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Associations Between Pregnane X Receptor And Breast Cancer Growth And Progression, Bradley A. Creamer, Shelly N.B. Sloan, Jennifer F. Dennis, Robert S. Rogers, Sidney Spencer, Andrew Mccuen, Purnadeo Persaud, Jeff Staudinger

Faculty and Staff Publications

Pregnane X receptor (PXR, NR1I2) is a member of the ligand-activated nuclear receptor superfamily. This receptor is promiscuous in its activation profile and is responsive to a broad array of both endobiotic and xenobiotic ligands. PXR is involved in pivotal cellular detoxification processes to include the regulation of genes that encode key drug-metabolizing cytochrome-P450 enzymes, oxidative stress response, as well as enzymes that drive steroid and bile acid metabolism. While PXR clearly has important regulatory roles in the liver and gastrointestinal tract, this nuclear receptor also has biological functions in breast tissue. In this review, we highlight current knowledge of …

Toxoplasma Gondii Seropositivity And Serointensity And Cognitive Function In Adults, Bruce L. Brown, Shawn D. Gale, Lance D. Erickson, Evan L. Thacker, Elizabeth L. Mitchell, Dawson W. Hedges

Faculty Publications

Infecting approximately one-third of the world’s human population, Toxoplasma gondii has been associated with cognitive function. Here, we sought to further characterize the association between Toxoplasma gondii and cognitive function in a community sample of adults aged approximately 40 to70 years. Using adjusted linear regression models, we found associations of Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity with worse reasoning (b = -.192, p < .05) and matrix pattern completion (b = -.681, p < .01), of higher anti-Toxoplasma gondii p22 antibody levels with worse reasoning (b = -.078, p < .01) and slower Trails (numeric) performance (b = 5.962, p < .05), of higher anti-Toxoplasma gondii sag1 levels with worse reasoning (b = -.081, p < .05) and worse matrix pattern completion (b = -.217, p < .05), and of higher mean of the anti-Toxoplasma gondii p22 and sag1 levels with worse reasoning (b = -.112, p < .05), slower Trails (numeric) performance (b = 9.195, p < .05), and worse matrix pattern completion (b = -.245, p < .05). Neither age nor educational attainment moderated associations between the measures of Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity or serointensity. Sex, however, moderated the association between the sag1 titer and digit-symbol substitution and the association between the mean of the p22 and sag1 levels and digit-symbol substitution, and income moderated the association between Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and numeric memory and the association between the p22 level and symbol-digit substitution. Based on the available neuropsychological tasks in this study, Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and serointensity were associated with some aspects of poorer executive function in adults.

Acanthosis Nigricans As A Composite Marker Of Cardiometabolic Risk And Its Complex Association With Obesity And Insulin Resistance In Mexican American Children, Juan Carlos Lopez Alvarenga, Geetha Chittoor, Solomon F. D. Paul, Sobha Puppala, Vidya S. Farook, Sharon P. Fowler, Roy G. Resendez, Joselin Hernandez-Ruiz, Alvaro Diaz-Badillo, David Salazar, Doreen D. Garza, Donna M. Lehman, Srinivas Mummidi, Rector Arya, Christopher Jenkinson, John Blangero, Ravindranath Duggirala

School of Medicine Publications

Aim

Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a strong correlate of obesity and is considered a marker of insulin resistance (IR). AN is associated with various other cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs). However, the direct causal relationship of IR with AN in obesity has been debated. Therefore, we aimed to examine the complex causal relationships among the troika of AN, obesity, and IR in Mexican Americans (MAs).

Methods

We used data from 670 non-diabetic MA children, aged 6–17 years (49% girls). AN (prevalence 33%) severity scores (range 0–5) were used as a quasi-quantitative trait (AN-q) for analysis. We used the program SOLAR for …

Reclamation Of Saline Soils Through Revegetation In Australia: Plants, Processes And People, E. G. Barrett‐Lennard

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Pasture Grass And Fodder Evaluation And Selection For Dry Season Feeding In Nakuru, Kenya, N. Ondabu, R. Kenana, J. Mwangi

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Regionalization Of Plant Bioclimatic Of Karoon Basin Using Statistical Multivariate Methods And Gis, M. Khodagholi, M. R. Yazdani, K. Shirani

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

The Study Of Changes Detection Of Land Covers In Zagros Mountain, West Of Iran, F. Karami, J. Oladi, S. Smailpoor Podeh

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Predicting Botanical Composition Of Grass‐Clover Pastures Mixtures Using Near‐Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy, N. S. Al-Ghumaiz, R. H. Leep, T. S. Dietz

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Ecosystem Npp Of Typical Steppe In Xilinhot Based On The Improved Casa Model, Suying Li, X. B. Li, W. Q. Zhu, B. Jia

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

The Grazemore Decision Support System To Predict The Quality Of Pasture Grass In Dairy Production, Evelina Larsson

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

The Grazemore Decision Support System To Optimise Utilisation Of Grazed Grass In Dairy Production, Linda Karlsson

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Study On Root System Morphology Of Creeping‐Rooted Alfalfa And Related Analysis Of Soil Physical Factor, Jinpeng Zhang

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

True Cost Of Coal: Coal Mining Industry And Its Associated Environmental Impacts On Water Resource Development, Noshin Masood, Karen Hudson-Edwards, Abida Farooqi

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Coal is a strategic and essential resource that ensures quality of life, energy security and sustainable development. Being the cheapest source of energy, it is the second after oil that is used to generate 40% of the world's electricity. However, traditional and conventional coal fuel extraction can threaten human health bycontaminating air and water, harming land, and contributing to global warming. The environmental impacts associated with conventional methods of coal mining and consumption can affect all components of the environment, and these impacts may be beneficial or harmful, permanent or temporary, repairable or irreparable, and reversible or irreversible in nature. …

Asian American Sociality After The Anti-Relational Turn In Queer Theory, Kai Hang Cheang

Criticism

Inscrutable Belongings: Queer Asian North American Fiction by Stephen Hong Sohn. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2018. 336 pp. $90.00 cloth, $30.00 paper.

Sticky Rice: A Politics of Intraracial Desire by Cynthia Wu. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2018. 212 pp. $94.50 cloth, $29.95 paper.

The Turn To Aesthetics In Latinx Literary And Cultural Studies, Frances R. Aparicio

Criticism

Latinx Literature Unbound: Undoing Ethnic Expectations by Ralph E. Rodríquez. New York: Fordham University Press, 2018. Paper $30.00, hardcover $105.00.

Abject Performances: Aesthetic Strategies in Latino Cultural Production by Leticia Alvarado. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2018. Paper $25.95, Cloth $99.95.

Relations Between Self-Efficacy And Procrastination Types In College Students, Stephanie Da Silva Phd, Amanda Smith, Michael Facciolo

Modern Psychological Studies

The relation of self-efficacy to procrastination was assessed using the General Self-Efficacy Scale (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995), Active Procrastination Scale (Chu & Choi, 2005), and items from the General Procrastination Scale (Lay, 1986). Each of 106 college students was assigned a self-efficacy score and multiple procrastination scores. General procrastination was negatively correlated with self-efficacy (p = .001), whereas active procrastination was positively correlated with self-efficacy (p = .02). In domains where students feel more competent, they are more likely to engage in active forms of procrastination rather than maladaptive procrastination. Relations between self-efficacy and different types of procrastination, along with …

Bubble Trail And Folia In Cenote Zapote, Mexico: Petrographic Evidence For Abiotic Precipitation Driven By Co2 Degassing Below The Water Table, Rafael López-Martínez, Fernando Gázquez, José M. Calaforra, Philippe Audra, Jean Y. Bigot, Teresa Pi Puig, Rocío J. Alcántara-Hernández, Ángel Navarro, Philippe Crochet, Liliana Corona Martínez, Raquel Daza Brunet

International Journal of Speleology

Folia are speleothems that resemble bells, inverted cups, or bracket fungi, and whose origins are still controversial. Cenote Zapote (an underwater cave) in the Yucatán Peninsula (México), is home to some of the largest folia reported to date. These speleothems are currently growing in an active underwater system, meaning this site offers an excellent opportunity to constrain the different formation models proposed for folia, which have traditionally relied on inactive examples. In Cenote Zapote, folia are closely related to bubble trails and cupolas, suggesting an underwater CO₂-degassing process. In thin section, they display a succession of columnar-open and …

The Study Of Method On Estimating Aerial Net Primary Production Of Rangeland By Remote Sensing--A Case Study Of Xilingol Grassland, Aijun Liu, Jingjie Wang

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Study On Technical Method Of Remote Sensing Monitoring For Grassland Degradation, Wa Gao, Muse Ji, Xinqiao Duan, Caixia Jin

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Water Content Of Grassland Ecosystem And Its Economic Value In Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Based On Rs And Gis, Ge Yu, Chunxia Lu, Gaodi Xie

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Studying Of The Modis Data Potentials To Assess The Pastureland Production In The Arid Region Of Semirom-Iran, H. Yeganeh, S. J. Khajedin, A. Soffanian, A. Jabarzare

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Mapping And Monitoring Inner Mongolia Rangeland Based On Remote Sensing, Qi Xing, Wa Gao

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

A Brain-Infecting Parasite Impacts Host Metabolism Both During Exposure And After Infection Is Established, Lauren E. Nadler, Erik Bengston, Erika J. Eliason, Cameron Hassibi, Siri H. Helland-Riise, Ida B. Johansen, Garfield T. Kwan, Martin Tresguerres, Andrew V. Turner, Kelly L. Weinersmith, Øyvind Øverli, Ryan F. Hechinger

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Datasets

1. Metabolic costs associated with parasites should not be limited to established infections. Even during initial exposure to questing and attacking parasites, hosts can enact behavioural and physiological responses that could also incur metabolic costs. However, few studies have measured these costs directly. Hence, little is known about metabolic costs arising from parasite exposure.
2. Further, no one has yet measured whether and how previous infection history modulates metabolic responses to parasite exposure.
3. Here, using the California killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis) and its brain-infecting parasite (Euhaplorchis californiensis), we quantified how killifish metabolism, behaviour, and osmoregulatory phenotype changed upon acute …

Commonwealth Times 2020-10-14

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Spartan Daily, October 14, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 23

Accuracy Of Rn Visual Quantification Of Emesis Volumes In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Stephen Stoever

Seton Hall University DNP Final Projects

An important component of nursing assessment of feeding tolerance in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for both low-risk and high-risk babies, is the quantification of emesis volumes. While some nurses attempt to weigh the items saturated in emesis in order to quantify volume loss (QEV), there is no or limited consistency in this practice across nurses in this unit. Rather, volumes are “best-guessed” or estimated (EEV) and reported to the practitioner for decision-making. Often feed advances are paused or limited due to perceived feeding intolerance connected to emesis events in neonates.

For this project, 158 NICU nurses at a …

Comparative Study Of Silk-Based Magnetic Materials: Effect Of Magnetic Particle Types On The Protein Structure And Biomaterial Properties, Ye Xue, Samuel Lofland, Xiao Hu

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

This study investigates combining the good biocompatibility and flexibility of silk protein with three types of widely used magnetic nanoparticles to comparatively explore their structures, properties and potential applications in the sustainability and biomaterial fields. The secondary structure of silk protein was quantitatively studied by infrared spectroscopy. It was found that magnetite (Fe3O4) and barium hexaferrite (BaFe12O19) can prohibit β-sheet crystal due to strong coordination bonding between Fe3+ ions and carboxylate ions on silk fibroin chains where cobalt particles showed minimal effect. This was confirmed by thermal analysis, where a high temperature degradation peak was found above 640 °C in …

We Are...Marshall, October 14, 2020, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

Research On Adaptive Routing Algorithm For Wireless Weak-Connection Network, Hua Xiang, Hongjuan Yao, Wang Hai, Wang Zhao, Jietao Zhang, Lili Shu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The wireless weak-connected network has the characteristics of long delay, high dynamic topology, and unstable links. With the lack of continuity from the source end to the destination end of network connection, in order to solve the problem of communication difficulty, the intelligence and adaptability of Physarum polycephalum are introduced, and the adaptive wireless weak-connected network routing algorithm is proposed. A wireless weak-connected network model is build and the mathematical relationships of link capacity is deduced. The next-hop selection strategy and optimal routing strategy is designed to achieve the best-effort delivery of data in wireless weak-connected network environmrnt. Simulation …

Incorporating Kidney Disease Measures Into Cardiovascular Risk Prediction: Development And Validation In 9 Million Adults From 72 Datasets, Kunihiro Matsushita, Simerjot K. Jassal, Yingying Sang, Shoshana H. Ballew, Morgan E. Grams, Aditya Surapaneni, Johan Arnlov, Nisha Bansal, Milica Bozic, Tazeen H. Jafar

Section of Nephrology

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) measures (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] and albuminuria) are frequently assessed in clinical practice and improve the prediction of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet most major clinical guidelines do not have a standardized approach for incorporating these measures into CVD risk prediction. "CKD Patch" is a validated method to calibrate and improve the predicted risk from established equations according to CKD measures.
Methods: Utilizing data from 4,143,535 adults from 35 datasets, we developed several "CKD Patches" incorporating eGFR and albuminuria, to enhance prediction of risk of atherosclerotic CVD (ASCVD) by the Pooled Cohort Equation (PCE) …