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Building Up A Community By Empowering Disadvantaged Youth, Sophia De Quattro

Service-Learning | Student Scholarship

When you enter the grounds of Marin County Community School (MCCS), you see security patrolling the premises. The students may be on probation, house arrest, or have general behavior issues deemed unfit for regular public school. High-risk youth in Marin County generally are referred to MCCS, an alternative education facility, in hopes of providing the student a second chance to earn a high school diploma and a better future. MCCS, located in San Rafael, California provides an educational program geared towards intensive instruction in English/Language Arts and Mathematics with a focus on developing pro-social skills through the integration of services …

Pge 2 Desensitizes Β -Agonist Effect On Human Lung Fibroblast-Mediated Collagen Gel Contraction Through Opregulating Pde4, Qiuhong Fang, Yingmin Ma, Jing Wang, Joel Michalski, Stephen I. Rennard, Xiangde Liu

Journal Articles: Pulmonary & Critical Care Med

In the current study, we investigated the effect of a long-acting β -agonist (salmeterol) and a phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor (cilomilast) on human lung fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction. Higher concentrations of salmeterol (10(-7) and 10(-6) M) inhibited fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction. No effect was observed with cilomilast alone (up to 10(-5) M). In the presence of 10(-8) M salmeterol, however, cilomilast could significantly inhibit fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction in a concentration-dependent manner (10(-7) ~10(-5) M). Blockade of endogenous PGE2 by indomethacin further potentiated the inhibitory effect of salmeterol on fibroblast-mediated collagen gel contraction, but it did not affect cilomilast's effect. …

Mohave Desert—An Overview And Byu's Lytle Preserve, Stanley L. Welsh, Larry St. Clair

Books by Faculty of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Mohahve or Mohave (Mojave) gets its Explorer and its Name (sort of?)

The Frémont Odyssey through the Mohahve

What of the Crossing of the Mohahve?

References

BYU's Lytle Preserve

Acknowledgments

Founder's Day 2013, Sacred Heart University

Founder's Day Programs

Program for the April 10, 2013 Founder's Day ceremony.

2013-2014 Student Handbook, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Student Handbooks

No abstract provided.

2013 September Newsletter, Nova Southeastern University

Suicide and Violence Prevention Newsletters

No abstract provided.

2013 May Newsletter, Nova Southeastern University

Suicide and Violence Prevention Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Com Outlook Winter 2013, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

No abstract provided.

The Supreme Court Screws Up The Science: There Is No Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome “Scientific” Controversy, Joelle A. Moreno, Brian Holmgren

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of The Scale Of Parenting And Life Functioning Using The Rasch Measurement Model, Laricia Longworth-Reed

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the current study was to examine dimensionality, reliability, invariance, targeting, scale use and functioning of items across subgroups for a sample of 278 on the Scale of Parenting and Life Functioning (SPLF). Analysis was conducted using a Rasch partial credit model. Overall, the SPLF showed good overall fit to the model. Unidimensionality of the scale was supported in the analysis, with over 60% of the raw variance explained by the measure. Item fit also provided evidence that the items fit the model. Scale categories displayed clear monotonicity. No differential item functioning was found for mother's age, race/ethnicity, …

Doctor Of Philosophy In Pharmacy 2013, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Nova Southeastern University 2013 Annual Report, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

O’Brien Studies The Origins Of The “Moron.”, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

A Remotely Sensed Global Terrestrial Drought Severity Index, Qiaozhen Mu, Maosheng Zhao, John S. Kimball, Nate Mcdowell, Steven W. Running

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group Publications

Regional drought and flooding from extreme climatic events are increasing in frequency and severity, with significant adverse ecosocial impacts. Detecting and monitoring drought at regional to global scales remains challenging, despite the availability of various drought indices and widespread availability of potentially synergistic global satellite observational records. The authors have developed a method to generate a near-real-time remotely sensed drought severity index (DSI) to monitor and detect drought globally at 1-km spatial resolution and regular 8-day, monthly, and annual frequencies. The new DSI integrates and exploits information from current operational satellite-based terrestrial evapo-transpiration (ET) and vegetation greenness index [normalized difference …

Kinetic Models Reveal The In Vivo Mechanisms Of Mutagenesis In Microbes And Man, Barbara E. Wright, Karen H. Schmidt, Michael F. Minnick

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

This review summarizes the evidence indicating that mutagenic mechanisms in vivo are essentially the same in all living cells. Unique metabolic reactions to a particular environmental stress apparently target specific genes for increased rates of transcription and mutation, resulting in higher mutation rates for those genes most likely to solve the problem. Kinetic models which have demonstrated predictive value are described and are shown to simulate mutagenesis in vivo in Escherichia coli, the p53 tumor suppressor gene, and somatic hypermutation. In all three models, direct correlations are seen between mutation frequencies and transcription rates. G and C nucleosides in single-stranded …

Prolonged Dormancy Interacts With Senescence For Two Perennial Herbs, Juha Tuomi, Elizabeth E. Crone, Jennifer R. Gremer, Anne Jakalaniemi, Peter Lesica, Bard Pedersen, Satu Ramula

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

1. Senescence is characterized by a decline in survival, fecundity and reproductive value with age among adult individuals. Simple age-dependent life cycles progress forward through developmental stages, with each successive stage being characterized by age-specific vital rates. In contrast, size- or stage-based life cycles for perennial plants are more complex and often include stasis and retrogression to previous vegetative or reproductive life stages, indicating possible slowing or even reversing the developmental progress.

2. Many plants remain in nonemergent, below-ground stages during the growing season (prolonged dormancy), which may affect the process of senescence. Stasis in the dormant stage implies that …

Morphological And Ecological Segregation Of Two Sympatric Lomatium Triternatum (Apiaceae) Varities In Montana, Peter Lesica, Pamela Kittelson

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The Lomatium triternatum complex is widespread in the Columbia River Basin. Lomatium triternatum (Pursh) J. M. Coult. & Rose var. triternatum and L. triternatum (Pursh) J. M. Coult. & Rose var. anomalum (M. E. Jones ex J. M. Coult. & Rose) Mathias are sympatric throughout much of their range and are reported to have similar fruit but different leaves. Plants of the two varieties repeatedly occur within 5–30 m of each other at an unusual site in northwest Montana, USA. We collected data on leaf and fruit morphological characters and habitat associations at this site to help address whether the …

The Search For "Strong Medicine": Pathways To Healthcare Development In Remote Nepal Using Gis, Catherine Lee Sanders, Kimber Haddix Mckay

Anthropology Faculty Publications

Nepalese agropastoralists’ confrontations with forces of change in the last generation have altered villagers’ abilities to gain access to health services, clean water, and nutrition in Humla District, Nepal. Development efforts and Nepal’s recent armed conflict, in particular, introduced novel technologies and ideologies that a subsection of villagers have responded to in a fashion that we did not expect. In this article, based on theories about the diffusion of innovation and risk, we argue that, together, villagers and other change agents have cocreated new contexts of vulnerability in the postconflict setting of rural Nepal, as observed in remote Humla District. …

Ethics And Geoengineering: Reviewing The Moral Issues Raised By Solar Radiation Management And Carbon Dioxide Removal, Christopher J. Preston

Philosophy Faculty Publications

After two decades of failure by the international community to respond adequately to the threat of global climate change, discussions of the possibility of geoengineering a cooler climate have recently proliferated. Alongside the considerable optimism that these technologies have generated, there has also been wide acknowledgement of significant ethical concerns. Ethicists, social scientists, and experts in governance have begun the work of addressing these concerns. The plethora of ethical issues raised by geoengineering creates challenges for those who wish to survey them. The issues are here separated out according to the temporal spaces in which they first arise. Some crop …

Role Of Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Excitation In High-Harmonic Generation Of N-2: A Time-Dependent Density-Functional-Theory Study, Xi Chu, Gerrit C. Groenenboom

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

A minimum at similar to 39 eV is observed in the high-harmonic-generation spectra of N-2 for several laser intensities and frequencies. This minimum appears to be invariant for different molecular orientations. We reproduce this minimum for a set of laser parameters and orientations in time-dependent density-functional-theory calculations, which also render orientation-dependent maxima at 23-26 eV. Photon energies of these maxima overlap with ionization potentials of excited states observed in photoelectron spectra. Time profile analysis shows that these maxima are caused by resonance-enhanced multiphoton excitation. We propose a four-step mechanism, in which an additional excitation step is added to the well-accepted …

Coupling Field And Laboratory Measurements To Estimate The Emission Factors Of Identified And Unidentified Trace Gases For Prescribed Fires, Robert J. Yokelson, I. R. Burling, J. Gilman, C. Warneke, C. Stockwell, J. De Gouw, S. K. Akagi, S. P. Urbanski, P. Veres, J. M. Roberts, W. C. Kuster, J. Reardon, David W. T. Griffith, T. J. Johnson, S. Hosseini, J. W. Miller, D. R. Cocker Iii, H. Jung, D. R. Weise

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

An extensive program of experiments focused on biomass burning emissions began with a laboratory phase in which vegetative fuels commonly consumed in prescribed fires were collected in the southeastern and southwestern US and burned in a series of 71 fires at the US Forest Service Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula, Montana. The particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions were measured by gravimetric filter sampling with subsequent analysis for elemental carbon (EC), organic carbon (OC), and 38 elements. The trace gas emissions were measured by an open-path Fourier transform infrared (OP-FTIR) spectrometer, proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTRMS), proton-transfer ion-trap mass spectrometry (PIT-MS), negative-ion proton-transfer …

Measurements Of Reactive Trace Gases And Variable O-3 Formation Rates In Some South Carolina Biomass Burning Plumes, S. K. Akagi, Robert J. Yokelson, I. R. Burling, S. Meinardi, Isobel J. Simpson, Donald R. Blake, G. R. Mcmeeking, A. Sullivan, T. Lee, S. Kreidenweis, S. P. Urbanski, J. Reardon, David W. T. Griffith, T. J. Johnson, D. R. Weise

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

In October-November 2011 we measured trace gas emission factors from seven prescribed fires in South Carolina (SC), US, using two Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) systems and whole air sampling (WAS) into canisters followed by gas-chromatographic analysis. A total of 97 trace gas species were quantified from both airborne and ground-based sampling platforms, making this one of the most detailed field studies of fire emissions to date. The measurements include the first emission factors for a suite of monoterpenes produced by heating vegetative fuels during field fires. The first quantitative FTIR observations of limonene in smoke are reported along with …

Biophysical Approaches To Human Genetic Disease: Adsl Deficiency As A Model, Stephen P. Ray

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Biophysical tools are becoming more useful in approaching human genetic disease. The pathogenic mechanisms behind many disorders have been attributed to protein loss of function or gain in toxic function. For example, changes in the protein Adenylosuccinate Lyase (ADSL) lead to ADSL deficiency, a disorder that causes symptoms ranging from epilepsy to expression of autistic features. Biophysics offers different tools to study intrinsic properties of proteins. We have applied such tools to study the enzyme kinetics and protein stability of ADSL and two mutations (R426H and R303C) to formulate better hypotheses regarding the pathogenic mechanism. Enzyme kinetic findings indicate a) …

Ce 575 Syllabus: Addiction Counseling Multicultural Concerns, Gaylia J. Borror

Counselor Education Syllabi

Multiculturalism is an important concept to examine in relation to addictions counseling. Client age, race, gender identity, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, economic status and/or disability status can impact the course of addiction or treatment. In this course, students will examine cultural influences as they converge with substance abuse and dependence.

Gauging The Success Of The Coeur D'Alene Lake Management Plan: An Example Of Tribal-State Cooperation, Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely

Articles

No abstract provided.

European Green Crab (Fact Sheet), Casco Bay Estuary Partnership

Publications

The European green crab, Carcinus maenas, an invasives species, has been pre-sent in Casco Bay for over 100 years (League-Pike and Shulman 2009). However, green crab populations have recently grown dramatically along Maine’s coast, resulting in serious impacts to marine ecosystems and coastal fisheries. Green crabs are voracious predators and consume a variety of marine species, including soft-shell clams, eels, scallops and blue mussels, posing a significant threat to these commercial fisheries. Officials estimate that green crabs are the most significant threat in decades to Maine’s $15.6 million soft-shell clam industry. Even Maine’s lobster fishery may be affected. Young lobsters …

Chimeric Glutathione S-Transferases: Properties And Thermodynamic Stability, Rita M. Rozmarynowycz

ETD Archive

No abstract provided.

In Memoriam: Erik D. Croll (1969-2013)

Undergraduate Review

No abstract provided.

Impacts From Ditching Salt Marshes In The Mid-Atlantic And Northeastern United States, David J. Tonjes

Technology & Society Faculty Publications

Tidal inundation extent and duration, and water drainage and retention by marsh peat – marsh hydrology – determine most physical and ecological characteristics of salt marsh systems. Ditching, installed across nearly all marshes on the US East Coast by 1940 to control mosquitoes, alters marsh hydrology. Two linchpin papers are used here as springboards to review the literature that describes the resulting effects, which clearly include reduced water table height for most marshes and changes in avian populations. Effects on invertebrate populations, including mosquitoes, are generally less, although to a smaller degree than is sometimes reported. Impacts on nekton are …

The Mighty Work Of Making Nations Happy: A Response To James Davison Hunter, Patrick Mckinley Brennan

Working Paper Series

This article is an invited response to James Davison Hunter’s much-discussed book To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (Oxford University Press, 2010). Hunter, a sociologist at UVA and a believing Protestant, claims that law’s capacity to contribute to social change is “mostly illusory” and that Christians, therefore, should practice “faithful presence” in the public square rather than seek to influence law directly. My response is that it is, in fact, law’s stunning ability to alter and limit available choices that makes it an object of deservedly fierce contest. The wild …