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Five A&S Faculty Among Research Teaching Awards Being Celebrated, Oct. 26, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Science Café | You Are Getting Sleeeepy, Oct. 11, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Phylogenetic Evidence From Freshwater Crayfishes That Cave Adaptation Is Not An Evolutionary Dead-End., David B Stern, Jesse Breinholt, Carlos Pedraza-Lara, Marilú López-Mejía, Christopher L Owen, Heather Bracken-Grissom, James W Fetzner, Keith A Crandall

Computational Biology Institute

Caves are perceived as isolated, extreme habitats with a uniquely specialized biota, which long ago led to the idea that caves are "evolutionary dead-ends." This implies that cave-adapted taxa may be doomed for extinction before they can diversify or transition to a more stable state. However, this hypothesis has not been explicitly tested in a phylogenetic framework with multiple independently evolved cave-dwelling groups. Here, we use the freshwater crayfish, a group with dozens of cave-dwelling species in multiple lineages, as a system to test this hypothesis. We consider historical patterns of lineage diversification and habitat transition as well as current …

Medicine + Health Magazine, Fall 2017, George Washington University, School Of Medicine And Health Sciences, Office Of Communications And Marketing

Medicine + Health Magazine

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Search, The Jackson Laboratory

Search Magazine

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Dermatology Connection- Fall 2017, University Of Mississipp Medical Center

Dermatology Connection Newsletter- Archived

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Circulating Early- And Mid-Pregnancy Micrornas And Risk Of Gestational Diabetes., Pandora L Wander, Edward J Boyko, Karin Hevner, Viraj J Parikh, Mahlet G Tadesse, Tanya K Sorensen, Michelle A Williams, Daniel A Enquobahrie

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

AIMS: Epigenetic regulators, including microRNAs (miRNAs), are implicated in type 2 diabetes, but evidence linking circulating miRNAs in pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes (GDM) is sparse. Potential modifiers, including pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity and offspring sex, are unexamined. We hypothesized that circulating levels of early-mid-pregnancy (range 7-23weeks of gestation) candidate miRNAs are related to subsequent development of GDM. We also hypothesized that miRNA-GDM associations might vary by pre-pregnancy body-mass index (ppBMI) or offspring sex.

METHODS: In a case-control analysis (36GDM cases/80 controls) from the Omega study, a prospective cohort study of pregnancy complications, we measured early-mid-pregnancy plasma levels of 10miRNAs chosen …

Catholic Identity, University Mission, And Charism Of The Founding Order, Michael Galligan-Stierle

Spiritan Horizons

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Dignity, Inequality, And Stereotypes, Luke A. Boso

Washington Law Review

In Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court held that same-sex marriage bans violate the Equal Protection Clause for two primary reasons. First, they subordinate; they send the message that lesbians and gays are inferior to heterosexuals. Second, they unequally deny lesbian and gay individuals the liberty to make fundamental decisions about identity and self. These two conjoined themes—anti-group subordination and pro-individual liberty—comprise the two pillars of “equal dignity” that anchor Obergefell’s holding. This Article proposes that these pillars also support the Court’s anti-stereotyping jurisprudence, and equal dignity is thus one important aspect of what the Equal Protection Clause …

Field, Issue 97, Fall 2017, Multiple Contributors

FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics

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Discover Newsletter 13, Una Newsletter

Student Scholarship

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Profile Of The Social Work Workforce, Edward Salsberg, Leo Quigley, Nicholas Mehfoud, Kimberly D. Acquaviva, Karen Wyche, Shari Silwa

Health Workforce Research Center Publications

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Role Of 5-Ala In Improving Extent Of Tumour Resection In Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme, Muhammad Waqas, Inamullah Khan, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim

Section of Neurosurgery

Goal of surgery for patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is gross total resection with no new neurological deficits. Surgical resection is often restricted due the difficulty in differentiating the tumour from surrounding normal brain using either naked eye, or standard intra-operative white light microscopy. GBM uptakes orally administered 5-ALA becomes fluorescent when viewed by a special light, and this property has been used to improve intra-operative tumour identification. This technique should therefore allow better extent of tumour resection. The hypothesis has been tested through several studies and even though most studies are of low quality, they strongly favour the use …

Effect Of Asymmetric Knee Height On Gait Asymmetry For Unilateral Transfemoral Amputees, Tyagi Ramakrishnan, Millicent Schlafly, Kyle B. Reed

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

Transfemoral prostheses have traditionally sought to emulate symmetry in their designs. Using a symmetric prosthesis for a physically asymmetric unilateral transfemoral amputee typically causes asymmetric gait patterns. This research study investigates the effects of prostheses with lower knee heights than the intact knee and a pilot study of the combined effects of adding distal mass with lower knee heights. To test the effects, one unilateral transfemoral amputee was tested with four different knee heights as well as with and without a distal mass. Further, six able-body subjects were tested while wearing prosthetic simulators with three different knee heights and no …

Hydrological Patterns And The Effects Of Land Use On Tss Concentrations And Yields In The Mccarthy Creek Watershed, Portland, Oregon, David Farmer

Environmental Science and Management Professional Master's Project Reports

The spread of impervious surface areas and the reduction of tree canopy via urbanization has numerous water quality impacts on Pacific Northwest watersheds. One such impact is elevated levels of Total Suspended Solids (TSS) in run-off during storm events, particularly in steep, forested watersheds undergoing urbanization. This project was developed in collaboration with the West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District and focused on the McCarthy Creek Watershed, as a case-study watershed located in Portland, OR. The study aimed to identify elevated TSS concentrations and yields during storm events on both mainstem and tributary sampling locations, establish the relationship between …

International Coverage, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief Fall 2017 Regional Coverage

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Gouldian Finch Non Breeding Counts 2017: Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project - Weaber Plain Development Area, Save The Gouldian Fund

Irrigated Agricultural Development in the North

As part of the requirement for State approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, an assessment and regular monitoring of the endangered Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae) is required during the operation of the Ord River Irrigation Area Weaber Plain Development Project in Kimberley, Western Australia. This report details the findings from surveys of non-breeding Gouldian finches.

In accordance with the EPBC Act (6AIV) and GFMP (3-4) conditions, this work specifically provides:

1) Gouldian finch counts of the non-breeding population.

The Cosm Newsletter

COSM Newsletter

• Faculty and Staff presented with COSM Awards of Excellence
• Biology Undergraduate and Graduate Student News
• Kane Lab News
• Biology Alumni: Points of Pride
• Biology Faculty and Staff News
• Other Biology Departmental News
• Chemistry Alum featured in JAAS
• Georgia Southern University Sea Turtle Program at St.Catherines Island: 2017
• Season
• Diamondback Terrapin Project
• Gopher Tortoise Program
• Experiential Learning for Teachers
• Math Faculty News
• Math Departmental News
• The Planetarium's Adventure to see the Eclipse
• Mark Edwards, Ph.D., receives $165,000 NSF grant to study ultracold gases
• Physics Faculty and Students Published
• Physics Faculty participate in summer scholarly activities
• Physics students present at the American …

Wooster Magazine: Fall 2017, Caitlin Paynich

Wooster Magazine: 2011-2020

The fall 2017 issue of the Wooster magazine examines the internship opportunities provided by APEX and Fulbright fellowships. Jesse Garrett-Larson, Jordan Griffith, Arabella Goodrich, Justin Warner, and Meonyez Goodwin engaged in internship opportunities provided by APEX. A section highlights Morgan Hughes, who had a Fulbright fellowship as an English teaching assistant in Malaysia. This issue also profiles four alumni journalists on truth-telling. The alumni journalists profiled are Rick Dayton ’89 (news anchor), Sarah Fenske ’99 (editor-in-chief), Stephanie Stapleton ’89 (senior editor), and Mike Householder ’95 (video-first journalist). In another feature, Morgan Hughes ’15, a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Malaysia, …

The Sponge Microbiome Project, Lucas Moitinho-Silva, Shaun Nielsen, Amnon Amir, Antonio Gonzalez, Gail Ackermann, Carlo Cerrano, Carmen Astudillo-Garcia, Cole Easson, Detmer Sipkema, Fang Liu, Georg Steinert, Giorgos Kotoulas, Grace Mccormack, Guofang Feng, James J. Bell, Jan Vicente, Johannes R. Bjork, Jose M. Montoya, Julie B. Olson, Julie Reveillaud, Laura Steindler, Mari-Carmen Pineda, Maria V. Marra, Micha Ilan, Michael W. Taylor, Paraskevi Polymenakou, Patrick M. Erwin, Peter J. Schupp, Rachel L. Simister, Rob Knight, Robert W. Thacker, Rodrigo Costa, Russell T. Hill, Susanna Lopez-Legentil, Thanos Dailianis, Timothy Ravasi, Ute Hentschel, Zhiyong Li, Nicole S. Webster, Torsten Thomas

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Marine sponges (phylum Porifera) are a diverse, phylogenetically deep-branching clade known for forming intimate partnerships with complex communities of microorganisms. To date, 16S rRNA gene sequencing studies have largely utilised different extraction and amplification methodologies to target the microbial communities of a limited number of sponge species, severely limiting comparative analyses of sponge microbial diversity and structure. Here, we provide an extensive and standardised dataset that will facilitate sponge microbiome comparisons across large spatial, temporal, and environmental scales. Samples from marine sponges (n = 3569 specimens), seawater (n = 370), marine sediments (n = 65) and other …

Jefferson Review - Fall 2017

Jefferson Review

INSIDE

Features

• 6 - Introducing the New Jefferson: One Name. Two Legacies. Infinite Possibilities.
• 10 - The PhiladlephiaU Story: A History of Change and Innovation
• 18 - Two Alumnae, One Vision: A New Home Base for All Graduates

• 2 - The Provost's Column
• 5 - The Families We Choose: A Message from Elizabeth Dale

On Campus

• 22 - College of Biomedical Sciences
• 22 - College of Health Professions
• 23 - College of Nursing
• 24 - College of Pharmacy
• 26 - Carol Ammon, BSN '17, MBA: A Brand-New Nurse, on a Mission
• 28 - Alia Salam, MPH '17: Helping Refugees on …

Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin - Fall 2017

Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin

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Fall 2017 Schedule Of Sustainability Events, Center For Sustainability, Georgia Southern University

Sustain Southern Event Schedules (2017-2021)

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The Relationship Between Political Affiliation And Student Achievement In The Areas Of Reading And Mathematics, With Respect To Black Students, Steven Michael Smith

Dissertations

The role of politicians is integral within the public school system. Politician influence directly the policies that impact student achievement. The impact could be based on ideologies. These ideologies could influence a significant difference in Black student achievement. In preparing for this study, the researcher was unable to find investigations of the potential influence political affiliations of state and local officials may have on student achievement, and specifically on Black student achievement. This exploratory, correlational study analyzed the potential relationship between political party affiliation and student achievement of fourth and eighth grade students in the areas of mathematics and reading, …

1H, 15N, And 13C Chemical Shift Assignments Of The Regulatory Domain Of Human Calcineurin, Dinesh K. Yadav, Sri Ramya Tata, John Hunt, Erik C. Cook, Trevor P. Creamer, Nicholas C. Fitzkee

Center for Structural Biology Faculty Publications

Calcineurin (CaN) plays an important role in T-cell activation, cardiac system development and nervous system function. Previous studies have demonstrated that the regulatory domain (RD) of CaN binds calmodulin (CaM) towards the N-terminal end. Calcium-loaded CaM activates the serine/threonine phosphatase activity of CaN by binding to the RD, although the mechanistic details of this interaction remain unclear. It is thought that CaM binding at the RD displaces the auto-inhibitory domain (AID) from the active site of CaN, activating phosphatase activity. In the absence of calcium-loaded CaM, the RD is disordered, and binding of CaM induces folding in the RD. In …

Lgbt Rights Are Human Rights: Conditioning Foreign Direct Investments On Domestic Policy Reform, Dara P. Brown

Cornell International Law Journal

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Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter Newsletter, Issue #55 Fall 2017

Gamma Sigma Delta, Nebraska Chapter: Newsletters

The Nebraska Chapter was selected as a Gold Chapter for the second consecutive year. The Gold Chapter Achievement Award is selected based on the annual chapter report. A maximum of five chapters may receive the award each year.

President’s Message, Dann Husmann

2017 Gamma Sigma Delta International Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship - Alissa Martindale

2017 John Riley Gamma Sigma Delta Service Scholarship - Andrea Gurney

In Memoriam: Albert “Dale” Flowerday, 89; Michael G. Boosalis, 99; Loyd Karl Fischer, 97

NOMINATIONS FOR GAMMA SIGMA DELTA – Due November 17, 2017

Award of Merit Nomination

Extension Award Nomination

Research Award Nomination

Teaching Award …

Nebraska Transcript (University Of Nebraska College Of Law), Volume 50, Number 2, Fall 2017

Nebraska Transcript

Dean’s Message

New Schmid Clinic Building enhances College's ability to provide students with hands-on legal education

Susan Poser's portrait joins those of fellow deans

Donors make the Marvin & Virginia Schmid Clinic Building a reality

Nebraska Law's new Children's Justice Clinic trains students to advocate for state's youth

Preeta Bansal delivers spring commencement address

Client Counseling Competition: From an excuse to hang out to win after win

Jenna Cope and Kari Schmitz are the 2017 ABA Law Student Division Client Counseling Competition National Champions.

Nebraska Law garners team, individual honors in INADR Law School Mediation Tournament

Nebraska Law team places …

Video Microscope Robotic Arm-Assisted, Neuronavigation-Guided Glioma Resection And Regional Sampling, Muhammad Waqas, Ather Enam, Fauzan A Hashmi, Fatima Mubarak, Fazal Arain

Section of Neurosurgery

High-grade gliomas possess internal pathological heterogeneity. Selective sampling of different tumor regions can help in the study of this heterogeneity. In this report, we have described the use of a novel navigation and optical system for the selective regional sampling of a high-grade glioma lesion. A 45-year-old gentleman presented to us with complaints of intermittent frontal headaches for past eight months. On examination, he had subtle pyramidal weakness in left upper and lower extremities. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a large contrast-enhancing, space-occupying lesion in the right frontal lobe causing perilesional edema and midline shift. We marked four different regions …

Internal Mammary Artery Flow In Different Racial Groups Of Pakistan, Mudassir Iqbal Dar, Asim Hassan Dar, Mansoor Ahmed, Abdul Haseeb, Muhammad Bilal

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Objective: To find out any differences in free flow of internal mammary artery among different ethnic groups.
Methods: This observational, cross-sectional study was conducted at the Civil Hospital, Karachi, from January 2013 to December 2015, and comprised patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting. The participants were divided into 5 groups, i.e. Sindhi, Muslim migrants from India, Punjabi, Pathan and Balochi patients. Free flow of internal mammary artery was measured immediately after harvesting within a syringe, and its flow was measured in 30 seconds. SPSS 18 was used for data analysis.
Results: Of the 158 patients, 44(27.8%) …