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Association Between Childhood Adversities And Adulthood Depressive Symptoms In South Korea: Results From A Nationally Representative Longitudinal Study, Seung-Sup Kim, Hyobum Jang, Hyoung Yoon Chang, Young Su Park, Dong Woo Lee

Environmental and Occupational Health Faculty Publications

Objective To examine how childhood adversity (ie, parental death, parental divorce, suspension of school education due to financial strain or being raised in a relative's house due to financial strain) is associated with prevalence and incidence of adulthood depressive symptoms and whether this association differs by gender and by age in South Korea.

Design Prospective cohort design.

Setting Nationally representative longitudinal survey in South Korea.

Participants 11 526 participants in South Korea.

Outcome measure Prevalence and incidence of adulthood depressive symptoms were assessed as a dichotomous variable using the Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale in 2006 and 2007. …

On An Ensemble Algorithm For Clustering Cancer Patient Data, Ran Qi, Dengyuan Wu, Li Sheng, Donald E. Henson, Arnold M. Schwartz, Eric Xu, Kai Xing, Dechang Chen

Pathology Faculty Publications

Background

The TNM staging system is based on three anatomic prognostic factors: Tumor, Lymph Node and Metastasis. However, cancer is no longer considered an anatomic disease. Therefore, the TNM should be expanded to accommodate new prognostic factors in order to increase the accuracy of estimating cancer patient outcome. The ensemble algorithm for clustering cancer data (EACCD) by Chen et al. reflects an effort to expand the TNM without changing its basic definitions. Though results on using EACCD have been reported, there has been no study on the analysis of the algorithm. In this report, we examine various aspects of …

2013-2014. Catalog., Hope College

Hope College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Cornell Lab Of Ornithology. (2013). All About Birds [E-Resource Review], Kevin Mcdonough

Publication

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=1189

Basic Desert And Reactive Emotions, Zac Cogley

Publication

It is common for philosophers to invoke the idea that someone deserves an emotion like anger because she has done something morally wrong. While appeals to this notion of desert are common in the literature, such references aren’t thoroughly examined. For example, what do we mean when we say that someone deserves anger because she wronged us? This question is important because it is common for one philosopher to claim that someone deserves anger for a moral wrong while another denies it. Without an account of desert claims it is difficult to evaluate which position is more plausible.

We can …

Trophic Ecology Of A Freshwater Sponge (Spongilla Lacustris) Revealed By Stable Isotope Analysis, J Skelton, Mac Strand

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

High Resolution (3 Tesla) Mri-Guided Conformal Brachytherapy For Cervical Cancer: Consequences Of Different High-Risk Ctv Sizes, James W. Anderson, Junyi Xia, Ryan T. Flynn, Joseph M. Modrick, Sudershan K. Bhatia, Geraldine M. Jacobson, Yusung Kim

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Purpose: To evaluate conventional brachytherapy (BT) plans using dose-volume parameters and high resolution

(3 Tesla) MRI datasets, and to quantify dosimetric benefits and limitations when MRI-guided, conformal BT (MRIG-CBT) plans are generated.

Material and methods: Fifty-five clinical high-dose-rate BT plans from 14 cervical cancer patients were retrospectively studied. All conventional plans were created using MRI with titanium tandem-and-ovoid applicator (T&O) for delivery. For each conventional plan, a MRIG-CBT plan was retrospectively generated using hybrid inverse optimization. Three categories of high risk (HR)-CTV were considered based on volume: non-bulky (< 20 cc), low-bulky (> 20 cc and < 40 cc) and bulky (≥ 40 cc). Dose-volume metrics of D₉₀ of HR-CTV and D_{2cc …}

The Educational Challenges Of Living In Poverty, David A. Wendt, Lora L. Wolff

Iowa Journal of Communication

The impact of persons living near the poverty line or in poverty is a growing concern. The effects of poverty are demonstrated daily as families struggle to survive. The interpersonal communication skills of parents and children alike are challenged in the middle-class world of the educational experience.

Ape Autonomy? Social Norms And Moral Agency In Other Species, Kristin Andrews

Moral Standing and Animal Rights Collection

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of A Summer Camp Program In China On Children’S Knowledge, Attitudes, And Behaviors Toward Animals: A Model For Conservation Education, Sarah M. Bexell, Olga S. Jarrett, Xu Ping

Education Collection

This summative evaluation, conducted in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, studied whether participation in a conservation education camp positively changed 8–12-year-old children’s (a) knowledge of how to protect animals, (b) care about animals, (c) propensity for environmental and wildlife stewardship, and (d) compassionate behavior toward animals and nature. Influenced by conservation psychology, social learning theory, empathy and moral development, constructivism, and conservation biology, 5-day overnight camps were conducted at 2 zoological institutions. Activities were designed to help children form bonds with animals and care enough to positively change their behavior toward animals and nature. Mixed methods, using pre- and post-visit surveys, …

Temporal Variation And Scale In Movement-Based Resource Selection Functions, M. B. Hooten, E. M. Hanks, D. S. Johnson, M. W. Alldredge

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

A common population characteristic of interest in animal ecology studies pertains to the selection of resources. That is, given the resources available to animals, what do they ultimately choose to use? A variety of statistical approaches have been employed to examine this question and each has advantages and disadvantages with respect to the form of available data and the properties of estimators given model assumptions. A wealth of high resolution telemetry data are now being collected to study animal population movement and space use and these data present both challenges and opportunities for statistical inference. We summarize traditional methods for …

Foreword, Lawrence E. Singer, James G. Hodge, Daniel G. Orenstein, Kristin Peterson

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Foreword, Annals Of Health Law

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Enhancing Communication Between Scientists, Government Officials, And The Lay Public: Advancing Science And Protecting The Public's Welfare Through Better Multi-Stakeholder Interfacing, Clark J. Lee, Patrick P. Rose, Earl Stoddard Iii

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

Adsorption-Controlled Growth Of Bivo4 By Molecular-Beam Epitaxy, S. Stoughton, M. Showak, Q. ,, P. Koirala, D. A. Hillsberry, Shawn Sallis, L. F. Kourkoutis, K. Nguyen, Louis Piper, D. A. Tenne, N. J. Podraza, D. A. Muller, C. Adamo, D. G. Schlom

Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy Faculty Scholarship

Single-phase epitaxial films of the monoclinic polymorph of BiVO4 were synthesized by reactive molecular-beam epitaxy under adsorption-controlled conditions. The BiVO4 films were grown on (001) yttria-stabilized cubic zirconia (YSZ) substrates. Four-circle x-ray diffraction, scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), and Raman spectroscopy confirm the epitaxial growth of monoclinic BiVO4 with an atomically abrupt interface and orientation relationship (001)BiVO4 parallel to (001)(YSZ) with [100]BiVO4 parallel to [100](YSZ). Spectroscopic ellipsometry, STEM electron energy loss spectroscopy (STEM-EELS), and x-ray absorption spectroscopy indicate that the films have a direct band gap of 2.5 +/- 0.1 eV.

Southern University And A & M College 2013-2014 Graduate School Bulletin, Southern University And A&M College

Southern University and A & M College Course Catalogs

Southern University and A & M College 2013-2014 Graduate School Bulletin.

Influence Of Larval Behavior On Transport And Population Connectivity In A Realistic Simulation Of The California Current System, Patrick T. Drake, Christopher A. Edwards, Steven G. Morgan, Edward P. Dever

Journal of Marine Research

Using an implementation of the Region Ocean Modeling System, we investigate the influence of larval vertical swimming on spring dispersal for nearshore invertebrate species in the California Current System (CCS), with a focus on central California and the Bodega Bay area. Larvae are given a suite of idealized behaviors designed to reveal the importance of the surface boundary layer (SBL) to transport and settlement. Larvae remain near 5 m, 30 m, or transition between these depths using various strategies, including diel vertical migration (DVM) and ontogenetic vertical migration. Some behaviors result in modeled densities qualitatively similar to observed cross-shelf larval …

Antimicrobial Resistance To 14 Antimicrobials In Marine Coastal Waters Around Northern Ireland: Use Of The Novel Relative Resistance Index As A Marker Of Ecological Status, Peter J. A. Moore, Juluri R. Rao, B. Cherie Millar, Colin E. Goldsmith, Wilson A. Coulter, John E. Moore

Journal of Marine Research

Relatively little work has been published on the incidence of antibiotic resistance (ABR) in the marine microbiological environment, which is of importance to animal (fish, mammals, birds) health, zoonotic transmission, distribution of ABR bacteria with oceanic drift, and ultimately human health. A study was performed to determine the diversity of total ABR (intrinsic and acquired resistance) in marine bacteria in shallow coastal waters surrounding Northern Ireland through the use of a novel Relative Resistance Index (RRI) as a surrogate marker for ecological change, particularly in comparing marine water in commercial versus non-commercial sites. Total antibiotic resistance was observed to varying …

Circulation And Cross-Shelf Transport In The Florida Big Bend, Austin C. Todd, Steven L. Morey, Eric P. Chassignet

Journal of Marine Research

The Florida Big Bend region in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico contains both spawning sites and nursery habitats for a variety of economically valuable marine species. One species, the gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis), relies on the shelf circulation to distribute larvae from shelf-break spawning grounds to coastal sea-grass nurseries each spring. Therefore, identifying the dominant circulation features and physical mechanisms that contribute to cross-shelf transport during the springtime is a necessary step in understanding the variation of the abundance of this reef fish. The mean circulation features and onshore transport pathways are investigated using a numerical ocean model …

Eddy Induced Kuroshio Intrusions Onto The Continental Shelf Of The East China Sea, Pedro Vélez-Belchí, Luca R. Centurioni, Dong-Kyu Lee, Sen Jan, Pearn P. Niiler

Journal of Marine Research

The Kuroshio is known to intrude onto the continental shelf in the southern East China Sea (ECS) northeast of Taiwan. Two types of intrusions are observed: large and small, depending on how far the Kuroshio penetrates onto the ECS continental shelf, and on the location where it crosses the shelf break. This study demonstrates that cyclonic eddies from the western Pacific induce some of these large Kuroshio intrusions. The large intrusions are identified from more than 20 years of drifter tracks archived in the Global Drifter Program historical database and from weekly and biweekly drifter deployments carried out between April …

Elucidation Of The Regulation Of Ethanol Catabolic Genes And Ptsg Using A Glxr And Adenylate Cyclase Gene (Cyab) Deletion Mutants Of Corynebacterium Glutamicum Atcc 13032, Bindu Subhadra, Jung-Kee Lee

Faculty Publications - Biological Sciences

The cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP) homolog, GlxR, controls the expression of several genes involved in the regulation of diverse physiological processes in Corynebacterium glutamicum. In silico analysis has revealed the presence of glxR binding sites upstream of genes ptsG, adhA, and ald, encoding glucose-specific phosphotransferase system protein, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), respectively. However, the involvement of the GlxR-cAMP complex on the expression of these genes has been explored only in vitro. In this study, the expressions of ptsG, adhA, and ald were analyzed in detail using an adenylate cyclase gene (cyaB) deletion mutant and glxR deletion …

Graduate Medical Education 2012-2013 Annual Report, Children's Mercy Hospital

GME Annual Reports

Annual report of the Children's Mercy Hospital Graduate Medical Education department, including pediatric residency, internal medicine/pediatrics residency, fellowship programs, medical students, continuing medical education, and library services.

The Great Lakes Water Resources Compact And Agreement: Transboundary Normativity Without International Law , Bradley C. Karkkainen

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Interplay Between Fda And Patent Law: Infusing Organizational Knowledge For Medical Device Companies , Suneel Arora, Timothy J. Christman, Ashley N. Mays, Andrew Schmidt

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Has Supply Chain Management Lost Its Relevance?, Natalie Descheres

Books/Book chapters

The context of business has changed dramatically over the last 15 years. The definition of need satisfaction, the shift from “dot to web” competition and the embedding of the organisation into a wider political and societal environment has transformed SCM contributions and the meaning of work for employees. Interdependence must evolve from the do-it-alone approach and yet the ashes are not proving fertile ground. In many ways, traditional models of management have not kept up with the changes and are taken aback by the complexity that surrounds us. Complexity is however not a feature of our world, but one of …

Review Of Thieves Of Virtue: When Bioethics Stole Medicine By Tom Koch, William Simkulet

Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Complex Dynamics In Predator-Prey Models With Nonmonotonic Functional Response And Seasonal Harvesting, Jicai Huang, Jing Chen, Yijun Gong, Weipeng Zhang

Mathematics Faculty Articles

In this paper we study the complex dynamics of predator-prey systems with nonmonotonic functional response and harvesting. When the harvesting is constant-yield for prey, it is shown that various kinds of bifurcations, such as saddle-node bifurcation, degenerate Hopf bifurcation, and Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation, occur in the model as parameters vary. The existence of two limit cycles and a homoclinic loop is established by numerical simulations. When the harvesting is seasonal for both species, sufficient conditions for the existence of an asymptotically stable periodic solution and bifurcation of a stable periodic orbit into a stable invariant torus of the model are given. …

Molecular Crystallization Directed By Nanoparticles And Nanopatterns, Li Li

Wayne State University Dissertations

This dissertation focuses on nanoparticle/nanopattern-induced molecular self-assembly and crystallization. We propose a universal strategy to synthesize organic/inorganic hybrid nanostructures using inorganic nanoparticles and nanoparticle arrays to induce organic crystalline compound nucleation and crystallization. The nanoconfinement effect will be addressed to study molecular crystallization by changing nanoparticle size, curvature and separation distance. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is the main characterization tool to investigate the topography of the hybrid nanostructures and the nucleation and crystallization process. This work will contribute to the understanding of seed mediated nucleation and crystallization, molecular ordering under nanoconfinement and hybrid nanomaterials.

Mechanisms Models And Biomarkers In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Martin R. Turner, Robert Bowser, Lucie Bruijn, Luc Dupuis, Albert Ludolph, Michael Mcgrath, Giovanni Manfredi, Nicholas Maragakis, Robert G. Miller, Seth L. Pullman, Seward B. Rutkove, Pamela J. Shaw, Jeremy M. Shefner, Kenneth H. Fischbeck

Neurology

The last 30 years have seen a major advance in the understanding of the clinical and pathological heterogeneity of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and its overlap with frontotemporal dementia. Multiple, seemingly disparate biochemical pathways converge on a common clinical syndrome characterized by progressive loss of upper and lower motor neurons. Pathogenic themes in ALS include excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, neuroinflammation, altered energy metabolism, and most recently RNA mis-processing. The transgenic rodent, overexpressing mutant superoxide dismutase-1, is now only one of several models of ALS pathogenesis. The nematode, fruit fly and zebrafish all offer fresh insight, and the development of …

My Iphone Is My Castle: One Aspect Of Protecting Privacy In A Digital Age, 30 J. Marshall J. Info. Tech. & Privacy L. 1 (2013), Joan Catherine Bohl

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

No abstract provided.