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The Clinical Significance Of Interleukin-15 And Interleukin -17 In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Noora Z Muhammed, Hassan J Hasony, Mubder A Mohamed Saeed Dec 2014

The Clinical Significance Of Interleukin-15 And Interleukin -17 In Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Noora Z Muhammed, Hassan J Hasony, Mubder A Mohamed Saeed

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, deforming arthritis that can lead to disabilities and poor quality of life. Cytokines produced by inflammatory cells play a pivotal role in synovial inflammation and joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis; they are the final mediators and/or regulators of inflammatory process. OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to assess serum IL-15 and IL-17 levels in a sample of patients with RA and to evaluate the correlation between their levels and various clinical, laboratory parameters of RA disease activity and severity. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A case – control study was carried out from January 2013 …

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Corneal Specular Microscopy Changes In Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus, Yousif Farhan Dawood, Najah Kadhum Mohammad Al-Quraishi Dec 2014

Corneal Specular Microscopy Changes In Type Ii Diabetes Mellitus, Yousif Farhan Dawood, Najah Kadhum Mohammad Al-Quraishi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Corneal endothelial cells count and shape are vital in keeping corneal transparency with normal vision. Diabetes mellitus is associated with significant changes in the corneal endothelium. OBJECTIVE: To compare corneal endothelial structure and central corneal thickness (CCT) between type II diabetics and non-diabetic control patients. METHODS: Specular microscopy was used to measure central corneal thickness (CCT), average size of endothelial cells, standard deviation of cell size and coefficient of variation in cell area (CV), endothelial cell density, as well as hexagonality of 260 eyes from 260 patients ( 130 eyes from type II diabetic patients and 130 eyes …

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How To Reduce Time Delays In Presentation And Treatment Of Testicular Torsion; The Role Of Public And Practitioners Education, Saad Dakhil Farhan Daraji Dec 2014

How To Reduce Time Delays In Presentation And Treatment Of Testicular Torsion; The Role Of Public And Practitioners Education, Saad Dakhil Farhan Daraji

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Testicular torsion (TT) requires prompt diagnosis and treatment to avoid testicular Loss. Most studies have focused on the ideal work up to rule TT out in cases of acute scrotum. A long response time to the scrotal pain was related to high orchidectomy rate during surgery for acute torsion. OBJECTIVE: We attempted here to highlight the causes behind high orchidectomy rate during the surgery for testicular torsion and the advices to decrease this problem. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Surgical exploration which was done for suspected testicular torsion in 50 consecutive males with their age (range 1-20 years. All patients …

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Winter Activity Of Bats In Southeastern Nebraska: An Acoustic Study, Jeremy A. White, Brett R. Andersen, Hans W. Otto, Cliff A. Lemen, Patricia W. Freeman Dec 2014

Winter Activity Of Bats In Southeastern Nebraska: An Acoustic Study, Jeremy A. White, Brett R. Andersen, Hans W. Otto, Cliff A. Lemen, Patricia W. Freeman

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Many North American bats are active outside hibernacula in winter, but no information on winter activity has been reported for Nebraska. We recorded activity of bats during two winters (December-February 2012-2013 and 2013-2014) at one location in southeastern Nebraska with an acoustic detector. Bats were active throughout both winters and temperature at sunset was a good predictor of bat activity. Red bats (Lasiurus borealis) were active at our site in early December but were not recorded later in winter. We suspect these individuals were late migrants to more southern wintering sites. Big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) …

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Forall X: An Introduction To Formal Logic 1.30, P.D. Magnus Dec 2014

Forall X: An Introduction To Formal Logic 1.30, P.D. Magnus

Philosophy Faculty Books

In formal logic, sentences and arguments in English are translated into mathematical languages with well-defined properties. If all goes well, properties of the argument that were hard to discern become clearer. This book covers translation, formal semantics, and proof theory for both sentential logic and quantified logic. Each chapter contains practice exercises; solutions to selected exercises appear in an appendix.

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Ghost Dance, Janel R. Lapalm Dec 2014

Ghost Dance, Janel R. Lapalm

Best Midwestern High School Writing 2015 Winners

It is a chilling piece, written in a style not unlike that of Edgar Allan Poe's but in a far more modern sounding diction. It manages to convey a feeling of unease without the use of gore or anything of a particularly graphic nature. It is a well developed story and is written in a professional manner, without the help of a more experienced party.

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December 27, 2014 (Pages 8001-8078), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Dec 2014

December 27, 2014 (Pages 8001-8078), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 44 (2014)

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The Murray Ledger And Times, December 27-28, 2014, The Murray Ledger And Times Dec 2014

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 27-28, 2014, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Uniqueness And The Image Of God: A Theological And Philosophical Justification Of The Value Of Diversity, Mark S. Mcleod-Harrison Dec 2014

Uniqueness And The Image Of God: A Theological And Philosophical Justification Of The Value Of Diversity, Mark S. Mcleod-Harrison

Christian Perspectives in Education

In Christian education, cultural diversity is valued. But what is the theological basis for that value? While our commonality as human persons is rooted in the image of God, what about the diversity of human beings and the cultural diversity flowing from it? This essays argues that although the image of God is common to us all, there is an account of the image of God that provides for uniqueness as well and that individual uniqueness is at the core of human being as we participate in our cultural forms of life.

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A Mixed-Methods Study Of The Variables That Influence Southern Baptists’ Affirmation Of The Inerrancy Of The Bible, David A. Mcgee Dec 2014

A Mixed-Methods Study Of The Variables That Influence Southern Baptists’ Affirmation Of The Inerrancy Of The Bible, David A. Mcgee

Christian Perspectives in Education

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) had discovered by the late 1970s that belief in the inerrancy of the Bible was not consistently affirmed by their leadership. After a twenty year battle, the SBC attempted to clarify the doctrine of inerrancy through the Baptist Faith and Message 2000. A mixed-method analysis was conducted by surveying 502 Florida Southern Baptist (FSB) church members with a 68-question survey instrument to determine the degree to which they affirmed the doctrine of inerrancy. The study revealed that a large percentage of FSB church members affirmed the doctrine, but the underlining beliefs were not always consistently …

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Using Plant Volatile Traps To Develop Phenology Models For Natural Enemies: An Example Using Chrysopa Nigricornis (Burmeister) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), Vincent P. Jones, David R. Horton, Nicholas J. Mills, Thomas R. Unruh, Eugene R. Milickzy, Peter W. Shearer, Kaushalya G. Amarasekare, Callie C. Baker, Tawnee D. Melton Dec 2014

Using Plant Volatile Traps To Develop Phenology Models For Natural Enemies: An Example Using Chrysopa Nigricornis (Burmeister) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), Vincent P. Jones, David R. Horton, Nicholas J. Mills, Thomas R. Unruh, Eugene R. Milickzy, Peter W. Shearer, Kaushalya G. Amarasekare, Callie C. Baker, Tawnee D. Melton

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

A model predicting phenology of adult Chrysopa nigricornis (Burmeister) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in orchards was developed from field (trapping) data supplemented with development data collected under laboratory conditions. Lower and upper thresholds of 10.1°C and 29.9°C, respectively, were estimated from published and unpublished laboratory observations, and were used to develop a phenology model. Season-long field data were collected using white delta traps that had been baited with squalene, a volatile shown previously to be highly attractive to C. nigricornis. The model was developed from data collected in three Washington apple orchards, and was validated using independent data sets collected from apple, …

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Light Dulls And Darkens Bird Eggs, Johanna Y. Navarro, David C. Lahti Dec 2014

Light Dulls And Darkens Bird Eggs, Johanna Y. Navarro, David C. Lahti

Publications and Research

Although egg color is generally consistent within individual birds and robust to environmental variation, recent evidence suggests a degree of susceptibility to environmental perturbation or modulation of egg color. Most of this variation manifests via the physiology of the laying female, but some direct impacts of the environment on laid eggs have also been discovered. Here we test whether light changes bird egg color and we quantify its effect, by subjecting variable blue-green eggs of Rüppell's weaver (Ploceus galbula) to a broad-spectrum light source under laboratory conditions, and measuring egg reflectance every few hours. Eggshells gradually decreased in reflectance across …

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The Weekly Challenger, December 25, 2014, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Dec 2014

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

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

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

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Salt And Water Balance In The Land Crabs Of Christmas Island: A Review, Lm Turner Dec 2014

Salt And Water Balance In The Land Crabs Of Christmas Island: A Review, Lm Turner

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Work conducted on the land crabs of Christmas Island has advanced our knowledge of the ecophysiology of ion and water balance not only in terrestrial crabs, but across the Crustacea. For instance, studies undertaken on endemic Christmas Island species, such as Discoplax celeste, which is unique in its evolutionary position and ecology as a freshwater/land crab, have allowed us to increase our understanding of the mechanisms that have underpinned the evolution of these animals from the sea to the terrestrial environment. Recent studies have focused on understanding the neuroendocrine control of osmoregulation in terrestrial crabs on Christmas Island, with crustacean …

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Supreme Court, New York County, People V. Garcia, Yale Pollack Dec 2014

Supreme Court, New York County, People V. Garcia, Yale Pollack

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Gray Toad And Color Of The Season By Ōte Takuji, Dean A. Brink Dec 2014

Gray Toad And Color Of The Season By Ōte Takuji, Dean A. Brink

Transference

Translated from the Japanese with commentary by Dean A. Brink.

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Transference Vol. 2, Fall 2014, Molly Lynde-Recchia Dec 2014

Transference Vol. 2, Fall 2014, Molly Lynde-Recchia

Transference

Transference is published by the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University. Dedicated to the celebration of poetry in translation, the journal publishes translations from Arabic, Chinese, French and Old French, German, classical Greek, Latin, and Japanese, into English verse. Transference contains translations as well as commentaries on the art and process of translating.

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Predicted Changes In Climatic Niche And Climate Refugia Of Conservation Priority Salamander Species In The Northeastern United States, William B. Sutton, Kyle Barrett, Allison T. Moody, Cynthia S. Loftin, Phillip G. Demaynadier, Priya Nanjappa Dec 2014

Predicted Changes In Climatic Niche And Climate Refugia Of Conservation Priority Salamander Species In The Northeastern United States, William B. Sutton, Kyle Barrett, Allison T. Moody, Cynthia S. Loftin, Phillip G. Demaynadier, Priya Nanjappa

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Global climate change represents one of the most extensive and pervasive threats to wildlife populations. Amphibians, specifically salamanders, are particularly susceptible to the effects of changing climates due to their restrictive physiological requirements and low vagility; however, little is known about which landscapes and species are vulnerable to climate change. Our study objectives included, (1) evaluating species-specific predictions (based on 2050 climate projections) and vulnerabilities to climate change and (2) using collective species responses to identify areas of climate refugia for conservation priority salamanders in the northeastern United States. All evaluated salamander species were projected to lose a portion of …

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Molecular Targets Of Antihypertensive Peptides: Understanding The Mechanisms Of Action Based On The Pathophysiology Of Hypertension, Kaustav Majumder, Jianping Wu Dec 2014

Molecular Targets Of Antihypertensive Peptides: Understanding The Mechanisms Of Action Based On The Pathophysiology Of Hypertension, Kaustav Majumder, Jianping Wu

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

There is growing interest in using functional foods or nutraceuticals for the prevention and treatment of hypertension or high blood pressure. Although numerous preventive and therapeutic pharmacological interventions are available on the market, unfortunately, many patients still suffer from poorly controlled hypertension. Furthermore, most pharmacological drugs, such as inhibitors of angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE), are often associated with significant adverse effects. Many bioactive food compounds have been characterized over the past decades that may contribute to the management of hypertension; for example, bioactive peptides derived from various food proteins with antihypertensive properties have gained a great deal of attention. Some …

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Functional And Developmental Identification Of A Molecular Subtype Of Brain Serotonergic Neuron Specialized To Regulate Breathing Dynamics, Rachael D. Brust, Andrea E. Corcoran, George B. Richerson, Eugene Nattie, Susan M. Dymecki Dec 2014

Functional And Developmental Identification Of A Molecular Subtype Of Brain Serotonergic Neuron Specialized To Regulate Breathing Dynamics, Rachael D. Brust, Andrea E. Corcoran, George B. Richerson, Eugene Nattie, Susan M. Dymecki

Dartmouth Scholarship

Serotonergic neurons modulate behavioral and physiological responses from aggression and anxiety to breathing and thermoregulation. Disorders involving serotonin (5HT) dysregulation are commensurately heterogeneous and numerous. We hypothesized that this breadth in functionality derives in part from a developmentally determined substructure of distinct subtypes of 5HT neurons each specialized to modulate specific behaviors. By manipulating developmentally defined subgroups one by one chemogenetically, we find that the Egr2-Pet1 subgroup is specialized to drive increased ventilation in response to carbon dioxide elevation and acidosis. Furthermore, this subtype exhibits intrinsic chemosensitivity and modality-specific projections-increasing firing during hypercapnic acidosis and selectively projecting to respiratory chemosensory …

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Cal Poly Rose Float Taking Shape In Pasadena, Public Affairs Office Dec 2014

Cal Poly Rose Float Taking Shape In Pasadena, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

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Ryan Felice Explores How Bird Tails Evolved And Aided Hunting, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences Dec 2014

Ryan Felice Explores How Bird Tails Evolved And Aided Hunting, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

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Ecology Of Insect Pests Of Cotton And Their Natural Enemies, Soolaf Abud Kathiar Dec 2014

Ecology Of Insect Pests Of Cotton And Their Natural Enemies, Soolaf Abud Kathiar

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis represents a combination of three projects, all related to cotton agriculture, their pests, and natural enemies of those pests. In the first project, I compared the abundance of soil-surface arthropods in cotton fields with three different tillage methods (conventional and two conservation tillage methods). Cotton plants produce extrafloral nectar, an adaptation of many plants that attracts natural enemies of plant pests and reduces feeding injury from herbivores. Therefore, in the second project, I analyzed the sugar and amino acid concentrations of the extrafloral nectar of five lines of cotton. Green lacewings are natural enemies that are often used …

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Neural Network Based Emg Driven Modeling And Control Of Human Walking, Alaa Muheddin Abdulrahman Dec 2014

Neural Network Based Emg Driven Modeling And Control Of Human Walking, Alaa Muheddin Abdulrahman

Theses and Dissertations

Human body modeling (HBM) offers the benefit of replicating human activity into robotics and rehabilitation devices. Gait impairment is a consequence of several diseases like stroke, spinal cord injury, or Parkinson' disease. The modeling techniques developed in robotics have been used to improve gait abnormalities in walking and in building Exoskeletal robots. HBM is resource intensive as it requires setting-up laboratory facilities and using expensive instruments. Further, the data acquired is limited to the number of the participants. In addition, the accuracy of the model is important as it is related to human pathology. In this research, several Matlab based …

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Characterization Of Salmonella Enterica Isolates From Food And Clinical Samples: Functionality Of Cytolethal Distending Toxin (Cdt) From Non-Typhi Salmonella Enterica, Ezat Hussain Mezal Dec 2014

Characterization Of Salmonella Enterica Isolates From Food And Clinical Samples: Functionality Of Cytolethal Distending Toxin (Cdt) From Non-Typhi Salmonella Enterica, Ezat Hussain Mezal

Theses and Dissertations

Salmonella enterica is recognized worldwide as a significant cause of both human and animal disease. Recently, many random outbreaks of infections associated with the pathogens have been documented. Thus, state of the art molecular tools are necessary to conduct effective surveillance that would aid monitoring and prevention of disease. In this study, 110 Salmonella enterica serovars (Enteritidis & Javiana) strains isolated from food, environmental and clinical samples were analyzed for genetic diversity, antibiotic resistance, presence of virulence genes, plasmids, and plasmid replicon types. To assess the genetic diversity, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) fingerprinting, multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) and …

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Post Protein Hydrolysis Removal Of A Potent Ribonuclease Inhibitor And The Enzymatic Capture Of Dna, Matt Ewert Dec 2014

Post Protein Hydrolysis Removal Of A Potent Ribonuclease Inhibitor And The Enzymatic Capture Of Dna, Matt Ewert

USF Patents

The present invention concerns compositions and methods of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The present invention also concerns materials and methods for removing aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) from a sample.

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Dna Biochip And Methods Of Use, Arun Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Shree R. Singh, Souheil Zekri Dec 2014

Dna Biochip And Methods Of Use, Arun Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Shree R. Singh, Souheil Zekri

USF Patents

The subject invention concerns materials and methods for detecting nucleic acid sequences. One aspect of the invention concerns a silicon-based “biochip” comprising nucleic acid immobilized thereon. In one embodiment, the silicon comprises microcavities. The nucleic acid to be assayed for the presence of one or more target nucleic acid sequences is immobilized on the silicon. A nucleic acid, such as an oligonucleotide probe, having a sequence substantially complementary to the target nucleic acid sequence can be used to detect the immobilized nucleic acid on the silicon. If the nucleic acid used for detection hybridizes with a target nucleic acid sequence, …

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Inhibition Of Angiogenesis Associated With Ovarian Cancer By Nanoparticles Of Cerium Oxide (Cip), Sudipta Seal, Shailendra Giri, Ajay Karakoti, Viji Shridhar Dec 2014

Inhibition Of Angiogenesis Associated With Ovarian Cancer By Nanoparticles Of Cerium Oxide (Cip), Sudipta Seal, Shailendra Giri, Ajay Karakoti, Viji Shridhar

UCF Patents

The invention provides a method of treating ovarian cancer in a mammal, the method inhibits angiogenesis associated with the cancer and comprises the parenteral administration to the mammal of an effective amount of cerium oxide nanoparticles having a predominance of Ce+3.

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Ontogenetic Scaling Patterns And Functional Anatomy Of The Pelvic Limb Musculature In Emus (Dromaius Novaehollandiae), Luis P. Lamas, Russell P. Main, John R. Hutchinson Dec 2014

Ontogenetic Scaling Patterns And Functional Anatomy Of The Pelvic Limb Musculature In Emus (Dromaius Novaehollandiae), Luis P. Lamas, Russell P. Main, John R. Hutchinson

Department of Basic Medical Sciences Faculty Publications

Emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) are exclusively terrestrial, bipedal and cursorial ratites with some similar biomechanical characteristics to humans. Their growth rates are impressive, as their body mass increases eighty-fold from hatching to adulthood whilst maintaining the same mode of locomotion throughout life. These ontogenetic characteristics stimulate biomechanical questions about the strategies that allow emus to cope with their rapid growth and locomotion, which can be partly addressed via scaling (allometric) analysis of morphology. In this study we have collected pelvic limb anatomical data (muscle architecture, tendon length, tendon mass and bone lengths) and calculated muscle physiological cross sectional area …

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Mapping Of Oceanography Research Productivity In India: A Scientometric Analysis, Ranganathan Chandrakasan Dec 2014

Mapping Of Oceanography Research Productivity In India: A Scientometric Analysis, Ranganathan Chandrakasan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examines Oceanography Research in India as revealed by the scholarly publication indexed in Aquatic Science and Fisheries Abstract (ASFA) data base for a period of fifteen years from 2008 to 2013. It was seen that the analyses included research growth, author productivity, authorship pattern, Geographical distribution of the literature, global publications’ share, of international collaborative papers and major collaborative partner countries and patterns of research communication in most productive journals. The study reveals that, most of the researchers preferred to publish their research results in journals; as such 61.78% of articles were published in journals, more numbers of …

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