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Are You What You Have? The Role Of Motivation And Cultural Value Congruency On The Mere Ownership Effect, Pik Ying Chan

Lingnan Theses

Previous research on mere ownership effect has shown that merely possessing an object results in enhanced evaluation of that object (Beggan, 1992), when compared with unowned (Belk, 1988; Dittmar, 1992; Prelinger, 1959) or others-owned object (Nesselroade et al., 1999). Since people see their possessions as an extension of their self-identities (Belk, 1988), it is suggested that making self-enhancing judgments about possessions would satisfy owners' desires to maintain positive self-image.

Extending the traditional mere ownership effect, this thesis examined whether people perceive having endowed the positive features of the product upon acquiring its ownership prior to its actual use, using essential …

The Rider (2017-10-16), Jesus Sanchez

The Rider Archives

Vol.3 No.8

Effects Of Ponderosa Pine Forest Restoration On Habitat For Bats, Shelly A. Johnson, Carol L. Chambers

Western North American Naturalist

Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests in the southwestern United States, used by 16 species of bats, are managed with thinning and prescribed fire to restore tree densities and fire regimes to conditions that existed prior to Euro-American settlement. Using 2 approaches (roosting and foraging) to categorize forest habitat for bats, we evaluated how restoration treatments may affect habitat use. We hypothesized that more foraging activity would occur in thinned stands because more species are adapted to open forest, but that more roosts would occur in unthinned stands where snags were unaffected by mechanical treatments and prescribed fire. During …

October 16, 2017, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Retention By Program Fall 2017, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Student Outcomes

This is a Student Outcome and Retention Report produced by the SWOSU Office of Institutional Research.

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - October 15, 2017, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the October 15, 2017 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's Newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

USA Welcomes Dr. James E. McKinley

USA Office of Continuing Medical Education to Present Ethics and Opioids Conference

Crossing Paths: High School Friends Reunite in Medical Field

Human Herpesvirus 8 Infects And Replicates In Langerhans Cells And Interstitial Dermal Dendritic Cells And Impairs Their Function., Giovanna Rappocciolo, Mariel Jais, Paolo A Piazza, Diana C Delucia, Frank J Jenkins, Charles R Rinaldo

Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine Faculty Publications

The predominant types of dendritic cells (DC) in the skin and mucosa are Langerhans cells (LC) and interstitial dermal DC (iDDC). LC and iDDC process cutaneous antigens and migrate out of the skin and mucosa to the draining lymph nodes to present antigens to T and B cells. Because of the strategic location of LC and iDDC and the ability of these cells to capture and process pathogens, we hypothesized that they could be infected with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) (Kaposi's sarcoma [KS]-associated herpesvirus) and have an important role in the development of KS. We have previously shown that HHV-8 …

Organic Compounds In Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids And Wastewaters: A Review, Jenna L. Luek, Michael Gonsior

Civil & Environmental Engineering

High volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) of shale to stimulate the release of natural gas produces a large quantity of wastewater in the form of flowback fluids and produced water. These wastewaters are highly variable in their composition and contain a mixture of fracturing fluid additives, geogenic inorganic and organic substances, and transformation products. The qualitative and quantitative analyses of organic compounds identified in HVHF fluids, flowback fluids, and produced waters are reviewed here to communicate knowledge gaps that exist in the composition of HVHF wastewaters. In general, analyses of organic compounds have focused on those amenable to gas chromatography, focusing …

‘Your Mother Died To Save You’: The Influence Of Mothers In Constructing Moral Frameworks For Violence In Harry Potter, Margaret S. Mauk

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

This thought-provoking piece takes us to Harry Potter’s world and a study of mothers in that world—and how their actions permit an interpretation of some forms of offensive violence as pre-emptive or even defensive.

Detection Of Activating Estrogen Receptor Gene (Esr1) Mutations In Single Circulating Tumor Cells, Carmela Paolillo, Zhaomei Mu, Giovanna Rossi, Matthew J. Schiewer, Thomas Nguyen, Laura Austin, Ettore Capoluongo, Karen E. Knudsen, Massimo Cristofanilli, Paolo Fortina

Department of Cancer Biology Faculty Papers

Purpose: Early detection is essential for treatment plans before onset of metastatic disease. Our purpose was to demonstrate feasibility to detect and monitor estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) gene mutations at the single circulating tumor cell (CTC) level in metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Experimental Design: We used a CTC molecular characterization approach to investigate heterogeneity of 14 hotspot mutations in ESR1 and their correlation with endocrine resistance. Combining the CellSearch and DEPArray technologies allowed recovery of 71 single CTCs and 12 WBC from 3 ER-positive MBC patients. Forty CTCs and 12 WBC were subjected to whole genome amplification by MALBAC and …

Description Of A New Nearctic Species Of Tragosoma Audinet-Serville (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), With Species Validations, New Synonymies And A Lectotype Designation, Serge Laplante

Insecta Mundi

Tragosoma soror (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae), a new Nearctic species, is described and compared to its North American congeners. Tragosoma harrisii LeConte, revised status, and Tragosoma spiculum Casey, revised status are both resurrected from synonymy and considered valid species distinct from T. depsarium (Linnaeus). The Mexican T. nigripenne Bates is confirmed as a valid species. Tragosoma chiricahuae Linsley, new synonym, is placed in synonymy under T. spiculum Casey, and T. sodale Casey, new synonym, T. parvicolle Casey, new synonym, and T. repens Casey new synonym are placed in synonymy under T. harrisii. Tragosoma repens is …

A Two-Biomarker Model Predicts Mortality In The Critically Ill With Sepsis., Carmen Mikacenic, Brenda L Price, Susanna Harju-Baker, D Shane O'Mahony, Cassianne Robinson-Cohen, Frank Radella, William O Hahn, Ronit Katz, David C Christiani, Jonathan Himmelfarb, W Conrad Liles, Mark M Wurfel

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

RATIONALE: Improving the prospective identification of patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis at low risk for organ dysfunction and death is a major clinical challenge.

OBJECTIVES: To develop and validate a multibiomarker-based prediction model for 28-day mortality in critically ill patients with SIRS and sepsis.

METHODS: A derivation cohort (n = 888) and internal test cohort (n = 278) were taken from a prospective study of critically ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients meeting two of four SIRS criteria at an academic medical center for whom plasma was obtained within 24 hours. The validation cohort (n = …

Daily Rhythmicity Of Behavior Of Nine Species Of South American Feral Felids In Captivity, Sciabarrasi Bagilet Antonio, Raúl Delmar Cerutti, María Cristina Scaglione, Giuseppe Piccione, Roberto Refinetti

Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

The authors analyzed the daily activity rhythms of the domestic cat and of eight of the ten feral felid species that are indigenous to South America. All species showed daily rhythmicity of activity in captivity under a natural light-dark cycle. The robustness of the rhythmicity varied from species to species, but the grand mean of 34% was within the range of robustness previously described for mammalian species ranging in size from mice to cattle. There was not a sharp division between diurnal and nocturnal felids. Instead, what was found was a gradient of diurnality going from the predominantly nocturnal margay …

2017-2018 Common Data Set - Wright State University Dayton Campus, Office Of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Wright State University, Princeton Review

Common Data Set

The 2017-2018 Common Data Set of Wright State University Dayton Campus from the Princeton Review. It includes data on admissions, student enrollment, faculty, class size, financial aid and other measures, using standard definitions that aid comparisons between schools.

2017-2018 Common Data Set - Wright State University Lake Campus, Office Of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Wright State University, Princeton Review

Common Data Set

The 2017-2018 Common Data Set of Wright State University Dayton Campus from the Princeton Review. It includes data on admissions, student enrollment, faculty, class size, financial aid and other measures, using standard definitions that aid comparisons between schools.

2017-2018 Common Data, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2017-2018 issue of the Common Data.

Diverse Amide Analogs Of Sulindac For Cancer Treatment And Prevention, Bini Mathew, Judith V. Hobrath, Michele C. Connelly, R. Kiplin Guy, Robert C. Reynolds

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Sulindac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that has shown significant anticancer activity. Sulindac sulfide amide (1) possessing greatly reduced COX-related inhibition relative to sulindac displayed in vivoantitumor activity that was comparable to sulindac in a human colon tumorxenograft model. Inspired by these observations, a panel of diverse sulindac amide derivatives have been synthesized and their activity probed against three cancer cell lines (prostate, colon and breast). A neutral analog, compound 79 was identified with comparable potency relative to lead 1 and activity against a panel of lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines. Several new series also show good …

Efficacy And Mechanistic Insigh Endocrine Disruptor Degradation Using Atmospheric Air Plasma, Chaitanya Sarangapani, Martin Danaher, Brijesh Tiwari, Peng Lu, Paula Bourke, Patrick J. Cullen

Articles

Endocrine disruptors are a class of contaminants found in water and process effluents at low concentrations. They are of concern due to their high estrogenic potency. Their presence in the environment has led to the search for effective techniques for their removal in wastewater. For this purpose, an atmospheric air plasma reactor was employed for the study of the degradation of three endocrine disruptor chemicals (EDC) namely; bisphenol A (BPA), estrone (E1) and 17β- 27 estradiol (E2) within a model dairy effluent. Identification of the plasma induced active species both in the gas and liquid phases were performed. Also studied …

Trophic Roles Of Tadpoles In Tropical Australian Streams, Katrin Schmidt, Melanie L. Blanchette, Richard G. Pearson, Ross A. Alford, Aaron M. Davis

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Tadpoles can be abundant consumers in stream ecosystems, and may influence the structure and function of streams through their feeding activities and interactions with other organisms. To understand the contribution of tadpoles to stream functioning, and the potential impact of their loss, it is necessary to determine their diets and how they might influence food-web structure. Using gut-content analysis and stable-isotope analysis of N and C, we determined the main food sources and trophic positions of tadpoles of five native frog species, invertebrates, and fish in upland and lowland Australian Wet Tropics streams. Omnivory was prevalent among the tadpoles and …

Timing Of Pd-1 Blockade Is Critical To Effective Combination Immunotherapy With Anti-Ox40., David J Messenheimer, Shawn M. Jensen, Michael E Afentoulis, Keith W Wegman, Zipei Feng, David J Friedman, Michael J. Gough, Walter Urba, Bernard A Fox

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

Purpose: Antibodies specific for inhibitory checkpoints PD-1 and CTLA-4 have shown impressive results against solid tumors. This has fueled interest in novel immunotherapy combinations to affect patients who remain refractory to checkpoint blockade monotherapy. However, how to optimally combine checkpoint blockade with agents targeting T-cell costimulatory receptors, such as OX40, remains a critical question.Experimental Design: We utilized an anti-PD-1-refractory, orthotopically transplanted MMTV-PyMT mammary cancer model to investigate the antitumor effect of an agonist anti-OX40 antibody combined with anti-PD-1. As PD-1 naturally aids in immune contraction after T-cell activation, we treated mice with concurrent combination treatment versus sequentially administering anti-OX40 …

Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment For Sustainable Groundwater Management Using Drastic, Won Seok Jang, Bernard Engel, Jon Harbor, Larry Theller

School of Agricultural & Biological Engineering Faculty Publications

Groundwater management and protection has been facilitated by computational modeling of aquifer vulnerability and monitoring aquifers using groundwater sampling. The DRASTIC (Depth to water, Recharge, Aquifer media, Soil media, Topography, Impact of vadose zone media, and hydraulic Conductivity) model, an overlay and index GIS model, has been used for groundwater quality assessment because it relies on simple, straightforward methods. Aquifer vulnerability mapping identifies areas with high pollution potential that can be areas for priority management and monitoring. The objectives of this study are to demonstrate how aquifer vulnerability assessment can be achieved using DRASTIC with high resolution data. This includes …

Library Publishing Directory 2018, Library Publishing Coalition

Library Publishing Directory

No abstract provided.

An Experimental Investigation Into The Particulate Emissions Of A Ferry Fuelled With Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel, Saliha Saadet Kalender, Selma Ergin

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Ship-based emissions have the potential to adversely affect both the environment and human health. The particulate component of exhaust emissions is especially dangerous as it can cause cardiopulmonary disease and lung cancer as well as respiratory illnesses such as bronchitis, asthma and pneumonia depending on the size, shape and chemical activity of the particles. For this study, experiments were conducted to investigate the particulate emissions from a medium-speed diesel engine installed on a ferry. The experiments themselves were focused on the effects of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel on the formation of particulate emissions. The measurements of particulate matter and gaseous …

Endoglucanase Producing Potential Of Bacillus Species Isolated From The Gut Of Labeo Rohita, Saba Khalid, Muhammad Irfan, Hafiz Abdullah Shakir, Javed Iqbal Qazi

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

In the current research, a microorganism, Bacillus aquimaris, had been isolated from the gut of Labeo rohita and classified by 16S ribosomal DNA genome sequencing. Sugarcane bagasse (substrate) was used for producing endoglucanase in submerged fermentation using this bacterium. Various factors affecting endoglucanase production were screened by Plackett-Burman design and optimization of significant parameters were carried out by the Box-Behnken design of response surface methodology. Results revealed that among nine parameters screened, concentrations of substrate, MgSO4 and (NH4)2SO4 were found significant. Maximum yield of endoglucanase (437.3833 IU) was achieved at 2.5% sugarcane bagasse, 0.01% MgSO4 and 0.5% (NH4)2SO4 after 24 …

Intensification And Decay Of Typhoon Nuri (2014) Associated With Cold Front And Southwesterly Airflow Observed In Satellite Cloud Images, Kuan-Dih Yeh, Ji-Chyun Liu, Chee-Ming Eea, Ching-Huei Lin, Wen-Lung Lu, Ching-Tsan Chiang, Yung-Sheng Lee, Ada Hui-Chuan Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This paper presents a framework involving the use of remote sensing imagery and image processing techniques to analyze a 2014 super typhoon, Typhoon Nuri, and the cold occlusion that occurred in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The purpose of this study was to predict the tracks and profiles of Typhoon Nuri and the corresponding association with the induction of cold front occlusion. Three-dimensional typhoon profiles were implemented to investigate the in-depth distribution of the cloud top from surface cloud images. The results showed that cold fronts and southwesterly airflow accompanied by warm air masses occurred at the front ends of the …

Toward A Systemic Model For Governance And Strategic Management: Evaluating Stakeholder Theory Versus Shareholder Theory Approaches, James A. Stikeleather

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The research’s intent is improvement in governance and strategic management initially by comparing Shareholder Theory and Stakeholder Theory and making results useful for both Practitioner and Academic audiences. A conceptual model for how a society establishes and evolves the roles it legitimizes for a business to support reasoning about those roles and the process originating the expectations, responsibilities, obligations, contributions and freedom to act in the roles is proposed. Understanding this process would enable better governance and strategic management of a firm while avoiding unintended consequences when fulfilling the role and consequences for failing the role. The model becomes a …

Classification Of Beach Response To Extreme Storms, Olivier Burvingt, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell, Tim Scott

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Modern Day Teleology, Brianna Cunningham

Quaerens Deum: The Liberty Undergraduate Journal for Philosophy of Religion

This paper seeks to explain a modern day universe theory derived from Teleology, namely: Intelligent Design, under which Irreducible Complexity and Fine-Tuning fall. By virtue of being derivatives of Teleology, both of these maintain the idea that things are evolving toward a certain end for a certain purpose. Through detailed definitions and examples, it is clear that these theories support each other; the astounding specificity needed for life on earth virtually requires an Intelligent Designer. The paper then explores counter explanations for this seeming impossibility, such as the Anthropic Principle Objection, Unique Universe, and the Multiverse. Each of these theories, …

Ultrafast And Nonlinear Spectroscopy Of Brilliant Green-Based Nanogumbos With Enhanced Near-Infrared Emission, Tony E. Karam, Noureen Siraj, Zhenyu Zhang, Abdulrahman F. Ezzir, Isiah M. Warner, Louis H. Haber

Faculty Publications

© 2017 Author(s). The synthesis, characterization, ultrafast dynamics, and nonlinear spectroscopy of 30 nm nanospheres of brilliant green-bis(pentafluoroethylsulfonyl)imide ([BG][BETI]) in water are reported. These thermally stable nanoparticles are derived from a group of uniform materials based on organic salts (nanoGUMBOS) that exhibit enhanced near-infrared emission compared with the molecular dye in water. The examination of ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy results reveals that the overall excited-state relaxation lifetimes of [BG][BETI] nanoGUMBOS are longer than the brilliant green molecular dye in water due to steric hindrance of the torsional degrees of freedom of the phenyl rings around the central carbon. Furthermore, the …

Assessing Daylight & Low-Dose Rate Photodynamic Therapy Efficacy, Using Biomarkers Of Photophysical, Biochemical And Biological Damage Metrics In Situ., Ana Luiza Ribeiro De Souza, Ethan Larochelle, Kayla Marra, Jason Gunn, Scott C. Davis, Kimberley S. Samoke, M. Shane Chapman, Edward V. Maytin, Tayyaba Hasan, Brian W. Pogue

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background

Sunlight can activate photodynamic therapy (PDT), and this is a proven strategy to reduce pain caused by conventional PDT treatment, but assessment of this and other alternative low dose rate light sources, and their efficacy, has not been studied in an objective, controlled pre-clinical setting. This study used three objective assays to assess the efficacy of different PDT treatment regimens, using PpIX fluorescence as a photophysical measure, STAT3 cross-linking as a photochemical measure, and keratinocyte damage as a photobiological measure.

Methods

Nude mouse skin was used along with in vivo measures of photosensitizer fluorescence, keratinocyte nucleus damage from pathology, …