Digital Commons Network^™

Evaluation Of The Short- And Long- Term Drinking Water Sustainability Programs For Point Water Sources And Public Water Supplies (Pws) In Developing Countries : Case Study Of Uganda, Shedrack R. Nayebare

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Providing quantity and quality potable water in Uganda and other developing countries is still significantly problematic. This project aimed at identifying and prioritizing possible actions on how sustainable and high quality potable water in Uganda's water supply systems could be improved. A review of both the current water supply systems and Ugandan government programs was completed in an effort to describe the existing state of Uganda's water supply. Aspects of quantity, quality, treatment methods, infrastructure, storage and distribution of water for the different water systems were assessed. These characteristics were compared to water supply systems and regulations in the U.S., …

Seafood Consumption And Use Of Asian Herbal Preparation As A Source Of Exposure To Multiple Trace Elements In The Study Of Metals And Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Smart), Dongsul Kim

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

As, Cd, Cs, Hg, Pb, and Zn may be associated with in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. Seafood and Asian herbal preparations are identified as sources of exposure to these essential and non-essential trace elements in humans. The goal of the study is to assess associations between seafood consumption and the use of Asian herbal preparations and levels of essential and non-essential trace elements in biologic specimens collected from couples undergoing IVF. Fifty-nine couples completing a first IVF cycle at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Center for Reproductive Health were recruited to participate in the Study of Metals and …

The Application Of Raman Spectroscopy As A Confirmatory Blood Test In The Presence Of Sodium Hypochlorite Cleaners In In Comparison With Presumptive Blood Tests, Aliea Anoshaa Afnan

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Popular presumptive tests for blood include: Luminol, tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), leucomalachite green (LMG), phenolphthalein, and Hemastix® [3]. These presumptive tests have been reviewed with respect to their sensitivity, specificity, and DNA degradation. In this study, the aforementioned presumptive tests were subjected to bloodstains deposited on cotton contaminated with all-purpose bleach and compared with Raman spectroscopy as an application of a confirmatory blood test. Samples were tested for interference with the all-purpose bleach to determine the selectivity of the presumptive tests. Tetramethylbenzidine, leucomalachite green, and phenolphthalein all yielded inconclusive results when applied to a contaminated sample. Luminol and Hemastix® yielded a positive …

Experimental Studies Of The Multitrophic Effects Of Anti-Herbivore Defense In Three Pine Barrens Shrub Species, Elizabeth R. Coffey

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Plants produce numerous chemical defense compounds in response to herbivory. Induced chemical defenses potentially influence soil dynamics by changing the nutrient ratio of the leaves, which are seasonally shed and contribute to the soil, or by affecting the detritus community through leaching of chemicals in the root zone. Manual clipping was utilized in this study to induce chemical compounds with the goal of examining the secondary effects of induced plant defenses. I removed 25% of the mass of fifteen plants of three different plant species in the Albany Pine Bush annually for two consecutive years. I then compared the soil …

Gld-1 Represses Its Puf Mrna Targets Prior To/At Initiation Of Translation In The C.Elegans Germline, Gautham Sarathy

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The C.elegans germline offers an ideal system to study posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression as it is a major mechanism through which the control over gene expression is achieved. GLD-1 (defective in GermLine Development) is a maxi-KH motif containing RNA binding protein that controls various aspects of germline development from decision over germcell proliferation vs. meiotic entry to the production of mature gametes suggesting that GLD-1 likely controls many mRNA targets.

Theologies Of Pain In American Puritanism : The Human Body And Spiritual Conversion From Anne Bradstreet To Jonathan Edwards, Lucas Hardy

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This dissertation studies the many ways in which physical pain produces instances of personal piety in poems, narratives, and theological tracts from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Puritan New England. Specifically, the project revises the idea that spiritual regeneration happened only through Puritan contacts with established liturgical means and precast homiletics; it contends instead that conversion occurred because of bodily pain. Analyzing four canonical Puritan writers--Anne Bradstreet, Mary Rowlandson, Cotton Mather, and Jonathan Edwards--Theologies of Pain demonstrates that texts of even the most historically mainstream Puritans contend with the disruptive force of pain. Anne Bradstreet sees pain as an …

Effects Of Lead Exposure On Synaptic Function, Shoily Parveen Khondker

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Abstract

Proceedings Of The Design Research Society International Conference, 2012. Vol. 2: Re-Search - Uncertainty, Contradiction And Value, Praima Israsena, Juthamas Tangsantikul, David Durling

DRS Conference Volumes

The proceedings of the 2012 Design Research Society International Conference hosted by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Submissions covered extensive themes and emerging research that is broad in scope and depth, submitted with the conference theme of Re-Search: uncertainty, contradiction and value, in mind. The initial abstract submission was high with approximately 550 initial abstracts submitted. Of the 288 full papers submitted, 183 papers were accepted and of these 154 papers were presented at the conference along with an additional 23 poster presentations.

Proceedings Of The Design Research Society International Conference, 2012. Vol. 1: Re-Search - Uncertainty, Contradiction And Value, Praima Israsena, Juthamas Tangsantikul, David Durling

DRS Conference Volumes

The proceedings of the 2012 Design Research Society International Conference hosted by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Submissions covered extensive themes and emerging research that is broad in scope and depth, submitted with the conference theme of Re-Search: uncertainty, contradiction and value, in mind. The initial abstract submission was high with approximately 550 initial abstracts submitted. Of the 288 full papers submitted, 183 papers were accepted and of these 154 papers were presented at the conference along with an additional 23 poster presentations.

Proceedings Of The Design Research Society International Conference, 2012. Vol. 4: Re-Search - Uncertainty, Contradiction And Value, Praima Israsena, Juthamas Tangsantikul, David Durling

DRS Conference Volumes

The proceedings of the 2012 Design Research Society International Conference hosted by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Submissions covered extensive themes and emerging research that is broad in scope and depth, submitted with the conference theme of Re-Search: uncertainty, contradiction and value, in mind. The initial abstract submission was high with approximately 550 initial abstracts submitted. Of the 288 full papers submitted, 183 papers were accepted and of these 154 papers were presented at the conference along with an additional 23 poster presentations.

Intellectual Property Training And Education For Development, Peter K. Yu

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

Phl 112e.00: Introduction To Ethics And The Environment, Christopher J. Preston

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Mnsod And Autophagy In Prevention Of Oxidative Mitochondrial Injuries Induced By Uvb In Murine Skin, Vasudevan Bakthavatchalu

Theses and Dissertations--Toxicology and Cancer Biology

UVB radiation is a known environmental carcinogen that causes DNA damage and increase ROS generation in mitochondria. Accumulating evidence suggests that mtDNA damage and increased ROS generation trigger mitochondrial translocation of p53. Within mitochondria, p53 interacts with nucleoid macromolecular complexes such as mitochondrial antioxidant MnSOD, mitochondrial DNA polymerase Polγ, and mtDNA. Mitochondria are considered to be a potential source for damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) such as mtDNA, cytochrome C, ATP, and formyl peptides. Intracytoplasmic release of DAMPs can trigger inflammasome formation and programmed cell death processes. Autophagic clearance of mitochondria with compromised integrity can inhibit inflammatory and cell death processes. …

Drawn From Life, Celeste Huttes

Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine, 2002-2017

Illustrator Patricia J. Wynne ’67 captures both the fine details and essence of her subjects.

Transformational Solutions Of Self Through Companion Animals, Jill R. Mosteller

Business Faculty Publications and Presentations

How consumers manage the dynamics between love and money can be intertwined in a myriad of ways. Based upon the growing presence of companion animals in U.S. households (now estimated at 62%) and related financial spend (over $50 billion in 2011) (APPA 2011), understanding consumers' identity dynamics relating to companion animals may be theoretically insightful. The things we love exert a strong influence on our sense of self (Ahuvia 2005). Companion animals may be classified as extensions of oneself in addition to being associated with significant life events or experiences (Belk 1988; Ahuvia 2005). By understanding the meanings companion animals …

從感生神話推論契、后稷時期由母系社會過渡至父系社會之商榷, Yu Chan, Hoi Pang Wong

2012-2013

有論者謂感生神話反映了先民從母系社會過渡至父系社會，這主要是根據「玄鳥生商」和姜嫄「履大人跡」兩個感生神話，推論契、后稷時期的社會狀況。然而，此說法有商榷之處，故對這論調仍有所保留。

本文會先介紹感生神話的定義及分類，分類方面將會從觸物感生、意念感生，以及不同的感生媒介把感生神話分類，並援引神話作為例證。接著嘗試歸納支持契、后稷時期由母系社會過渡至父系社會此說法的理據，然後提出一己之見，並援引其他感生神話為例，說明此論調的不足之處和可斟酌之點。這部份將從三方面進行論述，包括感生神話中女性的主動性、感生神話所反映之母系社會特徵，以及父權話語體系下的感生神話。

Remembering Gareth Matthews, Peter Shea

Collected Papers of Peter Shea

My experience with Gareth Matthews illustrates some of the ways he helped bring philosophy into the lives of children around the world. He presented a set of clear alternatives to Matthew Lipman’s approach. His work was more accessible to parents, more open to children’s literature, more free-wheeling in the range of its basic teaching strategies, and more cumulative in its methods - than Lipman’s classroom-oriented curriculum.

The Response-Able Church: The Incarnational Identity Of Embraced Spontaneity, Ted Moeller

Doctor of Ministry

No abstract provided.

It's Not You, It's Me: Necessity Of Including Cultural Factors In Clinical Research, Sharde C. Thomas

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning On College Campuses, Steve Conn, Josh Wymore

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

No abstract provided.

A Problem Of Mixed Motives: The Responsibility To Protect In Syria, Husain A. Gatlin

Student Works

No abstract provided.

A Friend's Death: C. S. Lewis' Disagreement With St. Augustine, Jason Lepojärvi

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

No abstract provided.

Growth No. 11 (2012) - Full Issue

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

The full issue of the eleventh edition of Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development.

Scholarship And Relationship In The Integration Of Faith And Learning, Keith Starcher

Growth: The Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development

In this paper I review some of the literature on the integration of faith and learning (IFL) and reflect on my implementation of IFL inside the classroom, outside the classroom and within my discipline (marketing). I also reflect on what the Lord is teaching me about teaching.

Inquiro 6 (Complete Issue), Inquiro Staff

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Genistein After Spinal Cord Injury In Male Rodents, Roxanne Lockhart, Candace Floyd

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 43-47

Synergistic Effects Of Nicotine And Angiotensin Ii: Implications For Progression Of Chronic Kidney Disease In Smokers, C. Yoonhee Ryder, Edgar A. Jaimes

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 54-56

Design Of A Torsion Tester For Study Of The Effects Of Diabetes And Obesity On Murine Bone Properties, Brandon Sherrod, Shawn Gilbert, Krista Casazza, Alan Eberhardt

Inquiro (undergraduate research journal)

pp. 36-42

Jacksonville's Greatest Generation: The Contribution Of African American Veterans To The Civil Rights Movement 1945-1960, Bryan Arch Wayne Higham

UNF Undergraduate Capstone Projects and Honors Theses

This research explores the role of returning African American veterans in the Civil Rights Movement in Jacksonville from 1945-1960. Black World War II veterans not only faced the typical challenges of returning to civilian life, but took up the fight for equality as well. While this work acknowledges existing arguments about black veterans in the Civil Rights Movement, it emphasizes and analyzes the importance of their military benefits and experience. African American soldiers received training in various fields like combat, supply, and intelligence. This training translated into useful skills in the postwar period. The experiences of black soldiers while overseas …

Clovis Blade Technology At The Topper Site (38al23): Assessing Lithic Attribute Variation And Regional Patterns Of Technological Organization, Douglas A. Sain

Occasional Papers – Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey

This monograph, by Douglas A. Sain, is based on his master’s thesis research on the organization of Clovis blade technology. This second monograph of the Occasional Papers series of the Southeastern Paleoamerican Survey closely follows the first in terms of the meticulousness of the study, and the new information it provides about the Topper Site. Detailed studies of Clovis material are eagerly sought by Paleoindian archaeologists, enthusiasts, and particularly by lithic analysts. Sain provides a well-rounded literature review for these groups, and an innovative approach to identifying technological blades. The “mixed assemblage” problem resulting when multiple lithic technologies were used …