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The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 6 Issue 1, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program Sep 2015

The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 6 Issue 1, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.


Soundings 2015-09-10, N/A N/A Sep 2015

Soundings 2015-09-10, N/A N/A

Soundings

No abstract provided.


Effect Of Quercetin, Genistein And Kaempferol On Glutathione And Glutathione-Redox Cycle Enzymes In 3t3-L1 Preadipocytes, William Y. Boadi, Paul K. Amartey, Andrew Lo Sep 2015

Effect Of Quercetin, Genistein And Kaempferol On Glutathione And Glutathione-Redox Cycle Enzymes In 3t3-L1 Preadipocytes, William Y. Boadi, Paul K. Amartey, Andrew Lo

Chemistry Faculty Research

Context and objective: Many studies have shown that cellular redox potential is largely determined by glutathione (GSH), which accounts for more than 90% of cellular nonprotein thiols. The aim of this study was to delineate the effect of three flavonoids – namely, quercetin, kaempferol and genistein – and exogenous GSH on oxidative damage by the Fenton’s pathway through the GSH and GSH-redox cycle enzymes in 3T3-L1 cells. Materials and methods: 3T3-L1 preadipocytes were exposed to each flavonoid and GSH at concentrations of 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 µM and then GSH levels and activities of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), …


Archives Annual Report, 2014-2015, Meg Miner Sep 2015

Archives Annual Report, 2014-2015, Meg Miner

Administrative Reports

No abstract provided.


Executive Cabinet Minutes 9-3-2015, Executive Cabinet Sep 2015

Executive Cabinet Minutes 9-3-2015, Executive Cabinet

NCSA Minutes

No abstract provided.


Placing The Chips In An Investor’S Game Of Roulette: Global Warming And Its Effect On The Stock Market, Clayton Bohle Sep 2015

Placing The Chips In An Investor’S Game Of Roulette: Global Warming And Its Effect On The Stock Market, Clayton Bohle

Kaleidoscope

The Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions, has radically changed the global market for green technology. The demand for clean energy has increased, causing an influx of new companies producing renewable energy products and creating cleaner processes for fossil fuel consumption. The question is: how can we, as investors, take advantage of this growing market? Through research into the different sectors of the green energy market, this paper breaks down each type of renewable energy, providing an evaluation of the various investment options. Comparing these investments with the different betting options in roulette, the paper …


Women's Soccer Media Guide 2015, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics Sep 2015

Women's Soccer Media Guide 2015, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

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Men's Golf Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics Sep 2015

Men's Golf Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

No abstract provided.


Men's Soccer Media Guide 2015, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics Sep 2015

Men's Soccer Media Guide 2015, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

No abstract provided.


Volleyball Media Guide 2015, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics Sep 2015

Volleyball Media Guide 2015, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

No abstract provided.


Football Media Guide 2015, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics Sep 2015

Football Media Guide 2015, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

No abstract provided.


Women's Golf Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics Sep 2015

Women's Golf Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

No abstract provided.


Wofford Today Fall 2015, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications Sep 2015

Wofford Today Fall 2015, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Wofford Today

No abstract provided.


Catalog 2015-2016, Kingsborough Community College Sep 2015

Catalog 2015-2016, Kingsborough Community College

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.


Faculty Fellows 2015-2016, Place Sep 2015

Faculty Fellows 2015-2016, Place

PLACE Historical Documents

This document provides biographies of PLACE faculty fellows at Linfield College for 2015-2016.


The Working Middle Class, David Surrey Sep 2015

The Working Middle Class, David Surrey

Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education

No abstract provided.


Making Connections: Transforming General Education At The College Of St. Benedict And St. John's University, College Of Saint Benedict And Saint John's University Sep 2015

Making Connections: Transforming General Education At The College Of St. Benedict And St. John's University, College Of Saint Benedict And Saint John's University

Academic Affairs Publications

We propose to move from a cafeteria-style general education distribution system that emphasizes the “collection of courses,” to an integrated, purposeful, and reflective general education program that places emphasis on “making connections.” Implementing this vision for general education will require a significant paradigm shift in the way we design and deliver the Common Curriculum. This paradigm shift has at least five different features:

First, it implies a shift away from an emphasis on course content to a paradigm that also stresses student learning and the fulfillment of essential learning outcomes. While course content will still be important, this report assumes …


Delivery Of Nucleic Acids And Nanomaterials By Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Opportunities And Challenges, Yue-Wern Huang, Han-Jung Lee, Larry Tolliver, Robert Aronstam Sep 2015

Delivery Of Nucleic Acids And Nanomaterials By Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Opportunities And Challenges, Yue-Wern Huang, Han-Jung Lee, Larry Tolliver, Robert Aronstam

Biological Sciences Faculty Research & Creative Works

Many viral and nonviral systems have been developed to aid delivery of biologically active molecules into cells. Among these, cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have received increasing attention in the past two decades for biomedical applications. In this review, we focus on opportunities and challenges associated with CPP delivery of nucleic acids and nanomaterials. We first describe the nature of versatile CPPs and their interactions with various types of cargoes. We then discuss in vivo and in vitro delivery of nucleic acids and nanomaterials by CPPs. Studies on the mechanisms of cellular entry and limitations in the methods used are detailed.


The Faculty Notebook, September 2015, Provost's Office Sep 2015

The Faculty Notebook, September 2015, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.


Linfield University Catalog, 2015-2016, Linfield Archives Sep 2015

Linfield University Catalog, 2015-2016, Linfield Archives

Student Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.


Chmy 121n.00: Introduction To General Chemistry, Daniel J. Dwyer Sep 2015

Chmy 121n.00: Introduction To General Chemistry, Daniel J. Dwyer

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2011-2015

No abstract provided.


Cutr Connections [September 2015], Cutr Sep 2015

Cutr Connections [September 2015], Cutr

CUTR Newsletters

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Ecomedia: Key Issues, Stephen Rust, Salma Monani, Sean Cubitt Sep 2015

Ecomedia: Key Issues, Stephen Rust, Salma Monani, Sean Cubitt

Gettysburg College Faculty Books

Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally. Linking the world of media production, distribution, and consumption to environmental understandings, the book addresses ecological meanings encoded in media texts, the environmental impacts of media production, and the relationships between media and cultural perceptions of the environment. [From the publisher]


Suitable Low Income Flood Resilient Housing, Nachawit Tikul Sep 2015

Suitable Low Income Flood Resilient Housing, Nachawit Tikul

Applied Environmental Research

Climate change is a critical issue for all of humanity. It is predicted that Thailand is likely to have an increasing frequency and intensity of rainfall and storms which, will result in a more severe flash flood problem. Slum residents in Chiang Mai are one of the groups of people who are vulnerable to flooding impacts of climate change. The objective of this study is to analyze the flood-resilient housing style of low-income people. Data from 3 slums (146 households) which encounter different kinds of floods every year, i.e. drainage floods (Ban Sanku: 21 households), river floods (Kampang Ngam: 64 …


A Review Of The Analytical Hierarchy Process (Ahp): An Approach To Water Resource Management In Thailand, Jirattinart Thungngern, Saowanee Wijitkosum, Thavivongse Sriburi, Chaiyuth Sukhsri Sep 2015

A Review Of The Analytical Hierarchy Process (Ahp): An Approach To Water Resource Management In Thailand, Jirattinart Thungngern, Saowanee Wijitkosum, Thavivongse Sriburi, Chaiyuth Sukhsri

Applied Environmental Research

The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) is an approach for decision making with complex problems that can be applied in water resources management. This paper reviews the literature onapplication of AHP in water resource management from 2009-2013 in 46 peer reviewed journal articles, analyzes the strengths and limitations of the technique using SWOT analysis, and then focuses on its utility when integrated with other methods for water resource management in Thailand. The findings indicate that AHP can be utilized for all types of water resource manage-ment focused on criteria concerning social, economic and environmental factors. Furthermore, the efficacy of AHP can …


Influence Of Psychological Factors On Climate Change Perceptions Held By Local Farmers In The Northeast Of Thailand, Suthirat Kittipongvises, Takashi Mino Sep 2015

Influence Of Psychological Factors On Climate Change Perceptions Held By Local Farmers In The Northeast Of Thailand, Suthirat Kittipongvises, Takashi Mino

Applied Environmental Research

Global climate change is considered one of the most critical socio-ecological challenges of the 21st century. In recent years extreme weather events have increased significantly in Thailand asin other parts of the world. In most cases, climatic variability has always been associated with its implications for agriculture. To date, however, there has been inconclusive understanding of farmers' capacity to detect climate change and its potential impact. This study therefore explores how Thai farmers perceive global climate change and, further, to examine the influence of psy-chological factors on these perceptions. The study used mixed research methods, with both quali-tative and quantitative …


Spatial Association Between Environmental Noise Levels And Occurrence Of Children Hearing Impairments In Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria, Olusegun Oguntoke, Muideen Olatinwo, Olalekan J. Taiwo Sep 2015

Spatial Association Between Environmental Noise Levels And Occurrence Of Children Hearing Impairments In Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria, Olusegun Oguntoke, Muideen Olatinwo, Olalekan J. Taiwo

Applied Environmental Research

Reports in the past few decades indicate that Nigerian cities have high noise levels that is claimed to impact the health of residents negatively. The present article therefore examine the rela-tionshipbetween levels of environmental noise in selected residential areas in Ibadan metropolis with varying reported cases of hearing impairments (HI). Data on cases of HI were collected from one hospital; noise monitoring was conducted with the aid of a noise level meter while copies of questionnaire were administered to residents to elicit information on public perception. The distribution of reportedcases of HI among residential areas in Ibadan city showed varying …


Food For Thought | Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan Food And Farming Activist Sept. 14, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences Sep 2015

Food For Thought | Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan Food And Farming Activist Sept. 14, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Environmental Gradients And The Evolution Of Successional Habitat Specialization: A Test Case With 14 Neotropical Forest Sites, Susan G. Letcher, Jesse R. Lasky, Robin L. Chazdon, Natalia Norden, S. Joseph Wright, Jorge A. Meave, Eduardo A. Pérez-García, Rodrigo Muñoz, Eunice Romero-Pérez, Ana Andrade, José Luis Andrade, Patricia Balvanera, Justin M. Becknell, Tony V. Bentos, Radika Bhaskar, Frans Bongers, Vanessa Boukili, Pedro H.S. Brancalion, Ricardo G. César, Deborah A. Clark, David B. Clark, Dylan Craven, Alexander Defrancesco, Juan M. Dupuy, Bryan Finegan, Eugenio González-Jiménez, Jefferson S. Hall, Kyle E. Harms, José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni, Peter Hietz, Deborah Kennard, Timothy J. Killeen, Susan G. Laurance Sep 2015

Environmental Gradients And The Evolution Of Successional Habitat Specialization: A Test Case With 14 Neotropical Forest Sites, Susan G. Letcher, Jesse R. Lasky, Robin L. Chazdon, Natalia Norden, S. Joseph Wright, Jorge A. Meave, Eduardo A. Pérez-García, Rodrigo Muñoz, Eunice Romero-Pérez, Ana Andrade, José Luis Andrade, Patricia Balvanera, Justin M. Becknell, Tony V. Bentos, Radika Bhaskar, Frans Bongers, Vanessa Boukili, Pedro H.S. Brancalion, Ricardo G. César, Deborah A. Clark, David B. Clark, Dylan Craven, Alexander Defrancesco, Juan M. Dupuy, Bryan Finegan, Eugenio González-Jiménez, Jefferson S. Hall, Kyle E. Harms, José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni, Peter Hietz, Deborah Kennard, Timothy J. Killeen, Susan G. Laurance

Faculty Publications

© 2015 British Ecological Society. Successional gradients are ubiquitous in nature, yet few studies have systematically examined the evolutionary origins of taxa that specialize at different successional stages. Here we quantify successional habitat specialization in Neotropical forest trees and evaluate its evolutionary lability along a precipitation gradient. Theoretically, successional habitat specialization should be more evolutionarily conserved in wet forests than in dry forests due to more extreme microenvironmental differentiation between early and late-successional stages in wet forest. We applied a robust multinomial classification model to samples of primary and secondary forest trees from 14 Neotropical lowland forest sites spanning a …


Prescribed Fire Monitoring Report, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve 2014 (Iqcs Fire Number 285382, 285383, 266782, 285677), Sherry A. Leis, Sarah E. Hinman Sep 2015

Prescribed Fire Monitoring Report, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve 2014 (Iqcs Fire Number 285382, 285383, 266782, 285677), Sherry A. Leis, Sarah E. Hinman

United States National Park Service: Publications

Introduction

In 2014, the preserve’s federal and NGO partners conducted prescribed fires during March, April, and October that encompassed 8129.8 acres of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (TAPR). This was a unique burn year in that prescribed burns occurred in the spring, the traditional burn season, and the fall. Fall burns were conducted to support needed archaeological surveys as part of the environmental compliance for a symphony event scheduled for June 2015 at the preserve. Burns at TAPR were coordinated with local US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and various units of the National Park Service.

Burns …