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Scientific Approach To The Study Of Peace As A Behavior Will Improve Practice Of Peace, Staff

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Volume Cxxxvi, Number 6, October 19, 2018, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

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Research Experiences At Gwu Help Chemistry Alumna Transition To Doctoral Program, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Taylor Dodson (‘17) came to Gardner-Webb University, because Golf Coach Tee Burton was willing to let her play on the team and major in chemistry. She proved that she could excel at the demanding subject and on the golf course. Dodson was a three-time Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-America Scholar and was a Big South Conference Women’s Golf Student-Athlete of the Year.

Health Effects Of Late-Career Unemployment, Maren Wright Voss, Lori L. Wadsworth, Wendy Birmingham, M. Beth Merryman, Lisa Crabtree, Kathy Subasic, Man Hung

Extension Research

Objective: Job loss has a demonstrated negative impact on physical and mental health. Involuntary retirement has also been linked to poorer physical and mental health outcomes. This study examined whether late-career unemployment is related to involuntary retirement and health declines postretirement. Method: Analysis was conducted using the 2000-2012 U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS) survey data with unemployment months regressed with demographic and baseline health measures on physical and mental health. Results: Individuals with late-career unemployment reported more involuntary retirement timing (47.0%) compared with those reporting no unemployment (27.9%). Late-career unemployment had no significant effect on self-reported physical health (β …

Nonlinear Dynamics With Chaotic Processes In Biotechnology And Genetic Engineering., M.A Ismailov, M. Saidalieva, M.B Hidirova

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

This paper deals with modeling genetic systems activity during manipulation of an organism’s genes using biotechnology. Computational experiments show that at certain values of internal and external cellular conditions there are exist the following regimes: stationary state, auto-oscillations and chaotic behavior of gene regulatory network linkages.

Electrochemical Method Of Measuring The Antioxidant Activity Of Compounds Of Phenol Nature., V.Kh Shamsutdinova

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

The article describes one of the types of electrochemical methods for determining the antioxidant activity of compounds of phenolic nature - the method of voltammetry, which is one of the most common today. Experimental installations for the determination of antioxidant activity using voltammetry modified with various kinds of electrodes are given; in addition, the features of the chosen technique are given.

The Problem Of Phasification Of The Parameters Of The Storage Process Of A Sportshead Oil Raw Material When Building A Fuzzy Regulator., N.A Kabulov

Chemical Technology, Control and Management

the article proposes an automated intelligent process control system for the storage of perishable oilseed raw materials based on phase-control. To solve the problem of phasing the process parameters, the modified Saaty method is used. In order to optimize the description, the obtained membership functions were approximated in the Maple symbolic mathematics package.

Expression Analysis Of Cyclooxygenase-2 In Patients Suffering From Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Shahida Tasneem, Muhammad Tahir Sarwa, Muhammad Rizwan Bashi, Hamid Hussain, Jawad Ahmed, Shahid Pervez

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the aggressive malignancies and mechanisms underlying its pathogenesis remain unclear. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme system plays a crucial role in many gastrointestinal malignancies and is an important regulator of cell growth, proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation and transformation. More precise outcome of COX-2 in ESCC is less investigated. In this study we investigated the risk factors of ESCC and expression of COX-2 in Carcinoma in situ (CIS) and ESCC compared to normal esophageal mucosa. ESCC relationship to clinico-pathological parameters using immunohistochemistry was also part of this investigation. Current study was conducted in the Institute of …

Chimes: October 19, 2018, Calvin College

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AHANA retention increases at Calvin by Annette Espinoza

Local bishop discusses martyred saint by Joshua Polanski

Restorative Justice Conference continues conversation about justice practices by Michelle Merritt

Handling of sexual misconduct strives to balance safety, support with conduct code by Annette Espinoza

Wild and Scenic Film Festival showcased humanity's ties with nature by Garrett Strpko

Calvin hosts Midwest Invitational volleyball tournament, loses first match of season by Ellinfton Smith

John Calvin University by Juliana Knot

Developing Student Learning Outcome Metrics For Makerspaces: A Stem Pilot Course, Jaime Cantu, Martin K. Wallace

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

Preparing undergraduate engineering students with the competencies needed for future work environments is a central objective of college engineering programs. Recently, access to 3D printers and other digital fabrication technologies in academic makerspaces has increased opportunities for students to engage with people and tools essential for improving their engineering and design competencies, and has led researchers to explore how to increase and measure student learning in these spaces. The literature reveals interests in and the need for exploring how makerspaces affect undergraduate student learning outcomes, but few universities are actively engaged in this type of research. The University of Texas …

The Impact Of Stuttering On Development Of Self-Identity, Relationships, And Quality Of Life In Women Who Stutter, Charn Nang, Deborah J. Hersh, Katie Milton, Su Re Lau

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Purpose: The experiences of women who stutter have been underresearched. Clinicians have little guidance from the research literature on issues specific to women who stutter and are likely to have less clinical contact with this group than with men who stutter because of the higher prevalence of stuttering in men. This study explored the experiences of a small group of women who stutter with a particular focus on what the main current issues are and how gender may have influenced experiences with stuttering.

Method: This qualitative study involved recruitment of 9 women who stutter (aged 35-80 years) through a support …

Influence Of Salinity, Sunlight, And Sediment On The Toxicity Of Pesticides In Three Non-Target Organisms, Emily Noelle Vebrosky

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Pesticides used in the United States must undergo registration by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), after a multitude of analyses ranging from environmental fate to aquatic toxicological impacts to human risk exposure. Testing varies for each chemical, some requiring more testing than others. In many cases, environmental factors are restricted in the analysis of chemical behavior and organismal testing is limited to larvae. Many pesticides are formulated to breakdown in the environment by means of photolysis, hydrolysis, or oxidation, either to ensure low-persistence, limited transport, or to form the active ingredient (pro-pesticides). Environmental influences on chemical behaviors include …

Continental-Scale Suppression Of An Invasive Pest By A Host-Specific Parasitoid Underlines Both Environmental And Economic Benefits Of Arthropod Biological Control, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, Prapit Wongtiem, Aunu Rauf, Anchana Thancharoen, George E. Heimpel, Nhung T. T. Le, Muhammad Zainal Fanani, Geoff M. Gurr, Jonathan G. Lundgren, Dharani D. Burra, Leo K. Palao, Glenn Hyman, Ignazio Graziosi, Vi X. Le, Matthew J. W. Cock, Teja Tscharntke, Steve D. Wratten, Liem V. Nguyen, Minsheng You, Yanhui Lu, Johannes W Ketelaar, Georg Goergen, Peter Neuenschwander

Entomology Faculty Publications

Biological control, a globally-important ecosystem service, can provide long-term and broad-scale suppression of invasive pests, weeds and pathogens in natural, urban and agricultural environments. Following (few) historic cases that led to sizeable environmental up-sets, the discipline of arthropod biological control has—over the past decades—evolved and matured. Now, by deliberately taking into account the ecological risks associated with the planned introduction of insect natural enemies, immense environmental and societal benefits can be gained. In this study, we document and analyze a successful case of biological control against the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) which invaded Southeast Asia in 2008, where …

State V. Gambino Respondent's Brief Dckt. 45885

Not Reported

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‘Affluent’ Justice: The Role Of Ses In Sentencing Severity, Sonia Pappachan

Student Theses

Imprisonment is the harshest punishment the law can give a defendant; it has considerable consequences on the incarcerated, during and after. Therefore, the sentencing phase of the criminal proceedings should be fair and balanced. However, the literature and researches that have explored the biases in sentencing found that there is a disparity in sentencing due to the characteristics of both the victim and the defendant. The current study used a sample of 209 online survey participants to explore the effect of the socioeconomic status of the victim and defendant on sentencing length. Participants reviewed a vignette of a criminal offense …

Dna Templated Metal Nanoclusters: From Emergent Properties To Unique Applications, Yuxiang Chen, M. Lisa Phipps, James H. Werner, Saumen Chakraborty, Jennifer S. Martinez

Faculty and Student Publications (Open Access)

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Tissue Oxygen Saturation Predicts Response To Breast Cancer Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Within 10 Days Of Treatment, Jeffrey M. Cochran, David R. Busch, Anais Leproux, Zheng Zhang, Thomas D. O'Sullivan, Albert E. Cerussi, Philip M. Carpenter, Rita S. Mehta, Darren Roblyer, Wei Yang, Keith D. Paulsen, Brian Pogue, Shudong Jiang, Peter A. Kaufman

Dartmouth Scholarship

Ideally, neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) assessment should predict pathologic complete response (pCR), a surrogate clinical endpoint for 5-year survival, as early as possible during typical 3- to 6-month breast cancer treatments. We introduce and demonstrate an approach for predicting pCR within 10 days of initiating NAC. The method uses a bedside diffuse optical spectroscopic imaging (DOSI) technology and logistic regression modeling. Tumor and normal tissue physiological properties were measured longitudinally throughout the course of NAC in 33 patients enrolled in the American College of Radiology Imaging Network multicenter breast cancer DOSI trial (ACRIN-6691). An image analysis scheme, employing z-score normalization to …

Status Of Ashy Storm-Petrel Breeding Colonies At Santa Cruz Island, California, 1912–1998, Harry R. Carter, William R. Mciver, Gerard J. Mcchesney, Darrell L. Whitworth, John R. Gilardi

Western North American Naturalist

We summarized historical knowledge from 1912 to 1998 of 13 known breeding colonies of Ashy Storm-Petrels (Oceanodroma homochroa) at Santa Cruz Island, California. Breeding was first reported by naturalists at Painted Cave (1912), Scorpion Rocks (1928), and Orizaba Rock (1937). During early seabird colony surveys of the Channel Islands, breeding was also noted at Cavern Point Cove Caves (1970), Diablo Rocks (1976), and Gull Island (1977). During 1991–1998, more extensive surveys of nearly all sea caves and offshore rocks documented additional breeding at Bat Cave, Cave of the Birds’ Eggs, Del Mar Cove Cave, Del Mar Rock, Dry …

October 19, 2018, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Raman Spectroscopy Detects Biochemical Changes Due To Different Cell Culture Environments In Live Cells In Vitro, Mahmoud Gargotti, Esen Efeoglu, Hugh Byrne, Alan Casey

Articles

The in vitro cell culture environment can impact on cell biochemistry and cell cycle. The manifestation of such substrate-induced changes in cell cycle in the Raman microspectroscopic profiles of cell cultures is investigated at the level of nucleolus, nucleus and cytoplasm. HeLa immortalised human cervical cells and HaCaT dermal cells were cultured on three different substrates, conventional polystyrene cell culture dishes, CaF2 slides as a commonly used Raman substrate, and glass slides coated with Collagen Rat Tail, as a mimic of the extra cellular matrix (ECM) environment. A cell cycle study, based on percentage DNA content, as determined using Propidium …

Limited Congruence Exhibited Across Microbial, Meiofaunal And Macrofaunal Benthic Assemblages In A Heterogeneous Coastal Environment, Sorcha Cronin-O’Reilly, Joe D. Taylor, Ian Jermyn, A. Louise Allcock, Michael Cunliffe, Mark P. Johnson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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Synthesizing The Effects Of Submarine Groundwater Discharge On Marine Biota, Alanna L. Lecher, Katherine R.M. Mackey

Faculty and Staff Publications & Presentations

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is a global and well-studied geological process by which groundwater of varying salinities enters coastal waters. SGD is known to transport bioactive solutes, including but not limited to nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorous, silica), gases (methane, carbon dioxide), and trace metals (iron, nickel, zinc). In addition, physical changes to the water column, such as changes in temperature and mixing can be caused by SGD. Therefore SGD influences both autotrophic and heterotrophic marine biota across all kingdoms of life. This paper synthesizes the current literature in which the impacts of SGD on marine biota were measured and observed by …

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The New Nuclear-Proliferation Treaty: The Present Day Influence Of The Npt On The International Community, Walla Elshekh

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

Over the course of its existence, The NonProliferation Treaty (NPT) has impacted how the international community regulates nuclear weapon technology. With over 190 party states, the NPT has ensured the dismantlement of 50,000 nuclear weapons around the world. Although the NPT has led to a great deal of progress, a shift has occurred in non-proliferation efforts within the last ten years. Nuclear-weapon states party to the NPT have halted further disarmament of their nuclear arsenals and funded modernization programs for their remaining stockpiles which have heightened concerns among nonnuclear party and nuclear non-party states. It has also called into question …

Aphra Behn’S Courtesans And Crossdressing Women: An Analysis Of Gender And Power In 17th Century Literature, Maria Barca

Locus: The Seton Hall Journal of Undergraduate Research

The 17th century author and playwright Aphra Behn used her writing talents to demonstrate her knowledge of gender as a liberator and oppressor in Western European society. Behn wrote tales in which her female characters were imbued with her knowledge of the time and place Behn lived. Thus, the playwright and author created female characters in her works who, armed with Behn’s knowledge, intentionally subverted or emphasized their gender roles to obtain social power and authority that they would conventionally lack in Behn’s world. This social strategy is seen in Behn’s play The Feigned Courtesans where her characters Marcella, Cornelia, …

Recent Simulation Methods For Resolving Molecular Details In Thermodynamics And Kinetics, Cameron F. Abrams

Amgen Seminar Series in Chemical Engineering

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are increasingly powerful tools for augmented thinking about molecular-level phenomena and their links to macroscopic properties. Fundamentally, MD propagates atomic positions and velocities by numerical integration of equations of motion subject to forces representing interatomic interactions. Unfortunately, even with present day computational power, it is nearly impossible to directly observe phenomena that have natural timescales of greater than about a microsecond or length scales greater than a few tens of nanometers using MD. This is because the ceaseless thermal agitation resolved by MD only very rarely and unpredictably rectifies itself along productive directions in some more …

One Year Countdown Begins, Andrews University

Student Movement V. 103 (2018-2019)

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A Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probe Based On A Fret Rhodamine Donor Linked To A Cyanine Acceptor For Sensitive Detection Of Intracellular Ph Alternations, Yibin Zhang, Jianheng Bi, Shuai Xia, Wafa Mazi, Shulin Wan, Logan Mikesell, Rudy Luck, Haiying Liu

Department of Chemistry Publications

A fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based near-infrared fluorescent probe (B⁺) for double-checked sensitive detection of intracellular pH changes has been synthesized by binding a near-infrared rhodamine donor to a near-infrared cyanine acceptor through robust C-N bonds via a nucleophilic substitution reaction. To demonstrate the double-checked advantages of probe B⁺, a near-infrared probe (A) was also prepared by modification of a near-infrared rhodamine dye with ethylenediamine to produce a closed spirolactam residue. Under basic conditions, probe B⁺ shows only weak fluorescence from the cyanine acceptor while probe A displays nonfluorescence due to retention of the closed …

Chanticleer | October 18, 2018, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

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The Santa Clara, 2018-10-18, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

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