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Hydraulic Evaluation Of A Community Managed Wastewater Stabilization Pond System In Bolivia, Louis Lizima

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This work explores the hydraulic performance of a wastewater lagoon system located in San Antonio, Bolivia. The system consists of one facultative pond and two maturation ponds in series and is managed through a locally elected water committee. A tracer study was performed on the primary facultative pond and an analysis of the solids accumulation on the bottom of the facultative lagoon was also performed. The results were used to generate residence time distribution curves and provide an estimate of mean residence time in the system. The data was used to examine hydraulic efficiency as it relates to short-circuiting and …

The End Of Anarchy: Weapons Of Mass Destruction And The States System, Gregory Edward Johnson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The basis of this thesis is that weapons of mass destruction will continue to proliferate and will inevitably - given enough time- be used against civilian populations repeatedly.

As this occurs the opposition between support for international law and the power of the state will intensify. This will go on for some time and will, in all probability, become extremely destructive. Eventually, however, the states (and individual people) of the world will realize that the simultaneous existence of international anarchy and weapons of mass destruction runs counter to long term human survival. This realization will , very likely, lead people …

Urban Ecology & Conservation Symposium 2013: 11th Annual (Abstracts), Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium Of Portland/Vancouver

Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver

The UERC is a consortium of people from various universities and colleges, state and federal agencies, local governments, non-profit organizations and independent professionals interested in supporting urban ecosystem research and creating an information-sharing network of people that collect and use ecological data in the Portland/Vancouver area.

UERC Mission Statement:

To advance the state of the science of urban ecosystems and improve our understanding of them, with a focus on the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan region, by fostering communication and collaboration among researchers, managers and citizens at academic institutions, public agencies, local governments, non-profit organizations, and other interested groups.

The principal organizers span …

02-11-2013 Evolution Seminar Planned Wednesday At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Dr. Joseph (Jody) Maness will present “Evolution: 153 years after the Origin of Species” this Wednesday, February 13, on the Southwestern Oklahoma State University campus.

Traversing Swanton Road, 12th 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 …

Current, February 11, 2013, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

No abstract provided.

The Statesman, V. 56, I. 17, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 56, i. 17

February 11, 2013

The Gavel Gazette

No abstract provided.

Uab Unveils Live Penguin Cam To Aid Climate Change Education And Research, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: February 11, 2013, Eastern Illinois University

February

No abstract provided.

Literature Survey, Bibliographic Analysis And A Taxonomic Catalogue Of Subterranean Fauna From Portugal, Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira, Gonçalves Fernando, Pedro Oromí

KIP Articles

A bibliographic analysis of the hypogean biological studies in Portugal is made, compiling 138 publications related to the subterranean invertebrate fauna, since its begining in 1870 until November 2012. A catalogue of hypogean endemic taxa is provided, listing 27 troglobionts and 63 stygobionts, described to be obligate hypogean and endemic from mainland Portugal (Macaronesian archipelagos excluded). The first impetus on troglobiont studies was provided by the prospections of Barros Machado during 1940’s and by an expedition of Lindberg in the spring of 1961; and the major information about stygobiont species was provided by the former Instituto de Zoologia “Dr. Augusto …

Open Access Publishing— An Opinionated, Non-Canonical Tour, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

What is “open access”? “Gratis OA” vs "Libre OA" The difference in the 2 definitions derives from their different economic bases.

There are two recognized business models of Open Access: Green OA vs Gold OA

My beef with Gold and Hybrid OA: • We are giving our money to the same folks who have been holding our content for ransom for the past 50 years. • What if we put these resources into developing our own means of production and distribution?

Questions: 1) Does scholarly communication have to be a commercial transaction? 2) Is “open access” just a way to …

Stallion Sperm Transcriptome Comprises Functionally Coherent Coding And Regulatory Rnas As Revealed By Microarray Analysis And Rna-Seq., Pranab J. Das, Fiona M. Mccarthy, Monika Vishnoi, Nandina Paria, Cathy Gresham, Gang Li, Priyanka Kachroo, A. Kendrick Sudderth, Sheila Teague, Charles C. Love, Dickson D. Varner, Bhanu P. Chowdhary, Terje Raudsepp

CVM Publications

Mature mammalian sperm contain a complex population of RNAs some of which might regulate spermatogenesis while others probably play a role in fertilization and early development. Due to this limited knowledge, the biological functions of sperm RNAs remain enigmatic. Here we report the first characterization of the global transcriptome of the sperm of fertile stallions. The findings improved understanding of the biological significance of sperm RNAs which in turn will allow the discovery of sperm-based biomarkers for stallion fertility. The stallion sperm transcriptome was interrogated by analyzing sperm and testes RNA on a 21,000-element equine whole-genome oligoarray and by RNA-seq. …

Dying For The Common Good, Jasmin Tahmaseb-Mcconatha

Psychology Faculty Publications

Taco Bell is to be commended for their 2013 Super Bowl commercial depicting a group of elders enjoying life. Unfortunately such glimpses are all too rare in our ageist world. More common messages are like the message recently verbalized by a Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso who last month said: Let the elderly hurry up and die. Fighting ageism in the 21st century.

The Murray Ledger And Times, February 11, 2013, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Muc4 Overexpression Augments Cell Migration And Metastasis Through Egfr Family Proteins In Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells., Partha Mukhopadhyay, Imayavaramban Lakshmanan, Moorthy P. Ponnusamy, Subhankar Chakraborty, Maneesh Jain, Priya Pai, Lynette M. Smith, Subodh M. Lele, Surinder K. Batra

Journal Articles: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

INTRODUCTION: Current studies indicate that triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), an aggressive breast cancer subtype, is associated with poor prognosis and an early pattern of metastasis. Emerging evidence suggests that MUC4 mucin is associated with metastasis of various cancers, including breast cancer. However, the functional role of MUC4 remains unclear in breast cancers, especially in TNBCs.

METHOD: In the present study, we investigated the functional and mechanistic roles of MUC4 in potentiating pathogenic signals including EGFR family proteins to promote TNBC aggressiveness using in vitro and in vivo studies. Further, we studied the expression of MUC4 in invasive TNBC tissue …

Control Of Flower Size, Beth A. Krizek, Jill T. Anderson

Faculty Publications

Flowers exhibit amazing morphological diversity in many traits, including their size. In addition to interspecific flower size differences, many species maintain significant variation in flower size within and among populations. Flower size variation can contribute to reproductive isolation of species and thus has clear evolutionary consequences. In this review we integrate information on flower size variation from both evolutionary and developmental biology perspectives. We examine the role of flower size in the context of mating system evolution. In addition, we describe what is currently known about the genetic basis of flower size based on quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping in …

The Parthenon, February 11, 2013, John Gibb, Tyler Kes

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

Business Innovation Group (Big) News, Georgia Southern University

Business Innovation Group: News & Publications

• Georgia Southern students turn comic books into entrepreneurial endeavor
• Georgia Southern student runs business while finishing degree

The Collegian (2013-02-11), Joe Molina

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 65, No. 19

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - February 10, 2013, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the February 10, 2013 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler

Contents Include

• USA Gold Humanism Honor Society Members Participate in 'Focus on Compassion' Week

• USA Physician Weighs in on Medicaid Expansion

• Feb. 21st Distinguished Scientist Seminar to Feature Dr. Thomas Vondriska

• RSVP Today - 2013 Oncology Outlook

• Regional Stroke Support Group Meeting to Feature Biomedical Librarian Geneva Staggs

Dna Damage Repair Genes Controlling Human Papillomavirus (Hpv) Episome Levels Under Conditions Of Stability And Extreme Instability, Terri Edwards, Thomas Vidmar, Kevin Koeller, James Bashkin, Chris Fisher

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Works

DNA damage response (DDR) genes and pathways controlling the stability of HPV episomal DNA are reported here. We set out to understand the mechanism by which a DNA-binding, N-methylpyrrole-imidazole hairpin polyamide (PA25) acts to cause the dramatic loss of HPV DNA from cells. Southern blots revealed that PA25 alters HPV episomes within 5 hours of treatment. Gene expression arrays identified numerous DDR genes that were specifically altered in HPV16 episome-containing cells (W12E) by PA25, but not in HPV-negative (C33A) cells or in cells with integrated HPV16 (SiHa). A siRNA screen of 240 DDR genes was then conducted to identify enhancers …

Gender Identification Of Children Using Hidden Markov Model Based On Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficient / Adira Ibrahim, Ibrahim Adira

Student Works (2010-2019)

Speech is a communication between humans using variety of language that is translated into word, phrases and sentences. Speech signal carries pitch intonation that can express information such as accent, emotion, gender, and age. However, study in vowel for children has some difficulties such as false pronunciation and disfluencies of speech. This project aims to develop a system that can identify gender of speakers based on speech signal using Hidden Markov Model (HMM) as a recognizer. Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) was applied as the feature extraction method. HMM was trained with Baum-Welch algorithm and tested with Viterbi algorithm to …

Undergraduate Research In Biology: Field Studies, Eric Walters

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Chair: Eric Walters, Department of Biological Sciences

Undergraduate Research In Biology: Ticks, Holly Gaff

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Chair: Dr. Holly Gaff, Department of Biological Sciences

Undergraduate Research In Biology: Aquatic, David Gauthier

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Chair: Dr. David Gauthier, Department of Biological Sciences

The History Of Medicine: Benefits Derived From Exploring The Sciences Through The Lens Of The Humanities, Annette Finley-Croswhite

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Chair: Dr. Annette Finley-Croswhite, Department of History

Age-Related Accumulation Of T Cells With Markers Of Relatively Stronger Autoreactivity Leads To Functional Erosion Of T Cells., Zohreh Tatari-Calderone, Milica Stojakovic, Ramita Dewan, Gama L. Bouder, Dragana Jankovic, Stanislav Vukmanovic

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Background

Thymic involution is a prominent characteristic of an aging immune system. When thymic function is reduced/absent, the peripheral T cell pool is subject to the laws of peripheral T cell homeostasis that favor survival/expansion of T cell receptors with relatively higher functional avidity for self-peptide/MHC complexes. Due to difficulties in assessing the TCR avidity in polyclonal population of T cells, it is currently not known whether high avidity T cells preferentially survive in aging individuals, and what impact this might have on the function of the immune system and development of autoimmune diseases.

Results

The phenotype of T cells …

Illegitimate Harm: Law, Stigma, And Discrimination Against Nonmarital Children, Solangel Maldonado

Florida Law Review

No one would dispute that for most of U.S. history, nonmarital children suffered significant legal and societal discrimination. Although many individuals believe that the legal disadvantages attached to “illegitimate” status have disappeared in the last forty years, this Article demonstrates that the law continues to discriminate against nonmarital children in a number of areas, including intestate succession, citizenship, and child support. Societal biases against nonmarital children also remain. A majority of Americans believe that the increase in nonmarital births is a significant societal problem and almost 50% believe that unmarried women should not have children. Some courts are aware of …

The Forgotten Victim In The Human Gene Patenting Debate: Pharmaceutical Companies, Jacob D. Moore

Florida Law Review

This Note will explore the seemingly contradictory interests of the general public, the pharmaceutical industry, and the research community regarding human gene patents. Part I will look at the recent Myriad decisions in light of previous beliefs about the patentability of genetic material. Part II will examine the effect of gene patenting on scientific research and innovation. Parts III and IV will explore the effect of gene patents on both the general public and the pharmaceutical industry, and will seek to understand the belief dissonance between these two factions. Part V will consider how Congress has handled similar problems in …