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Phil 334-103: Engineering Ethics, Adam See

Humanities Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Ce 351-101: Introduction To Transportation Systems, Kitae Kim

Civil and Environmental Engineering Syllabi

No abstract provided.

The Need For A New Type Of Purpose Trust, The Stewardship Trust, Susan N. Gary

ACTEC Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Purpose Trust Cy Pres, Thomas E. Simmons

ACTEC Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Cave Temperature And Management Implications In Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Usa, Stanka Šebela, Gretchen Baker, Barbara Luke

KIP Articles

Cave air temperature was measured at six locations in Lehman Caves (USA) for one year at hourly intervals. Lehman is a show cave in a national park, treasured for its geological and biological resources. The two monitoring locations that are off of the tour route and, also, relatively distant from the cave’s entrances displayed nearly constant air temperature during the year. The other four sites, along the tour route, show daily temperature variation as well as annual fluctuation. After visitation levels decreased in the autumn, cave temperatures lagged but eventually reached an equilibrium which demonstrates recovery in the quiet winter. …

Worlding With Objects, Ken Gale

Plymouth Institute of Education

Donna Haraway has recently stressed the importance of “making kin.” She says: “Who and whatever we are, we need to make-with, become-with, compose-with—the earth-bound.”1 I sense that “making kin” is an integral animating force in what Jeffrey Cohen refers to as engendering a “lithic ecomateriality” where “mutuality” and narratives of “companionship and concurrency” are always possible and, I would argue, increasingly necessary and deeply desirable. With slowness, dithering, and intensity, this essay offers a poetic cartography of making with extra/ordinary objects on a Cornish beach.

Dispersal And Survival Of Red-Shouldered Hawks Banded In Suburban Southern Ohio, 1996-2018, Cheryl R. Dykstra, Jeffrey L. Hays, Melinda M. Simon, Ann R. Wegman, Laura R. Dykstra

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

We used banding data to investigate dispersal and survival of Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo lineatus) in two study areas in southern Ohio from 1996 to 2018. Of the 2448 nestlings we banded, 167 (6.8%) were encountered (dead or alive) some time after banding. Mean distance from the natal nest at the time of encounter was 31.6 ± 6.2 km (median = 10.0, range = 0.1-568.6 km, n = 163); natal dispersal distance averaged 16.0 ± 1.9 km (median = 9.0, range = 1.4-117.1 km, n = 110), and was significantly greater for females than for males. Most hawks dispersedkm, but 11 …

Stimulation With Ebola Vlps Containing And Lacking Rig-I, Arden Heath, Ramila Shrestha, Julia Fogerty, Osvaldo Martinez

Student Research and Creative Projects 2019-2020

Ebola virus (EBOV), a filovirus family member, is a highly pathogenic virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) resulting in documented mortality rates in humans as high as 50%. Currently, the basic EBOV virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine contains the Ebola virus (EBOV) matrix VP40 and attachment glycoprotein (GP). VLPs are morphologically and biochemically similar to parental virus, yet because they lack a genome and cannot replicate, are safe enough to be used as vaccines. We hypothesize that addition of a constitutionally active retinoic acid-inducible gene 1 (RIG-I) would enhance the ability of the vaccine to induce interferon-dependent immune functions yielding …

Stimulation With Ebola Vlps Containing And Lacking Rig-I, Ramila Shrestha, Julia Fogerty, Arden Heath, Osvaldo Martinez

Student Research and Creative Projects 2019-2020

Ebola virus (EBOV), a filovirus family member, is a highly pathogenic virus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) resulting in documented mortality rates in humans as high as 50%. Currently, the basic EBOV virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine contains the Ebola virus (EBOV) matrix VP40 and attachment glycoprotein (GP). VLPs are morphologically and biochemically similar to parental virus, yet because they lack a genome and cannot replicate, are safe enough to be used as vaccines. We hypothesize that addition of a constitutionally active retinoic acid-inducible gene 1 (RIG-I) would enhance the ability of the vaccine to induce interferon-dependent immune functions yielding …

Vol. 23, No. 1: Masthead, Water Law Review

Water Law Review

No abstract provided.

Vol. 23, No. 1: Full Issue, Water Law Review

Water Law Review

No abstract provided.

Regulatory Mechanisms Mediated By Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Β/Δ (Pparβ/Δ) In Skin Cancer, Jeffrey M. Peters, Dae Joon Kim, Moses T. Bility, Michael G. Borland, Bokai Zhu, Frank J. Gonzalez

School of Medicine Publications

Considerable progress has been made during the past twenty years towards elucidating the role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-β/δ (PPARβ/δ) in skin cancer. In 1999, the original notion that PPARβ/δ was involved with epithelial cell function was postulated based on a correlation between PPARβ/δ expression and the induction of mRNAs encoding proteins that mediate terminal differentiation in keratinocytes. Subsequent studies definitively revealed that PPARβ/δ could induce terminal differentiation and inhibit proliferation of keratinocytes. Molecular mechanisms have since been discovered to explain how this nuclear receptor can be targeted for preventing and treating skin cancer. This includes the regulation of terminal differentiation, …

Obese Mice Exposed To Psychosocial Stress Display Cardiac And Hippocampal Dysfunction Associated With Local Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Depletion, Jacopo Agrimi, Cristina Spalletti, Carlotta Baroni, Gizem Keceli, Guangshuo Zhu, Angela Caragnano, Marco Matteucci, Stephen Chelko, Genaro A. Ramirez-Correa

School of Medicine Publications

Introduction: Obesity and psychosocial stress (PS) co-exist in individuals of Western society. Nevertheless, how PS impacts cardiac and hippocampal phenotype in obese subjects is still unknown. Nor is it clear whether changes in local brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) account, at least in part, for myocardial and behavioral abnormalities in obese experiencing PS.

Methods: In adult male WT mice, obesity was induced via a high-fat diet (HFD). The resident-intruder paradigm was superimposed to trigger PS. In vivo left ventricular (LV) performance was evaluated by echocardiography and pressure-volume loops. Behaviour was indagated by elevated plus maze (EPM) and Y-maze. LV myocardium was …

Comparative Philosophy And Decolonial Struggle: The Epistemic Injustice Of Colonization And Liberation Of Human Reason, Grant J. Silva

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

This essay explores the extent to which comparative philosophy can assist decolonial struggle. In order to accomplish this task, I offer not only a description of philosophy's colonization but also an account of how this discipline remains subject to the coloniality of knowledge. In short, insofar as race, gender, class, and sexuality are considered irrelevant or accidental to the production of philosophical knowledge, professional philosophy replicates, if not continues, what Rajeev Bhargava terms the epistemic injustice of colonialism. One response to the colonization of philosophy is “diversification” by means of putting into conversation philosophers, systems, and ideas from differing cultures …

The Phosphatase Ubash3b/Sts-1 Is A Negative Regulator Of Bcr-Abl Kinase Activity And Leukemogenesis, Afsar Ali Mian, Ines Baumann, Marcus Liebermann, Florian Grebien, Giulio Superti-Furga, Martin Ruthardt, Oliver G. Ottmann, Oliver Hantschel

Centre for Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research

No abstract provided.

September 2019 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Accelerating Scholarly Communication: The Transformative Role Of Preprints, Andrea Chiarelli, Rob Johnson, Emma Richens, Stephen Pinfield

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Five take-away messages:

Early and fast dissemination, increased opportunities for feedback and openness are seen as the main benefits of preprints.

The main concerns over preprints are the lack of quality assurance, media potentially reporting inaccurate research and journals rejecting articles if a preprint has been posted.

Twitter has been playing a key enabling role in the current second wave of preprints and preprint servers. It also appears to be the main way researchers are exposed to preprints in the first place.

It is not clear who will be responsible for posting preprints in the long-term – researchers or publishers? …

Pain In The Ash: How Coal-Fired Power Plants Are Polluting Our Nation's Waters Without Consequences, Amanda P. Demmerle

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Co-Tenancy Act And The Modernization Of West Virginia’S Oil And Gas Law, Jack Budig

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Colostrum And Mature Breast Milk Analysis Of Serum Irisin And Sterol Regulatory Element-Binding Proteins-1c In Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Erum Khalid, Asma Akbar Ladak, Syed Adnan Ali

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Background: We aimed to evaluate irisin and SREBP-1c levels in serum, colostrum and mature breast milk in women with and without gestational diabetes (GDM); and to relate them with maternal glucose, lipid profile and weight status of babies.
Methods: GDM positive women (n = 33) and normal glucose tolerant women (NGT) (n = 33) were recruited. Maternal blood samples were collected at 28th week of gestation and later at 6-week post-partum while breast milk samples of the lactating mothers were collected within 72 hours of birth (colostrum) and at 6 weeks post-partum (mature milk). Irisin and SREBP-1c levels were analyzed …

Ak002, A Humanized Sialic Acid-Binding Immunoglobulin-Like Lectin-8 Antibody That Induces Antibody-Dependent Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity Against Human Eosinophils And Inhibits Mast Cell-Mediated Anaphylaxis In Mice., Bradford A Youngblood, Emily C Brock, John Leung, Rustom Falahati, Paul J Bryce, Jessica Bright, Jason Williams, Leonard D. Shultz, Dale L Greiner, Michael A Brehm, Christopher Bebbington, Nenad Tomasevic

Faculty Research 2019

INTRODUCTION: Pathologic accumulation and activation of mast cells and eosinophils are implicated in allergic and inflammatory diseases. Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin (Siglec)-8 is an inhibitory receptor selectively expressed on mast cells, eosinophils and, at a lower extent, basophils. When engaged with an antibody, Siglec-8 can induce apoptosis of activated eosinophils and inhibit mast cell activation. AK002 is a humanized, non-fucosylated IgG1 anti-Siglec-8 antibody undergoing clinical investigation for treatment of allergic, inflammatory, and proliferative diseases. Here we examine the human tissue selectivity of AK002 and evaluate the in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo activity of AK002 on eosinophils and mast …

Collaborative International Research In Clinical And Longitudinal Experience Study In Nmosd., Lawrence J Cook, John W Rose, Jessica S Alvey, Anna Marie Jolley, Renee Kuhn, Brie Marron, Melissa Pederson, Rene Enriquez, Jeff Yearley, Stephen Mckechnie, May H Han, Anna J Tomczak, Michael Levy, Maureen A Mealy, Jessica Coleman, Jeffrey L Bennett, Ruth Johnson, Myka Barnes-Garcia, Anthony L Traboulsee, Robert L Carruthers, Lisa Eunyoung Lee, Julia J Schubert, Katrina Mcmullen, Ilya Kister, Zoe Rimler, Allyson Reid, Nancy L Sicotte, Sarah M Planchon, Jeffrey A Cohen, Diane Ivancic, Jennifer L Sedlak, Ilana Katz Sand, Pavle Repovic, Lilyana Amezcua, Ana Pruitt, Erika Amundson, Tanuja Chitnis, Devin S Mullin, Eric C Klawiter, Andrew W Russo, Claire S Riley, Kaho B Onomichi, Libby Levine, Katherine E Nelson, Nancy M Nealon, Casey Engel, Mason Kruse-Hoyer, Melanie Marcille, Leticia Tornes, Anne Rumpf, Angela Greer, Megan Kenneally Behne, Renee R Rodriguez, Daniel W Behne, Derek W Blackway, Brian Coords, Terrence F Blaschke, Judy Sheard, Terry J Smith, Jacinta M Behne, Michael R Yeaman

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

Objective: To develop a resource of systematically collected, longitudinal clinical data and biospecimens for assisting in the investigation into neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment.

Methods: To illustrate its research-enabling purpose, epidemiologic patterns and disease phenotypes were assessed among enrolled subjects, including age at disease onset, annualized relapse rate (ARR), and time between the first and second attacks.

Results: As of December 2017, the Collaborative International Research in Clinical and Longitudinal Experience Study (CIRCLES) had enrolled more than 1,000 participants, of whom 77.5% of the NMOSD cases and 71.7% of the controls continue in active follow-up. Consanguineous …

Hist 377-003: Cities In History, Sam Hege

History Syllabi

No abstract provided.

New Wilson’S Phalarope Nesting Record From The Central Platte River Valley, Mormon Island, Hall County, Nebraska, Andrew J. Caven, Bethany L. Ostrom, Aurora Fowler, Joshua D. Wiese, Kelsey C. King

Nebraska Bird Review

The southeastern portion of the Wilson’s Phalarope’s (Phalaropus tricolor) breeding range encompasses parts of Nebraska (Colwell and Jehl 1994), including the Sandhills and northern Panhandle (Silcock and Jorgensen 2018). Additionally, there have been a number of breeding records from southcentral and southeastern Nebraska within the Rainwater Basin ecoregion since the mid-1990s (Mollhoff 2016, Silcock and Jorgensen 2018). However, there is very little evidence of regular breeding activity in the nearby Central Platte River Valley (CPRV), which spans from Chapman west to Overton, Nebraska, and is considered a globally important area for waterbirds (Johnsgard and Brown 2013, Silcock and Jorgensen 2018). …

Guillermo Gómez-Peña’S Barriopunk Performance And Postcolonial Cyborg Invasion, Ashleigh Deosaran M.A. Student, Modern Art, Critical And Curatorial Studies

Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas

No abstract provided.

Forage News [2019-09], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• Heart of America Grazing Conference
• Register now for Fall Grazing School, Sept. 10-11 in Versailles, KY
• Blue-green Algae: Dangerous to Pets and Livestock
• 12 Habits of Highly Successful Forage Producers
• Cover Crops Following Corn Silage
• Current USDA Hay Market Prices
• Alfalfa Checkoff Funds Two University of Kentucky Projects
• Watch for Fall Army Work in Pastures

Beautiful Connector: Collection Showcase Exhibits As Teaching Tools And Community Builders, Antje Mays

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

Libraries’ quest to strengthen connections with their constituencies often finds expression in new services and repurposed user spaces. Some literature portrays libraries as focusing away from collections toward new trends in library portfolios, but showcasing collections can prove very effective in bringing the library and user communities closer together. This article recounts two recent library collection showcase exhibits as successful examples of bolstering stakeholder connections: The first collections exhibit showcased books on Chinese language, literature, culture, art and architecture, history, and medicine received through the Window of Shanghai program. The second collections exhibit showcased scholarly books, U.S. government publications, citizen …

Planifikim Urban Qendër Gjelbrimi Dhe Rekreacioni, Xhevahire Skoro

Theses and Dissertations

Tema e zgjedhur për hulumtim ka të bëjë me një zonë për rekreim – park të qytetit. Këtu do të shqyrtohet organizimi sa më funksional i një parku të qytetit pasiqë vendodhja e saj është në një zone adekuate për një shfrytëzim të tillë ,ku ndodhet mu në mes të zonave afariso - banesore dhe atyre sociale. Nga ndërtimet e shumta në këtë zonë krjohen pamundësia të qarkullimit të lirë dhe ndotjeve te shumta te ajrit, gjithashtu pamundësohet socializimi i gjithë grupmoshave të njerëzve. Janë hapësirat e gjelbra absorbues kryesorë të ndotjes ku nëpërmjet degëve te dendura të pemëve dhe …

The Use Of Video Games In Education, Donat Kajtazi

Theses and Dissertations

Education is a very important aspect of our lives, a proper education system is linked closely to a better and easier life. Therefore, enhancing the education system should have a high priority for many people. A high number of lives can be improved, given the right tools to reach a desirable level of education. Many variables impact the education process, from social conditions, to mental conditions and motivation. Mixing games with education can reach many of these variables in different angles, easier for learners to grasp.

This thesis provides more information to the limited research of how games can be …

From Weak Form Towards Sustainability, Arxhenda Lipovica

Theses and Dissertations

When talking about new architectural preferences, there is one key term to take into consideration: sustainable building. Understanding the dire conditions, the earth is facing, architects worldwide are focusing on applying new technologies to reach sustainability. Considering that Kosovo is taking the steps to international recognition, contemporary architecture will be an integral part of it. Even though, in Kosovo, countless buildings continue to appear without worrying about consequences. It is the place where everyone is an "Architect" as they continue to overbuild day by day stereotypes of buildings without a standard of living, by measuring the value of the architecture …