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Grass-Fed Organic Dairy Management May Be Key To Sector’S Resilience In New England, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Vulnerability And Hypocrisy In Suzan Lori Parks' In The Blood, Hussein Hdheam Hbean, Ikhlas Mohammed Nati Al-Abedi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Black women's struggles for authority and identity are underreported not only within the political and social living days of the territory black females call home (for example, dark skin females), yet also in critical and creative literary works. Suzan-Lori Parks [1963-] – for her willingness to bring authority to black females who really are silenced. In her work, she attempted to demonstrate how racial identity, privilege, and sex all play a role in black female's oppression in United States. Because they are black, poor, and women, the [female] main characters in her work seem to be victims. Suzan-Lori Parks is …

Iraqi Efl University Learners' Performance In Key Phonetic Processes, Yousuf Taresh Hilal Alamaya

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This study aims at investigating Iraqi EFL university students' use of phonetic processes concerning their performance (recognition and production) of phonetic processes, that is to say, the research focuses on those learners' cognitive and productive abilities when using phonetic processes of English. As a consequence, one hundred 4th year students, as a representative sample, are subject to a questionnaire exclusively prepared for this purpose with the hope of discovering their performance in this concern. Since phonetic processes are a daunting challenge and insurmountable problem for all foreign learners, including Iraqi EFL learners, this research emphasizes the learners' performance (recognition and …

Cartographic Modeling To Monitor Vegetation Cover Changes In Khanaqin District Using Remote Sensing And Gis, Salam Saud Hussein Al-Azzawi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This study was conducted to determine the nature of the land cover in Khanaqin district. Human and environmental factors have affected the nature of the vegetation cover of the area. This requires the development of quick solutions for treatment and the preservation and sustainability of its environment. Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) techniques were used to monitor the changes in NDVI values ​​in the region and link them with the NDWI water index to show the spatial variation of vegetation locations in the region. ArcGIS10.8 software and Landsat 8 Multispectral Sensor (OLI) satellite imagery were used that …

The Montclarion, September 22, 2022, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Tbx21 Methylation As A Potential Regulator Of Immune Suppression In Cms1 Subtype Colorectal Cancer, Yuanyuan Shen, Yulia I Nussbaum, Yariswamy Manjunath, Justin J Hummel, Matthew A Ciorba, Wesley C Warren, Jussuf T Kaifi, Christos Papageorgiou, Rene Cortese, Chi-Ren Shyu, Jonathan B Mitchem

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) infiltration is associated with survival, recurrence, and therapeutic response in colorectal cancer (CRC). Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy, which requires CTLs for response, does not work for most CRC patients. Therefore, it is critical to improve our understanding of immune resistance in this disease. We utilized 2391 CRC patients and 7 omics datasets, integrating clinical and genomic data to determine how DNA methylation may impact survival and CTL function in CRC. Using comprehensive molecular subtype (CMS) 1 patients as reference, we found TBX21 to be the only gene with altered expression and methylation that was associated …

Ecological Interactions Disrupted By Habitat Alteration In The Neotropics, Aniko Toth, Andrew Allen, S. Kathleen Lyons, John Alroy

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Ecological interactions help determine the distribution of species across landscapes and play crucial roles in ecosystem services such as pollination, seed dispersal, and pest control1. Human disturbances, particularly habitat alteration, have the potential to modify or erase ecological interactions^2,3 and so jeopardise the processes they control. While examples of interactions becoming rewired under human influence have been recorded, studies of this process for speciose assemblages at regional to continental scales are uncommon⁴ and obstructed by logistical difficulties2. The consequences for ecological communities and people are therefore poorly understood. Here we show that human habitat alteration is associated with …

Dietary Inflammatory Index And Mortality From All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, And Cancer: A Prospective Study, Zhen Lin, Yanfei Feng, Nitin Shivappa Mbbs, Mph, Ph.D., James R. Hébert Scd, Xin Xu

Faculty Publications

The Energy-adjusted Dietary Inflammatory Index (E-DIITM) is a comprehensive, literature-derived index for assessing the effect of dietary constituents on inflammatory biomarkers and inflammation-related chronic diseases. Several studies have examined the association between E-DII scores and mortality, with results that vary across populations. Therefore, in the present study, we aimed to investigate the potential association between E-DII scores and all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer mortality using data from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Screening Trial. E-DII scores, calculated based on a food-frequency questionnaire, were analyzed both as a continuous variable and after categorization into quintiles. A multivariate Cox …

The Colonization Of Saline Waters Is Associated With Lowered Immune Responses In Aquatic Beetles, María Botella-Cruz, S Pallares, Josefa Velasco, A. John Moody, Richard Billington, A Millan, David T. Bilton

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Non-Model Drosophila Species To Study Natural Variation In Tor Pathway Signaling, Tessa Steenwinkel, Kailee K. Hamre, Thomas Werner

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Nutrition and growth are strongly linked, but not much is known about how nutrition leads to growth. To understand the connection between nutrition through the diet, growth, and proliferation, we need to study the phenotypes resulting from the activation and inhibition of central metabolic pathways. One of the most highly conserved metabolic pathways across eukaryotes is the Target of Rapamycin (TOR) pathway, whose primary role is to detect the availability of nutrients and to either induce or halt cellular growth. Here we used the model organism Drosophila melanogaster (D. mel.) and three non-model Drosophila species with different dietary needs, Drosophila …

Chronic Neuropsychiatric Sequelae Of Sars-Cov-2: Protocol And Methods From The Alzheimer's Association Global Consortium, Gabriel A. De Erausquin, Heather Snyder, Traolach S. Brugha, Sudha Seshadri, Maria Carrillo, Rajesh Sagar, Yueqin Huang, Charles Newton, Carmela Tartaglia, John Blangero, Gladys E. Maestre, Sarah Williams Blangero

School of Medicine Publications

Introduction

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has caused >3.5 million deaths worldwide and affected >160 million people. At least twice as many have been infected but remained asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic. COVID‐19 includes central nervous system manifestations mediated by inflammation and cerebrovascular, anoxic, and/or viral neurotoxicity mechanisms. More than one third of patients with COVID‐19 develop neurologic problems during the acute phase of the illness, including loss of sense of smell or taste, seizures, and stroke. Damage or functional changes to the brain may result in chronic sequelae. The risk of incident cognitive and neuropsychiatric complications appears independent from the severity …

Multidimensional Analysis And Therapeutic Development Using Patient Ipsc-Derived Disease Models Of Wolfram Syndrome, Rie Asada Kitamura, Kristina G. Maxwell, Kelly Kries, Cris M. Brown, Punn Augsornworawat, Jeffrey R Millman, Fumihiko Urano, Et Al

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Wolfram syndrome is a rare genetic disorder largely caused by pathogenic variants in the WFS1 gene and manifested by diabetes mellitus, optic nerve atrophy, and progressive neurodegeneration. Recent genetic and clinical findings have revealed Wolfram syndrome as a spectrum disorder. Therefore, a genotype-phenotype correlation analysis is needed for diagnosis and therapeutic development. Here, we focus on the WFS1 c.1672C>T, p.R558C variant, which is highly prevalent in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. Clinical investigation indicated that patients carrying the homozygous WFS1 c.1672C>T, p.R558C variant showed mild forms of Wolfram syndrome phenotypes. Expression of WFS1 p.R558C was more stable compared with …

Syt1-Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder: A Narrative Review, Edith Riggs, Zaynab Shakkour, Christopher L. Anderson, Paul R. Carney

Student Publications

Synaptic dysregulations often result in damaging effects on the central nervous system, resulting in a wide range of brain and neurodevelopment disorders that are caused by mutations disrupting synaptic proteins. SYT1, an identified synaptotagmin protein, plays an essential role in mediating the release of calcium-triggered neurotransmitters (NT) involved in regular synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Considering the significant role of SYT1 in the physiology of synaptic neurotransmission, dysfunction and degeneration of this protein can result in a severe neurological impairment. Genetic variants lead to a newly discovered rare disorder, known as SYT1-associated neurodevelopment disorder. In this review, we will discuss in depth …

Efficacy Of A Smartphone-Based Care Support Programme In Improving Post-Traumatic Stress In Families With Childhood Cancer: Protocol Of A Randomised Controlled Trial, Jun Ma, Han-Zhu Qian, Yueyang Peng, Yali Xiang, Minghua Yang, Jessica Hahne, Can Gu

2020-Current year OA Pubs

INTRODUCTION: Diagnosis and treatment represent distressing experiences for the families of children with cancer. Psychosocial challenges are faced by these families in China because of limited health services and resources for psychosocial oncology care. Effective interventions tailored to the knowledge level and cultural values of this population are needed. The goal of this study is to evaluate a smartphone-based care support (SBCS) programme for the families of children with cancer in China.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A parallel randomised controlled trial will be conducted to examine the efficacy of an evidence-based and culturally tailored SBCS programme for the families of children …

Why Cardinal O'Connell Is Wrong! [Three Bound Bundle], Earl Clement Davis

Manuscripts

A long essay responding to a talk by Cardinal O'Connell of Boston. Unfortunately, we are unable to identify which talk Earl Davis is responding to. The piece is Davis' most complete argument against authority religion and in favor of democracy and freedom in religious considerations. He discusses previous failures in "infallible" religion, including Coperincus/Galileo, Darwin, and the morality of earning interest. He states that we will never outgrow religion, but we will outgrow certain religious institutions -- including, in Davis' view, all authority religions.

The primary downloadable document contains the original document followed by the transcription. The bottom of each …

Using Airborne And Desis Imaging Spectroscopy To Map Plant Diversity Across The Largest Contiguous Tract Of Tallgrass Prairie On Earth, Hamed Gholizadeh, Adam P. Dixon, Kimberly H. Plan, Nicholas A. Mcmillan, Rober G. Hamilton, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, John A. Gamon

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Grassland ecosystems are under threat globally, primarily due to land-use and land-cover changes that have adversely affected their biodiversity. Given the negative ecological impacts of biodiversity loss in grasslands, there is an urgent need for developing an operational biodiversity monitoring system that functions in these ecosystems. In this paper, we assessed the capability of airborne and spaceborne imaging spectroscopy (also known as hyperspectral imaging) to capture plant α-diversity in a large naturally-assembled grassland while considering the impact of common management practices, specifically prescribed fire. We collected a robust insitu plant diversity data set, including species composition and percent cover from …

Mutsun Text Collection - 05 - Reel 71, Natasha Warner, Lynnika Butler, Heather Van Volkinburg, Quirina Geary

Mutsun Text Collection: mutsun riicakma hummen

Content: 8 entries, this reel is mostly about other languages, or non-language information, and only had Mutsun on a few pages. Short common phrases; various animals.

Mutsun Text Collection - 16 - Reel 62, Natasha Warner, Lynnika Butler, Heather Van Volkinburg, Quirina Geary

Mutsun Text Collection: mutsun riicakma hummen

Content: 195 entries. Harrington’s Mutsun notes added to his Rumsen materials. Phrases related to giving birth; words for children; body parts; kinship terms; phrases related to marriage; commands (imperatives), statements (declaratives), questions (interrogatives); words for misc. animals and short phrases related to animals or animal movement; words referring to celestial bodies, the sky and heaven; many actions (verbs) and short short sentences using them in various forms; basket terms; cooking terms; terms related to time and times of day/night.

Mutsun Text Collection - 21 - Arroyo's "Vocabulario De Mutsun' Corpus, Natasha Warner, Lynnika Butler, Heather Van Volkinburg, Quirina Geary

Mutsun Text Collection: mutsun riicakma hummen

Content: 2909 entries, Arroyo’s sentence list (approximately 1807-1815, more than a century before Harrington’s work with Mutsun, and in the Mission context). Many entries are short phrases of an everyday nature; some entries are names of Tribes and peoples; various words for actions (verbs); many phrases include questions (interrogatives), commands (imperatives), or simple statements (declaratives); names for plants, seeds, edible roots, and herbs; words for body parts; names for birds and other animals; words for foods and types of food made from acorns; some terms for baskets; short sentences about states of emotion; sentences that mention water and the movements …

Mutsun Text Collection - 11 - Reels 41 To 43 Harrington's Rehearings Of Arroyo's 'Vocabulario', Natasha Warner, Lynnika Butler, Heather Van Volkinburg, Quirina Geary

Mutsun Text Collection: mutsun riicakma hummen

Content: 10038 entries. Harrington’s rehearing of Arroyo’s sentence collection (Vocabulario), including discussions Doña Solarsano and he had while talking about the words and sentences. Many descriptive phrases, such as ‘to be big lipped,’ to be painted’ etc.; words for birds and other animals, and phrases or words related to hunting and subsistence; various short daily-use phrases, statements, questions, and commands; terms for people, such as boy, girl, woman etc.; some terms for jewelry, clothing and accessories; many entries refer to rain. Overall, very general set of words and sentences for expressing many ideas in the language.

Mutsun Text Collection - 26 - Merriam Vocabulary, Part I, Natasha Warner, Lynnika Butler, Heather Van Volkinburg, Quirina Geary

Mutsun Text Collection: mutsun riicakma hummen

Content: 922 entries. Vocabulary list by Merriam. Many entries found with different transcription in other chapters.Various basic vocabulary items: numerals, kinship terms, body parts, tools, baskets, natural phenomena and items of the natural world (rocks, sun, moon, etc.), weather, times/days, directions, animals, plants, foods, colors, descriptions, basic sentences.

Mutsun Text Collection - 27 - Merriam Vocabulary, Part Ii, Natasha Warner, Lynnika Butler, Heather Van Volkinburg, Quirina Geary

Mutsun Text Collection: mutsun riicakma hummen

Content: 272 entries. Vocabulary list by Merriam. Many entries found with different transcription in other chapters. Various terms for animals, birds, fish, insects and reptiles; terms for activities related to hunting, fishing and subsistence; terms for baskets, type and use of baskets; terms for plants and roots, and terms related to gathering and harvesting; names for Tribes and peoples; placenames and villages. Almost all entries are single words rather than sentences. Note to entry 258 has an explanation about resistance from the Mutsun people when the mission arrived and effect on loss of knowledge of place names.

Spartan Daily, September 21, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 13

Ractopamine At The Center Of Decades-Long Scientific And Legal Disputes: A Lesson On Benefits, Safety Issues, And Conflicts, Kumail Abbas, Aqeel Raza, Ross D. Vasquez, Marri Jmelou M. Roldan, Nemi Malhotra, Jong-Chin Huang, Olivia Erin M. Buenafe, Kelvin H. -C Chen, Shin-Shin Liang, Chung-Der Hsiao

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Ractopamine (RAC) is a synthetic phenethanolamine, β–adrenergic agonist used as a feed additive to develop leanness and increase feed conversion efficiency in different farm animals. While RAC has been authorized as a feed additive for pigs and cattle in a limited number of countries, a great majority of jurisdictions, including the European Union (EU), China, Russia, and Taiwan, have banned its use on safety grounds. RAC has been under long scientific and political discussion as a controversial antibiotic as a feed additive. Here, we will present significant information on RAC regarding its application, detection methods, conflicts, and legal divisions that …

Missions, Benjamin L. Hartley

SPU Works

This chapter examines eighteenth-century evangelical missions as they developed in India, the Caribbean, and South Africa. Early Evangelical missionaries were involved in many other geographical contexts, but these locations were among the most formative for the future trajectory of the movement. The political contexts and evangelical mission theories and practices in these places highlight the transcontinental connections and relationships among missionaries as well as Indigenous leaders of evangelical efforts. Pietist, Moravian, Methodist, Baptist, and independent evangelical mission illustrate the diversity of early evangelical institutions, perspectives, and practices. The institutions, churches, and movements these groups established in the early years of …

No Statistical Learning Advantage In Children Over Adults: Evidence From Behaviour And Neural Entrainment., Christine N Moreau, Marc F. Joanisse, Jerrica Mulgrew, Laura J. Batterink

Brain and Mind Institute Researchers' Publications

Explicit recognition measures of statistical learning (SL) suggest that children and adults have similar linguistic SL abilities. However, explicit tasks recruit additional cognitive processes that are not directly relevant for SL and may thus underestimate children's true SL capacities. In contrast, implicit tasks and neural measures of SL should be less influenced by explicit, higher-level cognitive abilities and thus may be better suited to capturing developmental differences in SL. Here, we assessed SL to six minutes of an artificial language in English-speaking children (n = 56, 24 females, M = 9.98 years) and adults (n = 44; 31 females, M …

The College Voice, Vol. 57, No. 1 [September 21, 2022], Connecticut College

2022-2023

No abstract provided.

2022-09-21 Sga Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Student Government Association.

Student Government Association Records

Meeting minutes of the Student Government Association from September 21, 2022.

Thou Shalt Not Take Thy Lord’S Name In Vein: Vaccine Mandates & Religious Objectors, Stephen Moran

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

The Montana Supreme Court – The Statistics, Blake Koemans, Denise Lafontaine

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.