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Empowerment And Sense Of Adequacy In Infertile Couples: A Fundamental Need In Treatment Process Of Infertility - A Qualitative Study, Ali Zargham-Boroujeni, Fatemeh Jafarzadeh-Kenarsari, Ataollah Ghahiri, Mojtaba Habibi

The Qualitative Report

Many Iranian couples are suffering from infertility, and their needs have remained unexplored thus far; therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the infertile couples’ needs and experiences during diagnosis and different stages of infertility treatment. Specific research question included: What are infertile couples’ viewpoints and perceptions about their needs in treatment process of infertility? Researchers used a qualitative design, based on a content analysis approach to analyze in-depth unstructured interviews conducted with seventeen infertile couples. The participants’ needs were categorized into five categories. All five categories had one theme in common which was identified as “empowerment and …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - February 9, 2014, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the February 9, 2014 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

• Dr. Michael Artman Named Chair of Pediatrics at University of Kansas
• Feb. 20 DSS to Feature Dr. Douglas Wallace
• USA Medical Student Awarded Travel Grant
• Clinic Relocations Convenient for USA Professor

Infections By Renibacterium Salmoninarum And Nanophyetus Salmincola Chapin Are Associated With Reduced Growth Of Juvenile Chinook Salmon, Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha (Walbaum), In The Northeast Pacific Ocean, T A. Sandell, D J. Teel, J Fisher, B Beckman, K C. Jacobson

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

We examined 1454 juvenile Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum), captured in nearshore waters off the coasts of Washington and Oregon (USA) from 1999 to 2004 for infection by Renibacterium salmoninarum, Nanophyetus salmincola Chapin and skin metacercariae. The prevalence and intensities for each of these infections were established for both yearling and subyearling Chinook salmon. Two metrics of salmon growth, weight residuals and plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor-1, were determined for salmon infected with these pathogens/parasites, both individually and in combination, with uninfected fish used for comparison. Yearling Chinook salmon infected with R. salmoninarum had significantly reduced weight …

Nanosensor Data Processor In Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata, Fenghui Yao, Mohamed Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Guifeng Shao, Mohammad Bodruzzaman, Mohan Malkani

Computer Science Faculty Research

Quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) is an attractive nanotechnology with the potential alterative to CMOS technology. QCA provides an interesting paradigm for faster speed, smaller size, and lower power consumption in comparison to transistor-based technology, in both communication and computation. This paper describes the design of a 4-bit multifunction nanosensor data processor (NSDP). The functions of NSDP contain (i) sending the preprocessed raw data to high-level processor, (ii) counting the number of the active majority gates, and (iii) generating the approximate sigmoid function. The whole system is designed and simulated with several different input data.

Book Review: Enhancing Teaching And Learning In Higher Education In The United Arab Emirates: Reflections From The Classroom (2012; Ed. Cindy Gunn; Cambridge Scholars Publishing), Kay Gallagher

All Works

No abstract provided.

Rums: Research For Undergraduates In Math And Science, David Gauthier

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Chair: Dr. David Gauthier, Department of Biological Sciences

Presenters: Elizabeth Smith, Jessica Vincent, Amarilis Dyer, Amy Johnson, Joseph Brown

Poster Session 2, Honors College, Odu

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Featuring Biochemistry, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Ocean & Earth Sciences and Modeling & Simulation

Poster Session 1, Honors College, Odu

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Featuring Political Science, Psychology, English, Recreation & Tourism Studies and Biology

Churches And The Free Exercise Of Religion, John H. Garvey

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Usda Agricultural Research Service - Biotechnology In Farm Policy, Terry B. Kinney Jr.

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Biotechnology - Ethics, Safety And Regulation, W. Wayne Withers, Patricia G. Kenworthy

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Biotechnology - A Proposal For Regulatory Reform, Andrew Kimbrell, Jeremy Rifkin

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Ethical Perspectives On Changing Agricultural Technology In The United States, Patrick Madden, Paul B. Thompson

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Bringing Up Baby: The Case For A Federal Parental Leave Act, James Carr

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Skeletons In The Walls Of Old Québec, Jerome S. Cybulski

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Fifty human skeletons were discovered during a Canadian Parks Service project to repair the mid-18th-century fortification wall of Québec City. Laboratory analysis revealed 45 males, three or four females, and one child, a sex and age ratio virtually identical to that gleaned from diaries reporting the 1746-1747 deaths of Protestant Prisoners of war. Skulls and teeth showed a prevalence of Caucasoid traits. Long bones indicated statures taller than those documented for European-born contemporaries and more closely resembling those known for North American colonials. Dental health was poor throughout the series. Most men had lesions suggesting heavy loading stresses on the …

A Noninvasive Method For In Situ Determination Of Mating Success In Female American Lobsters (Homarus Americanus), Winsor H. Watson Iii, Tracy L. Pugh, Jason S. Goldstein, Elizabeth A. Dubofsky

Jackson Estuarine Laboratory

Despite being one of the most productive fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic, much remains unknown about the natural reproductive dynamics of American lobsters. Recent work in exploited crustacean populations (crabs and lobsters) suggests that there are circumstances where mature females are unable to achieve their full reproductive potential due to sperm limitation. To examine this possibility in different regions of the American lobster fishery, a reliable and noninvasive method was developed for sampling large numbers of female lobsters at sea. This method involves inserting a blunt-tipped needle into the female's seminal receptacle to determine the presence or absence of a …

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes, February 7, 2014, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

All Faculty Senate 2007-2014 Committee Minutes and Reports

Minutes from the Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum Committee meeting held on February 7, 2014.

Methylseleninic Acid Elevates Redd1 And Inhibits Prostate Cancer Cell Growth Despite Akt Activation And Mtor Dysregulation In Hypoxia, Indu Sinha, Joshua Allen, John T. Pinto, Raghu Sinha

NYMC Faculty Publications

Methylseleninic acid (MSeA) is a monomethylated selenium metabolite theoretically derived from subsequent β-lyase or transamination reactions of dietary Se-methylselenocysteine that has potent antitumor activity by inhibiting cell proliferation of several cancers. Our previous studies showed that MSeA promotes apoptosis in invasive prostate cancer cells in part by downregulating hypoxia-inducible factor HIF-1α. We have now extended these studies to evaluate the impact of MSeA on REDD1 (an mTOR inhibitor) in inducing cell death of invasive prostate cancer cells in hypoxia. In both PTEN+ and PTEN- prostate cancer cells we show that MSeA elevates REDD1 and phosphorylation of AKT along with p70S6K …

The Tiger Vol. 108 Issue 4 2014-02-07, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, February 7, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

February

No abstract provided.

Volume Cxxxi, Number 13, February 7, 2014, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Physics Colloquium | Understanding The Universe One Rare Isotope At A Time, Feb 7, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

On The Relevance Of Humanity’S Collective Ownership Of The Earth For Immigration

Legal Philosophy between State and Transnationalism Seminar Series

time: 12.30-2.30pm
room: Osgoode Hall – IKB 2010
speaker: Mathias Risse (Harvard)

Daily Eastern News: Feburary 07, 2014, Eastern Illinois University

February

No abstract provided.

Substance P Differentially Modulates Firing Rate Of Solitary Complex (Sc) Neurons From Control And Chronic Hypoxia-Adapted Adult Rats, Nicole L. Nichols, Frank L. Powell, Jay B. Dean, Robert W. Putnam

Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology Faculty Publications

NK1 receptors, which bind substance P, are present in the majority of brainstem regions that contain CO₂/H⁺-sensitive neurons that play a role in central chemosensitivity. However, the effect of substance P on the chemosensitive response of neurons from these regions has not been studied. Hypoxia increases substance P release from peripheral afferents that terminate in the caudal nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS). Here we studied the effect of substance P on the chemosensitive responses of solitary complex (SC: NTS and dorsal motor nucleus) neurons from control and chronic hypoxia-adapted (CHx) adult rats. We simultaneously measured intracellular pH …

Chimes: February 7, 2014, Calvin College

Chimes

Board of trustees approves strategic plan for the next five years by Lauren DeHaan

Low numbers reported for faculty participation in diversity events by Ben Rietema

New online faculty evaluation form available to students by Alden Hartopo & Connor Sterchi

Calvin students develop new Android application for student news by Joe Mohan

Hackers hit big targets around the world by Jonathan Hielkema

DAAC to reopen doors following sudden closure by Nathan Slauer

Calvin softball's new culture by Brian Exner

The Bg News February 07, 2014, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. February 07, 2014. Volume 93-Issue 62.

February 7, 2014 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Regular Meeting, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes for the Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees at Central Washington University, February 7, 2014.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 103 [104], No. 27 (Feb. 7, 2014), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 103, but it is the 104th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Increase In Ethanol Yield Via Elimination Of Lactate Production In An Ethanol-Tolerant Mutant Of Clostridium Thermocellum, Ranjita Biswas, Sandeep Prabhu, Lee R. Lynd, Adam M. Guss

Dartmouth Scholarship

Large-scale production of lignocellulosic biofuel is a potential solution to sustainably meet global energy needs. One-step consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) is a potentially advantageous approach for the production of biofuels, but requires an organism capable of hydrolyzing biomass to sugars and fermenting the sugars to ethanol at commercially viable titers and yields. Clostridium thermocellum, a thermophilic anaerobe, can ferment cellulosic biomass to ethanol and organic acids, but low yield, low titer, and ethanol sensitivity remain barriers to industrial production. Here, we deleted the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase gene in ethanol tolerant strain of C. thermocellum adhE*(EA) in order to allow use …