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The Biopower Of Zombies: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Horde, Mary Hedengren

Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion

I like zombies. I really like zombies. But I'm not the only one: why do so many of us seem to be enjoying a zombie moment? What does it say about our fears of a decentralized government and the power of human bodies? And what is that faintly discernable groaning sound? In this article, I draw on the theories of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri as well as Foucault's "biopower" concept to examine our collective fascination with a collective threat.

Fixed-Dose Combination Drug Approvals, Patents And Market Exclusivities Compared To Single Active Ingredient Pharmaceuticals, Jing Hao, Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, Enrique Seoane-Vazquez

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Introduction

Fixed-dose combinations (FDC) contain two or more active ingredients. The effective patent and exclusivity life of FDC compared to single active ingredient has not been assessed. Objectives Trends in FDA approved FDC in the period 1980–2012 and time lag between approval of FDC and single active ingredients in the combination were assessed, and the effective patent and exclusivity life of FDC was compared with their single active ingredients.

Materials and Methods

New molecular entities (NMEs), new therapeutic biologics license applications (BLAs) and FDC data were collected from the FDA Orange Book and Drugs@FDA. Analysis included FDC containing one or …

Criteria Of Sea Area Royalty For Port Transportation: Research And Application, Xiao-Hui Wang, Bo Peng

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Criteria of sea area royalty for port transportation are important technical bases to operate marketization of sea. According to factors such as the geographic position of the sea, peripheral social-economic development status and environmental conditions, this paper establishes an evaluation index system of royalty criteria. It builds a calculation model of criteria of sea area royalty for port transportation using an interpolation method, collects relevant index data of 19 coastal areas (cities or districts) in Zhejiang Province and calculates the criteria for sea area use royalty of the Dinghai District. The results indicate that criteria of sea area royalty are …

The Khmer Software Package: Enabling Efficient Nucleotide Sequence Analysis, Michael R. Crusoe, Hussien F. Alameldin, Sherine Awad, Elmar Boucher, Adam Caldwell, Reed Cartwright, Amanda Charbonneau, Bede Constantinides, Greg Edvenson, Scott Fay, Jacob Fenton, Thomas Fenzl, Jordan Fish, Leonor Garcia-Gutierrez, Phillip Garland, Jonathan Gluck, Iván González, Sarah Guermond, Jiarong Guo, Aditi Gupta, Joshua R. Herr, Adina Howe, Alex Hyer, Andreas Härpfer, Luiz Irber, Rhys Kidd, David Lin, Justin Lippi, Tamer Mansour, Pamela Mca'nulty, Eric Mcdonald, Jessica Mizzi, Kevin D. Murray, Joshua R. Nahum, Kaben Nanlohy, Alexander Johan Nederbragt, Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga, Jeramia Ory, Jason Pell, Charles Pepe-Ranney, Zachary N. Russ, Camille Scott, Josiah Seaman, Scott Sievert 38, Jared Simpson, Connor T. Skennerton, James Spencer, Ramakrishnan Srinivasan, Daniel Standage, James A. Stapleton, Susan R. Steinman, Joe Stein, Benjamin Taylor, Will Trimble, Heather L. Wiencko, Michael Wright, Brian Wyss, Qingpeng Zhang, En Zyme, C. Titus Brown, Erich Schwarz

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

The khmer package is a freely available software library for working efficiently with fixed length DNA words, or k-mers. khmer provides implementations of a probabilistic k-mer counting data structure, a compressible De Bruijn graph representation, De Bruijn graph partitioning, and digital normalization. khmer is implemented in C++ and Python, and is freely available under the BSD license at https://github.com/dib-lab/khmer.

Effects Of Cellulase Hydrolysis And Carbonates On The Probiotic Fermentation Of Noni (Morinda Citrifolia), Hui-Hung Lee, Li-Jung Yin, Shann-Tzong Jiang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

In typical fermentation of noni (Morina citrifolia), nutrients loss, along with unfavorable taste and odor frequently occurred due to the time-consuming fermentation. To improve the quality of fermented noni, cellulase hydrolysis and probiotic fermentation were employed. Four hours of hydrolysis with 100 U/mL of cellulase at 50°C significantly increased the reducing sugar, total phenolic content, reducing power, and trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity. No probiotics tested in this study could grow on the noni slurry and its hydrolysate, except for Pediococcus pentosaceus (BCRC 14053), which was able to grow on noni with 0.6% calcium carbonate. The probiotic count increased to 8.55 …

Transportation, Husbandary, And Release Of A Whale Shark (Rhincodon Typus), Ming-Yih Leu, Jan-Jung Li, Yu-Min Ju, Cher-Ming Hsiao, Chih-Wei Chang, Pei-Jie Meng, Kwee Siong Tew, Wei-Hsien Wang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

The National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium of Taiwan housed a whale shark in a 3.7 million liter indoor oval tank from June 2005 until July 2013, at which point it was released. This study reports the transport of the whale shark into and out of the Museum, its husbandry conditions, feeding regime, growth during captivity, and details on the release of the animal. During the eight years in captivity, the animal grew from 2.3 to 7.8 m in length and from 200 to 3,600 kg in weight when released, with estimated overall growth rates of 0.67 m yr-1 …

Investigation On Intermittent Microwave-Assisted Extraction Of Sulfated Polysaccharides From Porphyra Dentata, Shao-Chi Wu, Yeu-Pyng Lin

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This study investigated the intermittent microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) of sulfated polysaccharides from Porphyra (P.) dentata Kjellman, 1897. The experiment consisted of adjusting 10% to 90% ethanol solutions (v/v) used as extraction solvents, and then applied intermittent MAE to extract P. dentata solutions. These different extract solutions were then further evaluated for their sulfated polysaccharides contents (μg/mL). The optimal conditions of the sulfated polysaccharides content using intermittent MAE with 3, 4, and 5 cycle treatment were studied using response surface methodology. This study was performed using a three-level, threefactor design and aimed to determine the optimal combination of ethanol concentration (10~90%, …

Rfx Transcription Factors Are Essential For Hearing In Mice, Ran Elkon, Beatrice Milon, Laura Morrison, Manan Shah, Sarath Vijayakumar, Manoj Racherla, Carmen C. Leitch, Lorna Silipino, Shadan Hadi, Michèle Weiss-Gayet, Emmanuèle Barras, Christoph D. Schmid, Aouatef Ait-Lounis, Ashley Barnes, Yang Song, David J. Eisenman, Efrat Eliyahu, Gregory I. Frolenkov, Scott E. Strome, Bénédicte Durand, Norann A. Zaghloul, Sherri M. Jones, Walter Reith, Ronna Hertzano

Physiology Faculty Publications

Sensorineural hearing loss is a common and currently irreversible disorder, because mammalian hair cells (HCs) do not regenerate and current stem cell and gene delivery protocols result only in immature HC-like cells. Importantly, although the transcriptional regulators of embryonic HC development have been described, little is known about the postnatal regulators of maturating HCs. Here we apply a cell type-specific functional genomic analysis to the transcriptomes of auditory and vestibular sensory epithelia from early postnatal mice. We identify RFX transcription factors as essential and evolutionarily conserved regulators of the HC-specific transcriptomes, and detect Rfx1,2,3,5 and 7 in the developing HCs. …

The East Texan, 2015-10-15, Texas A&M University-Commerce

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A color copy of The East Texan, a student newspaper published at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Library Publishing Directory 2016, Library Publishing Coalition

Library Publishing Directory

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Rfx Transcription Factors Are Essential For Hearing In Mice, Ran Elkon, Beatrice Milon, Laura Morrison, Manan Shah, Sarath Vijayakumar, Manoj Racherla, Carmen C. Leitch, Lorna Silipino, Shadan Hadi, Michèle Weiss-Gayte, Emmanuèle Barras, Christoph D. Schmid, Aouatef Ait-Lounis, Ashley Barnes, Yang Song, David J. Eisenman, Efrat Eliyahu, Gregory I. Frolenkov, Scott E. Strome, Bénédicte Durand, Norann A. Zaghloul, Sherri M. Jones, Walter Reith, Ronna Hertzano

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications

Sensorineural hearing loss is a common and currently irreversible disorder, because mammalian hair cells (HCs) do not regenerate and current stem cell and gene delivery protocols result only in immature HC-like cells. Importantly, although the transcriptional regulators of embryonic HC development have been described, little is known about the postnatal regulators of maturating HCs. Here we apply a cell type-specific functional genomic analysis to the transcriptomes of auditory and vestibular sensory epithelia from early postnatal mice. We identify RFX transcription factors as essential and evolutionarily conserved regulators of the HC-specific transcriptomes, and detect Rfx1,2,3,5 and 7 in the developing HCs. …

Diet-Responsive Micrornas Are Likely Exogenous, Janos Zempleni, Scott R. Baier, Kendal Hirschi

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

In a recent report Title et al. (1) fostered miRNA-375 and miR-200c knock-out pups to wild-type dams and arrived at the conclusion that milk microRNAs are bioavailable in trace amounts at best and that postprandial concentrations of microRNAs are too low to elicit biological effects. Their take home message is flawed. First, the majority of microRNAs in bovine milk are encapsulated in exosomes, thereby conferring protection against degradation and a mechanism for intestinal transport (2). Second, numerous dietary microRNAs have been cataloged among human samples (3). Third, the mere absence of a postprandial increase does not equate with zero absorption. …

Rainfall-Induced Slope Landslide Pontential And Landslide Distribution Characteristics Assessment, Yung-Sheng Chue, Jing-Wan Chen, Yie-Ruey Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

According to observations over the few years before and after typhoon and extreme rainfall events in the Laonong catchment of Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan, this study combined a genetic adaptive neural network architecture, image texture analysis, and a geographic information system (GIS) in satellite image interpretation and land use change analysis to obtain disaster records and surface information. A multivariate hazards evaluation method was applied to quantitatively analyze the weights of various natural environmental and slope development hazard factors. Furthermore, this study established a slope landslide potential assessment model and depicted a slope landslide potential diagram by using the GIS platform. …

Molecular Cloning And Biochemical Characterization Of Recombinant Laccase From Rigidoporus Vinctus, Chia-Yu Kuo, Jenq-Kuen Huang, Lisa Wen, Ka-Lai Pang, Chi-Tsai Lin

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Laccases are multi-copper oxidases that widely distributed in plants and fungi. These enzymes catalyze oxidation of various compounds including phenolics and non-phenolics, and have been used in many industrial processes such as paper industry, biobleaching and bioremediation. A full length cDNA (1767 bp) encoding a putative laccase (Lac) from Rigidoporus vinctus was cloned by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The coding region of RvLac encodes 517 amino acids which contained four conserved putative copper-binding regions. To further characterize the RvLac, the coding region was subcloned into an expression vector pET-20b(+) and transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3) pLysS. Expression of the …

Vista: October 15, 2015, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

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The Inkwell, Armstrong State University

The Inkwell

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Quaker Campus, October 15, 2015 (Vol. 102, Issue 6), Whittier College

Quaker Campus

No abstract provided.

The Challenges Associated With The Implementation Of The New Teacher Evaluation Model, Achieve Nj: A Building- Based Administrators Perspective, Vincent L. Stallings

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Race to the Top is a $4.35 billion United States Department of Education program created to spur innovation and reforms in states and local districts of K-12 education. It is funded by the Education Recovery Act as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and was announced by President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on July 24, 2009. States were awarded points for satisfying certain educational policies, such as performance-based standards (often referred to as an annual professional performance review), for teachers and principals, complying with nationwide standards, promoting charter schools and privatization of …

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The Eastern Echo, October 15, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican October 15, 2015 (Expanded Keepsake/Homecoming Edition), University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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The Pacifican October 15, 2015, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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Restricted And Repetitive Behaviors As Strengths, Not Weaknesses: Evaluating The Use Of Social Stories That Embed Restricted Interests On The Social Skills Of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Maya Nasr

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which the use of social stories that integrate a child’s particular restricted and repetitive behaviors results in differential social outcomes compared to the use of social stories that do not integrate restricted and repetitive behaviors. A non-concurrent multiple baseline experimental design across participants was used to examine the effects of two Social Story interventions on the frequency of appropriate social behaviors made by participants in a school setting. Field notes were also completed during each day of data collection in order to document the social context, events, activities, moods …

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 15, October 15, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

October 15, 2015, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Characterisation, Quantity And Sorptive Properties Of Microplastics Extracted From Cosmetics, Imogen E. Napper, Adil Bakir, Steven J. Rowland, Richard C. Thompson

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Cosmetic products, such as facial scrubs, have been identified as potentially important primary sources of microplastics to the marine environment. This study characterises, quantifies and then investigates the sorptive properties of plastic microbeads that are used as exfoliants in cosmetics. Polyethylene microbeads were extracted from several products, and shown to have a wide size range (mean diameters between 164 and 327μm). We estimated that between 4594 and 94,500 microbeads could be released in a single use. To examine the potential for microbeads to accumulate and transport chemicals they were exposed to a binary mixture of ³H-phenanthrene and ¹⁴C-DDT …

Transforming Institutions: Undergraduate Stem Education For The 21st Century, Gabriela C. Weaver, Wilella D. Burgess, Amy L. Childress, Linda Slakey

Purdue University Press Books

Higher education is coming under increasing scrutiny, both publically and within academia, with respect to its ability to appropriately prepare students for the careers that will make them competitive in the 21^st-century workplace. At the same time, there is a growing awareness that many global issues will require creative and critical thinking deeply rooted in the technical STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines. However, the existing and ingrained structures of higher education, particularly in the STEM fields, are not set up to provide students with extensive skill development in communication, teamwork, and divergent thinking, which is needed …

Igf-1r Inhibition Induces Schedule-Dependent Sensitization Of Melanoma To Temozolomide, R Ramcharan, T Aleksic, S Gao, Wp Kamdoum, Et Al

School of Biomedical Sciences

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Impact Of Ocean Acidification On Marine Organisms—Unifying Principles And New Paradigms, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Mike Thorndyke, Sam Dupont

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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The Relationship Between Overjet And Skeletal Parameters In Untreated Class Ii Subjects, Abdulkarim Hasan, Mais Raslan

International Arab Journal of Dentistry

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between skeletal and dentoalveolar parameters and overjet in untreated Class II subjects.The lateral cephalograms of 75 untreated Class II Caucasian individuals (37 males and 38 females), between 18 and 25 years of age, were studied. The participants were divided into three groups based on the overjet value. The mean values of 14 variables measured on lateral cephalograms were calculated. Differences between the three groups were tested using one- way analysis of variance (ANOVA).A statistically significant positive correlation was found between the values of overjet and ANB. Subjects with normal …