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A Characterization And Spatial Analysis Of Stakeholder Socioeconomics, Resource Use, And Perceptions Of Water Quality In Biscayne Bay, Florida, Samantha C. Dowdell

Open Access Theses

This project serves as a component of the NOAA Habitat Blueprint Biscayne Bay Habitat Focus Area (BB HFA), a multidisciplinary collaborative effort encompassing research conducted by NOAA Florida Sea Grant, Miami Waterkeeper, and the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, amongst many other institutions and organizations. Water quality in Biscayne Bay is of major concern to tourism, recreation, fisheries, and other regional economic activities. In recent years, environmental indicators such as harmful algal blooms have brought to light the threat human activity poses to Biscayne Bay resources. To ensure the conservation of Biscayne Bay species and …

Mitoneet (Cisd1) Knockout Mice Show Signs Of Striatal Mitochondrial Dysfunction And A Parkinson's Disease Phenotype, Werner J. Geldenhuys, Stanley A. Benkovic, Li Lin, Heather M. Yonutas, Samuel D. Crish, Patrick G. Sullivan, Altaf S. Darvesh, Candice M. Brown, Jason R. Richardson

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Mitochondrial dysfunction is thought to play a significant role in neurodegeneration observed in Parkinson’s disease (PD), yet the mechanisms underlying this pathology remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that loss of mitoNEET (CISD1), an iron–sulfur containing protein that regulates mitochondrial bioenergetics, results in mitochondrial dysfunction and loss of striatal dopamine and tyrosine hydroxylase. Mitochondria isolated from mice lacking mitoNEET were dysfunctional as revealed by elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reduced capacity to produce ATP. Gait analysis revealed a shortened stride length and decreased rotarod performance in knockout mice, consistent with the loss of striatal dopamine. Together, these data suggest that …

Trade In Environmental Goods: Empirical Exploration Of Direct And Indirect Effects On Pollution By Country’S Trade Status, Natalia Zugravu-Soilita

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Based on panel data covering 114 countries in the world, this study investigates the direct, indirect and total effects of trade flows in environmental goods (EG) on total CO2 and SO2 emissions. Our system-GMM estimations reveal positive direct scale – [between-industry] composition effects prevailing on the negative direct technique – [within-industry] composition effects (if any), as well as compensating the significant indirect technique effects channelled by the stringency of environmental regulations and per capita income. If the net importers of EGs (namely from the APEC54 and WTO26 lists) are recurrently found to face increased pollution (in particular CO2 emissions) due …

December 20, 2017: America In Retreat, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “America in Retreat“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Agenda For The Fifth Meeting Of The Forum On Soil Dynamics, Shamsher Prakash

Forum for Promotion of Soil Dynamics in India

No abstract provided.

Fall Commencement [Program], December 16, 2017, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.

Resisting Marriage: Defying Expectations In Three Lesbian Novels, Jennifer Jordan

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

The New Tax Law’S Impact On Higher Ed, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

“The power to tax is the power to destroy,” said the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, John Marshall. When one looks at the new tax code produced by the U.S. Congress, we can see how this quote rings a bell of authenticity when it comes to higher education.

Since the latest changes in the U.S. tax code were first proposed, it was clear that higher education was going to be one of the targets of Republicans in Congress. The overall objectives of these changes were to get the money needed to pay for huge tax cuts to benefit …

Usa V. Enrique Saldana

2017 Decisions

USDC for the District Court of the Virgin Islands

Minutes And Information From The Dec. 15 Presidential Policy Advisory Group Meeting (December 20, 2017), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

No abstract provided.

2050 China: World's Sci-Tech Innovation Superpower, Hu Angang, Ren Hao

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the grand blueprint and strategic layout in the 19th National Congress of Communist Party of China (CPC) that by the middle of 21st century we will develop China into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful, hence commencing a new era of building a world superpower. Sci-tech and innovation strength is an essential part of that. Consequently, the accomplishment of the strategic objects of building muscle in science, technology, and innovation and the choice of development path are no doubt among the top priorities to China's …

Analysis On Methodology Development Of World-Leading Think Tanks, Zhang Zhiqiang, Su Na

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The methodologies, which are both the helpful methods and tools for the research on strategic and policy issues and also the important output of think tanks, have been evolving ever since the emerging period of modern think tanks. The innovation and application of methodologies by world-leading think tanks can be classified into four categories. They are the original innovation of single theory/method, indicators or index-based method, modeling and simulation, and specialized method innovation and application. Taken the world-leading think tanks such as RAND, NISTEP, Joint Research Centre of EU for case studies, methods innovation and application are explored in details …

Tri-Element Integrated Technology Of High Resolution Ms, Internet, And Digital Science Constitutes Technical Platform For Pesticide Residues, Pang Guofang, Chen Yi, Fan Chunlin, Bai Ruobin, Sun Yuehong, Chang Qiaoying

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

A technical plaform for pesticide residues detection has been developed on the basis of tri-element integrated technology of highresolution MS-internet-digital science (simply referred as "tri-element integrated technology") inlcuding network leagued laboratories, detection result databases, and 4 sub-bases of fundamental data, data collection system as well as data intelligently analyzing system. The network leagued laboratoies located at various places across the country submit the raw test results of pesticide residues from their client side to the collection system per a unified template; the collection system shall obtain the data, supplement the information, consolidate the derivatives and analyze the toxicity before archiving …

Linguistic Landscape And Language Ideology: A Multimodal Analysis Of Government Websites In Morocco., Yassine Rfissa

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Theses and Other Student Research

Moroccan society has long been a multicultural society. It is characterized by linguistic complexity due to the variety of languages spoken in the region and the power relationship among languages used in politics, education, science, government...etc. The constitution names both Arabic and Tamazight languages as the co-official languages of the country, whereas French is still seen as a dominant language in the public sectors such as higher education, banking, commerce, science, industry, policy, and government affairs. In this paper, I examine the multifaceted use of language and the language choice in the virtual public sphere in Morocco and how this …

Humanity Shines Brightest When We Care About One Another, Barbara Thompson

UCF Forum

I often reflect on the wisdom of the well-known quote by poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou:

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Staff Recruitment, Retention, And Reward, Shannon D. Jones

MUSC Faculty Bookshelf

This chapter draws on the author’s leadership experience to explore practical strategies for recruiting, retaining, and rewarding library staff in an increasingly competitive environment. It emphasizes aligning staffing decisions with organizational goals, identifying skill gaps, and implementing intentional recruitment practices. The chapter also highlights the importance of self-awareness, particularly in addressing unconscious bias. Retention strategies focus on creating supportive, growth-oriented workplaces that prioritize mentorship, professional development, and work-life balance. Finally, it underscores the importance of recognition and gratitude in fostering a positive organizational culture where staff feel valued and motivated to contribute to the library’s success.

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 1, Winter 2018, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

Syllabus: Introduction to Neuroscience
with Alo Basu, associate professor of psychology
By Meredith Fidrocki

The 2017 Sanctae Crucis Awards
In September 2017, five alumni were awarded the highest non-degree accolade the College bestows on its graduates.

Ten Years in Montserrat
The first-year program extends the Holy Cross invitation to challenge on day one
By Christopher Amenta ’06

Finding Their Role in the World: How Holy Cross Alumni Approach Careers in Medicine
Four alumni examine the lasting influence of a Jesuit, liberal arts background on their path after graduation, through medical school and beyond.
By Dave Greenslit

How Do Holy Cross …

Fossil Fuel Subsidies In America, Jackson Cutsor

Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies

Two of the most controversial topics in American politics today are climate change and the federal budget. Subsidies for energy generation fit into both categories.

Subsidies given to the energy industry artificially decrease the price of energy and electricity. Low energy prices help stimulate the market, however, the negative externalities like the social cost of carbon and political corruption are not taken into consideration.

Subsidies can come in many forms including: failure to impose external costs, tax breaks, and low interest loans. Even without imposing the social cost of carbon a removal of fossil fuel energy subsidies can have a …

Homicide And The World Religions, Allen Shamow

Dissertations

Cross-national studies seeking to explain the variation in rates of homicide have examined a multitude of factors including religion, but fewer studies have examined how religion may influence homicide through a society’s institutional structure. Social institutions include entities such as the economy, the family, the political structure, and educational system; and these institutions serve as guides for human action and behavior. Through its emphasis on values, religion may influence the interests and legitimize the functioning within societal institutions. In the present study, I examine how the major world religions of Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism may …

Validation Of The Multilayered Gender Identity Questionnaires, Philip Eiseman

Dissertations

Gender identity shapes the ways transgender adults experience themselves and relate to the world around them. Although research and theory suggest that gender identity is a multidimensional construct, most measures of gender identity have viewed gender as primarily a unitary construct tied to the gender binary. The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Multilayered Gender Identity Questionnaires (MGIQ), a set of measures of gender identity, in a sample of transgender adults. Qualitative data collected through focus groups with transgender adults (N = 7) helped refine and develop these measures. A series of analyses involving a …

Volume 55, Number 19: December 20, 2017, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Pde8 Is Expressed In Human Airway Smooth Muscle And Selectively Regulates Camp Signaling By Β 2 Ar-Ac6, Timothy B. Johnstone, Kaitlyn H. Smith, Cynthia J. Koziol-White, Fengying Li, Austin G. Kazarian, Maia L. Corpuz, Maya Shumyachter, Frederick J. Ehlert, Bianca E. Himes, Reynold A. Pannettieri Jr., Rennolds S. Ostrom

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Two cAMP signaling compartments centering around adenylyl cyclase (AC) exist in human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cells, one containing ß2AR-AC6 and another containing E prostanoid receptors (EPR)-AC2. We hypothesized that different phosphodiesterase (PDE) isozymes selectively regulate cAMP signaling in each compartment. According to RNA-seq data, 18 of 24 PDE genes were expressed in primary HASM cells derived from age- and gender-matched donors with and without asthma. PDE8A was the third most abundant of the cAMP-degrading PDE genes, after PDE4A and PDE1A. Knockdown of PDE8A using shRNA evoked 2-fold greater cAMP responses to 1 DM forskolin in the presence of IBMX. …

A Duplex Endpoint Pcr Assay For Rapid Detection And Differentiation Of Leptospira Strains, D. Benacer, S.N. Mohd Zain, J.W. Lewis, M.K.N.M. Khalid, Kwai Lin Thong

Research Publications (2016 to 2020)

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to develop a duplex endpoint PCR assay for rapid detection and differentiation of Leptospira strains. METHODS: Primers were designed to target the rrs (LG1/LG2) and ligB (LP1/LP2) genes to confirm the presence of the Leptospira genus and the pathogenic species, respectively. RESULTS: The assay showed 100% specificity against 17 Leptospira strains with a limit of detection of 23.1pg/µl of leptospiral DNA and sensitivity of 103 leptospires/ml in both spiked urine and water. CONCLUSIONS: Our duplex endpoint PCR assay is suitable for rapid early detection of Leptospira with high sensitivity and specificity.

Effect Of Hydrofracking On Aquifers, Abdullah Faruque, Joshua Goldowitz

Articles

Geologists have understood the presence of shale gas and shale oil since the early 20th century, but always considered it unattainable due to shale’s low permeability. The shale gas revolution in the United States, brought about by the combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has proven the feasibility of economically accessing this resource and significantly increasing the world’s proven reserve. As we enter the era of application of this technology worldwide, countries will have to weigh the promise of increased energy independence and hydrocarbon revenue against the potential damage to water supplies. Hydrofracking’s voracious thirst for water and potential …

Integration Of Unaccompanied Migrant Youth In The United States: A Call For Research, Jodi Berger Cardoso, Kalina Brabeck, Dennis Stinchcomb, Lauren Heidbrink, Olga Acosta Price, Oscar F. Gil-Garcia, Thomas M. Crea, Luis H. Zayas

Human Development Faculty Scholarship

Between October 2013 and July 2016, over 156,000 children travelling without their guardians were apprehended at the U.S.–Mexico border and transferred to the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). During that same period, ORR placed over 123,000 unaccompanied migrant youth – predominantly from Central America – with a parent or other adult sponsor residing in the U.S. Following placement, local communities are tasked with integrating migrant youth, many of whom experience pre- and in-transit migration traumas, family separation, limited/interrupted schooling, and unauthorised legal status, placing them at heightened risk for psychological distress, academic disengagement, maltreatment, and human trafficking. …

Weighted Inequalities For Dyadic Operators Over Spaces Of Homogeneous Type, David Edward Weirich

Mathematics & Statistics ETDs

A so-called space of homogeneous type is a set equipped with a quasi-metric and a doubling measure. We give a survey of results spanning the last few decades concerning the geometric properties of such spaces, culminating in the description of a system of dyadic cubes in this setting whose properties mirror the more familiar dyadic lattices in R^n . We then use these cubes to prove a result pertaining to weighted inequality theory over such spaces. We develop a general method for extending Bellman function type arguments from the real line to spaces of homogeneous type. Finally, we uses this …

Subject-Independent Emotion Recognition Based On Physiological Signals: A Three-Stage Decision Method, Jing Chen, Bin Hu, Yue Wang, Philip Moore, Yongqiang Dai, Lei Feng, Zhijie Ding

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications

Background: Collaboration between humans and computers has become pervasive and ubiquitous, however current computer systems are limited in that they fail to address the emotional component. An accurate understanding of human emotions is necessary for these computers to trigger proper feedback. Among multiple emotional channels, physiological signals are synchronous with emotional responses; therefore, analyzing physiological changes is a recognized way to estimate human emotions. In this paper, a three-stage decision method is proposed to recognize four emotions based on physiological signals in the multi-subject context. Emotion detection is achieved by using a stage-divided strategy in which each stage deals with …

Does Social Comparison Orientation Moderate The Organisational Justice, In-Role Performance, Citizenship And Counterproductive Behaviours Relationship?, Sahar Mohamed Badawy, Sherine Fathy El-Fekey Dr

Business Administration

This paper aims at (1) investigating the relationship between Organisational Justice and three dimensions of employees’ performance namely; In-role performance, Citizenship Work Behaviours and Counterproductive Work Behaviours within the Egyptian Context, (2) investigating the moderating effect of Social Comparison Orientation on the Organisational Justice-Performance relationship with regard to the three dimensions of performance. The theoretical foundations of the proposed relationships were discussed. Using a structured questionnaire to assess research variables, a quota sampling procedure was used to recruit a sample (N= 298) from managers working in public and private organisations in the greater Cairo Area. The three parts questionnaire was …

Jared French's State Park: A Contextual Study, Emily Sachar

Theses and Dissertations

Jared French's State Park (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1946) uses the language of magic realism in mid-20th-century America, the egg tempera technique of the Quattrocento, and the theories of Carl Jung to explore a variety of themes: homosexuality, family and power. This thesis considers State Park within the contexts of the artist's circle and liaisons with Paul Cadmus and George Tooker; his photography work with Pajama; his friendship with E.M. Forster; and homophobia at mid-century.

Rupture, Dionis Ortiz

Theses and Dissertations

I am an interdisciplinary artist working in painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video and installation. I employ these mediums to create a coming of age story as a Dominican New Yorker, exploring masculinity, vulnerability, the supernatural, family, and religion, as well as how culture plays a role in my community and in my life.