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The Setonian, March 14, 2013, Seton Hall University

2013

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The Gazette March 14, 2013, Langston University

LU Gazette, 2010-2019

The student newspaper for Langston University

Towards A Consummated Life: Kenneth Burke's Concept Of Consummation As Critical Conversation And Catharsis, Cherise Marie Bacalski

Theses and Dissertations

Consummation was the one term about which Kenneth Burke wasn't particularly long-winded - odd considering his claim that it was the apex of his theory of form. Perhaps Burke never explained exactly what consummation was because he himself was never clear on the subject, as he told John Woodcock in an interview toward the end of his career. Burke began conceptualizing his theory of form early on - in his 20s - and published it in his first critical book, Counter-Statement, in 1931. At that time, Burke's theory of form had already taken one evolutionary step - from self-expression, with …

Microbial Responses To Coarse Woody Debris In Juniperus And Pinus Woodlands, Deborah Monique Rigby

Theses and Dissertations

The ecological significance of coarse woody debris (CWD) is usually highlighted in forests where CWD constitutes much of an ecosystem's carbon (C) source and stores. However, a unique addition of CWD is occurring in semi-deserts for which there is no ecological analog. To stem catastrophic wildfires and create firebreaks, whole Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) and Pinus edulis (Engelm.) trees are being mechanically shredded into CWD fragments and deposited on soils previously exposed to decades of tree-induced changes that encourage "tree islands of fertility." To investigate consequences of CWD on C and nitrogen (N) cycling, we evaluated microbial metabolic activity and N …

Evaluation Of Mitochondrial Dna Typing In A Forensically Relevant Population Of Self-Identified U.S. African Americans, Ranyelle S. Reid

Doctoral Dissertations

Evaluation of Mitochondrial DNA Typing in a Forensically Relevant Population of Self-Identified U.S. African Americans

Ranyelle S. Reid

University of Connecticut, 2013

Abstract

Analyses of hypervariable segments of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are currently

being used for forensic analysis, human molecular genetics, evolutionary biology,

human migration studies and recovery operations in identifying deceased persons,

both ancient and modern. Mitochondrial DNA analysis offers a unique maternal

ancestral view of an individual’s molecular pin code, through typically examining

the hypervariable segments and sampling the areas of hypervariable region 1

(HV1) and hypervariable region 2 (HV2). The goal of this project is to revisit …

Rage Deficiency Improves Postinjury Sciatic Nerve Regeneration In Type 1 Diabetic Mice, Judyta K. Juranek, Matthew S. Geddis, Fei Song, Jinghua Zhang, Jose Garcia, Rosa Rosario, Shi Fang Yan, Thomas H. Brannagan, Ann Marie Schmidt

Publications and Research

Peripheral neuropathy and insensate limbs and digits cause significant morbidity in diabetic individuals. Previous studies showed that deletion of the receptor for advanced end-glycation products (RAGE) in mice was protective in long-term diabetic neuropathy. Here, we tested the hypothesis that RAGE suppresses effective axonal regeneration in superimposed acute peripheral nerve injury attributable to tissue-damaging inflammatory responses. We report that deletion of RAGE, particularly in diabetic mice, resulted in significantly higher myelinated fiber densities and conduction velocities consequent to acute sciatic nerve crush compared with wild-type control animals. Consistent with key roles for RAGE-dependent inflammation, reconstitution of diabetic wild-type mice with …

The Cowl - V.77 - N.17 - Mar 14, 2013

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 77 - No. 17 - March 14, 2013. 28 pages.

Three-Dimensional Structure Of Victorivirus Hvv190s Suggests Coat Proteins In Most Totiviruses Share A Conserved Core, Sarah E. Dunn, Hua Li, Giovanni Cardone, Max L. Nibert, Said A. Ghabrial, Timothy S. Baker

Plant Pathology Faculty Publications

Double-stranded (ds)RNA fungal viruses are currently assigned to six different families. Those from the family Totiviridae are characterized by nonsegmented genomes and single-layer capsids, 300-450 Å in diameter. Helminthosporium victoriae virus 190S (HvV190S), prototype of recently recognized genus Victorivirus, infects the filamentous fungus Helminthosporium victoriae (telomorph: Cochliobolus victoriae), which is the causal agent of Victoria blight of oats. The HvV190S genome is 5179 bp long and encompasses two large, slightly overlapping open reading frames that encode the coat protein (CP, 772 aa) and the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp, 835 aa). To our present knowledge, victoriviruses uniquely express their RdRps via …

Bed Bugs Evolved Unique Adaptive Strategy To Resist Pyrethroid Insecticides, Fang Zhu, Hemant Gujar, Jennifer R. Gordon, Kenneth F. Haynes, Michael F. Potter, Subba R. Palli

Entomology Faculty Publications

Recent advances in genomic and post-genomic technologies have facilitated a genome-wide analysis of the insecticide resistance-associated genes in insects. Through bed bug, Cimex lectularius transcriptome analysis, we identified 14 molecular markers associated with pyrethroid resistance. Our studies revealed that most of the resistance-associated genes functioning in diverse mechanisms are expressed in the epidermal layer of the integument, which could prevent or slow down the toxin from reaching the target sites on nerve cells, where an additional layer of resistance (kdr) is possible. This strategy evolved in bed bugs is based on their unique morphological, physiological and behavioral characteristics …

Integrated Analysis Of Cytochrome P450 Gene Superfamily In The Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium Castaneum, Fang Zhu, Timothy W. Moural, Kapil Shah, Subba Reddy Palli

Entomology Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: The functional and evolutionary diversification of insect cytochrome P450s (CYPs) shaped the success of insects. CYPs constitute one of the largest and oldest gene superfamilies that are found in virtually all aerobic organisms. Because of the availability of whole genome sequence and well functioning RNA interference (RNAi), the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum serves as an ideal insect model for conducting functional genomics studies. Although several T. castaneum CYPs had been functionally investigated in our previous studies, the roles of the majority of CYPs remain largely unknown. Here, we comprehensively analyzed the phylogenetic relationship of all T. castaneum CYPs …

The Alestle - Vol. 65 No. 25 - 03/14/2013, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 65 No. 25

70'S "Miscegenation" And Blaxploitation: Fran Ross's Interracial Oreo, And The Super Bad Blaxploitation Hero, Corrine Esther Collins

Theses and Dissertations

Fran Ross's only novel, Oreo, explores the nature of multiethnic American identities through an empowered female character that embarks on a Theseus-like journey. Ross devotes significant portions of the novel to the introduction of Oreo's family and individual character, in order to carefully outline her interracial and multiethnic upbringing as an African-Jewish American girl. In order to understand Oreo's political and aesthetic sensibilities, this thesis explores the cinematic representations of interracial relationships during the time that Oreo was written, and argues that Fran Ross's main character is in direct conversation with the predominant 70s black movie and political culture of …

A Comparison Of Daily Consumption Of Artificial Dye-Containing Foods By American Children And Adults, Carol Christine Bell

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Children with developing nervous systems might be at greater risk for any potential neurobehavioral effects of color additives widespread in many foods. This study thus examined whether children consumed foods containing color additives more frequently than adults. Twenty-one adults (aged 18-60) and parents of 14 children (aged 4-7) with regular eating patterns kept detailed food records for five days. Diets were analyzed for foods containing the dyes Red #3, Red #40, Yellow #5, Yellow #6, Blue #1, Blue #2 and Green #3 by comparing ingredient labels found in grocery stores and online. The number of daily dye exposures was significantly …

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Facilitating Social Integration For People With Severe Mental Illness, Sheila Linz

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Modelling The Emergence And Dynamics Of Perceptual Organisation In Auditory Streaming, Rw Mill, Tm Bohm, A Bendixen, I Winkler, Sl Denham

School of Psychology

Many sound sources can only be recognised from the pattern of sounds they emit, and not from the individual sound events that make up their emission sequences. Auditory scene analysis addresses the difficult task of interpreting the sound world in terms of an unknown number of discrete sound sources (causes) with possibly overlapping signals, and therefore of associating each event with the appropriate source. There are potentially many different ways in which incoming events can be assigned to different causes, which means that the auditory system has to choose between them. This problem has been studied for many years using …

The Emerald Ash Borer, Emily Bryant

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

An Emerald Ash Borer made from recycled natural materials to create sustainable art.

Connecting The Contradictory With Science Art And The Aid Of A Caption, Carel P. Brest Van Kempen, Darryl Wheye

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

When the disciplines of science and art intertwine to reveal a truth then words and images are suited to telling different parts, and reveal the whole story most effectively when working in tandem. Decoding the underlying science within a work of art through a caption does not diminish its value as art, but when we fail to decode the science we miss entry into a narrative.

Keeping Abreast With Liberal Arts And Science Through Steam, Tanya Rivas, Gregory Knotts

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

The integrated unit on breast cancer described here includes biological science and visual art standards and was targeted at high school juniors and seniors. The goal was to make a potentially controversial and taboo subject relatable through an art-science approach

Just Beautiful Portrays Of The Mind? The Relevance Of Aesthetic Strategies On Knowledge Creation In Neuroscience, Valerie Kummer

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

We live in the age of big data. All types of data are being generated at an increasing rate but theories about the strategies and methods to visualize them is lagging. One of the main challenges we face today in research is to keep up with the massive amounts of data we produce (Allen, Elena A. et.al, 2012). Especially in the field of neuroscience and its use of imaging technologies, the vast array of data has risen to such a high number that it is impossible to grasp the inherent information without additional software tools and intelligent interfaces. Only through …

Broad Vision: The Art & Science Of Looking, Heather Barnett, John R. A. Smith

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

Undergraduate students and academic staff from diverse disciplines in the arts and sciences investigated questions of mediated vision through a year-long interdisciplinary research project at the University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. The Broad Vision project explored the perception and interpretation of microscopic worlds, and investigated the benefits and challenges of working across disciplinary divides in a university setting. This article describes the three-phase model for interdisciplinary learning and research developed through the project, providing a valuable case study for inquiry based art/science education.

A Distributed Intelligence Approach To Multidisciplinarity: Encouraging Divergent Thinking In Complex Science Issues In Society., Jarod Kawasaki, Dai Toyofuku

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

The scientific issues that face society today are increasingly complex, open-ended and tentative (Sadler, 2004). Finding solutions to these issues, not only requires an understanding of the science, but also, concurrently dealing with political, social, and economic dimensions that exist (Hodson, 2003). For example, 40 years after the first congressional hearing on climate change held by Al Gore in 1976, the 2012 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that climate change is still getting worse, despite efforts by governments, businesses, social actors such as Non-Government Organizations, and scientists. With the top minds in the world, across all disciplines, …

Getting Real About The E In Steam, James Catterall

The Transdisciplinary STEAM+ Journal

STEM and STEAM are in the news. Researchers and educators in my field (cognition, art, and creativity) argue reasons for adding the A to STEM. While I visit this below, my focus is elsewhere. In this brief essay, I want to explore the meaning and importance of the E appearing in both STEM and STEAM. What’s engineering doing in this mix? And what are some reasons for affirming the arts when the role of engineering is clarified?

An Interview With Dr. Taylor Eighmy, Sarah Russell

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee welcomed Dr. Taylor Eighmy in October of 2012 as the new Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement. Dr. Eighmy comes with many years of experience working to develop research initiatives, grants, and contracts for university research, having previously worked at Texas Tech University and the University of New Hampshire. In an interview on January 22, 2013, he discussed the importance of research at public universities, his personal experiences with research, and his goals for research development at the University of Tennessee.

Improving Codon Evolution Models Using Complex Mutation Models, Preston Hewgley

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

This paper discusses an improvement in a Stochastic Evolutionary Model of Protein Production Rate (SEMPPR) by revising the method by which it models mutation. SEMPPR previously assumed unbiased mutation, an assumption whose inaccuracy is made clear by observed codon counts of low-expression genes, where mutation determines equilibrium state. This paper presents a new, more complex model generalized on a per-codon basis and calculated from observed codon frequencies using a maximum likelihood framework. Results obtained from SEMPPR using the codon specific mutation model proved more accurate in predicting a protein’s production rate, reaffirming that complex mechanisms govern codon mutation rates.

Metabolic Rescue Of “Glucose Addicted” Cancer Cells In Vitro, Paolo Vignali

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

Transformations in the glycolytic metabolism of neoplasms modulate their robust cellular division. This characteristic leads to an “addiction” to glucose for continued proliferation and viability. This study investigated whether glucose metabolites could rescue cellular viability in glucose-starvation conditions, a model of the inter-tumoral nutrient-deficient environment. Findings illustrated potential cellular viability rescue with pyruvate addition in glucose-deprived conditions, yet the same potential was not observed with lactic acid, a metabolite that exists at characteristically high concentrations within the intertumoral microenvironment. These results could implicate a predominance of certain metabolic pathways in nutrient-starved cells. Molecular transport capacities across plasma membranes are tied …

Ultramercial And Prometheus: How Transformation Analysis After Bilski Is Changing To Accommodate Modern Technologies, Sarah Beth Smith

Intellectual Property Brief

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Sheltering Xenophobia, Ronald Sundstrom

Philosophy

What is xenophobia? Why is xenophobia immoral? How is xenophobia’s conceptual and moral meaning diminished? Investigations of these questions would invigorate xenophobia as a topic in public morality and discourage the public’s acquiesc- ing to xenophobia’s new prominence. This paper focuses on the third question, the diminishment of xenophobia. In the first sec- tion, I outline a general conception of xenophobia. In the second, I explain how theories of membership in liberal democratic soci- eties relegate xenophobia to a minor moral concern. And, in the third, that the conflation of xenophobia with racism disadvantages the former. How liberal Democratic nations …

Quantifying Free-Roaming Domestic Cat Predation Using Animal-Borne Video Cameras, Kerrie Anne T. Loyd, Sonia M. Hernandez, John Carroll, Kyler J. Abernathy, Greg J. Marshall

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Domestic cats (Felis catus) are efficient and abundant non-native predators. Predation by domestic cats remains a topic of considerable social and scientific debate and warrants attention using improved methods. Predation is likely a function of cat behavior, opportunity to hunt, and local habitat. Previous predation studies relied on homeowner reports of wildlife captures from prey returns to the household and other indirect means. We investigated hunting of wildlife by owned, free-roaming cats in a suburban area of the southeastern USA. Specific research goals included: (1) quantifying the frequency of cat interactions with native wildlife, (2) identifying common prey …

03-13-2013 Special Honors Planned For Swosu's 100th Annual Interscholastic Meet, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Oklahoma’s longest-running academic competition for high school and junior high students is celebrating 100 years this year on Thursday, March 28, at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford.