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Diffuse Traumatic Axonal Injury Within The Visual System: Implications For Visual Pathway Reorganization, Jiaqiong Wang

Theses and Dissertations

Traumatic brain injury is a major health problem with much of its morbidity associated with traumatic axonal injury (TAI). To date, significant insight has been gained into the initiating pathogenesis of TAI. However, the specific anterograde and retrograde sequelae of TAI are poorly understood because the diffuse nature of TAI complicates data analysis. To overcome this limitation, we subjected transgenic mice expressing yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) within the visual system to central fluid percussion injury, and consistently generated diffuse TAI within the optic nerve that could easily be followed in the organized YFP positive fibers. We demonstrated progressive axonal swelling, …

Acid-Base Catalysis In Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions (Pcet): The Effects Of Brönsted Bases On The Oxidation Of Glutathione And Hydroquinone, Ramos Jonnathan Medina

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents the results and discussion of the investigation of the effects of Brönsted bases on the kinetics and thermodynamics of two proton-coupled electron transfer processes: the mediated oxidation of glutathione and the electrochemical oxidation of hydroquinone. Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) is the name given to reactions that involve the transfer of electron(s) accompanied by the exchange of proton(s). PCETs are found in many chemical and biological processes, some of current technological relevance such as the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells, which involves the transfer of four electrons and four protons (4e-, 4H+); or the splitting of water …

Spartan Daily December 4, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 139, Issue 49

Fluoroquinolone And Macrolide Co-Resistance In Clinical Isolates Of Campylobacter Species: A 15-Year Study In Karachi, Pakistan, Seema Irfan, A Ahmad, D Guhar, E Khan, Fasial Malik, Syed Mahmood, Afia Zafar

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Fluoroquinolone and macrolide antibiotics are generally considered as first-line drugs for the treatment of severe campylobacteriosis. This study was conducted to analyse the trend of erythromycin and ofloxacin resistance among Campylobacter spp. isolated from stool specimens over a period of 15 years (1992-2007) at The Aga Khan University clinical laboratory in Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 83 396 stool specimens were processed, with a 14% isolation rate for enteric pathogens. The isolation rate of Campylobacter spp. was low during 1992-93 (6%-13%), peaked in 1996 (46%), then ranged from 20% to 40%. We report a rising trend in ofloxacin resistance, re-emergence …

2012-12-04 Executive Council Meeting With The President And Provost Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Executive Council Meeting with the President and Provost Minutes for December 4, 2012.

2012-12-04 Executive Council Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Records

Executive Council Meeting Minutes for December 4, 2012.

Native American Students' Experiences Of Cultural Differences In College: Influence And Impact, Leslie Elizabeth Clark

Theses and Dissertations

The culture of most colleges and universities is very different for Native American students with close ties to their traditional communities. "Traditional," in a Native American sense, means multiple interconnections of emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual identity that combine to define expectations for the Native American way. This traditional cultural perspective is often in conflict with college cultures where typically only the academic or social aspects of identity are addressed. Research on college students of several ethnicities has found that the experience of post-secondary education can change individuals' attitudes, values, and behaviors. However, none of these studies focused on the …

School Integration And College Outcomes: Does Attending A Racially Diverse High School Positively Influence College Attendance And College Prestige?, Leila Jussara Nielsen

Theses and Dissertations

Early studies of school integration are limited to examining the impact of court-ordered integration on student outcomes. As districts are released from their court orders, the context within which integration operates has changed. As such, this study tests whether voluntary integration is a useful intervention for equalizing students' access to post-secondary education. I utilize data from the graduating class of 1997 from Jefferson County Public School District in Kentucky. Results indicate that student GPA is the largest and most influential predictor of both college attendance and prestige. Furthermore, results indicate that school diversity influences GPA differentially depending on students' race …

Ucc Minutes, December 4, 2012, University Curriculum Council

UCC Agendas/Minutes

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Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire Spring 1995

Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire

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Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire Spring 1994

Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire

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Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire Spring 1993

Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire

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Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire Spring 1992

Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire

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Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire Spring 1997

Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire

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Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire Spring 1996

Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire

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Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire Spring 2000

Mille-Feuille Magazine Littéraire

No abstract provided.

The Ticker, December 3, 2012

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Calipso Observations Of Transatlantic Dust: Vertical Stratification And Effect Of Clouds, W. Yang, A. Marshak, T. Varnai, O. V. Kalashnikova, A. Kostinski

Department of Physics Publications

We use CALIOP nighttime measurements of lidar backscatter, color and depolarization ratios, as well as particulate retrievals during the summer of 2007 to study transatlantic dust properties downwind of Saharan sources, and to examine the influence of nearby clouds on dust. Our analysis suggests that (1) under clear skies, while lidar backscatter and color ratio do not change much with altitude and longitude in the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), depolarization ratio increases with altitude and decreases westward in the SAL; (2) the vertical lapse rate of dust depolarization ratio, introduced here, increases within SAL as plumes move westward; (3) nearby …

Inward Foreign Direct Investment: Does It Enable Or Constrain Domestic Technology Entrepreneurship?, Saurav Pathak, Andre O. Laplume, Emanuel Xavier-Oliveira

College of Business Publications

No abstract provided.

Water And Nutrient Uptake Of Deciduous And Evergreen Trees In A Dry Seasonal Forest: Interrelationship Between Root Structure And Leaf Phenology, Patrick Z. Ellsworth

Open Access Dissertations

Dry seasonal ecosystems are defined by a pronounced and consistent dry season, which reduces water availability in the dry season. Plants must adapt to water limitation in the dry season and high water availability during the wet season. In addition, the soil is nutrient-poor with the majority of nutrients concentrated in shallow soil. Considering the temporal drying of these layers, nutrient availability is dependent on the climatic conditions that govern water availability in the shallow soil. In this dissertation I address differences in fine root density, water source use, and nutrient uptake between deciduous and evergreen species in a dry …

Understanding The Effect Of Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean Coupling On Tropical Cyclone Structure, Chia-Ying Lee

Open Access Dissertations

It is well-recognized that tropical cyclone (TC) intensity is strongly modulated by air-sea interactions. However, how and to what extent air-sea interactions affect TC structure remains an open question. The overall goal of this study is to better understand the physical processes of the atmosphere-wave-ocean couplings and their impact on TC structure. Because the boundary layer connects the air-sea interface to TC convection, it is also important to understand how the couplings modulate boundary layer structure. In this study, coupled atmosphere-(wave)-ocean models and observations from two field programs are used in this study: Coupled Boundary Air-Sea Transfer (CBLAST, 2003-04), and …

Oxygen Isotope Signature Of Cellulose: Advances As A Climate Proxy, Patricia V. Ellsworth

Open Access Dissertations

Cellulose is a very stable structural molecule integrated in the incremental growth of tree rings, often used for paleoclimate reconstruction. As cellulose is synthesized it incorporates the oxygen isotopic signature of source (stem) and leaf water, which provide valuable information about climate such as precipitation and relative humidity. However, source and leaf water isotopic signatures can be masked by plant physiological and biochemical processes during cellulose synthesis. The biochemical interference does not occur equally in all the oxygen of the cellulose molecule. In Chapter 2, I compared the observed versus the reconstructed oxygen isotope ratios of stem water (δ18OSW) using …

Strichartz Estimates And Maximal Operators For The Wave Equation In R^3, Marius Beceanu, Michael Goldberg

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Scholarship

We prove sharp Strichartz-type estimates in three dimensions, including some which hold in reverse spacetime norms, for the wave equation with potential. These results are also tied to maximal operator estimates studied by Rogers--Villaroya, of which we prove a sharper version. As a sample application, we use these results to prove the local well-posedness and the global well-posedness for small initial data of semilinear wave equations in R^3 with quintic or higher monomial nonlinearities.

Gsu View, 2012-12-03, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Dacus Library Collecting Toys For Tots This Holiday Season, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2012

• Dacus Library will collect Toys for Tots through Dec. 14.
• Accepted items include cosmetics, MP3 players, books, headphones and hair dryers.

The Chanticleer, 2012-12-03, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Experimenting With Anomaly Detection By Mining Large-Scale Information Networks, A. Taleb-Bendiab

Australian Information Security Management Conference

Social networks have formed the basis of many studies into large networks analysis. Whilst much is already known regarding efficient algorithms for large networks analysis, data mining, knowledge diffusion, anomaly detection, viral marketing, to mention. More recent research is focussing on new classes of efficient approximate algorithms that can scale to billion nodes and edges. To this end, this paper presents an extension of an algorithm developed originally to analyse large scale-free autonomic networks called the Global Observer Model. In this paper, the algorithm is studied in the context of monitoring large-scale information networks. Hence, taking into account the size …

2012-12-03 Common Academic Program Committee Minutes, University Of Dayton. Common Academic Program Committee

Common Academic Program Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Gc Minutes 2012-12-03, Northern Illinois University

Graduate Council Archives

No abstract provided.

[2012-12-03] Meeting Of The Finance, Investment And Property Committee, Virginia Commonwealth University. Board Of Visitors

VCU Board of Visitors Minutes

Official minutes of the VCU Board of Visitors and its Executive Committee.