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Judicial Enforcement Of Socioeconomic Rights: A Comparison Between Transformative Projects In India And South Africa, Natasha G. Menell

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Taking Our Seat At The Table [Part Of The Article Titled, Acrl In Orlando: Acrl Programs At The Ala Annual Conference], Anne Marie Casey

Publications

A summary about the program presented at the ACRL University Libraries Section meeting held during the 2016 ALA annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, June 23-28, 2016. The presentation for the section was titled, "Taking Our Seat at the Table: How Academic Librarians Can Help Shape the Future of Higher Education."

Engaging Undergraduate Nutrition Students In Research: A Graduate Student Mentorship Approach, Mary-Jon Ludy, R. M. Tucker, A. P. Crum, C. A. Young

Public and Allied Health Faculty Publications

Poster from the 2016 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo. Poster Session: Innovations in Dietetics Practice and Education.

Mcnair Challenger, September 2016, Mcnair Scholars Program

EMU McNair Challenger

No abstract provided.

Ectopic Expression Of A Cyanobacterial Flavodoxin In Creeping Bentgrass Impacts Plant Development And Confers Broad Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Zhigang Li, Shuangrong Yuan, Haiyan Jia, Fangyuan Gao, Qian Hu, Dongfa Sun, Hong Luo

Publications

Flavodoxin (Fld) plays a pivotal role in photosynthetic microorganisms as an alternative electron carrier flavoprotein under adverse environmental conditions. Cyanobacterial Fld has been demonstrated to be able to substitute ferredoxin (Fd) of higher plants in most electron transfer processes under stressful conditions. We have explored the potential of Fld for use in improving plant stress response in creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.). Overexpression of Fld altered plant growth and development. Most significantly, transgenic (TG) plants exhibited drastically enhanced performance under oxidative, drought and heat stress as well as nitrogen (N) starvation, which was associated with higher water retention and …

The Weekly Challenger, September 1, 2016, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The September 1, 2016, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

An Anthropometric Risk Index Based On Combining Height, Weight, Waist, And Hip Measurements, Nir Y. Krakauer, Jesse C. Krakauer

Publications and Research

Body mass index (BMI) can be considered an application of a power law model to express body weight independently of height. Based on the same power law principle, we previously introduced a body shape index (ABSI) to be independent of BMI and height. Here, we develop a new hip index (HI) whose normalized value is independent of height, BMI, and ABSI. Similar to BMI, HI demonstrates a U-shaped relationship to mortality in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) population. We further develop a new anthropometric risk index (ARI) by adding log hazard ratios from separate nonlinear …

Database Spotlight: Education Fall 2016, The University Of Alabama In Huntsville

Database Spotlight

No abstract provided.

Database Spotlight: Nursing Fall 2016, The University Of Alabama In Huntsville

Database Spotlight

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Newsletter, September 2016, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Message from President: Academe is not immune to the new epidemic of affiliation. Often enough, thinking people choose careers in higher education owing in part to a desire to escape the avalanche of demographic labels—race; class; gender; ethnicity; income; educational level; zip code and associated social status; favorite URLs—that rolls over individuality and buries free thinking. Academe, many hope, provides the last bastion for individual achievement. The quest for liberty, whether from imposed group identities or mass movements, is, as revolutionaries soon discover, not so easy as expected. Even dissidents want to belong to something. Surprisingly, academic folk prize affiliation …

Who Helps Our Helpers? Rediscovering Joy In Medicine By Addressing Secondary Trauma, Donald M. Friedman, Md, Vic Compher, Mss, Lcsw

Department of Medicine Posters

Poster presented at International Conference of Physician Health in Boston Massachusetts.

Supplementary handout with definitions and extensive bibliography available at bottom of page.

Film is basis for poster: Portraits of Professional Caregivers-Their Passion. Their Pain (click on picture to view movie trailer)

Quotes about movie from IMDB

Learning objectives

1. Become more aware of what secondary trauma is and its prevalence in health care professionals

2. Recognize the importance of personal wellness and intentional self-care by physicians and other allied professionals

3. Encourage the development of medical systems in the formation of effective peer support structures

Context/background

The documentary filmmaker, …

Hhp 531.01: Lab Procedures In Exercise Science, Alexander N. Marks

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2016-2020

No abstract provided.

Do Ploidy Level And Nuclear Genome Size And Latitude Of Origin Modify The Expression Of Phragmites Australis Traits And Interactions With Herbivores?, Laura A. Meyerson, James T. Cronin, Ganesh P. Bhattarai, Hans Brix, Carla Lambertini, Magdalena Lučanová, Shelby Rinehart, Jan Suda, Petr Pyšek

Faculty Publications

© 2016, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. We studied the relationship between genome size and ploidy level variation and plant traits for the reed grass Phragmites australis. Using a common garden approach on a global collection of populations in Aarhus, Denmark, we investigated the influence of monoploid genome size and ploidy level on the expression of P. australis growth, nutrition and herbivore-defense traits and whether monoploid genome size and ploidy level play different roles in plant trait expression. We found that both monoploid genome size and latitude of origin contributed to variation in traits that we studied for P. australis, with …

The Macroecology Of Infectious Diseases: A New Perspective On Global-Scale Drivers Of Pathogen Distributions And Impacts, Patrick R. Stephens, Sonia Altizer, Katherine F. Smith, A. Alonso Aguirre, James H. Brown, Sarah A. Budischak, James E. Byers, Tad A. Dallas, T. Jonathan Davies, John M. Drake, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Maxwell J. Farrell, John L. Gittleman, Barbara A. Han, Shan Huang, Rebecca A. Hutchinson, Pieter Johnson, Charles L. Nunn, David Onstad, Andrew Park, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, John P. Schmidt, Robert Poulin

Faculty Publications

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS. Identifying drivers of infectious disease patterns and impacts at the broadest scales of organisation is one of the most crucial challenges for modern science, yet answers to many fundamental questions remain elusive. These include what factors commonly facilitate transmission of pathogens to novel host species, what drives variation in immune investment among host species, and more generally what drives global patterns of parasite diversity and distribution? Here we consider how the perspectives and tools of macroecology, a field that investigates patterns and processes at broad spatial, temporal and taxonomic scales, are expanding scientific …

Population Genetic Structure Of Apple Scab (Venturia Inaequalis (Cooke) G. Winter) In Iran, Leila Ebrahimi, Khalil Berdi Fotuhifar, Mohammad Javan Nikkhah, Mohammad Reza Naghavi, Niranjan Baisakh

Faculty Publications

The population genetic structure of 278 Venturia inaequalis isolates, collected from different apple cultivars of eighteen different provinces in Iran, was investigated using 22 polymorphic microsatellite markers. Analysis of molecular variation, Bayesian clustering and Nei's genetic distance analyses based on 88 microsatellite alleles indicated substantial levels of gene flow among the collection sites. Ninety three percent of the variation was observed among the individuals within the populations and only 7% variation was observed among the populations. Structure analysis grouped the isolates into two populations. Maximum number of pathogen genotypes (44) was observed in the North of Iran that grows various …

September 2016 (Issue 1) : Baby’S First Solid Foods, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi

Nutrition and Food Services Department (NFSD) Archives

• When is your baby ready?
• What should be the first solid foods?
• Tips for Feeding Solid Foods
• Food Feeding Schedule

The End Of The Wormwars?, David Tovey, Julia H. Littell, Jeremy M. Grimshaw

Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Siu Alumni, Siu Alumni Association

SIU Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Enst 494.01: Practicum In Sustainable Agriculture Education, A. Jason Mandala

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2016-2020

No abstract provided.

Oncolog, Volume 61, Number 09, September 2016, Jill Delsigne-Russell, Brandon C. Strubberg, E Nielsen

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• Transport Oncophysics Could Guide Pancreatic Cancer Treatment: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas respond poorly to standard treatments. Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are applying the principles of physics to characterize the tumors, and these analyses could lead to individualized therapy.
• Nivolumab Shows Potential in Treating Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal: Currently, there are no standard therapy options for patients with treatment-refractory metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCCA), but early results of a multi-institutional clinical trial (No. NCI9673) led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center show that the …

A Phylum-Level Phylogenetic Classification Of Zygomycete Fungi Based On Genome-Scale Data, Merlin M. White

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Zygomycete fungi were classified as a single phylum, Zygomycota, based on sexual reproduction by zygospores, frequent asexual reproduction by sporangia, absence of multicellular sporocarps, and production of coenocytic hyphae, all with some exceptions. Molecular phylogenies based on one or a few genes did not support themonophyly of the phylum, however, and the phylum was subsequently abandoned. Here we present phylogenetic analyses of a genome-scale data set for 46 taxa, including 25 zygomycetes and 192 proteins, and we demonstrate that zygomycetes comprise two major clades that form a paraphyletic grade. A formal phylogenetic classification is proposed herein and includes two phyla, …

Nebline, September 2016

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Feature: 4-H Youth Showcase Projects, Develop Skills at the Super Fair

Food & Health

Farm & Acreage

Pests & Wildlife

Horticulture

Early Childhood

4-H & Youth

Extension Calendar

and other extension news and events

Between A Rock And A Hard Place: A Closer Look At Cliff Effects In Massachusetts, Randy Albelda, Michael Carr

Center for Social Policy Publications

This report shows that universal free education and child care would substantially increase family net resources and alleviate cliff effects.

Testing The Trait-Based Community Framework: Do Functional Traits Predict Competitive Outcomes?, Jennifer L. Funk, Amelia Wolf

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Plant traits can be used to understand a range of ecological processes, including competition from invasive species. The extent to which native and invasive species are competing via limiting similarity or trait hierarchies has important implications for the management of invaded communities. We screened 47 native species that co-occur with Festuca perennis, a dominant invader in California serpentine grassland, for traits pertaining to resource use and acquisition. We then grew F. perennis with ten species spanning a range of functional similarity in pairwise competition trials. Functionally similar species did not have a strong adverse effect on F. perennis performance …

Survey Of Nematodes Associated With Terrestrial Slugs In Norway, J. L. Ross, E. S. Ivanova, B. A. Hatteland, M. B. Brurberg, S. Haukeland

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

A survey of nematodes associated with terrestrial slugs was conducted for the first time in Norway. A total of 611 terrestrial slugs were collected from 32 sample sites. Slugs were identified by means of morphological examination, dissection of genitalia and molecular analysis using mitochondrial DNA. Twelve slug species were identified, representing four different slug families. Internal nematodes were identiï¬'d by means of morphological analysis and the sequencing of the 18S rRNA gene. Of the sample sites studied, 62.5% were found to be positive for nematode parasites, with 18.7% of all slugs discovered being infected. Five nematode species were identified in …

Trade-Offs Between Water Transport Capacity And Drought Resistance In Neotropical Canopy Liana And Tree Species, Mark E. De Guzman, Louis S. Santiago, Stefan A. Schnitzer, Leonor Álvarez-Cansino

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

In tropical forest canopies, it is critical for upper shoots to efficiently provide water to leaves for physiological function while safely preventing loss of hydraulic conductivity due to cavitation during periods of soil water deficit or high evaporative demand. We compared hydraulic physiology of upper canopy trees and lianas in a seasonally dry tropical forest to test whether trade-offs between safety and efficiency of water transport shape differences in hydraulic function between these two major tropical woody growth forms. We found that lianas showed greater maximum stem-specific hydraulic conductivity than trees, but lost hydraulic conductivity at less negative water potentials …

Summaries Of Arkansas Cotton Research 2015, Derrick M. Oosterhuis

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Series

No abstract provided.

Helping Others To Keep Hope, Take Action, And Gain Control Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Stephanie Hamilton

Honors Projects

No abstract provided.

Cultural Effects On Wellness As It Applies To Society And The Individual: An International Comparison Of Germany And The United States Of America, Helen Dukes

Honors Projects

No abstract provided.

Identification Of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease In Patients With Hepatitis C: Using Evidence Based Guidelines To Improve Diagnosis And Transition Of Care From Specialty Care Provider To Primary Care Provider, Debra B. Bayus

Doctoral Projects

Chronic liver disease is a process that involves progressive destruction and regeneration of the liver causing fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, and early death. Persons with chronic liver disease treated for hepatitis C with abnormal radiological imaging consistent with increased fat content in the liver (hepatic steatosis) should be evaluated for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, individuals treated at a community hepatitis C treatment clinic are currently not being evaluated for NAFLD. In addition, if NAFLD is diagnosed, management of these co-occurring conditions is required to delay disease progression. Factors contributing to gaps in NAFLD care include: poor communication, …