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Evaluation Of Direct Detection Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex In Respiratory And Non-Respiratory Clinical Specimens Using The Cepheid Gene Xpert System, Souad M. Al-Ateah, Maha M. Al-Dowaidi, Noura A. El-Khizzi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To compare the sensitivity and specificity of Cepheid Gene Xpert, MTB/RIF assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and rifampin (RIF) resistance with conventional methods in respiratory and non-respiratory clinical specimens. METHODS: We used a cross sectional design to evaluate a diagnostic test at the TB Section of the Division of Microbiology, Central Military Laboratory and Blood Bank, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from October 2011 to January 2012. The detection of MTBC and RIF resistance using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay was assessed in 239 (172 respiratory, and 67 non respiratory) specimens …

Higher Scrotal Uptake Ratio Of (99m)Tc-Mdp On Bone Scans In Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer : A Reliable Indicator Of Pelvic Node Metastasis., Maseeh Uz Zaman, Nosheen Fatima, Zafar Sajjad, Ibrahim Hashmi, Khalid Khan

Department of Radiology

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

Pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) is the gold standard procedure for nodal staging in prostate cancer (PC) but less commonly used due to its invasiveness. More commonly computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used although these have limited sensitivities and specificities. The aim of this study was to find out the correlation between higher scrotal uptake ratio (SUR) of (99m)Tc-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) on bone scan and pelvic nodemetastasis in patients with PC at high risk for nodal metastasis.

METHODS:

This was a retrospective study which included 68 biopsy proven newly diagnosed PC patients who had …

Rwu Law: The Magazine Of Roger Williams University School Of Law (Issue No. 4) (Fall 2012), Roger Williams University School Of Law

RWU Law

No abstract provided.

Armor All: The Self-Conception Of Private Security Contractors, Volker C. Franke

Faculty Articles

Whereas the values, attitudes and motivations of soldiers serving in their countries’ armed forces have been widely studied, to date we know very little about the motivations and self-conception of individuals working for the private security industry. Using data obtained through an online survey, this article explores the values, attitudes and identity of more than 200 private security contractors with law enforcement backgrounds and operational experience with a security firm in Iraq. Contrary to media dominating images of ruthless, money-grabbing mercenaries, respondents in this sample adhered to attitudes and values very similar to those of professional soldiers serving in Western …

Statutory Genres: Substance, Procedure, Jurisdiction, Karen Petroski

All Faculty Scholarship

To decide many cases, courts need to characterize some of the legal rules involved, placing each one in a specific doctrinal category to identify the rule’s effect on the litigation. The consequences of characterization decisions can be profound, but the grounds for making and justifying them are often left unstated. This Article offers the first systematic comparison of two important types of legal characterization: the distinction between substantive and procedural rules or statutes, a distinction federal courts make in several contexts; and the distinction between jurisdictional and nonjurisdictional rules, especially those relating to litigation filing requirements. The Article explains the …

The Unfortunate Triumph Of Form Over Substance In Canadian Administrative Law, Paul Daly

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

The standard of review analysis for judicial review of administrative action developed by the Supreme Court of Canada before Dunsmuir v New Brunswick had two important features. First, it provided a bulwark against interventionist judges, thereby protecting the autonomy of administrative decision makers and promoting deference. Second, it was substantive, rather than formal, and moved the focus of judicial review away from abstract concepts and towards the eccentricities of statutory schemes. However, in its more recent forays into the general principles of judicial review, the Court has threatened to reverse its deferential and substantive course by following a formalistic, categorical …

Book Review: Slow Violence And The Environmentalism Of The Poor, By Rob Nixon, Dayna Nadine Scott

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

IN SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND the relationships of the local to the global in contemporary environmental justice struggles, we have yearned for a way to trace the “occluded relationships” between transnational economic actors and the things that tie them to particular places, such as labour, land, resources, and commodity dynamics. The bodies caught in the middle have been ‘raced’ and erased, made invisible, and wiped away. With gripping urgency, Rob Nixon’s book Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor brings those bodies back into view by exposing the violence perpetrated against them across time and space.

The Collegian (2012-10-01), Joe Molina

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 65, No. 6

Hyperspectral Imaging For Non-Contact Analysis Of Forensic Traces, Patrick J. Cullen, G. Edelman, T. Van Leeuwen, M. Aalders, E. Gaston

Articles

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) integrates conventional imaging and spectroscopy, to obtain both spatial and spectral information from a specimen. This technique enables investigators to analyze the chemical composition of traces and simultaneously visualize their spatial distribution. HSI offers significant potential for the detection, visualization, identification and age estimation of forensic traces. The rapid, non-destructive and non-contact features of HSI mark its suitability as an analytical tool for forensic science. This paper provides an overview of the principles, instrumentation and analytical techniques involved in hyperspectral imaging. We describe recent advances in HSI technology motivating forensic science applications, e.g. the development of portable …

The Effect Of Delactosed Whey Permeate On Phytochemical Content Of Canned Tomatoes., Lubna Ahmed, Ankit Patras, Ana Belen Martin-Diana, Daniel Rico, Catherine Barry-Ryan

Articles

The effect of delactosed whey permeate (DWP) treatment on antioxidant and phyto-chemical 26 components of canned Irish plum tomatoes were investigated. Tomatoes were sterilized for 5 27 min (F0) at 120 °C and stored for 6 months. The DWP treatment retained significantly 28 (p

Bjc Today

BJC Today

No abstract provided.

Who Ran On Repo?, Gary B. Gorton, Andrew Metrick

Documents

Supplements the best available official data sources with a unique market survey to provide an updated picture of the dynamics of the repo run.

Legal Tolerance Toward The Business Lie And The Puffery Defense: The Questionable Assumptions Of Contract Law, M. Neil Browne, Kathleen M.S. Hale, Maureen Cosgrove

Economics Faculty Publications

American contract law is supposed to facilitate the efficiency and fairness of market transactions between parties. Does the increasing success of the puffery defense in false advertising and securities cases further the fairness of transactions between companies with major advertising budgets and consumers? This Article contends that it does not.

Probing The Role Of Asn 152 In The Class C Β-Lactamase Ampc, Brianne Docter, Mujahid Anwar, David Leonard, Rachel Powers, Bradley Wallar

Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

AmpC, a class C β-lactamase, is a main cause of antibiotic resistance to cephalosporins in many species of bacteria. The current proposed mechanism of action involves an acyl-intermediate, where the enzyme becomes covalently attached to the drug at serine-64, before an activated water hydrolyzes the bond and regenerates the enzyme. Although this mechanism is generally accepted, the exact roles that the other active site residues play in recognition and breakdown of the substrate are not fully understood. Here, we investigate the role of the active site residue asparagine-152 (Asn152) in E. coli AmpC by mutating it to a glycine, serine, …

Mcnair Scholars Research Journal Volume V, St. Mary's University

McNair Scholars Research Journal

This is the fifth journal for the McNair Scholars Program at St. Mary's University.

"In October of 2007, St. Mary’s University received the very happy news that we had been awarded our first Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program grant- and the world changed just a bit for St. Mary’s undergraduate students. The McNair Program was funded with the charge to facilitate the pursuit of graduate degrees among students traditionally underrepresented in graduate education. St. Mary’s program would be unique in that it would include students from Humanities & Social Sciences, the Bill Greehey School of Business and the school …

Regulation Of System Xc- And Its Contribution To Cell Death, Xiaoqian Liu

Dissertations (1934 -)

The main focus of the studies in this thesis involves examining the role of cystine/glutamate exchange (system xC-) in neuronal death in primary cortical cell culture, with an emphasis on how glial function affects neuronal cell death. System xC- is a sodium-independent transporter that mediates cystine uptake and glutamate release. It accounts for most of the cystine uptake in astrocytes in mature cultures, providing the rate limiting substrate for synthesis of the main endogenous antioxidant glutathione. The glutamate released by system xC- may lead to excessive extracellular glutamate and cause excitotoxicity.

β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) is a non-protein amino acid that may …

Vol 57 #2, Judy Zelenski

MPLA Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Seeds - 2012, Linda E. Monacelli

Seeds

Contributors include: Elbert Tavon Briggs, Sameera Mirza, Andi Michaels, Hiram Crespo, Esmeralda Guerrero, Cassandra Bucholz, Corina Petca, Juan Manuel Gonzalez, Chris Tormos, Urzula Wudarczyk, Universal Prayther, Jon-Paul Kreatsoulas, Jose M. Aviles Jr., Rachel L. Deahl, Frank Anthony Bonello, Daniel Fiddler, Michael Slas, Sara Zabin, Kenny Hunt, Po Zimmerman, Tara Pollack, Sarah Paulis, Scott Livingston, Jessica Alvarado, Matthew Greenberg, Daniel Woody, Samuel Aguirre, Nergal Malham, Carl Joseph Nadela, Eleanor Leonne Bennett, Kasia Garzel, Linda White, Lauren Schatzel, Sumie Song, Natalija Navardauskas, Mimi Cross, George Borawski, Kenny Hunt

The Superego State: A Lover’S Reply, Brian Schill

Alumni & Community Relations Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

164th Infantry News: October 2012, 164th Infantry Association

164th Infantry Regiment Publications

October 2012 edition of the 164th Infantry News. A total of 80 pages, containing news articles, event notices, photographs, and personal memories from the veterans of the 164th Infantry Regiment.

Deja Vu All Over Again: The Causes Of U.S. Commercial Bank Failures This Time Around, Lawrence J. White, Rebel A. Cole

Documents

No abstract provided.

Uwlaw, Fall 2012, Vol. 66

Alumni Magazines

No abstract provided.

A Short History Of Drug Policy Or Why We Make War On Some Drugs But Not On Others, David T. Courtwright

History Faculty Research and Scholarship

Overseas trade and European expansion in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries turned psychoactive drugs, including spirituous alcohol and tobacco, into global products. From the beginning, the commerce provoked controversy. Doctors argued about the indications, dosages, and risks of imported drugs. When use spread beyond medicine, the state became involved. Some rulers resorted to mutilation and execution to enforce prohibitions, especially against tobacco smoking. None succeeded in stamping out the novel vice or in suppressing the cultivation of tobacco, which quickly became a global crop. ‘Mankind has found too few comforts,’ wrote historian V.G. Kiernan, ‘to let itself be robbed …

Implicit In The Concept Of Erroneous Liberty: The Need To Ensure Proper Sentence Credit In The Fourth Circuit, Andrew T. Winkler

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.

On Wings Of Hope, Volume 16, No. 4, Christmas 2012, Phadp, Esther Brown, Jeff Rieber, Ronald Smith Jr, Tawuan Townes, Courtney Lockhart, Carey Grayson, Anthony Tyson, Craig Newton, Tony Barksdale, Wakilii Brown, Derrick Debruce, Brent Martin, Randy Lewis, Clayton Shanklin, David Riley, "Eagle Eye", Tim Boyle, Anthony Boyd

On Wings of Hope

October–December 2012 or Christmas 2012 edition.

Critical Review Of The Consolidated Maritime Labour Convention (2006) Of The International Labour Organization: Limitations And Perspectives, Iliana Christodoulou-Varotsi

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Enhancing College And Career Readiness Programs For Underserved Adolescents, Kevin Gee, Carolynne Beno, Lauren Lindstrom, John Lind

Journal of Youth Development

Supporting college and career readiness among youth who encounter significant academic and life challenges requires innovative strategies to help them envision their futures, leverage their strengths and develop dispositions that promote positive trajectories. For youth development professionals who develop and implement novel programmatic approaches to support the college and career readiness of underserved youth, it is critical to acquire a deeper evidence-based understanding of factors shaping positive career and college pathways as well as to incorporate stakeholder viewpoints in their program design and delivery. In this article, we share key insights from our program development process that can inform the …

Pharmacologic Management Of The Opioid Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome., Walter K. Kraft, John N Van Den Anker

Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Faculty Papers

Opioid use in pregnant women has increased over the last decade. Following birth, infants with in utero exposure demonstrate signs and symptoms of withdrawal known as the neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Infants express a spectrum of disease, with most requiring the administration of pharmacologic therapy to ensure proper growth and development. Treatment often involves prolonged hospitalization. There is a general lack of high-quality clinical trial data to guide optimal therapy, and significant heterogeneity in treatment approaches. Emerging trends in the treatment of infants with NAS include the use of sublingual buprenorphine, transition to outpatient therapy, and pharmacogenetic risk stratification.

Fall 2012: What Dreams May Come, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2007-2012

Seizing the bright years ahead

At St. Norbert College, we’re in the business of realizing dreams – the dreams that brought the college into existence; the dreams that have refined its mission since; the dreams that we welcome along with each new crop of students. And each fall, as the academic year unfolds, we are reminded afresh of the many paths of possibility and promise that lie open before us.

On the cover: As the year turns, all seasons are beautiful at St. Norbert. But autumn in particular is both lovely and impressive for those of us who live, work …

Stem Cell Based Tissue Engineering And Regenerative Medicine: A Review Focusing On Adult Stem Cells, Jordan Greenberg, Veronica R. Fortino, Daniel Pelaez, Herman S. Cheung

Biology Faculty Articles

Tissue engineering has emerged as a field that attempts to harness the bodies' own developmental and repair features to treat diseases and illnesses. Many of these illnesses are caused by necrosis or loss of functionality of complete organs or specific cell types. Early discoveries in embryonic stem cells fueled a wave of research that led to claims about possibly regenerating nonfunctioning organs. Although we are still far away from being able to grow functional organs in a Petri dish, the field continues to progress forward, and new clinical trials have been approved for using both embryonic and adult stem cell …