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Celebrating Connecticut Sea Grant's 25th Anniversary, Margaret (Peg) A. Van_Patten Ms.

Wrack Lines

October marked the 25th anniversary of Connecticut Sea Grant’s designation as a Sea Grant College Program. Take a walk down memory lane with us as we look back over 25 years of excellence in research, outreach and education.

Acid Ceramidase Promotes Akt Activation And Nuclear Export Of Pten Through S1p Signaling, Thomas Hendrix Beckham

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer and cancer-related mortality in males in the United States. Acid ceramidase is frequently overexpressed in prostate cancer and catalyzes the deacylation of proapoptotic ceramide into sphingosine. Sphingosine is converted by sphingosine kinases into sphingosine 1-phosphate, which promotes numerous pro-cancer phenotypes. Due to the frequent overexpression of acid ceramidase in prostate cancer and its net cancer promoting signaling effects achieved by reducing ceramide and generating sphingosine 1-phosphate, the impact of acid ceramidase, and the lipid profiles it alters, on prostate cancer cell signaling were studied. Here we report the activation of the oncogeneic …

Patients Experiences In Magnet And Non-Magnet Hospitals: Is There A Difference?, Larry Reese Kidd

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Study Aim: To determine the relationship between hospital Magnet status designation and patient satisfaction. Data Sources: Secondary sources, the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the American Hospital Association, and Hospital Compare HCAHPS satisfaction survey data. Methods: Independent t tests were used to examine the univariate relationship between Magnet designation and 10 satisfaction survey indicators. A multivariate analysis was conducted of the 10 patient satisfaction survey indicators on Magnet designation while controlling for organization variables. It was predicted that Magnet status would be associated with 7 of the 10 measures. Results: Magnet status was found to be positively and significantly associated with …

From Global Financial Crisis To Sovereign Debt Crisis And Beyond: What Lies Ahead For The European Monetary Union?, Caroline Bradley

Articles

No abstract provided.

Role Of 18F-Fdg Pet Scan In Rheumatoid Lung Nodule: Case Report And Review Of The Literature, Christine L. Chhakchhuak, Mehdi Khosravi, Kristine M. Lohr

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

Flourine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-glucose (¹⁸F-FDG) positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT) is a useful test for the management of malignant conditions. Inflammatory and infectious processes, however, can cause increased uptake on PET scanning, often causing diagnostic dilemmas. This knowledge is important to the rheumatologist not only because of the inflammatory conditions we treat but also because certain rheumatic diseases impose an increased risk of malignancy either due to the disease itself or as a consequence of medications used to treat the rheumatic diseases. There is an increasing body of evidence investigating the role of PET scans in inflammatory …

The Intricacy Of Death And Destiny, Christopher Rogers

PTRS Undergraduate Publications

It is our eternal shadow and our ultimate judge. It is our shared destiny and greatest fear; death. The conceptualization of death has always been a fascination of man; we have forever explored it, pondered it, dissected it, but never conquered it. We know how to live, but yet very few of us know how to die.

Two of the most brilliant explorations of this dynamic are vastly different yet inherently important works. The genius of both George Orwell’s political satire 1984, and Albert Camus’ The Plague is their accessibility to the imagination regarding dying, the authors ability to …

Horizon Content Knowledge In The Work Of Teaching: A Focus On Planning, Nick Wasserman, Julianna Connelly Stockton

Mathematics Faculty Publications

Horizon content knowledge, one component of Ball et al.’s mathematical knowledge for teaching framework (e.g., Ball, Thames, & Phelps, 2008), has yet to reach adequate clarity and consensus in the field. Recently, various scholars have worked to further conceptualize and describe the mathematical horizon (e.g., Jakobsen, Thames & Ribeiro, 2013; Figueiras et al., 2011; Zazkis & Mamolo, 2011). In this communication, we identify some limitations in the ways such knowledge has thus far been described and offer an additional form of potential impact of horizon content knowledge on the work of teaching.

Transhumanism And Society: The Social Debate Over Human Enhancement, Stephen J. Lilley

Sociology Faculty Publications

This book provides an introductory overview to the social debate over enhancement technologies with an overview of the transhumanists' call to bypass human nature and conservationists' argument in defense of it. The author present this controversy as it unfolds in the contest between transhumanists proponents and conservationists, who push back with an argument to conserve human nature and to ban enhancement technologies.

Readers are informed about the discussion over humanism, the tension between science and religion, and the interpretation of socio-technological revolutions; and are invited to make up their own mind about one of the most challenging topics concerning the …

Volume 27, Various Authors

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy

No abstract provided.

Who's Standing In The District After Grayson V. At&T Corp.? The Applicability Of The Case-Or-Controversy Requirement In D.C. Courts, John W. Curran

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Hole In My Heart, A Hole In My Head, Anonymous Anonymous

Quill & Scope

A call for help and collaboration, told through the experiences of a medical student on his journey towards becoming a physician, in order to eradicate a nationwide trend of student alienation and disempowerment.

Prospects And Practices For Crpd Implementation In Africa, Janet E. Lord, Michael Ashley Stein

Book Chapters

African states strongly embraced the adoption of the CRPD, along with its Optional Protocol. The Working Group that developed the foundational text of the treaty included delegations from seven African nations. Likewise, the lone seat allocated within the Working Group to represent national human rights institutions was held by a South African Human Rights Commissioner. Sixteen African countries signed the CRPD on the first day it opened for signature, and 34 have ratified it, contributing to a rapid entry into force. In addition, 18 African states are party to the Optional Protocol to the CRPD, thereby assenting to its complaint …

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Marquette Sports Law Review

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Uf Law Spring 2013, University Of Florida Levin College Of Law

UF Law Magazine

A Historic Turn; Guns and Justice; Law of Innovation; Devotion to Adoption

Determination Of Safe Roadway Buffer Width To Protect Human Health From No2 Exposure: A Case Study For Grand Prairie, Tx, Hetal Bhatt, Melanie L. Sattler, Stephen P. Mattingly

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications - Archive

No abstract provided.

Globalization And Sovereignty, Julian G. Ku, John Yoo

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

Globalization represents the reality that we live in a time when the walls of sovereignty are no protection against the movements of capital, labor, information and ideas-nor can they provide effective protection against harm and damage.

This declaration by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, the former President of the International Court of Justice, represents the conventional wisdom about the future of global governance. Many view globalization as a reality that will erode or even eliminate the sovereignty of nation-states.

The typical account points to at least three ways that globalization has affected sovereignty. First, the rise of international trade and capital markets …

Osler, Langdell, And The Atelier: Three Tales Of Creation In Professional Education, Richard K. Neumann Jr.

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

This article traces the origins of the casebook classroom, the medical school teaching hospital, and the architectural school design studio. These parallel histories show how and why legal education diverged from norms being established in the other two fields. The divergence left legal education stronger within universities than it otherwise might have been. But it also left legal education insulated from its own profession and, to that extent, diminished intellectually.

Uniquely among the professions, law schools use a required curriculum has changed little since 1870. Medical and architecture schools are built around settings where those professions are practiced: teaching hospitals …

Undergraduate Bulletin 2013-2014, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

College Bulletins

Covers academic year 2013-2014

Corporate Responsibility And Climate Justice: A Proposal For A Polluter-Financed Relocation Fund For Federally Recognized Tribes Imperiled By Climate Change, Randall S. Abate

Fordham Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Using Gis To Delineate Headwater Stream Origins In The Appalachian Coal-Belt Region Of Kentucky, Jonathan A. Villines

Theses and Dissertations--Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Human activity such as surface mining can have substantial impacts on the natural environment. Performing a Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment (CHIA) of such impacts on surface water systems requires knowing the location and extent of these impacted streams. The Jurisdictional Determination (JD) of a stream’s protected status under the Clean Water Act (CWA) involves locating and classifying streams according to their flow regime: ephemeral, intermittent, or perennial. Due to their often remote locations and small size, taking a field inventory of headwater streams for surface mining permit applications or permit reviews is challenging. A means of estimating headwater stream location …

Genetic Analysis Of Putative Familial Relationships In A Captive Chimpanzee (Pan Troglodytes) Population, Renato Robledo, Joseph G. Lorenz, Jeanne Beck, James Else, Patrick Bender

Anthropology and Museum Studies Faculty Scholarship

Twelve autosomal dinucleotide repeat loci were analyzed in chimpanzees genomes by DNA amplification using primers designed for analysis of human loci. The markers span the entire length of human chromosomes 21 and 22. Nine markers were polymorphic in chimpanzee as well, with a somewhat comparable level of polymorphism and allele size range. Even in the presence of very limited information and in spite of missing samples, it was possible to reconstruct a complex pedigree and to provide molecular data that corroborate family relationships that were deduced from cage history and behavioral data. The conclusions were further supported by mitochondrial DNA …

Mexico Consensus Economic Forecast, Volume 16, Number 1, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., Adam G. Walke

Departmental Papers (E & F)

No abstract provided.

Mothers Present Words Differently When Paired With Representational Gestures, Ruth Freidel

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Mothers' Reponses To Infant Gesture At 17 Months, Carly Seibel

Honors Capstones

Mothers' responses to infants' gestures are proposed as a mechanism for vocabulary acquisition. It is known that at 13 months mothers give more object labels to pointing than object extensions at a time when infants are learning object labels. However, it is not known how mothers respond to infants' gestures at 17 months when their vocabularies are expanding to include a greater variety of word types. Therefore, the current study examined mothers' responses to three types of infant gestures: points, open-hand reaches, and object extensions at 17 months to describe maternal provision of object labels, action labels, internal state labels …

The Efficacy Of After-School Reading Programs : A Case Study Of A Midwestern Elementary School, Jeri Hardwick

Honors Capstones

The development of phonological awareness and reading comprehension skills is an important progression in reading acquisition. In this study, an analysis was used to examine the efficacy of an after-school reading program for 29 children who participated in the program. There were 14 first graders who received between 0 and .98 hours of intervention while another group of 15 first graders received between 1.17 and 2.30 hours of additional support. After an Analysis of Variance test, first group of students who received minimal intervention scored better than the students who received the most support. Despite the amount of services provided, …

Automated Brewing Process, Joshua Berger

Honors Capstones

There are few automated gas control systems that incorporate anything more than proportional control. This thesis will look at the process of making beer at home with a three kettle setup, the possible parts that would need to be incorporated in the system to allow proportional integral derivative control, and how the control theory may work. The research required will look into the basics of control laws. A design hurdle that will need to be met is a control valve that is within the weekend home brewers price range. With a truly robust control system, a home brewer would save …

Comparative Analysis Of English Language Learners' Experiences In Public School At The Third And Eighth Grade Levels, Amanda Lenox, Kristin Liewald

Honors Capstones

The field of education is one that endeavors constant change of fluctuating degrees. Most recently and drastically, the educational field has experienced and responded to changes in the cultural and linguistic diversity that is rapidly increasing in classrooms across the United States. Congruently, current legislation holds both educators and students accountable for their standardized performance and accomplishments, although teachers of ethnically diverse students are not required to be certified in the teaching of these learners. As a result, it was the purpose of this study to identify and analyze the themes evident from a series of observations and interviews conducted …

Mobile Learning: The Teacher In Your Pocket, Meredith G. Farkas

Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations

Mobile computing has exploded around the world over the past several years. Morgan Stanley suggests that mobile Internet use will exceed the use from fixed devices, and Ericsson projects that 80 percent of people will access the web from a mobile device by 2015 (Ingram 2010; Ericsson Corporate Public & Media Relations 2010). Mobile devices are being used for content creation, communication, information seeking, and so much more. The notion that mobile devices would be used only for quick and simple tasks has been challenged by research showing that a growing portion of the population—especially low-income and minority mobile users—use …

Metaphors And Persuasion, Jonathan Van Patten

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Kalkidan ('Promise'): Addressing Marital Transmission Of Hiv In Ethiopia, Banchiamlack Dessalegn, Annabel Erulkar

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This program brief describes a Population Council initiative in three low-income areas of Ethiopia. Kalkidan (Amharic for “Promise”) is a three-year program designed to increase discussion and information-sharing on HIV and related topics between marital partners; to promote HIV prevention and health service utilization within marriage, including prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV; and to build husbands’ support of their wives, as well as investment in their health and that of their children. Kalkidan recruits and trains community-based mentors to lead parallel discussion groups of husbands and wives, who periodically come together for joint sessions. The Population Council is …