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The Dancing Goddesses: Folklore, Archaeology, And The Origins Of European Dance. By Elizabeth Wayland Barber. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. 429 Pp.; $35.00, Sarah Wenner

Madison Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Oysters, Oysters Everywhere, Melissa A. Patricio

Featured News Story

OGRE alumni in the field extol the ecological benefits of oyster farming.

Commonwealth Times 2014-09-22

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

The Statesman, V. 58, I. 05, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 58, i. 05

09/22/2014 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 09/22/2014. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, September 22, 2014, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Human Resources information on code changes affecting faculty
• Section 100 concerning VP for Research and Dean of the School of Grad Studies
• Educational Policies Committee Annual Report
• EPC Items
• Honors Program Report
• Libraries Advisory Council Report
• Parking Committee Report
• PTR Code Change Discussion & Advisory Votes
• Code change 402.12.3 Committee on Committees term (first reading)

2014-09-22-National Science Foundation Sends Etsu Paleontologists To China, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

Accent [newsletter]

No abstract provided.

The National Commission On Education Excellence And Equity: Hypotheses About Movement Building, Christopher Edley Jr.

New England Journal of Public Policy

In 2013, the congressionally chartered national Commission on Education Equity and Excellence issued unanimous recommendations for P–12 policy changes at the federal, state, and local levels. This remarkably broad consensus, with unusual pragmatism and concreteness, is comprehensive in its scope and predominantly research based. As a clarion call and reform strategy, the commission report, For Each and Every Child, is a successor to A Nation at Risk (1983); the commission’s grand if not grandiose intention was to provide a framework for the next decade or more of nationwide policy struggle. This article, after briefly summarizing the recommendations, focuses on …

2014-15 Faculty Senate Xix - September 22, 2014 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.

Therapeutic Presence : An Exploration Of Buddhist Mindfulness, Winnicott And Neuroscience, Susan A. Shelby

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

There has been an explosion of interest in mindfulness within contemporary Western society and across diverse disciplines, including the mental health field with enthusiasm for the promise of how mindfulness enhances psychotherapy. It has been proposed that mindfulness training offers a tremendous resource for cultivating those desirable qualities present in a strong therapeutic relationship. In light of the importance of the therapeutic alliance and the promise of mindfulness, this theoretical thesis presents the nature of mindfulness from a Buddhist perspective and explores how mindfulness informs the therapeutic process and potentiates a clinician's therapeutic presence. The psychodynamic concepts of D.W. Winnicott …

The Responsibility To Protect In The Ebola Outbreak, Jennifer Moore

Faculty Scholarship

When the UN General Assembly endorsed the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in 2005, the members of the United Nations recognized the responsibility of states to protect the basic human and humanitarian rights of the world’s citizens. In fact, R2P articulates concentric circles of responsibility, starting with the individual state’s obligation to ensure the well-being of its own people; nested within the collective responsibility of the community of nations to assist individual states in meeting those obligations; in turn encircled by the responsibility of the United Nations to respond if necessary to ensure the basic rights of civilians, with military means …

The Bg News September 22, 2014, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. September 22, 2014. Volume 94-Issue 14.

Fundamental Assumptions In Narrative Analysis: Mapping The Field, Dominique Robert, Shaul Shenhav

The Qualitative Report

The richness of narrative analysis resides in its unruly openness, but points of reference are needed to tame the variety in the field. This article suggests that researchers should grapple with two fundamental questions when conducting narrative analysis. The first pertains to the status attributed to narrative: it is defined as the very fabric of human existence or as one representational device among others? Emphasizing one answer over the other means mobilizing different theories of representation and therefore, suggesting different articulations between "narrative" and "reality." The second question refers to the perspective developed on narrative: Is it defined mostly as …

September 22, 2014, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Death By Powerpoint - How To Avoid It; And The Death Of Note-Taking, And How To Revive It, John Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

No abstract provided.

The Chanticleer, 2014-09-21, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

"Truth Itself In The Supremeness Of Its Perfection": The Influence Of Photography On Edgar Allan Poe's Writing, Tiffanie M. Itsou

Doctoral Dissertations

Edgar Allan Poe's literary successes in the late 1830's and early 1840's coincided with the invention and remarkable popularity of the daguerreotype. In this study I examine the profound impact the advent of photography had on Poe's writing. In an 1840 article for Alexander's Weekly Messenger Poe called photography "the most important, and perhaps the most extraordinary triumph of modern science." Through a close study of selected fiction, essays, and letters I argue that Poe was the first writer to explore the myriad possibilities of the newly emergent photographic world.

Leadership In An Egalitarian Society, Christopher Von Rueden, Michael Gurven, Hillard Kaplan, Jonathan Stieglitz

ESI Publications

Leadership is instrumental to resolution of collective action dilemmas, particularly in large, heterogeneous groups. Less is known about the characteristics or effectiveness of leadership in small-scale, homogeneous, and relatively egalitarian societies, in which humans have spent most of our existence. Among Tsimane’ forager-horticulturalists of Bolivia, we (1) assess traits of elected leaders under experimental and naturalistic conditions and (2) test whether leaders impact collective action outcomes. We find that elected leaders are physically strong and have more kin and other exchange partners. Their ranks on physical dominance, kin support, and trustworthiness predict how well their groups perform, but only where …

Atypical Multisensory Integration In Niemann-Pick Type C Disease – Towards Potential Biomarkers, Gizely N. Andrade, Sophie Molholm, John S. Butler, Alice Brown Brandwein, Steven U. Walkley, John J. Foxe

Publications and Research

Background: Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) is an autosomal recessive disease in which cholesterol and glycosphingolipids accumulate in lysosomes due to aberrant cell-transport mechanisms. It is characterized by progressive and ultimately terminal neurological disease, but both pre-clinical studies and direct human trials are underway to test the safety and efficacy of cholesterol clearing compounds, with good success already observed in animal models. Key to assessing the effectiveness of interventions in patients, however, is the development of objective neurobiological outcome measures. Multisensory integration mechanisms present as an excellent candidate since they necessarily rely on the fidelity of long-range neural connections between the …

Hesburgh Lecture: Faith, Politics, And The Constitution: Understanding The Separation Of Church And State, Richard Garnett

Faculty Lectures and Presentations

Rick Garnett delivered
Faith, Politics, and the Constitution: Understanding the Separation of Church and State
September 19, 2014
Hesburgh Lecture
Ares Auditorium
The University of Arizona
James E. Rogers College of Law
Tucson, Arizona

Transformation Of Human Cathelicidin Ll-37 Into Selective, Stable, And Potent Antimicrobial Compounds., Guangshun Wang, Mark L. Hanke, Biswajit Mishra, Tamara Lushnikova, Cortney E. Heim, Vinai Chittezham Thomas, Kenneth W. Bayles, Tammy Kielian

Journal Articles: Pathology and Microbiology

This Letter reports a family of novel antimicrobial compounds obtained by combining peptide library screening with structure-based design. Library screening led to the identification of a human LL-37 peptide resistant to chymotrypsin. This d-amino-acid-containing peptide template was active against Escherichia coli but not methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It possesses a unique nonclassic amphipathic structure with hydrophobic defects. By repairing the hydrophobic defects, the peptide (17BIPHE2) gained activity against the ESKAPE pathogens, including Enterococcus faecium, S. aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species. In vitro, 17BIPHE2 could disrupt bacterial membranes and bind to DNA. In vivo, the peptide …

Pediatric Stroke And Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation: Methods For Rational Individualized Dose Optimization, Bernadette T. Gillick, Adam Kirton, Jason B. Carmel, Preet Minhas, Marom Bikson

Publications and Research

Background: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been investigated mainly in adults and doses may not be appropriate in pediatric applications. In perinatal stroke where potential applications are promising, rational adaptation of dosage for children remains under investigation. Objective: Construct child-specific tDCS dosing parameters through case study within a perinatal stroke tDCS safety and feasibility trial. Methods: 10-year-old subject with a diagnosis of presumed perinatal ischemic stroke and hemiparesis was identified. T1 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans used to derive computerized model for current flow and electrode positions. Workflow using modeling results and consideration of dosage in previous clinical trials …

Association Of Leukocyte Mitochondrial Dna Content With Glioma Risk: Evidence From A Chinese Case-Control Study., Jie Zhang, Deyang Li, Falin Qu, Yibing Chen, Gang Li, Hequn Jiang, Xiaojun Huang, Hushan Yang, Jinliang Xing

Department of Cancer Biology Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence suggests that alterations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content may be implicated in the tumorigenesis of several malignancies. However, the association between mtDNA content in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) and glioma risk has not been investigated.

METHODS: Real-time PCR was used to examine the mtDNA content in PBLs of 414 glioma patients and 414 matched controls in a hospital-based case-control study. The association between mtDNA content and glioma risk was evaluated using an unconditional multivariate logistic regression model.

RESULTS: We found that glioma patients exhibited a significantly higher median mtDNA content than healthy controls (0.99 vs. 0.71, P …

Dimethyl Sulfoxide Damages Mitochondrial Integrity And Membrane Potential In Cultured Astrocytes, Chan Yuan, Junying Gao, Jichao Guo, Lei Bai, Charles Marshall, Zhiyou Cai, Linmei Wang, Ming Xiao

Center of Excellence in Rural Health Faculty Publications

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a polar organic solvent that is used to dissolve neuroprotective or neurotoxic agents in neuroscience research. However, DMSO itself also has pharmacological and pathological effects on the nervous system. Astrocytes play a central role in maintaining brain homeostasis, but the effect and mechanism of DMSO on astrocytes has not been studied. The present study showed that exposure of astrocyte cultures to 1% DMSO for 24 h did not significantly affect cell survival, but decreased cell viability and glial glutamate transporter expression, and caused mitochondrial swelling, membrane potential impairment and reactive oxygen species production, and subsequent cytochrome …

The Distribution Pattern Of Halicephalobus Gingivalis In A Horse Is Suggestive Of A Haematogenous Spread Of The Nematode, Christina Henneke, Anna Jespersen, Stine Jacobsen, Martin K. Nielsen, Fintan Mcevoy, Henrik E. Jensen

Veterinary Science Faculty Publications

The majority of Halicephalobus gingivalis-infections in horses have been fatal and are usually not diagnosed before necropsy. Therefore, knowledge about the nematode and the pathogenesis of infection in horses is limited. This has resulted in an on-going discussion about the port of entry and subsequent dissemination of H. gingivalis within the host. The present case of H. gingivalis-infection in a horse was diagnosed ante mortem. Post mortem findings, the distribution pattern of H. gingivalis nematodes in the brain, a high prevalence of inflammation in close relation to blood vessels, and the presence of the nematode in multiple organs …

De Novo Assembly Of The Common Marmoset Transcriptome From Nextgen Mrna Sequences, Mnirnal D. Maudhoo, Dongren Ren, Julien S. Gradnigo, Robert M. Gibbs, Austin C. Lubker, Etsuko N. Moriyama, Jeffrey A. French, Robert B. Norgen Jr.

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Background: Nonhuman primates are important for both biomedical studies and understanding human evolution. Although research in these areas has mostly focused on Old World primates, such as the rhesus macaque, the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), a New World primate, offers important advantages in comparison to other primates, such as an accelerated lifespan. To conduct Next Generation expression studies or to study primate evolution, a high quality annotation of the marmoset genome is required. The availability of marmoset transcriptome data from five tissues, including both raw sequences and assembled transcripts, will aid in the annotation of the newly released …

Montana Kaimin, September 19, 2014, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Synthetic Life: Our Hybrid Future, Jenna Rickus

Dawn or Doom Conference

Several fields of science and engineering, including synthetic biology, neuroengineering, computer science, and nanotechnology, are working toward the creation of new forms of and modifications to life. This session will explore what we can do now to create synthetic life, what has already been done, and what we might do in the future. The session will include a discussion on possible frameworks for how science and society can responsibly move forward together.

Understanding Ourselves Is The "Holy Grail" Of The Human-Kind, Zygmunt Pizlo

Dawn or Doom Conference

Richard Feynman once said 'what I cannot create, I do not understand'. It follows, that building intelligent robots that emulate us is the best way to understand the human mind.

Minds, Culture, And The Evolution Of Intelligence, Dan Kelly

Dawn or Doom Conference

Current thought on evolution and cognition suggests that modern human minds are a product of both biological and cultural evolution, and that our minds were and continue to be shaped not just by our physical environment, but also by our interaction with the very culture and technology that we ourselves create. I will consider the idea that certain forms of intelligence are "artificial" in light of this co-evolutionary perspective and its suggestion that in one broad but crucial sense, our own intelligence has extended beyond purely biological boundaries for millennia.