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Physical Capacity And Body Composition In 13-16 Year Old Soccer Players During Three-Year Training Cycle, Anna Konieczna, Lukasz Radziminski, Jacek Paszulewicz, Guillermo F. Lopez-Sanchez, Paul Dragos, Zbigniew Jstrzebski Mar 2022

Physical Capacity And Body Composition In 13-16 Year Old Soccer Players During Three-Year Training Cycle, Anna Konieczna, Lukasz Radziminski, Jacek Paszulewicz, Guillermo F. Lopez-Sanchez, Paul Dragos, Zbigniew Jstrzebski

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim of the study was to show changes in aerobic and anaerobic capacity and body composition of the adolescent soccer players in a three-year training cycle. Material and Methods: 16 footballers aged 13 to 16 were examined. Measurements of aerobic fitness were performed with the Cooper and PWC170 tests, and anaerobic fitness with the Wingate test. Body composition measurements were made with an electronic scale. Results: During the three-year training period, significant changes in PWC170 and VO2max were observed depending on the stage of the adolescence and training process. Relative values of anaerobic capacity indicators: total work and …

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The Level Of Somatic Health, Sports Specialization And Alification Of An Athlete As Indicators Of Intermediate Selection In The Mixed Martial Arts, Alexander Alexandrovich Gorelov, Vladimir Mikhailovich Voronov, Andrei Ivanovich Krylov, Viktor Leonidovich Kondakov Mar 2022

The Level Of Somatic Health, Sports Specialization And Alification Of An Athlete As Indicators Of Intermediate Selection In The Mixed Martial Arts, Alexander Alexandrovich Gorelov, Vladimir Mikhailovich Voronov, Andrei Ivanovich Krylov, Viktor Leonidovich Kondakov

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: This article presents the results of experimental research to identify high-priority types of martial arts whose representatives successfully implement their skills in mixed martial arts, as well as the results of the study of somatic health. Objective: To explore the mechanisms of the intermediate selection in sport of the highest achievements and to explore the possibility of using them in mixed martial arts. Materials and methods: We have attracted twelve fully qualified athletes of mixed martial arts for a study to identify criteria of talent prediction and intermediate selection in terms of somatic health. We have engaged eighteen leading …

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Georgia Academy Of Science Annual Meeting Program, Theresa Grove, James A. Nienow, Shantanu Chakraborty, Shaun V. Ault Mar 2022

Georgia Academy Of Science Annual Meeting Program, Theresa Grove, James A. Nienow, Shantanu Chakraborty, Shaun V. Ault

Georgia Journal of Science

This is the Annual Program.

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Women In Stem: Gender Biases And Employment, Reem Mohamed Mahmoud Mar 2022

Women In Stem: Gender Biases And Employment, Reem Mohamed Mahmoud

The Undergraduate Research Journal

This main focus of this paper is to reduce the gap between women engagement in undergraduate and career level trends in STEM fields. The literature explored points to the major influence of sociocultural factors in the gender gap at the employment level. Therefore, this study examined possible success factors for solutions to this disparity specifically at the workplace. The findings showed that the implicit gender biases programs became more effective when they enforced experiential learning and occurred at appropriate durations. It was also found that the hiring phases could be more gender balanced using language and application screening tools along …

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The Effect Of A Single Dose Of The Thermo Speed Extreme (Olimp) Thermogenic Supplement On Circulatory Functions And Body Temperatures At Rest In Male And Female Subjects, Ilona Pokora, Lukasz Wolowski, Piotr Wyderka Mar 2022

The Effect Of A Single Dose Of The Thermo Speed Extreme (Olimp) Thermogenic Supplement On Circulatory Functions And Body Temperatures At Rest In Male And Female Subjects, Ilona Pokora, Lukasz Wolowski, Piotr Wyderka

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: ‪The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of a single dose of the Thermo Speed Extreme (TSE) supplement on circulatory functions at rest and body temperatures in men and women. Material and methods: ‪Twenty-five (male and female) subjects volunteered to participate in this study. Prior to the experiment, the anthropometric characteristics, internal and skin temperatures, the heart rate and blood pressure were measured. Then, the subjects took a single dose of the TSE or placebo (PLA) supplement in a double-blind, randomised, cross-over design. Following the supplement consumption, the same physiological parameters were registered in a seated …

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Can Physical Activity Modulate Pain Perception During Ontogenesis?, Maciej Pawlak, Aleksandra Jazdzewska, Katarzyna Leznicka Mar 2022

Can Physical Activity Modulate Pain Perception During Ontogenesis?, Maciej Pawlak, Aleksandra Jazdzewska, Katarzyna Leznicka

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

The aim of the paper is to emphasise the significance of physical activity as an element directly or indirectly modulating the perception of pain during ontogenesis. Pain is a distinctive sensory sensation and also a subjective criterion of health or disease. In contrast to other modalities (taste, smell, touch), it triggers solely negative emotions and sensations. Pain is a highly individualised sensory phenomenon, involving the physical, cognitive and emotional spheres of human life. Different reactions to pain during ontogeny most often result from the loss of communication skills, a systematic decrease in the functions of all systems and organs, in …

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Parental Burnout As A Health Determinant In Mothers Raising Disabled Children, Aleksandra Sadziak, Wojciech Wilinski, Marta Wieczorek Mar 2022

Parental Burnout As A Health Determinant In Mothers Raising Disabled Children, Aleksandra Sadziak, Wojciech Wilinski, Marta Wieczorek

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim of the study was to determine and compare the current risk of parental burnout in mothers of children with autism and with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities. Material and methods: ‪The study was conducted among 30 mothers of children with autism, 30 mothers of children with moderate intellectual disabilities and 20 mothers of children with mild intellectual disabilities. A diagnostic survey was the research method, a survey was the technique used, and the Parental Burnout Questionnaire by M. Sekułowicz and P. Kwiatkowski was the applied research tool. Results: ‪The average level of parental burnout risk significantly differentiates …

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Development Of Power Qualities Of Cadets Of Ukrainian Higher Military Educational Institutions During Kettlebell Lifting Training, Kostiantyn Prontenko, Grygoriy Griban, Ihor Bloshchynskyi, Dmytro Boyko, Orest Loiko, Volodymyr Andreychuk, Inesa Novitska, Pavlo Tkachenko Mar 2022

Development Of Power Qualities Of Cadets Of Ukrainian Higher Military Educational Institutions During Kettlebell Lifting Training, Kostiantyn Prontenko, Grygoriy Griban, Ihor Bloshchynskyi, Dmytro Boyko, Orest Loiko, Volodymyr Andreychuk, Inesa Novitska, Pavlo Tkachenko

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The influence of kettlebell lifting training on the development of cadets’ power qualities during studies at Ukrainian higher military educational institutions is examined in the article. Also, a comparative analysis of the development of cadets’ power qualities depending on their sports qualification in kettlebell lifting is conducted. Material and methods: The investigation of the development of cadets’ power qualities was conducted according to the following tests: bar pull-ups, bar pullover, bar muscle up, parallel bars dips, complex power exercise, L-sit on parallel bars, holding the body in a horizontal position, back squat, bench press and barbell deadlift. Results: ‪A …

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Relative Age Effect In Polish National Football Teams, Andrzej Szwarc, Bartosz Dolanski, Pawel Rompa, Mateusz Sitek Mar 2022

Relative Age Effect In Polish National Football Teams, Andrzej Szwarc, Bartosz Dolanski, Pawel Rompa, Mateusz Sitek

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: The aim of this study was to determine if a Relative Age Effect (RAE) is present in Polish National Football Teams. Material and methods: Birth date distributions of football players from youth Polish National Teams (Under 15 – Under 19) and the senior Polish National Team were compared. The sample (a total of 1801 players) included 909 youth players – U-15 (n=290), U-16 (n=221), U-17 (n=153), U-18 (n=157), and U-19 (n=88) – and 892 professional players who played in at least one official game for the senior Polish National Team. Results: ‪An over-representation of players born in the first …

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Tnfa Expression Level Changes Observed In Response To The Wingate Anaerobic Test In Non-Trained And Trained Individuals, Agnieszka Maciejewska-Skrendo, Jan Mieszkowski, Andrzej Kochanowicz, Blazej Stankiewicz, Pawel Cieszczyk, Katarzyna Switala, Gilmara Gomes De Assis, Katarzyna Kecler, Maciej Tarnowski, Marek Sawczuk Mar 2022

Tnfa Expression Level Changes Observed In Response To The Wingate Anaerobic Test In Non-Trained And Trained Individuals, Agnieszka Maciejewska-Skrendo, Jan Mieszkowski, Andrzej Kochanowicz, Blazej Stankiewicz, Pawel Cieszczyk, Katarzyna Switala, Gilmara Gomes De Assis, Katarzyna Kecler, Maciej Tarnowski, Marek Sawczuk

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

Background: ‪Literature reports indicate changes in the expression of genes encoding proinflammatory factors are observed as a result of physical exercise. The stress changes caused by high-intensity loads and adaptive changes induced by the planned long-term training are less studied. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of intense anaerobic effort in people adapted to regular trainings and in non-trained persons on the expression levels of the TNFA gene. Material and methods: ‪50 experienced soccer players and 50 non-trained participants were recruited for the study. Anaerobic capacity was measured by means of the Wingate Anaerobic Test. To …

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Implementing X-Ray For Single Use Systems Sterilization, Samuel Dorey, Mélanie Gauthier, Isabelle Gay, Nina Girard-Perier, Fanny Gaston, Nathalie Dupuy, Sylvain R.A Marque Mar 2022

Implementing X-Ray For Single Use Systems Sterilization, Samuel Dorey, Mélanie Gauthier, Isabelle Gay, Nina Girard-Perier, Fanny Gaston, Nathalie Dupuy, Sylvain R.A Marque

Single-Use Technologies V: Building The Future

Sterilization/decontamination by gamma irradiation is a standardized process for some medical devices, drugs and in the food field and has many advantages due to its significantly low toxicity. Many worldwide industrial sites offer gamma irradiation as a means of sterilization, and in the last decade, new irradiation modality such as X-rays or electron-beam raises. These methods make also possible the sterilization of products without significant heating and to handle them directly in their final packaging, to overcome the challenges encountered e.g., due to sterilization capacity constraints. All irradiation modalities are reliable and reproducible processes and ensure sterility over time by …

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Spatiotemporal Variability In Swedish Lake Ecosystems, Tarsha Eason, Ahjond Garmestani, David G. Angeler Mar 2022

Spatiotemporal Variability In Swedish Lake Ecosystems, Tarsha Eason, Ahjond Garmestani, David G. Angeler

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Studying ecosystem dynamics is critical to monitoring and managing linked systems of humans and nature. Due to the growth of tools and techniques for collecting data, information on the condition of these systems is more widely available. While there are a variety of approaches for mining and assessing data, there is a need for methods to detect latent characteristics in ecosystems linked to temporal and spatial patterns of change. Resiliencebased approaches have been effective at not only identifying environmental change but also providing warning in advance of critical transitions in social-ecological systems (SES). In this study, we examine the usefulness …

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Qualifying X-Ray Irradiation Of Single-Use Systems To Address New Challenges Associated With Single-Use Growth, James Hathcock Mar 2022

Qualifying X-Ray Irradiation Of Single-Use Systems To Address New Challenges Associated With Single-Use Growth, James Hathcock

Single-Use Technologies V: Building The Future

With single-use technologies playing a pivotal role supporting the rapid development and scale-out of vaccine manufacturing, the experience has highlighted benefits resulting from standardization of SUT requirements and identified key challenges ahead for SUT, including the availability of gamma irradiation capacity. This cobalt-60-dependent gamma irradiation market is led by a relatively small number of market providers, and underpins the entirety of the single-use bioprocess supply chain, regardless of integrator. As the demand for gamma irradiation has quickly outstripped the available industry capacity, significant collaborative industry efforts have been underway to qualify X-ray irradiation as an equivalent alternative to gamma irradiation, …

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Ecological And Social Strategies For Managing Fisheries Using The Resist-Accept- Direct (Rad) Framework, Abigail J. Lynch, Frank J. Rahel, Doug Limpinsel, Suresh A. Sethi, Augustin C. Engman, David J. Lawrence, Katherine E. Mills, Wendy Morrison, Jay Jay Peterson, Mark T. Porath Mar 2022

Ecological And Social Strategies For Managing Fisheries Using The Resist-Accept- Direct (Rad) Framework, Abigail J. Lynch, Frank J. Rahel, Doug Limpinsel, Suresh A. Sethi, Augustin C. Engman, David J. Lawrence, Katherine E. Mills, Wendy Morrison, Jay Jay Peterson, Mark T. Porath

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Fisheries management is a complex task made even more challenging by rapid and unprecedented socioecological transformations associated with climate change. The Resist-Accept- Direct (RAD) framework can be a useful tool to support fisheries management in facing the high uncertainty and variability associated with aquatic ecosystem transformations. Here, RAD strategies are presented to address ecological goals for aquatic ecosystems and social goals for fisheries. These strategies are mapped on a controllability matrix which explores the ability to guide a system's behaviour towards a desired state based on ecological responsiveness and societal receptivity to change. Understanding and improving the controllability of aquatic …

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The Rattler (Volume 110, Issue 7), St. Mary's University Mar 2022

The Rattler (Volume 110, Issue 7), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

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Unh Research: U.S. Seafood Workers At Increased Risk For Covid-19 During Pandemic, Robbin Ray Mar 2022

Unh Research: U.S. Seafood Workers At Increased Risk For Covid-19 During Pandemic, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

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The Utah Statesman, March 21, 2022, Utah State University Mar 2022

The Utah Statesman, March 21, 2022, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

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Variables That Influence Student Nurse Progression During Sophomore Year In A Traditional Bsn Program, Connie Mcfadden-Chase Mar 2022

Variables That Influence Student Nurse Progression During Sophomore Year In A Traditional Bsn Program, Connie Mcfadden-Chase

Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation was to discover variables that influence student progression during the sophomore year in a traditional bachelor of science in nursing program. Research exists to identify factors that will predict the retention of students or will contribute to students' success. Tinto's model on student retention was the framework for this study with constructivist grounded theory as the methodology to unravel the data and discover new meanings. The results of the study align with Tinto's model and illustrates the importance of faculty and peer relationships in conjunction with guidance in navigating the particularities of nursing coursework and …

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Biden V. State Of Texas: Brief Of Administrative Law Professors As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioners, Nina Mendelson Mar 2022

Biden V. State Of Texas: Brief Of Administrative Law Professors As Amici Curiae In Support Of Petitioners, Nina Mendelson

Appellate Briefs

Amici curiae listed in the Appendix are professors are professors of administrative law. Amici have an interest in the construction and application of the Administrative Procedure Act and in the role that federal courts and agencies play in advancing or hindering reasoned policymaking, democratic accountability, and good governance. Amici express no view about the wisdom of the Migrant Protection Protocols (“MPP”). They write to address why, as a matter of fundamental administrative law doctrine and principle, the Department of Homeland Security’s second action terminating MPP should be accorded legal effect and the injunction requiring the Department to implement that program …

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Formation Of Trihalomethanes During Chlorination At South Cross Bayou Advanced Water Reclamation Facility, Pinellas County, Florida, Ian Grabo Mar 2022

Formation Of Trihalomethanes During Chlorination At South Cross Bayou Advanced Water Reclamation Facility, Pinellas County, Florida, Ian Grabo

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

South Cross Bayou Advanced Water Reclamation Facility (SCB) in Pinellas County, Florida, recently had a spike in effluent concentrations of bromodichloromethane (BDCM) and dibromochloromethane (DBCM) above the regulated limits, due to relying fully on chlorination instead of a combination of chlorination and ultraviolet light. The objective of this study was to determine the operating parameters most strongly affecting the formation of THMs. This was completed by analysis of long-term data sets obtained from SCB by multiple linear regression to create models describing THM formation. In addition, sampling of the chlorine contact chamber (CCC) was done to determine the effects of …

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Integrating History Into Healthcare: Understanding Links Between Past Traumas And Current Health Disparities Within The Native American Population, Alison A. Gisi Mar 2022

Integrating History Into Healthcare: Understanding Links Between Past Traumas And Current Health Disparities Within The Native American Population, Alison A. Gisi

Honors Thesis

The byproducts and motivators of colonialism- namely acquisition of land, pursuit of power, and assimilation of non-dominant cultures- have created a long legacy of historical trauma within the American Indigenous population, who have been at the targets of discrimination and conflict since the onset of European colonization of the Americas. Generations of losses have victimized Native American people and has left them to pick up the pieces of what they lost to colonialism. Researchers and experts in the field have suggested that due to the extensive and unique Historical Trauma experienced by the population has initiated the Historical Trauma Response …

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Crow's Nest, March 21, 2022, Crow's Nest Staff Mar 2022

Crow's Nest, March 21, 2022, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The March 21, 2022, issue of the Crow's Nest.

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Problematic Expectations: Using Close Reading To Surface Emotional Labor In School Librarian Job Postings, Alexandra Grimm Mar 2022

Problematic Expectations: Using Close Reading To Surface Emotional Labor In School Librarian Job Postings, Alexandra Grimm

School of Information Studies - Post-doc and Student Scholarship

Although emotional labor—defined as the process(es) by which a worker manages their feelings in order to produce the desired emotional response in a customer—has been studied in various fields and specific domains of librarianship, this topic has yet to be examined in school librarianship. In this exploratory article, I perform a close reading of school librarian job postings to surface expectations of emotional labor and explicate connections to the feminized history of librarianship. The article closes with a call to action, outlining steps for administrators and researchers to prevent the potential harms of emotional labor in school librarianship.

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Dissociation Of Tau Pathology And Neuronal Hypometabolism Within The Atn Framework Of Alzheimer’S Disease, Michael Tran Duong, Sandhitsu R. Das, Xueying Lyu, Long Xie, Hayley Richardson, Sharon X. Xie, Paul A. Yushkevich, Alzheimer’S Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, David A. Wolk, Ilya M. Nasrallah, Charles D. Smith, Gregory A. Jicha, Peter A. Hardy, Partha Sinha, Elizabeth Oates, Gary Conrad, Michael W. Weiner, Paul Aisen, Ronald C. Petersen, Clifford R. Jack Jr. Mar 2022

Dissociation Of Tau Pathology And Neuronal Hypometabolism Within The Atn Framework Of Alzheimer’S Disease, Michael Tran Duong, Sandhitsu R. Das, Xueying Lyu, Long Xie, Hayley Richardson, Sharon X. Xie, Paul A. Yushkevich, Alzheimer’S Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, David A. Wolk, Ilya M. Nasrallah, Charles D. Smith, Gregory A. Jicha, Peter A. Hardy, Partha Sinha, Elizabeth Oates, Gary Conrad, Michael W. Weiner, Paul Aisen, Ronald C. Petersen, Clifford R. Jack Jr.

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is defined by amyloid (A) and tau (T) pathologies, with T better correlated to neurodegeneration (N). However, T and N have complex regional relationships in part related to non-AD factors that influence N. With machine learning, we assessed heterogeneity in 18F-flortaucipir vs. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography as markers of T and neuronal hypometabolism (NM) in 289 symptomatic patients from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. We identified six T/NM clusters with differing limbic and cortical patterns. The canonical group was defined as the T/NM pattern with lowest regression residuals. Groups resilient to …

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Mechanisms Of Mitochondrial Promoter Recognition In Humans And Other Mammalian Species, Angelica Zamudio-Ochoa, Yaroslav I Morozov, Azadeh Sarfallah, Michael Anikin, Dmitry Temiakov Mar 2022

Mechanisms Of Mitochondrial Promoter Recognition In Humans And Other Mammalian Species, Angelica Zamudio-Ochoa, Yaroslav I Morozov, Azadeh Sarfallah, Michael Anikin, Dmitry Temiakov

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

Recognition of mammalian mitochondrial promoters requires the concerted action of mitochondrial RNA polymerase (mtRNAP) and transcription initiation factors TFAM and TFB2M. In this work, we found that transcript slippage results in heterogeneity of the human mitochondrial transcripts in vivo and in vitro. This allowed us to correctly interpret the RNAseq data, identify the bona fide transcription start sites (TSS), and assign mitochondrial promoters for > 50% of mammalian species and some other vertebrates. The divergent structure of the mammalian promoters reveals previously unappreciated aspects of mtDNA evolution. The correct assignment of TSS also enabled us to establish the precise register of …

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Prkg2 Regulates Alveolar Type 2-Mediated Re-Alveolarization, Mo Zhang, Gibran Ali, Satoshi Komatsu, Runzhen Zhao, Hong-Long Ji Mar 2022

Prkg2 Regulates Alveolar Type 2-Mediated Re-Alveolarization, Mo Zhang, Gibran Ali, Satoshi Komatsu, Runzhen Zhao, Hong-Long Ji

Cellular and Molecular Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: The cGMP-dependent type 2 protein kinase, encoded by the prkg2 gene, is highly expressed in alveolar type 2 epithelial (AT2) cells. It is unclear whether prkg2 regulates AT2 cell homeostasis and re-alveolarization of injured lungs. This study aimed to investigate the role of prkg2 in the regulation of the fate of AT2 in vitro. Methods: Primary AT2 cells of wild-type (wt) and prkg2--/--mice were co-cultured with fbroblasts as three-dimensional organoids. The colony formation was analyzed between days 4 and 12 post-seeding. EdU assay was used to detect cells with active DNA synthesis. AT1 and AT2 cells in organoids were …

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Outbreak Impact, Robbin Ray Mar 2022

Outbreak Impact, Robbin Ray

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

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Und Strategic Planning Kick-Off Event: Qualtrics Survey Responses, University Of North Dakota Mar 2022

Und Strategic Planning Kick-Off Event: Qualtrics Survey Responses, University Of North Dakota

LEADS Development Documents

Qualtrics survey response report from the UND strategic planning kick-off event. The report compiles participant responses to the Brags, Worries, Wonders, and Bets prompts used to gather early campus and community input for the UND LEADS development process.

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The Guardian, Week Of March 21, 2022, Wright State University Student Body Mar 2022

The Guardian, Week Of March 21, 2022, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of March 21, 2022. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

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Mitochondrial Phenotypes In Genetically Diverse Neurodegenerative Diseases And Their Response To Mitofusin Activation, Xiawei Dang, Emily K Walton, Barbara Zablocka, Robert H Baloh, Michael E Shy, Gerald W Dorn Ii Mar 2022

Mitochondrial Phenotypes In Genetically Diverse Neurodegenerative Diseases And Their Response To Mitofusin Activation, Xiawei Dang, Emily K Walton, Barbara Zablocka, Robert H Baloh, Michael E Shy, Gerald W Dorn Ii

Open Access Publications

Mitochondrial fusion is essential to mitochondrial fitness and cellular health. Neurons of patients with genetic neurodegenerative diseases often exhibit mitochondrial fragmentation, reflecting an imbalance in mitochondrial fusion and fission (mitochondrial dysdynamism). Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease type 2A is the prototypical disorder of impaired mitochondrial fusion caused by mutations in the fusion protein mitofusin (MFN)2. Yet, cultured CMT2A patient fibroblast mitochondria are often reported as morphologically normal. Metabolic stress might evoke pathological mitochondrial phenotypes in cultured patient fibroblasts, providing a platform for the pre-clinical individualized evaluation of investigational therapeutics. Here, substitution of galactose for glucose in culture media was used to redirect …

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