Digital Commons Network^™

Jewish Refugee Women, Transnational Coalition Politics, And Affect In Ebe Cagli Seidenberg’S Come Ospiti: Eva Ed Altri, Eveljn Ferraro

Modern Languages & Literature

Writing across and beyond borders evokes at once the human aspiration to connectedness and the reality of a divided world invested in particular interests. For Ebe Cagli Seidenberg, the act of writing emanates from the Fascist racial laws of 1938, which forced her – a young Jewish Italian woman – to leave her native Italy and find refuge in the United States. The production of a five-volume series entitled Ciclo dell’esilio obbligato [Cycle of the Forced Exile, 1975-91] is a testament to that unwanted separation and the implications that borders have on processes of self and communal identity, …

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bots, And How I Learned To Start Worrying About Democracy Instead, Antonio F. Perez

Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology

This essay reviewing Striking Power, John Yoo and Jeremy Rabkin's new book on the legal and policy implications of autonomous weapons, takes issue with the book’s assumptions and; therefore its conclusions. The essay argues that, because of technological and ethical limitations, discriminate and effective use of autonomous weapons may not serve as an adequate substitute for traditional manpower-based military forces. It further argues that traditional conceptions of international law could prove more durable than Yoo and Rabkin suggest, and finally it concludes by suggesting that a grand strategy relying primarily on technological elites managing autonomous weapons actually threatens to …

Bsa Agri Business, Econ And Finance 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Bsa Agricultural Communications, 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Bsa Agricultural Science, 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Bsa Animal Science, Equine Management 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

The Rural Livelihood Impacts Of East Africa’S New Development Corridors, Charis Enns, Brock Bersaglio, Ramson Karmushu, Masalu Luhula, Alex Awiti

East Africa Institute

Background and rationale: Africa is experiencing a surge of investment in new development corridors, which are networks of transport infrastructure intended to open isolated parts of the continent for investment and socio-economic development. Proponents of development corridors – including governments, bilateral development agencies and multilateral development banks – present these massive infrastructure projects as a solution to the obstacles created by uneven development. Development corridors are promoted as a way of correcting the spatial disparities that exist between different regions as they are promised to intensify agricultural and industrial production, increase economic diversification, create new employment opportunities and improve access …

De Novo Development And Characterization Of Tetranucleotide Microsatellite Loci Markers From A Southeastern Population Of The House Finch (Haemorhous Mexicanus), Edgar E. Sanchez, J Dylan Maddox, Douglas G. Barron

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Microsatellites are short tandem repeats (e.g. TAGATAGA) of base pairs in a species’ genome. High mutation rates in these regions produce variation in the number of repeats across individuals that can be utilized to study patterns of population- and landscape-level genetics and to determine parentage genetically. In this project our objective was to develop microsatellite markers for the House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus. This species has become one of the most well-studied species of songbirds due to its unique geographical, evolutionary, and epidemiological history. Using mist-nets we captured birds on the Arkansas Tech University campus and collected blood samples to …

Cadmium Sulfide-Buffered Pv Systems: Assessing The Environmental, Health, And Economic Impacts, Maqsood Ali Mughal, Rajesh Sharma

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

As the world’s population continues to grow, global energy crises are expected to rise in the future, thus accelerating the demand for renewable energy technology, particularly solar photovoltaics. The energy sector will face an increasingly complex array of interlocking challenges - technological, environmental, health, economic, and regulatory. In this paper, we study CdS, a widely used buffer material in thin film photovoltaics, to assess and monetize environmental, health, and socio-economic externalities associated with the use of the material. Currently, CdS has a significant advantage over other alternate buffer materials in terms of efficiency and low-cost production of large-area processing of …

Age Estimation Using Phalangeal Skeletochronology In Northern Crawfish Frogs, Lithobates Areolatus Circulosus (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae), From Arkansas, Stanley E. Trauth, Christopher S. Thigpen

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

As an obligate crayfish burrow dweller, crawfish frogs have historically occupied a relatively narrow ecological niche throughout their distribution in the tall grass prairies and grasslands of the central and south-central United States. In Arkansas, the Northern Crawfish Frog, Lithobates areolatus circulosus, occurs in only 19 of its 75 counties. Because of their secretive nature, late winter-early spring breeding season, and current protected status by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, this species remains a rarity in most museum collections in the state. Moreover, only anecdotal information exits regarding any aspect of their natural history in Arkansas. In the …

Privacy In Gaming, N. Cameron Russell, Joel R. Reidenberg, Sumyung Moon

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

Video game platforms and business models are increasingly built on collection, use, and sharing of personal information for purposes of both functionality and revenue. This paper examines privacy issues and explores data practices, technical specifications, and policy statements of the most popular games and gaming platforms to provide an overview of the current privacy legal landscape for mobile gaming, console gaming, and virtual reality devices. The research observes how modern gaming aligns with information privacy notions and norms and how data practices and technologies specific to gaming may affect users and, in particular, child gamers.

After objectively selecting and analyzing …

Second Generation Property Rights Issues, Katrina M. Wyman

Faculty Articles

For decades, scholarship, inspired by Ronald Coase and advocating greater use of property rights and markets, has focused on important “first generation” issues related to establishing property rights. This article makes two main points. First, it highlights the potential for things to go awry after property rights have been established in environmental resources. In emphasizing that property rights may become misallocated, this article draws on the theoretical arguments recently advanced by Eric Posner, Glen Weyl, and Lee Fennell that private property can lead to allocative inefficiency. Second, this article highlights three categories of explanations for why environmental property rights are …

Bs Biological Science, Pre-Professional 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Bs Wildlife, Fisheries, And Conservation, Wildlife 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Bs Wildlife, Fisheries, And Conservation, Fisheries 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Bse Biology, 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Punished For Poverty, Andrew Rock

Criminal Law Practitioner

No abstract provided.

Sustainable Development Arrested By U.S. Criminal Law, Steven Ferrey

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Estrogen And Chronic Mild Stress On Gabaergic System And Anxiety- Like Behavior In Ovariectomized Rat, Sushawadee Tongta

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Stress in daily life and estrogen deprivation are known factors contributed to anxiety and depression. In animal models, anxiety-liked behaviors were demonstrated in ovariectomized or stress-exposed subjects. However, it was not clarified whether anxiety-liked behavior would be worsen when ovariectomized animals were exposed to mild stressors. The aims of this study were then designed to investigate (1) the effect of estrogen deprivation and chronic mild stresses (CMS) on anxiety- and depressive-liked behaviors and (2) the effect of estrogen receptor activation i.e. ERβ or GPR30 in estrogen deprivation exposed to CMS on anxiety-liked behavior. The alterations of GABAergic transmission in the …

การใช้ Ngs (Next-Generation Sequencing) ในการแก้ปัญหาทางอนุกรมวิธานของผึ้งกาเหว่าสกุล Thyreus Panzer, 1806 ในประเทศไทย, พุธิตา ผาสุขดี

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ผึ้งกาเหว่าในสกุล Thyreus Panzer, 1806 (Apidae; Melectini) เป็นปรสิตตัวอ่อนของผึ้งผสมเกสรหลายชนิดในสกุล Amegilla Friese, 1897 (Apidae; Anthophorini) ที่มีการกระจายตัวในทวีปยุโรป, แอฟริกา และ เอเชีย โดยในปัจจุบันผึ้งสกุล Thyreus มีจำนวนมากกว่า 108 ชนิดที่ได้รับการตั้งชื่อและจัดจำแนก อย่างไรก็ตามการศึกษาอนุกรมวิธานของ Thyreus ในประเทศไทยยังขาดข้อมูลที่สำคัญหลายประการ ได้แก่ การระบุชนิดของตัวอย่างเพศเมีย, รูปวิธานในระดับชนิด และจำนวนของชนิดทั้งหมด ในการศึกษาครั้งนี้ข้อมูลทางสัณฐานวิทยาและชีวโมเลกุลได้ถูกนำมาวิเคราะห์ร่วมกันเพื่อใช้ในการศึกษาตัวอย่างของผึ้งThyreus จำนวน 190 ตัวอย่าง (เพศเมีย 123, เพศผู้ 67) โดยใช้ลักษณะสัณฐานภายนอกในการระบุชนิดและสร้างแผนภูมิความสัมพันธ์เชิงวิวัฒนาการของผึ้งThyreus ในประเทศไทยด้วยวิธี Bayesian Inferences พร้อมทั้งยืนยันชนิดด้วยวิธี species delimitation (ABGD, GMYC และ PTP) จากข้อมูลของบาร์โค้ดดีเอ็นเอ (ยีน cytochrome c oxidase I; COI, ความยาว 650–680 คู่เบส) นอกจากนี้ยังได้นำเทคนิค Next-generation sequencing (NGS) มาใช้ในการเพิ่มปริมาณชิ้นส่วนของยีน COI จากตัวอย่างที่มีอายุถึง 60 ปี (โดยใช้วิธีสกัด DNA แบบที่ไม่ต้องทำลายตัวอย่าง) และไม่ได้ถูกเก็บรักษาในเอทานอล (n = 89; เพศเมีย 63, เพศผู้ 26) เพื่อให้ครอบคลุมจำนวนชนิดของผึ้ง Thyreus ทั้งหมดในประเทศ จากผลการศึกษาสามารถระบุชนิดของผึ้ง Thyreus ในประเทศไทยได้ทั้งหมด 9 ชนิด ได้แก่ T. callurus (Cockerell, 1919) (n = 10; เพศเมีย 1, เพศผู้9), T. ceylonicus (Friese, 1905) …

Human Monsters: Examining The Relationship Between The Posthuman Gothic And Gender In American Gothic Fiction, Alexandra Rivera

Scripps Senior Theses

According to Michael Sean Bolton, the posthuman Gothic involves a fear of internal monsters that won't destroy humanity apocalyptically, but will instead redefine what it means to be human overall. These internal monsters reflect societal anxieties about the "other" gaining power and overtaking the current groups in power. The posthuman Gothic shows psychological horrors and transformations. Traditionally this genre has been used to theorize postmodern media and literary work by focusing on cyborgs and transhumanist medical advancements. However, the internal and psychological nature of posthumanism is fascinating and can more clearly manifest in a different Gothic setting, 1800s American Gothic …

Mind Over Matter : Stimulant Adhd Medication Use And Bone Mineral Density In College-Aged Subjects ; Is There A Trade-Off?, Sims Kirkland Lawson

Theses

Literature review showed lowered bone mineral density (BMD) among methamphetamine users and in mice that were given methylphenidate. No human clinical studies have been carried out, to date, to investigate whether there is a correlation between use of psychostimulants prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (in this case methylphenidate and amphetamines) and lowered BMD in young adult aged humans. This study observed 53 human subjects, age 19-27 years (average age 21 years); 25 experimental, psychostimulant-prescribed ADHD patients, and 28 healthy control subjects. Each subject was given dual x-ray absorptiometer (DXA) scans of femur, hip area, lumbar spine, and whole-body …

Albano V. Diggdejected, Eastern District Of New York

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

No abstract provided.

Vargas V. Facebook, Northern District Of California

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

No abstract provided.

Migration Of Artificially Activated B Cells In A Microfluidic Device-Induced Cxcl-12 Gradient, Rachel Lauren Stokes

Theses

No abstract provided.

The Lew.1wr1 Rat Model Is Glucose Intolerant, Genoah Collins

Theses

The susceptibility to the development of glucose intolerance in the young adult type 1 diabetes model LEW.1 WRl was investigated. The animals were given either a 10% fat 7% sucrose diet or a 45% high fat 21% sucrose diet for 10 weeks. Two glucose tolerance tests (GTT) and an insulin tolerance test (ITT) were performed at 0, 8, and 4 weeks, respectively. Terminal anesthetized blood glucose was measured before sacrifice . Serum obtained at harvest was used for a metabolic hormone and cytokine/chemokine multiplex array and ongoing metabolomics studies. Pancreata collected at harvest were used for histological examination of islets. …

Enigma Software V. Malwarebytes, Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE CYBERSECURITY LAW PROFESSORS IN SUPPORT OF MALWAREBYTES, INC.’S PETITION FOR REHEARING AND REHEARING EN BANC

Evidence For A New Search Behavior: Porcupines “Scout” For Winter Habitat During Summer In A Coastal Dune System, Pairsa N. Belamaric

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

Species are often challenged by periodic changes in food availability and habitat quality. These environmental conditions may provide strong selective pressure for animals to strategically "scout" for important resources during periods of abundance, when exploratory movements are less costly. North American porcupines experience a drastic shift in forage quality from summer - a time of abundant, high quality forage - to winter, a nutritional bottleneck. I evaluated potential scouting behaviors of porcupines in Tolowa Dunes State Park, California using movement and habitat-use data. I compared summer and winter space use of porcupines using GPS data and monitored seasonal use of …

Intratumoral Delivery Of Plasmid Il12 Via Electroporation Leads To Regression Of Injected And Noninjected Tumors In Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Shailender Bhatia, Natalie V. Longino, Natalie J. Miller, Rima Kulikauskas, Jayasri G. Iyer, Dafina Ibrani, Astrid Blom, David R. Byrd, Upendra Parvathaneni, Christopher Twitty, Jean S. Campbell, Mai H. Le, Sharron Gargosky, Robert H. Pierce, Richard Heller, Adil Daud, Paul Nghiem

Bioelectrics Publications

Purpose: Interleukin-12 (IL12) promotes adaptive type I immunity and has demonstrated antitumor efficacy, but systemic administration leads to severe adverse events (AE), including death. This pilot trial investigated safety, efficacy, and immunologic activity of intratumoral delivery of IL12 plasmid DNA (tavo) via in vivo electroporation (i.t.-tavo-EP) in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), an aggressive virus-associated skin cancer.

Experimental Design: Fifteen patients with MCC with superficial injectable tumor(s) received i.t.-tavo-EP on days 1, 5, and 8 of each cycle. Patients with locoregional MCC (cohort A, N = 3) received one cycle before definitive surgery in week 4. …

Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields Induce Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Accompanied By Immunogenic Cell Death In Murine Models Of Lymphoma And Colorectal Cancer, Alessandra Rossi, Olga N. Pakhomova, Peter A. Mollica, Maura Casciola, Uma Mangalanathan, Andrei G. Pakhomov, Claudia Muratori

Bioelectrics Publications

Depending on the initiating stimulus, cancer cell death can be immunogenic or non-immunogenic. Inducers of immunogenic cell death (ICD) rely on endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress for the trafficking of danger signals such as calreticulin (CRT) and ATP. We found that nanosecond pulsed electric fields (nsPEF), an emerging new modality for tumor ablation, cause the activation of the ER-resident stress sensor PERK in both CT-26 colon carcinoma and EL-4 lymphoma cells. PERK activation correlates with sustained CRT exposure on the cell plasma membrane and apoptosis induction in both nsPEF-treated cell lines. Our results show that, in CT-26 cells, the activity of …