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The Statesman, V. 58, I. 02, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 58, i. 02

Cd4(+)Cd25(Hi)Cd127(Low) Regulatory T Cells Are Increased In Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients, K.P. Lim, N.A.L. Chun, S.M. Ismail, M.T. Abraham, M.N. Yusoff, R.B. Zain, Wei Cheong Ngeow

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Regulatory T cells (Tregs), a subset of CD4+ T cells plays a pivotal role in regulating the immune system. An increase in Treg numbers enables cancer progression by dampening the immune system and allowing tumor cells to evade immune detection and destruction. An increase in Treg numbers and expression of inhibitory cytokines including TGF-β and IL-10 are mechanisms by which Tregs exert their immune suppressive function. However, the presence of Tregs and inhibitory cytokines in oral cancer patients is still unclear. In this study, the presence of circulating Tregs in 39 oral cancer patients and 24 healthy donors was examined …

Integration Of Apo-Α-Phycocyanin Into Phycobilisomes And Its Association With FnrLIn The Absence Of The Phycocyanin Α-Subunit Lyase (Cpcf) In Synechocystis Sp. Pcc 6803, Pengpeng Zhang, Laurie K. Frankel, Terry M. Bricker

Faculty Publications

Phycocyanin is an important component of the phycobilisome, which is the principal light-harvesting complex in cyanobacteria. The covalent attachment of the phycocyanobilin chromophore to phycocyanin is catalyzed by the enzyme phycocyanin lyase. The photosynthetic properties and phycobilisome assembly state were characterized in wild type and two mutants which lack holo-α-phycocyanin. Insertional inactivation of the phycocyanin α-subunit lyase (ΔcpcF mutant) prevents the ligation of phycocyanobilin to α-phycocyanin (CpcA), while disruption of the cpcB/A/C2/C1 operon in the CK mutant prevents synthesis of both apo-α-phycocyanin (apo-CpcA) and apo-β-phycocyanin (apo-CpcB). Both mutants exhibited similar light saturation curves under white actinic light illumination conditions, indicating …

The Pan American (2014-08-25), Susan Gonzalez, Andrew Vera

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 71, No. 1

The Collegian (2014-08-25), Cleiri Quezada

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 67, No. 1

Daily Eastern News: August 25, 2014, Eastern Illinois University

August

No abstract provided.

Current, August 25, 2014, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

No abstract provided.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Ogeechee River Public Information Session to Discuss Research on the River
• ‘One More Time’ Recyclable Clothing to Make its On-campus Debut at ’Boro Browse and the Student Org Fair

Genome Sequence Analysis Of In Vitro And In Vivo Phenotypes Of Bunyamwera And Ngari Virus Isolates From Northern Kenya, Collins Odhiambo, Marietjie Venter, Konongoi Limbaso, Robert Swanepoel, Rosemary Sang

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Biological phenotypes of tri-segmented arboviruses display characteristics that map to mutation/s in the S, M or L segments of the genome. Plaque variants have been characterized for other viruses displaying varied phenotypes including attenuation in growth and/or pathogenesis. In order to characterize variants of Bunyamwera and Ngari viruses, we isolated individual plaque size variants; small plaque (SP) and large plaque (LP) and determined in vitro growth properties and in vivo pathogenesis in suckling mice. We performed gene sequencing to identify mutations that may be responsible for the observed phenotype. The LP generally replicated faster than the SP and the difference …

Nuclear Glycolytic Enzyme Enolase Of Toxoplasma Gondii Functions As A Transcriptional Regulator, Thomas Mouveaux, Gabrielle Oria, Elisabeth Werkmeister, Christian Slomianny, Barbara A. Fox, David J. Bzik, Stanislas Tomavo

Dartmouth Scholarship

Apicomplexan parasites including Toxoplasma gondii have complex life cycles within different hosts and their infectivity relies on their capacity to regulate gene expression. However, little is known about the nuclear factors that regulate gene expression in these pathogens. Here, we report that T. gondii enolase TgENO2 is targeted to the nucleus of actively replicating parasites, where it specifically binds to nuclear chromatin in vivo. Using a ChIP-Seq technique, we provide evidence for TgENO2 enrichment at the 5′ untranslated gene regions containing the putative promoters of 241 nuclear genes. Ectopic expression of HA-tagged TgENO1 or TgENO2 led to changes in …

Applying Accelerator Mass Spectrometry For Low-Level Detection Of Complex Engineered Nanoparticles In Biological Media, Binghui Wang, George S. Jackson, Robert A. Yokel, Eric A. Grulke

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Complex engineered nanoparticles (CENPs), which have different core and surface components, are being developed for medicinal, pharmaceutical and industrial applications. One of the key challenges for environmental health and safety assessments of CENPs is to identify and quantity their transformations in biological environments. This study reports the effects of in vivo exposure of citrate-coated nanoalumina with different rare isotope labels on each component. This CENP was dosed to the rat and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) was used to quantify ²⁶Al, ¹⁴C, and their ratio in the dosing material and tissue samples. For CENPs detected in the liver, the …

College Of Behavioral And Social Sciences News, Georgia Southern University

College of Behavioral & Social Sciences: News & Publications (2012-2022)

• Graduate student’s research published

Disrupted Human–Pathogen Co-Evolution: A Model For Disease, Nuri Kodaman, Rafal S. Sobota, Robertino Mera, Barbara G. Schneider, Scott M. Williams

Dartmouth Scholarship

A major goal in infectious disease research is to identify the human and pathogenic genetic variants that explain differences in microbial pathogenesis. However, neither pathogenic strain nor human genetic variation in isolation has proven adequate to explain the heterogeneity of disease pathology. We suggest that disrupted co-evolution between a pathogen and its human host can explain variation in disease outcomes, and that genome-by-genome interactions should therefore be incorporated into genetic models of disease caused by infectious agents. Genetic epidemiological studies that fail to take both the pathogen and host into account can lead to false and misleading conclusions about disease …

Faculty And Students Partner On Summer Research, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Undergraduate research fosters early professional experience.

3d Imaging And Investigation Of Failure And Deformation In Thermal Barrier Coatings Using Computed X-Ray Tomography, Navid Asadizanjani

Doctoral Dissertations

Zirconia-based thermal barrier coatings are widely used as a protection of the underlying metal from the hot gas stream in turbine engines TBCs are made of four layers including: a ceramic top coat, thermally grown oxide (TGO), a metallic bond coat, and super alloy substrate and each layer has different thermo mechanical properties. To investigate the behavior of TBC systems using traditional imaging techniques such as, SEM micrographs taken from serial sectioning, white light interferometry, optical coherence tomography, mid infrared reflectance imaging, and thermal wave imaging will not give the opportunity of performing non-destructive evaluation and 3D imaging simultaneously. Three-dimensional …

The Bg News August 25, 2014, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. August 25, 2014. Volume 94-Issue 2.

Risk Perception And Beliefs About Volcanic Hazards: A Comparative Study Of Puna District Residents, Melanie Marie Leathers

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research is to better understand how residents of communities located on the flanks of Kilauea, Hawai'i view the hazards associated with volcanic events taking into account hazard proximity, cultural beliefs, municipal trust, and evacuation planning. The study was conducted in the lower Puna district, an area with a rapidly growing population but limited infrastructure.

Data were collected though a questionnaire survey undertaken at venues throughout the district, including grocery markets, bakeries, farmers markets, the public pool, and other gathering places. Overall, the results indicated that people understand the natural hazards of the place but are generally …

Integrating Metabolic Performance, Thermal Tolerance, And Plasticity Enables For More Accurate Predictions On Species Vulnerability To Acute And Chronic Effects Of Global Warming, S Magozzi, P Calosi

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Predicting species vulnerability to global warming requires a comprehensive, mechanistic understanding of sublethal and lethal thermal tolerances. To date, however, most studies investigating species physiological responses to increasing temperature have focused on the underlying physiological traits of either acute or chronic tolerance in isolation. Here, we propose an integrative, synthetic approach including the investigation of multiple physiological traits (metabolic performance and thermal tolerance), and their plasticity, to provide more accurate and balanced predictions on species and assemblage vulnerability to both acute and chronic effects of global warming. We applied this approach to more accurately elucidate relative species vulnerability to warming …

August 25, 2014 Grove Edition, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Motor Contagion During Human-Human And Human-Robot Interaction, A Bisio, A Sciutti, F Nori, G Metta, Et Al

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Motor resonance mechanisms are known to affect humans' ability to interact with others, yielding the kind of "mutual understanding" that is the basis of social interaction. However, it remains unclear how the partner's action features combine or compete to promote or prevent motor resonance during interaction. To clarify this point, the present study tested whether and how the nature of the visual stimulus and the properties of the observed actions influence observer's motor response, being motor contagion one of the behavioral manifestations of motor resonance. Participants observed a humanoid robot and a human agent move their hands into a pre-specified …

Bifurcation Study Of Phase Oscillator Systems With Attractive And Repulsive Interaction, O Burylko, Y Kazanovich, R Borisyuk

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

We study a model of globally coupled phase oscillators that contains two groups of oscillators with positive (synchronizing) and negative (desynchronizing) incoming connections for the first and second groups, respectively. This model was previously studied by Hong and Strogatz (the Hong-Strogatz model) in the case of a large number of oscillators. We consider a generalized Hong-Strogatz model with a constant phase shift in coupling. Our approach is based on the study of invariant manifolds and bifurcation analysis of the system. In the case of zero phase shift, various invariant manifolds are analytically described and a new dynamical mode is found. …

Limpets Counteract Ocean Acidification Induced Shell Corrosion By Thickening Of Aragonitic Shell Layers, G. Langer, G. Nehrke, C. Baggini, R. Rodolfo-Metalpa, J. M. Hall-Spencer, J. Bijma

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Abstract. Specimens of the patellogastropod limpet Patella caerulea were collected within (pHlow-shells) and outside (pHn-shells) a CO2 vent site at Ischia, Italy. Four pHlow-shells and four pHn-shells were sectioned transversally and scanned for polymorph distribution by means of confocal Raman microscopy. The pHlow-shells displayed a twofold increase in aragonite area fraction and size normalised aragonite area. Size normalised calcite area was halved in pHlow-shells. Taken together with the increased apical and the decreased flank size normalised thickness of the pHlow-shells, these data led us to conclude that low pH exposed P. caerulea specimens counteract shell dissolution by enhanced shell production. …

Implications For The Mille Lacs Lake Fishery With Continued Enforcement Of The 1837 Treaty Of St. Peters, Matthew Steffes

Journal of Public Law and Policy

Mille Lacs Lake, one of Minnesota’s over 13,000 lakes, holds a reputation for being one of the best walleye fisheries in Minnesota, as well as being a fishing destination for anglers across the nation. In 1999 the Supreme Court held that the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians retained hunting and fishing rights on ceded land that were granted to them in the 1837 Treaty of St. Peters. Part of this ruling allowed the Mille Lacs tribe to continue their commercial walleye fishing operation on Mille Lacs Lake. Since the Supreme Court’s ruling, the walleye population on Mille Lacs Lake …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - August 24, 2014, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the August 24, 2014 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

• Mark Your Calendar: Alabama Gulf Coast Heart Walk
• Dr. Batten Participates in Heart Screening Event for High School Athletes
• USA College of Medicine Alum to Present Grand Rounds
• Clyde Huggins Recipients Announced for 2014 Medical Student Research Day

Analysis On The Issue Of Ship Sewage In Terms Of Pollution, Discharge And Reception In The Minjiang Inland Port With Countermeasures, Binsong Zheng

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Research On Ship's Routeing And Reporting System Of The Malacca And Singapore, Xianwei Zhang

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Research On Measures To Accelerate The Implementation Of Ballast Water Management Convention, 2004, Zhe Yang

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

The Management Status And Research Of Pollution Prevention Of Ships For Jingtang Port Areas, Chengwei Wang

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Research On The Maritime Safety In Qiongzhou Strait, Jiaxuan Li

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Ship Oil Spilling Risk Analysis Of Petrochemical Terminal In Weihai Port, Hao Deng

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.