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Non-Sister Sri Lankan White-Eyes (Genus Zosterops) Are A Result Of Independent Colonizations, Sushma Reddy, Nelum Wickramasinghe, V. V. Robin, Uma Ramakrishnan, Sampath S. Seneviratne

Biology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Co-occurrence of closely related taxa on islands could be attributed to sympatric speciation or multiple colonization. Sympatric speciation is considered to be rare in small islands, however multiple colonizations are known to be common in both oceanic and continental islands. In this study we investigated the phylogenetic relatedness and means of origin of the two sympatrically co-occurring Zosterops white-eyes, the endemic Zosterops ceylonensis and its widespread regional congener Z. palpebrosus, in the island of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a continental island in the Indian continental shelf of the Northern Indian Ocean. Our multivariate morphometric analyses confirmed the …

Historical Cost And Conservatism Are Joint Adaptations That Help Identify Opportunity Cost, Sudipta Basu, Gregory B. Waymire

ESI Publications

Braun (The ecological rationality of historical costs and conservatism. Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium, this issue) argues that the traditional accounting principles underlying the revenue-expense approach such as Historical Cost and Conservatism are ecologically rational in that they help organizations survive better in uncertain economic environments. More importantly, Braun argues that the revenue-expense approach generates new private information, which informs markets and makes them more effective (Hayek, 1945, The use of knowledge in society. The American Economic Review, 35(4), 519–530), as opposed to merely reflecting back market data under the asset-liability approach (e.g. Sunder, 2011, IFRS monopoly: …

The Role Of Nutritional Aspects In Food Allergy: Prevention And Management, Alessandra Mazzocchi, Carina Venter, Kate Maslin, Carlo Agostoni

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Aluminum Matrix Syntactic Foam Fabricated With Additive Manufacturing, M. Spratt, Joseph William Newkirk, K. Chandrashekhara

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Syntactic foams are lightweight structural composites with hollow reinforcing particles embedded in a soft matrix. These materials have applications in transportation, packaging, and armor due to properties such as relatively high specific stiffness, acoustic dampening, and impact absorption. Aluminum matrices are the most widely studied of metal matrix syntactic foams, but there is little to no research in regards to processing the foams with additive manufacturing. It is theorized that the fast cooling rates and limited kinetic energy input of additive could reduce two issues commonly associated with processing syntactic foams: microsphere flotation in the melt and microsphere fracture during …

The Role Of P16 In Controlling Mammary Epithelial Cell Senescence And Brca1-Deficient Tumorigenesis, Alexandria Scott

Open Access Dissertations

A major risk factor of breast cancer is aging. Aging is caused partly by cellular senescence, a tumor suppressive mechanism that prevents the proliferation of cells at risk of transformation. p16INK4A (p16), an inhibitor of CDK4 and CDK6, plays a critical role in controlling senescence. Functional inactivation of p16 is frequently detected in human breast cancers. However, loss of p16 alone in mice does not result in mammary tumorigenesis. How p16 loss contributes to mammary cell aging and tumorigenesis in vivo is not fully understood. We reported that senescence was induced in mammary epithelial cells (MECs) during aging with increased …

The Effects Combining Cryocompression Therapy Following An Acute Bout Of Resistance Exercise On Performance And Recovery, William H. Dupont, Brek J. Meuris, Vincent H. Hardesty, Emily C. Barnhart, Landon H. Tompkins, Morricia J. P. Golden, Clayton J. Usher, Paul A. Spence, Lydia K. Caldwell, Emily M. Post, Matthew K. Beeler, William J. Kraemer

Health and Sport Sciences Faculty Scholarship

Compression and cold therapy used separately have shown to reduce negative effects of tissue damage. The combining compression and cold therapy (cryocompression) as a single recovery modality has yet to be fully examined. To examine the effects of cryocompression on recovery following a bout of heavy resistance exercise, recreationally resistance trained men (n =16) were recruited, matched, and randomly assigned to either a cryocompression group (CRC) or control group (CON). Testing was performed before and then immediately after exercise, 60 minutes, 24 hours, and 48 hours after a heavy resistance exercise workout (barbell back squats for 4 sets of 6 …

Examining The Relationship Between Mesohabitats And Freshwater Mussels In An East Texas River, Andrew R. Glen

Biology Theses

North America is home to 302 unionoid species, with approximately 53 occurring in Texas, and are considered one of the most imperiled group of organisms in North America. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the spatial distribution of mussels within a stream reach, but only certain hydraulic characteristics appear to be correlated with their distribution. Emerging evidence indicates that freshwater mussels may use flow refugia to remain embedded during high flow events. As the use of hydraulic variables to characterize mussel habitat becomes more widespread, it may be useful to implement sampling that captures these measures. One option may …

Toward A Decarceral Sexual Autonomy: Biopolitics And The Compounds Of Projected Deviance In Carceral Space, Raechel Tiffe

Journal of Prison Education and Reentry (2014-2023)

This essay examines the rhetorical and structural divides between the “inside” and “outside” carceral world as they exist within the intersections of racialized state violence and biopolitics. It is also a reflection on my embodied experience, as a volunteer and activist, inside penal and correctional facilities, not in an attempt to center my “freeworld” body as more important than the embodied experiences of incarcerated people, but rather to trouble that binary altogether and to use my experience as a perceived outsider to illuminate what I call the compounds of projected deviance. I will use my experiences working in jails …

Bridges Featured As Guest Editor In Rheumatic Disease Clinics, Jeff Hansen

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Bridges Featured As Guest Editor In Rheumatic Disease Clinics, Jeff Hansen

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Systematic Review Of The Relationship Between 20m Shuttle Run Performance And Health Indicators Among Children And Youth, Justin J. Lang, Kevin Belanger, Veronica Poitras, Ian Janssen, Grant Tomkinson, Mark S. Tremblay

Education, Health & Behavior Studies Faculty Publications

Objective

This systematic review aimed to summarize research that assessed the associations between 20 m shuttle run test (20mSRT) performance and indicators of physiological, psychosocial and cognitive health among school-aged children and youth.

Design

Systematic review.

Methods

Five online databases were used to identify peer-reviewed studies published from 1980 to 2016. Studies were included if they matched these criteria: population (children and youth with a mean age of 5–17 years and/or in Grades 1–12), intervention/exposure (performance on the 20mSRT), and outcomes (health indicators: adiposity, cardiometabolic biomarkers, cognition, mental health, psychosocial health, self-esteem and physical self-perception, quality of life and wellbeing, …

Ag-205 For The Treatment Of Breast Cancer, Rolf Joseph Craven

Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Patents

Compositions, methods, and combination therapies for the treatment of cancers, including lymphomas, leukemias, melanomas, lung cancer, and metastatic disease, are provided. Specifically, compositions comprising ligands to Pgrmc1 are disclosed for use in treating and inhibiting tumor growth and progression and inhibition of metastases. The compositions and methods using these ligands can be used alone or in combination with other reagents and cancer treatment modalities.

Cancer Diagnosis By Bioimpedance Spectroscopy And Computer-Assisted Pattern Recognition, Shahriar Shams

Mechanical Engineering Research Theses and Dissertations

The field of cancer diagnostics has always been one of the most complex and challenging areas in biomedical research, and there has been an increasing demand for more advanced clinical diagnostic equipment over the past four decades. In this thesis, a custom-made coaxial bioimpedance sensor was used, in combination with computer-aided pattern recognition tools, to identify cancer in tissue samples obtained from the formalin-fixed kidney of a 60 year-old male patient. Impedance data was collected using the coaxial sensor at 401 logarithmically-spaced frequency points ranging from 10 kHz to 100 MHz. Principle Component Analysis and Naive Bayes Classification techniques were …

Respons Tanaman Kedelai (Glycine Max) Varietas Wilis Akibat Pemberian Berbagai Dosis Pupuk N, P, K, Dan Pupuk Guano Pada Tanah Inceptisol Jatinangor, Agus Wahyudin, Fiky Yulianto Wicaksono, Aep Wawan Irwan, Ruminta, Rizka Fitriani

Jurnal Kultivasi

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat apakah pemberian Pupuk Organik Padat Guano dapat memberikan hasil yang sama dengan pemberian Pupuk N,P,K. Percobaan dilakukan di Rumah Kaca Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Padjadjaran, Jatinangor dengan ketinggian 754m dpl dan menggunakan tanah inceptisol dengan pH 6,18.Rancangan percobaan yang digunakan adalah Rancangan Acak Kelompok, terdiri dari 8 perlakuan kombinasi dosis pupuk, yang terdiri dari 100% N,P,K, 100% Pupuk Guano, 75% N,P,K + 100% Pupuk Guano, 50% N,P,K + 100% Pupuk Guano, 75% N,P,K + 75% Pupuk Guano, 50% N,P,K + 75% Pupuk Guano, 75% N,P,K + 50% Pupuk Guano serta 50% N,P,K + 50% Pupuk Guano. …

Nest-Site Selection And Neonate Survival Of Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene Carolina Carolina) In Michigan’S Northern Lower Peninsula, Joseph T. Altobelli

Masters Theses

Turtles (Order Testudines) are experiencing global declines largely due to anthropogenic influences such as habitat fragmentation, illegal collection and sales, and the threat of global climate change. Removal of individuals from the adult age-classes means there is now a greater need to understand the survival of neonate and juvenile turtle age-classes. In this study I examined a population of eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) at the northern limit of their range in Michigan’s lower peninsula. The objectives of my thesis were 1. to determine the microhabitat factors that influence nestsite selection by female box turtles and how …

Exploring "Gezi Ruhu" Activism: Seriality And The Rhetorical Study Of 21st Century Protest, Avi Luce

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Abstract Exploring "Gezi ruhu" Activism: Seriality and the Rhetorical Study of 21st Century Protest is an examination of three case studies using contemporary uptakes of seriality—a social arrangement that specifically considers passive relationships engendered by the physical environment—and rhetorical theory as combined analytic lenses. Examples of 21-century protest, specifically Gezi Protests in Istanbul, Turkey, “Free CeCe” activism in Minneapolis, Minnesota and “Faces of Pride” in Syracuse, New York point to collective arrangements as vital components to understanding activism, particularly how individuals come to and engage in collective protest rhetorically. Seriality additionally can guide methodological practices that foreground activists’ experience and …

The Oral Microbiome And Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes., Charles M. Cobb, Patricia J. Kelly, Karen B. Williams, Shilpa Babbar, Mubashir Angolkar, Richard J. Derman

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Papers

Significant evidence supports an association between periodontal pathogenic bacteria and preterm birth and preeclampsia. The virulence properties assigned to specific oral pathogenic bacteria, for example, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Filifactor alocis, Campylobacter rectus, and others, render them as potential collaborators in adverse outcomes of pregnancy. Several pathways have been suggested for this association: 1) hematogenous spread (bacteremia) of periodontal pathogens; 2) hematogenous spread of multiple mediators of inflammation that are generated by the host and/or fetal immune response to pathogenic bacteria; and 3) the possibility of oral microbial pathogen transmission, with subsequent colonization, in the vaginal microbiome resulting from sexual …

Codis Str Loci (Csf1po, Thoi, Tpox, Vwa) Genetic Variation Analysis In Madurese, Ahmad Yudianto, Agung Sosiawan, Nola Margaret

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Endogamy continues to occur among the Madurese people in rural areas of the island of Madura, especially those areas of the smallest islands around the mainland of Madura. Endogamy as seen from a genetic standpoint will increase the frequency of homozygote genotypes. With regard to genetic variations, STRs of nuclear DNA and polymorphisms in mtDNA are frequently examined. Genetic variations in human undergo an evolutionary process through the accumulation of changes in DNA sequence, i.e. through the process of nucleotide substitutions that evolves in number with the directional development of lineage. So far, the genetic variations among the populations in …

Analysis Of Induction Phase Glucocorticoid Use On Adrenal Suppression In Pediatric Patients With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Octaviana Simbolon, Yulistiani Yulistiani, I Dg Ugrasena, Mariyatul Qibtiyah

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Glucocorticoids play an important role in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However, supraphysiological doses may cause suppression of the adrenal. Adrenal suppression resulting in reduced cortisol response may cause an inadequate host defence against infections, which remains a cause of morbidity and mortality in children with ALL. The occurrence of adrenal suppression before and after glucocorticoid therapy for childhood ALL is unclear. The aim of this study is to analysis the effect of glucocorticoid on cortisol levels during induction phase chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A cross-sectional, observational prospective study was conducted to determine the effect …

Correlation Between Intracellular Heat Shock Protein 70 Expression And Cervical Lymph Nodes Enlargement In Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Achmad C Romdhoni, Sri Herawati, Elida Mustikaningtyas

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Tumor growth and metastasis in NPC patients suspected role of several molecular biomarkers that have been identified in tumor specimens of patients with NPC. Recent research states intracellular Hsp70 is a stress protein that is a main factor for the growth, invasion and metastasis of NPC. The purpose of this study is to analyze intracellular Hsp70 protein expression of NPC patients which correlate with staging of NPC as clinical manifestation. This study used cross sectional design. In this study, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded biopsy specimens were obtained from 18 NPCs with all of histopathology and clinically divided into N0, N1, N2, N3. …

Case Report: Intraprocedural Stent Thrombosis In Percutaneous Coronary Angioplasty, Yudi Her Oktaviono

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Stent thrombosis is a rare complication of PCI but associated with STEMI and sudden cardiac death. Intra procedural stent thrombosis (IPST) was defined new or increasing (compared with baseline) thrombus within or adjacent to a deployed stent occurring the index PCI procedure whether occlusive or nonocclusive. We describe a case with double vessel disease who has complication cardiac arrest and intra procedural stent thrombosis in LAD and Left Main coronary artery after deployed stent in bifurcation LAD-D1. Thrombectomy and rescucitation were performed, and the patient completed her hospital course without complications.

Nucleotide Variance Of Mitochondrial Dna D-Loop 126 Bp (Nt: 34-159) Region In Madurese, Nilly Sulistyorini, Ahmad Yudianto, Nola Margaret

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Endogamy continues to occur among the Madurese people in rural areas of the island of Madura, especially those areas of the smallest islands around the mainland of Madura. Endogamy as seen from a genetic standpoint will increase the frequency of homozygous genotypes. With regard to genetic variations, STRs of nuclear DNA and polymorphisms in mtDNA are frequently examined. Mitochondrial variations in the human undergo an evolutionary process through the accumulation of changes in DNA sequence, i.e. through the process of nucleotide substitutions that evolves in number with the directional development of lineage. So far, the genetic variations among the populations …

The Potency Of Alpha Lipoic Acid As Anti Inflammatory On The Complete Freund's Adjuvant-Induced Rheumatoid Arthritis In Rat Model, Selvi Megawati, Mahardian Rahmadi, Imam Susilo, Junaidi Khotib

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune diseases which is characterized by chronic inflammation of the synovial tissue in joints. This research was designed to investigate the effect of alpha lipoic acid as antioxidant on rats with complete freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced RA by intra articular injection of complete freund's adjuvant (CFA). ALA was administered orally once a day for 7 days at 30, 60 and 120 mg doses a week after CFA injection. The severity of arthritis was evaluated by joint diameter and latency time on thermal stimulation. Joint diameter and latency time on thermal stimulation will measured on day 0, …

Analysis Of Antibiotics Use In Pediatric Pneumonia Patients Aged 3 Months - 5 Years, Dhita Evi Aryani, Didik Hasmono, Nun Zairina, Landia Setiawan

Folia Medica Indonesiana

Pneumonia is an infectious disease that causes acute inflammation of the lung parenchyma and compaction exudate in the lung tissue. In addition to causing significant morbidity and mortality, pneumonia is also difficult to diagnose, treatments are less precise and less taken seriously. Pneumonia caused the death of 14% of children under five in Indonesia, with a mortality rate of 83 children per day. The difficulty of diagnosis, the selection of a less appropriate antibiotics, side effects, differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the drug in infants and antibiotics resistance is to be a problem in itself. Therefore it is necessary …

Symptoms, Infectious Pathway, Treatment, And History Of Rabies In The United States, Paul Beckman-Ellenwood

Honors Theses

Rabies is a virus of the Lyssavirus family that is endemic to almost all parts of the world and claims over 55,000 lives every year. The virus is capable of being vectored through any warm-blooded animal and has a variable incubation time in its hosts. Once the disease finishes incubating and symptoms appear in the host, the disease is always fatal to humans. To prevent this there are several treatments available, but they can be expensive or difficult to obtain in parts of the world that have the most problems with rabies. To solve this vaccines have been created to …

Effects Of Source And Seasonal Variations Of Natural Organic Matters On The Fate And Transport Of Ceo2 Nanoparticles In The Environment, Zhen Li, Endalkachew Sahle-Demessie, George A. Sorial, Changseok Han

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Faculty Publications

Natural organic matter (NOM) affects the stability and transport of nanoparticles (NPs) in natural waters by modifying their physiochemical properties. Source location, and seasonal variations, influence their molecular, physical and electrical charge properties. To understand the variations of NOM on the mobilization of NPs, large volumes of water were collected fromthe Ohio River (OR) over winter and summer seasons and dissolved NOMs were concentrated. The chemical and structural differences of these NOMs were compared with the Suwannee River humic acid (SRHA) SRHA using 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Thermal analysis and FTIR …

Carbonyl Reduction By Ymfi Completes The Modification Of Ef-P In Bacillus Subtilis To Prevent Accumulation Of An Inhibitory Modification State, Katherine R. Hummels, Anne Witzky, Andrei Rajkovic, Rodney Tollerson Ii, Lisa A. Jones, Michael Ibba, Daniel B. Kearns

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Translation elongation factor P (EF‐P) in Bacillus subtilis is required for a form of surface migration called swarming motility. Furthermore, B. subtilis EF‐P is post‐translationally modified with a 5‐aminopentanol group but the pathway necessary for the synthesis and ligation of the modification is unknown. Here we determine that the protein YmfI catalyzes the reduction of EF‐P‐5 aminopentanone to EF‐P‐5 aminopentanol. In the absence of YmfI, accumulation of 5‐aminopentanonated EF‐P is inhibitory to swarming motility. Suppressor mutations that enhanced swarming in the absence of YmfI were found at two positions on EF‐P, including one that changed the conserved modification site (Lys …

Biophysical Investigation Of Protein Interactions To Evaluate Protein Structure And Function, Khiem Nguyen

Doctoral Dissertations

Archival abstract submitted

The Application Of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition To Numerically Modeled And Measured Ocean Surface Wave Fields Remotely Sensed By Radar, Andrew Joseph Kammerer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Phase-resolved ocean surface wave elevation maps provide important information for many scientific research areas (e.g., rogue waves, wave-current interactions, and wave evolution/growth) as well as for commercial and defense applications (e.g., naval and shipping operations). To produce these maps, measurements in both time and space are necessary. While conventional wave sensing techniques are limited spatially, marine radar has proven to be a complex yet promising remote sensing tool capable of providing both temporal and spatial wave measurements. The radar return from the sea surface is complex because it contains contributions from many sources only part of which provide information about …

Stage Managing Bali Agung: The Possibility Of Hybridity In An Intercultural Production, Susan Fenty Studham

Behind the Scenes: Journal of Theatre Production Practice

This paper explores notions of hybridity within an intercultural large-scale

show in Bali, including levels of innovation, synthesized processes, scenery and

safety considerations. As the original stage manager, I will discuss the mounting of

the show from a technical production perspective, giving attention to the use and

management of the stage space and its supporting environments. The focus is on

hybridity in the context of the term ‘syncretic theatre’, which “integrates performance

elements of different cultures into a form that aims to retain the cultural integrity of

the specific materials used while forging new texts and theatre practices” (Lo & …