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Volume 57, Number 7: September 25, 2019, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Quantitative Trait Loci (Qtl) For Forage Traits In Intermediate Wheatgrass When Grown As Spaced-Plants Versus Monoculture And Polyculture Swards, John S. Mortenson, Blair L. Waldron, Steven R. Larson, Kevin B. Jensen, Lee R. Dehann, Michael D. Peel, Paul G. Johnson, J. Earl Creech

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

It has been hypothesized that the genetic control of forage traits, especially biomass, for grass plants growing as spaced-plants versus swards is different. Likewise, the genetic control of compatibility in grass–legume polyculture mixtures is assumed to be different than for forage production in a grass monoculture. However, these hypotheses are largely unvalidated, especially at the DNA level. This study used an intermediate wheatgrass mapping population to examine the effect of three competition environments (spaced-plants, polyculture, and monoculture) on classical quantitative genetic parameters and quantitative trait loci (QTL) identification for biomass, morphology, and forage nutritive value. Moderate to high heritable variation …

Managing Personal Integrity: A Grounded Theory Of Elderly People Surviving Hospitalization, Cynthia S. Jacelon

Dissertations

The goal of this grounded theory research was to develop a substantive theory of the social processes engaged in by elderly people while in the hospital. The derived theory is entitled Managing Personal Integrity. Within the theory, Personal Integrity is defined as a dynamic, intrinsic quality of the self which has properties composed of physical and psychological attributes.

Gene Expression Pattern Of Acetyl-Coa Carboxylase Alpha, Fatty Acid Synthase, And Stearoyl-Coa Desaturase In Pregnant Barki Sheep Under Complete Feed Deprivation, Ahmed A. El-Sayed, Ahmed I. Ateya, Mohamed F. Hamed, Sherif M. Shoieb, Hussam M. M. Ibrahim, Maged R. El-Ashker, Mohamed A. Youssef, Fathy Ibrahim

Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal

Objective: To assess the mRNA level of acetyl CoA carboxylase alpha (ACACA), fatty acid synthase (FASN), and stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) by means of real-time PCR in Barki sheep subjected to complete feed deprivation. Design: Controlled study. Animals: Seven healthy pregnant ewes. Procedures: Ewes were subjected to complete feed deprivation with ad libitum water for five consecutive days. Venous blood samples were collected from each ewe before (zero time) and on the fifth day post-deprivation of feed for measurement of the mRNA level of ACACA, FASN, and SCD and assessment of serum metabolic profile parameters. Results: On the fifth day post-fasting, …

Gaining A Voice: A Study Of The Breastfeeding Experiences Of A Select Group Of Educated, Low-Income, Minority Women Supported By Peer Counselors, Maryanne Phyllis Locklin

Dissertations

This grounded theory study describes the experiences of a small select group of educated, low-income, culturally diverse women who were supported by peer counselors/breastfeeding advocates in their communities as they attempted to breastfeed. The study explores their issues and concerns. In-depth interview data from seventeen women (ten African-American and seven Latina) were analyzed, using constant comparative analysis. Findings from the study indicated that the perception of successful breastfeeding can have an empowering effect on women when support for their endeavors are gender--and culturally--appropriate, The five themes that emerged as primary descriptors of the experience were Making the Discovering, Seeking a …

High-Fat Diet Fuels Prostate Cancer Progression By Rewiring The Metabolome And Amplifying The Myc Program., David P. Labbé, Giorgia Zadra, Meng Yang, Jaime M Reyes, Charles Y Lin, Stefano Cacciatore, Ericka M. Ebot, Amanda L. Creech, Francesca Giunchi, Michelangelo Fiorentino, Habiba Elfandy, Sudeepa Syamala, Edward D. Karoly, Mohammed Alshalalfa, Nicholas Erho, Ashley Ross, Edward M. Schaeffer, Ewan A. Gibb, Mandeep Takhar, Robert B. Den, Jonathan Lehrer, R. Jeffrey Karnes, Stephen J. Freedland, Elai Davicioni, Daniel E. Spratt, Leigh Ellis, Jacob D. Jaffe, Anthony V. DʼAmico, Philip W. Kantoff, James E. Bradner, Lorelei A. Mucci, Jorge E. Chavarro, Massimo Loda, Myles Brown

Department of Radiation Oncology Faculty Papers

Systemic metabolic alterations associated with increased consumption of saturated fat and obesity are linked with increased risk of prostate cancer progression and mortality, but the molecular underpinnings of this association are poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate in a murine prostate cancer model, that high-fat diet (HFD) enhances the MYC transcriptional program through metabolic alterations that favour histone H4K20 hypomethylation at the promoter regions of MYC regulated genes, leading to increased cellular proliferation and tumour burden. Saturated fat intake (SFI) is also associated with an enhanced MYC transcriptional signature in prostate cancer patients. The SFI-induced MYC signature independently predicts prostate cancer …

Probabilistic Modeling Of Democracy, Corruption, Hemophilia A And Prediabetes Data, A. K. M. Raquibul Bashar

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Parametric analysis of any real-world data is the most powerful tool to characterize the probabilistic behavior in social, economic, medical, epidemiological, and other areas of study. In the present study, we identify the theoretical Probability Distribution Function(PDF) for Democracy Index Scores (DIS) from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) database and estimate the maximum likelihood estimates of the theoretical PDFS. We also identify the individual PDFs for each of the clusters, Full Democracy, Flawed Democracy, Hybrid Regime, and Authoritarian Regime defined by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

A statistical model is a convenient instrument to predict the future value of any …

Risk Factors, Clinical And Laboratory Features And Prevention Of Oxalate Nephropatia In Children, B.T. Khalmatova, A.I. Zariankina, Z.B. Tadjiyeva, N.R. Satibaldieva

Central Asian Journal of Medicine

In recent years, the frequency has been increasing kidney diseases in children, including dysmetabolic nephropathy, which is associated, on the one hand, with worsening environmental situation, and on the other, with improved quality diagnostics. In this regard, the problem of early diagnosis, prescribing adequate dietary and drug therapy acquires special relevance. The article considers some aspects of etiology, pathogenesis, and criteria diagnosis of dysmetabolic nephropathy in children. Allocated attention to the clinical manifestations of this pathology and the main principles of treatment and prevention.

Social Portrait, Conditions, Lifestyle And Health Of Universities Professors Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan In Modern Conditions, F.I. Salomova, N.O. Akhmadalieva, S.A. Sharipova, L.K. Abdukadirova

Central Asian Journal of Medicine

A survey was conducted of a survey of 429 professors of the three largest universities of the Republic of Uzbekistan in order to identify the social portrait of modern university professors, his conditions and lifestyle, and their significance for the health of respondents. The social characteristics of the teaching staff are presented (gender composition, age, length of service, social factors, diet, physical activity, organization of leisure, bad habits); self-assessment indicators of respondents' health are described (attitude to their health, the presence of diseases, health-improving work at the university).

Spartan Daily, September 24, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 153, Issue 13

The Utah Statesman, September 24, 2019, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Genetic Overview Of The Maya Populations: Mitochondrial Dna Haplogroups, Angélica González-Oliver, Dircé Pineda-Vázquez, Ernesto Garfias-Morales, Isabel De La Cruz-Laina, Luis Medrano-González, Lourdes Márquez-Morfín, Allan Ortega-Muñoz

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

We identified the mitochondrial DNA haplogroups A, B, C and D in 75 present-day Maya individuals, 24 Maya individuals of the colonial period and one pre-Columbian Maya individual from Quintana Roo, Mexico. We examined these data together with those of 21 Maya populations accounting for 647 present-day Maya individuals and 104 ancient Maya individuals. A demographic study based on the analysis of fertility and endogamy was carried out in two modern Maya populations to identify cultural factors that influence the mitochondrial haplogroup genetic diversity. Most present-day and ancient Maya populations show a distribution pattern of mitochondrial haplogroup frequencies A, C, …

Complexity, Genetic Causation, And Hereditarianism, Charles Roseman

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Hereditarians have claimed that recent advances in psychological and psychiatric genetics support their contention that individual and group socially important aspects of behavior and cognition are largely insensitive to environmental context. This has been countered by anti- hereditarians who (correctly) claim that the conclusion of genetic ineluctability is false. Anti- hereditarians, however, sometimes use problematic arguments based on complexity and the ignorance that comes with complexity and a demand for mechanistic, as opposed to variational, explanations for the ways in which genes affect phenotype. I argue here, as a committed anti-hereditarian, that the complexity gambit and the demand for mechanisms …

Targeting Transcription Factor Tcf4 By Γ-Mangostin, A Natural Xanthone., Balaji Krishnamachary, Dharmalingam Subramaniam, Prasad Dandawate, Sivapriya Ponnurangam, Pugazhendhi Srinivasan, Prabhu Ramamoorthy, Shahid Umar, Sufi Mary Thomas, Animesh Dhar, Seth Septer, Scott J. Weir, Thomas M. Attard, Shrikant Anant

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

Given that colon cancer is the third most common cancer in incidence and cause of death in the United States, and current treatment modalities are insufficient, there is a need to develop novel agents. Towards this, here we focus on γ-Mangostin, a bioactive compound present in the Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) fruit. γ-Mangostin suppressed proliferation and colony formation, and induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis of colon cancer cell lines. Further, γ-Mangostin inhibited colonosphere formation. Molecular docking and CETSA (Cellular thermal shift assay) binding assays demonstrated that γ-Mangostin interacts with transcription factor TCF4 (T-Cell Factor 4) at the β-catenin …

Does Place Matter? Food Insecurity, Perceptions Of Neighborhood Walkability, And Acculturation As Predictors Of Treatment Outcome In An Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Study, Nana Yaa Marfo

Master's Theses

BACKGROUND: Though cross-sectional studies have established a relationship between environmental factors and weight status, few have looked at how these environmental factors influence response to obesity intervention in adults or children. This study explored the impact food insecurity, neighborhood walkability, and acculturation may have had on the outcomes of an obesity prevention study for low-income, Black and Latinx preschool-aged children.

METHODS: Prior to the start of the primary care-based intervention program (Cloutier et al., 2015), caregivers (n=203) completed measures assessing their household’s food insecurity, their perceptions of their neighborhoods’ walkability, and for Latinx participants, levels of acculturation. Baseline responses were …

Ontogenesis Of The Sella Turcica Among Egyptians: Forensic And Radiological Study, Wafaa Mohamed El-Sehly, Fatma Mohamed Magdy Badr El Dine, Mohamed Samir Shaban

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Introduction: The sella turcica has gained importance as a stable bony landmark in cephalometric studies.
Aim of the work: The aim of the work was to explore the changes that accompany postnatal ontogeny of the sella turcica until full development, and to verify its contribution in age estimation and sexual assignment among Egyptians.
Subjects and methods: Six selected measurements of the sella turcica of 215 Egyptian patients were assessed using Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT). The patients represented different ages and were referred to the Radiodiagnosis and Intervention Department. The gathered data were then subjected to statistical analysis including correlation and …

Can We Starve The Civilians? Exploring The Dichotomy Between The Traditional Law Of Maritime Blockade And Humanitarian Initiatives, Phillip J. Drew

International Law Studies

The contemporary practice of maritime blockade can trace its origins to the Dutch Placaat of 1564, under which the Dutch Navy enforced the closure of Spanish ports to maritime traffic, both inbound and outbound. Although originally designed to stop all military reinforcements from reaching an area, in the ensuing 450 years, blockade has developed into a method of warfare whose effects are primarily economic. As a result of the urbanization of much of the world’s population over the past 200 years, many States have become heavily reliant on imported foodstuffs and commodities, most of which moves by sea. When those …

Tooth Fracture Frequency In Gray Wolves Reflects Prey Availability., Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Rolf O. Peterson, Douglas W Smith, Daniel R Stahler, John A. Vucetich

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Exceptionally high rates of tooth fracture in large Pleistocene carnivorans imply intensified interspecific competition, given that tooth fracture rises with increased bone consumption, a behavior that likely occurs when prey are difficult to acquire. To assess the link between prey availability and dental attrition, we documented dental fracture rates over decades among three well-studied populations of extant gray wolves that differed in prey:predator ratio and levels of carcass utilization. When prey:predator ratios declined, kills were more fully consumed, and rates of tooth fracture more than doubled. This supports tooth fracture frequency as a relative measure of the difficulty of acquiring …

Machine Co-Authorship(S) Via Translative Creative Writing, Aaron Tucker

Journal of Creative Writing Studies

This paper argues that machine translation and a symbiotic ecosystem of authorship are central to the poetic works of Aaron Tucker and reveal larger ethical paths for machine-human relationships. In particular, the elements of chance alongside the intersemiotic translative acts that are the nature of human-computer relationships give space to a potential futurity that challenges a human-centric understanding of “reading” and “writing” and generates a type of literature that encourages a reader to better understand their own interactions within their daily digital environments.

Measurements, Medications, And Symptoms Logging Using A Virtual Assistant, Aayush Kumar, Adriana Moisil, Yariv Adan, Andre Elisseeff, Matt Stokes, Sandro Montanari, Alexandru Grigoroi, Myroslava Dzikovska, Alexander Trewby, Joe Swainston

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes virtual assistant based techniques that, with user permission, log medications, symptoms, and measures of health. The techniques offer an easy mechanism for users to document their symptoms, vital signs, health data, etc. For example, a user simply speaks out their symptoms to their virtual assistant to create a log. Vital signs are automatically logged by the virtual assistant (with user permission) using, e.g., sensors and mobile/wearable devices. The techniques enable users to develop a personal health journal that frictionlessly logs activity, sleep, nutrition, heart rate, etc. When enabled, the virtual assistant reminds users of medications to be …

Agenda And Reports, Juvenile Welfare Board Public Hearing, September 23, 2019, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Agenda and reports for the September 23, 2019, public hearing of the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, September 23, 2019, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Human Resource Policy Changes - Doug Bullock
• EPC Monthly Report – September 5, 2019 - Frank Galey
• 321 Respectful Workplace-Employee Rights - Patrick Belmont
• USUSA-Student Rep on Faculty Search Committees - Dexton Lake
• Educational Policies Committee Annual Report - Frank Galey
• Honors Program Annual Report - Kristine Miller
• Faculty Forum update - Patrick Belmont
• 403.3.1 Standards of Conduct-Faculty Responsibilities to Students (2nd reading) - Patrick Belmont
• 403.3.2 Standards of Conduct-Professional Obligations (2nd reading) - Patrick Belmont
• College Level Faculty Forums - Patrick Belmont
• Empowering Teaching Excellence - Neal Legler | Travis Thurston

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, September 23, 2019, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Human Resource Policy Changes
• EPC Monthly Report - September 5, 2019
• 321 Respectful Workplace-Employee Rights
• USUSA-Student Rep on Faculty Search Committees
• Educational Policies Committee Annual Report
• Honors Program Annual Report
• Faculty forum updates
• 403.3.1 Standards of Conduct-Faculty Responsibilities to Students (2nd reading)
• 403.3.2 Standards of Conduct-Professional Obligations (2nd reading)

Epnl Research Team Publishes Nutrition Review, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Publisher Correction: Shared Heritability And Functional Enrichment Across Six Solid Cancers., Xia Jiang, Hilary K Finucane, Fredrick R Schumacher, Stephanie L Schmit, Jonathan P Tyrer, Younghun Han, Kyriaki Michailidou, Corina Lesseur, Karoline B Kuchenbaecker, Joe Dennis, David V Conti, Graham Casey, Mia M Gaudet, Jeroen R Huyghe, Demetrius Albanes, Melinda C Aldrich, Angeline S Andrew, Irene L Andrulis, Hoda Anton-Culver, Antonis C Antoniou, Natalia N Antonenkova, Susanne M Arnold, Kristan J Aronson, Banu K Arun, Elisa V Bandera, Rosa B Barkardottir, Daniel R Barnes, Jyotsna Batra, Matthias W Beckmann, Javier Benitez, Sara Benlloch, Andrew Berchuck, Sonja I Berndt, Heike Bickeböller, Stephanie A Bien, Carl Blomqvist, Stefania Boccia, Natalia V Bogdanova, Stig E Bojesen, Manjeet K Bolla, Hiltrud Brauch, Hermann Brenner, James D Brenton, Mark N Brook, Joan Brunet, Hans Brunnström, Daniel D Buchanan, Barbara Burwinkel, Ralf Butzow, Gabriella Cadoni, Trinidad Caldés, Maria A Caligo, Ian Campbell, Peter T Campbell, Géraldine Cancel-Tassin, Lisa Cannon-Albright, Daniele Campa, Neil Caporaso, André L Carvalho, Andrew T Chan, Jenny Chang-Claude, Stephen J Chanock, Chu Chen, David C Christiani, Kathleen B M Claes, Frank Claessens, Judith Clements, J Margriet Collée, Marcia Cruz Correa, Fergus J Couch, Angela Cox, Julie M Cunningham, Cezary Cybulski, Kamila Czene, Mary B Daly, Anna Defazio, Peter Devilee, Orland Diez, Manuela Gago-Dominguez, Jenny L Donovan, Thilo Dörk, Eric J Duell, Alison M Dunning, Miriam Dwek, Diana M Eccles, Christopher K Edlund, Digna R Velez Edwards, Carolina Ellberg, D Gareth Evans, Peter A Fasching, Robert L Ferris, Triantafillos Liloglou, Jane C Figueiredo, Olivia Fletcher, Renée T Fortner, Florentia Fostira, Silvia Franceschi, Eitan Friedman, Steven J Gallinger, Patricia A Ganz, Judy Garber, José A García-Sáenz, Simon A Gayther, Graham G Giles, Andrew K Godwin, Mark S Goldberg, David E Goldgar, Ellen L Goode, Marc T Goodman, Gary E Goodman, Kjell Grankvist, Mark H Greene, Henrik Gronberg, Jacek Gronwald, Pascal Guénel, Niclas Håkansson, Per Hall, Ute Hamann, Freddie C Hamdy, Robert J Hamilton, Jochen Hampe, Aage Haugen, Florian Heitz, Rolando Herrero, Peter Hillemanns, Michael Hoffmeister, Estrid Høgdall, Yun-Chul Hong, John L Hopper, Richard Houlston, Peter J Hulick, David J Hunter, David G Huntsman, Gregory Idos, Evgeny N Imyanitov, Sue Ann Ingles, Claudine Isaacs, Anna Jakubowska, Paul James, Mark A Jenkins, Mattias Johansson, Mikael Johansson, Esther M John, Amit D Joshi, Radka Kaneva, Beth Y Karlan, Linda E Kelemen, Tabea Kühl, Kay-Tee Khaw, Elza Khusnutdinova, Adam S Kibel, Lambertus A Kiemeney, Jeri Kim, Susanne K Kjaer, Julia A Knight, Manolis Kogevinas, Zsofia Kote-Jarai, Stella Koutros, Vessela N Kristensen, Jolanta Kupryjanczyk, Martin Lacko, Stephan Lam, Diether Lambrechts, Maria Teresa Landi, Philip Lazarus, Nhu D Le, Eunjung Lee, Flavio Lejbkowicz, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Goska Leslie, Davor Lessel, Jenny Lester, Douglas A Levine, Li Li, Christopher I Li, Annika Lindblom, Noralane M Lindor, Geoffrey Liu, Fotios Loupakis, Jan Lubiński, Lovise Maehle, Christiane Maier, Arto Mannermaa, Loic Le Marchand, Sara Margolin, Taymaa May, Lesley Mcguffog, Alfons Meindl, Pooja Middha, Austin Miller, Roger L Milne, Robert J Macinnis, Francesmary Modugno, Marco Montagna, Victor Moreno, Kirsten B Moysich, Lorelei Mucci, Kenneth Muir, Anna Marie Mulligan, Katherine L Nathanson, David E Neal, Andrew R Ness, Susan L Neuhausen, Heli Nevanlinna, Polly A Newcomb, Lisa F Newcomb, Finn Cilius Nielsen, Liene Nikitina-Zake, Børge G Nordestgaard, Robert L Nussbaum, Kenneth Offit, Edith Olah, Ali Amin Al Olama, Olufunmilayo I Olopade, Andrew F Olshan, Håkan Olsson, Ana Osorio, Hardev Pandha, Jong Y Park, Nora Pashayan, Michael T Parsons, Tanja Pejovic, Kathryn L Penney, Wilbert H M Peters, Catherine M Phelan, Amanda I Phipps, Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska, Miranda Pring, Darya Prokofyeva, Paolo Radice, Kari Stefansson, Susan J Ramus, Leon Raskin, Gad Rennert, Hedy S Rennert, Elizabeth J Van Rensburg, Marjorie J Riggan, Harvey A Risch, Angela Risch, Monique J Roobol, Barry S Rosenstein, Mary Anne Rossing, Kim De Ruyck, Emmanouil Saloustros, Dale P Sandler, Elinor J Sawyer, Matthew B Schabath, Johanna Schleutker, Marjanka K Schmidt, V Wendy Setiawan, Hongbing Shen, Erin M Siegel, Weiva Sieh, Christian F Singer, Martha L Slattery, Karina Dalsgaard Sorensen, Melissa C Southey, Amanda B Spurdle, Janet L Stanford, Victoria L Stevens, Sebastian Stintzing, Jennifer Stone, Karin Sundfeldt, Rebecca Sutphen, Anthony J Swerdlow, Eloiza H Tajara, Catherine M Tangen, Adonina Tardon, Jack A Taylor, M Dawn Teare, Manuel R Teixeira, Mary Beth Terry, Kathryn L Terry, Stephen N Thibodeau, Mads Thomassen, Line Bjørge, Marc Tischkowitz, Amanda E Toland, Diana Torres, Paul A Townsend, Ruth C Travis, Nadine Tung, Shelley S Tworoger, Cornelia M Ulrich, Nawaid Usmani, Celine M Vachon, Els Van Nieuwenhuysen, Ana Vega, Miguel Elías Aguado-Barrera, Qin Wang, Penelope M Webb, Clarice R Weinberg, Stephanie Weinstein, Mark C Weissler, Jeffrey N Weitzel, Catharine M L West, Emily White, Alice S Whittemore, H-Erich Wichmann, Fredrik Wiklund, Robert Winqvist, Alicja Wolk, Penella Woll, Michael Woods, Anna H Wu, Xifeng Wu, Drakoulis Yannoukakos, Wei Zheng, Shanbeh Zienolddiny, Argyrios Ziogas, Kristin K Zorn, Jacqueline M Lane, Richa Saxena, Duncan Thomas, Rayjean J Hung, Brenda Diergaarde, James Mckay, Ulrike Peters, Li Hsu, Montserrat García-Closas, Rosalind A Eeles, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Paul J Brennan, Christopher A Haiman, Jacques Simard, Douglas F Easton, Stephen B Gruber, Paul D P Pharoah, Alkes L Price, Bogdan Pasaniuc, Christopher I Amos, Peter Kraft, Sara Lindström

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

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Schoeffel V. Thorne Reaserch, Inc Appellant's Brief Dckt. 47101

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

On Three Possible Applications Of Neutrosophic Logic In Applied Sciences, Including Matter Creation, Victor Christianto, Robert N. Boyd, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In the same spirit with the theme of last issue of this SGJ journal (“Ongoing creation”), this paper shortly reviews a plausible mechanism from Aether to become ordinary matter from the perspective of Neutrosophic Logic. We also discuss two other possible applications of Neutrosophic Logic, including a resolution of conflicting paradigms in medicine. We hope that some ideas as outlined herein will be proved useful in the near future.

A Case For Using Genomics And A Bioinformatics Pipeline To Develop Sensitive And Species-Specific Pcr-Based Diagnostics For Soil-Transmitted Helminths, Jessica R. Grant, Nils Pilotte, Steven A. Williams

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

The balance of expense and ease of use vs. specificity and sensitivity in diagnostic assays for helminth disease is an important consideration, with expense and ease often winning out in endemic areas where funds and sophisticated equipment may be scarce. In this review, we argue that molecular diagnostics, specifically new assays that have been developed with the aid of next-generation sequence data and robust bioinformatic tools, more than make up for their expense with the benefit of a clear and precise assessment of the situation on the ground. Elimination efforts associated with the London Declaration and the World Health Organization …

Bjc Today

BJC Today

No abstract provided.

Conceptualization Of A Parasympathetic Endocrine System., Jonathan Gorky, James Schwaber

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

We here propose a parasympathetic endocrine system (PES) comprised of circulating peptides released from secretory cells in the gut, significantly modulated by vagal projections from the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV). While most of these gut peptides mediate well-described satiety and digestive effects that increase parasympathetic control of digestion (Lee et al., 1994; Gutzwiller et al., 1999; Klok et al., 2007), they also have actions that are far-reaching and increase parasympathetic signaling broadly throughout the body. The actions beyond satiety that peptides like somatostatin, cholecystokinin, glucagon-like peptide 1, and vasoactive intestinal peptide have been well-examined, but not in …