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Tissue-Protective Effects Of Nkg2a In Immune-Mediated Clearance Of Virus Infection, Kenneth H. Ely, Mitsuo Matsuoka, Matthew P. Deberge, Jessica A. Ruby, Jun Liu, Mark J. Schneider, Yan Wang, Young S. Hahn, Richard I. Enelow

Dartmouth Scholarship

Virus infection triggers a CD8⁺ T cell response that aids in virus clearance, but also expresses effector functions that may result in tissue injury. CD8⁺ T cells express a variety of activating and inhibiting ligands, though regulation of the expression of inhibitory receptors is not well understood. The ligand for the inhibitory receptor, NKG2A, is the non-classical MHC-I molecule Qa1^b, which may also serve as a putative restricting element for the T cell receptors of purported regulatory CD8⁺ T cells. We have previously shown that Qa1^b-null mice suffer considerably enhanced immunopathologic lung injury …

Paul Martin Heerwagen, 1883-1938: Southern Interior Decorator, Exploring Architectural, Ornamental, Social, And Cultural Heritage Through Interior Decoration, Antoinette Fiduccia Johnson

Student Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation focuses on the life and works of an early twentieth-century interior decorator from Fayetteville, Arkansas--Paul Martin Heerwagen. It examines the roles of interior design and decorative painting in the preservation of heritage. Specifically, it explores how the interpretation of interior decoration and architecture can contribute to our knowledge and understanding of the social and cultural heritage of the people who commissioned and used it. Heerwagen contributed to and helped to form the profession of interior decoration in the New South during his career as a decorator, 1883-1938. He implemented his interior designs and painted wall decoration in notable …

Documents From The September, 24, 2014 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Agenda and meeting Minutes from the September 24, 2014 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed during the meeting:

SB025-14/15 (Amended): Student Mandates

SB027-14/15: Student Mandates

SB028-14/15: Amending Fiscal Policy 14.5

SB029-14/15: Support for Rafter360

The Impact Of Fish And The Commercial Marine Harvest On The Ocean Iron Cycle, Allison R. Moreno, Arlene L. M Haffa

School of Natural Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Although iron is the fourth most abundant element in the Earth's crust, bioavailable iron limits marine primary production in about one third of the ocean. This lack of iron availability has implications in climate change because the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by phytoplankton requires iron. Using literature values for global fish biomass estimates, and elemental composition data we estimate that fish biota store between 0.7-7x10¹¹ g of iron. Additionally, the global fish population recycles through excretion between 0.4-1.5x10¹² g of iron per year, which is of a similar magnitude as major recognized sources of iron …

Positive Hysteresis And Negative Hysteresis In Human Gait Transition, Mohammad Abdolvahab

Doctoral Dissertations

The present study investigates the dynamics of human walk-to-run (W-R) and run-to-walk (R-W) transitions. Most particularly, it investigates the difference between the critical velocities (specifically, Froude Numbers) at which walk transitions to run and run transitions to walk, a difference referred to as hysteresis. Its primary theoretical focus is expressing the dynamics that distinguishes between (a) the classically observed positive hysteresis in which R-W critical Froude Number > W-R critical Froude Number and (b) the recently observed negative hysteresis in which R-W critical Froude Number < W-R critical Froude Number. Four experiments on treadmill locomotion of young adults were directed at the dependence of hysteresis on (1) treadmill speed (constantly increasing or decreasing), (2) treadmill slope (0%, 5% and 10%), (3) concurrent cognitive activity (no counting, counting back from a given number by ones, by sevens), and (4) so-called functional distance (report of upcoming transition speed while walking or running on the treadmill versus while standing off the treadmill). In respect to Experiment 1, treadmill speed did not affect critical Froude Numbers and, perforce, degrees of positive hysteresis. In respect to Experiment 2, treadmill inclination affected the critical Froude Numbers but not the degree of positive hysteresis. In respect to Experiment 3, the more difficult the cognitive activity concurrent with treadmill locomotion the larger the positive hysteresis. In respect to Experiment 4, judging the treadmill speed at which a gait transition was expected when standing off the treadmill yielded negative hysteresis in contrast to the positive hysteresis when walking or running on the treadmill. The results of the four experiments were addressed through a synergetic model of positive and negative hysteresis adapted from Lopresti-Goodman et al. (2013). The results were found to be consistent with principles of self- organization.

Dynamically-Expressed Prion-Like Proteins Form A Cuticle In The Pharynx Of Caenorhabditis Elegans, Julia B. George-Raizen, Keith R. Shockley, Nicholas F. Trojanowski, Annesia L. Lamb, David M. Raizen

Publications and Research

In molting animals, a cuticular extracellular matrix forms the first barrier to infection and other environmental insults. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans there are two types of cuticle: a wellstudied collagenous cuticle lines the body, and a poorly-understood chitinous cuticle lines the pharynx. In the posterior end of the pharynx is the grinder, a tooth-like cuticular specialization that crushes food prior to transport to the intestine for digestion. We here show that the grinder increases in size only during the molt. To gain molecular insight into the structure of the grinder and pharyngeal cuticle, we performed a microarray analysis to …

Ethical Implications Of Catholic Social Teachings On Human Work For The Service Industry, Ferdinand Tablan

Journal of Religion and Business Ethics

This study examines from an ethical framework the circumstances of workers who are engaged in non-professional services that are offered through corporations that are organized to serve high volume of costumers. Drawing on the relevant ethical teachings of the Catholic social tradition (CST), it explores some practices, strategies, and policies that could address the problems experienced by many service providers in the United States today. CST refers to a wide variety of documents of the magisterium of the Catholic Church which respond to the changing social and economic challenges of the modern world. The study argues that the primacy of …

An In Vitro Adult Mouse Muscle-Nerve Preparation For Studying The Firing Properties Of Muscle Afferents, Joy Franco, Heidi Kloefkorn, Shawn Hochman, Katherine Wilkinson

Faculty Publications, Biological Sciences

Muscle sensory neurons innervating muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs encode length and force changes essential to proprioception. Additional afferent fibers monitor other characteristics of the muscle environment, including metabolite buildup, temperature, and nociceptive stimuli. Overall, abnormal activation of sensory neurons can lead to movement disorders or chronic pain syndromes. We describe the isolation of the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle and nerve for in vitro study of stretch-evoked afferent responses in the adult mouse. Sensory activity is recorded from the nerve with a suction electrode and individual afferents can be analyzed using spike sorting software. In vitro preparations allow …

Spartan Daily, September 24, 2014, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 143, Issue 12

Montana Kaimin, September 24, 2014, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Hemispheric Asymmetry In New Neurons In Adulthood Is Associated With Vocal Learning And Auditory Memory, Shuk C. Tsoi, Utsav V. Aiya, Kobi D. Wasner, Mimi L. Phan, Carolyn L. Pytte, David S. Vicario

Publications and Research

Many brain regions exhibit lateral differences in structure and function, and also incorporate new neurons in adulthood, thought to function in learning and in the formation of new memories. However, the contribution of new neurons to hemispheric differences in processing is unknown. The present study combines cellular, behavioral, and physiological methods to address whether 1) new neuron incorporation differs between the brain hemispheres, and 2) the degree to which hemispheric lateralization of new neurons correlates with behavioral and physiological measures of learning and memory. The songbird provides a model system for assessing the contribution of new neurons to hemispheric specialization …

Feasibility Of Second And Third Generation Biofuel In General Aviation: A Research Report And Analysis, John A. Christian Ii

McNair Scholars Research Journal

This research paper examines the feasibility for second-generation biofuels as an alternative fuel supply for both piston- and turbine-powered general aviation aircraft. With relevant research given to the history of biofuels and their technologic development, this paper aims to provide an analysis of biofuel development, biofuel technology and its potential impacts, specifically for the aviation industry.

Multiple industry and international studies are reviewed in support of the feasibility of second-generation biofuels as an alternative for the general aviation industry. Current industry activities and technological developments were reviewed to set a baseline for biofuel development and application. It is found that …

The Utah Statesman, September 23, 2014, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Humphries V. Becker Respondent's Brief Dckt. 41897

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, September 23, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

September

No abstract provided.

Flyer News, Vol. 62, No. 4 (Sept. 23, 2014), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

The Advocate, September 23, 2014, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

Development Of An Integrated Network Visualization And Graph Analysis Tool For Biological Networks, David Carbonetta

Theses and Dissertations

There has been steady increase in the amount of molecular data generated by experiments and computational methods performed on biological networks. There is a growing need to obtain an insight into the organization and structure of the massive and complex biological networks formed by the interacting molecules. To that end, this work presents the development of an integrated network visualization and graph analysis plugin within the Cytoscape framework. The plugin is capable of computing and visualizing a comprehensive set of dyad, node, and graph level statistics. The evaluation of the plugin on a range of biological networks and its memory …

The Current Volume 25 : Issue 5, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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Volume 112, Number 3 - Tuesday, September 23, 2014, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Collegian

No abstract provided.

Executive Committee - Agenda, 9/23/14, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Montana Kaimin, September 23, 2014, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Taming The Counterfeit Dragon: The Wto, Trips And Chinese Amendments To Intellectual Property Laws, Andrew Evans

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

International Cyberspace: From Borderless To Balkanized???, Beverley Earle, Gerald A. Madek

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

Why Pay Your Debts?: Medieval Iceland's Answers, Delloyd J. Guth

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

Nih Area/R15 Grant Proposals, Mohamed Elasri

Office of Research Integrity Workshops and Forums

No abstract provided.

Writing Nih R03 And R15 Proposals: Advice From Funded Pis, Tammy D. Barry

Office of Research Integrity Workshops and Forums

No abstract provided.

A New Global Environmental Organization, Karen Tyler Farr

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.

Exhaustion Of Trademark Rights Beyond The European Union In Light Of Silhouette International Schmied V. Hartlauer Handelsgesellschaft: Toward Stronger Protection Of Trademark Rights And Eliminating The Gray Market, Lisa Harlander

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.