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Prevalence And Comparative Analysis Of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis In Dargai Region In Pakistan, Clarence Lee

Department of Biology Faculty Publications

In the present study, 102 samples of exudates from cutaneous leishmanial lesions were collected from local Pakistanis and Afghan refugees residing in Dargai Tehsil of Malakand Agency Pakistan, and were analyzed. The lesions were more prevalent among the locals (60.79%) compared to refugees (49.21%), and 70.58% male compared to 30.42% female were infected with Leishmania. Infection was more prevalent among youth's ages of 11-20 year old (34.32%) compared to older adults. Exposed parts of the body (face, hands, legs, neck, ears and feet) were the main affected areas. Faces experienced more bites (36.28%), followed by legs (26.48%), and hands (21.57%). …

The Food Safety Modernization Act’S True Implications For Sustainable Agriculture, Emily Walters

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

No abstract provided.

Break Out: Urogenital Schistosomiasis And Schistosoma Haematobium Infection In The Post-Genomic Era, Paul J. Brindley, Peter J. Hotez

Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Embedding Concepts Of Sex And Gender Health Differences Into Medical Curricula, Virginia M. Miller, Morrisa Rice, Londa Schiebinger, Marjorie R. Jenkins, Janice Werbinski, Ana Nunez, Susan Wood, Lynne T. Shuster

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

Sex, a biological variable, and gender, a cultural variable, define the individual and affect all aspects of disease prevention, development, diagnosis, progression, and treatment. Sex and gender are essential elements of individualized medicine. However, medical education rarely considers such topics beyond the physiology of reproduction. To reduce health care disparities and to provide optimal, cost-effective medical care for individuals, concepts of sex and gender health need to become embedded into education and training of health professionals. In September 2012, Mayo Clinic hosted a 2-day workshop bringing together leading experts from 13 U.S. schools of medicine and schools of public health, …

Supplemental Research, Helen Shen, National Coalition Of Women And Girls In Education And The National Coalition On Women, Jobs And Job Training, Ming-Te Wang, Caralee Adams, Nature

Women ADVANCE at USM Initiative

Inequality quantified: Mind the gender gap

Education Data Show Gender Gap in Career Preparation

What Exactly Is Drawing Young Women Away From STEM Fields?

STEM Career Programs Lack Female Participants, Study Says

Women in science: Women’s work

Political Bias Meets Climate Bias: Overcoming Science Denial In A Politically Polarized World, Minda Berbeco, Lawrence C. Hamilton

Sociology

No abstract provided.

Research Of Individual Neural Network Generation And Ensemble Algorithm Based On Quotient Space Granularity Clustering, Li Hui, Ding Shifei

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

The aim of this paper is to develop an individual neural network generation and ensemble algorithm based on quotient space granularity clustering. Firstly, we give the characteristics of the quotient space granularity and affinity propagation(AP) clustering. Secondly, we introduce the quotient space concept to the AP clustering analysis, which can find an optimal granularity from all possible granularities. Then using improved AP clustering algorithm to seek optimal results of sample clustering and using different individual neural network to learn different categories of samples so that the degree of difference between networks and the generalization ability of neural network ensemble(NNE) can …

A Novel Discrete Cuckoo Search Algorithm For Spherical Traveling Salesman Problem, Xinxin Ouyang, Yongquan Zhou, Qifang Luo, Huan Chen

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

In this paper, we propose a novel discrete cuckoo search algorithm (DCS) for solving spherical Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) where all points are on the surface of a sphere. The algorithm is based on the L´evy flight behaviour and brood parasitic behaviour. The proposed algorithm applies study operator, the ”A” operator, and 3-opt operator to solutions in the bulletin board to speed up the convergence. Optimization results obtained for HA30 (an instance from TSPLIB) and different size problems are solved. Compared with GA, DCS is better and faster.

Detection And Quantification Of Methylation In Dna Using Solid-State Nanopores., Jiwook Shim, Gwendolyn I Humphreys, Bala Murali Venkatesan, Jan Marie Munz, Xueqing Zou, Chaitanya Sathe, Klaus Schulten, Farhad Kosari, Ann M Nardulli, George Vasmatzis, Rashid Bashir

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

Epigenetic modifications in eukaryotic genomes occur primarily in the form of 5-methylcytosine (5 mC). These modifications are heavily involved in transcriptional repression, gene regulation, development and the progression of diseases including cancer. We report a new single-molecule assay for the detection of DNA methylation using solid-state nanopores. Methylation is detected by selectively labeling methylation sites with MBD1 (MBD-1x) proteins, the complex inducing a 3 fold increase in ionic blockage current relative to unmethylated DNA. Furthermore, the discrimination of methylated and unmethylated DNA is demonstrated in the presence of only a single bound protein, thereby giving a resolution of a single …

Migrating Successful Student Engagement Strategies Online: Opportunities And Challenges Using Jigsaw Groups And Problem-Based Learning, José A. Amador, Helen Mederer

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Online courses may be criticized for failing to engage students. Faculty members teaching in the classroom often employ a number of strategies that capture the interest of students, but may find the migration to the online environment a daunting prospect. This paper describes the transitioning of two common strategies to engage students in the classroom – jigsaw groups and problem-based learning – from face-to-face to online courses in sociology and soil science, respectively. The paper discusses the challenges and opportunities that were found to be common to the implementation of both these strategies online, and provides suggestions for faculty considering …

Agent-Based Modeling Of Physical Activity Behavior And Environmental Correlations: An Introduction And Illustration, Yong Gao

Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Purpose: To introduce Agent-Based Model (ABM) to physical activity (PA) research and, using data from a study of neighborhood walkability and walking behavior, to illustrate parameters for an ABM of walking behavior. Method: The concept, brief history, mechanism, major components, key steps, advantages, and limitations of ABM were first introduced. For illustration, 10 participants (age in years: mean = 68, SD = 8) were recruited from a walkable and a nonwalkable neighborhood. They wore AMP 331 triaxial accelerometers and GeoLogger GPA tracking devices for 21 days. Data were analyzed using conventional statistics and highresolution geographic image analysis, which …

Center For Food Safety, Spring 2013, University Of Arkansas (System). Division Of Agriculture. Center For Food Safety

Center for Food Safety

No abstract provided.

Deep Water Offshore Oil Exploration Regulation: The Need For A Global Environmental Regulation Regime, Naama Hasson

Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment

Government regulation of deepwater offshore explorations has found it either difficult to evaluate the environmental impact, or too costly to perform the required review.1 Corporate self-regulation without effective government oversight will not adequately reduce the risk of accidents within the offshore oil exploration industry, nor will it ensure that corporations prepare effectively to respond to a major spill. The potential, near-term, financial benefit for the oil company prevails over the lowprobability risk that a major spill will occur. Recognizing that current domestic regulation lacks effective, continuous monitoring of complex offshore operations, another form of regulation appears necessary. If already-emerging principles …

Scholarworks Statistics - March 2013, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

For the month of March 2013, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 26,743 full-text downloads and 12,926 page views.

California Oil And Gas Update, Edward Renwick

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

The last year has been a busy one in the upstream California oil and gas business. The 2011 Preliminary Report of California Oil and Gas Production Statistics, which was issued in April 2012 by the California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources, reports that 4,033 notices of intention to drill were filed with the Division as contrasted with 2,081 in 2010. Although the Preliminary Report for 2012 is not yet issued, anecdotal evidence suggests 2012 will be at least as active as 2011. Much of the excitement involves California's Monterey and Santos Shales. The Review of …

Dna, Genetic Material, And A Look At Property Rights: Why You May Be Your Brother's Keeper, Colin Mcferrin

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

This Comment evaluates concerns regarding familial DNA testing, surreptitious genetic testing, and genetic privacy. Accordingly, this Comment looks at how various courts addressed these issues, legislative remedies at the state and federal level, and potential dangers of over-legislating. Finally, this Comment recommends a legislative solution.

“You Have The Right To Remain Silent”: Does The U.S. Constitution Require Public Affirmation Of Same-Sex Marriage?, Robert A. Destro

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

The Spanish Law On Same-Sex Marriage: Constitutional Arguments, Carmen Garcimartin

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

New Jersey Oil And Gas Update, Brian Weeks

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

This Article discusses the proposed rules, focusing on provisions that may be the most important to NJ. It describes the geographic and cultural significance of the Delaware River Basin; relevant aspects of the natural gas development industry, including the practice of hydraulic fracturing ("hydrofracturing" or "fracking"); economic and environmental issues related to this industry; the DRBC and its regulatory scheme; the environmental concerns that the draft DRBC regulations are intended to address; and potential issues that the DRBC rules will not address at this time.

On The Lack Of Stratospheric Dynamical Variability In Low‐Top Versions Of The Cmip5 Models, Andrew J. Charlton-Perez, Mark P. Baldwin, Thomas Birner, Robert X. Black, Amy H. Butler, Natalia Calvo, Nicholas A. Davis, Edwin P. Gerber, Nathan Gillett, Steven Hardiman, Junsu Kim, Kirsten Krüger, Yun-Young Lee, Elisa Manzini, Brent A. Mcdaniel, Lorenzo Polvani, Thomas Reichler, Tiffany A. Shaw, Michael Sigmond, Seok-Woo Son, Matthew Toohey, Laura Wilcox, Shigeo Yoden, Bo Christiansen, François Lott, Drew Shindell, Seiji Yukimoto, Shingo Watanabe

Faculty Articles

We describe the main differences in simulations of stratospheric climate and variability by models within the fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) that have a model top above the stratopause and relatively fine stratospheric vertical resolution (high-top), and those that have a model top below the stratopause (low-top). Although the simulation of mean stratospheric climate by the two model ensembles is similar, the low-top model ensemble has very weak stratospheric variability on daily and interannual time scales. The frequency of major sudden stratospheric warming events is strongly underestimated by the low-top models with less than half the frequency of events …

‘Malcontent Koreans (Futei Senjin)’: Towards A Genealogy Of Colonial Representation Of Koreans In The Japanese Empire, Jinhee Lee

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Efficient Mining Differential Co-Expression Constant Row Bicluster In Real-Valued Gene Expression Datasets, Miao Wang, Xuequn Shang, Xiaoyuan Li, Zhanhuai Li, Wenbin Liu

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Biclustering aims to mine a number of co-expressed genes under a set of experimental conditions in gene expression dataset. Recently, differential co-expression biclustering approach has been used to identify class-specific biclusters between two gene expres- sion datasets. However, it cannot handle differential co-expression constant row biclusters efficiently in real-valued datasets. In this paper, we propose an algorithm, DRCluster, to identify Differential co-expression constant Row biCluster in two real-valued gene expression datasets. Firstly, DRCluster infers the differential co-expressed genes from each pair of samples in two real-valued gene expression datasets, and constructs a differential weighted undirected sample-sample relational graph. Secondly, the …

Automatic Clustering Of Social Tag Using Community Detection, Weisen Pan, Shizhan Chen, Zhiyong Feng

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Automatically clustering social tags into semantic communities would greatly boost the ability of Web services search engines to retrieve the most relevant ones at the same time improve the accuracy of tag-based service recommendation. In this paper, we first investigate the different collaborative intention between co-occurring tags in Seekda as well as their dynamical aspects. Inspired by the relationships between co-occurring tags, we designed the social tag network. By analyzing the networks constructed, we show that the social tag network have scale free properties. In order to identify densely connected semantic communities, we then introduce a novel graph-based clustering algorithm …

The Upper Preferred Multiple Directed Acyclic Graph Support Vector Machines For Classification, Kan Li, Hang Xu, Wenxiong Huang, Zhonghua Huang

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

The current classification algorithms have weak fault-tolerance. In order to solve the problem, a multiple support vector machines method, called Upper preferred Multiple Directed Acyclic Graph Support Vector Machines (UMDAG-SVMs), is proposed. Firstly, we present least squares projection twin support vector machine (LSPTSVM) with confidence-degree for generating binary classifiers. It uses the idea that “when the confidence-degree outputted from the node in the directed graph, is below the threshold, the decision-making process will go on along with the two branches of the node at the same time.”, which strengthens the algorithm’s fault-tolerance. In order to select the parameters of the …

Automatic Removal Of Ocular Artifact From Eeg With Dwt And Ica Method, Mingai Li, Yan Cui, Jinfu Yang

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Ocular artifact (OA) is one of the main interferences in electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings. It appears as a big pulse and has a strong impact to EEG signals. To overcome OA interference in EEG data, a novel automatic method of OA removal, denoted as DWICA, was proposed in this paper. In DWICA, the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) is applied to every recorded signal to obtain multiple scale coefficients. Then the independent component analysis (ICA) algorithm is used, and its input is the coefficients connected in series. Thus the independent components are acquired quickly in wavelet domain. The criterion of angle cosine …

Where Has All The Road Kill Gone?, Charles R. Brown, Mary Bomberger Brown

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

An estimated 80 million birds are killed by colliding with vehicles on U.S. roads each year [1], and millions more die annually in Europe [2] and elsewhere. Losses to vehicles are a serious problem for which various changes in roadway design and maintenance have been proposed [3]. Yet, given the magnitude of the mortality reported for some species [4], we might expect natural selection to favor individuals that either learn to avoid cars or that have other traits making them less likely to collide with vehicles. If so, the frequency of road kill should decline over time. No information is …

An Assessment Of Relationship Quality Between Forest Service Land Managers And Volunteers, Jessica H. Evett

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The relationship between Forest Service land managers and volunteers was studied quantitatively utilizing theoretical principles of relationship management theory and efficacy. 39 Forest Service employees completed quantitative surveys designed to compare within sample responses related to four volunteer partner types. Results showed measurable differences between mean scores for relationship quality and efficacy levels between partnership types selected as those land managers most liked and least liked working with. Partial support was found for the hypothesis stating that levels of relationship quality would predict willingness to recruit and work with volunteers, and partial support was also found for the hypothesis stating …

End Matter, Vol. 6

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Research Frontiers, Spring 2013, University Of Arkansas Fayetteville. Office Of University Relations

Research Frontiers

No abstract provided.

Evaluating Tradeoffs Among Ecosystem Services To Inform Marine Spatial Planning, Sarah E. Lester, Christopher Costello, Benjamin S. Halpern, Steven D. Gaines, Crow White, John A. Barth

Biological Sciences

A central challenge for natural resource management is developing rigorous yet practical approaches for balancing the costs and benefits of diverse human uses of ecosystems. Economic theory has a long history of evaluating tradeoffs in returns from different assets to identify optimal investment strategies. There has been recent progress applying this framework to the delivery of ecosystem services in land use planning. However, despite growing national and international interest in marine spatial planning, there is a lack of parallel frameworks in the marine realm. This paper reviews an ecosystem service tradeoff analysis framework and provides a more comprehensive synthesis for …