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The Murray Ledger And Times, October 5, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

The Free Press Vol. 47, Issue No. 05, 10-05-2015, Krysteana Scribner

Free Press, The

Bayside could be location for future Portland dorms -- Petition circling to bring a bar to Gorham campus -- MU initiative gets students involved in the community -- Sukkah constructed on campus for week long Jewish festival -- International Socialist Organization gets new club on campus -- 385 students opted out of vaccines this year at USM

Stargate Theatre Company: Engaging Justice-Involved Youth In Creativity And Growth, Jeffrey A. Butts, Martha Wade Steketee

Publications and Research

This report provides a possible starting point for an evaluation of The Stargate Theater company. The Stargate Theater Company, embedded in the resources, expertise, and artistry of the Manhattan Theatre Club Education Program, recruits its members, 10-15 males, from youth services agencies for a seven-week summer arts program. Members of the program write raw materials which become performable text and perform the work with the help of professional theater artists. The writer-performers work for pay and ultimately perform their own words about their life experiences. The program aims to be a paid job and a work readiness training program, a …

Increasing Access To Journal Literature Through Free Interlibrary Loan And Document Delivery: A Case Study With Worldcat Discovery, Jacob L. Nash

Posters and Presentations

OBJECTIVE To identify the effect of a new catalog and linking system, Worldcat Discovery, on usage and adoption of free Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery for patrons of a Health Sciences Library as well as the effect on use of the bound journal collection. METHODS Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Document Delivery (DD) requests filled during the two periods of January - June 2014 and January - June 2015 were gathered and compared with each other. Bound journal usage was gathered for the same periods and compared to test if free DD increased use of the bound journal collection. RESULTS We …

Uab Holds Transgender Conference, Staff

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Community Engagement Institute Links Community Leaders And Academic Researchers, Christina Crowe

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Community Engagement Institute Links Community Leaders And Academic Researchers, Staff

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October 5, 2015, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Real-Time Detection Of Breast Cancer Cells Using Peptidefunctionalized Microcantilever Arrays, Hashem Etayash, Keren Jiang, Sarfuddin Azmi, Thomas Thundat, Kamaljit Kaur

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Ligand-directed targeting and capturing of cancer cells is a new approach for detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Ligands such as antibodies have been successfully used for capturing cancer cells and an antibody based system (CellSearch®) is currently used clinically to enumerate CTCs. Here we report the use of a peptide moiety in conjunction with a microcantilever array system to selectively detect CTCs resulting from cancer, specifically breast cancer. A sensing microcantilever, functionalized with a breast cancer specific peptide 18-4 (WxEAAYQrFL), showed significant deflection on cancer cell (MCF7 and MDA-MB-231) binding compared to when exposed to noncancerous (MCF10A and HUVEC) cells. …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - October 4, 2015, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the October 4, 2015 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's Newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

USA Health System Hosts Welcome Reception for New Physicians

Educators from UFM School of Medicine in Guatemala Visit USA to Learn about Team-Based Learning

Reminder - USA to Host Welcome Reception Oct. 8

Dr. Parker Featured on Inspirational Physicians List

USA Welcomes Dr. Jeffrey Brewer

Breast Cancer-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Characterization And Contribution To The Metastatic Phenotype, Toni M. Green, Mary L. Alpaugh, Sanford H. Barsky, Germana Rappa, Aurelio Lorico

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

The study of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in cancer progression is a complex and rapidly evolving field. Whole categories of cellular interactions in cancer which were originally presumed to be due solely to soluble secreted molecules have now evolved to include membrane-enclosed extracellular vesicles (EVs), which include both exosomes and shed microvesicles (MVs), and can contain many of the same molecules as those secreted in soluble form but many different molecules as well. EVs released by cancer cells can transfer mRNA, miRNA, and proteins to different recipient cells within the tumor microenvironment, in both an autocrine and paracrine manner, causing a …

Balance Dysfunction In Parkinson's Disease: The Role Of Posturography In Developing A Rehabilitation Program, Davide Ferrazzoli, Alfonso Fasano, Roberto Maestri, Rossana Bera, Grazia Palamara, Maria Felice Ghilardi, Gianni Pezzoli, Giuseppe Frazzitta

Publications and Research

Balance dysfunction (BD) in Parkinson's disease (PD) is a disabling symptom, difficult to treat and predisposing to falls. The dopaminergic drugs or deep brain stimulation does not always provide significant improvements of BD and rehabilitative approaches have also failed to restore this condition. In this study, we investigated the suitability of quantitative posturographic indicators to early identify patients that could develop disabling BD. Parkinsonian patients not complaining of a subjective BD and controls were tested using a posturographic platform (PP) with open eyes (OE) and performing a simple cognitive task [counting (OEC)]. We found that patients show higher values of …

Using An Agent-Based Model To Study The Effect Of Reproductive Skew On Mongoose Populations, Stacy Lee Mowry

Theses and Dissertations

Reproductive skew is the name given to the unequal partitioning of breeding

within social groups. Within these groups a mating hierarchy emerges wherein one dominant mating pair holds an unproportional majority of the group's reproductive benefit, while other members mate infrequently, yet allocate energy and resources toward the offspring of the dominant group members. In this paper, we use an agent-based model, which mimics dwarf and banded mongoose populations, to investigate how reproductive skew aftects the speed natural selection, and thus how reproductive skew affects fitness. The results of the model show that due to the geometric structure of skewed …

Extended Use Of Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaires In Physical Therapy To Improve Patient Recovery Time From Spinal Surgery, Kady L. Walker

Symposium

Project Summary

This experiment aims to use multiple Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaires (FABQs) for post-surgical female spinal patients for a more comprehensive therapy experience. FABQs are given to quantify and assess the fears and avoidant behavior a patient may have due to their beliefs about movement that may cause pain. The avoidant behaviors could range from the patient unnecessarily limiting their daily activities to refusing the physical therapists recommendations for exercise during their session. It is standard practice in clinics to use a singular FABQ during the initial evaluation for physical therapy. High levels of fear have been known to …

Variation In Microbiome Composition And Stability For A Vancomycin Treated Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Patient With Ulcerative Colitis Compared With Controls, Alanna Dubrovsky

Symposium

The bacterial composition of the human intestines contributes to much more than just digestion. In the inflammatory, autoimmune conditions primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and ulcerative colitis (UC), the microbiome may be, in some cases, a factor. To gain a better understanding of the composition and stability of the microbiome in a patient treated with vancomycin for PSC, terminal restriction fragment (TRF) analysis was performed on 13 controls and 1 patient, and 16s rRNA microbiome composition analysis was performed on 1 patient and 3 controls. Results showed similar levels of stability, with surprising differences in composition.

The Influence Of Psychological Factors On Reducing Recovery Time From Total Knee Replacement Surgery, Melissa Geiger

Symposium

Osteoarthritis is the most common cause of physical disability that Americans face, leading to destruction of the joints of the body. The primary joint affected is the knee, and the leading treatment is total knee replacement. The incidence of total knee replacement surgery is rising–and will continue to rise–as a treatment for knee pain resulting from osteoarthritis (Mizner et al., 2005). Various psychological factors have been proven to influence a person’s well-being in general and, more specifically, with recovery from illness or surgery (Taylor, 2011). Pre- surgical psychological screenings are an important factor in determining how the patient will recover …

2015 Scas Annual Meeting Program

Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Synergistic Effect Of Caffeine And Sugar On Cognitive Performance In Undergraduate Students, Sandra P. Urquiza, Michelle Vieyra

Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Working independently, both caffeine and sugar provide benefits to attention and memory. However, there is sparse literature on the synergistic effects on improved cognitive performance between caffeine and sugar when taken together. This study explored the dynamics between caffeine and sugar when consumed under ordinary conditions – as a cup of coffee. Twenty-four undergraduate students (15 women and 9 men) were asked to complete a baseline cognitive test, and one of the three variables was given at random in the form of a cup of coffee: decaffeinated with sugar, caffeinated with no sugar, and caffeinated with sugar. The remaining two …

Predicting Phase Resetting Due To Multiple Stimuli, Kelsey M. Vollmer, Davy C. Vanderweyen, Derek R. Tuck, Sorinel A. Oprisan

Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

We generalized the phase resetting curve (PRC) to a more realistic case of neural oscillators receiving two or more inputs per cycle. The PRC tabulates the transient change in the firing period of a neuron due to an external perturbation, such as a presynaptic stimulus. We used a conductance-based model neuron to estimate experimentally the two-stimulus PRC and compared the results against our mathematical prediction based on the assumption of instantaneous recurrent stimulation. Within the limits of the recurrent stimulation assumptions, we found that the newly introduced prediction for the two-stimulus PRC matched experimental measurements. Our new results open the …

Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Neurodegeneration Is Independent Of The Ryanodine Receptor In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Lyndsay E.A. Young, Daniel C. Williams

Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science

Despite the significant impacts on human health caused by neurodegeneration, our understanding of the degeneration process is incomplete. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is emerging as a genetic model organism well suited for identification of conserved cellular mechanisms and molecular pathways of neurodegeneration. Studies in the worm have identified factors that contribute to neurodegeneration, including excitotoxicity and stress due to reactive oxygen species (ROS). Disruption of the gene unc-68, which encodes the ryanodine receptor, abolishes excitotoxic cell death, indicating a role for calcium (Ca²⁺) signaling in neurodegeneration. We tested the requirement for unc-68 in ROS-mediated neurodegeneration using the …

"This Is Not A Diet-It's My Life," Noel Manning's Journey To Health, Ellen Laws

GWU-Today

Three years following an alarming doctor’s visit and a family intervention, Noel Manning, associate vice president of Communications and Marketing at Gardner-Webb, now weighs 60 pounds less and continues to take charge of his health.

October 3, 2015 (Pages 5897-6102), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 45 (2015)

No abstract provided.

10/03/2015 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 10/03/2015. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Resource Sharing Begins At Home: Opportunities For Library Partnerships On A University Campus, Robert A. Seal

University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Typical discussions of academic library resource sharing focus on activities between and among institutions: interlibrary loan, reciprocal borrowing, document delivery, group acquisitions, etc. But there is another equally important type of cooperation, i.e. working with other campus units to provide better service, more convenience, and enhanced resources for library users. Sometimes referred to as campus collaboration or convergence, this activity also advances institutional priorities, in particular that of student success. Library partners include information technology services, student development, writing centers, academic departments, and centers for teaching excellence, among others. This paper explores these relationships, their advantages and disadvantages, goals, the …

The Sun Star Vol 35 No 10 ( November 3rd, 2015), N/A N/A

Sun Star

No abstract provided.

Spring, Summer, Fall 2015 Graduation Survey Responses Master File Without Identifiers, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Graduation

Spring, Summer, Fall 2015 Graduation survey responses.

Canada Gazette, Vol. 149, No. 40, Bank Of Canada/Central Bank Of Canada/La Banque Du Canada

Documents

No abstract provided.

"Sing Me A Sad Song And Make Me Feel Better": Exploring Rewards Related To Liking Familiar Sad Music, John D. Hogue

Theses and Dissertations

Hogue (2013) tested some of Levinson's (1997) theoretical ideas about why people like listening to songs that make them sad. Particularly, Hogue tested Levinson's ideas of communion, mediation, savoring feeling, and how absorption interacted with the songs to affect communion and the emotion. Hogue, however, did not use musical stimuli that were familiar to the participants, which is a precursor to Levinson's (1997) theory. This thesis retested Levinson's theory comparing familiar songs against unfamiliar songs and songs from another participant.

Data were collected from 82 participants. Each participant provided songs that induced happiness and songs that induced sadness. Participants listened …

The Murray Ledger And Times, October 3-4, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.