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Examination Of Accelerometer Reactivity Among Children, Adolescents, And Adults: Implications For Influencing Physical Activity Estimates, Proportion Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines, And Associations With Health Outcomes, Robert Eugene Davis Jan 2015

Examination Of Accelerometer Reactivity Among Children, Adolescents, And Adults: Implications For Influencing Physical Activity Estimates, Proportion Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines, And Associations With Health Outcomes, Robert Eugene Davis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The health benefits of regular Physical activity (PA) have been rigorously documented and continue to be investigated from the standpoint of prevention, as well as, treatment of a multitude of adverse health outcomes including cardiovascular disease, obesity, sleep disorders, depressive symptomatology and countless others. In order to minimize subjectivity and more accurately measure PA behavior, researchers often use accelerometers. Although this method is considered valid and reliable a methodological issue that has rarely been addressed is the potential “reactivity” effect of measuring PA with an objective measure, such as accelerometry. Reactivity is a behavior change by the participant due to …

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Strategic Deployments Of "Sisterhood" And Questions Of Solidarity At A Women’S Development Project In Janakpur, Nepal, Coralynn V. Davis Jan 2015

Strategic Deployments Of "Sisterhood" And Questions Of Solidarity At A Women’S Development Project In Janakpur, Nepal, Coralynn V. Davis

Faculty Contributions to Books

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Cellulose Degradation: A Therapeutic Strategy In The Improved Treatment Of Acanthamoeba Infections, Sahreena Lakhundi, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Naveed Ahmed Khan Jan 2015

Cellulose Degradation: A Therapeutic Strategy In The Improved Treatment Of Acanthamoeba Infections, Sahreena Lakhundi, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Naveed Ahmed Khan

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Acanthamoeba is an opportunistic free-living amoeba that can cause blinding keratitis and fatal brain infection. Early diagnosis, followed by aggressive treatment is a pre-requisite in the successful treatment but even then the prognosis remains poor. A major drawback during the course of treatment is the ability of the amoeba to enclose itself within a shell (a process known as encystment), making it resistant to chemotherapeutic agents. As the cyst wall is partly made of cellulose, thus cellulose degradation offers a potential therapeutic strategy in the effective targeting of trophozoite encased within the cyst walls. Here, we present a comprehensive report …

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Severe Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome Complicated By Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia Peritonitis: A Case Report And Literature Review, Abdul Rehman, Noor Ul-Ain Baloch, Muhammad Awais Jan 2015

Severe Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome Complicated By Stenotrophomonas Maltophilia Peritonitis: A Case Report And Literature Review, Abdul Rehman, Noor Ul-Ain Baloch, Muhammad Awais

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is an iatrogenic disorder resulting from ovulation induction. Although the occurrence of this disorder is rare, it can be potentially life-threatening in its most severe forms. We herein present the case of a young nulliparous woman who presented with features of abdominal compartment syndrome and was subsequently diagnosed with severe OHSS. All physicians, in particular critical care doctors, must be aware of this rare, but potentially life-threatening iatrogenic disorder.

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Stress Management In Cyst-Forming Free-Living Protists: Programmed Cell Death And/Or Encystment, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Junaid Iqbal, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui Jan 2015

Stress Management In Cyst-Forming Free-Living Protists: Programmed Cell Death And/Or Encystment, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Junaid Iqbal, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

In the face of harsh conditions and given a choice, a cell may (i) undergo programmed cell death, (ii) transform into a cancer cell, or (iii) enclose itself into a cyst form. In metazoans, the available evidence suggests that cellular machinery exists only to execute or avoid programmed cell death, while the ability to form a cyst was either lost or never developed. For cyst-forming free-living protists, here we pose the question whether the ability to encyst was gained at the expense of the programmed cell death or both functions coexist to counter unfavorable environmental conditions with mutually exclusive phenotypes.

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Antidiarrheal And Antispasmodic Activities Of Polygonum Bistorta Rhizomes Are Mediated Predominantly Through K+ Channels Activation, Muhammad Zeeshan Ali, Khalid Hussain Janbaz, Hassan Mehmood, Anwar Hassan Gilani Jan 2015

Antidiarrheal And Antispasmodic Activities Of Polygonum Bistorta Rhizomes Are Mediated Predominantly Through K+ Channels Activation, Muhammad Zeeshan Ali, Khalid Hussain Janbaz, Hassan Mehmood, Anwar Hassan Gilani

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Polygonum bistorta is a popular medicinal herb used to treat diarrhea. This study provides pharmacological basis to its folk use in diarrhea using in vivo and in vitro assays. Administration of P. bistorta rhizomes extract to mice offered protection against castor oil-induced diarrhea at 300-1,000 mg/kg and was found safe up to the dose of 5 g/kg. In isolated rabbit jejunum, the extract caused a dose-dependent relaxation of spontaneous and low K+ (25 mM)-induced contractions with weak effect against high K+ (80 mM). In tissues pretreated with glibenclamide or tetraethylammonium chloride (TEA), the relaxant effect of the extract …

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Antidiarrheal And Antispasmodic Activities Of Adiantum Capillus-Veneris Are Predominantly Mediated Through Atp-Dependent K+ Channels Activation, Khalid Hussain Janbaz, Waseem Hassan, Hassan Mehmood, Anwar Hassan Gilani Jan 2015

Antidiarrheal And Antispasmodic Activities Of Adiantum Capillus-Veneris Are Predominantly Mediated Through Atp-Dependent K+ Channels Activation, Khalid Hussain Janbaz, Waseem Hassan, Hassan Mehmood, Anwar Hassan Gilani

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

The study was tempted to explore the scientific basis for the medicinal use of Adiantum capillus-veneris L. in diarrhea using the in vivo and in vitro assays. The crude extract of dried leaves of A. capillus-veneris exhibited antidiarrheal effect against castor oil-induced diarrhea in mice at 300 and 500 mg/kg, similar to the effect loperamide. It was also found safe up to administered dose of 7 g/kg in mice. In isolated rabbit jejunum, extract of A. capillus-veneris showed a concentration-dependent relaxation of spontaneous and low K+ (25 mM)-induced contractions and had weak inhibitory effect on high K+ (80 …

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A Conservative’S Social Psychology, Clark R. Mccauley Jan 2015

A Conservative’S Social Psychology, Clark R. Mccauley

Psychology Faculty Research and Scholarship

I suggest that social psychologists should stick to studying positive and negative attitudes and give up stigmatizing some attitudes as “prejudice.” I recommend that we avoid assuming that race and ethnicity have no biological foundations, in order to avoid a collision course with modern biology. And I wonder how much difference the target article recommendations can make in the context of hiring a social psychologist for an academic position.

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The Little “Black” Pill: Dressing Unlikely Murderers For Defense Success, 48 J. Marshall L. Rev. 933 (2015), Cassandra Wich Jan 2015

The Little “Black” Pill: Dressing Unlikely Murderers For Defense Success, 48 J. Marshall L. Rev. 933 (2015), Cassandra Wich

UIC Law Review

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Taking A Bite Out Of Forensic Science: The Misuse Of Accelerant-Detecting Dogs In Arson Cases, 48 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1149 (2015), Andrew Scott Jan 2015

Taking A Bite Out Of Forensic Science: The Misuse Of Accelerant-Detecting Dogs In Arson Cases, 48 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1149 (2015), Andrew Scott

UIC Law Review

This Comment identifies the proper uses of canine handler teams in arson investigations and trials. Part II discusses the origins of forensic science in criminal trials, the use of expert witnesses in the courtroom, the history and role of forensic science and canine handler teams in arson cases, and the problem of “junk science.” Part III analyzes the pros and cons of using canine handler teams in arson investigations and the dilemma courts face when confronted with unconfirmed canine alerts. Part IV resolves the issue of using canine handler teams in arson investigations. First, it advocates for their continued use …

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Pcdh19 Expression In Normal And Regenerating Adult Zebrafish Retinas, Kristin N. Forkapa Ms. Jan 2015

Pcdh19 Expression In Normal And Regenerating Adult Zebrafish Retinas, Kristin N. Forkapa Ms.

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

My Honors Research Project will test the function of the N-cadherin molecule on the zebrafish optic nerve regeneration. N-cadherin is a member of the cadherin superfamily. Cadherins are cell adhesion molecules important for animal development and maintenance of adult structures. Unlike mammals, fish and amphibians have the ability to regenerate their optic nerve after damages. Molecular mechanisms underlying the optic nerve regeneration are still under intense investigation. Studies in Dr. Liu’s laboratory showed that expression of several cadherins, including N-cadherin, was greatly increased during adult zebrafish optic nerve regeneration, suggesting that cadherins may be involved in the optic nerve regeneration …

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Neurocircuitry Of Suicidal Behavior In Adolescents And Young Adults With Bipolar And Major Depressive Disorder, Amanda Rose Wallace Jan 2015

Neurocircuitry Of Suicidal Behavior In Adolescents And Young Adults With Bipolar And Major Depressive Disorder, Amanda Rose Wallace

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the adolescent and young adult population. Furthermore, it is estimated that for every completed suicide there are many more attempters. The majority of suicide attempters have a mood disorder and neuroimaging research on the neural circuitry of suicidal behavior has primarily focused on these individuals. However, few studies have been designed to compare suicidal behavior across diagnoses. We used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to investigate white matter (WM) integrity in Bipolar Disorder (BD) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in adolescents and young adults with a history of suicide attempt. Participants …

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Concerning The Ability Of A Pharmacist To Substitute An Interchangeable Biological Product For A Prescribed Biological Product When Certain Conditions Are Satisfied., Colorado General Assembly Jan 2015

Concerning The Ability Of A Pharmacist To Substitute An Interchangeable Biological Product For A Prescribed Biological Product When Certain Conditions Are Satisfied., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

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Fracking: The Unconventional Energy Response To Climate Change: Implications For The Real Estate Industry, 49 J. Marshall L. Rev. 449 (2015), Celeste Hammond Jan 2015

Fracking: The Unconventional Energy Response To Climate Change: Implications For The Real Estate Industry, 49 J. Marshall L. Rev. 449 (2015), Celeste Hammond

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Doping In Cycling: Incentivizing The Reporting Of Uci Anti-Doping Rules Violations Through Organizational Oversight And Accountability, 49 J. Marshall L. Rev. 625 (2015), Tom Laser Jan 2015

Doping In Cycling: Incentivizing The Reporting Of Uci Anti-Doping Rules Violations Through Organizational Oversight And Accountability, 49 J. Marshall L. Rev. 625 (2015), Tom Laser

UIC Law Review

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Adoption Disruption Insurance: A Policy That America Is Not Ready To Adopt, Gregory J. Chase Jan 2015

Adoption Disruption Insurance: A Policy That America Is Not Ready To Adopt, Gregory J. Chase

Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

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Griswold's Criminal Law Essay, Melissa Murray Jan 2015

Griswold's Criminal Law Essay, Melissa Murray

Connecticut Law Review

This Symposium commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut.In the fifty years since it was announced, Griswold’s logic has underwritten a broader commitment to reproductive rights—one that has expanded the right to contraception and secured a woman’s right to choose an abortion. Amidst these developments it is easy to overlook another aspect of Griswold’s history. Griswold also was part of a criminal law reform effort that sought to reimagine the state’s authority in the intimate lives of citizens and limit the use of criminal law as a means of enforcing moral conformity. In this regard, Griswold shares roots with …

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Deboer V. Snyder: A Case Study In Litigation And Social Reform, Wyatt Fore Jan 2015

Deboer V. Snyder: A Case Study In Litigation And Social Reform, Wyatt Fore

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

On April 28, 2015, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for four cases from the Sixth Circuit addressing the constitutionality of state bans on same-sex marriage. This Note examines DeBoer v. Snyder, the Michigan marriage case, with the goal of providing litigators and scholars the proper context for our current historical moment in which (1) the legal status of LGBT people; and (2) the conventional wisdom about the role of impact litigation in social reform movements are rapidly evolving.

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Liberating Sexual Harassment Law, Lua Kamál Yuille Jan 2015

Liberating Sexual Harassment Law, Lua Kamál Yuille

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

Sexual harassment law and the proposed solutions to that paradigm’s deficiencies teach a disheartening and peculiar lesson to women and gender performance minorities: “You may be disadvantaged at work because of your gender or your gender performance nonconformity. Discrimination against you is okay.” This albatross has inexplicably burdened sexual harassment law for the more than thirty-five years since it emerged as a redressable form of unlawful discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This Article coherently explains the reason for it. It makes a simple claim: Sexual harassment law has failed to eradicate workplace gender discrimination, …

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Isolation Of Microbial Nrps And Pks Gene Clusters For Natural Product Isolation, Danielle N. O'Hara Jan 2015

Isolation Of Microbial Nrps And Pks Gene Clusters For Natural Product Isolation, Danielle N. O'Hara

Honors Theses

Greater than 99% of microbes living in the environment are uncultivable due to their complex nutrient and temperature requirements for growth. These microorganisms present a potential source of natural products that could be developed for biotechnological and pharmaceutical uses. Microorganisms with phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase) activity are of high interest due to the role PPTase plays in activating non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) and polyketide synthase (PKS) gene clusters. These gene clusters produce multi-enzymatic, multi-domain megasynthases that produce complex natural products utilized by the host organism for selective advantages. This study isolated genomic DNA from soil samples collected from the University of …

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Draw Me A Picture: Instructional Visual Displays In The Academic Law Library, Grace Lee Jan 2015

Draw Me A Picture: Instructional Visual Displays In The Academic Law Library, Grace Lee

Borgeson Paper Archive

No abstract provided.

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Following The Herd: Bringing Electronic Casebooks Into The Law School, Jeremy Mccabe Jan 2015

Following The Herd: Bringing Electronic Casebooks Into The Law School, Jeremy Mccabe

Borgeson Paper Archive

No abstract provided.

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Query From Examples: An Iterative, Data-Driven Approach To Query Construction, Hao Li, Chee-Yong Chan, David Maier Jan 2015

Query From Examples: An Iterative, Data-Driven Approach To Query Construction, Hao Li, Chee-Yong Chan, David Maier

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

In this paper, we propose a new approach, called Query from Examples (QFE), to help non-expert database users construct SQL queries. Our approach, which is designed for users who might be unfamiliar with SQL, only requires that the user is able to determine whether a given output table is the result of his or her intended query on a given input database. To kick-start the construction of a target query Q, the user first provides a pair of inputs: a sample database D and an output table R which is the result of Q on D. As there will be …

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A Cmos Spiking Neuron For Dense Memristor-Synapse Connectivity For Brain-Inspired Computing, Xinyu Wu, Vishal Saxena, Kehan Zhu Jan 2015

A Cmos Spiking Neuron For Dense Memristor-Synapse Connectivity For Brain-Inspired Computing, Xinyu Wu, Vishal Saxena, Kehan Zhu

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Neuromorphic systems that densely integrate CMOS spiking neurons and nano-scale memristor synapses open a new avenue of brain-inspired computing. Existing silicon neurons have molded neural biophysical dynamics but are incompatible with memristor synapses, or used extra training circuitry thus eliminating much of the density advantages gained by using memristors, or were energy inefficient. Here we describe a novel CMOS spiking leaky integrate-and-fire neuron circuit. Building on a reconfigurable architecture with a single opamp, the described neuron accommodates a large number of memristor synapses, and enables online spike timing dependent plasticity (STDP) learning with optimized power consumption. Simulation results of an …

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Targeting Methylglyoxal And Ppar Gamma To Alleviate Neuropathic Pain Associated With Type 2 Diabetes, Ryan B. Griggs Jan 2015

Targeting Methylglyoxal And Ppar Gamma To Alleviate Neuropathic Pain Associated With Type 2 Diabetes, Ryan B. Griggs

Theses and Dissertations--Physiology

Neuropathic pain affects up to 50% of the 29 million diabetic patients in the United States. Neuropathic pain in diabetes manifests as a disease of the peripheral and central nervous systems. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is far greater than type 1 (90%), yet the overwhelming focus on type 1 models this has left the mechanisms of pain in type 2 diabetes largely unknown. Therefore I aimed to improve the current mechanistic understanding of pain associated with type 2 diabetes using two preclinical rodent models: Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats and db/db mice. In addition, I highlight the translational importance …

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Prevalence Of Vitamin D Deficiency In Exclusively Breastfed Infants At The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Nusrat. A. Said Jan 2015

Prevalence Of Vitamin D Deficiency In Exclusively Breastfed Infants At The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Nusrat. A. Said

Master of Medicine in Paediatrics and Child Health

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency in infants is a recognized cause of rickets. In the last few years, evidence has emerged of its association with lower respiratory tract infections, food allergy, type 1 diabetes, schizophrenia and various other extra skeletal health effects. Exclusively breastfed infants are especially vulnerable to vitamin D deficiency due to their dependence on previous trans-placental transfer of vitamin D from the mother, dietary vitamin D from breast milk and cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D on exposure to sunlight. The worldwide epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy and the low content of vitamin D in breast milk …

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Mechanisms Of Endothelial Dysfunction In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Joy N. Jones Buie Jan 2015

Mechanisms Of Endothelial Dysfunction In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Joy N. Jones Buie

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased propensity for developing endothelial dysfunction. Declines in endothelial derived NO production as evidenced by decreases in brachial artery flow mediated dilation, suggest that inadequate NO levels may be one mechanism whereby vascular homeostasis is perturbed in SLE patients. NO modifies progression to atherogenesis through inhibition of platelet aggregation, smooth muscle cell proliferation, adhesion molecule expression, and prevention of oxLDL. Recent studies suggest that Type I interferons and oxidative stress, leading to endothelial nitric oxide synthase uncoupling, are critical for accelerated vasculopathies observed in SLE. We postulate that two potential mechanisms are …

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L¿Amour For Four: Polygyny, Polyamory, And The State¿S Compelling Economic Interest In Normative Monogamy, Jonathan A. Porter Jan 2015

L¿Amour For Four: Polygyny, Polyamory, And The State¿S Compelling Economic Interest In Normative Monogamy, Jonathan A. Porter

Emory Law Journal

Some Americans are changing the way they pair up, but others aren¿t satisfied with pairs. In the last few years, while voters, legislatures, and judiciaries have expanded marriage in favor of same-sex couples, some are hoping for expansion in a different dimension. These Americans, instead of concerning themselves with gender restrictions, want to remove numerical restrictions on marriage currently imposed by states. These people call themselves polyamorists, and they are seeking rights for their multiple-partner relationships. Of course, polygamy is nothing new for the human species. Some scientists believe that polygamy is actually the most natural human relationship, and history …

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Rights, Privileges, And The Future Of Marriage Law, Adam J. Macleod Jan 2015

Rights, Privileges, And The Future Of Marriage Law, Adam J. Macleod

Scholarly Articles

On the eve of its final triumph, has the cause of marriage equality fallen short? This article discusses persistent differences in the incidents that attach to same-sex marriages versus man-woman marriages. It examines these in light of the distinction between fundamental rights and concessions of privilege in marriage law, and in common law constitutionalism generally. That examination suggests that the norms of natural marriage are likely to reassert themselves in positive law, notwithstanding the U.S. Supreme Court's recent marriage jurisprudence. Finally, the article suggests that lawmakers would do well to consider how additional concessions of privilege can best serve the …

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The Dry Season Shuffle: Gorges Provide Refugia For Animal Communities In Tropical Savannah Ecosystems, J. Sean Doody, Simon Clulow, Geoff Kay, Domenic D'Amore, David Rhind Jan 2015

The Dry Season Shuffle: Gorges Provide Refugia For Animal Communities In Tropical Savannah Ecosystems, J. Sean Doody, Simon Clulow, Geoff Kay, Domenic D'Amore, David Rhind

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

In the wet-dry tropics, animal species face the major challenges of acquiring food, water or shelter during an extended dry season. Although large and conspicuous animals such as ungulates and waterfowl migrate to wetter areas during this time, little is known of how smaller and more cryptic animal species with less mobility meet these challenges. We fenced off the entire entrance of a gorge in the Australian tropical savanna, offering the unique opportunity to determine the composition and seasonal movement patterns of the small vertebrate community. The 1.7 km-long fence was converted to a trapline that was deployed for 18-21 …

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