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Volume Cxxxv, Number 14, February 16, 2018, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

February 16, 2018, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Expression Analysis Of Liver-Specific Circulating Micrornas In Hcv-Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Egyptian Patients., Lobna Mourad, Amged Ouf, Suher Kamal Zada

Faculty Journal Articles

Due to the absence of reliable and accurate biomarkers for the early detection of liver malignancy, circulating microRNAs have recently emerged as great candidates for prompt cancer identification. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the potential of liver-specific circulating microRNAs as an accurate non-invasive diagnostic tool for early diagnosis of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methodology: A total of 165 patients were enrolled in this study and categorized into four main groups: 42 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) without cirrhosis, 45 CHC with cirrhosis (LC), 38 HCC with HCV patients, and 40 healthy controls. The expression …

Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) In Panama: New Species, Sex Associations And Seasonal Flight Activity, Roberto A. Cambra, Kevin A. Williams, Diomedes Quintero, Donald M. Windsor, John Pickering, Daisy Saavedra

Insecta Mundi

A taxonomic revision of Panamanian species of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) is presented and a key for the six species is given, all recognized from both sexes. Dasymutilla colorado Cambra, Williams and Quintero sp. nov., from central and eastern Panama, is described and illustrated. Sex associations permitted us to make the following five synonymies: D. sleipniri Manley and Pitts, 2007 (male) under D. phya (Cameron, 1895) (female); D. deyrollesi Mickel, 1937 (male) and Sphaerophthama [sic.] temaxensis Cameron, 1895 under Dasymutilla araneoides (Smith, 1862) (female); D. ionothorax Manley and Pitts, 2007 (male) under Dasymutilla spilota Manley and Pitts, …

Drivers And Mechanisms Of Tree Mortality In Moist Tropical Forests, Nate G. Mcdowell, Craig D. Allen, Kristina Anderson-Teixeira, Paulo Brando, Roel J. W. Brienen, Jeff Chambers, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Stuart Davies, Alvaro Duque, Fernando Espiritu-Santo

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences (Formerly Dept. of Biology)

Tree mortality rates appear to be increasing in moist tropical forests (MTFs) with significant carbon cycle consequences. Here, we review the state of knowledge regarding MTF tree mortality, create a conceptual framework with testable hypotheses regarding the drivers, mechanisms and interactions that may underlie increasing MTF mortality rates, and identify the next steps for improved understanding and reduced prediction. Increasing mortality rates are associated with rising temperature and vapor pressure deficit, liana abundance, drought, wind events, fire and, possibly, CO2 fertilization-induced increases in stand thinning or acceleration of trees reaching larger, more vulnerable heights. The majority of these mortality drivers …

Nature Of Sin, Dylan Halter

The Kabod

Sin is inescapable. Since the Fall, mankind has been doomed. God continuously provided His people an opportunity for repentance, but the cataclysmic effects of sin continued. Understanding the nature of sin is one of the most important doctrines for apologetics, evangelism, discipleship, and pastoral teachings. Upon firmly applying hermeneutics, historical tradition, theological exegesis, and practical applications, followers of the Way are more equipped to do the Will of the Lord. The serpent succeeded in the garden, but the Savior defeated death on the Cross, bringing about redemption and restoration for all of humanity.

Dendrimer Nanocarriers And Their Aerosol Formulations For The Delivery Of Therapeutics To And Through The Lungs, Sandro R.P. Da Rocha

Amgen Seminar Series in Chemical Engineering

In this presentation we discuss how the chemistry of dendrimer nanocarriers can be used to modulate their interaction with the pulmonary epithelium and how such knowledge can be used to develop efficient strategies for local or systemic delivery of drugs to and through the lungs. We also discuss particle engineering approaches that allow us to design portable oral inhalation formulations of the dendrimer nanocarriers with aerosols conducive to deep lung deposition. We employ a range of experimental and computational tools to probe the system at various size scales, from atomic to molecular to nano and micron, in order to design …

Competing Liabilities: Responding To Evidence Of Child Abuse That Surface During The Attorney-Client Relationship, Alison Beyea

Maine Law Review

Kevin Adams, a practicing attorney in Maine, represents John Brown in a dispute with Brown's landlord. Brown is facing eviction as a result of his inability to pay the rent. Over the course of the representation, Adams has come to believe that Brown is abusing his son. Brown--who is working two jobs but still cannot pay his rent--has told Adams of the incredible pressure he is facing. Brown has admitted that the pressure is getting to him and that he feels bad that he has been “taking it out on the kid.” Brown also told Adams that he had been …

The Effect Of Simulated Herbivory On Pea Plants (Pisum Sativum) Under Water Stress, Georgia Harrison

Conspectus Borealis

No abstract provided.

Circumvention Medical Tourism And Cutting Edge Medicine: The Case Of Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy, I. Glenn Cohen

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

'Medical Tourism" is the travel of patients from a home country to a destination country for the primary purpose of receiving health care. "Circumvention Tourism" is a sub-type of such travel where the motivation is circumventing a domestic prohibition on accessing a medical service. This Article focuses on such circumvention tourism for cutting-edge medicine. I use the recently reported case of travel to Mexico for Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy as a springboard for examining the legal and ethical issues raised by the practice and to discuss restrictive regulation in place in the United States.

This Article derives in part from the …

The Relationship Between Leadership Qualities And Group Collaboration In Third-Grade Students., Vanessa Hernandez

Education Undergraduate Research

Leadership in any area of vocation is widely recognized as a vital component of success. Coupled with this is the ability to work collaboratively with other individuals. This study focused on leadership qualities, mainly emotional intelligence, in third-grade students and whether those qualities affected their level of collaboration. The specific leadership qualities observed for this study were narrowed down to emotional intelligence (self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skill) along with cognitive intelligence and confidence (Goleman, 2004). This exploratory mixed-method required the participants (23 third-grade students) to interact with their peers in a small group setting, with the goal of …

Identification Of A Putative Man-Made Object From An Underwater Crash Site Using Cad Model Superimposition, Jay Vincelli, Fatih Calakli, Michael Stone, Graham E. Forrester, Timothy Mellon, John Jarrell

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

In order to identify an object in video, a comparison with an exemplar object is typically needed. In this paper, we discuss the methodology used to identify an object detected in underwater video that was recorded during an investigation into Amelia Earhart's purported crash site. A computer aided design (CAD) model of the suspected aircraft component was created based on measurements made from orthogonally rectified images of a reference aircraft, and validated against historical photographs of the subject aircraft prior to the crash. The CAD model was then superimposed on the underwater video, and specific features on the object were …

Seroprevalence Survey For Microsporidia In Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus): Example Of A Quantitative Approach Based On Immunoblotting, Guillaume Desoubeaux, Roman Peschke, Carolina Le-Bert, Vanessa Fravel, Jeny Soto, Eric D. Jensen, Jennifer E. Flower, Randall Wells, Anja Joachim, Carolyn Cray

United States Navy: Publications

Little is known about microsporidiosis pathogenicity in cetaceans. Here we report seroprevalence of 76% for microsporidia in blood samples from common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), from animals managed under human care (n=108) or captured for health assessments (n=13) and released.

Faculty Council Minutes February 15, 2018, Bronx Community College Faculty Council

BCC Governance Archives

Minutes for the meeting of the Faculty Council on February 15, 2018.

Minutes, College Of Liberal Arts Executive Committee Meeting, Thursday, February 15, 2018, College Of Liberal Arts Executive Committe

Executive Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Setonian, February 15, 2018, Seton Hall University

2018

No abstract provided.

Student Movement - Issue 15, Andrews University

Student Movement v. 102 (2017-2018)

Student Movement, Issue 15, 2018

February 15, 2018, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Stem Stories, February 2018, #3, Ginger L'Heureux

STEM Stories

Student Profile - Amy Hartwig

Nepal Ambient Monitoring And Source Testing Experiment (Namaste): Emissions Of Particulate Matter From Wood-And Dung-Fueled Cooking Fires, Garbage And Crop Residue Burning, Brick Kilns, And Other Sources, Thilina Jayarathne, Chelsea E. Stockwell, Prakash V. Bhave, Puppala S. Praveen, Chathurika M. Rathnayake, Robiul Md Islam, Arnico K. Panday, Sagar Adhikari, Rashmi Maharjan, J. Douglas Goetz, Peter F. Decarlo, Eri Saikawa, Robert J. Yokelson, Elizabeth A. Stone

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

The Nepal Ambient Monitoring and Source Testing Experiment (NAMaSTE) characterized widespread and under-sampled combustion sources common to South Asia, including brick kilns, garbage burning, diesel and gasoline generators, diesel groundwater pumps, idling motorcycles, traditional and modern cooking stoves and fires, crop residue burning, and heating fire. Fuel-based emission factors (EFs; with units of pollutant mass emitted per kilogram of fuel combusted) were determined for fine particulate matter (PM2.5), organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), inorganic ions, trace metals, and organic species. For the forced-draft zigzag brick kiln, EFPM2.5 ranged from 12 to 19gkg-1 with major contributions from OC (7%), sulfate …

Unfolding The Hippocampus: An Intrinsic Coordinate System For Subfield Segmentations And Quantitative Mapping, Jordan Dekraker, Kayla M. Ferko, Jonathan C. Lau, Stefan Köhler, Ali R. Khan

Brain and Mind Institute Researchers' Publications

The hippocampus, like the neocortex, has a morphological structure that is complex and variable in its folding pattern, especially in the hippocampal head. The current study presents a computational method to unfold hippocampal grey matter, with a particular focus on the hippocampal head where complexity is highest due to medial curving of the structure and the variable presence of digitations. This unfolding was performed on segmentations from high-resolution, T2-weighted 7T MRI data from 12 healthy participants and one surgical patient with epilepsy whose resected hippocampal tissue was used for histological validation. We traced a critical image feature composed of the …

The Diamond, February 15, 2018, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Hundreds of Men Brave Below Freezing Temperatures to Pray for Community; Dordt Celebrates Valentine's Day; Master Plan Renovations Set over Twenty Years
• News: Iowa Bill Hopes to Lower Charges for Possession of Marijuana; Concrete Canoe Sets Course for Competition; Stem Fest Brings 170 STEM-to-be Students to Campus; Job Searching with CDC; Sioux Center Community School District Chooses Superintendent; Iowa Caucus; Russia Banned from Participating in 2018 Winter Olympics; Fly, Eagles, Fly!
• Feature: National Heart Month; The Evolution and Faith Paradox... Or Is It?; Students for Caring; Faculty Feature: Tom Clark; Chapels Encourage Improving, Rather Than Leaving, Church; Mental …

Development Trends In Intelligent Homes, I-Chen Chen, Jia-Shing Sheu, Husan-Wei Huang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Since the U.S. National Science and Technology Council began implementing its plans for the development of intelligent structures in 2004, the Taiwan Communications Industry Alliance has been committed to applying communication and monitoring technologies in the construction industry to develop a market for intelligent houses. Accordingly, in this paper, relevant studies from January 2000 to December 2016 were collected from the Web of Science database. A key-route main path analysis of the text and data as well as a growth analysis of the research clusters in this field were performed to determine the main research topics and development trajectories. The …

Automatic Recognition Of Marine Traffic Flow Regions Based On Kernel Density Estimation, Wei-Feng Li, Bin Mei, Guo-You Shi

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

The automatic recognition of traffic flow regions can provide decision support for ships’ automatic route design and route planning. This study analyzes the characteristics of ships’ trajectory structures and builds a course and distance model. Pearson correlation coefficients are used for measuring the similarities of the models and clustering trajectories, and kernel density estimation is used for estimating the probability density of clustered trajectories. An automatic recognition algorithm for traffic flow regions is proposed. This study examines ships’ automatic identification system data in Laotieshan channel, China. The traffic separation scheme regions and traffic intersectional regions are recognized automatically, and the …

Chlorophyll Concentration Derived From Microwave Remote Sensing Measurements Using Artificial Neural Network Algorithm, Young-Heon Jo, Dae-Won Kim, Hyuna Kim

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Ocean color optic remote sensing has been used to estimate various biogeochemical constituents to monitor ocean environmental changes in coastal regions and global open oceans. However, the most problematic issue in utilizing ocean color measurements is cloud coverage. Thus, this study introduces a neural network (NN) algorithm to derive Chlorophyll a (Chl) concentrations, which are unavailable due to the presence of clouds. Because ocean color remote sensing depends on cloud coverage, microwave measurements, including sea-surface temperature, cloud, water vapor, precipitation, and winds, were used as inputs for the NN algorithm. Accordingly, the NN algorithm was designed to predict Chl using …

Proximate Composition And Free Nitrogen-Containing Compounds In Raw Hybrid Abalone (Haliotis Discus Hannai X H. Diversicolor Diversicolor), Commercial Processed Abalone And Abalone Analogue Products, Cheng-Lin Tsai, Chyuan-Yuan Shiau, Hsin-I Hsiao, Wen-Chieh Sung

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

The proximate composition, pH, free amino acids, ammonia and nucleotide-related compounds of raw abalone, commercial processed abalone and abalone analogues were investigated. Taurine was the dominant free amino acid (FAA), accounting for 61.4% of the total FAA in raw hybrid abalone and 29.9% in processed abalone. Abalone analogue products had a high amount of free amino acids, but only 0.3-2.5% taurine. The proximate composition and pH value of abalone changed only slightly after blanching and processing, while the taurine and glycogen content decreased by 50%. FAA profiles were significantly different between commercial processed abalone and analogue products, both of which …

Homogenization Of Plant Diversity, Composition, And Structure In North American Urban Yards, William D. Pearse, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Sarah E. Hobbie, Meghan L. Avolio, Neil Bettez, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Lindsay E. Darling, Peter M. Groffman, J. Morgan Grove, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Jennifer Learned, Christopher Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Diane E. Pataki, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Meredith K. Steele, Tara L. E. Trammell

Ecology Center Publications

Urban ecosystems are widely hypothesized to be more ecologically homogeneous than natural ecosystems. We argue that urban plant communities assemble from a complex mix of horticultural and regional species pools, and evaluate the homogenization hypothesis by comparing cultivated and spontaneously occurring urban vegetation to natural area vegetation across seven major U.S. cities. There was limited support for homogenization of urban diversity, as the cultivated and spontaneous yard flora had greater numbers of species than natural areas, and cultivated phylogenetic diversity was also greater. However, urban yards showed evidence of homogenization of composition and structure. Yards were compositionally more …

Modified Single Prolonged Stress Reduces Cocaine Self-Administration During Acquisition Regardless Of Rearing Environment, Rebecca S. Hofford, Mark A. Prendergast, Michael T. Bardo

Psychology Faculty Publications

Until recently, there were few rodent models available to study the interaction of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and drug taking. Like PTSD, single prolonged stress (SPS) produces hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysfunction and alters psychostimulant self-administration. Other stressors, such as isolation stress, also alter psychostimulant self-administration. However, it is currently unknown if isolation housing combined with SPS can alter the acquisition or maintenance of cocaine self-administration. The current study applied modified SPS (modSPS; two hours restraint immediately followed by cold swim stress) to rats raised in an isolation condition (Iso), enrichment condition (Enr), or standard condition (Std) to measure changes in …

Targeting Cdk6 And Bcl2 Exploits The "Myb Addiction" Of Ph+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Marco De Dominici, Patrizia Porazzi, Angela Rachele Soliera, Samanta A. Mariani, Sankar Addya, Paolo Fortina, Luke F. Peterson, Orietta Spinelli, Alessandro Rambaldi, Giovanni Martinelli, Anna Ferrari, Ilaria Iacobucci, Bruno Calabretta

Department of Cancer Biology Faculty Papers

Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph^þ ALL) is currently treated with BCR-ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in combination with chemotherapy. However, most patients develop resistance to TKI through BCR-ABL1–dependent and –independent mechanisms. Newly developed TKI can target Ph^þ ALL cells with BCR-ABL1–dependent resistance; however, overcoming BCR-ABL1–independent mechanisms of resistance remains challenging because transcription factors, which are difficult to inhibit, are often involved. We show here that (i) the growth of Ph^þ ALL cell lines and primary cells is highly dependent on MYB-mediated transcriptional upregulation of CDK6, cyclin D3, and BCL2, and (ii) restoring their expression in MYB-silenced …

The Daily Gamecock, Thursday, February 15, 2018, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

February

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