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2013 Rose-Hulman Institute Of Technology : One-Hundred And Thirty-Fifth Commencement, Rose-Hulman

Commencement Programs

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Implications Of Child Abduction For Human Rights And Child Welfare Systems: A Constructivist Inquiry Of The Lived Experience Of Guatemalan Mothers Publically Reporting Child Abduction For Intercountry Adoption, Carmen Monico

Theses and Dissertations

The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption was agreed upon in 1993 at the Hague Conference on Private International Law to address growing allegations of abduction, sale, and trafficking of children around the world. The Hague Convention guides countries to attend to the “best interest of the child” in making decisions on intercountry adoptions, and to apply the “principle of subsidiarity,” which calls for the consideration of family and kinship placement and national adoption prior to the consideration of intercountry adoption. This dissertation research focused on the experience of Guatemalan mothers reporting …

Dampak Biaya Laboratorium Terhadap Kesenjangan Tarif Ina-Cbgs Dan Biaya Riil Diagnosis Leukemia, Diah Indriani, Hari Kusnanto, Ali Ghufron Mukti, Kuntoro Kuntoro

Kesmas

Selama penerapan Diagnosis Related Group di Rumah Sakit Umum Pusat (RSUP) Dr. Sardjito, terjadi kesenjangan tarif biaya riil pelayanan kesehatan dengan tarif Indonesia Case Base Groups (INA-CBGs). Penyebab terbesar kesenjangan tarif tersebut adalah pelayanan obat dan penggunaan sumber daya laboratorium yang tidak efisien. Biaya pelayanan penunjang medis untuk pasien leukemia limfoblastik akut adalah sekitar 23,8% dari total biaya pelayanan kesehatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat efisiensi penggunan sumber daya laboratorium dan pengaruh terhadap kesenjangan tarif. Penelitian ini menganalisis semua rekam medis dan data biaya pelayanan laboratorium pasien leukemia limfoblastik akut tahun 2009-2010 di RSUP Dr. Sardjito Yogyakarta. Pemeriksaan kimia …

Gender Dan Penyakit Tuberkulosis: Implikasinya Terhadap Akses Layanan Kesehatan Masyarakat Miskin Yang Rendah, Dewi Rokhmah

Kesmas

Saat ini, fokus utama dari pelayanan kesehatan masih bertumpu pada aspek medis yang sangat kurang memperhatikan isu sosial termasuk gender yang merupakan penyebab utama kesenjangan bidang kesehatan di masyarakat kita. Tuberkulosis adalah penyakit yang menyebabkan kematian di seluruh dunia. Gender berperan sebagai salah satu determinan penyakit tuberkulosis meliputi penemuan kasus, diagnosis, dan proses pengobatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis perspektif gender pencapaian Program Tuberkulosis Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) meliputi penemuan, diagnosis pasien, dan hasil pengobatan di Rumah Sakit Paru Jember, tahun 2010. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif analitik menggunakan data sekunder yang berasal dari Laporan Program Tuberkulosis DOTS Tahun 2010. …

Elucidating The Structural Properties That Influence The Persistence Of Pcbs In Humans Using The National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (Nhanes) Dataset., David Megson, Gwen O'Sullivan, Sean Comber, Paul J. Worsfold, Maeve C. Lohan, Melanie R. Edwards, Walter J. Shields, Courtney D. Sandau, Donald G. Patterson

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

In human exposure studies involving Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), it is useful to establish when an individual was potentially exposed. Age dating PCB exposure is complex but assessments can be made because different PCB congeners have different residence times in the human body. The less chlorinated congeners generally tend to have shorter residence times because they are biotransformed and eliminated faster than more chlorinated congeners. Therefore, the presence of high proportions of less chlorinated congeners is often indicative of recent exposure. The 2003-04 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) dataset contains results for the concentration of 37 PCBs in a …

Biophysical Insights Into The Oligomerization Of Bclxl Apoptotic Repressor, Vikas Bhat

Open Access Dissertations

The BclXL apoptotic repressor, a member of the B-cell lymphoma 2 family of proteins, plays a central role in determining the fate of cells to live or die during physiological processes such as embryonic development and tissue homeostasis. Herein, using a wide array of biophysical methods, I investigate the molecular basis of action of BclXL. Briefly, I provide evidence that BclXL bears intrinsic propensity to oligomerize in solution. Importantly, such oligomerization of BclXL is driven by the intermolecular binding of its C-terminal transmembrane (TM) domain to the canonical hydrophobic groove in a domain-swapped trans fashion, whereby the TM domain of …

A Versatile Test For Equality Of Two Survival Functions Based On Weighted Differences Of Kaplan-Meier Curves, Hajime Uno, Lu Tian, Brian Claggett, L. J. Wei

Harvard University Biostatistics Working Paper Series

With censored event time observations, the logrank test is the most popular tool for testing the equality of two underlying survival distributions. Although this test is asymptotically distribution-free, it may not be powerful when the proportional hazards assumption is violated. Various other novel testing procedures have been proposed, which generally are derived by assuming a class of specific alternative hypotheses with respect to the hazard functions. The test considered by Pepe and Fleming (1989) is based on a linear combination of weighted differences of two Kaplan-Meier curves over time and is a natural tool to assess the difference of two …

The Murray Ledger And Times, May 24, 2013, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

International Environmental Law As An Art And A Craft, Jae-Hyup Lee

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

International Environmental Law: Can It Overcome Its Weaknesses To Create An Effective Remedy For Global Warming?, John Burrit Mcarthur

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Today - May 24, 2013, Loma Linda University Health

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Commencement 2013 speakers announced
-- First 5 Riverside grants $7.5 million to School of Dentistry
-- Leading scholars present symposium at LLU: Entrusted - Christians and Environmental Care
-- Second annual The Old Spaghetti Factory Tip-a-Firefighter event raises funds for LLU Children's Hospital
-- Researchers from LLU and UCLA study ethnicity and mental health treatment
-- MBA team reveals health care knowledge curing competition at Cal State
-- First pediatric surgery fellow complete program at LLU Children's Hospital
-- Apprenticeship Bridge to College event draws future students to LLU
-- Campus-wide disaster drill simulates Code Silver …

Behavioral And Neurogenomic Transcriptome Changes In Wild-Derived Zebrafish With Fluoxetine Treatment, Ryan Y. Wong, Sarah E. Oxendine, John Godwin

Biology Faculty Publications

Background: Male and female vertebrates typically differ in a range of characteristics, from morphology to physiology to behavior, which are influenced by factors such as the social environment and the internal hormonal and genetic milieu. However, sex differences in gene expression profiles in the brains of vertebrates are only beginning to be understood. Fishes provide a unique complement to studies of sex differences in mammals and birds given that fish show extreme plasticity and lability of sexually dimorphic characters and behaviors during development and even adulthood. Hence, teleost models can give additional insight into sexual differentiation. The goal of …

Office Of Student Disability Services Recognizes Faculty, Staff Members, Lindsey Abernathy

University of Mississippi News

Carl Jensen, Barbara Leeton honored for dedication to students with disabilities

Book Review: Daniel Bodansky, The Art And Craft Of International Environmental Law, Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Vanessa Richard

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The Art And Craft Of International Enviornmental Law As Foundation For Constructive Deliberative Democratic Conversations, Stephanie Tai

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The "Thirty-Percent Solution" And The Future Of International Environmental Law, Donald K. Anton

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

The Cyclomodulin Cycle Inhibiting Factor (Cif) Alters Cullin Neddylation Dynamics, Tasha B. Toro, J. I. Toth, M. D. Petroski

Faculty and Staff Publications

The bacterial effector protein cycle inhibiting factor (CIF) converts glutamine 40 of NEDD8 to glutamate (Q40E), causing cytopathic effects and inhibiting cell proliferation. Although these have been attributed to blocking the functions of cullin-RING ubiquitin ligases, how CIF modulates NEDD8-dependent signaling is unclear. Here we use conditional NEDD8-dependent yeast to explore the effects of CIF on cullin neddylation. Although CIF causes cullin deneddylation and the generation of free NEDD8 Q40E, inhibiting the COP9 signalosome (CSN) allows Q40E to form only on NEDD8 attached to cullins. In the presence of the CSN, NEDD8 Q40E is removed from cullins more rapidly than …

Utilizing Affinity Spaces And Critical Literacies For Multi-Media Language Learning : I Can Has L3arning On Teh Interwebz Plz?, Allison Lemcke-Kibby

University Honors Theses

In this study I will demonstrate students' personal use of the technology and online affinity spaces outside of the second and foreign language classroom. These affinity spaces allow users to discuss, explore and solve writing and reading related problems while textually constructing and exploring their identities. Language learners' use of fan fiction is the main focus of this analysis because it provides a significant outlet to examine literacy oriented language skills. I will analyze three case studies on language learners' production of fan fiction texts through a critical literacy framework which concentrate on three of the main characteristics of using …

Rural-Urban Differences In The Utilization Of Maternal Healthcare In Ghana: The Case Of Antenatal And Delivery Services, Gloria Afful-Mensah, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Louis Boakye-Yiadom

African Social Science Review

Although maternal health in Ghana has generally improved over the past two decades, the current MMR implies that Ghana‟s MMR is approximately 2.4 times higher than the set target in MDG 5. Using data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2008, an attempt is made in this study to investigate the rural-urban differences in maternal health care (antenatal and delivery care) service utilization in Ghana. Most previous studies focused more broadly on the utilization of MHC services either in the entire country or some parts of the country. This study fills the gap by looking at women from the …

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for May 23-29, 2013. Vol. 94, No. 8.

Gsu View, 2013-05-23, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

The Santa Clara, 2013-05-23, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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Subsemble: An Ensemble Method For Combining Subset-Specific Algorithm Fits, Stephanie Sapp, Mark J. Van Der Laan, John Canny

U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

Ensemble methods using the same underlying algorithm trained on different subsets of observations have recently received increased attention as practical prediction tools for massive datasets. We propose Subsemble: a general subset ensemble prediction method, which can be used for small, moderate, or large datasets. Subsemble partitions the full dataset into subsets of observations, fits a specified underlying algorithm on each subset, and uses a clever form of V-fold cross-validation to output a prediction function that combines the subset-specific fits. We give an oracle result that provides a theoretical performance guarantee for Subsemble. Through simulations, we demonstrate that Subsemble can be …

Microproteinuria During Opisthorchis Viverrini Infection: A Biomarker For Advanced Renal And Hepatobiliary Pathologies From Chronic Opisthorchiasis, Prasert Saichua, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Amar R. Jariwala, David J. Diemert, Jiraporn Sithithaworn, Banchob Sripa, Thewarach Laha, Eimorn Mairiang, Chawalit Pairojkul, Maria V. Periago, Narong Khuntikeo, Jason Mulvenna, Jeffrey M. Bethony

Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine Faculty Publications

Approximately 680 million people are at risk of infection with Opisthorchis viverrini (OV) andClonorchis sinensis, with an estimated 10 million infected with OV in Southeast Asia alone. While opisthorchiasis is associated with hepatobiliary pathologies, such as advanced periductal fibrosis (APF) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), animal models of OV infection show that immune-complex glomerulonephritis is an important renal pathology that develops simultaneously with hepatobiliary pathologies. A cardinal sign of immune-complex glomerulonephritis is the urinary excretion of immunoglobulin G (IgG) (microproteinuria). In community-based studies in OV endemic areas along the Chi River in northeastern Thailand, we observed that over half of …

Western News, May 23, 2013, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Dunn issues statement on saving East Hall; Koretsky named new dean of Lee Honors College; Campus to bid goodbye to two residence halls; University gearing up for Midwest Games International 2013; On Campus with Sarah Curry.

Dux4 Differentially Regulates Transcriptomes Of Human Rhabdomyosarcoma And Mouse C2c12 Cells, Vishakha Sharma, Naoe Harafuji, Alexandra Belayew, Yi-Wen Chen

Genomics and Precision Medicine Faculty Publications

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is linked to the deletion of the D4Z4 arrays at chromosome 4q35. Recent studies suggested that aberrant expression of double homeobox 4 (DUX4) from the last D4Z4 repeat causes FSHD. The aim of this study is to determine transcriptomic responses to ectopically expressed DUX4 in human and mouse cells of muscle lineage. We expression profiled human rhabdomyosarcoma (RD) cells and mouse C2C12 cells transfected with expression vectors of DUX4 using the Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Arrays and Mouse Genome 430 2.0 Arrays, respectively. A total of 2267 and 150 transcripts were identified to be …

Uab And School Of Dentistry Ranked First Nationally In Nidcr Funding, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

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The Effects Of Practice On The Concurrent Performance Of A Speech And Postural Task In Persons With Parkinson Disease And Healthy Controls, K. Bo Foreman, Stuart Sondrup, Christopher Dromey, Eon Jarvis, Shawn Nissen, Leland E. Dibble

Faculty Publications

Purpose. Persons with Parkinson disease (PD) demonstrate deficits in motor learning as well as bidirectional interference (the performance of one task concurrently interferes with the performance of another task) during dual-task performance. Few studies have examined the practice dosages necessary for behavioral change in rehabilitation relevant tasks. Therefore, to compare the effects of age and PD on motor learning during dual-task performance, this pilot study examined persons with PD as well as neurologically healthy participants during concurrent performance of postural and speaking tasks. Methods. Seven persons with PD and 7 healthy age-matched and 10 healthy young control subjects …

Selection Of A Non-Phosphorylated Peptide Inhibitor Of Brca1’S (Brct)2 Domain, Railey White

Theses and Dissertations

A growing body of literature suggests Breast Cancer-Associated Protein 1 (BRCA1) is important not only as a cause, but also as a target in the quest for cancer treatment. BRCA1 deficient cells treated with radiation as well as PARP inhibitors and other chemotherapeutics demonstrate a greater sensitivity than cells with wild type BRCA1. Inhibitors of BRCA1 would take advantage of this synthetic lethality and represent a significant advance in cancer treatment as well as an understanding of the biology of DNA repair. Despite significant study of BRCA1 protein and function, it is a large protein (220 KDa) that is still …

Minors In Research And Scholarship - Ri-707

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