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Debtor's First Amended Disclosure Statement

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

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Worldwide Trends In Blood Pressure From 1975 To 2015: A Pooled Analysis Of 1479 Population-Based Measurement Studies With 19·1 Million Participants, Bin Zhou, James Bentham, Mariachiara Di Cesare, Honor Bixby, Goodarz Danaei, Melanie J. Cowan, Christopher J. Paciorek, Gitanjali Singh, Kaveh Hajifathalian, James E. Bennett, Cristina Taddei, Con Burns, Tara Coppinger, Ver Bilano, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, Shirin Djalalinia, Shahab Khatibzadeh, Charles Lugero, Niloofar Peykari, Wan Zhu Zhang, Yuan Lu, Gretchen A. Stevens, Leanne M. Riley, Pascal Bovet, Paul Elliott, Dongfeng Gu, Nayu Ikeda, Rod T. Jackson, Michel Joffres, Andre Pascal Kengne, Tiina Laatikainen, Tai Hing Lam, Avula Laxmaiah, Jing Liu

Publications

Background Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, and number of people with, raised blood pressure, defined as systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or higher. Methods For this analysis, we pooled national, subnational, or community population-based studies that had measured blood pressure in adults aged 18 years and older. We used a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate trends from 1975 to 2015 in mean …

Toxic Effect Of Lead Chloride On Antioxidant Enzyme In The Liver And Kidney Of Fish, Bakhtawar Raza, Muhammad Javed, Faiza Ambreen, Fariha Latif

Journal of Bioresource Management

The contamination of aquatic habitats has become a serious problem for sustainability of the fisheries sector in Pakistan. Among different pollutants, heavy metals are very toxic. Their toxicity can be assessed by using antioxidant enzymes as biomarkers. These enzymes protect the living organisms from the oxidative stress caused by the heavy metals. Therefore, the effect of lead chloride (PbCl2) on the peroxidase enzyme activity in the tissues (liver and kidney) of Cirrhinamrigala was investigated. Four groups of Cirrhinamrigala were exposed, separately, to 96-hr LC50 concentration of PbCl2 along with its sub-lethal concentrations, viz.2/3rd, 1/4th and 1/5th for a period of …

Volume 114, Number 11 - Tuesday, November 15, 2016, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Collegian

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Theory And Practice Of Computing With Excitable Dynamics, Alireza Goudarzi

Computer Science ETDs

Reservoir computing (RC) is a promising paradigm for time series processing. In this paradigm, the desired output is computed by combining measurements of an excitable system that responds to time-dependent exogenous stimuli. The excitable system is called a reservoir and measurements of its state are combined using a readout layer to produce a target output. The power of RC is attributed to an emergent short-term memory in dynamical systems and has been analyzed mathematically for both linear and nonlinear dynamical systems. The theory of RC treats only the macroscopic properties of the reservoir, without reference to the underlying medium it …

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Gudrun Dieberg, Neil A. Smart, Nicola King

School of Biomedical Sciences

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Spartan Daily, November 15, 2016, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2016

Volume 147, Issue 32

Health Policy & Management News, Georgia Southern University

Health Policy & Community Health: News & Publications (2011-2018)

• Georgia Southern Assesses Skills and Capacity for Informatics
• Georgia Southern Examines Public Health Staff Development Needs in Informatics

Continental-Scale Quantification Of Landscape Values Using Social Media Data, Boris T. Van Zanten, Derek B. Van Berkel, Ross K. Meentemeyer, Jordan Smith, Koen F. Tieskens, Peter H. Verburg

Environment and Society Faculty Publications

Individuals, communities, and societies ascribe a diverse array of values to landscapes. These values are shaped by the aesthetic, cultural, and recreational benefits and services provided by those landscapes. However, across the globe, processes such as urbanization, agricultural intensification, and abandonment are threatening landscape integrity, altering the personally meaningful connections people have toward specific places. Existing methods used to study landscape values, such as social surveys, are poorly suited to capture dynamic landscape-scale processes across large geographic extents. Social media data, by comparison, can be used to indirectly measure and identify valuable features of landscapes at a regional, continental, and …

The Bg News November 15, 2016, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 15, 2016. Volume 96-Issue 26.

Developing A New Specialty Multi-Disciplinary Clinic While Orienting As A Novice Nurse Navigator, Angela Miller Rn, Jeanne Kenna Rn, Ocn, Laura Beaupre Bsn, Ocn, Cbpn-Ic, Jane Zubia Rn, Ocn, Cbpn I-C, Martiza Y. Chicas Rn, Pccn, Raizalie Roman-Rosado Bsn, Ocn, Cmsrn, Cynthia Smith Rn, Alyssa Pauls, Kathy Sevedge Rn, Ma, Aocn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

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Novel Magnetic Nanostructures For Enhanced Magnetic Hyperthermia Cancer Therapy, Zohreh Nemati Porshokouh

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation, I present the results of a systematic study on novel multifunctional nanostructure systems for magnetic hyperthermia applications. All the samples have been synthesized, structurally/magnetically characterized, and tested for magnetic hyperthermia treatment at the Functional Materials Laboratory of the University South Florida. This work includes studies on four different systems: (i) Core/shell Fe/γ-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles; (ii) Spherical and cubic exchange coupled FeO/Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles; (iii) Fe₃O₄ nano-octopods with different sizes; (iv) High aspect ratio FeCo nanowires and Fe₃O₄ nanorods.

In particular, we demonstrated the enhancement of the heating …

Micronesia's Coming Of Age: The Mormon Role In Returning Micronesia To Self-Rule, Devan Jensen

Faculty Publications

Mormons, or members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, have a distinguished history of service in the U.S. government. During a forty-year period following World War II, Mormon politicians played vital roles in transitioning several islands in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from a quasi-colonial status into the self-governing Federated States of Micronesia. This article briefly traces the complicated transition through the public service of four key Mormon administrators: Elbert D. Thomas, John A. Carver Jr., Stewart L. Udall, and Morris K. Udall. They served respectively as first civilian high commissioner of the Trust Territory, …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Touch Light Innovations named winner of Georgia Southern College of Business ' Big Pitch Competition
• GPC brings noted Cuban-American poet Virgil Suarez to Georgia Southern

College Of Public Health News, Georgia Southern University

College of Public Health: News & Publications

• Georgia Southern assesses skills and capacity for informatics
• Georgia Southern examines public health staff development needs in informatics

Search Committee Begins Work For New Dean For College Of Business Administration, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2016

• Jennie Rakestraw, dean of the Richard W. Riley College of Education, is leading the search committee of 10 members.
• The university is looking for a dean who will demonstrate strategic and visionary leadership, outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, entrepreneurial drive, and a commitment to the mission of the college and university.
• Candidates also must have a commitment to excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, including professional development of students and scholarly pursuits of faculty members.

Efficient Collision-Free Path Planning For Autonomous Underwater Vehicles In Dynamic Environments With A Hybrid Optimization Algorithm, Yufei Zhuang, Sanjay Sharma, Bidyadhar Subudhi, Haibin Huang, Jian Wan

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

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On- Vs. Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Gudrun Dieberg, Neil A. Smart, Nicola King

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Parthenon, November 15, 2016, Lexi Browning

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, was published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly on Thursdays during the summer. Due to budgetary constraints, beginning with the 2016 Fall semester, the newspaper is only published two days a week. Physical issues are printed on Tuesdays and Fridays. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

“Way Down Upon The Suwanee River”: Examining The Inclusion Of Black History In Florida’S Curriculum Standards, William Newell

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

As education focuses increasingly on standards based assessment, social studies must be examined for its integration of Black History in the United States History curriculum. Using a Critical Race Theory lens, this directed content analysis attempts to examine the Florida Standards for United States History to determine if and how Black History is integrated into United States History courses. The study also makes use of Banks’ (1994) “levels of integration” to explore the degree to which this is accomplished. In addition, lesson plans created and/or endorsed by the state of Florida are analyzed for their inclusion of Black History. Data …

Regulation Of Palmitoylation Enzymes And Substrates By Intrinsically Disordered Regions, Krishna D. Reddy

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Protein palmitoylation refers to the process of adding a 16-carbon saturated fatty acid to the cysteine of a substrate protein, and this can in turn affect the substrate’s localization, stability, folding, and several other processes. This process is catalyzed by a family of 23 mammalian protein acyltransferases (PATs), a family of transmembrane enzymes that modify an estimated 10% of the proteome. At this point in time, no structure of a protein in this family has been solved, and therefore there is poor understanding about the regulation of the enzymes and their substrates. Most proteins, including palmitoylation enzymes and substrates, have …

Webinar: The Association Between Light Rail Transit, Streetcars And Bus Rapid Transit On Jobs, People And Rents, Arthur C. Nelson

TREC Webinar Series

What are the job, residential development and market rent outcomes of Light Rail Transit (LRT), Streetcar Transit (SCT) and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)?

LRT, SCR and BRT investments are spreading rapidly across the country but there is scant evidence of their effect on where people work and live, and effects on market rents as an indicator of value. This webinar will summarize several years of NITC-sponsored research into development outcomes associated with these transit investments. The webinar will be led by NITC researcher Arthur C. Nelson who was the principal investigator of two projects: Do TODs Make a Difference? and …

The Effects Of Emotional Instability On Quality Of Life In Chronic Pain Patients Undergoing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Chronic Pain, Justin Michael Hughes

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

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Multidimensional Heritability Analysis Of Neuroanatomical Shape, Tian Ge, Martin Reuter, Anderson M. Winkler, Avram J. Holmes, Phil H. Lee, Lee S. Tirrell, Joshua L. Roffman, Randy L. Buckner, Jordan W. Smoller, Mert R. Sabuncu

School of Medicine Publications

In the dawning era of large-scale biomedical data, multidimensional phenotype vectors will play an increasing role in examining the genetic underpinnings of brain features, behaviour and disease. For example, shape measurements derived from brain MRI scans are multidimensional geometric descriptions of brain structure and provide an alternate class of phenotypes that remains largely unexplored in genetic studies. Here we extend the concept of heritability to multidimensional traits, and present the first comprehensive analysis of the heritability of neuroanatomical shape measurements across an ensemble of brain structures based on genome-wide SNP and MRI data from 1,320 unrelated, young and healthy individuals. …

Elemental Concentrations And Bioaccessibilities In Beached Plastic Foam Litter, With Particular Reference To Lead In Polyurethane, Andrew Turner, Kwan S. Lau

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Men’S Soccer To Hold Walk-On Tryouts, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Men’s Soccer to Hold Walk-On Tryouts

Quantitative And Qualitative Nutritional Analysis Of Gvsu Managed Honey Bee Colonies, Emily Noordyke, Anne Marie Fauvel

Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Managed honeybee colonies are in significant decline worldwide. The interaction between poor nutrition, pests and diseases, and pesticide use are most cited as potential culprits for the precarious state of the beekeeping industry. By evaluating food coming into the hive, conclusions can be drawn about the quality of hive location and forage availability. Pollen from an apiary with historically low honey production and poor colony health was compared to pollen from an apiary with high honey production and good colony health. Pollen was collected weekly in a 24-hour period, hive weight was monitored, and colonies were assessed for overall growth …

"One Accord Of Sympathy": The Relationship Between Narrator, Reader, And Puritans, Brianna E. Taylor

Scholars Week

Ambiguous narration in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter creates a reader that is simultaneously an insider privy to uncertain narrative report and an outsider sympathetic to Hester’s ignominy. While current reader response criticism explores narrative techniques of ambiguity and sympathy in isolation, this paper analyzes how these techniques are used in conjunction to establish a relationship between narrator and reader. The narrator’s role as storyteller and gossip, accepting explanations of a rational contemporary audience and superstitious Puritans, both defies Puritan inflexibility and creates intimacy that includes readers in this community. At the same time, a sympathetic relationship with Hester distances …

Senate Speeches On The Arts And Humanities (1994-1996): Speech 40, Claiborne Pell

Senate Speeches on the Arts and Humanities (1994-1996)

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Senate Speeches On The Arts And Humanities (1994-1996): Speech 41, Claiborne Pell

Senate Speeches on the Arts and Humanities (1994-1996)

No abstract provided.