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Week Of July 18, 2016, New York Medical College

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• Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College Welcomes Inaugural Class
• All Roads Lead to... Progress
• School of Medicine Class of 2018 Embarks on their Clinical Years
• Second-year Medical Student Ebrahim Afshinnekoo: DNA-Mapping the World
• Junior Scientists from Middle School 390 Visit NYMC
• Hanif Mohammed is Named Director of Advancement Services

A Contribution To The Tardigrade Fauna Of Georgia, Usa, Juliana G. Hinton, Harry A. Meyer, Brad Peet

Georgia Journal of Science

Tardigrada (water bears) is a phylum of microscopic animals commonly found in mosses, lichens, leaf litter, and freshwater. There are no published records of marine tardigrades from Georgia. Twelve species have been reported from four counties in the state of Georgia, USA. Eighteen species of water bear were present in lichen, moss, and leaf litter samples from eight additional counties in northern and central Georgia. Ten species – Pseudechiniscus suillus, Milnesium bohleberi, Hypsibius convergens, Astatumen trinacriae, Macrobiotus anemone, Macrobiotus cf. echinogenitus, Macrobiotus cf. islandicus, Macrobiotus spectabilis, Paramacrobiotus cf. areolatus, and Paramacrobiotus …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - July 17, 2016, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the July 17, 2016 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

• USA Medicine Magazine - Mailing Now
• USA Welcomes Dr. Charles Hartin Jr.
• Mark Your Calendar: 43rd Annual Medical Student Research Day
• Dr. Simmons, USA Trauma Center awarded NIH Grant

Employment Discrimination: Have The Federal Courts Reached A Consensus On How To Interpret Title Vii Claims Alleged By Plaintiffs Who Identify As Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Or Transgender?, Larkin Nicholas

Labor & Employment Law Forum

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58th Annual Rocky Mountain Conference On Magnetic Resonance

Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance

Final program, abstracts, and information about the 58th annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Conference on Magnetic Resonance, co-endorsed by the Colorado Section of the American Chemical Society and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Held in Breckenridge, Colorado, July 17-21, 2016.

Formation Of Long-Period Stacking Fault Structures In Magnesium Alloys, Alexander Umantsev, Machiko Ode

College of Health, Science, and Technology

We developed a Ginzburg-Landau model of long-period stacking order (LPSO) lamellar structure observed in magnesium alloys. Contrary to other models, we do not treat LPSO as a homogeneous stoichiometric phase but as a chemically modulated heterogeneous structure of parallel plates of two phases with different compositions and degrees of ordering. The Turing instability that is, existence of a finitewavelength linear-instability mode was identified as the origin of formation of LPSO structure. The process of LPSO formation can be understood as a process of finding local minima and saddle points on the free energy landscape of the system. The model explained …

In Vitro Monitoring Of Time And Dose Dependent Cytotoxicity Of Aminated Nanoparticles Using Raman Spectroscopy, Esen Efeoglu, Alan Casey, Hugh Byrne

Articles

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Bic-Lsu: Big Data Research Integration With Cyberinfrastructure For Lsu, Chui Hui Chiu, Nathan Lewis, Dipak Kumar Singh, Arghya Kusum Das, Mohammad M. Jalazai, Richard Platania, Sayan Goswami, Kisung Lee, Seung Jong Park

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

In recent years, big data analysis has been widely applied to many research fields including biology, physics, transportation, and material science. Even though the demands for big data migration and big data analysis are dramatically increasing in campus IT infrastructures, there are several technical challenges that need to be addressed. First of all, frequent big data transmission between storage systems in different research groups imposes heavy burdens on a regular campus network. Second, the current campus IT infrastructure is not designed to fully utilize the hardware capacity for big data migration and analysis. Last but not the least, running big …

Beta Protein 1 Homeoprotein Induces Cell Growth And Estrogen-Independent Tumorigenesis By Binding To The Estrogen Receptor In Breast Cancer., Sidney W Fu, Saurabh P Kirolikar, Erika Ginsburg, Xiaohui Tan, Arnold Schwartz, Samuel J Simmens, Yan-Gao Man, Joseph J Pinzone

Medicine Faculty Publications

Expression of Beta Protein 1 (BP1), a homeotic transcription factor, increases during breast cancer progression and may be associated with tumor aggressiveness. In our present work, we investigate the influence of BP1 on breast tumor formation and size in vitro and in vivo. Cells overexpressing BP1 showed higher viability when grown in the absence of serum (p < 0.05), greater invasive potential (p < 0.05) and formed larger colonies (p < 0.004) compared with the controls. To determine the influence of BP1 overexpression on tumor characteristics, MCF-7 cells transfected with either empty vector (V1) or overexpressor plasmids (O2 and O4) were injected into the fat pads of athymic nude mice. Tumors grew larger in mice receiving O2 or O4 cells than in mice receiving V1 cells. Moreover, BP1 mRNA expression levels were positively correlated with tumor size in patients (p = 0.01). Interestingly, 20% of mice injected with O2 or O4 cells developed tumors in the absence of estrogen, while no mice receiving V1 cells developed tumors. Several mechanisms of estrogen independent tumor formation related to BP1 were established. These data are consistent with the fact that expression of breast cancer anti-estrogen resistance 1 (BCAR1) was increased in O2 compared to V1 cells (p < 0.01). Importantly, O2 cells exhibited increased proliferation when treated with tamoxifen, while V1 cells showed growth inhibition. Overall, BP1 overexpresssion in MCF-7 breast cancer cells leads to increased cell growth, estrogen-independent tumor formation, and increased proliferation. These findings suggest that BP1 may be an important biomarker and therapeutic target in ER positive breast cancer.

The Use Of Aerial Rgb Imagery And Lidar In Comparing Ecological Habitats And Geomorphic Features On A Natural Versus Man-Made Barrier Island, Carlton P. Anderson, Gregory A. Carter, William R. Funderburk

Faculty Publications

The Mississippi (MS) barrier island chain along the northern Gulf of Mexico coastline is subject to rapid changes in habitat, geomorphology and elevation by natural and anthropogenic disturbances. The purpose of this study was to compare habitat type coverage with respective elevation, geomorphic features and short-term change between the naturally-formed East Ship Island and the man-made Sand Island. Ground surveys, multi-year remotely-sensed data, habitat classifications and digital elevation models were used to quantify short-term habitat and geomorphic change, as well as to examine the relationships between habitat types and micro-elevation. Habitat types and species composition were the same on both …

Tricurin, A Novel Formulation Of Curcumin, Epicatechin Gallate, And Resveratrol, Inhibits The Tumorigenicity Of Human Papillomaviruspositive Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Longzhu Piao, Sumit Mukherjee, Qing Chang, Xiujie Xie, Hong Li, Mario R. Castellanos, Probal Banerjee, Hassan Iqbal, Ryan Ivancic, Xueqian Wang, Theodoros N. Teknos, Quintin Pan

Publications and Research

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the sixth most prevalent cancer worldwide with about 600,000 new cases diagnosed in the last year. The incidence of human papillomavirus-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HPV-positive HNSCC) has rapidly increased over the past 30 years prompting the suggestion that an epidemic may be on the horizon. Therefore, there is a clinical need to develop alternate therapeutic strategies to manage the growing number of HPV-positive HNSCC patients. TriCurin is a composition of three food-derived polyphenols in unique stoichiometric proportions consisting of curcumin from the spice turmeric, resveratrol from red grapes, and …

Success Guide – An Inspirational Guide To Excel As A Leader And Ceo, M. S. Rao

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

As the population grows and world problems multiply, the need to cultivate young leaders to manage a global society in an intelligent and empathetic manner is more pressing now than ever before. The author sets forth a detailed program designed to do just that.

Transformers: African American Women Leaders In The Pharmaceutical Industry, Yvette Lynne Bonaparte

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This qualitative study documents the experiences of African American women leaders in the pharmaceutical industry in the context of the transformative leadership model. Transformative leadership is a theory that recognizes that the success of individuals and organizations (including pharmaceutical companies) may be impacted by material realities and disparities that exist in a larger societal context. Consequently, transformative leaders seek to promote change (Shields, 2011). Eight African American leaders were interviewed regarding their leadership experiences in the pharmaceutical industry. The interview text was then coded based on the seven tenets of transformative leadership. The results indicated that, collectively, all participants exhibited …

British Columbia: Climate Action Leadership (Interview With British Columbia's Minister Of Environment, Mary Polack), Elizabeth Gingerich

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

No abstract provided.

Summer/Fall 2016

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

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Colby Magazine Vol. 78 No. 2: Spring 1989, Colby College

Colby Magazine

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Colby Magazine Vol. 78, No. 1: Winter 1989, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 77, No. 3: Fall 1988, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 82, No. 4: August 1993, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 82, No. 1: January 1993, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 81, No. 5: November 1992, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 81, No. 4: August 1992, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 81, No. 2: March 1992, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 81, No. 1: January 1992, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 80, No. 5: November 1991, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 80, No. 3: May 1991, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 80, No. 1: January 1991, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 79, No. 2: Spring 1990, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 79, No. 1: Winter 1990, Colby College

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Colby Magazine Vol. 78 No. 4: Fall 1989, Colby College

Colby Magazine

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