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Human Impacts On Water Quality In Coldwater Spring, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Sophie M. Kasahara, E. Calvin Alexander Jr., Scott C. Alexander

Sinkhole Conference 2015

Coldwater Spring in Minneapolis, Minnesota was the water supply for Fort Snelling from the 1840s to 1920. The spring site has been declared a sacred site by some federally recognized Native American tribes. The site is managed by the National Park Service. This project has monitored the water chemistry of Coldwater Spring to document human impacts on the spring’s water quality. Temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH and anions were monitored weekly and cations and alkalinity monitored monthly at Coldwater Spring and the adjacent Wetland A from 15 February 2013 through 18 January 2015. Coldwater Spring’s water flows through fractures in …

Karst Hydrogeologic Investigation Of Trout Brook, Joel T. Groten, E. Calvin Alexander Jr.

Sinkhole Conference 2015

Trout Brook in the Miesville Ravine County Park of Dakota County Minnesota is the trout stream with the highest nitrate concentration in the karst region of southeastern Minnesota. Water quality data from 1985 and 1995 (Spong, 1995) and from 2001, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014, collected by the Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District (Dakota SWCD, 2014) document an increasing level of nitrate in Trout Brook. A karst hydrogeologic investigation was designed to measure nitrate levels at sampling points along the stream and to increase our understanding of the source and movement of nitrates throughout the length of Trout …

California's Redd Rubberstamp: Avoiding Constitutional Concerns, But At What Cost?, Ryan Mock

Environmental and Earth Law Journal (EELJ)

The purpose of this note is to examine the issues surrounding California's carbon market, the challenges of effectively regulating such a market that allows domestic companies to purchase carbon credits generated abroad, and the need for federal intervention if carbon trading is to become an effective and ethical reality in the United States. This note also provides background on the United Nation's REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) programs, as well as covers the history of California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. In addition, this note explains the problems California has with negotiating with foreign governments since those …

Submerging Islands: Tuvalu And Kiribati As Case Studies Illustrating The Need For A Climate Refugee Treaty, Rana Balesh

Environmental and Earth Law Journal (EELJ)

Climate change will significantly impact vulnerable populations. Included in those populations are island indigenous peoples. Small island developing states are particularly vulnerable to the rise in seal level. Loss of territory due to rising sea levels is not the only problem however, infrastructure and food supplies are also at risk. As such, this article addresses the need for a comprehensive climate change refugee treaty using Tuvalu and Kiribati's circumstances to illustrate the situation.

Earthonomics: Balancing Between Earth And Business, Yazen Abdin

Environmental and Earth Law Journal (EELJ)

Economists consistently fail to account that Earth has a finite amount of resources. This article analyzes the behavior of corporate America and the effect it has on the world form an Earth jurisprudence standpoint. It will explore twp specific industries, oil and food, and what role they have played in the environment's health. It also explores potential solutions.

Bombs And Babies: The Unfortunate Results Of Conversion Of A Military Defense Site To A Residential Neighborhood, Karen Zagrodny Consalo

Environmental and Earth Law Journal (EELJ)

There are over 9,000 Formerly Used Defense Sites in the United States. One of these sites, the Pine Castle Jeep Range, was located in what is now east Orlando. As a defense site during World War II, the area was intentionally bombarded with among other things, explosive and chemical bombs. Fifty years later, a population boom drew many to purchase their homes in the same area. This article examines the history of the Pine Castle Jeep Range and the issues resulting from subsequent increase in population. The author hopes this article will provide practical legal and technological advice for other …

Responding To The Great Work: The Role Of Earth Jurisprudence And Wild Law In The 21st Century, Dr. Michelle Maloney, Sister Pat Siemen Op, Jd

Environmental and Earth Law Journal (EELJ)

In this lead article, the authors build on the idea that we do not need more environmental law in response to the deteriorating health of the natural world. Rather, they argue that what is needed are different approaches to managing human relationships with the earth. They argue that the burgeoning Earth jurisprudence movement offers a deep philosophical anchor and a range of practical and multi-disciplinary approaches necessary to create law reform and societal change that will better support the natural world and human societies than our current system. The authors will outline the origins and key elements of the Earth …

Barriers To Neighborhood Wildlife Habitats: Is Lawn Uniformity Worth Biodiversity Loss?, Sonya Cunningham

Environmental and Earth Law Journal (EELJ)

Local ordinances and covenants, conditions or restrictions (CCRs) usually create barriers to wildlife habitats in neighborhoods. Fortunately, it is possible under limited circumstances for a homeowner to have a wildlife habitat in their lawn. This comment will provide and overview of those limited circumstances, as well as provide steps to challenge the enforcement of ordinances and CCRs. In addition, this define and examine the concept of biodiversity and biodiversity loss.

Texas Colonias: Injustice By Definition, Caitlin Lewis

Environmental and Earth Law Journal (EELJ)

Colonias are usually characterized as rural or semi-rural slums inhabited by Mexican-origin immigrants and Mexican Americans. This Comment examines the socioeconomic and environmental burdens faced by Texas colonias and the public and private attempts to address these hardships.

Education For Non-English Speaking Latino Students, Maria M. Weant

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

This is a research analysis concerning the necessity of educating immigrant children in the United States. This has become an important issue in our United States. Immigrant children through the recent years and present time, make up a significant portion of the school population. The majority of these are immigrants from Mexico. These “Latino” students have a great impact in today's public school systems.

Major court cases and legislation such as Plyer vs. Doe, Lau vs. Nichols, and Proposition 203 have brought attention to the rights and education of immigrant children. There are many different programs in place to teach …

The Invisible Voices Behind The Adult Education Movement, Dianne F. Lawton, Dionne Rosser-Mims

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

The Invisible Voices Behind the Adult Education Movement

Abstract

While one can easily find reference to the contributions of numerous male educators to the development of the field of Adult Education, the contributions of women are not as evident in the literature. Hugo (2015) points out that women were the prime movers in the development of adult education in the 20^th century when the definition of adult education is broadened to include “women’s clubs, settlement house work, suffrage, and library development” (p. 20). Rose (2015) notes that women do the “grunt work” because they focus their efforts on immediate, …

Optimizing Production Of Fc-Amidated Peptides By Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells, Kristina Carlson, Richard E. Mains, Betty A. Eipper

UCHC Articles - Research

Background

Amidation of the carboxyl terminal of many peptides is essential for full biological potency, often increasing receptor binding and stability. The single enzyme responsible for this reaction is peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase (PAM: EC 1.14.17.3), a copper- and ascorbate-dependent Type I membrane protein.

Methods

To make large amounts of high molecular weight amidated product, Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were engineered to express exogenous PAM. To vary access of the enzyme to its substrate, exogenous PAM was targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum, trans-Golgi network, endosomes and lysosomes or to the lumen of the secretory pathway.

Results

PAM was equally …

The Impact Of Dose On Naming Accuracy With Persons With Aphasia, Catherine A. Off, Kristie A. Spencer, Margaret Rogers

Speech, Language, Hearing, and Occupational Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: Although aphasia rehabilitation has been shown to be efficacious, many questions remain regarding how best to deliver treatment to maximise functional gains for persons with aphasia. Treatment-delivery variables, such as intensity and dosage, are likely to influence both behavioural and structural changes during anomia treatment. While numerous protocols have concluded that treatment intensity positively impacts functional outcomes, few studies to date have examined the role that dose plays in patient outcomes for anomia treatment. Aims: This study sought to investigate how manipulating dose of repeated confrontation naming within sessions influences naming in persons with aphasia. Repeated practice of confrontation …

Using Water–Solvent Systems To Estimate In Vivo Blood–Tissue Partition Coefficients, Andrew Lang, Caitlin E. Derricott

College of Science and Engineering Faculty Research and Scholarship

Background: Blood–tissue partition coefficients indicate how a chemical will distribute throughout the body and are an important part of any pharmacokinetic study. They can be used to assess potential toxicological effects from exposure to chemicals and the efficacy of potential novel drugs designed to target certain organs or the central nervous system. In vivo measurement of blood–tissue partition coefficients is often complicated, time-consuming, and relatively expensive, so developing in vitro systems that approximate in vivo ones is desirable. We have determined such systems for tissues such as brain, muscle, liver, lung, kidney, heart, skin, and fat. Results: Several good (p < 0.05) blood–tissue partition coefficient models were developed using a single water– solvent system. These include blood–brain, blood–lung, blood–heart, blood–fat, blood–skin, water–skin, and skin permeation. Many of these partition coefficients have multiple water–solvent systems that can be used as models. Several solvents—methylcyclohexane, 1,9-decadiene, and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol—were common to multiple models and thus a single measurement can be used to estimate multiple blood–tissue partition coefficients. A few blood–tissue systems require a combination of two water–solvent partition coefficient measurements to model well (p < 0.01), namely: blood–muscle: chloroform and dibutyl ether, blood–liver: N-methyl-2-piperidone and ethanol/water (60:40) volume, and blood–kidney: DMSO and ethanol/water (20:80) volume. Conclusion: In vivo blood–tissue partition coefficients can be easily estimated through water–solvent partition coefficient measurements.

Book Review Of Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America, Orsolya Kolozsvari

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

Book Review of Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America by Barbara Ehrenreich (Picador, 2010).

Lvhn Weekly, Lehigh Valley Health Network

LVHN Weekly

No abstract provided.

Pnaktide Inhibits Na/K-Atpase Reactive Oxygen Species Amplification And Attenuates Adipogenesis, Komal Sodhi, Kyle Maxwell, Yanling Yan, Jiang Liu, Muhammad Chaudhry, Morgan Getty, Zijian Xie, Nader G. Abraham, Joseph I. Shapiro Md

Biochemistry and Microbiology

Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic and is a major risk factor for metabolic syndrome. Oxidative stress is known to play a role in the generation and maintenance of an obesity phenotype in both isolated adipocytes and intact animals. Because we had identified that the Na/K-ATPase can amplify oxidant signaling, we speculated that a peptide designed to inhibit this pathway, pNaKtide, might ameliorate an obesity phenotype. To test this hypothesis, we first performed studies in isolated murine preadipocytes (3T3L1 cells) and found that pNaKtide attenuated oxidant stress and lipid accumulation in a dose-dependent manner. Complementary experiments in C57Bl6 mice fed …

Autophagy Protects Against Cyp2e1/Chronic Ethanol-Induced Hepatotoxicity, Yongke Lu, Arthur I. Cederbaum

Pharmacology, Physiology and Toxicology

Autophagy is an intracellular pathway by which lysosomes degrade and recycle long-lived proteins and cellular organelles. The effects of ethanol on autophagy are complex but recent studies have shown that autophagy serves a protective function against ethanol-induced liver injury. Autophagy was found to also be protective against CYP2E1-dependent toxicity in vitro in HepG2 cells which express CYP2E1 and in vivo in an acute alcohol/CYPE1-dependent liver injury model. The goal of the current report was to extend the previous in vitro and acute in vivo experiments to a chronic ethanol model to evaluate whether autophagy is also protective against CYP2E1-dependent liver …

Dominican Scholar: Our First Year: Annual Report To The Vice President Of Academic Affairs Academic Year 2014 – 2015, Michael Pujals

Collected Faculty Scholarship

The first year report for Dominican Scholar, the institutional repository for Dominican University of California.

Community Perspectives On Food Insecurity And Obesity: Focus Groups With Caregivers Of Metis And Off-Reserve First Nations Children, Jasmin Bhawra, Martin J. Cooke, Rhona Hanning, Piotr Wilk, Shelley L.H. Gonneville

Paediatrics Publications

Introduction: Aboriginal children in Canada are at a higher risk for overweight and obesity than other Canadian children. In Northern and remote areas, this has been linked to a lack of affordable nutritious food. However, the majority of Aboriginal children live in urban areas where food choices are more plentiful. This study aimed to explore the experiences of food insecurity among Métis and First Nations parents living in urban areas, including the predictors and perceived connections between food insecurity and obesity among Aboriginal children. Methods: Factors influencing children's diets, families' experiences with food insecurity, and coping strategies were explored using …

Male Breast Cancer Prognostic Factors Versus Female Counterparts With Propensity Scores And Matched-Pair Analysis, Edward Yu, Larry Stitt, Olga Vujovic, Kurian Joseph, Avi Assouline, Jawaid Younus, Francisco Perera, Patricia Tai

Data and Test Instruments

Objective: To assess the effect of prognostic factors and their impact on survival in male and female breast cancer. Methods: Medical records for men and women diagnosed with breast cancer referred to the cancer center for treatment were reviewed. Patients with distant metastatic diseases were excluded. Data on prognostic factors including age, nodal status, resection margin, use of hormonal therapy, chemotherapy with and without hormone and radiation therapy (RT), survival, and recurrence were analyzed. Survival estimates were obtained using Kaplan-Meier methodology. The Cox regression interaction was used to compare male and female differences in prognostic factors. Male breast cancer (MBC) …

The Bison, October 16, 2015

The Bison Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Teaching Of Mariology In Seminaries, Robert L. Fastiggi, Benedict D. O'Cinnsealaigh

Marian Forum

On Oct. 16, 2015 we joined together, across the globe in real time, to listen and discuss the first two presentations on the subject of Teaching Mariology in Seminaries.

These initial presentations began via teleconference promptly at 3 p.m. Eastern time. After a brief introduction, each presenter gave a 20-minute presentation on his topic. The session concluded with an hour of open discussion and final remarks by 5 p.m. Eastern time.

Fr. Benedict O'Cinnsealaigh, the president/rector of The Athenaeum of Ohio: Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, reviewed the presence of Mary in seminary programs in general to present an ideal balanced …

Race, Gender, And Program Type As Predictive Risk Factors Of Recidivism For Juvenile Offenders In Georgia, Matheson Sanchez, Gang Lee

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

Race, gender and program type have shown to be effective predictors of future recidivism for juveniles. Previous research shows that minority juveniles offend and recidivate at a higher rate than white juveniles do. Previous research also shows that male juveniles offend and recidivate at a higher rate than female juveniles do. Past literature shows that juveniles who receive rehabilitative sanctions are less likely to recidivate that juveniles who receive punitive punishment. The current study aims to test these relationships for juveniles in Georgia, USA, utilizing a department of juvenile justice archival dataset (N = 12,030). Bivariate and multivariate analyses are …

Gay Marriage In The New South: What's New About It?, Laurel Holland

The Journal of Public and Professional Sociology

In this special edition contributors were asked to explore the “New South.” In the call for papers, the editors noted that the South “has become the most vibrant part of the nation.” But they also recognize that the South still has its challenges based on a history of conflict and asked that authors consider areas where there is still work to be done. In this work I explore marriage equality and argue that while the Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled in a 5-4 decision that that the 14^th Amendment requires states to marry same-sex couples and …

Partners On Prevention, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Amilu Martin Stewart, Amilu Martin Stewart, Kelsey Duinkerken

First Women at Jefferson Oral Histories

Dr. Stewart spent her career as a surgeon and was in the first class of women who graduated from the Jefferson Medical College. When she started medical school she was married with a newborn baby, and even when her second child was born during her third year, she was only able to take a week off in order to retain her place within the medical college Despite an initial interest in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Stewart pursued a residency in general surgery and a fellowship in transplantation surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She maintained an active …

In Re: Ronald Gigliotti

2015 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Antimicrobial Copper Alloy Surfaces Are Effective Against Vegetative But Not Sporulated Cells Of Gram-Positive Bacillus Subtilis, Kaungmyat San, Janet Long, Corinne A. Michels, Nidhi Gadura

Publications and Research

This study explores the role of membrane phospholipid peroxidation in the copper alloy mediated contact killing of Bacillus subtilis, a spore-forming gram-positive bacterial species. We found that B. subtilis endospores exhibited significant resistance to copper alloy surface killing but vegetative cells were highly sensitive to copper surface exposure. Cell death and lipid peroxidation occurred in B. subtilis upon copper alloy surface exposure. In a sporulation-defective strain carrying a deletion of almost the entire SpoIIA operon, lipid peroxidation directly correlated with cell death. Moreover, killing and lipid peroxidation initiated immediately and at a constant rate upon exposure to the copper surface …

State V. Garner Clerk's Record Dckt. 43493

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.