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Panther - December 2018, Prairie View A&M University

PV Panther Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Extension Of Longevity And Reduction Of Inflammation Is Ovarian-Dependent, But Germ Cell-Independent In Post-Reproductive Female Mice, Tracy L. Habermehl, Kate C. Parkinson, Gene B. Hubbard, Yuji Ikeno, Jennifer I. Engelmeyer, Björn Schumacher, Jeffrey B. Mason

Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Science Faculty Publications

Cardiovascular disease, rare in premenopausal women, increases sharply at menopause and is typically accompanied by chronic inflammation. Previous work in our laboratory demonstrated that replacing senescent ovaries in post-reproductive mice with young, actively cycling ovaries restored many health benefits, including decreased cardiomyopathy and restoration of immune function. Our objective here was to determine if depletion of germ cells from young transplanted ovaries would alter the ovarian-dependent extension of life and health span. Sixty-day-old germ cell-depleted and germ cell-containing ovaries were transplanted to post-reproductive, 17-month-old mice. Mean life span for female CBA/J mice is approximately 644 days. Mice that received germ …

Insights Into Fluid-Rock Interactions On The Cv3 Carbonaceous Chondrite Asteroid: The Complex Record In The Allende-Like Cv3 Chondrite, Nwa 2364., Jessica Marie Johnson

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

The two subgroups of the CV3 chondrites, oxidized and reduced, contain primitive solar system materials that provide many insights into early solar system processes. Both subgroups record significant evidence of secondary alteration that has modified their primary characteristics. In this work, we have studied the petrography, mineralogy, and oxygen isotopic composition of the NWA 2364 CV3_OxA chondrite and a large lithic inclusion using SEM, electron microprobe, FIB/TEM, and laser fluorination oxygen isotope analyses in order to characterize their alteration histories in detail. The NWA 2364 host and lithic inclusion consist of chondrules, Calcium-Aluminum-rich Inclusions (CAIs), and fine-grained matrix. In …

Practices That Attribute To The Success Of Boys: A Study Of Title I Middle Schools In Texas, Laura L. Duhon

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

While it is commonly believed that boys are more successful than girls academically, research shows that boys are failing to thrive, academically, behaviorally, and socially. Boys comprise 70% of school suspensions as well as 80% of high school dropouts along with other alarming statistics. The purpose of this research study was to investigate approaches that contribute to the success of boys within six Title I middle schools located in various regions of Texas. These schools were selected based on state assessment (STAAR) scores where their male population was achieving the same or greater success as the females as measured by …

China's Monetary Policy Framework—Supporting The Real Economy And Striking A Balance Between Internal And External Equilibrium, Yi Gang

Documents

No abstract provided.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, December 13-14, 2018

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on December 13-14, 2018.

Precision Medicine In Pediatric Cancer: Current Applications And Future Prospects., Atif Ahmed, Divya S. Vundamati, Midhat S. Farooqi, Erin M. Guest

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Precision oncologic medicine is an emerging approach for cancer treatment that has recently taken giant steps in solid clinical practice. Recent advances in molecular diagnostics that can analyze the individual tumor's variability in genes have provided greater understanding and additional strategies to treat cancers. Although tumors can be tested by several molecular methods, the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) has greatly facilitated our understanding of pediatric cancer and identified additional therapeutic opportunities. Pediatric tumors have a different genetic make-up, with a fewer number of actionable targets than adult tumors. Nevertheless, precision oncology in the pediatric population has greatly improved the …

State V. Amundsen Respondent's Brief Dckt. 45991

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

State V. Lee Appellant's Brief Dckt. 45839

Not Reported

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State V. Williston Appellant's Brief Dckt. 45924

Not Reported

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Registration Of ‘Lcs Compass’ Wheat, L. Liu, M. D. Barnett, C. A. Griffey, S. Malla, W. S. Brooks, J. E. Seago, K. Kirby, W. E. Thomason, E. G. Rucker, H. D. Behl, R. M. Pitman, D. W. Dunaway, M. E. Vaughn, J. T. Custis, B. Seabourn, R. Chen, M. Fountain, D. Marshall, R. A. Graybosch, L. A. Divis, L. E. Hansen, C. Cowger, S. Cambron, Y. Jin, B. R. Beahm, T. H. Hardiman, C. J. Lin, D. F. Mennel, D. L. Mennel

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

‘LCS Compass’ (Reg. No. CV-1149, PI 675458), a hard red winter (HRW) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), was developed and tested as VA10HRW-13 and co-released by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and Limagrain Cereal Seeds, LLC, in 2015. LCS Compass was derived from the cross ‘Vision 20’ /‘Stanof’ using a modified bulk breeding method. LCS Compass is a widely adapted, high-yielding, awned, semidwarf (Rht1) HRW wheat with early to medium maturity and resistance or moderate resistance to diseases prevalent in the mid-Atlantic and Great Plains regions of the United States. In the 2013 Uniform Bread Wheat Trial conducted over 18 locations …

Limited Genetic Variability In Native Buckwheats (Eriogonum: Polygonaceae) On San Clemente Island, Lynn Riley, Mitchell E. Mcglaughlin, Kaius Helenurm

Western North American Naturalist

California Channel Island buckwheats are important components of scrub communities on the Channel Islands. A long history of overgrazing by introduced herbivores on San Clemente Island has contributed to scrub vegetation loss and population declines in 2 endemic island taxa, Eriogonum giganteum var. formosum and E. grande var. grande. Since herbivore removal, Eriogonum species, which are early colonizers of disturbed habitats, have been increasing across the island. These increases are thought to facilitate further recovery of the native flora because the shrubs act as nurse plants and improve the soil profile for other native species.

We genotyped individuals from both …

Soundboard Scholar No. 4 (Complete)

Soundboard Scholar

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State V. Cadwallader Respondent's Brief Dckt. 45948

Not Reported

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State V. Mccoy Appellant's Brief Dckt. 45968

Not Reported

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Dual Functional Metal Oxide Nano-Materials Enabled Sensors For Both Non-Enzymatic Glucose And Solid-State Ph Sensing, Qiuchen Dong

Doctoral Dissertations

Glucose sensing and pH sensing are of paramount importance in managing diabetes diseases and accurately monitoring acidity and alkalinity of the solution. To date, numerous reports have reported about solid-state pH sensing and metal oxide based non-enzymatic glucose sensing, however, there is an unmet challenge to realize dual functional sensing elements in a single unit for both glucose sensing and solid-state pH sensing.

As a new class of multifunctional materials, high-temperature annealing enabled iridium oxide nanofibers, rhodium oxide nanocorals, cobalt oxide hollow fiber, and gold-doped iridium oxide nanomaterials were synthesized and then they are first employed as the sensing element …

Transition From Nursing Student To Registered Nurse In Singapore: The Personal Experiences, Ming Wei Jeffrey Woo, Stuart Andrew Newman

General Submissions: Presentations (Oral and Poster)

Background: Transition experience to professional nursing practice is well documented as complex and multi-faceted process. The quality of the transition experience affects how well new graduate registered nurses (NGRNs) integrate into their new identity and impact on their short and long term commitment toward the profession. NGRNs transition experience from nursing student to registered nurse in Singapore however remain under-evaluated owing to limited studies presented in local context. Purpose: The aim of this study sought to examine; (i) how do new graduate registered nurses in Singapore personally experience transition from nursing student to registered nurse? (ii) what are the factor(s) …

Regulating Short-Term Accommodation Within Condominium, Douglas C. Harris

All Faculty Publications

Owning land within condominium, or strata property as it is known in British Columbia, includes holding an individual strata lot, a share of the common property, and the right to participate in governing the uses of the private and common property. Owners participate in governing through membership and voting rights in a strata corporation which has the responsibility to maintain the common property and the authority to establish bylaws that restrict the use of the common and private property. The corollary of membership and a voice in the affairs of the strata corporation is a duty to accept its governing …

Meta-Modeling Constructs For Requirements Reuse (Rr): Software Requirements Patterns, Variability And Traceability, Badamasi Imam Ya’U, Azlin Nordin, Norsaremah Salleh

Malaysian Journal of Computing (MJoC)

Reuse is a fundamental activity, which increases quality and productivity of software products. Reuse of software artifacts, such as requirements, architectures, and codes can be employed at any developmental stage of software. However, reuse at a higher level of abstraction, for instance at requirements level, provides greater benefits in software development than when applied at lower level of abstraction for example at coding level. To achieve full benefits of reuse, a systematic approach and appropriate strategy need to be followed. Although several reuse approaches are reported in the literature, these approaches lack a key strategy to synergize some essential drivers …

A High-Throughput And Open-Source Platform For Embryo Phenomics, Oliver Tills, John I. Spicer, Andrew Grimmer, Simone Marini, Vun Wen Jie, Ellen Tully, Simon D. Rundle

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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Aberrant Structural And Functional Connectivity And Neurodevelopmental Impairment In Preterm Children, Cynthia E Rogers, Rachel E Lean, Muriah D Wheelock, Christopher D Smyser

Open Access Publications

BACKGROUND: Despite advances in antenatal and neonatal care, preterm birth remains a leading cause of neurological disabilities in children. Infants born prematurely, particularly those delivered at the earliest gestational ages, commonly demonstrate increased rates of impairment across multiple neurodevelopmental domains. Indeed, the current literature establishes that preterm birth is a leading risk factor for cerebral palsy, is associated with executive function deficits, increases risk for impaired receptive and expressive language skills, and is linked with higher rates of co-occurring attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, and autism spectrum disorders. These same infants also demonstrate elevated rates of aberrant cerebral structural and …

Kenyon Collegian - December 13, 2018

The Kenyon Collegian

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Total Factor Energy Productivity And Efficiency Changes Of The Gher (Prawn-Carp-Rice) Farming System In Bangladesh: A Stochastic Input Distance Function Approach, S Rahman, Bk Barmon

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This paper measures energy performance, Total Factor Energy Productivity (TFEP), technical change (TC) and energy efficiency change (EEC) of the gher (prawn-carp-rice) farming system using a unique panel data of 90 farmers covering a 14 year period (2002–2015) from southwest Bangladesh by employing a stochastic input distance function approach. Results reveal that all inputs contribute significantly to energy productivity of the gher farming system with male labor energy input being the major contributor followed by energy from machineries, seeds and chemicals. Energy performance of the High Yielding Variety (HYV) rice enterprise is highly efficient whereas the prawn enterprise is highly …

Machine Learning Based Technique To Dynamically Allocate A Network Slice Based On User Equipment Type And Network Slice Selection Function Factor For 5g Wireless Internet Of Things Networks, Akram Sheriff, Santosh Patil, M. David Hanes, Gonzalo Salgueiro

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques are described for dynamically allocating different Long Term Evolution (LTE) User Equipment (UE) variants (e.g., Cat-M1 and Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IOT) UEs) to the correct Network Slice. This may be accomplished by using a Machine Learning (ML) based software component running on 4G LTE evolved Node B (eNB) or in 5G next generation NodeB (gNB).

Dynamic Re-Calibration Of Location Using Active Sensors And Behavioral Analytics, Robert Barton, Jerome Henry, Vishal Desai

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques are described for using Wi-Fi® active sensors where the exact location is known. A Real-Time Location System (RTLS) compares a predicted location of devices with their actual location and measures the variance. Variance data is compared with the Radio Frequency (RF) metrics reported by the sensors at the time of measurement such that a regression model is created. Thus, based on the fully trained model, a correction factor for the RTLS algorithm may be determined at any given time and place in the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to improve location accuracy.

Moral Foundations Theory Vs. Schwartz Value Theory: Which Theory Best Explains Ideological Differences?, Marissa Mcneace, Jeffrey Sinn

The Winthrop McNair Research Bulletin

This research examines ideological differences between liberals and conservatives using Schwartz Value Theory (SVT) to analyze claims made by Moral Foundations Theory (MFT). While MFT consists of five scales to measure moral reasoning (Harm/Care, Fairness/Reciprocity, Purity/Sanctity, Ingroup/Loyalty, and Authority/Respect), SVT consists of ten scales that can be grouped into four main categories (Openness to Change, Self-Transcendence, Conservation, and Self-Enhancement). Based on SVT, we created four Moral Forces scales (MF4) using the two response formats of the MFT. Our scales are the following: Obedience, Status, Universalism, and Self-Direction. Data was collected through social media and university classes in the format of …

Adverse Childhood Experiences And The Social Environment, Gabrielle Lee, Kori Bloomquist

The Winthrop McNair Research Bulletin

The purpose of this study is to explore and then narrate the lives of women of color from South Carolina and their personal experiences with regard to their social environments. Much adverse childhood experience research is focused on the immediate family system, and research regarding the social environment is typically broken down into segments, failing to address a more holistic approach to promoting child well-being. Using the ecosystems perspective as a framework for exploration, the researchers used a semi-structured interview schedule, the BFRSS ACEs Survey, and a resilience scale to collect data with participants. Using Facebook as a recruitment tool, …

2016 Educators In Context And Community Conference Program, Educators In Context & Community Learning Community. Bowling Green State University

Educators in Context & Community Conference (2011-2018)

Program for the seventh annual Educators in Context & Community Conference, held April 7-10, 2016 at Bowling Green State University.

2014 Educators In Context And Community Conference Program, Educators In Context & Community Learning Center. Bowling Green State University

Educators in Context & Community Conference (2011-2018)

Program for the fifth annual Educators in Context & Community Conference, held March 21-22, 2014 at Bowling Green State University.

2011 Urban Education Conference Program, Partners In Context & Community Learning Center. Bowling Green State University

Educators in Context & Community Conference (2011-2018)

Program for the Urban Education Conference, held March 18-19, 2011 at Bowling Green State University.