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We Are Having This Conversation Now: The Times Of Aids Cultural Production (Introduction And Toc & 3 Timelines), Alexandra Juhasz, Theodore Kerr

Publications and Research

We Are Having This Conversation Now offers a history, present, and future of AIDS through thirteen short conversations between Alexandra Juhasz and Theodore Kerr, scholars deeply embedded in HIV responses. They establish multiple timelines of the epidemic, offering six foundational periodizations of AIDS culture, tracing how attention to the crisis has waxed and waned from the 1980s to the present. They begin the book with a 1990 educational video produced by a Black health collective, using it to consider organizing intersectionally, theories of videotape, empowerment movements, and memorialization. This video is one of many powerful yet overlooked objects that the …

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Inscape

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Potential And Limitations Of Using Stem Cells To Cure Alzheimer’S Disease: A Literature Review Of Its Potential And Ethical Limitations In Translation To Human Trials, Eleni Zivla

OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal

Alzheimer's disease has become one of the most significant, life-limiting illnesses of our time as a result of the rapid increase in the average life expectancy. To successfully develop a cure for this yet incurable disease, one must understand the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease. As found in recent research studies, a brain that is diagnosed with Alzheimer's is characterized by the presence of extracellular amyloid plaques composed of the amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptide and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles composed of the microtubule-associated protein: tau. In this literature review, several stem cell therapies are being reviewed as a potential cure for Alzheimer’s disease …

Introduction To Systematic Reviews, Anna Crawford, Alyssa Wright, Jenn Monnin

2022 Library Immersion Program for Graduate Students

This session will discuss the basics of conducting a systematic review and how they are different from traditional literature reviews. Topics will include how to frame a research question, developing a search strategy and searching the social science, scientific, and biomedical literature databases.

Dietary Isoflavones Alter Gut Microbiota And Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis To Reduce Inflammation, Sudeep Ghimire, Nicole M. Cady, Peter Lehman, Stephanie R. Peterson, Shailesh K. Shahi, Faraz Rashid, Shailendra Giri, Ashutosh K. Mangalam

Neurology Articles

The etiopathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is strongly affected by environmental factors such as diet and the gut microbiota. An isoflavone-rich (ISO) diet was previously shown to reduce the severity of MS in the animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Translation of this concept to clinical trial where dietary isoflavones may be recommended for MS patients will require preliminary evidence that providing the isoflavone-rich diet to people with MS (PwMS) who lack phytoestrogen-metabolizing bacteria has beneficial effects. We have previously shown that the gut microbiota of PwMS resembles the gut microbiota of mice raised under a phytoestrogen-free (phyto-free) diet in …

The Legal Role In Building Sustainable Public Health (Symposium Transcript), Joanna K. Sax

Faculty Scholarship

The article presents a discussion of food as a public health issue, beginning with why science matters and utilizing science to solve food as a public health issue, especially as it relates to sustainability and climate change. Consumer misperceptions of the risk created by new scientific technologies (e.g., GMOs), or even older scientific technologies, may thwart use of such technologies to solve sustainability problems. The talk addresses why consumers might inappropriately assign risk to certain scientific applications and ways that we might want to think about resolving that issue or closing the divide between consumer misperception of risk and evidence-based …

Rural Business Development Corporation Annual Report 2022, Department Of Primary Industries And Regional Development, Western Australia

All other publications

In accordance with section 63 of the Financial Management Act 2006, we hereby submit for your information and presentation to Parliament, the annual report of the Rural Business Development Corporation for the reporting period ended 30 June 2023.

The annual report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Management Act 2006 and the Rural Business Development Corporation Act 2000.

A Novel Series Of Putative Brugia Malayi Histone Demethylase Inhibitors As Potential Anti-Filarial Drugs, Tamara Kreiss, Tyler Eck, Brittany Hart, Sreedhar Tummalapalli, David Rotella, John Siekierka

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Filariasis, caused by a family of parasitic nematodes, affects millions of individuals through-out the tropics and is a major cause of acute and chronic morbidity. Current drugs are largely used in mass drug administration programs aimed at controlling the spread of disease by killing microfilariae, larval forms of the parasite responsible for transmission from humans to humans through insect vectors with limited efficacy against adult parasites. Although these drugs are effective, in some cases there are toxic liabilities. In case of loiasis which is caused by the parasitic eyeworm Loa loa, mass drug administration is contraindicative due to severe side …

“You Should Pray I Choose The Latter”: Rioting, Violence, & Jouissance, Gautam Basu Thakur

English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations

In the climactic scene from the film The Great Debaters (2007), James L. Framer Jr. (Denzel Whitaker), speaking for the motion “Resolved: Civil Disobedience is a Moral weapon in the fight for Justice,” rebuts the opponent team from Harvard University and clinches a win for his team, Wiley College, with the following words:

St. Augustine said an unjust law is no law at all, which means I have a right, even a duty, to resist. With violence or civil disobedience. You should pray I choose the latter.

(1:52:20 – 1:55:45)

Farmer Jr.’s words receive a standing ovation from the predominantly …

Countercode: Bodies Un-Becoming, Aaron Reynolds

Graduate Thesis Exhibition Catalogue Gallery, 2022

In COUNTERCODE: BODIES UN-BECOMING, my intent is not to present a cohesive map or identify a single, primary mode of resistance. Rather, the five artists I have selected —Shana Moulton, Cooper Gibson, Amy Yeager, Jazmine Morris, and Clara Wouters—explore the socio-cultural implications of identity expression and persona play, particularly as it relates to the encoding of subjectivity in contemporary forms of digital media and pop culture. Their works glitch codes, find slippages, and create opacities in the fabric of capitalist realism, a term used by theorist Mark Fisher to describe the widespread acceptance of capitalism as the only viable economic …

A Formative Evaluation Of Washington Prison Animal Programs, Kim Satterfield

Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Theses

With the ever-growing prison population in the United States, it is imperative to continue to examine programs that may foster reductions in recidivism rates. In the minimal observatory studies that have been conducted on animal programs in prison, it has been concluded that these programs have a positive effect on the inmates, prison environment, the animals, and the community. Implementations of these programs are in place nationwide, but thorough research and evaluation of methods and outcomes of these programs remain scarce. The purpose of this thesis is to gather data through interviews about the personal and community impacts of such …

Maximal Strength Training Increases Metabolic Energy Expenditure In Sedentary Adults Classified As Obese, Robert E. Anderson Iii

Theses and Dissertations--Nutrition and Food Systems

Background: Metabolic adaptations reduce resting and non-resting energy expenditure to account for approximately 120 kcal/day. Weight loss promotes greater skeletal muscle efficiency, reducing the energy cost of physical activity and is correlated with declines in skeletal muscle glucose oxidation. Maximal Strength Training (MST) has the potential to upregulate glucose utilization and may offset these metabolic adaptations. Objective: To determine if MST offsets markers of metabolic adaptation by increasing resting and non-resting energy expenditure in sedentary individuals classified as obese. Methods: Five (5) participants (2 females, 3 males), ages 18-35 years, with obesity (BMI 30–45 kg/m2) were enrolled in an 8-week …

The 1950 Anta Production Of The Tower Beyond Tragedy, A Facsimile Edition: Part I, Introduction, James Karman

Jeffers Studies

The introduction to this two-part study provides an account of the 1950 staging of The Tower Beyond Tragedy, starring Judith Anderson. It contains information about the friendship between Jeffers and Anderson that occasioned the production, a description of the script used for the ANTA Playhouse performance in New York, and a summary of the critical response.

Part II of this study contains a photographic reproduction of the final script used for the 1950 production of The Tower Beyond Tragedy. As the only surviving record of that failed production, the facsimile reveals the changes made by Anderson and others to …

Springs Of New Jersey, Open-File Report 21-3, Ted Pallis, Steven E. Domber, Raymond Bousenberry, Rachel Filo, Kathleen Strakosch Walz, Brian Henning, Yaritza Acosta Caraballo, Meiyin Wu

New Jersey Center for Water Science & Technology Reports

New Jersey is home to many springs that provide drinking water, wildlife habitats, and recreational opportunities. Springs or areas of focused groundwater discharge are critically important headwater aquatic resources, sources of water to wetlands, and base flow in streams. They are an important part of the New Jersey landscape and help us understand the connection between groundwater and surface water and reflect the health of aquifers. They are also good indicators of shallow groundwater quality. Geologically, springs represent some of the most interesting locales available for study. The New Jersey Geological and Water Survey (NJGWS) and the Natural Heritage Program …

Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems: Analysis Of Adhesion Failure, Zachary Brooks, Tushar Goswami, Amy Neidhard-Doll, Tarun Goswami

Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering Faculty Publications

The most critical component of the TDDS is the adhesive, which is responsible for the safety, efficacy and quality of the patch. For drug delivery to successfully occur, the patch must adhere to the surface of the contact area. If a patch has inadequate adhesion, it is likely to fall off before the entire delivery period has been satisfied, leading to risks for the patient and others who may encounter the patch. Despite the critical concerns associated with the adhesive properties of the patches, the adhesion quality and failure mechanisms have not been fully studied. If certain molecules encounter the …

Effect Of The Extended Rigid Flapping Trailing Edge Fringe On An S833 Airfoil, Hongtao Yu, Zifeng Yang

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

A 2D numerical simulation was conducted to investigate the effect of an extended rigid trailing edge fringe with a flapping motion on the S833 airfoil and its wake flow field, as an analogy of an owl’s wing. This study aims to characterize the influence of the extended flapping fringe on the aerodynamic performance and the wake flow characteristics downstream of the airfoil. The length (Le) and flapping frequencies (fe) of the fringe are the key parameters that dominate the impact on the airfoil and the flow field, given that the oscillation angular amplitude is fixed at 5◦. The simulation results …

Replication Stress Induced By The Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitors Guanazole, Triapine, And Gemcitabine In Fission Yeast, Mashael Yahya A Alyahya

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Replication stress can be produced by various exogenous or endogenous factors that perturb the movement of replication forks. To overcome the stress, the cells provoke the DNA replication checkpoint to mobilize several pathways to protect the forks, maintain genome integrity, and promote cell survival. Defects in the replication checkpoint cause forks collapse, leading to chromosomal DNA damage or cell death. Although the replication checkpoint is crucial for genome integrity in all eukaryotes, the underlying mechanisms remains to be fully understood. To investigate the mechanisms of DRC, hydroxyurea (HU), an established inhibitor of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), has been widely used in …

The Role Of Action Potential Changes In Depolarization-Induced Failure Of Excitation Contraction Coupling In Mouse Skeletal Muscle, Xueyong Wang, Murad Nawaz, Chris Dupont, Jessica H. Myers, Steve R.A. Burke, Roger A. Bannister, Brent D. Foy, Andrew A. Voss, Mark M. Rich

Physics Faculty Publications

Excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) is the process by which electrical excitation of muscle is converted into force generation. Depolarization of skeletal muscle resting potential contributes to failure of ECC in diseases such as periodic paralysis, intensive care unit acquired weakness and possibly fatigue of muscle during vigorous exercise. When extracellular K+ is raised to depolarize the resting potential, failure of ECC occurs suddenly, over a narrow range of resting potentials. Simultaneous imaging of Ca2+ transients and recording of action potentials (APs) demonstrated failure to generate Ca2+ transients when APs peaked at potentials more negative than –30mV. An AP property that closely …

Technical Study: Agriculture Associate Degree Annual Program Outcomes Assessments, 2021-22, Lake Campus, Wright State University

Annual Program Outcomes Assessments - All

This report reviews Wright State University's Technical Study: Agriculture Associate Degree program for the 2021-2022 academic year.

2021 Annual Report Of The Officers Of The Town Of Plymouth, N.H. Year Ending December 31, 2021 Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2021., Plymouth Town Representatives

Plymouth, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Can The Next Amazon Or Facebook Be Controlled Before It Becomes Too Powerful?, Ido Baum, Davida Lachman Messer

University of Memphis Law Review

Antitrust laws in the United States are at the center of a heated debate. Some scholars argue that antitrust should focus on price and output competition in a single market, with consumer welfare maximi-zation as the criterion for intervention. An emerging opposition, often categorized as the “neo-Brandeisian school,” argues that the original calling of antitrust was to restrain the political influence of corporate “bigness.” The latter criticize consumer-welfare antitrust for failing to capture the influence of concentrated economy-wide power held by individuals and corporations through their holdings in several mar-kets—the most notable examples being multi-market digital platforms such as Amazon, …

Data, Not Data: Uncovering The Implications Of Data In Merger Reviews, Debbie Salzberger, Nikiforos Iatrou, Gideon Kwinter, Erin Keogh

University of Memphis Law Review

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Ticks And Novel Chigger Mite Species On Passerine Birds In Southeastern Arizona, Kathleen Groschupf, James W. Mertins

Arizona Birds

We document the combined occurrences of one immature tick species (Amblyomma cf. triste), 2 known chigger mite species, Euschoengastia numerosa and Neoschoengastia americana, and 4 undescribed species of Neoschoengastia chiggers attached to individuals of 11 bird species in southeastern Arizona. Groschupf incidentally discovered clusters of the orangecolored chiggers while examining migrant and local birds for Amblyomma cf. triste, a hard tick documented as uncommon and discontinuously widespread in southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, West Texas, and northwestern Mexico. All of these ectoparasite collection records are new for these particular bird host species in Arizona, and Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) is …

The Shoe Is About To Drop For The Platform Economy: Understanding The Current Worker Classification Landscape In Preparation For A Changed World, Samantha J. Prince

University of Memphis Law Review

Whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee is of great significance in many countries, including the United States. This label drives whether a worker is entitled to many protections and ben-efits, including minimum wage, overtime, workers’ compensation, un-employment compensation, anti-discrimination protection, NLRA pro-tection, and more. The difficulty inherent in accurately classifying workers as either independent contractors or employees cannot be overstated. First, there are so many tests spanning all levels of our government. Second, there are so many ways that people work, and with the increased popularity of app-based work, classification be-comes even more difficult. Simply, some of …

Causal Narratives And Constitutional Scrutiny, Jeff Lingwall, Michelle Vos

University of Memphis Law Review

Courts engaged in constitutional scrutiny analysis often con-sider statistical evidence to link government ends and means. Courts and litigants generally rely on shallow reasoning when applying this evidence, particularly when causal relationships are at issue. We ar-gue that courts should increasingly adopt, and adapt, elements of causal reasoning developed in the social sciences. We propose a flex-ible framework for applying causal evidence in scrutiny analysis that parallels traditional tiers of constitutional scrutiny. This framework offers a Socratic-style narrative approach to causal evidence in scru-tiny analysis—one based on qualitative concepts that do not require specialized statistical training to apply. This expanded …

Mason, New Hampshire Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ending December 31, 2021., Mason Town Representatives

Mason, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

The Impact Of Fluoridation On Medicaid-Eligible Children And Adolescents In Alaska, Vasileios Margaritis, J Meyer, Jacob

Walden Faculty and Staff Publications

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2022-2023 Student Handbook, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Student Handbooks

No abstract provided.

Town Of Ashland 2021 Annual Town Report Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2021., Ashland Town Representatives

Ashland, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

"Leaning Into The Wyrd: Confessions Of A Recovering Basic Writer", Cheryl Hogue Smith

Publications and Research

This essay examines the breakthrough one academic had in negotiating her fear of failure with writing and discusses how that breakthrough affected the way she teaches her community college composition courses.