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The Water Crisis In Third World Countries, Monterey Starkey

Senior Honors Theses

People living in third world countries are suffering from a water crisis that has become a major global health issue. Water is essential for life—not only for the body’s physical needs but also for domestic use; yet millions of people do not have access to potable water. The lack of available clean water contributes to numerous waterborne and water-washed diseases, causing the death of millions of people annually and hindering the development of communities. This paper will explore the problems of obtaining potable water and present solutions at individual and community levels that can help solve the water crisis in …

Phthalocyanine-Peptide Conjugates For Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Targeting, Benson G. Ongarora, Krystal R. Fontenot, Xiaoke Hu, Inder Sehgal, Seetharama D. Satyanarayana-Jois, Dm Graça H. Vicente

Faculty Publications

Four phthalocyanine (Pc)-peptide conjugates designed to target the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) were synthesized and evaluated in vitro using four cell lines: human carcinoma A431 and HEp2, human colorectal HT-29, and kidney Vero (negative control) cells. Two peptide ligands for EGFR were investigated: EGFR-L1 and -L2, bearing 6 and 13 amino acid residues, respectively. The peptides and Pc-conjugates were shown to bind to EGFR using both theoretical (Autodock) and experimental (SPR) investigations. The Pc-EGFR-L1 conjugates 5a and 5b efficiently targeted EGFR and were internalized, in part due to their cationic charge, whereas the uncharged Pc-EGFR-L2 conjugates 4b and 6a …

The Comment, April 26, 2012, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

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Acknowledge Your Inner Leader Presentation, Connie I. Reimers-Hild

Kimmel Education and Research Center: Presentations and White Papers

Before you lead others, you must first lead yourself! The Inner Leader program walks participants through four phases of developing their inner leader: Discover, Decide, Design and Dare.

Each phase will walk participants through steps that can be used for personal innovation. Participants will take Innovation Actions focused around personal and professional fulfillment.

The Jewess Question: The Portrayal Of Jewish Women In Nazi Propaganda, Katherine Wehby

Honors Projects

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Assessing Awareness And Attitudes Of Medical School Faculty For Rapid Autopsy Procedure (Rap) For Cancer Patients, Autumn Boyette

Honors Thesis and Capstone Projects

No abstract provided.

The Alestle - Vol. 64 No. 31 - 04/26/2012, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 64 No. 31

Growth And Competitive Effects Of Centaurea Stoebe Populations In Response To Simulated Nitrogen Deposition, Wei-Ming He, Daniel Montesinos, Giles C. Thelan, Ragan M. Callaway

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Increased resource availability can promote invasion by exotic plants, raising concerns over the potential effects of global increases in the deposition of nitrogen (N). It is poorly understood why increased N favors exotics over natives. Fast growth may be a general trait of good invaders and these species may have exceptional abilities to increase growth rates in response to N deposition. Additionally, invaders commonly displace locals, and thus may have inherently greater competitive abilities. The mean growth response of Centaurea stoebe to two N levels was significantly greater than that of North American (NA) species. Growth responses to N did …

The Scarlet - Volume Xcii, No. 22 (April 26, 2012), Scarlet Staff

The Scarlet (Student Newspaper) (2011-present)

The April 26, 2012 edition of The Scarlet (est. 1939), Clark University's student-run newspaper. The Scarlet is intellectually and editorially independent of the University.

The Grizzly, April 26, 2012, Nick Pane, Liz Kilmer, James Noebels, Samantha Mascia, Lisa Jobe, Riley Pembroke, Katie Banas '12, Olivia Minick, Sarah Bollert, Eisamar Ellis, Sara Hourwitz, Shane Eachus, Allen Weaver

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus Celebrates Fong Inauguration • CoSA Showcases Students for Seventh Year • Nadler to Join MCS Department for Fall Semester • New Dean Named • English Professor Spoke on Diane Rehm Show • Four Years of Changes for UC Seniors • Wampole's Lockheed Martin Internship Becomes Career • Students for Barack Obama Encourages Student Participation • Opinion: Zolidis Premieres "White Buffalo"; Students Explore Spirituality at College • Thomas Leaves Legacy of Pride and Integrity • Baseball to Dedicate Field Saturday

Fermentation And Supercritical Extraction Studies Of Açaí Berry, Rosanna Iris Ayala

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The açaí berry has grown in popularity for dieters and the health conscious. The berry contains high levels of antioxidants. The main anthocyanins are cyanidin-3-rutinoside and cyanidin-3-glucoside. The berries also contain vitamins and nutrients that help boost energy and alertness, and fatty acids that help maintain normal cholesterol levels. As a result of the health benefits of the constituents, the berries are chosen for obtaining the active ingredients by extraction.

The solids left over after extraction still contain nutrients and useful components. There is a possibility of fermenting this residual and creating an açaí berry wine. Açaí berry wine is …

Adult Attachment Style, Spirituality, And Religiosity Among Individuals In Treatment For Substance Use Disorders, E Gail Horton, Naelys Diaz, Michael Weiner, Tammy Malloy

Florida Public Health Review

Spirituality and religiosity are considered to be protective factors in the treatment of substance abuse. Little is known, however, about how adult attachment style may be associated with levels of spirituality and religiosity. This study explored adult at- tachment styles among individuals in inpatient treatment for substance abuse and dependence and determined if there were significant differences between spirituality and/or religiosity variables by adult attachment style within the sample. Results indicated that neither of the religiosity variables varied by attachment style, but that one of two subscales in the spirituality measure, existential purpose and meaning, did vary significantly. Specifically, differences …

Nicotine, Ifn-Γ And Retinoic Acid Mediated Induction Of Muc4 In Pancreatic Cancer Requires E2f1 And Stat-1 Transcription Factors And Utilize Different Signaling Cascades., Sateesh Kunigal, Moorthy P. Ponnusamy, Navneet Momi, Surinder K. Batra, Srikumar P. Chellappan

Journal Articles: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

BACKGROUND: The membrane-bound mucins are thought to play an important biological role in cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, in cell signaling and in modulating biological properties of cancer cell. MUC4, a transmembrane mucin is overexpressed in pancreatic tumors, while remaining undetectable in the normal pancreas, thus indicating a potential role in pancreatic cancer pathogenesis. The molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of MUC4 gene are not yet fully understood. Smoking is strongly correlated with pancreatic cancer and in the present study; we elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which nicotine as well as agents like retinoic acid (RA) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) induce …

Vista: April 26, 2012, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

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The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Doxorubicin Carrying Cetuximab-Pamam Dendrimer Bioconjugates, Gunjan Saxena

Theses and Dissertations

A tumor targeted dendrimer based drug delivery system was designed and synthesized to carry chemotherapy drug doxorubicin. Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer G4.5 was chosen as the underlying carrier. Anionic G4.5 is a good option for drug delivery as it consists of 128 surface groups, is less cytotoxic and favorably biodistributed. The delivery system was synthesized using a layer-by layer arrangement of three functional entities: chemotherapy drug doxorubicin, monoclonal antibody Cetuximab against EGF receptor, and polyethylene glycol (PEG). Doxorubicin was attached via an acid-sensitive hydrazon linkage to the dendrimer. Macromolecules are taken in by cells through endocytosis. pH inside the early endosomes …

Montana Kaimin, April 26, 2012, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

April 25, 2012 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Wednesday Communiqué, 4/25/2012, Chaouki Abdallah

Publications of the Provost's Office

Will Online Education Replace College? In an earlier Communiqué, I referred to MITx, MITs initiative that builds on their OpenCourseWare project to deliver complete college courses. Related efforts such as ITunesU may spell trouble for the traditional university model.'

Ecowomanist Endeavors: Race, Gender, And Environmental Ethics In Contemporary Caribbean Women's Literature, Debbie-Ann C. Morrison

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation examines the intersections of gender, sexuality, community, landscape, ecology, and social justice as they appear in selected literary texts by contemporary Caribbean women writers. Beginning with an awareness of the various ecological crises enveloping the Caribbean as well as a firm belief that an analysis of literature might reveal inherent values regarding ecological sustainability and the need for propagating environmentally ethical practices throughout the region, the project uses Alice Walker’s notion of womanism to craft what it calls an “ecologically womanist” reading of texts by Lorna Goodison, Olive Senior, Jamaica Kincaid, Mayra Montero, Dionne Brand, and Pauline Melville. …

The Synthesis Of A Homologous Series Of Alkyl Lumazines And Their Application To The Dispersion Of Carbon Nanotubes, William P. Kopcha

Master's Theses

In this thesis, the synthesis of a series of alkyl lumazine surfactants (LC_n) is reported. Their application to the dispersion of both CoMoCAT and HiPco single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is examined in detail and the thermal stability and chirality selection properties of dispersions made with these surfactants were compared both between themselves and with an alkyl flavin surfactant (FC₁₂). Lumazine alkyl chain length exhibited some control over the quality and the quantity of SWNTs dispersed. LC₁₀ was deemed most appropriate for comparison with FC₁₂ based on considerations of solubility and nanotube individualization. …

Volume 103 Issue 23, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

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2012 Program For Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day, Richard White, Bev Radaich

Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day (2011-2017)

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Burr’S Pond And Runnins River Annual Watershed Survey 2012

Watershed Access Lab Projects

For the past eleven years, AP Biology students at Seekonk High School have been required to complete an independent research project to fulfill the Ecology unit of the course during the summer prior to the course. Students must apply what they learned in their readings to a local ecosystem, Burr’s Pond, which is attached to the Runnins River. Students spend time at the pond area during the summer documenting organisms, evidence of population dynamics, animal behavior, trophic levels, nutrient cycling, etc. Students put together a Burr’s Pond Summer Field Research Project Portfolio to be submitted on the first day of …

Rumford River Water Quality Assessment Utilizing Benthic Macroinvertebrates

Watershed Access Lab Projects

The students of Qualters Middle School performed a study called “Rumford River Water Quality Assessment Utilizing Benthic Macro invertebrates”. The study was conducted on October 19, 2011 in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The study location consisted of one sampling site at the Fulton’s Pond Waterfall on West Street.

The purpose of this study was to introduce benthic macro invertebrates and their role as indicators for evaluating stream water quality. Students utilized state of the art methods and techniques during all aspects of this study.

The Rumford River is listed on the Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA) National Priority List (NPL). The river was …

The Runnins River Report - 2011

Watershed Access Lab Projects

Fall 2011 marks the fourth year that all 10th grade Biology II students and their teachers joined the watershed study project initiated by AP Biology students at Seekonk High School. The students traveled to two sites, one upstream and one downstream, along the Runnins River, whose watershed contains 70% of the land area of Seekonk. The upstream site was located a home off of Pamden Land and the downstream site was located just below Burr’s Pond, both in Seekonk. The five Biology II classes were split between the two site locations and it was the job of 140 students to …

"Playing Superhero": Agency And The Role Of The Teenaged Superhero, Jessica R. Saunders

Theses & Honors Papers

The discussion of agency within Young Adult Literature is an extensive topic that includes various criteria, such as power in various types of relationships and social ideologies. In the media form of graphic novels, the concept of agency is taken to a separate level because the primary teenagers depicted in graphic novels are titled as superheroes with abilities that surpass the norm. The role of being a teenaged superhero becomes conditional, depending on whether the teenager demands agency in the form of controlling his/her abilities or are assigned the role by their adult prototypes and society. The texts that this …

Prospectus, April 25, 2012, Kelsey Hosea, Chanelle Stokes, Burke Stanion, Mark Roughton, Buster Bytes, Parkland Marketing And Public Relations, Nick Washington, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

HISTORY OF PARKLAND'S RENOVATIONS, Parkland's Student Disability Services Finds Ways to Assist Those in Need, Linotype: The Film, How to Not Pay for Mobile Phone Service, Seattle Man Rescues and Relocates Unwanted Trees, What We Should be Asking the Candidates, What do You Plan to do After Going to Parkand?, SNAP and Parkland Nursing Program to Host Art Demonstration, Cobras Spring Cheerleading Tryouts 2012, Summer Camp Music Festival 2012 Preview

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

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The Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2010s

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