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Systematic Analysis Of Hematopoietic Gene Expression Profiles For Prognostic Prediction In Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Frederick S. Varn, Erik H. Andrews, Chao Cheng

Dartmouth Scholarship

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematopoietic disorder initiated by the leukemogenic transformation of myeloid cells into leukemia stem cells (LSCs). Preexisting gene expression programs in LSCs can be used to assess their transcriptional similarity to hematopoietic cell types. While this relationship has previously been examined on a small scale, an analysis that systematically investigates this relationship throughout the hematopoietic hierarchy has yet to be implemented. We developed an integrative approach to assess the similarity between AML patient tumor profiles and a collection of 232 murine hematopoietic gene expression profiles compiled by the Immunological Genome Project. The resulting lineage similarity …

Analysis Of Nominalization In Elementary And Middle School Science Textbooks, Breanna Marie Mueller

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

The research in this capstone examines the existence and implications of nominalizations through a text analysis of first through fifth grade and middle school science textbooks. This study utilizes various tools based on Systemic Functional Linguistics to determine the quantity and types of nominalizations found in various text levels, to reveal how frequently nominalizations are modified by a prepositional phrase that shows agency or force, to uncover how nominalization might affect the syntax and semantics of a text, and to deduce how nominalization might contribute to lexical density. The author also compares the results to address what nominalizations look like …

The Impeccable Timing Of The Apple Maggot Fly, Rhagoletis Pomonella (Dipetera: Tephritidae), And Its Implications For Ecological Speciation, Monte Arthur Mattsson

Dissertations and Theses

Speciation is the process by which life diversifies into discrete forms, and understanding its underlying mechanisms remains a primary focus for biologists. Increasingly, empirical studies are helping explain the role of ecology in generating biodiversity. Adaptive radiations are often propelled by selective fitness tradeoffs experienced by individuals that invade new habitats, resulting in reproductive isolation from ancestral conspecifics and potentially cladogenesis. Host specialist insects are among the most speciose organisms known and serve as highly useful models for studying adaptive radiations. We are just beginning to understand the pace and degree with which these insects diversify. The apple maggot, Rhagoletis …

The Sun Star Vol 35 No 13 (November 24th, 2015), N/A N/A

Sun Star

No abstract provided.

The Sun Star, Vol. 35 No. 13 (November 24, 2015), N/A N/A

Sun Star

No abstract provided.

Stream Daylighting Restoration As Green Infrastructure: A Visual Preference Survey For The Future Revitalization Of Dallas' Mill Creek, Ryan Matthew Brown

Landscape Architecture Masters & Design Theses - Archive

The purpose of this research is to study the visual design elements of stream daylighting through a visual preference survey and apply them to a site along the Mill Creek flowline in Dallas, Texas. This research begins with a study on identifying a specific site location within the Mill Creek watershed. From that study, a visual preference survey determined which visual design elements of stream daylighting were found to be the most desirable. The most desirable visual design elements were then used to digitally depict a suggested stream daylighting outcome through the use of before and after images of the …

Increases In Perspective Embedding Increase Reading Time Even With Typical Text Presentation: Implications For The Reading Of Literature, D. H. Whalen, Lisa Zunshine, Michael Holquist

Publications and Research

Reading fiction is a major component of intellectual life, yet it has proven difficult to study experimentally. One aspect of literature that has recently come to light is perspective embedding (“she thought I left” embedding her perspective on “I left”), which seems to be a defining feature of fiction. Previous work (Whalen et al., 2012) has shown that increasing levels of embedment affects the time that it takes readers to read and understand short vignettes in a moving window paradigm. With increasing levels of embedment from 1 to 5, reading times in a moving window paradigm rose almost linearly. However, …

Synthesis And Application Of Silica Based Mesoporous Materials For Removal Of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds In Aqueous Solution / Shanmuga Suntharam Kittappa, Kittappa Shanmuga Suntharam

Student Works (2010-2019)

The economical synthesis route of silica based mesoporous materials using eco-friendly and cheaper chemicals and material was studied. Three mesoporous silica-based materials were successfully synthesized and applied for the removal of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs): mesoporous silica materials (MSMs) synthesized by reacting pore templating agent Pluronic P123® with silica (SiO2) powder instead of organometallic precursors [i.e. tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS)]; magnetised nanocomposite silica material (MNCM) synthesized by incorporating MSMs with nano magnetite; and N1-(3-Trimethoxysilylpropyl) diethylenetriamine (Tris) coated magnetised nanocomposite silica materials (MNCMT) synthesized by incorporating MNCM with Tris. The synthesized materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET)/Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) surface …

2015-November-24-Etsu Starts New Internship Program At Animal Shelter, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Differences In Patterns Of Reproductive Allocation Between The Sexes In Nicrophorus Orbicollis, Ashlee N. Smith, J. Curtis Creighton, Mark C. Belk

Faculty Publications

Organisms are selected to maximize lifetime reproductive success by balancing the costs of current reproduction with costs to future survival and fecundity. Males and females typically face different reproductive costs, which makes comparisons of their reproductive strategies difficult. Burying beetles provide a unique system that allows us to compare the costs of reproduction between the sexes because males and females are capable of raising offspring together or alone and carcass preparation and offspring care represent the majority of reproductive costs for both sexes. Because both sexes perform the same functions of carcass preparation and offspring care, we predict that they …

Epithelial Neoplasia Coincides With Exacerbated Injury And Fibrotic Response In The Lungs Of Gprc5a-Knockout Mice Following Silica Exposure, Xiaofei Wang, Dongliang Xu, Yueling Liao, Shuangshuang Zhong, Hongyong Song, Beibei Sun, Binhua P. Zhou, Jiong Deng, Baohui Han

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

Exposure to crystalline silica is suggested to increase the risk for a variety of lung diseases, including fibrosis and lung cancer. However, epidemiological evidences for the exposure-risk relationship are ambiguous and conflicting, and experimental study from a reliable animal model to explore the relationship is lacking. We reasoned that a mouse model that is sensitive to both lung injury and tumorigenesis would be appropriate to evaluate the exposure-risk relationship. Previously, we showed that, Gprc5a^-/- mice are susceptible to both lung tumorigenesis and endotoxin-induced acute lung injury. In this study, we investigated the biological consequences in Gprc5a^-/- mouse model …

Assessment Of Library Registration Between Fresh And Returning Undergraduate Students Of The Federal University Of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Fehintola Nike Onifade, Adeniyi Sowole, Taiwo Aderonke Idowu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The paper examines the rate at which students register with the library by comparing the fresh and the returning undergraduate students in the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Nigeria. Two hundred and fifty (250) copies of questionnaire were randomly distributed among students in late August, 2015 while two hundred and twenty four (224) copies were returned. Also used as databases for the study are the library statistics of registered students and the University’s student enrolment list for a period of five years starting from 2009/2010 to 2013/2014 academic sessions. The study revealed that fresh undergraduate students registered more than …

Volume 113, Number 12 – Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Collegian

No abstract provided.

Physiological Effects Of Aquatic Hypercarbia On Seawater Acclimation In The White Sturgeon (Acipenser Transmontanus), Ciaran A.S. Shaughnessy

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Migratory fishes encounter a variety of environmental conditions throughout their life, including changes in salinity, temperature, and dissolved gases. It is important to understand how these fishes are able to acclimate to simultaneous environmental stressors. This thesis examined the physiological interaction of elevated dissolved CO2 (an acid-base disturbance) on osmoregulation during seawater acclimation (an ionoregulatory disturbance) in juvenile white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus). Many ion transport mechanisms at the gill involved with acid-base compensation are also required for the regulation of plasma Na+ and Cl+, the predominant extracellular ions. Thus, the interaction between iono- and acid-base regulation has been hypothesized. In …

Though Obsolete, The Civil Union Continues To Mystify Courts, Joanna L. Grossman

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

Before there was marriage for same-sex couples, there was the civil union. It was a precursor to marriage equality, one that provided the benefits and obligations of marriage without the name—a political compromise before the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality. Although the civil union has been made essentially irrelevant, it continues to raise legal questions about the rights and status of its participants. A recent case in New York, O’Reilly-Morshead v. O’Reilly-Morshead , shows continuing confusion about a status that was not quite marriage, but not quite anything else either.

Spartan Daily, November 24, 2015, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 145, Issue 37

How Does Poetry Confess? Zhai Yongming's Poems And The Landscape Of "Confession", Xin Xu

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

In the 1980s, a Chinese poet, Zhai Yongming (翟永明), published a linked suite of nineteen poems. Zhai entitled this sequence “Women” (Nǚren女人) and claimed that her poems were largely influenced by American confessional poets such as Sylvia Plath. Chinese critics suggest that Zhai inaugurates the trend of confessional poetry in China. This paper will first contextualize the Chinese translation of American confessional poetry in the Mao and post-Mao age, and then problematize the concept of “confession” in Chinese poetry criticism by making American confessional poetry a counter point. Under the term of confessional poetry it is “the illusion of a …

Book Of Mormon Costume Resource Guide, Rory R. Scanlon

Faculty Publications

This report offers visual costume research support for artists working on Book of Mormon projects, with an historical overview of Mesoamerica and how to understand its historical clothing pieces, an annotated listing of the best research sources, a list of garment and fabric terms for the 2000 BC to 600 AD period, and sample sketches from historical artifacts to suggest how to interpret the original research images the artist will encounter.

Understanding The Impact Of Multicultural Education Using Experiential Learning Techniques To Foster Cultural Competency Of Medical School Students: A Qualitative Case Study At A Medical School, Jonathan Parker Jones

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Cultural competencies of current medical school students were examined by studying part of the multicultural curriculum at a southeastern United States health science center. This study was a qualitative case study that focused on the impact of a multicultural education training exercise, BaFa' BaFa,' on first-year medical students. This exercise took place during orientation of the student's first year. The theoretical framework for this study was part of Kolb's model of experiential learning, specifically the active experimentation aspect. There were two research questions that guided this study: (1) How does BaFa' BaFa' impact cultural competency on current medical students at …

Dual Drug Delivery With Calcium Sulfate-Chitosan Based Scaffolds For Bone Regeneration And Infection Control, Heather Alisa Doty

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The incidence of infection and non-union in severe musculoskeletal fractures continues to plague the medical community. This work investigated calcium sulfate (CS)-chitosan composite scaffolds with dual drug delivery capabilities. The aim of this dissertation is to investigate potential strategies for a dual delivery composite scaffolds that will allow for sufficient delivery of two therapeutic agents to control infection and regrow bone. Initial work focused on a chitosan microspheres-composite for delivery of antibiotics and growth factors. The dual delivery of antibiotics from both the CS and chitosan components was an approach to treat polymicrobial infections, while the dual delivery of an …

An Assessment Of Haplotype And Nucleotide Diversity In The Southern Short-Tailed Shrew (Blarina Carolinensis), Anthony Christopher Grow

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The control region of mitochondrial DNA in the southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) was examined to further understand haplotype and nucleotide diversity of the species within a chromosomal-polymorphic zone in western Tennessee, as well as, in populations west of the Mississippi River. A congruent 214 base-pair region of 78 aligned sequences was analyzed from populations in western Tennessee, eastern Arkansas, eastern Texas, and eastern Oklahoma. Of the 78 sequences, 54 unique haplotypes were found. High haplotype and nucleotide diversity were reported for each locality and for the area sampled as a whole. Fixation indices also further support the degree of …

Old Testament Costume Resource Guide, Rory R. Scanlon

Faculty Publications

This report offers visual costume research support for artists working on Old Testament Bible projects, with an historical overview of Mesopotamia and how to understand its historical clothing pieces, an annotated listing of the best research sources, a list of garment and fabric terms for the 4000 BC to 0 AD period, and sample sketches from historical artifacts to suggest how to interpret the original research images the artist will encounter.

What Can Animal Law Learn From Environmental Law?, Randall S. Abate

Faculty Workshops

Professor Randall S. Abate, now affiliated with The George Washington University Law School, presented on his recently published book, What Can Animal Law Learn form Environmental Law? The workshop focused on how the fields of environmental law and animal law can work in concert. The Workshop was presented in collaboration with the FIU Law Student Animal Legal Defense Fund and FIU Law Environmental Law Society student organizations.

The Utah Statesman, November 23, 2015, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Record Retention Policy

Information Technology Policies

The policy establishes responsibility for oversight of Records retention administration and establishes procedures and timelines for retaining, archiving, and destroying Records.

The Murray Ledger And Times, November 23, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

East Asian Buddhism, Ronald S. Green

Philosophy and Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

The Skin As A Surface Of Composition: The Use Of Animal Body Parts And Plants In Various Practices Of The Panamanian Emberá, Hiroshi Kondo

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

No abstract provided.

The Birth Of The Federation: Origins Of The Russian Struggle For Democracy, Nikita V. Chirkov

Modern Languages & Literatures Honors Theses

Introduction

Boris Yeltsin and his trusted deputies gathered around the table. A big question was supposed to be decided that day: a question that would fundamentally change the course of a nuclear superpower for decades to come. The anxiety in the room was unbearable: some deputies wiped their sweat with napkins, others silently tapped their feet underneath the table, and the rest hid their eyes in the notebooks full of information that was already well memorized by everyone inside. At last, Boris Yeltsin stood up, took several long sips from the water bottle, placed it firmly on the desk beside …

Uab Study Says Alzheimer's Plaques Can Also Affect The Brain's Blood Vessels, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.