions, Manizheh Sayyah-Melli, Mahlisha Kazemi-Sheshvan, Morteza Bonyadi, Elaheh Ouladsahebmadarek, Ali Dasranj-Tabrizi, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Mehri Jafary-Shobeiry, Parvin Mostafa-Gharabaghi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of the human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes in the saliva of women and HPV-related genital lesions. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, 104 women with documented genital HPV-related lesions and known HPV status were selected. These cases were examined for the HPV subtypes in their salivary specimens from July 2006 to August 2009 at the Gynecologic Clinics of Alzahra Teaching Hospital, Tabriz, Iran. To detect HPV DNA subtypes of 16, 18, 31, 33, 6, and 11,HPV was genotyped by polymerase chain reaction assay. RESULTS: Type 16 HPV was the most frequently detected subtype in the saliva (29.8%), …

Recurrent Visits And Admissions Of Children With Asthma In Central Saudi Arabia, Mahmood D. Al-Mendalawi, Mostafa Abolfotouh

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Extensions To The Ant-Miner Classification Rule Discovery Algorithm, Khalid Magdy Salama

Theses and Dissertations

Ant-Miner is an application of ACO in data mining. It has been introduced by Parpinelli et al. in 2002 as an ant-based algorithm for the discovery of classification rules. Ant-Miner has proved to be a very promising technique for classification rules discovery. Ant-Miner generates a fewer number of rules, fewer terms per each rule and performs competitively in terms of efficiency compared to the C4.5 algorithm (see experimental results in [20]). Hence, it has been a focus area of research and a lot of modification has been done to it in order to increase its quality in terms of classification …

The Effect Of Using Same Language Subtitling (Sls) In Content Comprehension And Vocabulary Acquisition In Arabic As A Foreign Language (Afl), Aysha Abdel-Moneim Selim

Theses and Dissertations

This study investigates the effects of SLS (Same-Language subtitling) on content comprehension and vocabulary acquisition of MSA (Modern Standard Arabic) as L2 at the intermediate level and addresses three research questions: (1) Does SLS enhance or hinder L2 content comprehension when the writing script of L2 is different than that of L1? (2) Does SLS enhance or hinder L2 vocabulary acquisition when the writing script of L2 is different than that of L1? (3) What is students' attitude towards the use of SLS? Twenty seven students of AUC's ALI program with English as L1 were chosen for the study and …

Molecular Characterization Of Extended-Spectrum Beta Lactamase (Esbl) Producing Klebsiella Pneumoniae And Escherichia Coli Among Hospitalized Patients In Oman, Lobna Mourad

Theses and Dissertations

Hospital-acquired infections due to ESBL-producing gram-negative rods are a worldwide healthcare problem causing substantial patient morbidity and mortality. In the Middle East, a significant increase in incidence and prevalence has been reported recently due to the misuse of antibiotics and lack of coherent antimicrobial resistance (AR) surveillance programs. The aim of the study was to determine the level of genotypic diversity and mechanism of AR of E. coli and K. pneumoniae ESBL-producing isolates from nosocomial infections among patients in Oman. 35 E. coli and 14 K. pneumoniae isolates were used in the study. Antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) and ESBL screening …

Direct Detection Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex Using Gold Nanoparticles, Marwa Mohsen Hussain

Theses and Dissertations

Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. According to WHO, TB causes 2 million deaths and more than 9 million new cases annually; the overwhelming majority of TB cases occur in developing countries where accurate diagnosis of TB remains a challenge. This work aims to develop a rapid nano-gold assay for specific detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). In the first version of the assay, DNA was extracted from clinical isolates grown on LJ media. 16s rDNA regions were amplified by PCR then the genus and species of MTB were confirmed by …

The Face Inhibition Effect: Social Contrast Or Motor Competition?, Sp Tipper, P Bach

School of Psychology

Merely viewing the faces of famous athletes affects the observers' motor system, suggesting that actionbased information is a core feature of person representations, even when no specific action is visible (Bach & Tipper, 2006). Unexpectedly, these person-based motor priming effects were inhibitory. Foot responses were slower when identifying footballers, and hand responses for tennis players. Here, we demonstrate that these inhibitory effects are only evoked when action is implicitly associated with the athletes; when the athletes are seen performing their skilled actions the effect reverses towards facilitation. The contrast between inhibition evoked by implicit action priming and facilitation evoked by …

Three Dimensional Projection Environment For Molecular Design And Surgical Simulation, Matthew Wampole, Eric Wickstrom, Chang-Po Chen, Devakumar Devadhas, Yuan-Yuan Jin, Jeffrey M. Sanders, John C. Kairys, Martha L. Ankeny, Rui Hu, Kenneth E. Barner, Karl V. Steiner, Mathew L. Thakur

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

Poster presented at "Medicine Meets Virtual Reality" conference February 8-12, 2011 in Newport Beach, California.

Conclusions:

Turning 2D CT/PET slices into 3D objects assists in understanding the topology surrounding tumor masses. Incorporating the visual and physical characteristics of a patient’s anatomy will provide surgeons with an informative pre-operative tool to plan and practice the operation before the first incision. Including haptic feedback provides a familiar 'feel' to surgeons as they palpate the target organ, trying to locate the tumor and determine how large a margin of resection will be needed. The development of genetic PET imaging and contrast CT into …

Pest Private Eye: Using An Interactive Role-Playing Video Game To Teach About Pests And Integrated Pest Management, Erin Bauer, Clyde Ogg

Journal of Extension

The trend toward encouraging adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in schools has increased in the last decade. Because IPM helps reduce risk of human pesticide exposure, reduce allergens and asthma triggers, save energy, and protect the environment, it's essential that IPM awareness continue not only with current school administrators, parents, and staff, but with students as well. This article discusses how UNL Extension developed, piloted, and evaluated Pest Private Eye and the Case of IPM in Schools, an educational video game that teaches children about pests and IPM, and potential impacts its lessons will have on future generations.

Does The General Public Relate To The Term "Integrated Pest Management"?, Cheryl A. Wilen, Vincent F. Lazaneo, Scott Parker

Journal of Extension

We conducted a random telephone survey of single family residents in San Diego County to gather public opinion related to use of the term "Integrated Pest Management" or its abbreviation. Only a small percentage of participants (4.9%) had heard the term or its abbreviation. When various definitions of IPM were suggested, individuals preferred terms stressing environmental and human safety such as "Earth-Friendly Pest Management" and "Responsible Pest Management." Our survey results show that IPM educators should use different terminology when working with non-professional gardeners or the public in general in order for the audience to relate to the IPM concept.

Size And Quality Of Information Sources And The Use Of Library Services In A University Library, Akobundu Dike Ugah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the size and quality of information sources and the use of library services in the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike library. The case study research design was used for the study. The population was made up of 1,000 library-registered users in the university library. A sample size of 200 was selected using the simple random sampling technique. The study concluded that the independent variables of size and quality have influence and significant relationship with the use of library services. The study recommended that the information sources be improved in terms of size and quality.

Instructional Continuity: Making The Curriculum Resilient To Disruption, Paul Dimond

DRU Workshop 2011 Presentations - Disaster Resistant University Workshop: Building Partnerships in Mitigation

Making the campus resilient to disruption requires a sharp focus on our principal activity: teaching and learning. In 2008 a faculty task force at the University of California, Berkeley was convened to answer the question “how can we prepare to continue teaching the curriculum during periods of disruption (disasters, pandemic illnesses, etc.)”. The practices recommended by this task force were then incorporated into Berkeley’s on-line continuity planning tool. That tool (now available from the Kuali Foundation as Kuali Ready) is being used by more than 50 colleges and universities.

A practical approach to Instructional Continuity will be discussed by …

Salud Y Saludos: The E-News Of The College Of Health Sciences, College Of Health Sciences

College of Health Sciences

Electronic newsletter of the College of Health Sciences, February 2011

Cell Assembly Sequences Arising From Spike Threshold Adaptation Keep Track Of Time In The Hippocampus, Vladimir Itskov, Carina Curto, Eva Pastalkova, Gyorgy Buzsaki

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

Hippocampal neurons can display reliable and long-lasting sequences of transient firing patterns, even in the absence of changing external stimuli. We suggest that time-keeping is an important function of these sequences, and propose a network mechanism for their generation. We show that sequences of neuronal assemblies recorded from rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells can reliably predict elapsed time (15–20 s) during wheel running with a precision of 0.5 s. In addition, we demonstrate the generation of multiple reliable, long-lasting sequences in a recurrent network model. These sequences are generated in the presence of noisy, unstructured inputs to the network, mimicking …

Integrative Approaches To Disease Control: The Value Of International Collaborations, Thomas J. Deliberto, Dale L. Nolte, William (Bill) H. Clay

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

One health and biodiversity issues are global and complex. As such, they require international collaboration if we hope to achieve the goal of minimizing disease impacts on humans and animals, while maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem integrity. This will require motivated teams to overcome barriers to collaboration, by focusing on the proven keys to success and developing networks of biological, physical and social scientists as well as decision-makers and stakeholders. These collaborations will require facilitation by governments and international organizations.

Finally, we must move towards a more holistic, transdisciplinary approach to international collaborations. New forms of knowledge, institutional structure and problem-solving …

More Ornamented Males Exhibit Increased Predation Risk And Antipredatory Escapes, But Not Greater Mortality, Kasey D. Fowler-Finn, Eileen Hebets

Eileen Hebets Publications

Secondary sexual traits not only confer benefits to their bearer through increased mate acquisition, but may also have inherent costs, including the attraction of predators. Here, we examined the relationship between conspicuous secondary sexual traits and predation costs using two male morphs of Schizocosa wolf spiders: brushlegged and non-ornamented. In the field, we ran two predation experiments using artificial enclosures to directly test mortality costs of predation on the two male morphs. Using a natural predator, a larger wolf spider in the genus Hogna, we found no difference in predation on brush-legged vs. non-ornamented males. However, predation was depends …