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Retirees Association Tours Library, L. Walker Dec 2015

Retirees Association Tours Library, L. Walker

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.


Caring For The 'Heart Of The University', Tina H. Hahn Dec 2015

Caring For The 'Heart Of The University', Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.


Functional Dyadicity And Heterophilicity Of Gene-Gene Interactions In Statistical Epistasis Networks, Ting Hu, Angeline S. Andrew, Margaret R. Karagas, Jason H. Moore Dec 2015

Functional Dyadicity And Heterophilicity Of Gene-Gene Interactions In Statistical Epistasis Networks, Ting Hu, Angeline S. Andrew, Margaret R. Karagas, Jason H. Moore

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background: The interaction effect among multiple genetic factors, i.e. epistasis, plays an important role in explaining susceptibility on common human diseases and phenotypic traits. The uncertainty over the number of genetic attributes involved in interactions poses great challenges in genetic association studies and calls for advanced bioinformatics methodologies. Network science has gained popularity in modeling genetic interactions thanks to its structural characterization of large numbers of entities and their complex relationships. However, little has been done on functionally interpreting statistically inferred epistatic interactions using networks. Results: In this study, we propose to characterize gene functional properties in the context of …


Read Receipts Feature In Mobile Platform: An Investigation Study Based On Social Tie Between The Sender And Receiver, Lujayn Alhddad Dec 2015

Read Receipts Feature In Mobile Platform: An Investigation Study Based On Social Tie Between The Sender And Receiver, Lujayn Alhddad

Theses

Read receipts is a built-in feature in all mobile instant messaging applications. The number of mobile instant messaging applications users is steadily increasing as a result of increasing the number of smartphone owners. This study investigated people's desire of using the read receipts based on the nature of the relationship between the sender and receiver. The research classifies relationships as strong and weak ties. An online survey was conducted, in which the majority of the participants were Middle Eastern. The survey investigated two factors that affect people's desire of using the read receipts feature, the social tie with the sender …


Casa Pasiva. An Exploration In Adapting Vernacular Techniques To Meet Passive House Standards In The Dominican Republic., Larissa Reyna Dec 2015

Casa Pasiva. An Exploration In Adapting Vernacular Techniques To Meet Passive House Standards In The Dominican Republic., Larissa Reyna

Theses

As a developing country, the Dominican Republic does not have the financial resources or expertise in the construction field to fully implement many of the available sustainable technologies. However, sustainable approaches can be both subtle and radical for their application to this country. If our intention as designers is to really make a change, then the answer is balance, a balance between simple yet effective techniques and new technologies.

The Passive House standard, which focuses on energy efficiency by super insulating and air tightening the envelope, is one of the most rigorous energy standards in Europe and the United States. …


Rnai-Mediated Control Of Aflatoxins In Peanut: Method To Analyze Mycotoxin Production And Transgene Expression In The Peanut/Aspergillus Pathosystem, Renee S. Arias, Phat M. Dang, Victor S. Sobolev Dec 2015

Rnai-Mediated Control Of Aflatoxins In Peanut: Method To Analyze Mycotoxin Production And Transgene Expression In The Peanut/Aspergillus Pathosystem, Renee S. Arias, Phat M. Dang, Victor S. Sobolev

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that 25% of the food crops in the world are contaminated with aflatoxins. That represents 100 million tons of food being destroyed or diverted to non-human consumption each year. Aflatoxins are powerful carcinogens normally accumulated by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus in cereals, nuts, root crops and other agricultural products. Silencing of five aflatoxin-synthesis genes by RNA interference (RNAi) in peanut plants was used to control aflatoxin accumulation following inoculation with A. flavus. Previously, no method existed to analyze the effectiveness of RNAi in individual peanut transgenic events, …


Dysregulation Of The Haem-Haemopexin Axis Is Associated With Severe Malaria In A Case-Control Study Of Ugandan Children., Robyn E Elphinstone, Frank Riley, Tian Lin, Sarah Higgins, Aggrey Dhabangi, Charles Musoke, Christine Cserti-Gazdewich, Raymond F. Regan, H Shaw Warren, Kevin C Kain Dec 2015

Dysregulation Of The Haem-Haemopexin Axis Is Associated With Severe Malaria In A Case-Control Study Of Ugandan Children., Robyn E Elphinstone, Frank Riley, Tian Lin, Sarah Higgins, Aggrey Dhabangi, Charles Musoke, Christine Cserti-Gazdewich, Raymond F. Regan, H Shaw Warren, Kevin C Kain

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Malaria is associated with haemolysis and the release of plasma haem. Plasma haem can cause endothelial injury and organ dysfunction, and is normally scavenged by haemopexin to limit toxicity. It was hypothesized that dysregulation of the haem-haemopexin pathway contributes to severe and fatal malaria infections.

METHODS: Plasma levels of haemin (oxidized haem), haemopexin, haptoglobin, and haemoglobin were quantified in a case-control study of Ugandan children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Levels at presentation were compared in children with uncomplicated malaria (UM; n = 29), severe malarial anaemia (SMA; n = 27) or cerebral malaria (CM; n = 31), and evaluated …


Data Collection Challenges And Recommendations For Early Career Researchers, Marylen Rimando, Andrea M. Brace, Apophia Namageyo-Funa, Tiffany L. Parr, Diadrey-Anne Sealy, Teaniese L. Davis, Lourdes M. Martinez, Richard W. Christiana Dec 2015

Data Collection Challenges And Recommendations For Early Career Researchers, Marylen Rimando, Andrea M. Brace, Apophia Namageyo-Funa, Tiffany L. Parr, Diadrey-Anne Sealy, Teaniese L. Davis, Lourdes M. Martinez, Richard W. Christiana

The Qualitative Report

Data collection is critical to the social research process. When implemented correctly, data collection enhances the quality of a social research study. However, doctoral students and early career researchers may encounter challenges with data collection. This article reports on the data collection challenges in dissertation research encountered by doctoral students enrolled in a public health program at a southeastern United States urban university. Each doctoral student shared at least one challenge and how it affected the data collection process. Additionally, the doctoral students shared how the identified challenges were addressed or suggested recommendations. Understanding these experiences of doctoral students is …


A Review Of Ethnotheatre: Research From Page To Stage, Andrea E. Lypka Dec 2015

A Review Of Ethnotheatre: Research From Page To Stage, Andrea E. Lypka

The Qualitative Report

In Ethnotheatre: Research from Page to Stage (2011), Johnny Saldaña establishes ethnotheatre as a research method and art form in qualitative inquiry. Envisioned as an ethnotheatre book, various aspects of arts-based inquiry are intertwined in the six chapters, including ethical issues, artistic performance, adaptations of empirical materials in theatrical plays, monologue and dialogue construction, scriptwriting, theatrical design, production rights, copyright registration, and aesthetic language. Drawing on theatre-based studies, each chapter is grounded in literature and provides step-by-step guidelines to how traditional research and data can be reinterpreted, staged, performed, produced, and disseminated as theatrical play. Both the structure of the …


Unh Research: Helmetless-Tackling Drills Significantly Reduce Head Impact, Robbin Ray Dec 2015

Unh Research: Helmetless-Tackling Drills Significantly Reduce Head Impact, Robbin Ray

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


State V. Corral Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43160 Dec 2015

State V. Corral Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43160

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


State V. Conley Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43188 Dec 2015

State V. Conley Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43188

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


State V. Obay Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 43351 Dec 2015

State V. Obay Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 43351

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


State V. Kraly Appellant's Brief Dckt. 43381 Dec 2015

State V. Kraly Appellant's Brief Dckt. 43381

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


Hogue V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 42844 Dec 2015

Hogue V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 42844

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


State V. Nelson Appellant's Brief Dckt. 42984 Dec 2015

State V. Nelson Appellant's Brief Dckt. 42984

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


Taylor V. State Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43000 Dec 2015

Taylor V. State Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43000

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


State V. Anderson Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43447 Dec 2015

State V. Anderson Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43447

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


State V. Halilovic Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43456 Dec 2015

State V. Halilovic Respondent's Brief Dckt. 43456

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


Um Remembers Kenneth Stead, Civil Engineering Professor Emeritus, Edwin Smith Dec 2015

Um Remembers Kenneth Stead, Civil Engineering Professor Emeritus, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

Memorial service scheduled Dec. 28 for admired instructor who served campus and community


Performing Conquest And Resistance In The Streets Of Eighteenth Century Potosí: Identity And Artifice In The Cityscapes Of Gaspar Miguel De Berrío And Melchor Pérez De Holguín, Agnieszka A. Ficek Dec 2015

Performing Conquest And Resistance In The Streets Of Eighteenth Century Potosí: Identity And Artifice In The Cityscapes Of Gaspar Miguel De Berrío And Melchor Pérez De Holguín, Agnieszka A. Ficek

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the ways in which Potosí's two most influential colonial artists represented the urban dynamics of race, class and labor in their depictions of the Andean 'City of Silver' during the eighteenth century, when silver production, profits and population were dramatically declining.


Adult Rainbow Trout Habitat Selection In The Henry’S Fork Of The Snake River, Idaho, Zachary Kuzniar Dec 2015

Adult Rainbow Trout Habitat Selection In The Henry’S Fork Of The Snake River, Idaho, Zachary Kuzniar

Masters Theses

Determining habitat selection for an organism across a geographic distribution is a primary challenge in modern behavioral ecology. Quantifying habitat use becomes increasingly difficult for species that exhibit complex life histories and complementary habitat requirements. Rainbow trout are an archetypal example due to their tendency to form local populations across a diversity of environments. The Henry’s Fork of the Snake River provides an opportunity to utilize microhabitat selection models to quantify stream features that may drive adult rainbow trout behavior at the local scale. In particular, within an 8.5 km, low gradient, groundwater-dominated reach that exhibits a general lack of …


The History Of Sigma Gamma Epsilon The First Twenty-Five Years, 1915-1940, Patricia L. Daniel Dec 2015

The History Of Sigma Gamma Epsilon The First Twenty-Five Years, 1915-1940, Patricia L. Daniel

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

Sigma Gamma Epsilon Honor Society for Earth Science students was founded during the spring of 1915 in the home of William H. Twenhofel, Associate Professor of Geology at The University of Kansas. ΣΓΕ was launched nationally in the fall of 1915 with the admittance of Beta Chapter of Pittsburgh University, and today there are more than 100 chapters nation- wide. Originally a "male only" fraternity for geologists, metallurgists, mining, petroleum, and ceramics engineers, for nearly three decades ΣΓΕ has been open to all Earth Science majors and is composed primarily of geology students.

In 80 years, ΣΓΕ has weathered two …


History Of Sigma Gamma Epsilon Honorary Society For Earth Scientists, The Second Twenty-Five Years, 1941-1965, Patricia L. Daniel Dec 2015

History Of Sigma Gamma Epsilon Honorary Society For Earth Scientists, The Second Twenty-Five Years, 1941-1965, Patricia L. Daniel

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

No abstract provided.


43rd Biennial Convention And Centennial Celebration The University Of Kansas: March 27-29, 2015, James C. Walters, Paula F. Even Dec 2015

43rd Biennial Convention And Centennial Celebration The University Of Kansas: March 27-29, 2015, James C. Walters, Paula F. Even

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

Sigma Gamma Epsilon, the national honor society in the Earth Sciences, held its 43rd Biennial Convention on the campus of the University of Kansas March 27-29, 2015 in conjunction with its centennial celebration. Alpha Chapter, Sigma Gamma Epsilon’s first chapter, hosted the events. During the convention, Dr. Anthony Walton of the Department of Geology at KU led a half-day field excursion on the Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy of Douglas County, Kansas: Glacioeustatically Modulated Cyclic Deposition on a Remarkably Smooth Shelf. This report provides a summary of the deliberations and actions of the participants at the convention and highlights of the field …


Major Milestones In The Development Of Sigma Gamma Epsilon's Core Traditions, Richard L. Ford Dec 2015

Major Milestones In The Development Of Sigma Gamma Epsilon's Core Traditions, Richard L. Ford

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

No abstract provided.


Foreword To The Special Centennial Publication Of The Compass, James C. Walters Dec 2015

Foreword To The Special Centennial Publication Of The Compass, James C. Walters

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

No abstract provided.


Sigma Gamma Epsilon In Recent Years, Paula F. Even Dec 2015

Sigma Gamma Epsilon In Recent Years, Paula F. Even

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

Patricia L. Daniel covered the first 50 years of Sigma Gamma Epsilon’s existence in The History of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, The First Twenty-Five Years, 1915-1940 and The History of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, The Second Twenty-Five Years, 1941-1965 (Daniel, 1966a, b). Richard L. Ford’s Major Milestones in the Development of Sigma Gamma Epsilon's Core Traditions (Ford, 2012) noted the significant highlights of the Society up until recent times. This article updates the recent noteworthy events of the organization to complete the 100 year history of Sigma Gamma Epsilon. New chapters, recent conventions, the development of two new chapter awards in addition …


Newsroom, Georgia Southern University Dec 2015

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

  • Georgia Southern History Faculty and Museum Curators seek World War I Artifacts


Direct Numerical Simulation Of Cylindrical Particle-Laden Gravity Currents, ‪Nadim Zgheib, Thomas Bonometti, S. Balachandar Dec 2015

Direct Numerical Simulation Of Cylindrical Particle-Laden Gravity Currents, ‪Nadim Zgheib, Thomas Bonometti, S. Balachandar

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

We present results from direct numerical simulations (DNS) of cylindrical particle-laden gravity currents. We consider the case of a full depth release with monodisperse particles at a dilute concentration where particle–particle interactions may be neglected. The disperse phase is treated as a continuum and a two-fluid formulation is adopted. We present results from two simulations at Reynolds numbers of 3450 and 10,000. Our results are in good agreement with previously reported experiments and theoretical models. At early times in the simulations, we observe a set of rolled up vortices that advance at varying speeds. These Kelvin–Helmholtz (K–H) vortex tubes are …