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Establishes Public Health Fund By Enacting Dedicated Statewide Tax On Distribution Of Sugar-Sweetened Drinks. Initiative Constitutional Amendment And Statute

Initiatives

Creates a fund for public health programs to prevent, treat, and research obesity, diabetes, dental diseases, and other diseases linked to sugar-sweetened beverages, and to increase access to healthy food and drinks. Enacts a dedicated statewide tax on distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages ($0.02 per fluid ounce). Exempts specified beverages from tax—including milk, juice, infant formula, medical beverages, and low-sugar drinks. Requires audit of fund expenditures. Amends Constitution to allow new local taxes on sugar-sweetened drinks. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Increased state revenues starting in 2021-22. Annual …

Kenyon Collegian - September 6, 2018

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

College Of Education News, College Of Education, Georgia Southern University

College of Education News

• COE doctoral candidates receive national recognition

Impaired Monocyte Cholesterol Clearance Initiates Age-Related Retinal Degeneration And Vision Loss, Norimitsu Ban, Tae Jun Lee, Abdoulaye Sene, Mayur Choudhary, Michael Lekwuwa, Zhenyu Dong, Andrea Santeford, Jonathan B. Lin, Goldis Malek, Daniel S. Ory, Rajendra S. Apte

Open Access Publications

Advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness among people over 50 years of age, is characterized by atrophic neurodegeneration or pathologic angiogenesis. Early AMD is characterized by extracellular cholesterol-rich deposits underneath the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) called drusen or in the subretinal space called subretinal drusenoid deposits (SDD) that drive disease progression. However, mechanisms of drusen and SDD biogenesis remain poorly understood. Although human AMD is characterized by abnormalities in cholesterol homeostasis and shares phenotypic features with atherosclerosis, it is unclear whether systemic immunity or local tissue metabolism regulates this homeostasis. Here, we demonstrate that targeted deletion …

Unh Announces First Members Of Its Alumni Entrepreneur Hall Of Fame, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

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The 2015 Landslide And Tsunami In Taan Fiord, Alaska, Bretwood Higman, Breanyn Macinnes, Colin Bloom

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

Glacial retreat in recent decades has exposed unstable slopes and allowed deep water to extend beneath some of those slopes. Slope failure at the terminus of Tyndall Glacier on 17 October 2015 sent 180 million tons of rock into Taan Fiord, Alaska. The resulting tsunami reached elevations as high as 193 m, one of the highest tsunami runups ever documented worldwide. Precursory deformation began decades before failure, and the event left a distinct sedimentary record, showing that geologic evidence can help understand past occurrences of similar events, and might provide forewarning. The event was detected within hours through automated seismological …

The New Hampshire, Vol. 108 [109], No. 02 (Sep. 6, 2018), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 108, but it is the 109th volume in the series.

Characterization Of The Protective Role Of Th17 Cells In An Fc Receptor-Targeted Vaccine Strategy Against Fracisella Tularensis Infection, Kyle Devenney

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Using a murine model, we have previously showed that targeting an inactivated form of F.tularensis (iFt) bacteria to Fcg receptors by utilizing an IgG2a, anti-LPS monoclonal antibody (mAb) provides 100% protection against a lethal dose with the live vaccine strain (LVS). The binding of anti-LPS monoclonal antibodies and iFt create an immune complex (mAb-iFt) allowing the Fc-region of the antibody to target Fc receptors expressed on antigen presenting cells, leading to a more robust and effective processing and presentation of the bacterial antigens. Although the resulting protective response generated relies on both humoral and cell-mediated immunity, in our study we …

The Sacramental Nature Of Community, Jennifer C. Merritt, Andrea E. Brewster, Irene E. Cermeño, Phyllis R. Brown

Arrupe Publications

This essay will focus on ways the ELSJ Core Curriculum requirement and TNI enact the Jesuit way of proceeding to promote dialogue and critical engagement with underserved communities in order to contribute to the common good. Particularly important in these community-engagement practices is attention to the distinction Jewish theologian Martin Buber draws between the subject-object knowing, I – It relationships, characteristic of traditional university learning, and I -Thou relationships possible through “genuine meeting,” “genuine dialogue,” leading to wholeness and “real living,” “actual life.”12 Buber’s description of I - Thou encounters is reminiscent of the relational encounters with God outlined in …

Editing Empire: African Liberalism, Political And Economic Rights, And Ordered Liberty In Cape Colony, 1899-1910, Josh Couch

Theses and Dissertations

The system of liberal imperialism championed by the British Empire during the age of high imperialism is at the center of a long-established debate that questions the inherent hypocrisy and questionable justness of Britain’s undemocratic methods for spreading liberal values in the pursuit of progress. Modern studies in liberalism tend to focus on white-British thinkers and the impact of liberal policies on empire. Few studies ask how colonized non-white communities transformed their attitudes toward empire because of and in aversion to liberalism employed for the benefits of white colonizers and the imperial state. This study explores a case where colonized …

Spartan Daily, September 6, 2018, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2018

Volume 151, Issue 8

September 6, 2018, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

College Of Education News, College Of Education, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• COE doctoral candidates receive national recognition

Camp Attenuates Tgf-Β'S Profibrotic Responses In Osteoarthritic Synoviocytes: Involvement Of Hyaluronan And Prg4, Marwa Qadri, Gregory D. Jay, Rennolds S. Ostrom, Ling X. Zhang, Khaled A. Elsaid

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by synovitis and synovial fibrosis. Synoviocytes are fibroblast-like resident cells of the synovium that are activated by transforming growth factor (TGF)-β to proliferate, migrate, and produce extracellular matrix. Synoviocytes secrete hyaluronan (HA) and proteoglycan-4 (PRG4). HA reduces synovial fibrosis in vivo, and the Prg4^−/− mouse exhibits synovial hyperplasia. We investigated the antifibrotic effects of increased intracellular cAMP in TGF-β-stimulated human OA synoviocytes. TGF-β1 stimulated collagen I (COL1A1), α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1, and procollagen-lysine, 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 2 (PLOD2) expression, and procollagen I, α-SMA, HA, and PRG4 production, migration, and proliferation of …

Brain Endothelial Erythrophagocytosis And Hemoglobin Transmigration Across Brain Endothelium: Implications For Pathogenesis Of Cerebral Microbleeds, Rudy Chang, Juan Castillo, Alexander C. Zambon, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Mark J. Fisher, Rachita K. Sumbria

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Peripheral endothelial cells are capable of erythrophagocytosis, but data on brain endothelial erythrophagocytosis are limited. We studied the relationship between brain endothelial erythrophagocytosis and cerebral microhemorrhage, the pathological substrate of MRI-demonstrable cerebral microbleeds. To demonstrate the erythrophagocytic capability of the brain endothelium, we studied the interactions between brain endothelial cells and red blood cells exposed to oxidative stress in vitro, and developed a new in vitro cerebral microbleeds model to study the subsequent passage of hemoglobin across the brain endothelial monolayer. Using multiple approaches, our results show marked brain endothelial erythrophagocytosis of red blood cells exposed to oxidative stress compared …

Mapping Of Authorship Pattern And Collaborative Research On Fossil Fuels Publications Indexed In A & Hci And Sci-Expanded, Indrani Murugan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study has made an attempt to identify the authors’ research performance in terms of publication output and their citations to know about the authorship pattern and analysis, author productivity, author relationship and collaborative research on fossil fuel scientific publications which are indexed in A & HCI and SCI- Expanded during 1989-2016. The necessary data was extracted and the total number of scholarly articles was 943, h-index was 73 and average citations per item was 28.63, the total sum of times cited was 26,997, citing articles was 21,694, without self-citations was 21,324 scores. This paper discusses the authorship pattern; most …

Community Identity And Sports: A Social History Of Soccer In Salinas, California, Arturo Figueroa

Culture, Society, and Praxis

Figueroa analyzes how Mexican immigrants have brought soccer as part of their cultural baggage to their communities and this sport is essential not only used as a recreational tool, but also as a way to reflect their own cultural identity.

Evaluation Vs. Assessment: The Students Perspective On The Student Evaluation Process, Miriam Solis

Culture, Society, and Praxis

This study explores the relationship between the student and the instrument within the larger contexts of evaluation and assessment. The discussion is placed within the current practice of evaluation at CSUMB. And the need to adopt an alternate practice to address student concerns regarding the process.

Organization Of The Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) And Opportunities For Sustainable Development, Matthew Goodlaw, Jessica Nixon, Paul Alexander

Culture, Society, and Praxis

OPEC is in the business of natural resources which inherently connects them to the concept of sustainable development. The main focus of this research is to answer the following question: Does OPEC have the power to implement measures consistent with the concept of sustainable development? During the course of this research, the paper Sustainable Development and OPEC, by Herman E. Daly, was uncovered. Daly proposes a sink tax to be implemented by OPEC. This would act as a global fiduciary which would, in theory, bring the consumption level of oil down to a more sustainable level by raising the price …

Developing Sustainable Urban Food Systems, Kevin Miller

Culture, Society, and Praxis

The brief offers a number of policy changes that could be used by the city of Salinas in order to break down barriers to sustainable agriculture specifically near low-income high-density residential areas.

Labor Day Blast School Bounces Back, Andrews University

Student Movement V. 103 (2018-2019)

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Cws On Adolescent Health, Mitchell Shi

Pop Culture Intersections

This article will be covering the problem of celebrity worship. Celebrity worship has been in debate over the past few years regarding whether it is a harmful activity or not among adolescents, but with the recent established psychological disorder of Celebrity Worship Syndrome, it can be shown that it has become a serious health issue. One side argues that celebrity worship is harmless, even a helpful practice to pursue. The other side, however, argues that celebrity worship is detrimental to the mental and physical wellbeing of the adolescents. It is important to understand what celebrity worship entails, the different tests …

The Effects Of Social Media And Apps On Exercise And Health Habits Of Millennial Women, Sarah Mason

Pop Culture Intersections

Exercise and eating healthy have become the next big trends, with new technology and social media allowing them to flourish. It is difficult to avoid this trend when “#fitspiration” is the caption of over 15 million instagram posts and there are hundreds of smartphone applications (apps) focused on health and fitness, that function to track your goals, provide tips or even include full workouts and healthy recipes.

Snc Opens Doors To Class Of ’22

St. Norbert Times

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State V. Jones Respondent's Brief Dckt. 45609

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, September 5, 2018, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2018

Volume 151, Issue 7

The Moral Standing Of The Dead, Steven Luper

Philosophy Faculty Research

In choosing to do certain things, we appear to presuppose that we can act in the interests the dead, and that we have a duty to do so. For example, some of us go to great lengths to carry out their final wishes. Given that the dead no longer exist, however, it seems that nothing can be good or bad for them: they lack prudential interests. In that case, it is hard to see how we could owe them anything. They seem to lack moral standing altogether. In this essay, I will rebut this line of thought. I will claim …

In Re: Tribune Media Company, Et Al

2018 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

Selective Habitat Use By Moose During Critical Periods In The Winter Tick Life Cycle, Christine Healy, Peter J. Pekins, Lee Kantar, Russell G. Congalton, Shadi Atallah

Faculty Publications

High calf mortality attributed to winter tick (Dermacentor albipictus) parasitism occurs in moose (Alces alces) populations along their southern range in the northeastern United States. We analyzed habitat use of cow and calf moose during the critical drop-off and questing periods in the winter tick life cycle to determine a potential relationship between tick density and habitat. We measured habitat use using geospatial analyses of locational data from > 200 radio-marked animals at 3 sites in New Hampshire and Maine. Moose selected for optimal habitat, defined as 4–16 year-old forest openings, regardless of season or site; this was the only land …

Managing The Risks And Rewards Of Death In Eusocial Insects, Qian Sun, Kenneth F. Haynes, Xuguo Zhou

Faculty Publications

Eusocial insects frequently face death of colony members as a consequence of living in large groups where the success of the colony is not dependent on the fate of the individual. Whereas death of conspecifics commonly triggers aversion in many group-living species due to risk of pathogens, eusocial insects perform cooperative corpse management. The causes and social context of the death, as well as feeding and nesting ecology of the species, influence the way that corpses are treated. The corpse itself releases cues that dictate the colony's response. As a result, social insects exhibit behavioural responses that promote disease resistance, …