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Bartonella Henselae Infection And Host Response In The Zebrafish Embryo Model, Amorce Lima

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Gram-negative bacterium Bartonella henselae (Bh) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen that has been associated with a variety of human diseases including bacillary angiomatosis which is characterized by vasoproliferative tumor-like lesions on the skin and internal organs of some immunosuppressed individuals. Several virulence factors associated with Bartonella-induced pathogenesis have been characterized. However, the study of those virulence factors has been limited to in vitro cell culture systems due to the lack of a practical animal model. Therefore, we wanted to investigate whether the zebrafish embryo (Danio rerio) could be used to model human infection with Bh. We investigated …

Fundamental Motivation And Perception For A Systems-Level Cognitive Architecture, Ryan James Mccall

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

A comprehensive systems-level cognitive architecture attempts to provide a blueprint for generally capable intelligent software agents or cognitive robots. While such architectures can be conceived and studied at a high level of abstraction, this work focuses primarily on some of the low-level algorithms underlying the architecture. For instance, one might study logical reasoning, decision-making, etc., ignoring or making simplifying assumptions about the perceptual processes producing the representations involved in the higher-level processes. In contrast, critical aspects of cognitive architectures lie in the low-level details of the traditionally identified, abstract modules and processes. Natural selection has imbued biological agents with motivations …

Bjc Today

BJC Today

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Punishment Without End, Douglas N. Evans

Publications and Research

Criminal justice punishments are an investment that societies make to protect the safety and order of communities. Following decades of rising prison populations, however, U.S. policymakers are beginning to wonder if they have invested too much in punishment. Policies adopted in previous decades now incarcerate large numbers of Americans and impose considerable costs on states. Mass incarceration policies are costly and potentially iatrogenic—i.e., they may transform offenders into repeat offenders. Public officials and citizens alike often assume that known offenders pose a permanent risk of future offending. This belief entangles millions of offenders in the justice system for life, with …

Proposal, N&Ma; Classification Committee, Split Passerina Pallidior From Painted Bunting P. Ciris, July 7, 2014, Robert C. Tweit

Florida Ornithological Society - Records - Full Collection

Proposal from Robert Tweit to the American Ornithological Society's North and Middle America Classification Committee (N&MA) to differentiate Passerina pallidior (Western Painted bunting) from Passerina ciris (Painted bunting) and recognize the two as separate species. Document includes information related to nesting, population, breeding, migration, evolution, habitat, and genetics.

Democratizing Public Health: Citizen Empowerment Through The Biothriller Genre, Robert A. Deleo

Catalyst: A Social Justice Forum

Preparedness—the process of readying for emerging threats—is central to contemporary public health, which strives to anticipate potential problems instead of reacting to medical disasters. However, this concept resonates little outside of elite policymaker circles. Instead, many Americans assume policymaking is an inherently reactive process that rewards politicians for “fixing” existing problems. For example, while the prospect of a pandemic influenza outbreak represents one of American’s most pressing concerns, surveys report pervasive public ignorance about many aspects of preparedness and public health, including disease transmission, prevention practices, and the relationship between zoological and human diseases. For many Americans, it seems, exposure …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - July 6, 2014, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the July 6, 2014 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

• USA College of Medicine Kick-Starts Student-Run Clinic at Homeless Shelter
• Carl Nechtman Receives Neurosurgical Society of Alabama Student Award
• New Lobby, Courtyard Underway at USA Children's & Women's Hospital
• USA Welcomes Dr. William Scott

King Of The Meat Eaters, Anonymous

Between the Species

This article is a word for word reproduction of an unexpected resignation speech. It was given as—or rather, in place of—the presidential address of a recent annual meeting of ISEA (the International Society for the Eating of Animals). Because this is a secret society, the speaker’s and the transcriber’s names have been omitted. Those of us who were there for this speech will remember the anger and outrage that it provoked. Many of us still cannot believe the ridiculous spin-off resignations that this underwhelming speech somehow managed to provoke. This speech is reprinted here (where it cannot be returned to …

Otero County Prescription Trails, University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center

Walking Guides and Reports

The Otero County Prescription Trails Program is designed to give all health care professionals tools to increase walking and wheelchair rolling on suggested routes, targeting and promoting healthy lifestyles for families in our county. This guide will help you find some of the best parks, trails and walking areas in Alamogordo, Tularosa, White Sands National Monument and Lincoln National Forest.

A Concise Review On The Current Understanding Of Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells., Arokia P. Vaz, Moorthy P. Ponnusamy, Parthasarathy Seshacharyulu, Surinder K. Batra

Journal Articles: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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Species-Level View Of Population Structure And Gene Flow For A Critically Endangered Primate (Varecia Variegata), Andrea L. Baden, Sheila M. Holmes, Steig E. Johnson, Shannon E. Engberg, Edward E. Louis, Brenda J. Bradley

Publications and Research

Lemurs are among the world's most threatened mammals. The critically endangered black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata), in particular, has recently experienced rapid population declines due to habitat loss, ecological sensitivities to habitat degradation, and extensive human hunting pressure. Despite this, a recent study indicates that ruffed lemurs retain among the highest levels of genetic diversity for primates. Identifying how this diversity is apportioned and whether gene flow is maintained among remnant populations will help to diagnose and target conservation priorities. We sampled 209 individuals from 19 sites throughout the remaining V. variegata range. We used 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci and …

Localized Expansion Of Pedicle Screws For Increased Stability And Safety In The Osteoporotic Spine, Thomas Michael Shea

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

When a patient is diagnosed with various spinal injuries, deformities, or advanced degeneration, it is commonly suggested that he/she undergoes surgery for spinal fusion. Most current procedures in spinal fusion restrict mobility in one or multiple levels of the spine so that, over time, new bone will grow between the levels creating a single motionless unit of bone. The bilateral pedicle screw system (BPSS) has long been considered to be the "gold standard" in spinal fusion. However, for patients with osteoporosis, adequate fixation within the bone-screw interface has continuously been difficult to achieve or has come with high risk of …

Advertisements, Contributors, Issue 55

Ontario Review

No abstract provided.

"Louis, In The Dark", Patry Francis

Ontario Review

Patry Francis has stories in recent issues of The Antioch Review and The Green Mountains Review. She currently resides in Centerville, Massachusetts.

"Bad Hand", Alicia Conroy

Ontario Review

Alicia Conroy's most recent publications include work in The O. Henry Awards 2000 and New Delta Review. Her fiction is forthcoming in Puerto del Sol, Chattahoochee Review, and an anthology to be published by Syracuse University Press. She lives in Willimantic, Connecticut.

"Candy", Bonnie Jo Campbell

Ontario Review

Bonnie Jo Campbell, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, is the author of Women & Other Animals, winner of the AWP short fiction award. Her story "The Smallest Man in the World" appears in the 2000 Pushcart anthology.

"The Liar", Richard Burgin

Ontario Review

Richard Burgin's nine books include the novel Ghost Quartet (TriQuarterly Books, 1999) and the forthcoming story collection The Spirit Returns (Johns Hopkins, 2001). He is the composer of a collection of jazz songs In All of the World, available on CD from www.richardburgin.com. Highly recommended.

"The Risk Of The Real", Millicent Dillon

Ontario Review

Millicent Dillon's most recent biography is You Are Not I: A Portrait of Paul Bowles (1998). Her most recent novel is Harry Gold (2000). She lives in San Francisco.

"What About Saving The Earth", Lynn Hamilton

Ontario Review

A recent MFA from the University of Virginia, Lynn Hamilton has had fiction in Iris. She currently teaches writing to undergraduates at the University.

Food System And Food Security Study For The City Of Cape Town, Jane Battersby, Gareth Haysom, Godfrey Tawodzera, Milla Mclachlan, Jonathan Crush

African Food Security Urban Network

Food insecurity is a critical, but poorly understood, challenge for the health and development of Capetonians.

Food insecurity is often imagined as hunger, but it is far broader than that. Households are considered food secure when they have “physical and economic access to sufficient and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” (WHO/FAO 1996). Health is not merely the absence of disease, but also encompasses good nutrition and healthy lifestyles. Individuals in a food insecure household and/or community are at greater risk due to diets of poor nutritional value, which lowers …

Can Anyone With Low Income Be Food Secure?: Mitigating Food Insecurity Among Low Income Households With Children In The Tampa Bay Area, Edgar Allan Amador

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In the US over the last few years, approximately 14.5% of households experience food insecurity at some point throughout the year. While studies on food insecurity in the US have determined that household income and specifically income available to spend on food is of critical importance to food security, it is still unclear why some households with low income are able to maintain food security while others experience food insecurity in a pattern characterized as not constant but recurrent. This dissertation compares households with children at different levels of food security and insecurity using the USDA Core Food Security Module …

Places We’Ve Been, Hasan Friggle

Booth

We are in the trunk of my grandmother’s Toyota, bound and gagged. Muffled grunts come from your end of the trunk: your face engaged in an awkward conversation with my shoes. I wish for a way to make you more comfortable, but there isn’t much wiggle room in here. There is nothing we can do but try to relax. Wait. We’ve been here before; we know how it’s going to play out. My grandmother will drive for a couple more miles, until we are thoroughly lost, then she will dump your body on the side of the road, drive home, …

The Role Of Vitamin E In Human Health And Some Diseases, Saliha Rizvi, Syed T. Raza, Faizal Ahmad, Absar, Shania Abbas, Farzana Mahdi

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Vitamin E is the major lipid-soluble component in the cell antioxidant defence system and is exclusively obtained from the diet. It has numerous important roles within the body because of its antioxidant activity. Oxidation has been linked to numerous possible conditions and diseases, including cancer, ageing, arthritis and cataracts; vitamin E has been shown to be effective against these. Platelet hyperaggregation, which can lead to atherosclerosis, may also be prevented by vitamin E; additionally, it also helps to reduce the production of prostaglandins such as thromboxane, which cause platelet clumping. The current literature review discusses the functions and roles of …

Direct Evidence For Calcineurin Binding To The Exon-7 Loop Of The Sodium-Bicarbonate Transporter Nbcn1, Harindarpal S. Gill, Eric D. Roush, Lauren Dutcher, Samir Patel

Medicine Faculty Publications

The NaHCO3 cotransporter NBCn1 plays a role in neutralizing intracellular acid loads at the basolateral membrane in cells of the medullary thick ascending limb (mTAL). Calcineurin inhibitors (Cn-Is) are known to both downregulate NBCn1 expression in the distal nephron and cause renal tubular acidosis (RTA), a risk factor for nephrocalcinosis and nephrolithiasis. In this report, we provide a new perspective on concurrent studies of NBCn1 in various tissues by using cell-free binding assays to investigate the interaction of NBCn1 with the calcineurin (Cn) isoform PPP3CA. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) analyses show that the protein domain Exon 7 (translated from cassette …

Chemicals Facilitating Reprogramming: Targeting The Sam Binding Site To Identify Novel Methyltransferase Inhibitors, Jeong Do Kim, Jong S. Rim, Robert B. Crochet, Yong Hwan Lee, Jaroslaw Staszkiewicz, Ru Gao, Kenneth J. Eilertsen

Faculty Publications

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Reprogramming of somatic cells to a pluripotent state has been achieved by viral-mediated transduction of defined transcription factors. In order to achieve the goal of clinical application, it is necessary to overcome a variety of limitations, including poor reprogramming efficiencies and viral integration. One strategy is to identify small-molecule inhibitors that can improve reprogramming efficiency or replace defined transcription factors. Several reports have demonstrated that modulation of chromatin-modifying enzymes can significantly improve reprogramming efficiency. Key enzymes include DNA and histone methyltransferases, which utilize the cofactor S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) to transfer a methyl group. …

Advanced General Medicine Conference The Royal College Of Physicians (London), The Ministry Of Health (Oman) And Sultan Qaboos University Sultan Qaboos University, 29–30 January 2014, Sultan Qaboos University

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

1st International Conference On Advances In Obstetrics & Gynaecology Oral Presentations - Selected Abstracts Sultan Qaboos University, 4–6 December 2013, Sultan Qaboos University

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

1st International Conference On Advances In Obstetrics & Gynaecology Part Ii - Posters Sultan Qaboos University, 4–6 December 2013, Sultan Qaboos University

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Parent Trap: The Unconstitutional Practice Of Severing Parental Rights Without Due Process Of Law, Kendra Fershee

Georgia State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Laureate, 12th Edition (2013)

The Laureate

The Laureate’s mission is to provide undergraduate students at Western Michigan University a place in which to publish their works of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and other creative works. The Laureate strives to be a professional and engaging journal that appeals to all.