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Sunny (2020), Marta Chorén García

Grado en Diseño de Moda

Sunny es una marca de prêt-à-porter de mujer que nació con la finalidad de transmitir felicidad al cliente. Tras investigar acerca de la psicología del color y la colorterapia se ha diseñado colección caracterizada por la mezcla de colores y estampados en el mismo look, con prendas versátiles y accesorios realizados artesanalmente. Tras la realización de la marca se han propuesto unos objetivos a cumplir en los siguientes veinticuatro meses desde el lanzamiento de Sunny. El primer objetivo es aparecer al menos en tres revistas de moda en el primer año. Tras la primera colección se espera aparecer en diferentes …

Vulnerability Of High-Elevation Endemic Salamanders To Climate Change: A Case Study With The Cow Knob Salamander (Plethodon Punctatus), Carl D. Jacobsen, Donald J. Brown, William D. Flint, Thomas K. Pauley, Kurt A. Buhlmann, Joseph C. Mitchell

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Rapid contemporary climate change is a potential threat to long-term persistence of montane wildlife species because they often have narrow thermal tolerances and have limited potential to shift their distributions. The Appalachian Mountain region in the eastern United States is a global biodiversity hotspot for woodland salamanders (genus Plethodon), many of which are high-elevation endemic species. Robust assessments of the vulnerability of high-elevation endemic salamanders to climate change, including delineation of future potential climate refugia, are needed to guide climate change adaptations strategies. The Cow Knob Salamander (Plethodon punctatus) is a species of conservation concern found at …

Breastfeeding Duration Is Associated With Regional, But Not Global, Differences In White Matter Tracts, Christopher E. Bauer, James W. Lewis, Julie Julie Brefczynski-Lewis, Chris Frum, Margeaux M. Schade, Marc W. Haut, Hawley E. Montgomery-Downs

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Extended breastfeeding through infancy confers benefits on neurocognitive performance and intelligence tests, though few have examined the biological basis of these effects. To investigate correlations with breastfeeding, we examined the major white matter tracts in 4–8 year-old children using diffusion tensor imaging and volumetric measurements of the corpus callosum. We found a significant correlation between the duration of infant breastfeeding and fractional anisotropy scores in left-lateralized white matter tracts, including the left superior longitudinal fasciculus and left angular bundle, which is indicative of greater intrahemispheric connectivity. However, in contrast to expectations from earlier studies, no correlations were observed with corpus …

The Transition From Planar To En Echelon Morphology In A Single Vein In Shale: Insights From X-Ray Computed Tomography Scanning, Graham Dm Andrews, Sarah R. Brown, Johnathan Moore, Dustin Crandall, Paige Mackey

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

En echelon fractures and veins are among the most common and distinctive geological structures, yet their three-dimensional forms and relationships to surrounding structures are commonly unclear. X-ray computed tomography (CT) offers an unrivaled ability to examine structures within rocks in three dimensions, and it is applied here to a sample of drill core from the Marcellus Shale of southwestern Pennsylvania (USA). CT images yield qualitative and quantitative data on the transition from a pyrite-rich planar vein to an en echelon veinlet array, and on the heterogeneity of veinlets within the array. Using a combination of three- and two-dimensional images, geometric …

Light Interception And Growth In Pastures Under Ideal And Stressful Conditions On The Allegheny Plateau, Edward Barrow Rayburn

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Time Series Analysis Of Water Use And Indirect Reusewithin A Huc-4 Basin (Wabash) Over A Nine Year Period, M. Julia Wiener, Sebastian Moreno, Chad T. Jafvert, Loring F. Nies

Lyles School of Civil Engineering Faculty Publications

Anthropogenic water use and reuse represent major components of the water cycle. In the context of climate change, water reuse and recycling are considered necessary components for an integrated water management approach. Unplanned, or de facto, indirect water reuse occurs in most of the U.S. river systems, however, there is little real-time documentation of it. Despite the fact that there are national and state agencies that systematically collect data on water withdrawals and wastewater discharges, their databases are organized and managed in a way that makes it challenging to use them for water resource management analysis. The ability to combine …

Experiments In Materiality And Representation: The London Film-Makers' Co-Operative 1968 – 1979, Charlotte Reardon

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Theses

My thesis is centered around the experimental films of the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative. Through the shared workshop spaces and the vision to defy conventional mainstream cinema, the self-led collective was influential in creating new directions of filmic techniques. Placed within a wider discourse of 1970’s experimental film, the aim of my research is to draw on the complexity of processes, narratives, and structures inherent in the Co-op films from 1968 – 1979. Through a technique-based examination, this project will focus on the shifts between abstracted and representational forms, and in turn how the dominant materialist practice began to be replaced …

Fundamental Understanding And Applications Of Nanoemulsions For Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Analysis, Shashika Gunathilaka Sabaragamuwe Jayasundarakorale

Open Access Master's Theses

We demonstrate a new electroanalytical approach for the ultrasensitive electrochemical analysis using nanoemulsions (NEs) uniquely combined with single entity electrochemistry (SEE). First, we investigate the relationship between the structure and relevant electrochemical activity of NEs. We employ SEE to elucidate the interfacial structure of NEs and their corresponding electrochemical activities, which cannot be unequivocally defined by general microscopic techniques. Throughout this work on nanostructural effect of NEs, we could optimize the most suitable composition of NEs, showing facile electron transfer kinetics across the NE interface as well as a high monodispersity. Particularly, the application of SEE for optimized NEs allowed …

Spike Frequency Adaptation In Motor Neurons And Joint Resistance In Rabbit Model Of Cerebral Palsy, Preston Steele

Open Access Master's Theses

Cerebral palsy (CP) is caused by a variety of factors attributed to early brain damage, resulting in permanently impaired motor control, marked by weakness and muscle stiffness. To find out if altered physiology of spinal motoneurons (MNs) could contribute to movement deficits, we performed whole cell patch clamp in neonatal rabbit spinal cord slices after developmental injury at 79% gestation. After preterm hypoxia-ischemia (HI), rabbits are born with motor deficits consistent with a spastic phenotype including hypertonia and hyperreflexia. There is a range in severity, thus kits are classified as severely affected, mildly affected, or unaffected based on modified Ashworth …

Trophic Niche Overlap Of Atlantic Cod And Black Sea Bass In Relation To Warming Southern New England Waters, Nina Santos

Open Access Master's Theses

In southern New England (SNE), a new ecological interaction is occurring as temperate black sea bass abundance increases in the home range of the iconic Atlantic cod as a result of climate-induced ocean warming. In this study, we examined the diet and trophic dynamics of both SNE Atlantic cod and black sea bass using a multi-tracer approach of stomach content analysis as well as bulk and compound-specific amino acid isotope analyses. We reveal a highly selective diet (0.01-0.43 Levin’s index) with decapod crustaceans occurring in 82-89% of stomachs and making up 72-79% of the total wet weight for both species, …

Taxonomic Profiling Of Metagenomic Reads Using Deep Learning, Cecile Cres

Open Access Master's Theses

The field of metagenomics studies microbes from environmental samples in a process generating millions of short DNA sequences called reads. The final outcome is to discover the diversity as well as the function of complex microbial communities using computational tools. The general idea adopted by most taxonomic classifiers, which aim to assign taxonomic groups to individual reads, is to compare the target DNA sequences to a reference database and identify the taxon of the best match. This method has many disadvantages including the necessity for large computing resources in order to process large sequence databases. The current project aims to …

“The ‘Real Cost’ Of Campaigns: Ends Campaign Effectiveness In Terms Of Awareness And Content”, Brandon Donohue

Open Access Master's Theses

Over the past few years, the use of electronic cigarettes and other vaping related products has spiked. This has quickly become an epidemic amongst the younger generations. These people did not smoke cigarettes before but are now addicted to nicotine. In an attempt to fight off the companies that are marketing these devices to teens and young adults, various anti-vaping campaigns have been launched. Two of the most notable and prevalent campaigns are the FDA’s “The Real Cost” and the Truth Initiative’s “Truth”. Using previously tested methods, this study compares and attempts to account for the short-term effectiveness, or lack …

Justice V. Prevention: A Nuanced Approach To International Criminal Prosecutions, Peter R. Grenzow

Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vols. 28:2 onward (2019-present)

One of the principal purposes of the Rome Statute is the prevention of future international crimes. To achieve this goal, the International Criminal Court (ICC) must consider the effects that its law enforcement measures will have on the commission of atrocities in a situation under review. This article responds to the need for context-specific empirical research elucidating the effects of ICC interventions. Reviewing evidence from the situations subject to ICC intervention over the past two decades and advances in social psychology and neuroscience, this article offers a number of factors the ICC should take into account when deciding whether to …

Unravelling Socio-Economic And Ecological Distribution Conflicts In Ship-Breaking In Bangladesh For Addressing Negative Externalities In Law And Policy Making, Ishtiaque Ahmed

Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vols. 28:2 onward (2019-present)

Ship-breaking is widely known as a colossally dangerous and polluting activity. Bangladesh has emerged as the market leader in ship-breaking, producing the highest amount of steel from recycling End of Life ships owned by global owners. Economic contribution of ship-breaking in Bangladesh has been well documented from the report published under the auspicious of the Government and the International Governmental Agencies, but significant controversy exists to prove those data. In absence of detailed scientific investigation, uncertainty remains about the extent this industry is adversely impacting the coastal environments of Bangladesh. Notably, there is a huge polarization of data, and claim …

Dynamic Prostatic And Laser-Ablated Lesion Volume Change After Transperineal Laser Ablation In Canine: Preliminary Observation And Its Clinical Significance., Rui-Qing Liu, Ji-Bin Liu, Shao-Bo Duan, Si-Guo Cheng, Zhi-Yang Chang, Hui-Cun Cao, Guang-Shao Cao, Ya-Qiong Li, Na Li, Lian-Zhong Zhang

Department of Radiology Faculty Papers

AIM: The purpose of this study is to observe the volume change of prostate and laser-ablated lesions in the canine and to explore the mechanism and clinical significance through histopathology.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Transperineal laser ablation (TPLA) was performed under the guidance of transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) in eight canines. Two canines were sacrificed 1 day and 1 week after TPLA, respectively. The remaining six canines were sacrificed after finishing transrectal contrast-enhanced ultrasound (TR-CEUS) at three phases.

RESULTS: The prostatic volumes immediately following TPLA and 1 week later were larger than before TPLA (20.1 ± 3.9 vs 17.1 ± 3.8 ml; …

Table Of Contents, Seattle University Law Review

Seattle University Law Review

Table of Contents

Translation Equivalent And Cross-Language Semantic Priming In Bilingual Toddlers, Caroline Floccia, Luche C Delle, Irina Lepadatu, Janette Chow, Paul Ratnage, Kim Plunkett

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Quantifying Sources Of Variability In Infancy Research Using The Infant-Directed-Speech Preference, Michael C. Frank, Katherine Jane Alcock, Natalia Arias-Trejo, Gisa Aschersleben, Dare Baldwin, Stéphanie Barbu, Elika Bergelson, Christina Bergmann, Alexis K. Black, Ryan Blything, Maximilian P. Böhland, Petra Bolitho, Arielle Borovsky, Shannon M. Brady, Bettina Braun, Anna Brown, Krista Byers-Heinlein, Linda E. Campbell, Cara Cashon, Mihye Choi, Joan Christodoulou, Laura K. Cirelli, Stefania Conte, Sara Cordes, Christopher Cox, Alejandrina Cristia, Rhodri Cusack, Catherine Davies, Klerk M De, Luche C Delle, Ld Ruiter, Dhanya Dinakar, Kate C. Dixon, Virginie Durier, Samantha Durrant, Christopher Fennell, Brock Ferguson, Alissa Ferry, Paula Fikkert, Teresa Flanagan, Caroline Floccia, Megan Foley, Tom Fritzsche, Rebecca L.A. Frost, Anja Gampe, Judit Gervain, Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez, Anna Gupta, Laura E. Hahn, Hamlin J Kiley, Ee Hannon, N Havron, J Hay, M Hernik, B Höhle, Dm Houston, Lh Howard, M Ishikawa, S Itakura, I Jackson, Kv Jakobsen, M Jarto, Sp Johnson, C Junge, D Karadag, N Kartushina, Dj Kellier, T Keren-Portnoy, K Klassen, M Kline, E-S Ko, Jf Kominsky, Je Kosie, He Kragness, Aar Krieger, F Krieger, J Lany, Rj Lazo, M Lee, C Leservoisier, C Levelt, C Lew-Williams, M Lippold, U Liszkowski, L Liu, Sg Luke, Ra Lundwall, Cassia V Macchi, N Mani

School of Psychology

Psychological scientists have become increasingly concerned with issues related to methodology and replicability, and infancy researchers in particular face specific challenges related to replicability: For example, high-powered studies are difficult to conduct, testing conditions vary across labs, and different labs have access to different infant populations. Addressing these concerns, we report on a large-scale, multisite study aimed at (a) assessing the overall replicability of a single theoretically important phenomenon and (b) examining methodological, cultural, and developmental moderators. We focus on infants’ preference for infant-directed speech (IDS) over adult-directed speech (ADS). Stimuli of mothers speaking to their infants and to an …

Vowel Dynamics Of The Low Vowels In Cowlitz County, Washington, Joseph A. Stanley

Faculty Publications

Q1: Does Cowlitz County participate in the Elsewhere Shift?

BOT/BOUGHT:

• Not 100% merged.
• Have been in a stable near-merger since the 1930s.
• Hypothesis: Started when area was being settled (1850s–1920s) because of the demographic shift.

/æ/ BAT:

• Slowly lowering over 4 generations (since at least the 1930s)
• Women consistently ahead of the men - change in progress for over 60 years.
• Hypothesis: Began in earnest when Longview was founded (mid 1920s), in addition to language-internal pressure.

Electrical Impedance Myography For Reducing Sample Size In Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Trials, Melanie L Leitner, Kush Kapur, Basil T Darras, Michele Yang, Brenda Wong, Laura Dalle Pazze, Julaine Florence, Martin Buck, Laura Freedman, Jose Bohorquez, Seward Rutkove, Craig Zaidman

Open Access Publications

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sensitivity of electrical impedance myography (EIM) to disease progression in both ambulatory and non-ambulatory boys with DMD.

METHODS AND PARTICIPANTS: A non-blinded, longitudinal cohort study of 29 ambulatory and 15 non-ambulatory boys with DMD and age-similar healthy boys. Subjects were followed for up to 1 year and assessed using the Myolex

RESULTS: In the ambulatory group, EIM 100 kHz resistance values showed significant change compared to the healthy boys. For example, in lower extremity muscles, the average change in EIM 100 kHz resistance values over 12 months led to an estimated effect size of 1.58. Based …

5-Fluorocytosine Resistance Is Associated With Hypermutation And Alterations In Capsule Biosynthesis In Cryptococcus, R. Blake Billmyre, Shelly Applen Clancey, Lucy X. Li, Tamara L. Doering, Joseph Heitman

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Dill Extract Induces Elastic Fiber Neosynthesis And Functional Improvement In The Ascending Aorta Of Aged Mice With Reversal Of Age-Dependent Cardiac Hypertrophy And Involvement Of Lysyl Oxidase-Like-1, Wassim Fhayli, Quentin Boëté, Nadjib Kihal, Valérie Cenizo, Pascal Sommer, Walter A Boyle, Marie-Paule Jacob, Gilles Faury

Open Access Publications

Elastic fibers (90% elastin, 10% fibrillin-rich microfibrils) are synthesized only in early life and adolescence mainly by the vascular smooth muscle cells through the cross-linking of its soluble precursor, tropoelastin. Elastic fibers endow the large elastic arteries with resilience and elasticity. Normal vascular aging is associated with arterial remodeling and stiffening, especially due to the end of production and degradation of elastic fibers, leading to altered cardiovascular function. Several pharmacological treatments stimulate the production of elastin and elastic fibers. In particular, dill extract (DE) has been demonstrated to stimulate elastin production in vitro in dermal equivalent models and in skin …

Innate Immune Receptor Nod2 Mediates Lgr5+ Intestinal Stem Cell Protection Against Ros Cytotoxicity Via Mitophagy Stimulation, Antonin Levy, Aline Stedman, Eric Deutsch, Françoise Donnadieu, Herbert W. Virgin, Philippe J. Sansonetti, Giulia Nigro

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

L-Plastin Deficiency Produces Increased Trabecular Bone Due To Attenuation Of Sealing Ring Formation And Osteoclast Dysfunction, Meenakshi A. Chellaiah, Megan C. Moorer, Sunipa Majumdar, Hanan Aljohani, Sharon C. Morley, Vanessa Yingling, Joseph P. Stains

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Polycystin 2 Is Increased In Disease To Protect Against Stress-Induced Cell Death, Allison L. Brill, Tom T. Fischer, Jennifer M. Walters, Arnaud Marlier, Lorenzo R. Sewanan, Parker C. Wilson, Eric K. Johnson, Gilbert Moeckel, Lloyd G. Cantley, Stuart G. Campbell, Jeanne M. Nerbonne, Hee Jung Chung, Marie E. Robert, Barbara E. Ehrlich

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Protective And Pathogenic Effects Of Interferon Signaling During Pregnancy, Rebecca L. Casazza, Helen M. Lazear, Jonathan J. Miner

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Protective Role Of Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (Bdnf) In Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (Osas) Patients, Krisstopher Richard Flores, Fausta Viccaro, Mauro Aquilini, Stefania Scarpino, Francesco Ronchetti, Rita Mancini, Arianna Di Napoli, Davide Scozzi, Alberto Ricci

Open Access Publications

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disorder characterized by repeated episodes of upper airways collapse during the sleep. The following intermittent hypoxia triggers a state of chronic inflammation, which also interests the nervous system leading to neuronal damage and increased risk of cognitive impairment. Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a growth factor often associated with neuroplasticity and neuroprotection whose levels increase in several condition associated with neuronal damage. However, whether patients affected by OSAS have altered BDNF levels and whether such alteration may be reflective of their cognitive impairment is still controversial. Here we show that, when …

Clinical And Functional Significance Of Circular Rnas In Cytogenetically Normal Aml, Dimitrios Papaioannou, Geoffrey L. Uy, Et Al.

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Gene-By-Gene Interactions Associated With The Risk Of Conotruncal Heart Defects, Chen Lyu, Daniel M Webber, Stewart L Macleod, Charlotte A Hobbs, Ming Li, National Birth Defects Prevention Study

Open Access Publications

BACKGROUND: The development of conotruncal heart defects (CTDs) involves a complex relationship among genetic variants and maternal lifestyle factors. In this article, we focused on the interactions between 13 candidate genes within folate, homocysteine, and transsulfuration pathways for potential association with CTD risk.

METHODS: Targeted sequencing was used for 328 case-parental triads enrolled in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS). To evaluate the interaction of two genes, we applied a conditional logistic regression model for all possible SNP pairs within two respective genes by contrasting the affected infants with their pseudo-controls. The findings were replicated in an independent sample …

Mouse Genetics Identifies Unique And Overlapping Functions Of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors In Keratinocytes, Michael Meyer, Maya Ben-Yehuda Greenwald, Theresa Rauschendorfer, Catharina Sänger, Marko Jukic, Haruka Iizuka, Fumimasa Kubo, Lin Chen, David M Ornitz, Sabine Werner

Open Access Publications

Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are key regulators of tissue development, homeostasis and repair, and abnormal FGF signalling is associated with various human diseases. In human and murine epidermis, FGF receptor 3 (FGFR3) activation causes benign skin tumours, but the consequences of FGFR3 deficiency in this tissue have not been determined. Here, we show that FGFR3 in keratinocytes is dispensable for mouse skin development, homeostasis and wound repair. However, the defect in the epidermal barrier and the resulting inflammatory skin disease that develops in mice lacking FGFR1 and FGFR2 in keratinocytes were further aggravated upon additional loss of FGFR3. This caused …