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ETSU News

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Fall 2013 Registration And Revenue Analysis - Excluding Law, University Of Southern Maine

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Schroeder To Lead New Lindenwood School, Lindenwood University

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Barbara Anderson V. Bondex Intl Inc

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Redox Pioneer: Professor Joe M. Mccord, David M. Schnell, Daret K. St Clair

Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications

Dr. Joe McCord (Ph.D. 1970) is recognized here as a Redox Pioneer because he has published at least three articles on antioxidant/redox biology as first/last author that have been cited over 1000 times and has published at least 37 articles each cited over 100 times. Dr. McCord is known for the monumental discovery of the antioxidant superoxide dismutase (SOD) while a graduate student under fellow redox pioneer Irwin Fridovich and demonstrating its necessity to aerobic life. Beyond this, McCord's career is distinguished for bridging the gap from basic science to clinical relevance by showing the application of SOD and superoxide …

A Life History Perspective On Skin Cancer And The Evolution Of Skin Pigmentation, Daniel L. Osborne, Raymond B. Hames

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

The ancestral state of human skin pigmentation evolved in response to high ultraviolet radiation (UVR) stress. Some argue that pigmentation evolved to limit folate photolysis, therein limiting neural tube defects. Pigmentation also protects against sunburn which decreases the efficiency of sweating and potentiates skin infection. Pigmentation increases the efficacy of skin as a barrier to infection. Skin cancer has been rejected or minimized as a selective pressure because it is believed to have little or no effect on mortality during reproductive years. This argument ignores evidence of human longevity as a derived life history trait and the adaptive value of …

The Anti-Tumor Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Saha And The Natural Flavonoid Curcumin Exhibit Synergistic Neuroprotection Against Amyloid-Beta Toxicity, Jia Meng, Yan Li, Cynthia Camarillo, Yue Yao, Yina Zhang, Chun Xu, Lihong Jiang

Health & Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications

With the trend of an increasing aged population worldwide, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), an age-related neurodegenerative disorder, as one of the major causes of dementia in elderly people is of growing concern. Despite the many hard efforts attempted during the past several decades in trying to elucidate the pathological mechanisms underlying AD and putting forward potential therapeutic strategies, there is still a lack of effective treatments for AD. The efficacy of many potential therapeutic drugs for AD is of main concern in clinical practice. For example, large bodies of evidence show that the antitumor histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, suberoylanilidehydroxamic acid (SAHA), …

Case Study: Caregiver Perception Of Pediatric Multidisciplinary Feeding Outpatient Clinic, Thomas F. Fisher, Anna Dusick

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

This study explores the perception of satisfaction of caregivers who attended a feeding clinic at a large pediatric hospital in the midwest. The clinic is designed for a multidisciplinary team to meet with the child and the caregiver. Thirty-five participants were involved in the study. Results indicated that most participants were satisfied with the clinic experience. However, there were areas of care not covered by the members of the feeding team, which indicates a need. It is suggested that this need could be filled by occupational therapists.

The War On Poverty, Coles County, And Addressing Local Conditions, Michael D. Gillespie Ph.D.

Coles County Poverty Data Project

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Ada News - 01/06/2014, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors In College Students, Jennifer Arts, Maria Luz Fernandez, Ingrid E. Lofgren

Nutrition Faculty Publications

More than one-half of young adults aged 18–24 y have at least 1 coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factor and nearly one-quarter have advanced atherosclerotic lesions. The extent of atherosclerosis is directly correlated with the number of risk factors. Unhealthy dietary choices made by this age group contribute to weight gain and dyslipidemia. Risk factor profiles in young adulthood strongly predict long-term CHD risk. Early detection is critical to identify individuals at risk and to promote lifestyle changes before disease progression occurs. Despite the presence of risk factors and pathological changes, risk assessment and disease prevention efforts are lacking in …

What's Happening: January 6, 2014, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

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Understanding The Linkages In Organisational And Human Relations: A Review Of Social Network Analysis, Loum S.L. Constantine

The Qualitative Report

This article proposes a methodological stance, an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of participants’ drawings as one that is useful for research into people’s experiences of seizure consciousness. Using empirical examples located in an original, larger study, this article offers a rationale for, and illustrates the analytic potential of, this combination. It also considers that elicitation interviewing techniques and methods from the field of neuro-phenomenology could take this work further in terms of deepening the analysis by reaching people’s pre-reflexive conscious experiences. This theoretical and practical combination has the potential to develop this work significantly.

Relationship Between Altitude And Lithium In Groundwater In The United States Of America: Results Of A 1992–2003 Study, Rebekah S. Huber, Namkug Kim, Carl E. Renshaw, Perry F. Renshaw, Douglas Kondo

Dartmouth Scholarship

Therapeutic dosages of lithium are known to reduce suicide rates, which has led to investigations of confounding environmental risk factors for suicide such as lithium in groundwater. It has been speculated that this might play a role in the potential relationship between suicide and altitude. A recent study in Austria involving geospatial analysis of lithium in groundwater and suicide found lower levels of lithium at higher altitudes. Since there is no reason to suspect this correlation is universal given variation in geology, the current study set out to investigate the relationship between altitude and lithium in groundwater in the United …

Traversing Swanton Road, 14th Ed., James A. West

Academic, Government & Associated Organizational Research Resources

Situated at the northwest end of Santa Cruz County and occupying circa 30 square miles of sharply contrasted terrain, the Scott Creek Watershed concentrates within its geomorphological boundaries, at least 10-12% of California's flora, both native and introduced. Paradoxically, the use/abuse that the watershed has sustained over the past 140+ years, has not necessarily diminished the biodiversity and perhaps parallels the naturally disruptive but biologically energizing processes (fire, flooding, landslides and erosion), which have also been historically documented for the area for +60 years. This is an early edition of an extensive document by James A. West. Please visit the …

Sixth Graders Benefit From Educational Software When Learning About Fractions: A Controlled Classroom Study, Susanne Scharnagl, Petra Evanschitzky, Judith Streb, Manfred Spitzer, Katrin Hille

Numeracy

This study analyses the effectiveness of an educational web-based software package for teaching mathematics in schools. In all, 864 sixth graders and their teachers took part in the controlled study. Students learned the addition and subtraction of fractions with (intervention group; n = 469) or without (control group; n = 395) the support of the educational software. Compared to the controls, students who used the software showed better results in the post-test. Gains were dose dependent and particularly marked in high-ability students and students with lower scores of math anxiety.

Multiple Program Participation And The Snap Program, Robert A. Moffitt

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

Receipt of benefits from other traditional transfer programs by SNAP families is common, with 76 percent of those families receiving at least one other major benefit of that type, excluding Medicaid, in 2008. However, over half of these only received one other benefit and only a very small fraction received more than two others. Over the long-term, multiple benefit receipt among SNAP families has been falling, a result of declines in the TANF caseload offsetting rises in the SSI, SSDI, and WIC caseloads. Finally, the analysis shows that high marginal tax rates generated by multiple program receipt are relevant for …

Molluscs From A Shallow-Water Whale-Fall And Their Affinities With Adjacent Benthic Communities On The Swedish West Coast, S Danise, S Dominici, Ag Glover, Tg Dahlgren

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

We conducted a species-level study of molluscs associated with a 5-m long carcass of a minke whale at a depth of 125 m in the Kosterfjord (North Sea, Sweden). The whale-fall community was quantitatively compared with the community commonly living in the surrounding soft-bottom sediments. Five years after the deployment of the dead whale at the sea floor, the sediments around the carcass were dominated by the bivalve Thyasira sarsi, which is known to contain endosymbiotic sulphur-oxidizing bacteria, while background sediments were dominated by another thyasirid, T. equalis, less dependent on chemosynthesis for its nutrition. The Kosterfjord samples were further …

Pb Neurotoxicity: Neuropsychological Effects Of Lead Toxicity, Lisa H. Mason, Jordan P. Harp, Dong Y. Han

Neurology Faculty Publications

Neurotoxicity is a term used to describe neurophysiological changes caused by exposure to toxic agents. Such exposure can result in neurocognitive symptoms and/or psychiatric disturbances. Common toxic agents include heavy metals, drugs, organophosphates, bacterial, and animal neurotoxins. Among heavy metal exposures, lead exposure is one of the most common exposures that can lead to significant neuropsychological and functional decline in humans. In this review, neurotoxic lead exposure's pathophysiology, etiology, and epidemiology are explored. In addition, commonly associated neuropsychological difficulties in intelligence, memory, executive functioning, attention, processing speed, language, visuospatial skills, motor skills, and affect/mood are explored.

Adp1 Affects Plant Architecture By Regulating Local Auxin Biosynthesis., Ruixi Li, Jieru Li, Genji Qin, Ondřej Novák, Aleš Pěnčík, Karin Ljung, Takashi Aoyama, Jingjing Liu, Angus Murphy, Hongya Gu, Tomohiko Tsuge, Li-Jia Qu

Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Faculty Publications

Plant architecture is one of the key factors that affect plant survival and productivity. Plant body structure is established through the iterative initiation and outgrowth of lateral organs, which are derived from the shoot apical meristem and root apical meristem, after embryogenesis. Here we report that ADP1, a putative MATE (multidrug and toxic compound extrusion) transporter, plays an essential role in regulating lateral organ outgrowth, and thus in maintaining normal architecture of Arabidopsis. Elevated expression levels of ADP1 resulted in accelerated plant growth rate, and increased the numbers of axillary branches and flowers. Our molecular and genetic evidence demonstrated …

Comparison Of Human Adult Stem Cells From Adipose Tissue And Bone Marrow In The Treatment Of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis, Julie A. Semon, Catherine Maness, Xiujuan Zhang, Steven A. Sharkey, Marc M. Beuttler, Forum S. Shah, Amitabh C. Pandey, Jeffrey M. Gimble, Shijia Zhang, For Full List Of Authors, See Publisher's Website.

Biological Sciences Faculty Research & Creative Works

Introduction. While administration of ex vitro culture-expanded stem cells has been used to study immunosuppressive mechanisms in multiple models of autoimmune diseases, less is known about the uncultured, nonexpanded stromal vascular fraction (SVF)-based therapy. The SVF is composed of a heterogeneous population of cells and has been used clinically to treat acute and chronic diseases, alleviating symptoms in a range of tissues and organs.

Methods. In this study, the ability of human SVF cells was compared with culture-expanded adipose stem cells (ASCs) and bone-derived marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) as a treatment of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (35-55)-induced experimental autoimmune encephalitis in …

Effects Of Maternal Nutrient Restriction Followed By Realimentation During Midgestation On Uterine Blood Flow In Beef Cows, L. E. Camacho, C. O. Lemley, L. D. Prezotto, M. L. Bauer, H. C. Freetly, K. C. Swanson, K. A. Vonnahme

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

The objective was to examine the effect of maternal nutrient restriction followed by realimentation during midgestation on uterine blood flow (BF). On Day 30 of pregnancy, lactating, multiparous Simmental beef cows were assigned randomly to treatments: control (CON; 100% National Research Council; n = 6) and nutrient restriction (RES; 60% of CON; n = 4) from Day 30 to 140 (period 1), and thereafter, realimented to CON until Day 198 of gestation (period 2). Uterine BF, pulsatility index (PI), and resistance index (RI) were obtained from both the ipsilateral and contralateral uterine arteries via Doppler ultrasonography. Generalized least square analysis …

Annual Report Of The Chancellor Of The University Of Mississippi, 2013-2014, University Of Mississippi. Chancellor

Annual Report of the Chancellor to the Board of Trustees of IHL

Chancellor, 2013-2014: Daniel W. Jones

Use Of Robust Multivariate Linear Mixed Models For Estimation Of Genetic Parameters For Carcass Traits In Beef Cattle, S. O. Peters, Iowa State University, Adnan Menderes University, D. J. Garrick, R. L. Fernando, E. J. Pollak, R. Mark Enns, M. De Donato, O. O. Ajayi, I. G. Imumorin

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

Assumptions of normality of residuals for carcass evaluation may make inferences vulnerable to the presence of outliers, but heavy-tail densities are viable alternatives to normal distributions and provide robustness against unusual or outlying observations when used to model the densities of residual effects. We compare estimates of genetic parameters by fitting multivariate Normal (MN) or heavy-tail distributions (multivariate Student’s t and multivariate Slash, MSt and MS) for residuals in data of hot carcass weight (HCW), longissimus muscle area (REA) and 12th to 13th rib fat (FAT) traits in beef cattle using 2475 records from 2007 to 2008 from a large …

Town And School Annual Report Epping, New Hampshire Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2013., Epping Town Representatives

Epping, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ending December 31, 2013., Easton Town Representatives

Easton, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Town Of Derry Annual Report Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2014., Derry Town Representatives

Derry, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

In Situ Biological Resources: Soluble Nutrients And Electrolytes In Carbonaceous Asteroids/Meteorites. Implications For Astroecology And Human Space Populations, Michael Noah Mautner

Chemistry Publications

Ecosystems in space will need in-situ bioavailable nutrients. The measured nutrients in meteorites allow experiment-based estimates of nutrients in asteroids, and of the biomass and populations that can be derived from these in situ bioresources. In this respect, we found that carbonaceous chondrite meteorites can support microorganisms and plant cultures, suggesting that similar asteroid materials are also biologically fertile. The sustainable biomass and populations are determined by the available resource materials, their yields of nutrients and biomass, the biomass needed to support human populations, the duration of the ecosystem, and wastage. The bioavailable C, N, and electrolytes in carbonaceous chondrite …

Central Washington University 2014-2015 Graduate Catalog, Central Washington University

Course Catalogs

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Central Washington University 2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog, Central Washington University

Course Catalogs

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