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Videotapes, The Jackson Laboratory

Media & Museum Collection

No abstract provided.

Slides, The Jackson Laboratory

Media & Museum Collection

No abstract provided.

Leadership Department Newsletter - July 2012, Andrews University

Leadership Department Newsletter 2012

No abstract provided.

Thyroid Function And Perfluoroalkyl Acids In Children Living Near A Chemical Plant, Maria-Jose Lopez-Espinosa, Debapriya Mondal, Ben Armstrong, Michael S. Bloom, Tony Fletcher

Environmental Health Sciences Faculty Scholarship

Background: Animal studies suggest that some perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs), including perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), and perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) may impair thyroid function. Epidemiological findings, mostly related to adults, are inconsistent.

Objectives: We investigated whether concentrations of PFAAs were associated with thyroid function among 10,725 children (1–17 years of age) living near a Teflon manufacturing facility in the Mid-Ohio Valley (USA).

Methods: Serum levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), total thyroxine (TT4), and PFAAs were measured during 2005–2006, and information on diagnosed thyroid disease was collected by questionnaire. Modeled in utero PFOA concentrations were based on historical information on PFOA releases, …

Fading From The Family Portrait, Andrew Root

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Protectionism Indices For Non-Tariff Measures: An Application To Maximum Residue Levels, Yuan Li, John C. Beghin

Department of Agricultural Economics: Faculty Publications

We propose aggregation indices of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) to quantify their protectionism relative to international standards. We apply the indices to national Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) regulations affecting agricultural and food trade and using a science-based criteria embodied in Codex Alimentarius international standards. The approach links two streams of the NTM literature, one concerned with the aggregation of various NTMs into operational indices for econometric and modeling purposes, and the other attempting to evaluate the protectionism of NTMs. The data used in the application come from a large international dataset on veterinary and pesticide MRLs and CODEX MRL standards for …

Current And Emerging Therapies In Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review, Wanda Castro-Borrero

UCHC Articles - Research

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially disabling chronic autoimmune neurological disease that mainly affects young adults. Our understanding of the pathophysiology of MS has significantly advanced in the past quarter of a century. This has led to the development of many disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) that prevent exacerbations and new lesions in patients with relapsing remitting MS (RRMS). So far there is no drug available that can completely halt the neurodegenerative changes associated with the disease. It is the purpose of this review to provide concise information regarding mechanism of action, indications, side effects and safety of Food and Drug Administration …

Determining The Functional Significance Of Mismatch Repair Gene Missense Variants Using Biochemical And Cellular Assays, Christopher D. Heinen

UCHC Articles - Research

With the discovery that the hereditary cancer susceptibility disease Lynch syndrome (LS) is caused by deleterious germline mutations in the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes nearly 20 years ago, genetic testing can now be used to diagnose this disorder in patients. A definitive diagnosis of LS can direct how clinicians manage the disease as well as prevent future cancers for the patient and their families. A challenge emerges, however, when a germline missense variant is identified in a MMR gene in a suspected LS patient. The significance of a single amino acid change in these large repair proteins is not …

How Puppet Masters Create Genocide: A Study In The State-Sponsored Killings In Rwanda And Cambodia, Joel H. Feigenbaum

University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review

This paper calls on the United States to assess where its true interests lie in evaluating genocide and mass killings. Through an examination of the social and political factors which were paramount in bringing about the atrocities in Cambodia in the late 1970s and Rwanda in the mid-1990s, the U.S. is urged to take heed of the tried-and-true methods used by ruthless regimes throughout history in bringing about the destruction of their own citizenry. Consideration of the psychological imperatives necessary for ordinary men or women to depart from the standard boundaries of civilized society and butcher their neighbors and countrymen …

The Integrated Impact Indicator (I3), The Top-10% Excellence Indicator, And The Use Of Non-Parametric Statistics, Loet Leydesdorff Prof, Lutz Bornmann Dr

Research Trends

We present an explanation of an innovative new approach to using citation data in research evaluation.

Bibliometrics And Urban Research: Part Ii: Mapping Author Affiliations, Matthew Richardson

Research Trends

Research Trends takes another look at the field of urban research, with maps of the author community.

Assessing The Vulnerability Of Human And Biological Communities To Changing Ecosystem Services Using A Gis-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Support Tool, Miguel L. Villarreal, Laura M. Norman, William B. Labiosa

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

In this paper we describe an application of a GIS-based multi-criteria decision support web tool that models and evaluates relative changes in ecosystem services to policy and land management decisions. The Santa Cruz Watershed Ecosystem Portfolio (SCWEPM) was designed to provide credible forecasts of responses to ecosystem drivers and stressors and to illustrate the role of land use decisions on spatial and temporal distributions of ecosystem services within a binational (U.S. and Mexico) watershed. We present two SCWEPM sub-models that when analyzed together address bidirectional relationships between social and ecological vulnerability and ecosystem services. The first model employs the Modified …

Dm2: A Software Tool For Dredged Material Characterization And Management, Alla Khosrovyan, Araceli Rodríguez-Romero, T. Angel Delvalls, Inmaculada Riba

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

A new software tool - Decision Making on Dredged Material (DM2) - for dredged material quality assessment and management is developed. Based on Spanish recommendations for dredged material management of 2008, it analyzes different lines of evidence of sediment contamination by metals and organic micro-pollutants. Particularly, chemical load in sediments is compared to the admissible concentration limits of these contaminants as adopted in Spain; sediment toxicity is estimated based on the responses of organisms to contaminant exposure. Integrated assessment of the sediment quality is done by assigning categories from A to C depending on the severity of contamination. The same …

Geovisual Analytics Of Satellite Image Time Series, Raul Zurita-Milla, Connie Blok, Vasilios Retsios

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Satellite image time series provide valuable information on the Earth’sdynamics at a variety of spatio-temporal scales. Progress on information andcommunication technologies has greatly improved the access to such time series.For instance, the GEONETCast system freely distributes near real time rawsatellite images and higher level products to end-users all over the word. Thisexplains the ubiquitous use of satellite image time series in a wide range ofenvironmental applications. However, geospatial software and, in particular,geographical information systems (GIS), generally lack robust functionality tovisualize and to analyze large time series of data. This paper presents ongoingwork to enhance an open source GIS software package, …

Implications Of Designing Instructional Video Using Cognitive Theory Of Multimedia Learning, Mohamed Ibrahim

Faculty Publications - Curriculum & Instruction

No abstract provided.

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 14 No. 4 (July/August 2012), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.

Archeological Site Assesments And Survey At Aquilla Lake, Hill County, Texas, Aaron R. Norment, Karl W. Kibler, Amy E. Dase

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Personnel from Prewitt and Associates, Inc., conducted archeological site assessments and survey at Aquilla Lake from November to December 2010 in preparation for a pool raise planned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District. The proposed pool raise could potentially raise the conservation pool level of the lake by 6.5 ft. Field investigations revisited and reevaluated 41 previously recorded sites and surveyed 10 previously unsurveyed areas (180 total acres) within the confines of the proposed 6.5-ft conservation pool raise. The investigations consolidated 8 of the 41 previously recorded sites into 3, therefore reassessments are given for 36 …

Trust In Libraries: 2012 Atla Presidential Address, John B. Weaver Dr

Library Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Representing Heritage And Loss On The Brittany Coast: Sites, Things And Absence, Maura Coughlin

English and Cultural Studies Journal Articles

This is an essay about the interplay of objects, art and visual culture in several community museums and historical sites dedicated to local social history in coastal Brittany. There, in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Breton maritime culture invented a range of compensatory ritual objects, sites and practices to account for loss of life at sea. The presentation of this material culture of mourning in small museums, regional museums and ecomuseums on the Breton North Coast and the islands of Sein and Ouessant are examined in this essay. These material objects once bore material witness to crucial moments …

Inspire, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Inspire

No abstract provided.

Invasional Interference Due To Similar Inter- And Intraspecific Competition Between Invaders May Affect Management, Emily S.J. Rauschert, Katriona Shea

Biological, Geological, and Environmental Faculty Publications

As the number of biological invasions increases, the potential for invader– invader interactions also rises. The effect of multiple invaders can be superadditive (invasional meltdown), additive, or subadditive (invasional interference); which of these situations occurs has critical implications for prioritization of management efforts. Carduus nutans and C. acanthoides, two congeneric invasive weeds, have a striking, segregated distribution in central Pennsylvania, USA. Possible hypotheses for this pattern include invasion history and chance, direct competition, or negative interactions mediated by other species, such as shared pollinators. To explore the role of resource competition in generating this pattern, we conducted three related experiments …

The Greenbook, Faculty Handbook, 2012-2013, Marshall University Academic Affairs

The Greenbook

This book has been published for the faculty of Marshall University for the specified period of time. This book was created by what is now known as Academic Affairs and is for the period of 2012-2013.

Upcc Book Collections On Project Muse, Larry Sheret

Librarian Research

The University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) has collaborated with Project MUSE to host over 15,000 e-books on the MUSE platform. This database was launched on January 1, 2012, and is fully integrated with MUSE’s content from 500 journals in the humanities and social sciences to form a seamlessly searchable database of books and articles that provides scholarly content from 192 university presses and learned societies at a very affordable price. Carnegie Tier 4 & 5 universities may receive an additional 20% and 40% discount respectively if a purchase contract is signed by Aug. 31, 2012. As has always been the …

Center For Grassland Studies, Summer 2012, Volume 18, No. 2

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Capturing the Greenness of Buffalograss through Aerial Robotics

From the Director

Opportunities and Challenges: Grassland Resources in Namibia

CGS Associates

August 1 Is Pre-registration Deadline for Nebraska Grazing Conference

Resources

Ethanol Co-Products and Forages: An Opportunity for Alternative Cow-Calf Production Systems in Nebraska

Buell Family Receives Leopold Conservation Award

The Sooner's Son, Joseph Celizic

Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal

pages 32-50

The Skeleton Pier, Devon Moore

Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal

Pages 96-97

To Live By The Lake, Randolph Thomas

Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal

Pages 114-132

Calm Down, Lee Upton

Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal

Pages 134-135

Gastrointestinal Cell Mediated Immunity And The Microsporidia, Magali M. Moretto, Imtiaz A. Khan, Louis M. Weiss

Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Delayed Expression Of Cell Cycle Proteins Contributes To Astroglial Scar Formation And Chronic Inflammation After Rat Spinal Cord Contusion, Junfang Wu, Ahdeah Pajoohesh-Ganji, Bogdan A. Stoica, Michael Dinizo, Kelsey Guanciale, Alan I. Faden

Anatomy and Regenerative Biology Faculty Publications

Background

Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) induces secondary tissue damage that is associated with astrogliosis and inflammation. We previously reported that acute upregulation of a cluster of cell-cycle-related genes contributes to post-mitotic cell death and secondary damage after SCI. However, it remains unclear whether cell cycle activation continues more chronically and contributes to more delayed glial change. Here we examined expression of cell cycle-related proteins up to 4 months following SCI, as well as the effects of the selective cyclin-dependent kinase (CDKs) inhibitor CR8, on astrogliosis and microglial activation in a rat SCI contusion model.

Methods

Adult male rats were …