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Sexuality And Gender: Linked Through Theory, Neil Amos

Culture, Society, and Praxis

This essay is an examination of queer theory in the context of the perceived systems of domination over women and homosexuals. It is an attempt to ex-plain these systems using existing theoretical parameters, those of queer theory, as defined by Annmarie Jagose. The relevance and application of the theory is debated, and the systems are analyzed for the purposes of identifying aspects which queer theory can be applied to. Finally, the usefulness of queer theory to overall social science studies is examined, with the conclusion that queer theory is worthy of study, but very difficult to institute in an attempt …

Capsid Structure Of Dsrna Fungal Viruses, Daniel Luque, Carlos P. Mata, Nobuhiro Suzuki, Said A. Ghabrial, José R. Castón

Plant Pathology Faculty Publications

Most fungal, double-stranded (ds) RNA viruses lack an extracellular life cycle stage and are transmitted by cytoplasmic interchange. dsRNA mycovirus capsids are based on a 120-subunit T = 1 capsid, with a dimer as the asymmetric unit. These capsids, which remain structurally undisturbed throughout the viral cycle, nevertheless, are dynamic particles involved in the organization of the viral genome and the viral polymerase necessary for RNA synthesis. The atomic structure of the T = 1 capsids of four mycoviruses was resolved: the L-A virus of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ScV-L-A), Penicillium chrysogenum virus (PcV), Penicillium stoloniferum virus F (PsV-F), and Rosellinia necatrix …

Scientific, Paranormal, And Spiritual Frames In Alternative Medicine, Charles F. Emmons

Friday Forum

Although the term “integrative medicine” is being used to refer to the merging of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with standard biomedicine, there are some spiritual and paranormal frames for alternative medicine that are only partially integrated into standard medicine if at all. This study examines the orientations of some alternative practitioners and clients/users in the U.S. and the UK in terms of their views of science, spirituality and the paranormal.

The Continual Threat Of Influenza Virus Infections At The Human–Animal Interface: What Is New From A One Health Perspective?, E. S. Bailey, J. Y. Choi, J. K. Fieldhouse, L. K. Borkenhagen, J. Zemke, D. Zhang, G. C. Gray

Public Health

No abstract provided.

The Importance Of Using The Vineyard Flour And Betonies As A Biologically Active Supplement In The Diet Of Cattle Animals, A A. Xakimov, Z T. Parpiev

Scientific-technical journal

The article presents the materials of waste and modern enterprises that process agricultural products, thousands of tons processed and primary products from processing. In particular, the waste formed in the process of obtaining the juice and wine from grapes is considered to be a valuable raw material resource which is very rich in biologically active substances and easy, good absorption of this food by animal organisms, the positive impact of biologically active supplement on animal metabolism and the fight against certain diseases are studied

Short-Term Low Salinity Mitigates Effects Of Oil And Dispersant On Juvenile Eastern Oysters: A Laboratory Experiment With Implications For Oil Spill Response Activities, Meagan N. Schrandt, Sean Powers, F.Scott Rikard, Wilawan Thongda, Eric Peatman

University Faculty and Staff Publications

Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico were exposed to oil and various associated clean-up activities that may have compromised oyster reef health. Included in the exposure was oil, dispersant, and in some locales, atypical salinity regimes. Oil and dispersants can be detrimental to oysters and the effects of salinity depend on the level. In addition to these extrinsic factors, genetic diversity of oyster populations may help the oysters respond to stressors, as demonstrated in other systems. We used a 3×3×2 factorial design to experimentally examine the effects …

2018 Summer Internship Expo, Center For Career Development, College Of The Holy Cross

Summer Internship Program Expo

The Holy Cross Summer Internship Program provides exceptional Holy Cross undergraduates with an opportunity to gain meaningful career related experience in an area related to the students' occupational goals. This program lists students and their respective internships.

Leveraging Regional Human Rights Mechanisms Against Universal Human Rights: The Oic Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission Study On Sexual Orientation, Robert C. Blitt

William & Mary Law Review Online

This article critically assesses a recent study on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) prepared by the Organization for Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC). The first two parts review the establishment of the IPHRC and the norms governing regional human rights mechanisms (RHRMs). Following this, the article demonstrates that the methodology and conclusions evidenced in the IPHRC’s SOGI study diametrically oppose substantive international human rights law, and furthermore undermine the intended purpose of RHRMs within the human rights system. The article concludes by recommending that human rights advocates and others clearly and publicly call out these …

Campus Report, Vol. 46, No. 1, University Of Dayton

Campus Report

The publication for faculty and staff of the University of Dayton. Highlights of this issue include: priorities for the diversity and inclusion strategic plan; a report on giving in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018; Take a Break with Greg Kennedy, media specialist-in-residence in the Department of Communication; awards; "Dracula Bloodlines," the first-year arts immersion; the Dayton Funk Symposium and Dance Party; the Chaminade Hall visioning process; new faculty; sustainability award; speaker series; and upcoming events.

The Assemblage Structure And Trophic Ecology Of A Deep-Pelagic Fish Family (Platytroctidae) In The Gulf Of Mexico, Michael Novotny

HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations

Members of the family Platytroctidae (tubeshoulders) are found throughout the meso- and bathypelagic waters of the World Ocean. Due to the lack of specimens collected globally, this taxon has received little attention, despite recent evidence suggesting its predominance in the bathypelagic biome. Prior to this study, only four species had been reported in the Gulf of Mexico’s (GoM) highly diverse deep-pelagic ecosystem. An extensive meso- and bathypelagic trawl series in the GoM allowed a detailed examination of this family, which included analyses of species composition, abundance, vertical distribution, sex ratios, and trophic ecology. A total of 16 species were collected, …

2018 Proceedings Of The 25th Annual Summer Research Symposium, College Of The Holy Cross

Summer Research Program

The 2018 Dr. Charles S. Weiss Summer Research Symposium, now in its 25th year, is a college-wide event that brings together faculty and students from all disciplines at Holy Cross and provides an opportunity to celebrate their accomplishments over the summer of 2018. It also affords an occasion for students to witness the breadth of research possibilities both on and off campus, and to open a dialogue with members of the faculty about conducting research during the upcoming academic year and summer. This program lists participating students, the faculty with whom they worked, abstracts and funding sources of their projects.

Effects Of Beta Blockers And Ace Inhibitors After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation, Gaurang Vaidya, Emma Birks, Jessica Pillarella, Benjamin Salgado, Rajakrishnan Vijayakrishnan, Andrew Lenneman, Mark Slaughter, Dmitry Abramov

The VAD Journal

Purpose: While Beta blockers(BB) and Angiotensin system blockers(ACEinh/ARB) are important components in advanced heart failure therapy, their use after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation remains controversial. Concern has been raised about possible adverse effects of BB on right ventricular(RV) function while tolerance and efficacy/outcome data for ACEinh are lacking. This study aimed to characterize the use of medical therapy post-LVAD implantation and to evaluate its safety and efficacy. Methods: Demographic, clinical and echocardiographic variables of patients implanted with a continuous-flow LVAD between 2012 and 2015 at a single center were retrospectively reviewed. Mortality and heart failure(CHF) hospitalizations were followed …

Deep Soils Modify Environmental Consequences Of Increased Nitrogen Fertilizer Use In Intensifying Amazon Agriculture, Kathijo Jankowski, Christopher Neill, Eric A. Davidson, Marcia Macedo, Ciniro Costa Jr., Gillian L. Galford, Leonardo Maracahipes Santos, Paul Lefebvre, Darlisson Nunes, Carlos E. P. Cerri, Richard Mchorney, Christine S. O'Connell, Michael T. Coe

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Agricultural intensification offers potential to grow more food while reducing the conversion of native ecosystems to croplands. However, intensification also risks environmental degradation through emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N₂O) and nitrate leaching to ground and surface waters. Intensively-managed croplands and nitrogen (N) fertilizer use are expanding rapidly in tropical regions. We quantified fertilizer responses of maize yield, N₂O emissions, and N leaching in an Amazon soybean-maize double-cropping system on deep, highly-weathered soils in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Application of N fertilizer above 80 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ increased maize yield and N …

Regulation Of Monoamine Oxidase A (Mao-A) Expression, Activity, And Function In Il-13–Stimulated Monocytes And A549 Lung Carcinoma Cells, Sukhamoy Dhabal, Pradip Das, Pritam Biswas, Priyanka Kumari, Valentin P. Yakubenko, Suman Kundu, Martha K. Cathcart, Manjari Kundu, Kaushik Biswas, Ashish Bhattacharjee

ETSU Faculty Works

Monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) is a mitochondrial flavoen-zyme implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and inflammation and also in many neurological disorders. MAO-A also has been reported as a potential therapeutic target in prostate cancer. However, the regulatory mechanisms controlling cytokine-induced MAO-A expression in immune or cancer cells remain to be identified. Here, we show that MAO-A expression is co-induced with 15-lipoxygenase (15-LO) in interleukin 13 (IL-13)-activated primary human monocytes and A549 nonsmall cell lung carcinoma cells. We present evidence that MAO-A gene expression and activity are regulated by signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, 3, and 6 (STAT1, …

Transcriptional Up-Regulation Of Relaxin-3 By Nur77 Attenuates Β-Adrenergic Agonist-Induced Apoptosis In Cardiomyocytes., Xiaohua You, Zhifu Guo, Fang Cheng, Bing Yi, Fan Yang, Xinzhu Liu, Ni Zhu, Xianxian Zhao, Guijun Yan, Xin-Liang Ma, Jianxin Sun

Center for Translational Medicine Faculty Papers

The relaxin family peptides have been shown to exert several beneficial effects on the heart, including anti-apoptosis, anti-fibrosis, and anti-hypertrophy activity. Understanding their regulation might provide new opportunities for therapeutic interventions, but the molecular mechanism(s) coordinating relaxin expression in the heart remain largely obscured. Previous work demonstrated a role for the orphan nuclear receptor Nur77 in regulating cardiomyocyte apoptosis. We therefore investigated Nur77 in the hopes of identifying novel relaxin regulators. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) data indicated that ectopic expression of orphan nuclear receptor Nur77 markedly increased the expression of latexin-3 (RLN3), but not relaxin-1 …

Waterfall Formation At A Desert River-Reservoir Delta Isolates Endangered Fishes, Charles N. Cathcart, Casey A. Pennock, Christopher A. Cheek, Mark C. Mckinstry, Peter D. Mackinnon, Mary M. Conner, Keith B. Gido

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Unforeseen interactions of dams and declining water availability have formed new obstacles to recovering endemic and endangered big-river fishes. During a recent trend of drying climate and declining reservoir water levels in the southwestern United States, a large waterfall has formed on two separate occasions (1989-1995 & 2001-present) in the transition zone between the San Juan River and Lake Powell reservoir because of deposited sediments. Because recovery plans for two large-bodied endangered fish species, razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) and Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), include annual stockings in the San Juan River, this waterfall potentially blocks upstream …

Fibroblast Growth Factor23 Is Associated With Axonal Integrity And Neural Network Architecture In The Human Frontal Lobes, Barbara K. Marebwa, Robert J. Adams, Gayenell Magwood Phd, Rn, Faha, Faan, Mark Kindy, Janina Wilmskoetter, Myles Wolf, Leonardo Bonilha

Publications

Elevated levels of FGF23 in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are associated with adverse health outcomes, such as increased mortality, large vessel disease, and reduced white matter volume, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. Apart from the well-known link between cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, especially diabetes and hypertension, and cerebrovascular damage, elevated FGF23 is also postulated to be associated with cerebrovascular damage independently of CKD. Elevated FGF23 predisposes to vascular calcification and is associated with vascular stiffness and endothelial dysfunction in the general population with normal renal function. These factors may lead to microangiopathic changes in the brain, cumulative ischemia, and …

Kaposi's Strikes Back: How A Once-Common Cause Of Aids-Related Morbidity In Hiv Re-Emerged, Wajih Askar, Thomas J. Dilworth, Charles Brummitt

Aurora Internal Medicine Residents

Introduction: The incidence of Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) in AIDS population has decreased significantly in the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Clinicians are not fully familiar with its pulmonary presentations which might lead to delay of diagnosis and treatment. Case Description: A 59-year-old Caucasian male, HIV-positive for >20 years, was diagnosed with right leg KS by biopsy 15 years ago. His course was complicated with ART refusal/interruption, consenting to ART only from 2006-12, during which HIV was suppressed and KS regressed and stabilized. He was lost to care from 2013-18. He was admitted in April 2018 with respiratory distress that required …

Hydrodeoxygenation Of Aqueous Phase Catalytic Pyrolysis Oil To Liquid Hydrocarbons Using Multi-Functional Nickel Catalyst, Hossein Jahromi, Foster A. Agblevor

Biological Engineering Faculty Publications

Herein we investigated the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of aqueous phase pinyon-juniper catalytic pyrolysis oil (APPJCPO) using a new multifunctional red mud-supported nickel (Ni/RM) catalyst. The organic liquid yield after HDO of APPJCPO using 30 wt. % Ni/RM at reaction temperature of 350 °C was 47.8 wt. % with oxygen content of 1.14 wt. %. The organic liquid fraction consisted of aliphatics, aromatics, and alkylated aromatic hydrocarbons as well as small amounts of oxygenates. The RM support catalyzed ketonization of carboxylic acids. The Ni metal catalyzed partial reduction of oxygenates that underwent carbonyl alkylation with aldehydes and ketones on the RM. Catalyst …

Lctsr: The New Path To Academic Success, Faith Hathenbruck, Dr. Jamie Jensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The Lawson’s Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning¹(LCTSR) is a content-independent measure of scientific reasoning abilities including conservation, proportional reasoning, identifying and controlling variables, probabilistic reasoning, correlational reasoning, and hypothetico-deductive reasoning. A relationship has been seen between scores on this test and a student’s decision to major in a STEM degree² as well as with their performance in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM, courses³. Thus, the LCTSR can be a clever tool in predicting a student’s performance and persistence in STEM degrees. This test, however, has more potential than just predicting STEM …

Antibiotic Resistance In Staphylococcus Aureus From Commercially Available Meat, Samuel Schriever, Bradford Berges

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Bacteria can be found everywhere. While some bacteria can help humans to make medicine and clean up environmental disasters, other bacteria can cause horrible disease. After the discovery of antibiotics in the early twentieth century humans have been using them to treat human and animal disease. At first antibiotics very effective at clearing bacterial infections. Bacteria that were able to survive the antibiotics were able to spread and become more common. Bacteria have the ability to share genes and those genes are very favorable for the bacteria that have them. Today, animals are given more antibiotics than humans are. This …

Engineering A Cancer Specific 3rd Generation Car Immunotherapy, Josie Tueller, K. Scott Weber

Journal of Undergraduate Research

This project aimed to develop a cancer-specific immunotherapy that will target and destroy cancer cells without killing healthy cells. Current cancer treatments struggle to successfully target cancer cells and commonly target all rapidly dividing cells (both healthy and cancerous). Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) immunotherapy aims to harness T cells, the body’s natural defense system, to fight cancer by giving T cells via molecular engineering a non-native protein which targets cancer. We successfully produced a T cell that can effectively kill cancer cells while leaving normal cells untouched while minimizing the toxic side effects normally experienced by patients. Future steps involve …

Ageing, Health And Health-Seeking Behaviour In Ghana, Razak Mohammed Gyasi

Lingnan Theses (MPhil & PhD)

Rapid ageing of populations globally following reductions in fertility and mortality rates has become one of the most significant demographic features in recent decades. As a low- and middle-income country, Ghana has one of the largest and fastest growing older populations in sub-Saharan Africa, where ageing often occurs ahead of socioeconomic development and provision of health and social care services. Older persons in these contexts often face greater health challenges and various life circumstances including role loss, retirement, irregular incomes and widowhood, which can increase their demand for both formal and informal support. This thesis addresses the effects of the …

Design Patterns As A Collaborative Entity Within The Smart Environment, Aitor Arribas Velasco, John Mcgrory, Damon Berry

Conference papers

Modern technology is increasingly being employed to create a “smart” living experience. These “smart” technology entities are producing copious of amounts data, which in turn rely on increased storage, distribution and computation needs to manage the data. Depending on the scenario, the diversity of piecemeal solutions almost mirrors the numbers of problems posed. Some successful solutions touted as being “smart” for example: save energy, or to support in assisted living, have been created, but the true underlying pattern of interactivity has not been identified. In the field of computing, patterns can provide a general, reusable solution to commonly repeatable occurring …

Tidally Induced Overflow Of The Faroese Channels Bottom Water Over The Wyville Thomson Ridge, Vasiliy Vlasenko, Nataliya Stashchuk

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

An overflow of dense cold water from the Faroese Channels across the Wyville Thomson Ridge (WTR) into the Rockall Trough was recorded during the 136th cruise of the RRS James Cook in June 2016. This event happened in the eastern part of the ridge. The remotely operated vehicle ISIS deployed for a collection of coral samples recorded an abrupt drop in temperature at 500-m depth. Specifically, the water temperature decreased from 8.73 to 6.74 °C and salinity from 35.26 to 35.16. This rapid drop happened over 20 min, with the fastest rate of water temperature decrease of 1.10 °C occurring …

The Provision Of Urban Ecosystem Services Throughout The Private-Social-Public Domain: A Conceptual Framework, Alessandro Ossola, Laura Schifman, Dustin L. Herrmann, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Kirsten Schwarz, Matthew E. Hopton

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

As cities are largely private systems, recent investigations have assessed the provision of ecosystem services from the private realm. However, these assessments are largely based on the concept of ownership and fail to capture the complexity of service provision mediated by interactions between people and ecological structures. In fact, people interact with ecological structures in their role of land tenants and stewards, further modulating the provision of ecosystem services. We devise a theoretical framework based on the concepts of ownership, tenancy, and stewardship, in which people, as mediators of ecosystem services, regulate the provision of services throughout the private-social-public domain. …

Flexibilización De Los Procesos De Trabajo Y Cultura Laboral: El Caso De Una Industria Textil En Chiapas, Reyna Moguel Viveros, Blanca Isela Gómez Jiménez

Culture, Society, and Praxis

In this article anthropologists Moguel and Gomez analyze the way in which maquiladora work processes generate new forms of flexibilization of the local labor culture, shared by administrative staff and workers of the new textile enterprise Trans Textil International (TTI) of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas.

Este artulo pretende, por un lado, analizar la influencia que tiene la cultura laboral en la flexibilizaci de los procesos de trabajo en la primera maquiladora promovida por el Plan Puebla Panamen Chiapas y, por el otro, la que tiene los procesos de trabajo sobre la flexibilizaci de cultura laboral. Esta doble influencia …

The Construction Of Gay Identity In Chile, Daniel Lyons

Culture, Society, and Praxis

This paper describes ways in which gay Chileans perceive gay identity in Chile. Two central questions originate this text: What are the key factors that socially construct gay identity in Chile? How do lesbian and gay Chileans respond to this social production of gay identity? The following pages represent a reflection on how gay identity is addressed by Chileans today.

What's A Man? Gender Discourse And Fort Ord Newspapers During The Viet Nam War, John Klein

Culture, Society, and Praxis

The author examines literature published for promotion of the Selective Service System and various newspaper archives of issues available to those living on and around Fort Ord during the Viet Nam war. He deftly presents confirmation of and probable reasoning behind conflicting gender discourses present at that time.

Gender, Lucas Salazar

Culture, Society, and Praxis

No abstract provided.