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All Or Nothing? Nature In Chinese Thought And The Apophatic Occident, William Franke

Comparative Philosophy

This paper develops an interpretation of nature in classical Chinese culture through dialogue with the work of François Jullien. I understand nature negatively as precisely what never appears as such nor ever can be exactly apprehended and defined. For perception and expression entail inevitably human mediation and cultural transmission by semiotic and hermeneutic means that distort and occult the natural in the full depth of its alterity. My claim is that the largely negative approach to nature that Jullien finds in sources of Chinese tradition can also be found in the West, particularly in its apophatic currents or countercurrents that …

Introduction, Mario Wenning

Comparative Philosophy

No abstract provided.

2014 Student Center For Science Engagement Sixth Annual Research Symposium, Student Center For Science Engagement

Student Center for Science Engagement Research Symposium

Featuring student presentations in: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology

A Testimony Of Hope. A Book Review Of Critical Consciousness In Curricular Research, Audrey Lingley

Democracy & Education

The anthology Critical Consciousness in Curricular Research: Evidence from the Field (William-White, Muccular, D., Muccular, G., & Brown, 2013) contains a multilogical collection of strategies for establishing curriculum work as an integral part of what it means to be a teacher. Although the contributors represent a diverse range of backgrounds, perspectives, and years in education, a common manifesto emerges: Curriculum inquiry is a pathway for the enactment of democratic pedagogy and enfranchisement of marginalized students (and teachers). The editors provide a vibrant and engaging testimony of hope with which to revitalize the notion of curriculum work as part of what …

New Forms Of Teacher Education: Connections To Charter Schools And Their Approaches, Sarah Marie Stitzlein, Craig K. West

Democracy & Education

This article critically analyzes the application of charter school techniques in teacher education, especially in two noteworthy programs: the newly developed Relay Graduate School of Education and Match Teacher Residency. We describe how their approaches to teacher preparation differ from traditional teacher education programs. We also raise concern regarding the ways charter-inspired teacher preparation programs overlook the contributions of theory to good teaching, jeopardize teacher flexibility, alter understandings of the professional practice of teaching, and threaten the overarching purpose of educating for democracy that is integral to traditional teacher colleges. We emphasize educationally worthwhile approaches from this new domain of …

The Berkhofer Duality Revealed In The Western Films Of John Ford And John Wayne, John T. Nelson

Madison Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, Caine College Of The Arts, September 26, 2014 - Bfa-Design And Technology Emphasis: Film Production Concentration, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

The Department of Theatre Arts at Utah State University requests approval of a proposal to add a concentration in Film Production within the BFA in Theatre: Design and Technology Emphasis.

September 26, 2014, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

No abstract provided.

Plasma Adiponectin, Clinical Factors, And Patient Outcomes During The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome., Allan J Walkey, Serkalem Demissie, Dilip Shah, Freddy Romero, Leah Puklin, Ross S Summer

Center for Translational Medicine Faculty Papers

OBJECTIVE: Adiponectin (APN) is an anti-inflammatory hormone derived from adipose tissue that attenuates acute lung injury in rodents. In this study, we investigated the association between circulating APN and outcomes among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study using data and plasma samples from participants in the multicenter ARDS Network Fluid and Catheter Treatment Trial.

RESULTS: Plasma APN concentrations were measured in 816 (81.6%) trial participants at baseline and in 568 (56.8%) subjects at both baseline and day 7 after enrollment. Clinical factors associated with baseline APN levels in multivariable-adjusted models included sex, …

"Till Death Us Do Part: The Evolution Of Monogamy, Kirsten Glaeser

Oglethorpe Journal of Undergraduate Research

With statistics indicating that one out of every two marriages in the United States ends in a divorce, the validity of monogamous marriages has come under fire. Are humans truly capable of maintaining monogamous marriages or are they constraining their sexuality by doing so? The research entails two different perspectives while analyzing human monogamy; monogamy as a mating pattern and monogamy as a marriage pattern. The reason being that monogamy is solely not an evolved phenomenon but also a socialized one throughout most cultures. While analyzing monogamy as a mating pattern, several occurrences throughout our evolution allowed humans the ability …

The Immersive Medium: Art, Flow, And Video Games, Christopher M. Yalen

Oglethorpe Journal of Undergraduate Research

In this article, the question of whether or not video games could be considered art is explored, as well as what this means for video games as cultural products. Using an interdisciplinary approach, I suggest that there are some games we can consider “art”, and that these games are not only different aesthetically speaking, but are also different from a media-effects standpoint. The article consists of three main sections, an aesthetic review, a content analysis, and a pilot study. In the aesthetic review, I employ different perspectives from aesthetic philosophy in order to come up with criteria for what an …

"A Glass Of Wine...Is Always Ready" : Beverages On Virginia Plantations, 1730-1799, Christina Regelski

Madison Historical Review

No abstract provided.

1816 : "The Mighty Operations Of Nature" : Societal Effects Of The Year Without A Summer, Sean Munger

Madison Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Gambling On Garfield : The Creation Of Alpo Cat Food And Its Brand Identity, Kelli Huggins

Madison Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Finding Printmaking’S Place In A Interdisciplinary And Post-Digital World, Jonathan M. Mcfadden, David Wischer

The Mid-America Print Council Conference

Over the past decade there has been an ever-increasing number of digital and post-digital processes being introduced into the studio. Post-digital refers to media that has emerged in the field after the acceptance of digital processes (inkjet printing, digital photography and video, etc.) which, includes the incorporation of Computer Numeric Control (CNC) routers, laser etchers, water-jets, rapid prototyping software, vinyl cutters, drawing machines, and most recently 3-D printing capabilities. As with most new technology over time, the equipment becomes more affordable and use of the technology becomes more accessible to the artist and institution.

At the same time post digital …

A Study Of The N-D-K Scalability Problem In Large-Scale Image Classification, Carlos E. Del-Castillo-Negrete, Sreenivas R. Sukumar

Yale Day of Data

Image classification is a extensively studied problem that lies at the heart of computer vision. However, the challenge remains to develop a system that can identify and classify thousands of objects like the human visual system. The accumulation of massive image data sets has permitted the study of this problem at a big-data scale. However current algorithms have been shown to fall short of being practical and accurate at scale. To further understand how these algorithms scale, we developed a library of functions to explore the scalability of the support vector machine (SVM) linear classification algorithm when applied to problems …

International Trade Law And The U.S.-Eu Gmo Debate: Can Africa Weather This Storm?, Michelle K. Mcdonald

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

Molecular Mechanisms Of Heart Valve And Skeletal Muscle Development And Disease, Margaret E. Benny Klimek

Open Access Dissertations

Heart valves function to provide unidirectional blood flow during each cardiac cycle. The development of the heart valves from embryonic stages is a highly regulated process involving many signaling pathways in order to provide the proper extracellular matrix components in the trilaminar structure. When these processes are dysregulated, disease can persist in the valves. Here we examined additional levels of regulation in the heart valves at the level of miRNAs and phosphate homeostasis. There are many studies examining miRNA regulation in the heart, however, there is little knowledge about which miRNAs are expressed in the heart valves during development, maturation, …

The Setonian, September 25, 2014, Seton Hall University

2014

No abstract provided.

September 25, 2014, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

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

The Murray Ledger And Times, September 25, 2014, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, September 25, 2014, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Weekly Challenger, September 25, 2014, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The September 25, 2014, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

The Grizzly, September 25, 2014, Rachel Brown, Ayesha Contractor, Deana Harley, Maxwell Bicking, Olivia Z. Schultz, Evan Hill, Andrew Mackin, Dysean Alexander, Jordan Dunnigan, David Slade, Dennis Shull, Steve Valverde, Mark Branca, Drae Lewis, Brooke Overly

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

UC OSOS Plans Events for Year • Memorial Honors Fong • Organic Farm Expands • Raphael Speaks on Campus • Externship Program Changes • Summer Fellows Profile: Dancing for Social Awareness • Adjusting to Another Country • Cooking at Ursinus College Made Easy • Opinion: Consumers Should Know What They're Buying; Bigfoot in American Pop Culture: Fact or Fiction? • Megan Keenan Leading the Way • Dual-Sport Athlete Shines • Fresh Start: Women's Soccer Looking to Rebound

Hawks' Herald -- September 25, 2014, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.

Improving Mycobacterium Bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guèrin As A Vaccine Delivery Vector For Viral Antigens By Incorporation Of Glycolipid Activators Of Nkt Cells, Manjunatha M. Venkataswamy, Tony W. Ng, Shalu S. Kharkwal, Leandro J. Carreño, Alison J. Johnson, Shajo Kunnath-Velayudhan, Zheng Liu, Robert Bittman, Peter J. Jervis, Liam R. Cox, Gurdyal S. Besra, Xiangshu Wen, Weiming Yuan, Moriya Tsuji, Xiangming Li, David D. Ho, John Chan, Sunhee Lee, Richard Frothingham, Barton F. Haynes

Publications and Research

Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guèrin (rBCG) has been explored as a vector for vaccines against HIV because of its ability to induce long lasting humoral and cell mediated immune responses. To maximize the potential for rBCG vaccines to induce effective immunity against HIV, various strategies are being employed to improve its ability to prime CD8+ T cells, which play an important role in the control of HIV infections. In this study we adopted a previously described approach of incorporating glycolipids that activate CD1d-restricted natural killer T (NKT) cells to enhance priming of CD8+ T cells by rBCG strains expressing an …

Identification And Characterization Of A Functional L-Gulono-1,4-Lactone Oxidase In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Siddique Aboobucker

Student Theses and Dissertations

Vitamin C (ascorbate, AsA) is essential for plant and animal health. We cannot synthesize AsA on our own and therefore we must consume it from fruits and vegetables. Ascorbate plays multiple roles in plant physiology, and increasing AsA content in plants remains challenging. There are four biosynthetic AsA pathways in plants: the D-mannose/L-galactose, L-gulose, D-galacturonate, and myo-inositol routes. The AsA metabolic network is not completely understood. The inositol pathway has four enzyme-catalyzed steps, and our group has made significant progress on characterizing the first three enzymes. This work focuses on L-gulono-1,4-lactone oxidase (GulLO), the last enzyme in the inositol pathway …

Ten Um Freshman Awarded Prestigious Honors College Scholarships, Misty Cowherd

University of Mississippi News

McDonnell Barksdale and Doris Raymond awards are among the university's most exclusive

Diversity And The Composition Of Fatty Acids Of Lipolytic Bacteria Isolated From Soil And Aquatic Sediment In A Forest And On An Oil Palm Plantation, Marini Wijayanti, Anja Meryandini, Aris Tri Wahyudi, Munti Yuhana

Makara Journal of Science

The specific bacteria in forests and on oil palm plantations are lipolytic bacteria. Their enzymes have been applied in the agro-aquaculture, food, detergent, pharmaceutical, dairy, and biodiesel-biokerosene industries. This study describes the diversity of cultivable lipolytic bacteria from soil and aquatic sediment in a forest and on an oil palm plantation and their fatty acid products. Soil samples used in this research were obtained from topsoil in a lowland forest and on an oil palm plantation and from sediments in fresh water near these sites. The forest is located in Bukit Duabelas National Park, and the oil palm plantation is …

The Montclarion, September 25, 2014, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University