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Beyond The Story-Book Ending: Literature For Young Children About Parental Estrangement And Loss, Megan Mason Matt

Occasional Paper Series

Analyzes over thirty books for young children on the topics of abandonment, estrangement, divorce and foster care.

The Bad, The Ugly, And The Uglier: How Fear And Misconceptions Are Flushing Away Equal Rights And Treatment For Transgender People, Laura Falco

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

Our country has gone through multiple social changes over the years, and now we find ourselves in the middle of another change—one involving the transgender community. This community is and has been continuously fighting for equal rights and treatment. It is 2016 and the fight for equal rights in our country is at a tipping point. A tip in one direction would constitute a huge step in the fight for equal rights, but a tip in the other direction could result in unprecedented effects on transgender individuals and the rest of the LGBTQ community. The LGBTQ community just wants the …

Unraveling The Inequitable Nature Of The Model Minority: Asian-Americans Deserve Affirmative Action, Christopher Atlee F. Arcitio

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Expansion Of The Molecular And Morphological Diversity Of Acanthamoebidae (Centramoebida, Amoebozoa) And Identification Of A Novel Life Cycle Type Within The Group, Alexander Tice, Lora Shadwick, Anna Maria Fiore-Donno, Stefen Geisen, Seungho Kang, Gabriel Schuler, Frederick Spiegel, Katherine Wilkinson, Michael Bonkowski, Kenneth Dumack, Daniel Lahr, Eckhard Voelcker, Steffen Claub, Junling Zhang, Matthew Brown

Faculty Publications, Biological Sciences

Background Acanthamoebidae is a “family” level amoebozoan group composed of the genera Acanthamoeba, Protacanthamoeba, and very recently Luapeleamoeba. This clade of amoebozoans has received considerable attention from the broader scientific community as Acanthamoeba spp. represent both model organisms and human pathogens. While the classical composition of the group (Acanthamoeba + Protacanthamoeba) has been well accepted due to the morphological and ultrastructural similarities of its members, the Acanthamoebidae has never been highly statistically supported in single gene phylogenetic reconstructions of Amoebozoa either by maximum likelihood (ML) or Bayesian analyses. Results Here we show using a phylogenomic approach that the Acanthamoebidae is …

The Replication Initiator Of The Cholera Pathogen’S Second Chromosome Shows Structural Similarity To Plasmid Initiators, Natalia Orlova, Matthew Gerding, Olha Ivashkiv, Paul Dominic B. Olinares, Brian T. Chait, Matthew K. Waldor, David Jeruzalmi

Publications and Research

The conserved DnaA-oriC system is used to initiate replication of primary chromosomes throughout the bacterial kingdom; however, bacteria with multipartite genomes evolved distinct systems to initiate replication of secondary chromosomes. In the cholera pathogen, Vibrio cholerae, and in related species, secondary chromosome replication requires the RctB initiator protein. Here, we show that RctB consists of four domains. The structure of its central two domains resembles that of several plasmid replication initiators. RctB contains at least three DNA binding winged-helix-turn-helix motifs, and mutations within any of these severely compromise biological activity. In the structure, RctB adopts a headto- head dimeric configuration …

We'll All Be Better Off If We Ask Better Questions In 2017, Bruce Janz

UCF Forum

I find myself at the end of 2016 thinking about how differently we all make sense out of our shared experiences this year. “Common wisdom” seems to have it that 2016 was generally worse than other years – some of our favorite people died and the wheels fell off of whatever we thought they were on.

Fourth Annual Muse Awards Recognizes Five Local "Muses", St. Petersburg Arts Alliance

Marketing, Presentations & Publications

No abstract provided.

Abq Free Press, December 28, 2016, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.

Class Notes

DePaul Magazine

News about DePaul alumni.

Threats To Information Protection - Industry And Academic Perspectives: An Annotated Bibliography, Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

Threats to information assets have always been a concern to those responsible for making information useful and defending its value. The concepts of threat, threat agent, threat events and threat sources have evolved in recent years have very precise definitions. A summary of threat classification models used in academic research is provided along with a summary of recent industry threat assessment reports. Finally, the results from a recent study, 2015 SEC/CISE Threats to Information Protection Report Including a Current Snapshot of the State of the Industry, are given.

Around Campus

DePaul Magazine

A House Reunited: Historian Steven Hahn examines the successes, failures and ongoing effects of Reconstruction; Meet DePaul's New Deans: Ronald Caltabiano and Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco; On Their Way: DePaul Community Celebrates 2016 Commencement; Welcome Back: DePaul Celebrates Alumni Weekend 2016; Welcome the Wintrust Arena; Lasting Fame: Mark Aguirre Joins Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016; DePaul Legacy: Alumnus avidly promotes event center's potential; Gold Mine: Doug Bruno Helps USA women's basketball dominate in Rio; Applause, Applause: Athletics Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto honored x2; Live Long and Prosper: Pop Culture Colloquium Celebrates "Star Trek"

Depaul Pride/Event Recaps/Upcoming Events

DePaul Magazine

Alumni photos, recaps of alumni events, calendar of upcoming alumni events

Variability Of Vertical And Horizontal Facial Measurements Among The Population Of Basrah, Zuhair F Fathallah, Nada H Al-Jassim, Nawal M Abdullah

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Anthropometry is the systematic quantitative representation of the human body, it is used to measure the absolute and relative variability in size and shape of the human body. Scientists were studying this knowledge in medicine for both diagnosis and treatment. The people of Basrah are a mixture of Semites, Arian, and there are the mixed group result from interracial marriages. OBJECTIVE: To quantitatively measure the human face in different ethnic groups of local population and to identify the differences between individuals of different races and sexes, also to identify the differences between the people of Iraq and other …

Overweight And Obesity In A Sample Of Primary School Children In Baghdad, Faris Al Lami, Riyadh Alredainy

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Obesity is one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century, that has many serious long-term consequences for health. The prevalence of childhood obesity has been increasing at worrying rates across the globe. OBJECTIVE: To measure the prevalence and identify potential risk factors of overweight and obesity among a sample of primary school children in Baghdad, Iraq. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on a random sample of 10 primary schools from different localities of Baghdad, followed by a systematic random sample of 620 children aged 10 years or more of both sexes. A questionnaire …

The Way We Were: Discover The Secret History And Dynamic Pasts Of Four Depaul Buildings

DePaul Magazine

DePaul University has repurposed existing buildings to expand its Loop and Lincoln Park campuses. This article discusses the original uses of four buildings that are now part of DePaul: the Lewis Center, CDM Center, DePaul Center and 990 Building. It also gives a brief history of Seton Hall.

Depaul Voices: What Makes Depaul Feel Like Home?

DePaul Magazine

Round-up of responses on social media to the question "What makes DePaul feel like home?"

Advancing Nasa’S Airmoss P-Band Radar Root Zone Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm Via Incorporation Of Richards’ Equation, Morteza Sadeghi, Alireza Tabatabaeenejad, Markus Tuller, Mahta Moghaddam, Scott B. Jones

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

P-band radar remote sensing applied during the Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface (AirMOSS) mission has shown great potential for estimation of root zone soil moisture. When retrieving the soil moisture profile (SMP) from P-band radar observations, a mathematical function describing the vertical moisture distribution is required. Because only a limited number of observations are available, the number of free parameters of the mathematical model must not exceed the number of observed data. For this reason, an empirical quadratic function (second order polynomial) is currently applied in the AirMOSS inversion algorithm to retrieve the SMP. The three free parameters …

Research Progress On Physiological Activities And Its Mechanismof Beta-Cryptoxanthin, Sheng Ran, Sun Zhigao, Huang Qiaojuan, Hao Jingmei, Fang Ming, Yu Fengsheng

Food and Machinery

The beta-cryptoxanthin is composed of multiple prenyl units, belonging to the oxidation of carotenoid. It widely exists in persimmon, citrus and other plants, and also can be produced by microbial fermentation..Based on beta-cryptoxanthin, the mechanism of its absorption and physiological activities was reviewed, in order to provide reference for improving research and clinic application of beta-cryptoxanthin.

A Study On The Oxidation Of Hydrogen Peroxide At Au(111) And Au(100) Electrodes, Yong-Li Zheng, Jie Wei, Yan-Xia Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

The oxidation reactions of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) at Au(111) and Au(100) electrodes in 0.1 mol·L^-1 HClO₄ were investigated by using rotating disk electrode system. It was found that H₂O₂ could be readily oxidized to O₂ at both Au(100) and Au(111) surfaces with the onset potential close to its equilibrium potential. In contrast, the onset overpotential for H₂O₂ reduction was above 0.4 V, while the onset overpotential for H₂O₂ oxidation at Au(100) was ca. 0.1 V more negative than that at Au(111), this is probably …

Slis Connecting Volume 5, Issue 2, Stacy Creel, Teresa S. Welsh Ph.D., Mlis

SLIS Connecting

SLIS Connecting Volume 5, Issue 2 (Fall/Winter 2016)

A Survey And Content Analysis Of Army Manuals Held By The National World War Ii Museum Archives, Amanda Fallis

SLIS Connecting

This study is a content analysis of a collection of several hundred Army manuals published by the War Department, the precursor of the United States Department of Defense (U.S. War Department, 2013). The manuals were in varying conditions, address a variety of topics, and were published in years surrounding and during World War II.

‘The Willing Women Are Standing Waiting Now’: British Women, The Second World War, And The Women’S Library At The London School Of Economics And Political Science, Erin Doerner

SLIS Connecting

Since the end of the Second World War some 70 years ago, research and scholarship featuring wartime contributions of the average British citizenhasfocused largely on men's experiences of combat, the various roles of government agencies, or the assumed viability and tenacity of political and military leaders. The role of gender in the experience of war was often a side-note, not a focus of research. Since the 1960s, and more frequently since the late 1980s, a new wartime perspective has begun to be documented and explored in academic and literary scholarship - that of British women.

This study examines primary materials …

Student Associations: News And Events, Usm School Of Library And Information Science

SLIS Connecting

News and events from SLIS student associations: Library and Information Science Students Association (LISSA) and Southern Miss Student Archivists (SMSA).

From The Gas: Congratulations, Publications, Presentations, Usm School Of Library And Information Science

SLIS Connecting

News and congratulations from LIS Graduate Assistants for student, alum, and faculty accomplishments, publications, and presentations.

Spotlights: Faculty, Alum, And Course, Stacy Creel

SLIS Connecting

Spotlighting SLIS adjunct faculty Dr. Suellen Adams, SLIS alumnus Stephen Parks, and LIS 664 Government Resources and Publications course.

A Risk Stratification Model For Antihypertensive Medication Non-Adherence Among Chinese Immigrants, Wen-Wen Li, Chih-Ling Huang

Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal

The purpose of this study was to establish a risk stratification model for identifying Chinese immigrants at risk for non-adherence to antihypertensive medications. Questionnaires were self-administered to 200 Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, USA. Questionnaires included demographics, culture factors (e.g., Perceived Susceptibility in General, Perceived Benefits of Western Medication, Perceived Benefits of Chinese Herbs, and Health-Related Social Support), and medications adherence. Participants' mean age was 70.6 (±10.3) years. Three stratification factors were identified for non-adherence: Lower Perceived Susceptibility in General, lower Perceived Benefit of Western Medications, and longer Length of Stay in the United States. The probability of non-adherence was …

In The News: Dec. 27, 2016, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also see International Marian Research Institute news and updates.

Paula Maliandi V. Montclair State University

2016 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Uab's Aeiva Presents Colombian-Born Artist Jessica Angel As First Artist-In-Residence, Shannon Thomason

Browse All News

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Associating Mathematics To Its History: Connecting The Mathematics We Teach To Its Past, Joseph M. Furner, Ernest A. Brewer

Transformations

Across the USA and around the world now, globalization has taken a strong hold. The purpose of this paper is to explore the historical considerations that can be incorporated in the teaching of mathematics. The paper will also provide suggestions for teaching math by interweaving historical elements into the mathematics instruction. Teachers should strive to bridge the cultural and historical gap among all students by incorporating innovative ideas as well as historical and cultural connections into their teaching so to foster understanding, appreciation, and tolerance for the richness inherent in diversity and a sound understanding of mathematics and appreciation for …