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August 26, 2013, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Research On China Msa's Implementation Of Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, Xiaodong Zhang

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Price, Promotion, And Availability Of Nutrition Information: A Descriptive Study Of A Popular Fast Food Chain In New York City, Corey Hannah Basch, Danna Ethan, Sonali Rajan

Publications and Research

Legislation in NYC requires chain restaurants to post calorie information on menu boards in an effort to help consumers make more informed decisions about food and beverage items they are purchasing. While this is a step in the right direction in light of the current obesity epidemic, there are other issues that warrant attention in a fast food setting, namely the pricing of healthy food options, promotional strategies, and access to comprehensive nutrition information. This study focused on a popular fast-food chain in NYC. The study’s aims were threefold: (1) to determine the cost differential between the healthiest meal item …

The Murray Ledger And Times, August 24, 2013, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

The Tiger Orientation Issue 2013-08-23, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Today - August 23, 2013, Loma Linda University Health

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Alumnus Dr. Frank Jobe honored at Cooperstown's Baseball Hall of Fame
-- LLU Medical Center-Murrieta receives full accreditation for weight loss surgery
-- Live video stream of weekly chapel available campus-wide
-- LLU alumna influences legislation and drug prevention education in Chile
-- New hiring process finds the right employees to nurture LLU Health's mission
-- Loma Linda University researchers find link between vegetarianism and longevity
-- Alumnus and assistant professor elected president of implant dentistry society
-- Alumnus Dr. Frank Jobe honored by Cooperstown's Baseball Hall of Fame (pictorial)
-- LLUH representative briefs U.S. House …

August 23, 2013 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

The Bg News August 23, 2013, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. August 23, 2013. Volume 93-Issue 1.

Conservation And Diversification Of Appendage Identity Specification Mechanisms Along The Anteroposterior And Proximodistal Axes In Panarthropoda, Frank W. Smith Iii

Doctoral Dissertations

In Chapter 1, the roles of genes that specify antennal identity in Drosophila melanogaster were investigated in the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Antenna-to-leg transformations occurred in response to RNA interference (RNAi) against homothorax, extradenticle, spineless and Distal-less. However, for homothorax/extradenticle RNAi, the extent of transformation along the proximodistal axis differed between embryogenesis and metamorphosis. In chapter 2, the metamorphic roles of the Hox genes, extradenticle, and homothorax were compared in T. castaneum. homothorax/extradenticle RNAi and Hox RNAi produced similar body wall phenotypes but different appendage phenotypes. These results suggest that Hox genes …

Investigating The Metabolic And Pathophysiological Ramifications Of Elevated Dietary Cholesterol And Macronutrient Manipulation In Guinea Pigs (Cavia Porcellus) With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (Nafld), Ryan C. Deogburn

Doctoral Dissertations

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a clinicopathological entity that includes a spectrum of histological and biochemical anomalies. NAFLD begins with excessive lipid accumulation within hepatocytes (hepatic steatosis) and can transition to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), characterized by hepatic inflammation and injury that can render the liver vulnerable to bridging fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Dietary cholesterol has been proposed as a potential mediator of the transition from steatosis to NASH. Guinea pigs are similar to humans in terms of hepatic cholesterol metabolism and were implemented in three studies to explore its contribution to NAFLD. In study one male guinea pigs …

Probabilistic And Dynamical Models Of Belief Update: Effects Of Experimentally Induced Implicit Bias, Stephanie Petrusz

Doctoral Dissertations

Organisms undertake actions on the basis of perceptions. Perceptions serve as the basis for what an agent takes to be the case; that is, for the agent’s beliefs. However, the idea of belief is freighted with notions of fallibility and subjectivity, since belief is often considered insofar as it is distinct from knowledge. Here, an attempt is made to link belief more closely with perception and action. This linkage is shown by considering the role belief plays in determining behavior, which is distinct from the role belief plays in language-based philosophical accounts of content and intention. These two notions …

Traversing Swanton Road, 13th Ed., James A. West

Academic, Government & Associated Organizational Research Resources

Situated at the northwest end of Santa Cruz County and occupying circa 30 square miles of sharply contrasted terrain, the Scott Creek Watershed concentrates within its geomorphological boundaries, at least 10-12% of California's flora, both native and introduced. Paradoxically, the use/abuse that the watershed has sustained over the past 140+ years, has not necessarily diminished the biodiversity and perhaps parallels the naturally disruptive but biologically energizing processes (fire, flooding, landslides and erosion), which have also been historically documented for the area for +60 years. This is an early edition of an extensive document by James A. West. Please visit the …

Justadvice: Studying Law In Snapshots, Brenda Bratton Blom, Leigh Maddox

Faculty Scholarship

Access to legal services continues to be a critical need in the United States. Clinical programs in law schools are part of responding to the demand for these services, but often face the challenge of filling gaps left by larger programs serving the poor or responding to unique legal needs. JustAdvice was designed to provide limited advice to a broad range of people with legal needs, unbundling those services where possible. The story of the development, implementation and transformation of the program into a teaching, triage and referral system that importantly links multiple organizations and services is the core of …

Flavonol-Rich Dark Cocoa Significantly Decreases Plasma Endothelin-1 And Improves Cognition In Urban Children, Partha S. Mukherjee

Mathematics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Air pollution exposures are linked to systemic inflammation, cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity and mortality, neuroinflammation and neuropathology in young urbanites. In particular, most Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA) children exhibit subtle cognitive deficits, and neuropathology studies show 40% of them exhibiting frontal tau hyperphosphorylation and 51% amyloid-β diffuse plaques (compared to 0% in low pollution control children). We assessed whether a short cocoa intervention can be effective in decreasing plasma endothelin 1 (ET-1) and/or inflammatory mediators in MCMA children. Thirty gram of dark cocoa with 680 mg of total flavonols were given daily for 10.11 ± 3.4 days (range 9–24 …

Daily Eastern News: August 22, 2013, Eastern Illinois University

August

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Betaine On Body Composition, Performance, And Homocysteine Thiolactone, Jason M. Cholewa, Monika Wyszczelska-Rokiel, Rafal Glowacki, Hieronim Jakubowski, Tracey Matthews, Richard Wood, Stuart A.S. Craig, Vincent Paolone

Kinesiology

Background: This study investigated the effects of long term betaine supplementation on body composition, performance, and homocysteine thiolactone (HCTL) in experienced strength trained men.Methods: Twenty-three subjects were matched for training experience (4.8 ± 2.3 years) and body fat percentage (BF%: 16.9 ± 8.0%), randomly assigned to either a placebo (PL; n = 12) or betaine group (BET; n = 11; 2.5 g/day), and completed a 6 week periodized training program consisting of 3 two-week micro-cycles. Bench press and back squat training volumes were recorded and changes in training volume were assessed at each micro-cycle. Fasting urine was collected at baseline …

Pregnancy Crimes: New Worries To Expect When You're Expecting, Kira Proehl

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Comparative Gene Analysis And Prediction Of Innate Immunity And Apoptosis Machinery In Hydrothermal Vent Tubeworms, Corey M. Bunce

Master's Theses

Siboglinid tubeworms are an emerging model system for symbiosis in extreme conditions. At deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean, they harbor a chemoautotrophic symbiont in a specialized organ, the trophosome, where the bacteria carry out primary production via oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds. The trophosome of siboglinid worms is suggested to be tightly regulated, symbiont-responsive, and developmentally homeostatic. The purported mechanism involves a cellular proliferative or apoptotic response to bacterial signals, environmental cues, or nutrition. Though these processes are well understood in more amenable model systems, there has been little work uncovering the tubeworm’s genetic potential for sensing and …

Experimental Demonstration Of Accelerated Extinction In Source-Sink Metapopulations, John M. Drake, Blaine D. Griffen

Faculty Publications

Population extinction is a fundamental ecological process which may be aggravated by the exchange of organisms between productive (source) and unproductive (sink) habitat patches. The extent to which such source-sink exchange affects extinction rates is unknown. We conducted an experiment in which metapopulation effects could be distinguished from source-sink effects in laboratory populations of Daphnia magna. Time-to-extinction in this experiment was maximized at intermediate levels of habitat fragmentation, which is consistent with a minority of theoretical models. These results provided a baseline for comparison with experimental treatments designed to detect effects of concentrating resources in source patches. These treatments showed …

Menopause – A Time For Reflection, Eve Sicurella

Journal of International Women's Studies

A woman’s post-reproductive years can bring the greatest challenges of her life as physical and psychological changes compel examination of her new role in life. The author’s own experience of this leads her to reflect on cultural perspectives and healing practices that may impact the individual experience of menopause. In the USA, physical symptoms often have been managed by hormone replacement therapy (HRT) while the psychological changes, including the subtleties of what it means to be a (re)productive part of society have just begun to be addressed. In a holistic model, factors having a positive influence on a woman’s experience …

The Rural Woman's Constraints To Participation In Rural Organizations, Maryam Tanwir, Tayyab Safdar

Journal of International Women's Studies

Although women play a central role in the rural economy through their contribution to the agriculture production process, their equitable participation in rural organizations (ROs) remains minimal. Furthermore their role is decision making and in leadership positions within these organizations remains negligible. This disproportionate mismatch in participation is not only detrimental for women but also has negative effects on the household and on the rural economy. Combining insights from various secondary sources, the paper introduces of a new conceptual metrics around the discourse of participation. Based on this conceptualization of the term “participation”, the paper attempts to provide a critical …

The Experience Of Wellness For Counselor Education Doctoral Students Who Are Mothers In The Southeastern Region Of The United States, Latoya Anderson Pierce, Barbara Herlihy

Journal of International Women's Studies

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experience of wellness in counselor education doctoral students who are mothers of children under the age of 18. Seven participants from universities in the southeastern region of the United States completed two rounds of interviews and one focus group. Participants were at varying stages of motherhood and different points in their doctoral journeys. Findings included participants' views of motherhood and womanhood, sacrifices and rewards, counselor education program support, wellness, and dissonance of multiple roles. Findings were compared within and across cases using themes and categories. Suggestions for further research as …

Microbial Gut Diversity Of Africanized And European Honey Bee Larval Instars, Svjetlana Vojvodic, Sandra M. Rehan, Kirk E. Anderson

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

The first step in understanding gut microbial ecology is determining the presence and potential niche breadth of associated microbes. While the core gut bacteria of adult honey bees is becoming increasingly apparent, there is very little and inconsistent information concerning symbiotic bacterial communities in honey bee larvae. The larval gut is the target of highly pathogenic bacteria and fungi, highlighting the need to understand interactions between typical larval gut flora, nutrition and disease progression. Here we show that the larval gut is colonized by a handful of bacterial groups previously described from guts of adult honey bees or other pollinators. …

Does Comorbidity Increase The Risk Of Mortality Among Children Under 3 Years Of Age?, Christa L. Fischer Walker, Jamie Perin, Jodi L. Liu, Joanne Katz, James M. Tielsch, Robert Black

Global Health Faculty Publications

Objectives Diarrhoea and pneumonia remain leading causes of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 years of age. Little data is available to quantify the burden of comorbidity and the relationship between comorbid diarrhoea and pneumonia infections and mortality. We sought to quantify the relationship between comorbidity and risk of mortality among young children in two community-based studies conducted among South Asian children.

Design Secondary data analysis of two cohort studies.

Participants We identified two cohort studies of children under 3 years of age with prospective morbidity at least once every 2 weeks and ongoing mortality surveillance.

Outcome measures We …

The Daily Egyptian, August 21, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

August 2013

No abstract provided.

Pixe Analysis Of Human Hair From An Egyptian Cemetery, Rafael Casellas, Dr. Nolan F. Mangelson, Dr. Lawrence B. Rees

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Human hair is considered to be a minor excretory organ for trace elements. The literature suggests that in some cases trace elemental concentration varies in different races of people. In addition, hair analysis has been used to assess nutritional status in humans. These characteristics attracted archeologists because of the potential of using hair analysis to understand past cultures.1

Modeling The Production Of Microalgal Biodiesel, Mark Henson

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION

Modeling the Production of Microalgal Biodiesel

by

Mark Henson

Doctor of Philosophy in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Washington University in St. Louis, 2013

Professor Pratim Biswas, Chair

Biodiesel produced from microalgal lipids is being extensively researched as an alternative to petroleum–derived diesel. Literature reports of prior modeling to estimate the likely energy and carbon footprints and manufacturing cost of microalgal biodiesel are inconclusive, with wide ranges for performance measures such as Net Energy Return and manufacturing cost. The goals of this research are to develop an integrated techno–economic life cycle inventory model of microalgal biodiesel …

2013 August 20 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University

Medical Student Education Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Uab Investigators Receive Science Unbound 'Best Paper' Awards, Jim Bakken

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Uab Investigators Receive Science Unbound 'Best Paper' Awards, Reporter Staff

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