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California Coastal Commission Sea Level Rise Policy Guidance: Interpretive Guidelines For Addressing Sea Level Rise In Local Coastal Programs And Coastal Development Permits, California Coastal Commission

State & Federal Reports and Publications

It provides an overview of the best available science on sea level rise for California and recommended methodology for addressing sea level rise in Coastal Commission planning and regulatory actions. It is a guidance document intended to serve as a multi-purpose resource for a variety of audiences. It does not include regulations and is not specific to a particular geographic location or development intensity.

Why Women Want To Play Sports: Identity, Culture, And Motivation, Linda M. Johnston, Karen Weatherington

Peace and Conflict Studies

This paper is part of a series of research dedicated to specific issues uncovered in sports-for-peace programs. Other research has focused on cross-cultural issues, for example. In this research project, the authors were interested in how to encourage the inclusion and promotion of women in all sports around the world. The authors sought to discover who encouraged the women to play competitive sports, how long they had been playing sports, the barriers they encountered when playing competitive sports, and how they felt about identifying as sportswomen at the higher levels of competition. The authors used an on-line anonymous survey instrument …

Chinese New Year, Lily Ward

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

The Chinese New Year is by far the most important holiday in China. Millions of Factory Workers leave their homes and live in dormitories by the factories they work in and they never see their families except for the Chinese New Year and the Fall Harvest celebration. Factories close, many restaurants and small businesses close and all those who have families go back to their “home towns” and stay for a few weeks. The trains are so jammed full that folks are standing in the aisles. If for any reason trains are delayed, chaos immediately erupts. If the delay is …

The Type I Interferon Receptor Is Not Required For Protection In The Chlamydia Muridarum And Hsv-2 Murine Super-Infection Model, Jessica A. Slade, Jennifer V. Hall, Jennifer Kintner, Robert V. Schoborg

ETSU Faculty Works

Chlamydia trachomatis/HSV-2 vaginal co-infections are seen clinically, suggesting that these sexually transmitted pathogens may interact. We previously established an intravaginal Chlamydia muridarum/HSV-2 super-infection model and observed that chlamydial pre-infection protects mice from a subsequent lethal HSV-2 challenge. However, the mechanism of protection remains unknown. The type I interferon, IFN-β, binds to the type I interferon receptor (IFNR), elicits a host cellular antiviral response and inhibits HSV replication in vitro and in vivo. Previous studies have demonstrated that C. muridarum infection stimulates genital tract (GT) IFN-β production; therefore, we hypothesized that chlamydial pre-infection protects mice from HSV-2 challenge via the IFN-β/IFNR-induced …

Population Genetics Of The Eastern Subterranean Termite, Reticulitermes Flavipes, In The Southern Appalachian Mountains, Lee Ann Passarella

Honors Theses

As an area rich in biodiversity, the Appalachian Mountains are an ideal place for biological research. The pronounced impacts of Pleistocene climatic cycles on forest distributions over time have shaped the evolutionary history of animals that depend on these habitats, underpinning the research that is presented here. The present study on the eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes, was conducted to better understand the spatial distribution of genetic diversity within and among populations of this species in the context of the aforementioned historical climatic changes in the southern Appalachian Mountain region. I hypothesized that there would be geographically localized, distinct genetic …

The Impact Of Depression On Patient Outcomes In Hip Arthroscopic Surgery., Robroy L. Martin, John J. Christoforetti, Ryan Mcgovern, Benjamin R. Kivlan, Andrew B. Wolff, Shane J. Nho, John P. Salvo, Thomas J. Ellis, Geoff Van Thiel, Dean Matsuda, Dominic S. Carreira

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Background: Mental health impairments have been shown to negatively affect preoperative self-reported function in patients with various musculoskeletal disorders, including those with femoroacetabular impingement.

Hypothesis: Those with symptoms of depression will have lower self-reported function, more pain, and less satisfaction on initial assessment and at 2-year follow-up than those without symptoms of depression.

Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.

Methods: Patients who were enrolled in a multicenter hip arthroscopic surgery registry and had 2-year outcome data available were included in the study. Patients completed the 12-item International Hip Outcome Tool (iHOT-12), visual analog scale (VAS) for pain, and …

Hypoxia-Mediated Mitochondria Apoptosis Inhibition Induces Temozolomide Treatment Resistance Through Mir-26a/Bad/Bax Axis., Xin Ge, Min-Hong Pan, Lin Wang, Wei Li, Chengfei Jiang, Jun He, Khaled Abouzid, Ling-Zhi Liu, Zhumei Shi, Bing-Hua Jiang

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most hypoxic tumors of the central nervous system. Although temozolomide (TMZ) is an effective clinical agent in the GBM therapy, the hypoxic microenvironment remains a major barrier in glioma chemotherapy resistance, and the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we find hypoxia can induce the protective response to mitochondrion via HIF-1α-mediated miR-26a upregulation which is associated with TMZ resistance in vitro and in vivo. Further, we demonstrated that HIF-1α/miR-26a axis strengthened the acquisition of TMZ resistance through prevention of Bax and Bad in mitochondria dysfunction in GBM. In addition, miR-26a expression levels negatively …

Discovery Disclosure And Deterrence, Sergio J. Campos, Cheng Li

Vanderbilt Law Review

Courts, practitioners, and scholars have recently expressed concern over the ex post costs of discovery in civil litigation. In this Article, we develop a game theoretic model of litigant behavior to study an overlooked phenomenon-the ex ante effects of discovery on a defendant's incentive to engage in unlawful conduct. We focus on motions to seal, which limit the disclosure of discovered information to the public, but permit disclosure to the court and parties. Specifically, we examine the effect different rules regarding such motions have in deterring defendants from engaging in unlawful behavior. We show that as a rule becomes more …

Comparison Of Modeled And Measured Pesticide Concentrations In Air, Trenell Davis Boggans

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is a popular organophosphorus insecticide that is heavily used in the agriculture industry as a means of pest control. Chlorpyrifos is known for its toxic effect to inhibit the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) in humans and is widely used in areas of California where the site of application is close to occupied areas, such that exposures to residents and bystanders can occur due to secondary drift. Secondary drift refers to the volatilization of a pesticide from the surface to which it was applied (e.g. soil or plant foliage) and subsequent off-site movement in ambient air. Secondary drift is different …

Positive Deviance As A Framework For Understanding Motivations And Barriers To Exercise For University Students At Campus Recreation, René Dario Herrera

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis was to use qualitative research methodologies to better understand motivations and barriers to exercise for university students at campus recreation. The secondary purpose was to identify any correlations between physical activity habits and academic success. Ethnographic data obtained from a positive deviance sample and critically analyzed with feminist and postmodern theory could provide additional validation for campus recreation's value in positively contributing to the academic success of university students.

Participant observation, questionnaire, cultural domain analysis, interview, and focus group provided qualitative data.

Results indicate university students who frequent campus recreation to exercise are highly motivated …

Validation Of The Thermal Work Limit (Twl) Against Known Heat Stress Exposures, Danielle L. Kapanowski

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Workers are exposed to stressful thermal work environments in multiple industries every day. Methods for assessing heat stress often struggle to balance productivity without compromising the health of the workers. The Thermal Work Limit (TWL) is a method that has been adopted in areas outside of the United States as a viable method for heat assessment that combines health with productivity. TWL recommends a maximum metabolic rate for a given set of environmental conditions, clothing ensemble and acclimatization state. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the validity of the TWL against a set of heat stress data known …

Une Analyse De La Vertu Dans Trois Tragédies Historiques De Pierre Corneille, Mariela Saad-Delgado

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Theologians, philosophers, moralists, artists, men and women of letters of the seventeenth century were interested in the notion of "virtue" and the place it should occupy in the education of children and in the life of adults. Because of this interest, literary genres of this period, and more specifically plays, provide us with many references of the word "virtue".

This concept is presented as one of the essential characteristics to be found in a hero and a heroine. However, "virtue" is not a constant concept, for its meaning is determined by the socio-political context, the author's philosophy, and the gender …

Are Mixed-Sex And Single-Sex Groups Equally Effective Across Males And Females? A Quasi-Experimental Investigation Of A Cognitive Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program In Mixed-Sex High School Populations, Christina L. Verzijl

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Body Project is a cognitive dissonance-based eating disorder (ED) preventive intervention program with ample empirical support among adolescent and undergraduate female samples. Recently, community stakeholders and data suggest that preventive efforts must also target body satisfaction and increasing ED symptomatology seen in males. The current study examined the efficacy of a male-only (MO), a mixed-sex (MS), and a traditional female-only (FO) Body Project program compared to a minimal attention control (AC) in a community sample. Participants included adolescents male and female students (N = 182) aged 13-19 years across three high school sites. Participants completed self-report measures assessing body …

The Pacific Sentinel, November 2018, Portland State University. Student Publications Board

The Pacific Sentinel

Editor: Jake Johnson

Articles in this issue include:

• Letter from the Editor
• All Taaj
• President Trump's Midnight "Nightcap" Sandwich
• Conversion Therapy: It's Time to Say No
• Disarming the Movement
• Examining Kavanaugh's Record
• Assassination Nation Asks
• Is It Really Just a Fantasy?
• Believe in Something, Don't Just Buy It
• Shock & Resistance in Puerto Rico
• Little Cow Pigeon
• Navy Vet Killed by Campus Police: #DisarmPSU Responds
• Palestinian Film Festival
• PSU Bored of Distrust
• Violent Mob Riots Show Support for Law and Order

Raps Sheet, November 2018, Retirement Association Of Portland State

RAPS Sheet: Monthly Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Using Problems Of Practice To Leverage Clinical Learning, Maika Yeigh

Curriculum and Instruction Faculty Publications and Presentations

Teacher preparation is a complex endeavor. Preparation programs are designed to transform regular humans into adept teachers through carefully constructed coursework and clinical experiences. University programs and the K-12 school systems both play important roles in the process; however, tensions have persisted between university coursework and clinical field work—a divide between "theoretical" and "clinical". The 2010 NCATE Blue Ribbon Panel Report issued a call to action, and asked teacher preparation programs to reconceptualize approaches to pre-service teacher learning by placing clinical experiences at the heart of the work in an effort to bridge traditional theoretical and clinical divides. This article …

Interactive Strategies For Advancing Marginalized Actors In Transnational Governance Contests: Labour And The Making Of Iso 26000, Stepan Wood

All Faculty Publications

This chapter explores the role of organized labour in drafting the ISO 26000 guidance standard on social responsibility (SR) as a case study of the circumstances in which weaker actors can take advantage of transnational business governance interactions (TBGIs) to achieve regulatory outcomes that advance their interests. Organized labour initially opposed the development of an ISO standard on SR and was vastly outnumbered when it joined this project in a defensive posture. Yet it achieved remarkably wide and strong protection for workers in ISO 26000 compared to other leading SR initiatives. Integrating theories of legitimation and regulatory enrolment, I theorize …

State V. Duran Respondent's Brief Dckt. 45818

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Merrimack College Record, Merrimack College

Merrimack College Record

No abstract provided.

ผลของบุหรี่ต่อการทำงานเซลล์เยื่อบุหลอดเลือดและหลอดเลือดแดงแข็งในอาสาสมัครไทย, กาญจนา จิตติพร, นนทัช อนุศักดิกุล, ภูมิพัฒน์ หิมะพรม, ธนพัฒน์ โสดจำปา, สิทธิชัย วชิราศรีศิริกุล, มันทนา วาดไธสง

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

เหตุผลของการทำวิจัย : การสูบบุหรี่เป็นปัจจัยเสี่ยงต่อโรคหัวใจและหลอดเลือด โดยทำให้การทำงานของเซลล์เยื่อบุหลอดเลือดผิดปกติและเกิดหลอดเลือดแดงแข็ง แต่ยังไม่มีการศึกษาผลของบุหรี่ต่อการทำงานของเซลล์เยื่อบุหลอดเลือดและการประเมินหลอดเลือดแดงแข็งในอาสาสมัครไทยมาก่อนวัตถุประสงค์ : เพื่อประเมินการทำงานของเซลล์เยื่อบุหลอดเลือดและการประเมินหลอดเลือดแดงแข็งของผู้ที่สูบบุหรี่วิธีการทำวิจัย : อาสาสมัครที่มีสุขภาพดี อายุ 20 - 60 ปี ที่สูบบุหรี่และไม่สูบบุหรี่จำนวน 72 ราย ประเมินการทำงานของเซลล์เยื่อบุหลอดเลือด ด้วยflow mediated dilatation (FMD) และประเมินหลอดเลือดแดงแข็งด้วย cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI)ผลการศึกษา : พบว่ากลุ่มที่สูบบุหรี่มีการทำงานของเซลล์เยื่อบุหลอดเลือดลดลงเมื่อเทียบกับกลุ่มที่ไม่สูบบุหรี่อย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ (P < 0.05) แต่ดัชนีความยืดหยุ่นของหลอดเลือดแดง (CAVI) และดัชนีความแข็งของหลอดเลือด (ankle brachial index; ABI) ไม่แตกต่างกันระหว่างกลุ่มที่ไม่สูบบุหรี่และกลุ่มที่สูบบุหรี่สรุป : การทำงานของเซลล์เยื่อบุหลอดเลือดลดลงในผู้ที่สูบบุหรี่ที่มีการสูบบุหรี่ระดับต่ำ ดังนั้นการประเมินการทำงานของเซลล์เยื่อบุหลอดเลือดอาจใช้เป็นการคัดกรอง ในผู้ที่สูบบุหรี่ก่อนที่จะดำเนินไปสู่โรคหลอดเลือดแดงแข็งตัวรวมถึงโรคหัวใจและหลอดเลือด.

2018-November-1-Darack Nanto, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

Meet Darack Nanto

Darack Nanto is many things. He’s an inventor, a graduate student, a personal trainer, an Olympic hopeful and a leader. He’s determined to show those in his home country of Togo that he can succeed at both his academic and athletic aspirations. Darack is building a prototype of his invention, the Eco Smart Can, while balancing his time between graduate classes and training to become an Olympic athlete. His goal is to become the first person from Togo to compete in bobsled skeleton at the winter games in 2022.

What was it like adjusting to life in …

Developing Serious Games In Engineering Education: Innovation At The Nexus Of Food, Energy, And Water Systems, Nathan Rice

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

At a time when food, energy, and water (FEW) are of the utmost concern to the security and health of the world, an initiative has begun to understand the interactions between these systems. The goal of Innovation at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS) is to bring together research fields that typically work in their own silos to solve complex problems increasing the resiliency and sustainability of the FEW system. Stemming from this initiative was a project to produce an educational immersive simulation game to teach youth about how their food is produced, systems thinking, and sustainable …

Sustainable Solutions, Georgia Southern University

Sustainable Solutions Newsletter (2016-2021)

No abstract provided.

Zinc Enhances Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation At Ca1 Synapses Through Nr2b Containing Nmda Receptors, John Sullivan, Xiao-Lei Zhang, Arthur P. Sullivan, Linnea R. Vose, Alexander A. Moghadam, Victor A. Fried, Patric K. Stanton

NYMC Faculty Publications

The role of zinc (Zn2+), a modulator of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, in regulating long-term synaptic plasticity at hippocampal CA1 synapses is poorly understood. The effects of exogenous application of Zn2+ and of chelation of endogenous Zn2+ were examined on long-term potentiation (LTP) of stimulus-evoked synaptic transmission at Schaffer collateral (SCH) synapses in field CA1 of mouse hippocampal slices using whole-cell patch clamp and field recordings. Low micromolar concentrations of exogenous Zn2+ enhanced the induction of LTP, and this effect required activation of NMDA receptors containing NR2B subunits. Zn2+ elicited a selective increase in NMDA/NR2B fEPSPs, and removal of endogenous Zn2+ …

Testing A Brief Web-Based Intervention To Increase Recognition Of Tobacco Constituents, Elizabeth G Klein, Amanda J Quisenberry, Abigail B Shoben, Tiffany Thomson, Susandi Htut, Randi E Foraker, Albert M Lai, Michael D Slater

Open Access Publications

Objective: We examined website formats to increase smokers' recognition of harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) in cigarettes.

Methods: Adult, daily smokers (N = 279) were randomized to view a brief, single-page study website showing HPHC names and uses. The intervention site was tailored + interactive, labeled by cigarette brand/subbrand showing color imagery and pop-up boxes; the generic + static website (control) was unbranded in greyscale. Eye tracking equipment measured attention (dwell time) to precise website features. Linear regression analyses compared attention to HPHC descriptions and the correct recognition of 15 HPHC chemicals. A randomly selected sub-sample (N = 30) …

Therapeutic Effect Of Rho Kinase Inhibitor Fsd-C10 In A Mouse Model Of Alzheimer's Disease., Qing-Fang Gu, Jie-Zhong Yu, Hao Wu, Yan-Hua Li, Chun-Yun Liu, Ling Feng, Guang-Xian Zhang, Bao-Guo Xiao, Cun-Gen Ma

Department of Neurology Faculty Papers

Fasudil, a Rho kinase (ROCK) inhibitor, effectively inhibits disease severity in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, given its significant limitations, including a relatively narrow safety window and poor oral bioavailability, Fasudil is not suitable for long-term use. Thus, screening for ROCK inhibitor(s) that are more efficient, safer, can be used orally and suitable for long-term use in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders is required. The main purpose of the present study is to explore whether FSD-C10, a novel ROCK inhibitor, has therapeutic potential in amyloid precursor protein/presenilin-1 transgenic (APP/PS1 Tg) mice, and to determine possible mechanisms of …

Annual Report State Fiscal Year July 2017-June 2018, Tennessee. Department Of Children's Services.

Department of Children's Services

No abstract provided.

Climbing Out From Under The Rock: Restoring Civil Rights, Economics, And Social Justice In Memphis And The Nation, The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute For Social Change

The Hooks Institute Policy Papers

No abstract provided.

The Robots Are Ready! Are We? Automation, Race, And The Workforce, Daphene R. Mcferren, Elena Delavega

The Hooks Institute Policy Papers

No abstract provided.

Gis To Address Questions In Forest Ecology And Management, Nicolas Picard

Purdue GIS Day

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are powerful tools to deal with spatialized issues. As such, they have become routine tools in forestry to delimit forest resources, support the design of forest inventories, map forest resources, and analyze, model and support decision making to sustainably manage forests. Two examples will be provided to show how forest management can benefit from progress in GIS technology. The first one deals with the optimization of forest roads to harvest trees in tropical rainforests. It required the development of heuristics to solve the multiple target access problem in a reasonable time. The second one deals with …