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Student Life, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Academic Requirements, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Allied Health Science, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Anthropology, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Biochemistry, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Biology, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Economics, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Chemistry, Saint Mary's College Of California

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English And Mfa In Creative Writing, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Environmental And Earth Science Programs, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Integral Program, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Kinesiology, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Performing Arts: Dance, Music And Theatre, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Pre-Professional Curricula, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Sociology, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Theology & Religious Studies, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Women's And Gender Studies, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Undergraduate Faculty, Saint Mary's College Of California

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Reconsidering The Foundations Of Thermodynamics From An Engineering Perspective, Terry Bristol

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Currently, there are two approaches to the foundations of thermodynamics. One, associated with the mechanistical Clausius-Boltzmann tradition, is favored by the physics community. The other, associated with the post-mechanical Carnot tradition, is favored by the engineering community. The bold hypothesis is that the conceptual foundation of engineering thermodynamics is the more comprehensive. Therefore, contrary to the dominant consensus, engineering thermodynamics (ET) represents the true foundation of thermodynamics. The foundational issue is crucial to a number of unresolved current and historical issues in thermodynamic theory and practice. ET formally explains the limited successes of the ‘rational mechanical’ approaches as idealizing special …

Effect Of Haze And Air Pollution On Cardio-Respiratory Systems In Northern Of Thailand, Ketwarang Leelasittikul, Kornanong Yuenyongchaiwat, Sasipa Buranapuntalug, Khajonsak Pongpanit, Patcharee Koonkumchoo

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Introduction: Haze and air pollution are important problem in several countries, especially northern part of Thailand.  Human’ health problems in cardiovascular and respiratory systems are major problem that affect to decrease pulmonary function and cardiovascular endurance.  So, the objective of this study was to examine the correlation between haze and pulmonary function and cardiovascular endurance in people who lived in northern part of Thailand.

Method: This study was a cross-sectional study.  Participants were random in three provinces that composed of Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, and Nan.  Pulmonary function was tested by spirometer and cardiovascular was tested by six minute …

Anti-Allergic, Anti-Inflammatory And Antioxidant Activities Of Aegle Marmelos Correa. Fruit, Pathompong Phuaklee, Bhanuz Dechayont, Jitpisute Chunthorng-Orn, Arunporn Itharat

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Introduction: Aegle marmelos, or Matuum, belongs to Rutaceae. In Thai traditional medicine, unripe fruit has been used to treat diarrhea, gastritis, flatulence, fatigue and maintain body balance. The objective of this study was to investigate the anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities of Aegle marmelos fruit.

Method: Two extraction methods (maceration and decoction) were used to extract unripe fruit. Inhibitory effects on the release of β-hexosaminidase and nitric oxide inhibitory assay were used to evaluate anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory activities. DPPH, ABTS, FRAP, and NBT assays were used to evaluate antioxidant activity.

Result: The 95% ethanol extract exhibited the potent allergic …

About Paraquat, Somchai Bovornkitti

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

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Semen Detection In Forensic Medicine, Papanu Suttipasit

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Identification of semen is one of the most important evidence of sexual assault by male and influence to the court judgement. Till now, Identification of semen is only sperm detection. Presumptive tests in Thailand are Zinc test, Acid phosphatase test, Prostate specific antigen test and Semenogelin test. The Semenogelin test is the most reliable preliminary test at present. The Y-STR can be only personal identification but it could not be semen identification. The alternate light sources can also be use as presumptive semen stain identification at scene. In the future, RAMAN and/or the miRNAs could be confirmation of semen identification …

Women And Other Beasts: A Feminist Perspective On Medieval Bestiaries, Carolynn Van Dyke

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

Gender and species intersect in the subject-matter, readership, and authorship of medieval beast-books. First, androcentric norms result in inconsistent gender references to species: the grammatically feminine eagle (Aquila) is represented as a stern father, the masculine turtledove (Turtura) as a clinging wife. More broadly, male exemplars represent nearly all species regardless of grammatical gender.

Second, both discursive norms and bibliographic practice presumed an exclusively male readership for the bestiary, but external and internal evidence suggest that bourgeois mothers used bestiaries in educating their children.

Third, a more radical intervention in androcentric bestiary norms is an instance …

Not A Conclusion To Gender And Species, Ecofeminist Intersections, Lesley Kordecki

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Unm Pathology Pathfinder Summer 2018, Unm Department Of Pathology

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Word Counts In Response To Cognitively Demanding Essay Prompts As Reflections Of General Cognitive Ability And Broad Cognitive Abilities, Michael Beaumont Armstrong

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

Natural language processing techniques can be used to analyze text and speech data. These techniques have been applied within many domains to date but have only recently been examined in the domain of personnel assessment. By linking workplace-relevant constructs such as general cognitive ability (GCA) to natural language processing outcomes such as word counts, a foundation for language-based psychological assessment of those abilities can be laid. Over 400 participants were recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk to write cognitively demanding essays and complete a battery of cognitive tests. Essays were analyzed using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC). Structural equation modeling …

The Importance Of Keeping The Big Ones: Harvest Slot Limits And Marine Protected Areas For The Management Of The Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Gayathiri Gnanalingam

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Fishing typically removes the oldest and/or largest individuals from populations undermining stability and reproductive success. Traditional fisheries management tools fail to protect these oldest and/or largest individuals, but two less conventional tools: marine protected areas (MPAs), and harvest slot limits have the potential to do so. Here I tested the possible use of these tools for the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, an iconic and economically valued species. After decades of intense fishing, the largest lobsters have largely been wiped out. The loss of the largest lobsters is significant as large lobsters have considerably greater reproductive potential than their …

Self-Reported Oral Health Assessment And Attitudes Toward Oral Health For Adults With Cystic Fibrosis, Ahmed Ali Almuntashiri

Dental Hygiene Theses & Dissertations

Purpose: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic genetic disorder that an individual has at birth. Cystic fibrosis impacts equally all races, gender and becomes worse over time. The aim of this current study was to evaluate oral health status, interaction with the oral health system, and oral health awareness in adults with cystic fibrosis. Methods: A validated survey consisting of 27 questions was distributed online through cystic fibrosis Facebook pages. Individuals with CF who were 18 years old or older, residing in the U.S. and having English as their primary language were asked to respond to the survey. Independent variables …

Characterizing The Activity Of Antimicrobial Peptides Against The Pathogenic Bacterium Clostridium Difficile In An Anaerobic Environment, Adenrele Mojeed Oludiran

Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses & Dissertations

Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic Gram-positive pathogen with high treatment costs and mortality and very high antibiotic tolerance. Antimicrobial host-defense peptides (HDPs) produced naturally by animal immune systems are promising candidates to develop novel therapies for bacterial infection because they cause oxidative stress that damages multiple targets in bacterial cells, so it is difficult for bacteria to evolve resistance to these attacks.

Piscidins, fish-derived HDPs that can also form complexes with copper (Cu) to enhance their activities, are very active against multiple bacterial species in an aerobic environment. We examined their activity against C. difficile and other species in an …