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From The Black African Holocaust (Maafa) To The United Nations: Routes, Roots, And Fruits: Maroon Women’S Journey To The 18th United Nations, Permanent Forum On Indigenous Issues (Unpfii) April 22- 25th 2019, Gaama G. Simms

Journal of International Women's Studies

On April 22-25^th, 2019 Maroon Women Chambers of Cooperation representatives from three respective nation-states namely, Suriname, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago attended the 18^th Session of the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The theme for the forum was “Traditional Knowledge: Generational Transmission and Protection.” This essay explores the goals of that journey, its connection to other Maroon efforts to build Maroon unity in the Western Hemisphere and to establish ourselves as a Peoples, Indigenous and Tribal in the U.N. nomenclature to harness our international human rights.

Women And The Upsurge Of ‘‘Baby Factories’’ In Southeastern Nigeria: Erosion Of Cultural Values Or Capitalism?, Uche U. Okonkwo, Ngozika A. Obi-Ani

Journal of International Women's Studies

The erection and proliferation of baby factories constitute one of the major injustices directed at women especially teenage girls in southeastern Nigeria. Under this arrangement, women are incarcerated for the purpose of procreation alone. A litany of scholarly works has been written on this subject, placing the blame for this impunity, in Nigeria on the capitalist system. This paper insists that beyond capitalism, there is a need to interrogate the cultural erosion of values mostly responsible for this scourge. To achieve this, newspapers, interviews, archival materials and other extant secondary sources have been used for data collection, analysis and for …

Toxicity Of Cichorium Pumilum (Elik) To Grazing Animals And Detoxification Using Silybum Marianum (Khurfeish) (A Study In The Hepatic Cell Line Hepg2), بلال غريب, سعيد خصيب, روبين كوسيف, بشار سعيد

Hebron University Research Journal-A (Natural Sciences) - (مجلة جامعة الخليل للبحوث- أ (العلوم الطبيعيه

This research aims to assess the toxicity of C. pumilum on grazing animals and offers recommendations for farmers in the event of intoxication. Toxicity was determined using the hepatic cell line HepG2. C. pumilum plants were extracted using ethanol 50%, and a series of graduated concentrations were added to HepG2. The effect was evaluated using the MTT assay measuring the viability of cells in addition to No assay measuring the mortality of cells. Using the MTT assay, a clear inhibitor effect on the HepG2 cell line was found at 10000 µg of Elik plant dry material/ml of RPMI medium. The …

Mathematical Models And Tools To Understand Coupled Circadian Oscillations And Limit Cycling Systems, Guangyuan Liao

Dissertations

The circadian rhythm refers to an internal body process that regulates many body processes including the sleep-wake cycle, digestion and hormone release. The ability of a circadian system to entrain to the 24-hour light-dark cycle is one of the most important properties. There are several scenarios in which circadian oscillators do not directly receive light-dark forcing. Instead they are part of hierarchical systems in which, as \peripheral" oscillators, they are periodically forced by other \central" circadian oscillators that do directly receive light input. Such dynamics are modeled as hierarchical coupled limit cycle systems. Those models usually have a large population, …

Genetic Population Structure And Microbiome Of German Cockroaches In Urban Environments, Xueyang Fan

Dissertations

Pests of human habitats may harbor and disperse pathogens that cause human disease. One such pest is the German cockroach (Blattella germanica), which is known to harbor numerous pathogens, including Klebsiella and Pseudomonas. The aim of this study is to reveal the importance of the German cockroach as a potential vector of human medically important diseases. To do so, this study investigates German cockroach population structure and their associated bacterial microbiome in urban residential environments. Ninety German cockroaches are collected from three residential apartment buildings in three New Jersey cities. Samples are caught by glue traps and stored at -20°C. …

Integrate Structural Analysis, Isoform Diversity, And Interferon-Inductive Propensity Of Ace2 To Predict Sars-Cov2 Susceptibility In Vertebrates, Eric R. Sang, Yun Tian, Yuanying Gong, Laura C. Miller, Yongming Sang

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

The current new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused globally over 0.4/6 million confirmed deaths/infected cases across more than 200 countries. As the etiological coronavirus (a.k.a. SARS-CoV2) may putatively have a bat origin, our understanding about its intermediate reservoir between bats and humans, especially its tropism in wild and domestic animals are mostly unknown. This constitutes major concerns in public health for the current pandemics and potential zoonosis. Previous reports using structural analysis of the viral spike protein (S) binding its cell receptor of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), indicate a broad potential of SARS-CoV2 susceptibility in wild and particularly domestic animals. …

Henness V. Dewine, Bruce Green, Bradley Pough, Gabriel Gillett

Amicus Briefs

No abstract provided.

Biomechanical Loading Changes Between Species In Mild Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury, Jose Juan Rodriguez

Dissertations

Blast-induced traumatic brain injury (bTBI) has become one of the leading injury modalities in military personnel and is considered a signature injury in veterans returning from conflicts in the Middle East. One of the main concerns in studying bTBI is translating animal experiments to clinical applications that can service veterans. Significant advances have been made using animal models in relating external shock waves to emerging neuropathophysiological and behavioral outcomes. However, it is unknown if these results are applicable to humans; and if so, can an interspecies transfer function be developed based on size, shape, and material response. This work aims …

Microglia Induced Neuroinflammation Through The Nlrp3 Inflammasome Following Blast Traumatic Brain Injury, Daniel Younger

Dissertations

The incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among military personnel have been steadily increasing with modern conflicts. A recent RAND report estimated 320,000 service members, totaling 20% of deployed forces, suffer from TBI. However, of this population roughly 60% have not seen a medical professional specifically for TBI. Unlike the civilian population, the primary cause of TBI for active-duty military personnel is blast exposure. Blasts now account for over 70% of all US military casualties in operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation enduring freedom (OEF) and are the major cause of TBI. Among many pathological mechanisms associated with blast TBI, …

European History 1648 To Present, Joseph Conrad, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Carrie Lewis Miller, Firdavs Khaydarov, Odbayar Batsaikhan

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Openly licensed anthology focused on the theme of European History from 1648-Present as reflected in literature. Contains Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Study Of A Putative Niche Adapting Operon In Microbes Inhabiting The Gut Of Blood Digesting Animals, Marlene Abouaassi

University Scholar Projects

The sialic acid utilization (SAU) operon is a horizontally acquired gene set that allows bacteria to utilize sialic acid as an alternate source of carbon and nitrogen in the guts of blood eating animals. Sialic acid often occurs as a terminal sugar in complex glycoproteins. It functions in cell signaling and adhesion. Sialic acid is an important component of the cellular envelope of animals. Some microorganisms have evolved to decorate their own surface with sialic acid to evade the host’s immune response (molecular mimicry). The SAU operon encodes enzymes that hydrolyze sialic acid from glycoproteins, transport sialic acid into the …

Write On! Workshop Goes Virtual, Teri Rizvi

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Coming soon to a laptop near you — the University of Dayton’s popular Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop.

Animals And Literature, Lewis Carroll, Herbert George Wells, Carrie Lewis Miller, Firdavs Khaydarov, Odbayar Batsaikhan

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Openly licensed anthology focused on the theme of Animals and Literature. Contains Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells.

The Glass Ceiling: Exploring The Leadership Journey Of Men And Women In High-Tech, Shelia Faye Krueger

Dissertations

The literature is replete with evidence of the proliferation of women entering into the workplace, their remarkable progress in attaining higher education, their overrepresentation in professional and management roles, and their placement in CEO leadership positions in certain high-profile S&P 500 global companies. Yet women continue to be noticeably underrepresented in leadership roles, especially in high tech companies. Through the lenses of social constructivist and feminist theories of gender stereotypes, social/gender roles, and role congruity expectations, this instrumental case study was conducted to gain insight into the reasons women are underrepresented in leadership roles in high tech and the ways …

The Effect Of Phytoplankton Properties On The Ingestion Of Marine Snow By Calanus Pacificus, Grace Cawley

Theses

The aggregation of phytoplankton into marine snow provides a mechanism by which smaller particles can coagulate to form larger particles, which can be consumed at various depths or readily transported to the deep ocean and sequestered from the atmosphere on time scales of a thousand years or more. Zooplankton interacting with these large carbon-rich aggregates can obtain nutrition in environments where the phytoplankton size spectrum is small and not directly available, enhancing the possibility of obtaining adequate nutrition in environments dominated by small cells. In addition, interactions between zooplankton and marine snow can result in fragmentation, thus affecting the particle …

The Utah Statesman, August 31, 2020, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Isolation And Potency Of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Bacteria From Nodules Of Falcataria Moluccana (Miq.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes For Supporting Nickle Postmining Area Reclamation, Ramdana Sari, Retno Prayudyaningsih

Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea

Nickel mine is one of the contributors foreign to exchange earners in Indonesia. However, the former mining area creates a complex problem in the physical, chemical, and biological soil properties which directly affect the ability of plant growth for restoration. The planting of legume species, one of them is sengon laut (Falcataria moluccana), in the reclamation of ex-mining land aims to improve soil properties. Legume plants have low C/N ratio so the introduction of nitrogen-fixing soil microorganisms is one alternative that can be used to improvesoil fertility. Nitrogen fixing bacteria can provide nitrogen compounds that can be directly utilized by …

Residual Stand Damage Due To Timber Harvesting In Pt Tunas Timber Lestari, Papua, Yuniawati, Dulsalam

Jurnal Penelitian Kehutanan Wallacea

Timber harvesting activities can cause damage to residual stands, this can occur due to improper timber harvesting techniques. The study was conducted at one of PT Tunas Timber Lestari’s IUPHHK-HA in Papua Province. The results showed that: 1). The number of trees felled and skidded on 3 logging compartment with each of the 3 plot of observation sample has an area of 2 ha (the total area of the research is 18 ha) is 16 trees on average; 2). The average number of residual stand (trees with a diameter of ≥ 20 cm) damaged by logging is 26 trees (13.00%) …

Philosophy Of Economics, Adam Smith, Carrie Lewis Miller, Firdavs Khaydarov, Odbayar Batsaikhan

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Openly licensed anthology focused on the theme of Philosophy in Economics. Contains An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Books I-V) by Adam Smith.

Vol. 59, No. 02 (August 31, 2020)

Indiana Law Annotated

No abstract provided.

Epigenetic Diet To Modulate Immune Response Against Sars-Cov-2, Andika Andika, Risa Ahdyani, Linda Erlina, Azminah Azminah, Arry Yanuar

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to various parts of the world and caused many deaths. The victims are infected by SARS-CoV-2, a new type of coronavirus that has appeared since December 2019 and caused respiratory symptoms, fever, coughing, and shortness of breath. In addition to social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands, diet is important as a defense of the body against SARS-CoV-2. In this review, researchers conducted epigenetic diet studies that could potentially inhibit SARS-CoV-2, and can be consumed and used on a daily basis.

Crow's Nest, August 31, 2020, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The August 31, 2020, issue of the Crow's Nest.

One Student At A Time: How An Innovative Charter School Succeeds With Dropout Recovery, Joe Lewis, Letitia Basford Dr.

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal

In this paper, the authors examine how a charter high school in a large upper-Midwest city is successfully serving students who have not succeeded in the traditional school system and are in danger of experiencing the school-to-prison pipeline. The school accomplishes this through its enactment of five key qualities: 1. A casual, family-like atmosphere; 2. Commitment to a small, close-knit community; 3. Creative responses to absenteeism; 4. Extreme patience and flexibility in the classroom; 5. Innovative, trade-focused programs. The authors also examine the central challenges the school faces as it works to serve this group effectively. The paper describes an …

Study Of A Putative Niche Adapting Operon In Microbes Inhabiting The Gut Of Blood Digesting Animals, Marlene Abouaassi

Honors Scholar Theses

The sialic acid utilization (SAU) operon is a horizontally acquired gene set that allows bacteria to utilize sialic acid as an alternate source of carbon and nitrogen in the guts of blood eating animals. Sialic acid often occurs as a terminal sugar in complex glycoproteins. It functions in cell signaling and adhesion. Sialic acid is an important component of the cellular envelope of animals. Some microorganisms have evolved to decorate their own surface with sialic acid to evade the host’s immune response (molecular mimicry). The SAU operon encodes enzymes that hydrolyze sialic acid from glycoproteins, transport sialic acid into the …

Ell Teachers Guide To Pronunciation: A Contrastive Analysis Of S'Gaw Karen And American English Phonetics And Phonology, Shana Lee

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Lee, S. ELLTeachers Guide to Pronunciation: A Contrastive Analysis of S’gaw Karen and American English Phonetics and Phonology (2020)

The purpose of this study (Lee, 2020) was to determine the phonological features of English that provide the largest challenge to the pronunciation of S’gaw Karen speaking ELL students in order to inform the development of a curricular resource meant to help educators increase the comprehensible speech output in English. A review of literature revealed a gap of academic work around the S’gaw language especially pertaining to instructional methodologies for language teachers. To guide the development of this resource, the author …

Why Is There A Growing Number Of Ell Students With Learning Delays, Being Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Or Qualifying For Special Education?, Heidi Anderson

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Anderson, H. Why is there a growing number of ELL students with learning delays, being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, or qualifying for Special Education? (2020)

The research question addressed in this project was why is there a growing number of ELL students with learning delays, being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, or qualifying for Special Education? The research focused on English language learner’s social, emotional and academic needs. The research provides information on cultural and linguistic awareness, and the importance of how cultural and language needs to be recognized in the criteria for assessing or evaluating English language learners …

How Can Middle School Science Teachers Differentiate Instruction To Support All Learners In An Inclusive Classroom?, Jacqueline Barker

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Barker, J. How Can Middle School Science Teachers Differentiate Instruction To Support All Learners In An Inclusive Classroom? (2020)

The research question addressed in this capstone was, how can middle school science teachers differentiate instruction to support all learners in an inclusive classroom? Research was compiled in regards to the composition of an inclusive classroom, the mindset of teachers, differentiation as a philosophy, and differentiation as a means to modifying instruction. The information obtained was utilized for a culminating project in the form of curriculum for an eighth grade science classroom. The curriculum was envisioned for use in a public …

Writing And Reading Partnership: A Focused First Grade Writing Curriculum That Benefits Ell Readers, Margaret Gorrilla

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Gorrilla, M. (2020). Writing and Reading Partnership: A Focused First Grade Writing Curriculum that Benefits ELL Readers

Research indicates that there is a strong relationship between English Language Learners’ (ELLs) reading and writing skills. Yet, there is a lack of writing curriculum and instruction in many schools. It is evident that reading curriculum and instruction takes precedent. My capstone project research revolved around the following question: How might a first grade writing curriculum benefit English Language Learners’ (ELLs) reading comprehension skills? The curriculum follows the Thematic-Based learning model, and incorporates explicit reading comprehension and writing instruction. The first grade writing …

A Collaborative Approach At Building Professional Development Around Inclusive Science Classrooms, Erin Lappen

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Lappen, E. (2020). A collaborative approach at building professional development around inclusive science classrooms.

This project examines the best practices to utilize secondary science teachers, special education teachers, and paraprofessionals in a secondary level science classroom. It was developed as a four-hour professional development with supplementary materials, designed to be implemented during August teacher workshop week. This project was created to address the intimidating environment the science class can be for educators and to start a dialogue collaboration that will continue throughout the school year. The professional development is intended for the science department and special education teachers and paraprofessionals …

Comprehensible And Engaging: A Study Of The Effects Of Engaging Aural Input On Written Output In Second–Language Acquisition, Tracey Valbuena

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Valbuena, T. (2020). Comprehensible and Engaging: A Study of the Effects of Engaging Aural Input on Written Output in Second–language Acquisition

Modern World Language teachers are moving toward a more communicative approach to teaching. Because this style of teaching requires the students to receive the majority of language instruction in the foreign language, teachers have to be creative in order to maintain the students’ attention. This study takes a look at the research done on student engagement and second–language acquisition. The research on these two topics strongly suggests that student interest is a major factor in student engagement and that …