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Daily Eastern News: October 31, 2016, Eastern Illinois University

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Combined Nonlinear Visualization And Classification: Elmvis++C, Andrey Gritsenko, Anton Akusok, Yoan Miche, Kaj Mikael Björk, Stephen Baek, Amaury Lendasse

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This Paper Presents an Improvement of the ELMVIS+ Method that is Proposed for Fast Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction. the ELMVIS++C Has an Additional Supervised Learning Component Compared to ELMVIS+, Which is Originally an Unsupervised Method as Like the Majority of the Other Dimensionality Reduction Method. This Component Prevents Samples under the Same Class Being Separated Apart from Each Other. in This Improved Method, the Importance of the Supervised Component Can Be Further Tuned to Have Different Level of Influence. the Test Results on Four Datasets Indicate that the Proposed Improvement Not Only Maintains the Performance of ELMVIS+, But Also is Extremely …

Influence Of Porcine Plasma Supplementation On Gestating Sow Serum Igf-1 Concentration And Litter Weights, Mathew Vaughn, Crystal Serrano, Derris Burnett, Duane Davis, Jason Woodworth, John Gonzalez

Professional Agricultural Workers Journal

The objective of this pilot study was to determine the effect of dietary porcine plasma on circulating insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) concentrations in gestating sows and characteristics of their litters. Primiparous and multiparous sows were randomly allocated to two treatment groups of sows fed a basal diet or sows fed the basal diet plus 6 g of porcine plasma throughout gestation. On 4 periods during gestation and farrowing, blood was collected for IGF-1 analysis. After farrowing, gestation length, number born, birth weight, and total litter weight were recorded. There were no three-way or two-way interactions between treatments, day of …

Evidence Of Glycolysis Up-Regulation And Pyruvate Mitochondrial Oxidation Mismatch During Mechanical Unloading Of The Failing Human Heart: Implications For Cardiac Reloading And Conditioning, Nikolaos A. Diakos, Sutip Navankasattusas, E. Dale Abel, Jared Rutter, Lauren Mccreath, Peter Ferrin, Stephen H. Mckellar, Dylan V. Miller, Song-Young Park, Russell S. Richardson, Ralph Deberardinis, James E. Cox, Abdallah G. Kfoury, Craig H. Selzman, Joseph C. Fang, Dean Y. Li, Stavros Drakos

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

This study sought to investigate the effects of mechanical unloading on myocardial energetics and the metabolic perturbation of heart failure (HF) in an effort to identify potential new therapeutic targets that could enhance the unloading-induced cardiac recovery. The authors prospectively examined paired human myocardial tissue procured from 31 advanced HF patients at left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implant and at heart transplant plus tissue from 11 normal donors. They identified increased post-LVAD glycolytic metabolites without a coordinate increase in early, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle intermediates. The increased pyruvate was not directed toward the mitochondria and the TCA cycle for complete …

Admissions Report - Detailed Data - October 2016, Office Of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Wright State University

Admissions Reports

Detailed report of applicants to Wright State including data on county of residency, intended major, and ethnicity for Fall Semester 2017.

Constitutively Activated Pi3k Accelerates Tumor Initiation And Modifies Histopathology Of Breast Cancer, M. R. Sheen, J. D. Marotti, M. J. Allegrezza, M. Rutkowski, J. R. Conejo-Garcia, S. Fiering

Dartmouth Scholarship

The gene encoding phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase catalytic subunit α-isoform (PIK3CA, p110α) is frequently activated by mutation in human cancers. Based on detection in some breast cancer precursors, PIK3CA mutations have been proposed to have a role in tumor initiation. To investigate this hypothesis, we generated a novel mouse model with a Cre-recombinase regulated allele of p110α (myristoylated-p110α, myr-p110α) along with p53fl/fl deletion and KrasG12D also regulated by Cre-recombinase. After instillation of adenovirus-expressing Cre-recombinase into mammary ducts, we found that myr-p110α accelerated breast tumor initiation in a copy number-dependent manner. Breast tumors induced by p53fl/fl;KrasG12D with no or one copy of myr-p110α …

Repairing The Broken Mirror: Understanding Men's Muscularity-Focused Body Image Concerns Through The Lens Of Gender Role Conflict And Self-Compassion., Michael S. Butchko

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Psychological research pertaining to the study of men and masculinity has discerned that men are increasingly becoming dissatisfied with their bodies. However, men’s body image research has been neglected as researchers originally concluded that only women were impacted. However, the last 20 years has begun to elucidate factors and consequences of muscularity-focused body image dissatisfaction among men. Particularly, some men engage in dangerous behaviors (e.g., excessive exercise, dieting, steroid use) in order to obtain a body with large biceps, chiseled chest, and defined abdominal muscles. Also, more men are experiencing characteristics of muscle dysmorphia (MD), a subtype of body dysmorphic …

Regulation Of Microvascular Flow And Metabolism: An Overview, Michelle A. Keske, Renee M. Dwyer, Ryan D. Russell, Sarah J. Blackwood, Aascha A. Brown, Donghua Hu, Dino Premilovac, Stephen M. Richards, Stephen Rattigan

Health & Human Performance Faculty Publications

Skeletal muscle is an important site for insulin to regulate blood glucose levels. It is estimated that skeletal muscle is responsible for ~80% of insulin-mediated glucose disposal in the post-prandial period. The classical action of insulin to increase muscle glucose uptake involves insulin binding to insulin receptors on myocytes to stimulate glucose transporter 4 (GLUT 4) translocation to the cell surface membrane, enhancing glucose uptake. However, an additional role of insulin that is often under-appreciated is its action to increase muscle perfusion thereby improving insulin and glucose delivery to myocytes. Either of these responses (myocyte and/or vascular) may be impaired …

Future Of The Land Grant Universities: Challenges And Opportunities, Ian Maw

Professional Agricultural Workers Journal

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Grazing With Goats Changed The Woodland Plant-Species Composition During Summer, Rishi Khatri, Uma Karki, Jerry Bettis, Yubaraj Karki

Professional Agricultural Workers Journal

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Woodland grazing is a common practice in the Southeast; however, information is limited on its effects on the woodland plant-species composition. The study objective was to determine the effect of summer grazing on woodland plant-species composition. Before- and after-grazing observations were taken at the ground, mid, and high levels in three plots (1-acre each) along the pre-established transects. Kiko wethers (29, 6-8 months old, 26.8±0.67 kg body weight) were allowed to graze the plots after before-grazing observations were taken. After-grazing observations were taken immediately after the goats were moved out from the plots. Grazing showed a significant effect on …

Impact Of Climate Change On Corn Yields In Alabama, Pauline Welikhe, Joseph Essamuah-Quansah, Kenneth Boote, Senthold Asseng, Gamal El Afandi, Souleymane Fall, Desmond Mortley, Ramble Ankumah

Professional Agricultural Workers Journal

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The study used calibrated Crop Environment Resource Synthesis (CERES) maize (corn) model to simulate maize (corn) physiological growth processes and yields under 2045 and 2075 projected climate change scenarios for six representative counties in Alabama. The future climatologies for two emission scenarios Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 (medium) and RCP 8.5 (high) were developed based on the IPSL-CM5A-MR high resolution climate model. Average yield decreases of 19.5% and 37.3% were, respectively, projected under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 for 2045, and average yield decreases of 32.5% and 77.8% were, respectively, projected under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 for 2075. …

Pyk2 Activates The Nlrp3 Inflammasome By Directly Phosphorylating Asc And Contributes To Inflammasome-Dependent Peritonitis, I-Che Chung, Chun-Nan Ouyang, Sheng-Ning Yuan, Hsin-Pai P. Li, Jeng-Ting Chen, Hui-Ru Shieh, Yu-Jen Chen, David M. Ojcius, Ching-Liang Chu, Jau-Song Yu, Yu-Sun Chang, Lih-Chyang Chen

All Dugoni School of Dentistry Faculty Articles

The inflammasome adaptor protein, ASC, contributes to both innate immune responses and inflammatory diseases via self-oligomerization, which leads to the activation of the protease, caspase-1. Here, we report that the cytosolic tyrosine kinases, FAK and Pyk2, are differentially involved in NLRP3 and AIM2 inflammasome activation. The inhibition of FAK and Pyk2 with RNA interference or chemical inhibitors dramatically abolished ASC oligomerization, caspase-1 activation, and IL-1β secretion in response to NLRP3 or AIM2 stimulation. Pyk2 is phosphorylated by the kinase Syk and relocalizes to the ASC specks upon NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Pyk2, but not FAK, could directly phosphorylate ASC at Tyr146, …

Sustainable Livelihood And Sustainable Development: The Experience Of Collective Farming By Kudumbashree In Keralam, India, Rajeev Kumaramkandath, Bindu P. Verghese

Indonesian Journal of International Law

One of the most alarming impacts of development experienced by Third world economies in the contemporary era of globalization is the fast depletion of agricultural land. This is especially so in countries in the Third world where the rapidly increasing population and unplanned growth of economies have decreased the size of croplands to highly threatened levels. There has also been a significant shift in the meaning of land in several of these locations to being an object that can be sold and bought like any other commodity. Looking at it from a wider perspective one can vividly see that all …

The Rider (2016-10-31), Jesus Sanchez

The Rider Archives

Vol.2 No.10

Contribution Of Epithelial Hypoxia Signaling To Pulmonary Fibrosis: Role Of Fak1 And Galectin-1 As Driver Molecules, Jaymin J. Kathiriya

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a deadly disease of unknown origin, which causes 80,000 deaths every year in the US and Europe combined. Unknown etiology and late diagnosis, combined with limited treatment options, contribute to a dismal survival rate of 3-5 years post diagnosis. Although molecular mechanisms underlying IPF pathogenesis and progression have been studied for over two decades, lack of in vivo models that recapitulate chronic, progressive, and irreversible nature of IPF have contributed to limited therapeutic success in clinical trials. Currently, only two drugs, Pirfenidone and Nintedanib, are approved for IPF treatment in the US, with their efficacy …

Analysis Of Managerial Decision-Making Within Florida’S Total Maximum Daily Load Program, Justin Barthle

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Water quality has evolved legislatively from protection of navigation routes and quantity of sources to more emphasis on impairments on water quality for surface and groundwater sources. Nonpoint or diffuse sources of impairments represents a major challenge for management due to the complexity of its sources and difficulty in tracking.

The most cited sections on public policy analysis focuses on the overall process agencies employ to understand the results the program yields. Often overlooked are finer details and mechanisms, such as decision-making and priority setting, which have a great impact on the overall process. To investigate these factors, we need …

Adaptive Styles And Coping Strategies Of Youth Diagnosed With Cancer: Relationship To Well-Being, Psychosocial And Educational Adjustment, And Parents’ Adaptive Styles, Renee Corbett

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Although almost 16,000 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer each year, the incident rates have remained stable over recent years, and mortality has decreased consistently since 1975 (American Cancer Society, 2016). With increased survivorship, research and practice in pediatric oncology has focused more on the psychosocial well-being of patients during and after treatment. With research repeatedly indicating that patients and families appear to exhibit great resilience and adjustment, and low incidences of psychosocial difficulties (e.g., Kazak, 1994, Eiser et al. 2000), some researchers have examined adaptive style as a possible construct that may help explain the predominantly positive outcomes …

Impact Of Redenomination On Price, Volume, And Value Of Transaction: An Experimental Economic Approach, Danti Astrini, Bambang Juanda, Noer Azam Achsani

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

Redenomination is a simplification of nominal value of currency by reducing digit (zero number) without reducing the real value of the currency. This paper provide an overview of the impact of redenomination to changes in transaction prices, transaction value and number of transactions using experimental methods. The results showed that the most substantial price reduction on the elastic goods can occur in conditions of low economic growth and high inflation. Price reductions also occur in conditions of high economic growth and low inflation. Based on results, there is no change between before and after redenomination on the number of transactions. …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - October 30, 2016, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the October 30, 2016 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

• Dr. Strada Honored with Retirement Reception
• USA Resident Presents Multiple Research Posters at ACG Meeting
• Dr. Allen Perkins Awarded HRSA Grant
• Dr. Herbert Chen to Present Frazer/Leigh Memorial Lecture

Haploinsufficiency Of The Myc Regulator Mtbp Extends Survival And Delays Tumor Development In Aging Mice., Brian C. Grieb, Kelli Boyd, Ramkrishna Mitra, Christine M. Eischen

Department of Cancer Biology Faculty Papers

Alterations of specific genes can modulate aging. Myc, a transcription factor that regulates the expression of many genes involved in critical cellular functions was shown to have a role in controlling longevity. Decreased expression of Myc inhibited many of the deleterious effects of aging and increased lifespan in mice. Without altering Myc expression, reduced levels of Mtbp, a recently identified regulator of Myc, limit Myc transcriptional activity and proliferation, while increased levels promote Myc-mediated effects. To determine the contribution of Mtbp to the effects of Myc on aging, we studied a large cohort of Mtbp heterozygous mice and littermate matched …

Ontology-Driven Search And Triage: Design Of A Web-Based Visual Interface For Medline, Jonathan Demelo, Paul Parsons, Kamran Sedig

Computer Graphics Technology Faculty Publications

Background: Diverse users need to search health and medical literature to satisfy open-ended goals such as making evidence-based decisions and updating their knowledge. However, doing so is challenging due to at least two major difficulties: (1) articulating information needs using accurate vocabulary and (2) dealing with large document sets returned from searches. Common search interfaces such as PubMed do not provide adequate support for exploratory search tasks.

Objective: Our objective was to improve support for exploratory search tasks by combining two strategies in the design of an interactive visual interface by (1) using a formal ontology to help users build …

Pengaruh Pembelajaran Inkuiri Dengan Asesmen Portofolio Terhadap Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Dan Hasil Belajar Kognitif Mahasiswa, Umi Hasanah, Herawati Susilo, Hadi Suwono

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This research was to determine the effect of differences inquiry with portfolio assessment learning and inquiry learning to critical thinking skills and cognitive students. This research with quasy research experiment design approach with the design of pre-test-post-test non-equivalent control group design. Data were analyzed using parametric statistics to test the hypothesis that analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) using SPSS 22 for windows with a significance level of 0.05. The study was conducted at the State University of Malang Department of Biology, Ecology Course. The research sample consisted of three classes, namely two experimental class and first class control. The results showed …

Pengembangan Buku Ajar Matakuliah Bioteknologi Di Universitas Jember, Martin Artiyono Pratama, Mohamad Amin, Endang Suarsini

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Gene isolation from sulfide-oxidizing indigenous bacteria in the river Kali Mati, subdistrict Muncar, is very potential for using as a textbook development on the subjects Biotechnology. The results of the interview explain that there is not teaching material like textbook on subjects Biotechnology yet, especially in sub-theme the application of biotechnology on the environment (bioremediation). Research and development objectives is to produce a research product in the form of a textbook that can be applied to the sub-theme the application of biotechnology on the environment (bioremediation) in subjects Biotechnology. This study is developing a textbook for subjects Biotechnology in Study …

Implementasi Kurikulum 2013 Di Smp Negeri 1 Kupang Tengah Kabupaten Kupang Tahun Ajaran 2013/2014, Frengky Neolaka, Melkias Manggoa, Seprianus A. Nenotek

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This study is a qualitative descriptive study aims at describing the implementation of 2013 Curriculum in SMP Negeri 1 Kupang Tengah Kupang Regency. The samples of this study were seven teachers and principals in SMP Negeri 1 Kupang Tengah. The data collection was done by conducting observation and interviews. The obtained data from observations and interviews were analyzed descriptively. The research results showed that the readiness of school and teachers in implementing the 2013 Curriculum remains downplayed. The willingness of the aspects of infrastructure is available, however, the teachers are still experiencing difficulties in making the learning and classroom management …

Kemampuan Metakognisi Mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Biologi Fkip Universitas Mataram, Sakila Pujiank, Jamaluddin Jamaluddin, Gito Hadiprayitno

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The research aims are (1) to analyse the metacognition abilities of biology student for each components of metacognition, (2) analyse the metacognition abilities for each class and (3) analyse the metacognition abilities generally. The subject is 204 students. Data were collected by metacognitive awareness inventory and analyse with descriptive qualitative. The results show that student metacognition abilities included into already developed category (72,93%). The metacognition ability for each class is 2013 (75,38%), 2011 (72,93%), 2012 (72,03%) and 2010 (70,38%). Metacognition abilities for each component included already developed category (67,51%—77,55%) except the debugging strategies included into developed very good category (88,92%).

Peningkatan Motivasi Dan Hasil Belajar Siswa Melalui Model Pembelajaran Inkuiri Pada Siswa Sma, Erlin Fatima Helek, Vinsensius Oetpah, Yohanes Seran

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The purpose of this study is to improve motivation and learning outcomes biology in grade X SMAN 1 TASBAR through inquiry learning model. This research is a classroom action research, data collection technique through observation and tests. Subjects were students of the second semester class XB SMAN 1 TASBAR year 2011/2012 amounted to 35 students. The results obtained in this study showed an increased motivation and learning outcomes of students, the percentage of first cycle activity by 75% and the second cycle by 85%. While the percentage of mastery learning outcomes in the first cycle of 62.32% and a second …

Peningkatan Aktivitas Dan Hasil Belajar Kognitif Siswa Melalui Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Think Talk Write (Ttw) Di Smuk, Lusia Naimnule, Vinsensius Oetpah, Vinsensia Ulia Rita Sila

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The study aims to improve activities and cognitive learning results trought the Think Talk Write. The study was in class X SMAK Warta Bhakti Kefamenanu with responden 35 people. Data collecting data through observation and tests students' cognitive learning outcomes. Data analysis using quantitative descriptive. Results of research on learning activities in the first cycle an average of 60%, and the second cycle reaches an average of 90%. Cognitive learning results in the first cycle an average of 72.53% and the second cycle average reached 94.59%. Based on these data concluded that an increase in activity and cognitive learning outcomes …

Analisis Permasalahan Guru Terkait Perangkat Pembelajaran Berbasis Model Inquiry Dan Permasalahan Siswa Terkait Kemampuan Pemecahan Masalah Dalam Pembelajaran Biologi Di Sma, Nuraini Nuraini, Makrina Tindangen, Elsje Theodora Maasawet

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The aim of this study is to obtain (1) description of the understanding level of high school teachers related biology learning tools through the Inquiry based learning model, (2) the solutions formulation to solve the problems of teachers solutions related to the development of Biology learning tools in high school, (3) description of the level of problem-solving skills of students related to learning biology-based Inquiry models, (4) the solutions formulation to solve the students problem solving skills related to Inquiry based biology learning model. The observation results of teachers and students problems were analyzed by descriptive qualitative showed that (1) …

Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Tsts (Two Stay Two Stray) Dipadu Picture & Picture Untuk Meningkatkan Keaktifan Dan Hasil Belajar Materi Jaringan Hewan Pada Siswa Kelas Xi Sma, Qorry Aulya Rohmana, Nur Widodo, Listijo Kapti

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This research aims to enhance the activity and cognitive achievement of students through learning models Two Stay Two Stray (TSTS) combined with Picture and Picture. Subjects were students of class XI IPA SMAN 4 Malang. This research is a classroom action research. Collecting data using observation, testing and documentation sheets. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. Results of the study are (1) there is increased activity of students through TSTS combined with Picture and Picture with an average score of the first cycle to the second cycle by 1.18%. (2) there is improving student learning outcomes through combined TSTS Picture …

Pengaruh Penggunaan Modul Inkuiri Dipadu Pjbl Berbahan Ajar Potensi Lokal Terhadap Keterampilan Proses Sains Siswa Sma, Akhiruddin Akhiruddin, Herawati Susilo, Ibrohim Ibrohim

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

The module based on inquiry-learning and project-based learning, is a teaching material implemented in the laboratory where students conduct experiments or investigations to uncover concepts and utilize their local potentials through project-based learning activities. This study aimed to investigate the effects of using the module on the students’ scientific process skills. This study employed one group pretest-posttest design. The results showed that the means of the students’ scientific skills resulted in 38.97% respectively. This suggested that there was a significant effect of using the module on the dependent variables.