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Criticism

History of Shit (Dominique Laporte; Trans. Nadia Benabid and Rodolphe el-Khoury) (Reviewed by Davis Schneiderman, Lake Forest College)

Criminality and Narrative in Eighteenth-Century England: Beyond the Law (Hal Gladfelder) (Reviewed by Craig Dionne, Eastern Michigan University)

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (Jonathan Rose) (Reviewed by Frank Emmett, Shelter Island, NY)

The Grammar of Empire in Eighteenth-Century British Writing (Janet Sorensen) (Reviewed by Elizabeth Bohls, University of Oregon)

How Milton Works (Stanley Fish) (Reviewed by Gerald J. Schiffhorst, University of Central Florida)

Whose Detroit? Politics, Labor, and Race in a Modern American City (Heather Ann Thompson) (Reviewed by …

Book Reviews, Criticism Editors

Criticism

The Poetics of Spice: Romantic Consumerism and the Exotic (Timothy Morton) (Reviewed by Susan B. Taylor, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs)

The Gang: Coleridge, the Hutchinsons & the Wordsworths in 1802 (John Worthen) (Reviewed by Paul Magnuson, New York University)

Romanticism and Slave Narratives: Transatlantic Testimonies (Helen Thomas) (Reviewed by Alan J. Rice, University of Central Lancashire)

The Notorious Astrological Physician of London: Works and Days of Simon Forman (Barbara Howard Traister) (Reviewed by Kristen Poole, University of Delaware)

Jean Toomer and the Harlem Renaissance (Ed. Genevieve Fabre and Michel Feith)
The Evidence of Things Not Said (Lawrie Balfour)(Reviewed by …

"Rosalina" Marginata Reuss 1845 (Foraminifera) And Its Taxonomic Position, Theodor Neagu

Studia UBB Geologia

The central idea of this article is the obligation of a micropaleontologist to respect without any doubt the rules and demands stipulated by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), in order to avoid taxonomical mistakes. An unusual example of confusion generated by disregard for the ICZN Code rules is the case of Rosalina marginata REUSS. The species Rosalina marginata REUSS, 1845 emend. REUSS, 1854 is here transferred to the genus Dicarinella. Other specimens illustrated as “Marginotruncana marginata” for example the “neotype” established by Jirova (1956) are placed in the new species Marginotruncana pseudomarginata nom. novum.

College Students' Plans For Graduate Or Professional School: A Comparison Of Different Racial And Ethnic Groups, Lei Gong

Open Access Theses

Most research on educational plans has focused on high school students’ plans for college. Few studies have examined graduate or professional school plans among college students. This thesis uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen (NLSF) to examine: (1) racial and ethnic variations in graduate or professional school plans; and (2) the effect of race-ethnicity on graduate or professional school plans relative to other factors such as sex, SES, college type, parents’ aspirations, peer aspirations and students’ evaluation of college experiences. It also provides detailed analyses of the graduate or professional school plans of the Asian subgroups. Results indicate that …

Review Of Marianne Gullberg And Kees De Bot (Eds): Gestures In Language Development., Gale Stam

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Student Work Showcased In Film Studies Program Film Festival, Lawrence University

Press Releases

The talents of eight Lawrence University student filmmakers will be showcased Saturday, June 2 in the Lawrence Film Program Student Film Festival. The festival, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Warch Campus Center Cinema, is free and open to the public.

Highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of the Lawrence film studies program, the festival features collaborative projects between film studies and biology, English and government departments as well as the Conservatory of Music. The films were produced under the supervision of visiting artist-in-residence Catherine Tatge ’72.

The festival line-up includes:

• “Laundromat” by Brooks Eaton. A comedy about the on-goings in …

The Cord (May 30, 2012)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

Spain & Morocco: Issues In Hospitality & Tourism, Shanathan Crayton

Capstone Collection

Miami Dade College (MDC) is the largest undergraduate serving institution of higher education in the United States, holding a student population of nearly 175,000. With eight campuses and numerous outreach centers in South Florida, the college is committed to enhancing the academic presence of its local communities. MDC takes great pride in being one of the major contributors to the growth and progress of South Florida, especially in the area of hospitality and tourism. The college hosts various festivals and international events at several of its campuses. Furthermore, Miami Dade County’s economy relies strongly on its hospitality and tourism industry, …

Squalicorax Chips A Tooth: A Consequence Of Feeding-Related Behavior From The Lowermost Navesink Formation (Late Cretaceous: Campanian-Maastrichtian) Of Monmouth County, New Jersey, Usa, Martin A. Becker, John A. Chamberlain Jr.

Publications and Research

Chipped and broken functional teeth are common in modern sharks with serrated tooth shape. Tooth damage consists of splintering, cracking, and flaking near the cusp apex where the enameloid is broken and exposes the osteodentine and orthodentine. Such damage is generally viewed as the result of forces applied during feeding as the cusp apex impacts the skeletal anatomy of prey. Damage seen in serrated functional teeth from sharks Squalicorax kaupi [1] and Squalicorax pristodontus [1] from the late Cretaceous lowermost Navesink Formation of New Jersey resembles that occurring in modern sharks and suggests similar feeding behavior. Tumbling experiments using serrated …

Exploring Post-Translational Arginine Modification Using Chemically Synthesized Methylglyoxal Hydroimidazolones, Tina Wang, Rendy Kartika, David A. Spiegel

Faculty Publications

The methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolones (MG-Hs) comprise the most prevalent class of non-enzymatic, post-translational modifications of protein arginine residues found in nature. These adducts form spontaneously in the human body, and are also present at high levels in the human diet. Despite numerous lines of evidence suggesting that MG-H-arginine adducts play critical roles in both healthy and disease physiology in humans, detailed studies of these molecules have been hindered by a lack of general synthetic strategies for their preparation in chemically homogeneous form, and on scales sufficient to enable detailed biochemical and cellular investigations. To address this limitation, we have developed efficient, …

Dynamic Gene Expression In The Human Cerebral Cortex Distinguishes Children From Adults, Kirstin N. Sterner, Amy Weckle, Harry T. Chugani, Adi L. Tarca, Chet C. Sherwood, Patrick R. Hof, Christopher W. Kuzawa, Amy M. Boddy, Asad Abbas, Ryan L. Raaum, Lucie Grégoire, Leonard Lipovich, Lawrence I. Grossman, Monica Uddin, Morris Goodman, Derek E. Wildman

Publications and Research

In comparison with other primate species, humans have an extended juvenile period during which the brain is more plastic. In the current study we sought to examine gene expression in the cerebral cortex during development in the context of this adaptive plasticity. We introduce an approach designed to discriminate genes with variable as opposed to uniform patterns of gene expression and found that greater inter-individual variance is observed among children than among adults. For the 337 transcripts that show this pattern, we found a significant overrepresentation of genes annotated to the immune system process (pFDR>0). Moreover, genes known to …

The Guardian, May 30, 2012, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Hotline Press Newspaper- May 2012 Vol 29 No 1, Hotline Press Newspaper

Hotline Press Newspaper 2012

No abstract provided.

May 30, 2012 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

An Agent Based Model Of Tumor Growth And Response To Radiotherapy, Nicole O'Neil

Theses and Dissertations

An agent based model was developed to examine the growth of a tumor in a healthy cell population. Response to radiation and impact of mutation and bystander effects were studied. In the growth model, the cancer cells proliferated outward becoming invasive. The mass of cancer cells developed a necrotic core. Various treatment protocols of radiation were compared. Timing of treatments was critical to the success of therapy. The event of mutation was rare. When mutation occurred, either unsuccessful treatment or re-growth could result. Multiple rounds of radiation potentially led to increased mutation. Low levels of the bystander effect had little …

Behavioral Economic Measures Of The Reinforcing Efficacy Of Alcohol As Indicators Of Problem Severity In Young Adults, Jessica Skidmore

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Heavy episodic drinking among young adults poses an important public health concern and leaves young adults vulnerable to experiencing a variety of alcohol-related consequences. Young adults with depressive symptoms, a family history of alcohol problems, and higher levels of impulsivitiy-related traits may be at greater risk. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the utility of the behavioral economic concept of reinforcing efficacy (RE) as a measure of problem severity among young adult drinkers. RE is a construct which measures the behavior-strengthening effects of a given substance and quantifies the relative value of a substance to an individual. …

An Exploratory Study Of Online Information Regarding Colony Collapse Disorder, Meredith K. Boehm

School of Information Student Research Journal

The cause or causes of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) are uncertain. CCD defines specific characteristics of the nationwide deaths of honey bee colonies in the last decade. Adult bees often disappear from the hive and die, leaving the colony weak and vulnerable to disease. Environmental scientists and agriculturalists have developed many different theories about CCD and its origins. The different theories create challenges regarding the effective dissemination of information about CCD to the different realms of public information seekers. There is a need for an exploration of the online communication of CCD information using federal environmental agency web resources. CCD …

Fish Detection In Underwater Video Of Benthic Habitats In Virgin Islands, Nan Wu

Open Access Theses

The research of underwater creatures is a fascinating work to marine biologists and environmental experts. However, finding and segmenting underwater creatures in underwater images and videos is time consuming. Automated object detection and segmentation can be applied to such problems to accelerate the tedious process. This work describes an approach to detect fish from images or videos of benthic habitats, recorded in Virgin Islands, during the yellow-tail grouper spawning activities. The method involves first locating the horizon, separating the seawater and the seafloor, and then using different visual cues to detect fish both within the water column and over the …

Preferential Killing Of Cancer Cells And Activated Human T-Cells Using Zno Nanoparticles, Alex Punnoose, Madhusudan R. Kongara, Denise Wingett

Boise State Patents

Here we disclose the response of normal human cells to ZnO nanoparticles under different signaling environments and compare it to the response of cancerous cells. ZnO nanoparticles exhibit a strong preferential ability to kill cancerous T cells (-28-35X) compared to normal cells. Interestingly, the activation state of the cell contributes toward nanoparticle toxicity as resting T cells display a relative resistance while cells stimulated through the T cell receptor and CD28 costimulatory pathway show greater toxicity in direct relation to the level of activation. The novel findings of cell selective toxicity towards potential disease causing cells indicate a potential utility …

Effect Of Tassel Removal For Baby Corn (Zea Mays L.) Production In Kentucky, Christopher G. Ferguson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Baby corn (Zea mays L.) consists of unfertilized young ears harvested at silk
emergence. The 2011 study was a culmination of four successive years of production
and evaluation of baby corn at Western Kentucky University (36.93 N, 86.47 W). The
objective was to compare the effect of tassel removal on baby corn (BC) production on
four cultivars of corn, two field (‘N77P-3000GT’, ‘N68B-3000GT’) and two sweet
(‘Silver Queen’, ‘Peaches N Cream’). Results indicated that tassel removal gave
significant increases (P<0.01) of BC ears across harvests (H) and cultivars; however, the effect was not consistent over treatments. For harvests, the difference due to detasseling was significant (P<0.05) for H2 and H3, but not significant (P>0.05) for H1 or H4. For cultivars, numerical values were higher for detasseled than non-detasseled treatments in the first three …

Size Dependent Antimicrobial Properties Of Sugar Encapsulated Gold Nanoparticles, Lakshmisri Manisha Vangala

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The antimicrobial properties of dextrose encapsulated gold nanoparticles (dGNPs) with average diameters of 25 nm, 60 nm, and 120 nm (± 5 nm) synthesized by green chemistry principles were investigated against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Studies were performed involving the effect of the dGNPs on the growth, morphology and the ultrastructural properties of bacteria. dGNPs were found to have significant dose dependent antibacterial activity which was directly proportional to their size and also their concentration. The microbial assays revealed the dGNPs to be bacteriostatic as well as bactericidal. The dGNPs exhibited their bactericidal action through the disruption of the …

As-752-12 Resolution On Retention, Promotion, And Tenure, Academic Senate Rpt Task Force

Academic Senate Resolutions

Faculty evaluations should be based on department, college, and university RPT criteria; when criteria change faculty be given appropriate time to accommodate the changes; RPT criteria should be discipline-specific including a definition of the Teacher-Scholar Model; and the Academic Senate Faculty Affairs Committee serve as a resource for best RPT practices.

Monitoring Photocatalytic Degradation Of X-Ray Contrast Media With Raman Spectroscopy, Sabina Salkic

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

X-ray contrast media such as diatrizoate and iohexol have been found in wastewater and drinking water and are difficult to remove because they are resistant to water treatment processes. A removal process can be started with ultraviolet photocatalytic degradation of X-ray contrast media in the presence of titanium dioxide or other catalysts. Raman spectra of diatrizoate and iohexol were taken in an aqueous solution in the presence and absence of titanium dioxide during exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Raman intensity is directly proportional to concentration; therefore, we can measure the rate of the reaction based on changes in the Raman spectrum. …

Inhibition Of Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Ameliorates Synaptic Alterations And Ca2+ Dysregulation In Aged Rats, Diana M. Sama, Hafiz Mohmmad Abdul, Jennifer L. Furman, Irina A. Artiushin, David E. Szymkowski, Stephen W. Scheff, Christopher M. Norris

Graduate Center for Gerontology Faculty Publications

The role of tumor necrosis factor α (TNF) in neural function has been investigated extensively in several neurodegenerative conditions, but rarely in brain aging, where cognitive and physiologic changes are milder and more variable. Here, we show that protein levels for TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1) are significantly elevated in the hippocampus relative to TNF receptor 2 (TNFR2) in aged (22 months) but not young adult (6 months) Fischer 344 rats. To determine if altered TNF/TNFR1 interactions contribute to key brain aging biomarkers, aged rats received chronic (4-6 week) intracranial infusions of XPro1595: a soluble dominant negative TNF that preferentially inhibits …

Exercise, Her2+ Are Topics Uab Cancer Specialists Will Cover At Asco Meeting, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: May 29, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

May

No abstract provided.

The Antinociceptive Effects Of Alpha 7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Positive Allosteric Modulators In Different Animal Pain Models, Kelen Freitas

Theses and Dissertations

The α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subtype is abundantly expressed in the central nervous system (CNS) and in the periphery. Positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of the α7 increase the response to an agonist and are divided into two types depending on whether they also decrease desensitization of the receptor (type II) or not (type I). Therefore, this study aims to investigate whether the enhancement of endogenous α7 nAChR function will result in a beneficial effect in nociceptive, inflammatory and chronic neuropathic pain models. While NS1738 and PNU-120596 were not active to reduce acute thermal pain, measured by hot-plate and tail-flick …

May 29, 2012 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, May 29, 2012, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The May 29, 2012, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Amyloid Beta Peptides And Methods Of Use, Chuanhai Cao

USF Patents

The application describes several mutant amyloid beta peptides and specific regions which are useful in the therapeutic and diagnostic of neurological diseases. The application further describes methods of using these mutant peptides as treatment and reagents for diagnosis of diseases. The application further describes diagnostic kits and pharmaceutical compositions for use in therapy to treat neurological diseases including but not limited to Alzheimer's disease and various forms of mild cognitive impairments.