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Aaron E. Bledsoe - The Man Behind The Mask: The Progression Of Masculinity In African American Male Characters As Seen In Films Awarded The Naacp Image Award For Outstanding Actor In A Motion Pictur, Aaron E. Bledsoe

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program 2013

This qualitative study will examine the way in which the masculinity of African American men is portrayed in films through a textual analysis of the leading male character in movies that have been awarded the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture. I’ll be performing a textual analysis of the following movies: “Flight”, “Book of Eli”, and “The Great Debaters”. Through the analysis of the main character, I discuss the following: types of marginalization experienced in the film, interactions/relations with (African American) women, as well as the importance that his education and/or occupation will play in his …

Nataly Aguirre - Stress, Risk, And Reward In Financial Decision-Making: The Roles Of Probability And Magnitude, Nataly Aguirre

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program 2013

Considerable research suggests acute stress influences decision-making. There has, however, been a lack of research examining the possibility that separable components of the stress response may influence decision-making differently: the sympatho-adrenomedullary (SAM) and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axes. In the current pilot study, participants engaged in a gambling task where they made choices between decisions of varied probability and magnitude for potential gains of money after being exposed to acute stress (via a variant of the cold pressor task). Further, the timing of the stressor was varied to allow examination of SAM and HPA effects separately. Cortisol and skin conductance were measured. …

Andrew I. Thompson - From Tragedy To Policy: Representations Of Muslims And Islam In U.S. Mainstream Media, Andrew I. Thompson

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program 2013

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11^th came a flood of criticism of Islam and Muslims in the U.S. media. Many saw Islam as the root cause of the attacks, but failed to assess the political or social issues in the Middle East, or even the United States’ role in the region. An example of this is the New York Times’ section that ran immediately after the attacks entitled ‘A Nation Challenged,’ which included titles such as: “Yes, this is about Islam,” “This is a religious war,” “Barbarians at the gate,” and “The one true faith.” This project …

Summer 2013, Robert R. Muntz Library

Muntz Library Musings

No abstract provided.

A Prototype Decision Support Tool For Ballast Water Risk Management Using A Combination Of Hydrodynamic Models And Agent-Based Modelling, Fleming T. Hansen, Jesper H. Andersen, Michael Potthof, Thomas Uhrenholdt, Hong D. Vo, Olof Lindén

NSBWO

We report the development of a prototype Decision Support Tool (DST) for modelling the risks of spreading of non-indegenous invasive species via ballast water. The DST constitutes of two types of models: A 3D hydrodynamical model calculates the currents in the North Sea and Danish Straits, and an agent-based model estimates the dispersal of selected model organisms with the prevailing currents calculated by the 3D hydrodynamical model. The analysis is concluded by a post processing activity, where scenarios of dispersal are combined into an interim estimate of connectivity within the study area. The latter can be used as a tool …

The Greenbook, Faculty Handbook, 2013-2014, Marshall University Academic Affairs

The Greenbook

This book has been published for the faculty of Marshall University for the specified period of time. This book was created by what is now known as Academic Affairs and is for the period of 2013-2014.

Marshall Magazine Summer 2013, Marshall University

Marshall Magazine

No abstract provided.

Improving Patient-Centered Care: Personal Models Of Depression Among Older Male Veterans, Erin Woodhead, Sarah Brunskill, J. Lisa Tenover, Joung Huh

Faculty Publications

A quality improvement project was undertaken at the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System to better understand how older veterans think about depression diagnosis and treatment so that patient education efforts and communication between older veterans and their health care providers could be improved.

Center For Grassland Studies, Summer 2013, Volume 19, No. 2

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Center’s Advisory Council and Associates Tour North Central Nebraska

From the Director

Alternative Bentgrasses and Their Use

Center’s Advisory Council and Associates Tour

How Does Winter Supplementation Affect the Complete Yearling Production System?

Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition and Nebraska Cattlemen Summer Grazing Tour Well Received

PGM Students Give Back

Exosomes Derived From Hiv-1-Infected Cells Contain Trans-Activation Response Element Rna., Aarthi Narayanan, Sergey Iordanskiy, Ravi Das, Rachel Van Duyne, Steven Santos, Elizabeth Jaworski, Irene Guendel, Gavin Sampey, Elizabeth Dalby, Maria Iglesias-Ussel, Anastas Popratiloff, Ramin Hakami, Kylene Kehn-Hall, Mary Young, Caroline Subra, Caroline Gilbert, Charles Bailey, Fabio Romerio, Fatah Kashanchi

Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine Faculty Publications

Exosomes are nano-sized vesicles produced by healthy and virus-infected cells. Exosomes derived from infected cells have been shown to contain viral microRNAs (miRNAs). HIV-1 encodes its own miRNAs that regulate viral and host gene expression. The most abundant HIV-1-derived miRNA, first reported by us and later by others using deep sequencing, is the trans-activation response element (TAR) miRNA. In this study, we demonstrate the presence of TAR RNA in exosomes from cell culture supernatants of HIV-1-infected cells and patient sera. TAR miRNA was not in Ago2 complexes outside the exosomes but enclosed within the exosomes. We detected the host miRNA …

Spatially Explicit Modeling Of Schistosomiasis Risk In Eastern China Based On A Synthesis Of Epidemiological, Environmental, And Intermediate Host Genetic Data, Matthias Schrader, Torsten Hauffe, Zhijie Zhang, George M. Davis, Fred Jopp, Justin V. Remais, Thomas Wilke

Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine Faculty Publications

Schistosomiasis japonica is a major parasitic disease threatening millions of people in China. Though overall prevalence was greatly reduced during the second half of the past century, continued persistence in some areas and cases of re-emergence in others remain major concerns. As many regions in China are approaching disease elimination, obtaining quantitative data on Schistosoma japonicum parasites is increasingly difficult. This study examines the distribution of schistosomiasis in eastern China, taking advantage of the fact that the single intermediate host serves as a major transmission bottleneck. Epidemiological, population-genetic and high-resolution ecological data are combined to construct a predictive model capable …

Racial Disparities In The Use Of Cardiac Revascularization: Does Local Hospital Capacity Matter?, Suhui Li, Arnold Chen, Katherine H. Mead

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

Objective: To assess the extent to which the observed racial disparities in cardiac revascularization use can be explained by the variation across counties where patients live, and how the within-county racial disparities is associated with the local hospital capacity.

Data Sources: Administrative data from Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) between 1995 and 2006.

Study Design: The study sample included 207,570 Medicare patients admitted to hospital for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We identified the use of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures within three months after the patient’s initial admission for AMI. Multi-level hierarchical …

Impact Of Vulvovaginal Health On Postmenopausal Women: A Review Of Surveys On Symptoms Of Vulvovaginal Atrophy, Sharon J. Parish, Rossella E. Nappi, Michael L. Krychman, Susan Kellogg-Spadt, James A. Simon, Jeffrey A. Goldstein, Sheryl A. Kingsberg

Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Publications

Several recent, large-scale studies have provided valuable insights into patient perspectives on postmenopausal vulvovaginal health. Symptoms of vulvovaginal atrophy, which include dryness, irritation, itching, dysuria, and dyspareunia, can adversely affect interpersonal relationships, quality of life, and sexual function. While approximately half of postmenopausal women report these symptoms, far fewer seek treatment, often because they are uninformed about hypoestrogenic postmenopausal vulvovaginal changes and the availability of safe, effective, and well-tolerated treatments, particularly local vaginal estrogen therapy. Because women hesitate to seek help for symptoms, a proactive approach to conversations about vulvovaginal discomfort would improve diagnosis and treatment.

Summer 2013, Marisela Cadena-Smith

Connection

The Official Community Newsletter for Collin College Connection is the college's award-winning community newsletter published three times a year to inform members of the Collin County community about college news, awards, events, and more.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni, Parents And Friends (Summer 2013), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Summer 2013 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Wellesley Magazine Summer 2013, Wellesley College Alumnae Association

Wellesley Magazine (Alumnae Association)

Featured in this issue:

Commencement 2013

Cheese Whizzes / by Louisa Kasdon '72

Summer in the City / by Karen Grigsby Bates ’73, Eliza Borné ’09, Alice Bradley ’91, Paula Butturini ’73, Kate McCahill ’06, and Amy Yee ’96

Quality Interactions And Family Storytelling, Allison R. Thorson, Christine E. Rittenour, Jody Koenig Kellas, April R. Trees

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

This study examined how individuals’ satisfaction with their family, as well as the ways they negotiated the telling of a family story, combined to predict their perceived quality of the storytelling interaction. Drawing from family members’ (150 individuals, 50 families) joint telling of an often told family story, multilevel modeling analyses revealed significant variance within and between families’ perceived quality of their storytelling interaction. These variances were explained by family satisfaction and family-level ratings of engagement during storytelling. These findings drive our suggestions for future assessment of multiple members’ perspectives of joint family storytelling interactions.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Summer 2013, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Volume 8, 2013, Csusb

Scholarship in Action newsletter

What to look for in this issue...

• Faculty Research
  • Bryan Haddock, BRAD p.1
• Awards p.3
• Awards Last 10 years p.5
• Did you Know? p.5
• Presentations, Publications, Exhibitons and Performances p.6
• News from NSF p.21
• Helpful Hints p.22
• Contact Information p.22

Climate Change And Plant Demography In The Sagebrush Steppe, Aldo Compagnoni

Green Canyon Environmental Research Area, Logan Utah

No abstract provided.

Aerocom: Summer 2013, John D. Odegard School Of Aerospace Sciences

Aerocom: John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

T-Cell Dependent Immunogenicity Of Protein Therapeutics: Preclinical Assessment And Mitigation, Vibha Jawa, Leslie P. Cousens, Michel Awwad, Eric Wakshull, Harald Kropshofer, Anne S. De Groot

Institute for Immunology and Informatics Faculty Publications

Protein therapeutics hold a prominent and rapidly expanding place among medicinal products. Purified blood products, recombinant cytokines, growth factors, enzyme replacement factors, monoclonal antibodies, fusion proteins, and chimeric fusion proteins are all examples of therapeutic proteins that have been developed in the past few decades and approved for use in the treatment of human disease. Despite early belief that the fully human nature of these proteins would represent a significant advantage, adverse effects associated with immune responses to some biologic therapies have become a topic of some concern. As a result, drug developers are devising strategies to assess immune responses …

Observation, Characterization And Modeling Of Memristor Current Spikes, Ella Gale, Ben De Lacy Costello, Andrew Adamatzky

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Memristors have been compared to neurons (usually specifically the synapses) since 1976 but no experimental evidence has been offered for support for this position. Here we highlight that memristors naturally form fast-response, highly reproducible and repeatable current spikes which can be used in voltage-driven neuromorphic architecture. Ease of fitting current spikes with memristor theories both suggests that the spikes are part of the memristive effect and provides modeling capability for the design of neuromorphic circuits.

Chaos Synchronization Of Complex R?Ssler System, Ahmed A. M. Farghaly

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

This paper presents chaos synchronization between two identical chaotic systems via nonlinear control technique. The used system is complex R?ssler system. The maximal Lyapunov exponent and the sensitivity on initial conditions are calculated of such system and they emphasis its chaotic behavior. The nonlinear control method has been applied successfully to synchronize the proposed system. Based on Lyaponov function the control input vectors are selected and activated to achieve synchronization. Finally, the numerical simulation are used to show the robustness and effectiveness of proposed method.

Lag Synchronization Of Hyperchaotic Complex Nonlinear Systems Via Passive Control, Emad E. Mahmoud

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

In this paper we study and investigate the Lag synchronization (LS) of hyperchaotic complex nonlinear systems by using passive control theory. LS of these hyperchaotic complex systems via passive control has not received enough attentions, as far as we know, in the literature. Based on the property of the passive system the passive controller is stated to achieve LS of two identical hyperchaotic complex Lorenz systems. These complex systems appear in many important fields of physics and engineering. The analytical results of the controllers, which have been calculated by using our scheme, are tested numerically and good agreement is obtained.

Series Solutions Of Magnetohydrodynamic Peristaltic Flow Of A Jeffrey Fluid In Eccentric Cylinders, R. Ellahi, A. Riaz, S. Nadeem, M. Mushtaq

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

In this article, the mathematical modelling on magnetohydrodynamic peristaltic flow of Jeffrey fluid in the gap between two eccentric tubes has been discussed in the presence of applied magnetic field. Geometrically, we considered two eccentric tubes in which the inner tube is rigid while the tube at the outer side has a sinusoidal wave propagating along the wall. The governing equations for Jeffrey fluid in a cylindrical coordinates for three dimensional flow are given. The approximations of low Reynolds number and long wavelength have been employed to reduce the highly nonlinear partial differential equations. The problem has been solved with …

Fractional Riccati Equation Rational Expansion Method For Fractional Differential Equations, Yongfeng Zhang, Qinghua Feng

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

In this paper, a new fractional Riccati equation rational expansion method is proposed to establish new exact solutions for fractional differential equations. For illustrating the validity of this method, we apply it to the nonlinear fractional Sharma-Tasso- Olever (STO) equation, the nonlinear time fractional biological population model and the nonlinear fractional foam drainage equation. Compared with the existing results in the literature, more exact solutions are obtained by the proposed method. We also illustrate the application of the established exact solutions.

Uah Magazine, Summer 2013, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

UAH Magazine

Topics in this issue include the university's strategic plan, an introduction of the VP of Research, the completion of Charger Union, the future for Roberts Recital Hall, various research topics, the completition of part of the greenway, and a highlight of some alumni.

Macalester Today Summer 2013, Macalester College

Macalester Today

No abstract provided.

Benefits Of A Preventative Stress Management Program For Elementary Aged Students, Heather L. Gulchowski

Education 589 Projects

No abstract provided.