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Metal Containing Polymers As Dielectrics: A Co-Design Approach To Material Space Expansion, Shamima Nasreen

Doctoral Dissertations

“Metals” is known to play an integral part of human life in its numerous form from the dawn of civilization whether as an everyday mechanistic tool as well as important biological nutrients. They are found in everything around us from power system as wind turbines to medical instrument as diabetes test strips, construction materials to transportation development, and needless to say in our essential everyday electronic equipment. To imagine life without electricity, road without cars and medical care without many of today’s medical devices are impossible. The uses of metals and derivative of metals become the utmost necessity beyond replacement. …

The Inkwell, Armstrong State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Miner, February 22, 2018

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

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Coral Reef Fishes Exhibit Beneficial Phenotypes Inside Marine Protected Areas, Robert Y. Fidler, Jessica Fidler, Kristen W. Rynerson, Danielle F. Matthews, Ralph G. Turingan

Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Human fishing effort is size-selective, preferentially removing the largest individuals from harvested stocks. Intensive, size-specific fishing mortality induces directional shifts in phenotypic frequencies towards the predominance of smaller and earlier-maturing individuals, which are among the primary causes of declining fish biomass. Fish that reproduce at smaller size and younger age produce fewer, smaller, and less viable larvae, severely reducing the reproductive capacity of harvested populations. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are extensively utilized in coral reefs for fisheries management, and are thought to mitigate the impacts of size-selective fishing mortality and supplement fished stocks through larval export. However, empirical evidence of …

Genotyping By Sequencing And Genome–Environment Associations In Wild Common Bean Predict Widespread Divergent Adaptation To Drought, Andrés J. Cortés, Matthew W. Blair

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Drought will reduce global crop production by >10% in 2050 substantially worsening global malnutrition. Breeding for resistance to drought will require accessing crop genetic diversity found in the wild accessions from the driest high stress ecosystems. Genome–environment associations (GEA) in crop wild relatives reveal natural adaptation, and therefore can be used to identify adaptive variation. We explored this approach in the food crop Phaseolus vulgaris L., characterizing 86 geo-referenced wild accessions using genotyping by sequencing (GBS) to discover single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The wild beans represented Mesoamerica, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador/Northern Peru and Andean groupings. We found high polymorphism with a …

Increased Soil Frost Versus Summer Drought As Drivers Of Plant Biomass Responses To Reduced Precipitation: Results From A Globally-Coordinated Field Experiment, Hugh A.L. Henry, Mehdi Abedi, Concepcion L. Alados, Karen H. Beard, Lauchlan H. Fraser, Anke Jentsch, Juergen Kreyling, Andrew Kulmatiski, Eric G. Lamb, Wei Sun, Mathew R. Vankoughnett, Susanna Venn, Christiane Werner, Ilka Beil, Irmgard Blindow, Sven Dahlke, Maren Dubbert, Alexandra Effinger, Heath W. Garris, Maite Gartzia, Tobias Gebauer, Mohammed A.S. Arfin Khan, Andrey V. Malyshev, Charles Nock, Janelle P. Paulson, Yolanda Pueyo, Holly J. Stover, Xuechen Yang

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Reduced precipitation treatments often are used in field experiments to explore the effects of drought on plant productivity and species composition. However, in seasonally snow-covered regions reduced precipitation also reduces snow cover, which can increase soil frost depth, decrease minimum soil temperatures and increase soil freeze-thaw cycles. Therefore, in addition to the effects of reduced precipitation on plants via drought, freezing damage to overwintering plant tissues at or below the soil surface could further affect plant productivity and relative species abundances during the growing season. We examined the effects of both reduced rainfall (via rain-out shelters) and reduced snow cover …

Wdph 2017 Summer Internship Report, Lauren Meininger

Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise

In the spring of 2014, the Worcester Division of Public Health, UMass Memorial Health Care, and Clark University’s Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise joined forces to begin developing a partnership that would combine academic resources, student input, and public health needs in the City of Worcester. Founders of this program were motivated to seek and implement innovative interventions for public health issues while simultaneously inspiring a new generation of public health professionals.

Each year, the Academic Health Collaborative of Worcester (AHCW) brings in student interns to work on the pressing public health issues of the moment. Interns work alongside epidemiologists, …

Chemical Characterization Of Fine Particulate Matter Emitted By Peat Fires In Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, During The 2015 El Niño, Thilina Jayarathne, Chelsea E. Stockwell, Ashley A. Gilbert, Kaitlyn Daugherty, Mark A. Cochrane, Kevin C. Ryan, Erianto I. Putra, Bambang H. Saharjo, Ati D. Nurhayati, Israr Albar, Robert J. Yokelson, Elizabeth A. Stone

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Fine particulate matter (PM2:5) was collected in situ from peat smoke during the 2015 El Niño peat fire episode in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Twenty-one PM samples were collected from 18 peat fire plumes that were primarily smoldering with modified combustion efficiency (MCE) values of 0.725-0.833. PM emissions were determined and chemically characterized for elemental carbon (EC), organic carbon (OC), water-soluble OC, water-soluble ions, metals, and organic species. Fuel-based PM2:5 mass emission factors (EFs) ranged from 6.0 to 29.6 g kg1 with an average of 17:36:0 g kg1. EC was detected only in 15 plumes and comprised 1% of PM mass. …

Minors In Laboratories Policy

Environmental Health & Safety Policies

The University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis Office of Environmental Health and Safety is committed to providing a safe and healthful educational and employment environment for its entire community through collaboration, support and best practice integration into the campus culture. This policy specifically applies to minors who are involved in laboratory activities on the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis campus. To assure the health and wellness of minors visiting the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis, the Minors in Laboratories Policy has been established.

This policy applies to all minors …

Coastal Resiliance And Management Evs 510x, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

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Food Sovereignty Collaboration Brings Ecuadorian Faculty To Ohio, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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February 21, 2018 Agenda, A-State Staff Senate

Staff Senate Minutes

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Chdi's 13th Conference Promises Some Good News For The Huntington's Disease Community, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

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Don’T Let The Bed Bugs Bill: Landlord Liability For Bed Bug Infestations In Georgia, Megan M. Harrison

Georgia State University Law Review

Although the historical relationship between bed bugs and humans dates back to ancient Egypt, the common bed bug, or Cimex lectularius, vanished from the beds of Americans around World War II. In the late 1990s, however, our bloodsucking bedfellows returned. Bed bug infestations are a growing public health issue. Bed bugs are now found in all fifty states, with populations in five states reaching epidemic levels. Both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) consider bed bugs a “pest of significant public health importance."

Despite their name, bed bugs are not limited to …

Hotline Press Newspaper- February 2018 Vol 34 No 45, Hotline Press Newspaper

Hotline Press Newspaper 2018

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Grant Awarded To Uab Alumnus To Continue Research On Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

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Weed Management In 2050: Perspectives On The Future Of Weed Science, James Westwood, R. Charudattan, Stephen O. Duke, Steven A. Fennimore, Pam Marrone, David C. Slaughter, Clarence J. Swanton, Richard K. Zollinger

Faculty and Student Publications (Open Access)

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Daily Eastern News: February 21, 2018, Eastern Illinois University

February

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Relationship Between The Cortisol-Estradiol Phase Difference And Affect In Women, Karyn Butler

Open Access Publishing Support Funded Articles

Affective disorders impact women’s health, with a lifetime prevalence of over twelve per cent. They have been correlated with reproductive cycle factors, under the regulation of hormonal circadian rhythms. In affective disorders, circadian rhythms may become desynchronized. The circadian rhythms of cortisol and estradiol may play a role in affective disorders. The purpose of this study was to explore the temporal relationship between the rhythms of cortisol and estradiol and its relationship to affect. It was hypothesized that a cortisol-estradiol phase difference (PD) exists that correlates with optimal affect. A small scale, comparative, correlational design was used to test the …

Spectator 2018-02-21, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

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The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

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Volume 55, Number 27: February 21, 2018, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Adolescence And The Next Generation, George C. Patton, Craig A. Olsson, Vegard Skirbekk, Richard Saffery, Mary E. Wlodek, Peter S. Azzopardi, Marcin Stonawski, Bruce Rasmussen, Elizabeth Spry, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Adolescent growth and social development shape the early development of offspring from preconception through to the post-partum period through distinct processes in males and females. At a time of great change in the forces shaping adolescence, including the timing of parenthood, investments in today's adolescents, the largest cohort in human history, will yield great dividends for future generations.

Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Biocide, Tributyl Tetradecyl Phosphonium Chloride, Causes Mitochondrial Dysfunction That Is Enhanced By Sodium Chloride In Chironomus Riparius, Zainab Hussain Alali

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Tributyl tetradecyl phosphonium chloride (TTPC) is a biocide utilized in the hydraulic fracturing process to extract oil and natural gas from deep underground. This study used 4^th instar Chironomus riparius to investigate the toxicity of TTPC, NaCl, and TTPC+NaCl. Our results show that the 24 h LC₅₀s for TTPC, NaCl, and TTPC+NaCl were 0.57 mg/L, >10,000 mg/L, and 0.32 mg/L, respectively, while the 48 h LC₅₀s for the same treatments were 0.48 mg/L, 9808 mg/L, and 0.22 mg/L, respectively. Additionally, TTPC’s mechanism of action was investigated by measuring the levels of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), superoxide …

Resveratrol And Pterostilbene Exhibit Anticancer Properties Involving The Downregulation Of Hpv Oncoprotein E6 In Cervical Cancer Cells, Kaushiki Chatterjee, Dina Alsharif, Christina Mazza, Palwasha Syar, Mohamed Al Sharif, Jimmie E. Fata

Publications and Research

Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in women living in developing countries. Due to a lack of affordable effective therapy, research into alternative anticancer compounds with low toxicity such as dietary polyphenols has continued. Our aim is to determine whether two structurally similar plant polyphenols, resveratrol and pterostilbene, exhibit anticancer and anti-HPV (Human papillomavirus) activity against cervical cancer cells. To determine anticancer activity, extensive in vitro analyses were performed. Anti-HPV activity, through measuring E6 protein levels, subsequent downstream p53 effects, and caspase-3 activation, were studied to understand a possible mechanism of action. Both polyphenols are effective agents …

Steric Crowding In Tetrel Bonds, Steve Scheiner

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

The tetravalent character of tetrel atoms leaves only limited room for an incoming nucleophile to approach and engage in a noncovalent bond with a tetrel atom. Any such approach can only occur at the expense of internal geometric distortions. The balance between attractive forces and repulsive steric crowding was studied for a series of Lewis acids of the type FTR₃ (T = Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) which were allowed to interact with various bases. The strength and other properties of the tetrel bond are examined as the R groups are made progressively larger, varying from H and CH_{3 …}

Ay 2017/2018 Fs Meeting Minutes, 2018-02-21, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

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Fairness At A Price: Protecting The Integrity Of Athletic Competitions At The Expense Of Female Athletes, Annie Bach Yen Nguyen

Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law

Ever since women were allowed to compete in the Olympics, they have been subjected to some form of gender verification. Initially, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) required female athletes to present certificates from their doctors confirming that they were in fact women. In 1966, the IOC and the IAAF “decided they couldn’t trust individual nations to certify femininity, and instead implemented a mandatory genital check of every woman competing at international games.” This process was dubbed the “nude parades”. In response to the overwhelming disapproval of such examination, the IOC and IAAF began implementing …

Sociocultural And Health System Factors Associated With Mortality Among Febrile Inpatients In Tanzania: A Prospective Social Biopsy Cohort Study, Michael E. Snavely, Michael J. Maze, Charles Muiruri, Lilian Ngowi, Flora Mboya, Julia Beamesderfer, Glory F. Makupa, Anthon G. Mwingwa, Bingileki F. Lwezaula, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Venance P. Maro, John A. Crump, Jan Ostermann, Matthew P. Rubach

Faculty Publications

Introduction Communicable diseases are the leading causes of death in Tanzania despite the existence of effective treatment tools. We aimed to assess the sociocultural and health system factors associated with mortality from febrile illness in northern Tanzania.

Methods We interviewed febrile inpatients to determine prevalence of barriers in seeking or receiving care and grouped these barriers using the Three Delays model (delays at home, in transport and at healthcare facilities). We assessed 6-week mortality and, after matching on age, gender and severity of illness, measured the association between delays and mortality using conditional logistic regression.

Results We enrolled 475 children, …

2018 February 21, College Curriculum Review Committee Meeting Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

University Curriculum Review Committee

College Curriculum Review Committee Meeting Minutes – February 21, 2018