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Examining Relationships Of Taste Sensitivity And Body Fat Percentage Using Body Adiposity Index, Amanda J. Lemaster

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Body fat and taste sensitivity have been explored with mixed results. Generally, studies have used Body Mass Index (BMI) as an indicator of obesity. This research study explores the relations between body fat percentage using a fairly new measure, Body Adiposity Index (BAI; Bergman et al., 2011), BMI, and the three types of taste sensitivities: non-, medium, and supertasters. Taste sensitivity was assessed using two methods: the blue food dye exam (Miller & Reedy, 1990) and the filter paper method (Zhao, Kirkmeyer, & Tepper, 2003) using the general Labeled Magnitude Scale (Bartoshuk et al., 2004) among student participants (n = …

Independent - Oct. 29, 2013, Jacklyn Nowotnik

The Independent (1988-present)

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Biology Professor And Students Examine And Document Rare Squid, October 29, 2013, Tom Scherberger

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

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Stubbs, Thomas Oral History Interview, Doris Meyer

Emeriti Society Oral History Collection

Professor of Physical Education, Football Coach, Baseball Coach, Interim Athletic Director (1963–1999). Topics include: Role of an administrator, interim Athletic Director experiences, team work concepts and importance, transition to Sport Sciences Department title, importance of athletic team competition in an educational setting.

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, October 29, 2013, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

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Primary Elective Spine Arthrodesis: Audit Of Institutional Cross Matched To Transfused (C/T) Ratio To Develop Blood Product Ordering Guidelines, Muhammad Mehboob Alam, Zain A. Sobani, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Khabir Ahmad, Fouzia Minai

Section of Neurosurgery

Background: Currently, there are no uniform guidelines regarding the appropriate amount of blood products ordered prior to spine surgery. Here, we audited our own institution's practices along with preoperative variables that contributed to perioperative transfusion requirements for elective spinal arthrodesis.
Methods: This study utilized a single institution retrospective chart review of patients undergoing elective spinal fusion over a 2 year period. The cross matched to transfused (C/T) ratio was utilized to compare different patient groups. Sub-group multivariate analysis enabled us to identify possible predictors of transfusion for this patient population.
Results: Eighty-five patients were included in the study. Of the …

The Current Volume 24 : Issue 10, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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Daily Eastern News: October 29, 2013, Eastern Illinois University

October

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Sedimentary Constraints On The Duration Of The Marinoan Oxygen-17 Depletion (Mosd) Event, Bryan A. Killingsworth, Justin A. Hayles, Chuanming Zhou, Huiming Bao

Faculty Publications

The ∼635 Ma Marinoan glaciation is marked by dramatic Earth system perturbations. Deposition of nonmass-dependently 17Odepleted sulfate (SO42) in worldwide postglacial sediments is, thus far, unique to this glaciation. It is proposed that an extremely high-pCO2 atmosphere can result in highly 17O-depleted atmospheric O2, or the Marinoan Oxygen-17 Depletion (MOSD) event. This anomalous 17O signal was imparted to sulfate of oxidative weathering origin. However, 17O-depleted sulfate occurs in limited sedimentary intervals, suggesting that Earth surface conditions conducive to the MOSD had a finite duration. An MOSD duration can, therefore, provide much needed constraint on modeling Earth system responses at that …

Stem Cell Beacon, M. Ian Phillips, Yao Liang Tang

USF Patents

The invention relates to methods and compositions for selectively directing stem cells to a target tissue within a subject using a system that employs one or more vectors that contain a gene switch/biosensor, a tissue-specific promoter, a gene encoding a stem cell-attracting chemokine, and a gene amplification system. In one embodiment, a stem cell-attracting chemokine is expressed in damaged tissue using a stimulus-responsive vector system. The stimulus can be a physiological stimulus associated with cell injury, such as hypoxia or elevated glucose levels, for example. Expression of the chemokine increases the trafficking of stem cells to the damaged tissue.

Effects Of Density And Substrate Type On Recruitment And Growth Of Pyropia Torta (Rhodophyta) Gametophytes, Jan M. Conitz, Robert Fagen, Michael Stekoll

Faculty, Staff, and Students

Does density affect recruitment and growth in the annual, blade phase of Pyropia sp., does self-thinning occur, and does substrate affect recruitment? These questions were investigated in laboratory-cultured Pyropia torta, a naturally occurring species in Alaska with mariculture potential. Three density levels were produced from conchospores. Measurements were made, initially at settlement and germination and, subsequently, at approximately 3-week intervals, in 12 randomly selected cultures from each density level. Settled spores, germlings, or growing blades were counted microscopically and standardized to unit area. Blade surface area was measured microscopically using image analysis software. Three density levels were still distinct at …

Sedimentary Constraints On The Duration Of The Marinoan Oxygen-17 Depletion (Mosd) Event, Bryan A. Killingsworth, Justin A. Hayles, Chuanming Zhou, Huiming Bao

Faculty Publications

The ∼635 Ma Marinoan glaciation is marked by dramatic Earth system perturbations. Deposition of nonmass-dependently 17Odepleted sulfate (SO42) in worldwide postglacial sediments is, thus far, unique to this glaciation. It is proposed that an extremely high-pCO2 atmosphere can result in highly 17O-depleted atmospheric O2, or the Marinoan Oxygen-17 Depletion (MOSD) event. This anomalous 17O signal was imparted to sulfate of oxidative weathering origin. However, 17O-depleted sulfate occurs in limited sedimentary intervals, suggesting that Earth surface conditions conducive to the MOSD had a finite duration. An MOSD duration can, therefore, provide much needed constraint on modeling Earth system responses at that …

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A Genome-To-Genome Analysis Of Associations Between Human Genetic Variation, Hiv-1 Sequence Diversity, And Viral Control, Istvan Bartha, Jonathan M. Carlson, Chanson J. Brumme, Paul J. Mclaren, Zabrina L. Brumme, Mina John, David W. Haas, Javier Martinez-Picado, Judith Dalmau, Cecilio Lopez-Galindez, Concepcion Casado, Andri Rauch, Huldrych F. Gunthard, Enos Bernasconi, Pietro Vernazza, Thomas Klimkait, Sabine Yerly, Stephen J. O'Brien, Jennifer Listgarten, Nico Pfeifer, Christoph Lippert, Nicolo Fusi, Zoltan Kutalik, Todd M. Allen, Viktor Muller, P. Richard Harrigan, David Heckerman, Amalio Telenti, Jacques Fellay

Biology Faculty Articles

HIV-1 sequence diversity is affected by selection pressures arising from host genomic factors. Using paired human and viral data from 1071 individuals, we ran >3000 genome-wide scans, testing for associations between host DNA polymorphisms, HIV-1 sequence variation and plasma viral load (VL), while considering human and viral population structure. We observed significant human SNP associations to a total of 48 HIV-1 amino acid variants (p<2.4 × 10⁻¹²). All associated SNPs mapped to the HLA class I region. Clinical relevance of host and pathogen variation was assessed using VL results. We identified two critical advantages to the use of viral variation …

Egg-Derived Tri-Peptide Irw Exerts Antihypertensive Effects In Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats, Kaustav Majumder, Subhadeep Chakrabarti, Jude S. Morton, Sareh Panahi, Susan Kaufman, Sandra T. Davidge, Jianping Wu

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Background: There is a growing interest in using functional food components as therapy for cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension. We have previously characterized a tri-peptide IRW (Ile-Arg-Trp) from egg white protein ovotransferrin; this peptide showed anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor properties in vitro. Given the pathogenic roles played by angiotensin, oxidative stress and inflammation in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), we tested the therapeutic potential of IRW in this well-established model of hypertension.

Methods and Results: 16–17 week old male SHRs were orally administered IRW at either a low dose (3 mg/Kg BW) or a high dose …

Academic Senate - Agenda, 10/29/2013, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

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Peptide-Amphiphile Containing Arginine And Fatty Acyl Chains As Molecular Transporters, Amir Nasrolahi Shirazi, Donghoon Oh, Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, Brian Sullivan, Anju Gupta, Geoffrey D. Bothun, Keykavous Parang

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Peptide amphiphiles (PAs) are promising tools for the intracellular delivery of numerous drugs. PAs are known to be biodegradable systems. Here, four PA derivatives containing arginine and lysine conjugated with fatty acyl groups with different chain length, namely PA1: R-K(C₁₄)-R, PA2: R-K(C₁₆)-R, PA3: K(C₁₄)-R-K(C₁₄), and PA4: K(C₁₆)-R-K(C₁₆), where C₁₆ = palmitic acid and C₁₄ = myristic acid, were synthesized through Fmoc chemistry. Flow cytometry studies showed that among all synthesized PAs, only K(C₁₆)-R-K(C₁₆), PA4 was able to enhance the cellular uptake of …

Structure And Function Of The Smoothened Extracellular Domain In Vertebrate Hedgehog Signaling, Sigrid Nachtergaele, Daniel M. Whalen, Laurel K. Mydock, Zhonghua Zhao, Tomas Malinauskas, Kathiresan Krishnan, Philip W. Ingham, Douglas F. Covey, Christian Siebold, Rajat Rohatgi

Open Access Publications

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The Pregnancy Discrimination Act Reaches Advanced Maternal Age, Joanna L. Grossman

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

This week marks the 35th anniversary of the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) of 1978. Signed into law on Halloween that year by President Jimmy Carter, the PDA was instrumental in ending a longstanding era of the lawful exclusion of pregnant women from the workforce. The Act ushered in an era of unprecedented access for women to jobs before, during, and after pregnancy. This was, and still is, cause for celebration. Yet, pregnant workers today continue to face high levels of discrimination and, more importantly, to lack some basic legal protections that are necessary to enable some women …

Montana Kaimin, October 29, 2013, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Flight Energy Management Training: Promoting Safety And Efficiency, Juan R. Merkt

Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering

Poor aircraft energy management can lead to unsafe and inefficient operations. Despite their impact on safety and economy, energy management skills are not adequately taught or evaluated in civilian pilot training. This paper 1) addresses the need for better energy management training, 2) provides a conceptual and pedagogical framework for later curriculum development, and 3) suggests key attributes of an effective training program. To make the case, the study uses energy management to link safety and efficiency. It then synthesizes energy principles across disciplines and illustrates how such principles, once simplified, become powerful instructional tools. Finally, it suggests that an …

Exploring Life And Death At The Cellular Level: An Examination Of How Our Cells Can Live Without Us, Emily F. Schmitt Lavin

Quadrivium: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Scholarship

During the academic year (2012–2013) students and faculty in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences focused on the annual theme of “Life and Death.” To this end, we have been focusing all aspects of academic growth around this theme. It has guided our coursework, study groups, invited lecture series, Faculty Lecture Series, and even our Commencement speaker’s address (Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, 2013). In this paper the idea of life and death will be examined from a cellular and molecular level, and the idea of what happens to our biological pieces (cells, proteins, tissues, etc.) once they …

Unsolved Mysteries In Nlr Biology, Christopher R. Lupfer, Thirumala Devi Kanneganti

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

NOD-like receptors (NLRs) are a class of cytoplasmic pattern-recognition receptors. Although most NLRs play some role in immunity, their functions range from regulating antigen presentation (NLRC5, CIITA) to pathogen/damage sensing (NLRP1, NLRP3, NLRC1/2, NLRC4) to suppression or modulation of inflammation (NLRC3, NLRP6, NLRP12, NLRX1). However, NLRP2, NLRP5, and NLRP7 are also involved in non-immune pathways such as embryonic development. In this review, we highlight some of the least well-understood aspects of NLRs, including the mechanisms by which they sense pathogens or damage. NLRP3 recognizes a diverse range of stimuli and numerous publications have presented potential unifying models for NLRP3 activation, …

Anaerobic Biotransformation Of Environmental Pollutants Stimulated By Electric Field: Electron-Transfer Mechanisms And Application Examples, Chun-Hua Feng, Dao-Hai Xie, Yun-Meng Pang, Tao Han, Chao-Hai Wei

Journal of Electrochemistry

The ability of some microorganisms to accept electrons from an electrode for the reduction of terminal electron acceptors in anaerobic environments has attracted growing interest on the electric field-stimulated biological reduction technology, which may open new possibility for the sustainable wastewater treatment and bioremediation in the field of environmental engineering. Here, we reviewed the extracellular electron transfer mechanism which is thought to play a key role in determining the feasibility and efficiency for the anaerobic biotransformation of environmental pollutants. Possible mechanisms that may be involved in bioelectrochemical reactors (BERs) with biocathodes include indirect electron transfer via hydrogen generated from water …

October 28, 2013, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Current, October 28, 2013, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

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Wealth And Poverty | Within And Between Countries, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 038, Number 10, October 28, 2013, Grand Valley State University

2013-2014, Volume 38

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

From The Editors, Eric Mason, Andrea E. Shaw-Nevins

Quadrivium: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Scholarship

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Knowing The Future: A Focus Of Human Attention For Several Thousand Years, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.