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Samuel Taylor Coleridge And The Question Of Opium, Bobby Mehl

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As Cupid's Arrows Fall: Sexual Growth, Abuse, And Coping In Phillips' From The Devotions And Carson's Autobiography Of Red, Derek Mong

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Joyce's "O": A Different "Brand" Of Heroism And The "Fulfillment" Of An Odyssey, Patrick J. Murphy

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Volume 53 - Issue 1 - Monday September 4, 2017, Rose Thorn Staff

The Rose Thorn Archive

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman's independent student newspaper.

Urbanization Alters Communities Of Flying Arthropods In Parks And Gardens Of A Medium-Sized City, Edward Lagucki, Justin D. Burdine, Kevin E. Mccluney

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Urbanization transforms undeveloped landscapes into built environments, causing changes in communities and ecological processes. Flying arthropods play important roles in these processes as pollinators, decomposers, and predators, and can be important in structuring food webs. The goal of this study was to identify associations between urbanization and the composition of communities of flying (and floating) arthropods within gardens and parks in a medium-sized mesic city. We predicted that flying arthropod abundance and diversity would respond strongly to percent impervious surface and distance to city center, measurements of urbanization. Flying arthropods were sampled from 30 gardens and parks along an urbanization …

Rotunda - Vol 96, No. 2 - Sep., 4, 2017, Longwood University

Rotunda

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Emerging Therapies For Stage Iii Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy And Immunotherapy, Sameera S. Kumar, Kristin A. Higgins, Ronald C. Mcgarry

Radiation Medicine Faculty Publications

The current standard of care for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) includes radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery in certain individualized cases. In unresectable NSCLC, chemoradiation has been the standard of care for the past three decades. Local and distant failure remains high in this group of patients, so dose escalation has been studied in both single institution and national clinical trials. Though initial studies showed a benefit to dose escalation, phase III studies examining dose escalation using standard fractionation or hyperfractionation have failed to show a benefit. Over the last 17 years, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has shown …

12 Honored For Excellence In Teaching, Haley Herfurth

Browse All News

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Intrathecal Administration Of Ayx2 Dna Decoy Produces A Long-Term Pain Treatment In Rat Models Of Chronic Pain By Inhibiting The Klf6, Klf9, And Klf15 Transcription Factors, Julien Mamet, Michael Klukinov, Scott Harris, Donald C. Manning, Simon Xie, Conrado Pascual, Bradley K. Taylor, Renee R. Donahue, David C. Yeomans

Physiology Faculty Publications

Background: Nociception is maintained by genome-wide regulation of transcription in the dorsal root ganglia—spinal cord network. Hence, transcription factors constitute a promising class of targets for breakthrough pharmacological interventions to treat chronic pain. DNA decoys are oligonucleotides and specific inhibitors of transcription factor activities. A methodological series of in vivo–in vitro screening cycles was performed with decoy/transcription factor couples to identify targets capable of producing a robust and long-lasting inhibition of established chronic pain. Decoys were injected intrathecally and their efficacy was tested in the spared nerve injury and chronic constriction injury models of chronic pain in rats using repetitive …

Like Day And Night: On Becoming A Teacher In Two Distinct Professional Cultures In Rural Saskatchewan, Dianne M. Miller, Laurie-Ann M. Hellsten

The Rural Educator

Framed within ecological and institutional ethnography perspectives, and situated within a larger study of beginning teachers in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, this paper focuses on the dramatically different experiences of one beginning teacher who happened to secure half-time contracts in two rural schools within commuting distance of one another. His account of these experiences and how he makes sense of them orient researchers to the broad social, economic, and material conditions that organize the mutually dependent work of parents and teachers. This analysis contributes to beginning teacher research by affirming the value of personal stories of learning to teach, …

Theories And Models Of Teams And Groups, Roni Reiter-Palmon, Tanmay Sinha, Josette Gevers, Jean-Marc Odobez, Gualtiero Volpe

Psychology Faculty Publications

This article describes some of the theoretical approaches used by social scientists as well as those used by computer scientists to study the team and group phenomena. The purpose of this article is to identify ways in which these different fields can share and develop theoretical models and theoretical approaches, in an effort to gain a better understanding and further develop team and group research.

Mmu: 09/04/17–09/10/17, Student Bar Association

Monday Morning Update

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Plant Mechanosensitive Ion Channels: An Ocean Of Possibilities, Debarati Basu, Elizabeth S. Haswell

Biology Faculty Research

Mechanosensitive ion channels, transmembrane proteins that directly couple mechanical stimuli to ion flux, serve to sense and respond to changes in membrane tension in all branches of life. In plants, mechanosensitive channels have been implicated in the perception of important mechanical stimuli such as osmotic pressure, touch, gravity, and pathogenic invasion. Indeed, three established families of plant mechanosensitive ion channels play roles in cell and organelle osmoregulation and root mechanosensing - and it is likely that many other channels and functions await discovery. Inspired by recent discoveries in bacterial and animal systems, we are beginning to establish the conserved and …

Journeying Beyond: Digital Storytelling With Rural Youth, Bea Staley

The Rural Educator

This paper describes a digital storytelling project, completed with two classes of “non-college bound” Seniors at Shady Grove High School in the Midwestern United States. Using narrative inquiry as a methodological framework, student’s stories were examined and considered as meaningful contributions to current knowledge about issues in rural education. Three broad themes revealed themselves in the student’s work: 1. High school is viewed solely as a pipeline to college, 2. High school is not seen as “useful” or meaningful for students with career aspirations that do not require a four-year college degree, and 3. High school is mediated through the …

India: Collapsible Solar Dryer (Dehydrator), Eric Mcgill

ETHOS Technical Reports

The problem of food spoilage is not new; it is one of the oldest problems in mankind’s history. As old as the problem itself, are ways of addressing the problem. Removing moisture from food is a way to preserve the food for long periods of time, whether it be grapes with raisins, or meat with jerky. A study performed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology predicts that 30% of the food grown in India spoils before it is eaten. [3] The article goes on to advocate the use of solar food dryer as a way to prevent spoilage and to …

Theresienstadt - The "Show Camp," A Burkean Analysis, Suzanne Homsley Homsley

Theses and Dissertations

For this thesis, a rhetorical analysis of Theresienstadt, the Jewish hybrid camp and ghetto, was completed by using Kenneth Burke’s pentad. Terministic screens were identified and Burke’s definition of man was examined in relation to the inmates and others involved in key events of Theresienstadt. This analysis was done to determine if Theresienstadt was a tool of propaganda the Nazis used to convince the world mass exterminations of Jews were not being done. An interdisciplinary approach was taken, by using the works of Kenneth Burke to complete a rhetorical analysis combined with the use of historical primary and secondary sources. …

A Study Of Histological Changes In The Diaphragm Of Male Albino Mice Administered With Aqueous Extract Of Chamomileflowers Chamomillarecutita, Sura Fouad A. Alsaffar, Kawkab Saleem N. Alqaisy

Baghdad Science Journal

The chamomile is one of the most important medicinal plants recommended for treatment of asthma and some respiratory system diseases. This research was designed to research the effects of aqueous extract of chamomillarecutita on histological structure of Diaphragm of albino mice. The study included 40 male albino mice Musmusculus, their age ranged from (5-7) weeks.The mices were divided randomly to 5 groups and oral administered with 1 ml every day for 10 days:- First Group G1: consider as control group and treated with normal saline,Second Group G2: was treated with aqueous extract of chamomile with concentration of 3 gm /100 …

Preparation And Characterization Of Cu (Ii), Mn(Ii) And Zn(Ii)Complexes With New Sulfamethoxazole Compounds, Zahraa A. Jaber

Baghdad Science Journal

Acetophenone sulfamethoxazole and 3-Nitrobenzophenone sulfamethoxazole were prepared from the reaction of sulfamethoxazole with two ketones. The prepared ligands were identified by (C.H.N) analysis and UV-VIS, FT-IR spectroscopic techniques. Metal complexes of the two ligands were prepared in an aqueous alcohol with Zn (II), Mn (II) and Cu (II) ions with a molar ratio1:1. The proposed general formula for the resulting complexes was [ML.CL2.H2O]H2O .The complexes were characterized by (C.H.N) technique , spectroscopic methods ,conductivity, atomic absorption ,magnetic susceptibility measurements and melting point. According to the results obtained, the suggested geometry is to be octahedral for all the complexes.

Specific Activities Of Natural Radionuclides And Annual Effective Dose Due To The Intake Of Some Types Of Children Powdered Milk Available In Baghdad Markets, Basim Khalaf Rejah

Baghdad Science Journal

In this research the specific activity of natural radionuclides 226Ra, 232Th and 40K were determined by sodium iodide enhanced by thallium NaI(TI) detector and assessed the annual effective dose in Dielac 1 and 2 and Nactalia 1 and 2 for children of less than 1 year which are available in Baghdad markets. The specific activity of 40K has the greater value in all the types which is in the range of allowed levels globally that suggested by UNSCEAR. The mean value of annual effective doses were 2.92, 4.005 and 1.6325 mSv/y for 226Ra, 232Th and 40K respectively.

Online Composition Assignments: A Guide For Ap Language And Composition Teachers, John Robert Havel

Theses and Dissertations

This online assignment guide defines the researched best practices for online assignment creation for Advanced Placement Language and Composition teachers, an audience with a traditionally high number of college-bound students. Following the research about online assignment creation sample assignments are provided. These sample assignments provide clear examples of how to compose online assignments for a high school audience.

The Promise And Problem Of Biologics, Michael A. Sanzo

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

The Promise and Problem of Biologics

The Potential For Lifelong Learning In Dementia: A Post-Humanist Exploration, Jocey Quinn, Claudia Blandon

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Numbers of people with dementia are projected to grow to 682 million globally by 2050. However, despite this escalation, the widely-promoted positive vision of lifelong learning throughout all ages does not extend to people with dementia. Constructions of learning for those with dementia are predominantly limited to the management of symptoms. The focus on retrieval of memory does not seem to allow for the emergence of the learner as a ‘new beginner’ or as a teacher. This paper focuses on a recent study, Beyond Words to challenge dominant assumptions about dementia and learning. Using a post-humanist theoretical framework, this longitudinal …

Measurement And Purification Of Alanine Aminotransferase (Alt) Enzyme Activity In Patients With Celiac Disease, Taghreed U. Mohammed, Jinan Hussein Murtadha, Iman Hashim Abdul Razzaq

Baghdad Science Journal

Celiac disease (CD) is the most common genetically - based disease in correlation with food intolerance. The aim of this study is to measure the activity of ALT enzyme and purify enzyme from sera women with celiac disease. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activity has been assayed in (30) women serum samples with celiac disease, age range between (20-40) year and (30) serum of healthy women as control group, age range between (22-38) year. In the present study, the mean value of ALT activity was significantly higher in patients with celiac disease than healthy group (p

Plant Biology Colloquium | The Curious Case Of Complex Algal Life Cycles, Sept. 29, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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September 2, 2017 (Pages 5133-5590), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 47 (2017)

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Comparative Studies Of Cellular Viability Levels On 2d And 3d In Vitro Culture Matrices, Alan Casey, Hugh Byrne, Mahmoud Gargotti, Ulises Lopez Gonzalez

Articles

In this study, the cellular viability and function of immortalized human cervical and dermal cells are monitored and compared in conventional 2D and two commercial 3D membranes, Collagen and Geltrex, of varying working concentration and volume. Viability was monitored with the aid of the Alamar Blue assay, cellular morphology was monitored with confocal microscopy, and cell cycle studies and cell death mechanism studies were performed with flow cytometry. The viability studies showed apparent differences between the 2D and 3D culture systems, the differences attributed in part to the physical transition from 2D to 3D environment causing alterations to effective resazurin …

The Effect Of Engineered Nanotopography Of Electrospun Microfibers On Fiber Rigidity And Macrophage Cytokine Production, Nicholas J. Schaub, Anthony R. D'Amato, Andrew Mason, David T. Corr, Erin Y. Harmon, Michelle R. Lennartz, Ryan J. Gilbert

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Currently, it is unknown how the mechanical properties of electro spun fibers, and the presentation of surface nano topography influence macrophage gene expression and protein production. By further elucidating how specific fiber properties (mechanical properties or surface properties) alter macrophage behavior, it may be possible to create electro spun fiber scaffolds capable of initiating unique cellular and tissue responses. In this study, we determined the elastic modulus and rigidity of fibers with varying topographies created by finely controlling humidity and including a non-solvent during electrospinning. In total, five fiber scaffold types were produced. Analysis of fiber physical properties demonstrated no …

Convicted Without Evidence: Elderly Women And Witchcraft Accusations In Contemporary Nigeria, Friday A. Eboiyehi

Journal of International Women's Studies

Concern about persecution of person(s) accused of witchcraft practices has long been recognized as a major issue in sub-Saharan Africa. In Nigeria, the persecution of elderly women suspected to be witches is predominantly widespread, and has been identified as one of the most important obstacle to the attainment of the December, 1993 Declaration of the UN General Assembly on elimination of violence against women on the continent. Torturing and various forms of violence against elderly women accused of witchcraft without evidence against them implies major infringements of their fundamental Human Rights as enshrined in Article 5 of the Universal Declaration …

Contextualising African Women’S Empowerment In Agriculture: Challenges From Climate Change And Mineral Extraction Perspectives, Lere Amusan, Oluwole Olutola

Journal of International Women's Studies

Most cultures in Africa view women’s role as subordinate to that of men. The patriarchal nature of human and social systems that are more or less an enduring feature of a typical African society, dictates that women are inferior and less powerful when compared to their male counterpart. Hence, their role should naturally be of a domestic calling. In addition to being relegated to the background of domestic affairs, most women function as food producers, at least, at the subsistence level. These dual roles are mostly unpaid, under-valued and, therefore, hardly accounted for in monetary terms. Rather than being beneficiaries …

Ecowas And Free Movement Of Persons: African Women As Cross-Border Victims, Ayodeji Anthony Aduloju

Journal of International Women's Studies

Existing literature has investigated the challenges of interstate border dispute, border conflict and their security and developmental implications for the West African sub-region. ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol of Persons was instituted to enhance economic development of West Africa’s citizens. However, studies have shown that the protocol has relatively aided trans-border trafficking in persons, drugs, Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). However, vulnerability of trans-border women traders in the sub-region have received little attention. This study utilized both primary and secondary sources of data gathering in order to interrogate the provisions of ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of Persons vis-à-vis its …