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An Exploration Of The Impact Of Animal Agriculture On Human Sustainable Development Index And The Child Health Indicator, Hithesan Pandian

Dissertations

Several studies have shown that animal agriculture is one of the major contributors to climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, land degradation, freshwater shortages, general environmental pollution and world hunger. Apart from this, meat consumption is strongly associated with certain fatal health conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes (Wu, 2014). Although meat production and export could be economically beneficial in the short run, it could lead to over-exploitation of natural resources and in turn the destruction of the environment in the long run. Hence, it is essential for the leaders of a nation to make smart …

The Parthenon, September 16, 2016, Lexi Browning

The Parthenon

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, September 16, 2016, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

The London Workshop On The Biogeography And Connectivity Of The Clarion-Clipperton Zone, A Glover, Et Al

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Recent years have seen a rapid increase in survey and sampling expeditions to the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) abyssal plain, a vast area of the central Pacific that is currently being actively explored for deep-sea minerals (ISA, 2016). Critical to the development of evidence-based environmental policy in the CCZ are data on the biogeography and connectivity of species at a CCZ-regional level. The London Workshop on the Biogeography and Connectivity of the CCZ was convened to support the integration and synthesis of data from European Union (EU) CCZ projects, supported by the EU Managing Impacts of Deep-Sea Resource Exploitation (MIDAS) and …

Anthropogenic Pollution Effects On Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism, Gene Expression, And Genotypes Of Natural Fundulus Heteroclitus Populations, Xiao Du

Open Access Dissertations

Energy balance is a major concern for organisms developing stress tolerance, as combating pollutant toxicity is usually metabolically costly. Mitochondria, which are responsible for cellular energy production, are a potential target of pollutant toxicity. Thus, understanding mitochondrial energy metabolism will shed light on pollution adaptation. This research examines the oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) modulations due to chronic pollution exposure, how gene expression changes covary with OxPhos changes, and genotypic changes potentially underlying these phenotypic changes in response to pollution. Mitochondrial energy metabolism was investigated by quantifying hepatocyte OxPhos function in two independent, polluted F. heteroclitus populations from Elizabeth River, VA and …

Chanticleer | September 15, 2016, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

Umm Curriculum Course Change Proposals Fall 2016, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Morphological And Biochemical Adaptive Changes Associated With A Short-Period Starvation Of Adult Male Japanese Quail (Coturnix Japonica), Yasser Ahmed, Soha A. Soliman, Mohammed Abdelsabour-Khalaf

Histology Collection

Objective: The morphological and biochemical impact of a short-period of starvation on Japanese quail was investigated.

Materials and Methods: Ten adult male Japanese quail were divided into two groups; control fed and starved. The control-fed group was offered food and water ad libitum and the starved group was subjected to a short-period of food deprivation. After 2.5 days, the serum was obtained and different parameters including the total protein, AST, ALT, triglyceride, HDL, LDL, creatinine and urea were assessed. Gastrointestinal tract, stomach and liver were excised and their masses were estimated. Paraffin and resin embedded sections from the proventriculus, gizzard, …

Despite Changes, College’S Role Remains The Same., Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

In these times of continuous change and challenges

to higher education, it is not a bad idea to ponder

whether or not its fundamental mission has changed.

Most people accept that the main mission of colleges

and universities is the transmission of knowledge.

Whether that knowledge is used to learn

skills, get a better job, or simply for advancement of

intellectual growth, that is and has always been the

mission of higher education.

Role Of Mobile Technologies In Diabetes Self Management: Technology Affordance Persepctive, Ramakrishna Dantu

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations - Archive

Diabetes is costly and a leading cause of death and disability in the United States (CDC, 2015). There is no known cure for the disease, however, it can be managed and controlled through self-management. This process involves patients managing a complex set of distinct but related tasks including, but not limited to, monitoring health conditions, tracking medication dosages, food intake, physical activities, complying with treatment regimens, and solving problems that may arise due to illness (Clark et al., 1991; Hill-Briggs, 2003). In recent years, mobile apps and devices (henceforth labeled mobile technologies) have emerged as a promising means to help …

Discrimination Of Fast Click-Series Produced By Tagged Risso's Dolphins (Grampus Griseus) For Echolocation Or Communication, Stacy L. Deruiter, Alison K. Stimpert, S. Neves

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

Early studies that categorized odontocete pulsed sounds had few means of discriminating signals used for biosonar-based foraging from those used forcommunication. This capability to identify the function of sounds is important for understanding and interpreting behavior; it is also essential for monitoring and mitigating potential disturbance from human activities. Archival tags were placed on free-ranging Grampus griseus to quantify and discriminate between pulsed sounds used for echolocation-based foraging and those used for communication. Two types of rapid click-series pulsed sounds, buzzes and burst pulses, were identified as produced by the tagged dolphins and classified using a Gaussian mixture model based …

Kenyon Collegian - September 15, 2016

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

Introduction: Spatial Big Data And Everyday Life, Agnieszka Leszczynski, Jeremy Crampton

Geography Faculty Publications

Spatial Big Data—be this natively geocoded content, geographical metadata, or data that itself refers to spaces and places—has become a pervasive presence in the spaces and practices of everyday life. Beyond preoccupations with “the geotag” and with mapping geocoded social media content, this special theme explores what it means to encounter and experience spatial Big Data as a quotidian phenomenon that is both spatial, characterized by and enacting of material spatialities, and spatializing, configuring relations between subjects, objects, and spaces in new and unprecedented ways.

Mechanosensory Signaling As A Potential Mode Of Communication During Social Interactions In Fishes, Julie M. Butler, Karen P. Maruska

Faculty Publications

© 2016. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. Signals produced during social interactions convey crucial information about the sender's identity, quality, reproductive state and social status. Fishes can detect near-body water movements via the mechanosensory lateral line system, and this sense is used during several common fish behaviors, such as schooling, rheotaxis and predator-prey interactions. In addition, many fish behaviors, such as aggressive lateral displays and reproductive body quivers, involve fin and body motions that generate water movements that can be detected by the lateral line system of nearby fish. This mechanosensory system is well studied for its role …

Contributors, Westview Staff

Westview

No abstract provided.

Aging-Associated Changes In Microrna Expression Profile Of Internal Anal Sphincter Smooth Muscle: Role Of Microrna-133a., Jagmohan Singh, Boopathi Ettickan, Sankar Addya, Benjamin Philllips, Isidore Rigoutsos, Raymond B. Penn, Phd, Satish Rattan

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers

A comprehensive -omic, computational, and physiological approach was employed to examine the (previously unexplored) role of microRNAs (miRNAs) as regulators of IAS smooth muscle contractile phenotype and basal tone. MicroRNA profiling, genome wide expression, validation and network analyses were employed to assess changes in mRNA and miRNA expression in IAS smooth muscles from young vs. aging rats. Multiple miRNAs, including rno-miR-1, rno-miR-340-5p, rno-miR-185, rno-miR-199a-3p, rno-miR-200c, rno-miR-200b, rno-miR-31, rno-miR-133a and rno-miR-206 were found to be up-regulated in aging IAS. qRT-PCR confirmed the up-regulated expression of these miRNAs and down regulation of multiple, predicted targets (Eln, Col3a1, Col1a1, Zeb2, Myocd, SRF, Smad1, …

Grand Theory Or Discrete Proposal? Religious Accommodations And Health Related Harms, James M. Oleske Jr.

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

More than a quarter-century has passed since the Supreme Court decided in Employment Division v. Smith that religious accommodations are primarily a matter of legislative grace, not constitutional right. In that time, barrels of ink have been spilled over the merits of the Smith decision. But comparatively little attention has been given to the issue of how legislatures and other political actors should exercise their discretion to grant or deny specific religious accommodations. In their article To Accommodate or Not to Accommodate: (When) Should the State Regulate Religion to Protect the Rights of Children and Third Parties?, Professor Hillel …

Environmental Conditions Of 2 River Drainages Into The Northern Gulf Of Mexico During Successful Hatching Of Alabama Shad (Alosa Alabamae), Paul F. Mickle, Jacob F. Schaefer, Susan B. Adams, Brian R. Kreiser, William T. Slack

Faculty Publications

In recent years, the Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) has experienced dramatic declines and extirpations from portions of its native range. Habitat degradation and barriers to migration are considered contributing factors to contraction in the distributional range this species. To identify conditions during successful spawning, river temperatures and discharges in 2 drainages of the northern Gulf of Mexico (the Apalachicola and Pascagoula rivers) were characterized during successful hatching “windows.” Sampling during 2005–2009 yielded 400 juvenile Alabama shad of which 261 were aged from counts of rings on sagittal otoliths. Results from logistic regression revealed that successful spawning coincided with increases in …

The Other Lucian, Kate Mccorkle

Westview

No abstract provided.

Rule No. 8, Caroline Bruckner

Westview

No abstract provided.

2016-2017 Five Centuries Of Bassoon Music, Eric Van Der Veer Varner, Lisa Leonard, Manuel Capote, Sebastian Castellanos, Scott Davis, Juanmanuel Lopez

Faculty Recitals

No abstract provided.

The Montclarion, July 05, 2002, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Exchange Networks From Close-Up: The Case Of Lipari Obsidian, Andrea Vianello, Robert Tykot

Anthropology Faculty Publications

A systematic study on obsidian tools in Calabria and Sicily carried out by the authors have revealed the uniqueness in the patterns of production, exchange and consumption of Lipari obsidian. The study has concentrated on the Middle Neolithic primarily, with other Neolithic and Bronze Age contexts recognised at a later stage in the research since many contexts, especially in Sicily, have been excavated by pioneering archaeologists, some over a century ago, or were mislabelled. The chronology is Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, with very few materials dating Middle Bronze Age. A review of chronological contexts is in progress, which …

Conspecific Pollen On Insects Visiting Female Flowers On The Oak Parasite Phoradendron Coryae (Viscaceae), William Wiesenborn

Western North American Naturalist

Phoradendron coryae (Viscaceae) is a dioecious, parasitic plant on oak trees and shrubs in Quercus (Fagaceae), and it occurs from Arizona to Texas and into northern Mexico. The species produces minute spherical flowers during summer. Dioecious flowering requires pollinating insects to carry pollen from male to female plants. I investigated the pollination of P. coryae parasitizing Quercus turbinella shrubs at 3 sites at different elevations in the Cerbat Mountains of northwestern Arizona during August–September 2015. I examined pollen from male flowers, aspirated insects landing on female flowers, and counted conspecific pollen grains carried by insects. The tricolpate pollen of P. …

Nutrient Recycling By Eared Grebes In The Great Salt Lake, Anthony J. Roberts, Michael R. Conover

Western North American Naturalist

Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycling in lakes can be impacted by numerous abiotic and biotic factors. Large animals, such as birds and mammals, may recycle nutrients within a system or bring them in from surrounding habitats or different landscapes. Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) congregate in large numbers in the fall on the Great Salt Lake (GSL), Utah, and may have an important role in recycling nutrients from macroinvertebrates back into the water column. We evaluated the role of Eared Grebes in N and P cycling within the GSL by estimating the magnitude of their nutrient recycling capacity. …

Otter Realm, September 15, 2016, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Promontory's Flash Flood -- Editorial Epithets -- Meet the Staff Writers -- Promontory's Flash Flood: Paying the Price: 62 Students Displaced A Week After Water Damage -- Set Microwave to Red Alert: Food mishap causes shutdown of BIT building -- Sobranes Fire Update: County fire continues to burn for seven weeks -- The Big Read -- Monterey Downs Gets Delayed: Seaside Planning Commission stalls plans for large development near campus -- Intramurals Season Hits CSUMB: Students gear up to join in the sports fever as teams seek players -- Otters Score Tight Win Over Argonauts -- High School Students Going …

Cross-Sectional Survey Of Perceived Barriers Among Community Pharmacists Who Do Not Immunize, In Wayne County, Michigan, Sarah E. Kelling, Anthony Pattin, Abdulbaset Salim, Paul Kilgore, Steven R. Erickson

Department of Pharmacy Practice

Introduction: The goal of the study was to identify perceived barriers to implementation of vaccination services encountered by independent and small-chain community pharmacies in an urban setting.

Methods: Pharmacists in independent and small-chain pharmacies located in 29 Michigan ZIP codes were visited and asked to complete a 5- to 10-min semi-structured interview.

Results: A total of 93 independent and 12 small-chain pharmacies participated (n = 105; 61%). The pharmacies filled an average of 700 prescriptions each week with 1.1 pharmacist full-time equivalents and 57 h of technician time. The most common services that participating pharmacies provided were dispensing outpatient …

Quaker Campus, September 15, 2016 (Vol. 103, Issue 2), Whittier College

Quaker Campus

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican September 15, 2016, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 51, No. 07, September 15, 2016, Grand Valley State University

Volume 51, July 11, 2016 - June 5, 2017

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