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Turkish Journal of Zoology

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Health Risk Assessments Of Heavy Metal Concentrations Via Consumption Of An Invasive Species, Carassius Gibelio, From Two Large Freshwater Lakes Of Türkiye, Duygu Ceren Çağlan Kaya

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Heavy metal toxicity is a significant threat to human health and the environment. Contamination of the food chain with heavy metals in water sources may impact the health of consumers adversely. This study aimed to determine the concentrations of Pb, Cd, Cr, Cu, and Zn in the invasive fish species Carassius gibelio inhabiting two important lakes in Türkiye: Lake Beyşehir and Lake Eğirdir, from the Lake District Region and assess any health risks posed by the consumption of these species. For this purpose, C. gibelio species were obtained from two lakes in dry and rainy seasons and heavy metal concentrations …

Exploring The Efficacy Of Rnai-Mediated Gene Knock-Down Via Oral Delivery Of Dsrna In The Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa Decemlineata Say), Haneef Tari̇q, Ayhan Gökçe, Emre Aksoy, Emi̇nur Elçi̇, Allah Bakhsh

Turkish Journal of Zoology

RNA interference (RNAi) is a versatile genetic tool capable of selectively inhibiting the expression of any gene in a targeted organism. Its implementation holds great promise for safeguarding crops against insect pests and diseases. Vacuolar-ATPase represents an ideal target for RNAi-based pest management strategies since it is an enzyme essential for various physiological processes in insects. In this study, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) was synthesized using an L4440 vector in Escherichia coli HT115 strain to silence the Vacuolar-ATPase proteolipid subunit mRNA in the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say). To assess the effectiveness of RNAi, L. decemlineata larvae at different …

Comparison Of The Movement Speed Of Three Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Species Along Trails, Stanislav Stukalyuk, Mykola Kozyr, Ascar Akhmedov

Turkish Journal of Zoology

The aim of this study was to compare the speed of movement of 3 species of ants (Formica rufa, F. polyctena, and Lasius fuliginosus) along trails with different types of substrates. The study took place from June to August 2022 within the Holosiyivo Forest, located in Kyiv, Ukraine. For L. fuliginosus, the study was conducted in August and September 2022. For the experiment, 3 colonies of each species were selected in June, with only 3 trails passing on substrate (a total of 9 trails). One of the trails was left unchanged (ground surface), smooth logs were …

Freshwater Lampreys And Fishes Of Türkiye; An Annotated Checklist, 2023, Erdoğan Çi̇çek, Sevi̇l Sungur, Ronald Fricke, Burak Seçer

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Herewith, the current status of the inland waters ichthyofauna of Türkiye is revised, and an updated checklist of the freshwater lampreys and fishes is presented. As of November 2023, the freshwater ichthyofauna of Türkiye is known to consist of 427 species belonging to 20 orders, 37 families, and 97 genera. Among these, 21 species (4.9%) are alien, and 215 species (50.4%) are considered endemic to Türkiye. The orders with the largest numbers of species in the ichthyofauna of Türkiye are the Cypriniformes (297 species, 69.6%), followed by the Cyprinodontiformes (26 species, 6.1%), the Salmoniformes (25 species, 5.9%), the Gobiiformes (20 …

Program Review Report 11-7-23, Angela Brock

Program Review Committee

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Ucc Agenda 11-7-23, Angela Brock

UCC Agendas/Minutes

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Ucc Minutes 11-7-23, Angela Brock

UCC Agendas/Minutes

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Icc Agenda 11-7-23, Angela Brock

Individual Course Committee (ICC)

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Approved Courses 11-7-23, Angela Brock

Individual Course Committee (ICC)

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Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Peoples Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

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Lost In Interpretation: The Lived Experience Of Nurse Interpreters In The Clinical Setting, Byron Batz

Dissertations

The use of language interpreters in the health care setting constitutes a vital part of provider-patient communication but remains a relatively unexplored phenomenon. Registered nurses (RNs) are often called upon to serve as interpreters when linguistically diverse patients constitute a large segment of the patient population. That RNs serve simultaneously in an interpreter role – in addition to clinical and advocacy roles – is a complex facet of contemporary nursing practice in a diverse U.S. culture. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to examine the lived experience of RNs serving as interpreters in health care institutions in Southern …

Relationship Of Race With Functional And Clinical Outcomes With The Rehab-Hf Multidomain Physical Rehabilitation Intervention For Older Patients With Acute Heart Failure, Olivia N. Gilbert, Robert J. Mentz, Alain G. Bertoni, Dalane W. Kitzman, David J. Whellan, Gordon R. Reeves, Pamela W. Duncan, Michael Benjamin Nelson, Vanessa Blumer, Haiying Chen, Shelby D. Reed, Bharathi Upadhya, Christopher M. O'Connor, Amy M. Pastva

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Background

The REHAB‐HF (Rehabilitation Therapy in Older Acute Heart Failure Patients) randomized trial demonstrated that a 3‐month transitional, tailored, progressive, multidomain physical rehabilitation intervention improves physical function, frailty, depression, and health‐related quality of life among older adults with acute decompensated heart failure. Whether there is differential intervention efficacy by race is unknown.

Methods and Results

In this prespecified analysis, differential intervention effects by race were explored at 3 months for physical function (Short Physical Performance Battery [primary outcome], 6‐Minute Walk Distance), cognition, depression, frailty, health‐related quality of life (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire, EuroQoL 5‐Dimension‐5‐Level Questionnaire) and at 6 months for …

The Park Ridge Center Bulletin, 1997, N2, November/December, Advocate Aurora Health

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The Park Ridge Center, Park Ridge, IL: Issue of "The Park Ridge Center Bulletin", a bi-monthly publication from The Park Ridge Center - An Institute for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics, associated with Lutheran General Hospital. This issue has feature articles on complementary and alternative medicine.

The Park Ridge Center Bulletin, 1999, N7, January/February, Advocate Aurora Health

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The Park Ridge Center, Park Ridge, IL: Issue of "The Park Ridge Center Bulletin", a bi-monthly publication from The Park Ridge Center - An Institute for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics, associated with Lutheran General Hospital. This issue has feature articles on spirituality in health care.

The Anabaptist Tradition: Religious Beliefs And Healthcare Decisions, 2002, Joseph J. Kotva Jr.

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Chicago, IL: Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics published this handbook on Anabaptism as part of a series entitled "Religious Traditions and Healthcare Decisions". Sections include the Anabaptist tradition and:

• The Individual and the Patient-Caregiver Relationship, p. 5
• Family, Sexuality, and Procreation, p. 6
• Genetics, p. 9
• Organ and Tissue Transplantation, p. 10
• Mental Health, p. 10
• Medical Experimentation and Research, p. 11
• Death and Dying, p. 11

The Christian Science Tradition: Religious Beliefs And Healthcare Decisions, 2002, Deborah Abbott, Stephen Gottschalk

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Chicago, IL: Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics published this handbook on Christian Science as part of a series entitled "Religious Traditions and Healthcare Decisions". Sections include:

• The Individual and the Patient-Caregiver Relationship, p. 5
• Family, Sexuality, and Procreation, p. 6
• Genetics, p. 8
• Organ and Tissue Transplantation, p. 8
• Mental Health, p. 9
• Medical Experimentation and Research, p. 9
• Death and Dying, p. 10
• Special Concerns, p. 11

The Episcopal Tradition: Religious Beliefs And Healthcare Decisions, 2002, Cynthia B. Cohen

Historical Documents - Combined

Chicago, IL: Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics published this handbook on the Episcopal tradition as part of a series entitled "Religious Traditions and Healthcare Decisions". Sections include:

• The Individual and the Patient-Caregiver Relationship, p. 4
• Family, Sexuality, and Procreation, p. 6
• Genetics, p. 9
• Organ and Tissue Transplantation, p. 11
• Mental Health, p. 12
• Death and Dying, p. 12
• Special Concerns, p. 15

Janus , A Spliceosome-Associated Protein, Promotes Mirna Biogenesis In Arabidopsis, Mu Li, Huihui Yu, Bangjun Zhou, Lu Gan, Shengjun Li, Chi Zhang, Bin Yu

Center for Plant Science Innovation: Faculty Publications

MicroRNAs ( miRNAs ) are important regulators of genes expression. Their levels are precisely controlled through modulating the activity of the microprocesser complex ( MC ) . Here, we report that JANUS, a homology of the conserved U2 snRNP assembly factor in yeast and human, is required for miRNA accumulation. JANUS associates with MC components Dicer-like 1 ( DCL1 ) and SERRATE ( SE ) and directly binds the stem- loop of pri-miRNAs. In a hypomorphic janus mutant, the activity of DCL1, the numbers of MC, and the interaction of primary miRNA transcript ( pri-miRNAs ) with MC are reduced. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald: Your Vote Matters, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine edition of the College Heights Herald for the period October 4 - November 6, 2023.

• Anderson, Alexandria. Letter from the Editor – Elections
• Reed, Bailey. Every Vote in This County is Important – Daniel Cameron, Andy Beshear
• Phelps, Maggie. The Importance of Voter Registration
• Daniel Cameron on the Issues
• Andy Beshear on the Issues
• Di Palermo, Dominic. The Bowling Green Rock Band Academy – Musicians
• Costellow, Ali. Students & Campus Organizations Prepare for November Election
• Wilborn, Price. Wokeness Is Not a Bad Thing, and People Need to Stop Saying It Is
• Edmonds, Luke. A Kentuckian’s Guide to Legal Sports …

Dynamic Regulation Of Store-Operated Calcium Entry By Protein S-Acylation, Goutham Kodakandla

Theses and Dissertations

Calcium plays a pivotal role in many physiological functions in cells. Cytosolic calcium levels are finely tuned by calcium ion channels, pumps, and intracellular organelles. Store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) is when depletion of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) calcium stores activates a calcium sensor known as stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1). Activation of STIM1 leads to a conformational change from a compact state to an extended state. This extended state of STIM1 allows it to bind to a calcium channel in the plasma membrane (PM) known as Orai1. The binding of Orai1 and STIM1 leads to opening of Orai1 channels and calcium …

Novel Physically‑Crosslinked Caffeine And Vitamin C‑Loaded Pva/ Aloe Vera Hydrogel Membranes For Topical Wound Healing: Synthesis, Characterization And In‑Vivo Wound Healing Tests, Elbadawy Kamoun, Elbadawy A. Kamoun

Nanotechnology Research Centre

Novel physically-crosslinked PVA membranes blended with Aloe vera extract were fabricated by solution-casting method. Physically-crosslinking process is depending on the rearrangement of PVA chains forming intermolecular hydrogen bonding with removal of water molecules using propanol as a stabilizing agent. The structure of crosslinked membranes was characterized by FT-IR, SEM, TGA, and XRD analyses and confirmed via gel faction and swelling ratio studies. Caffeine and vitamin C loaded-PVA/Aloe vera membranes were bio-assessed in terms of their impact on the wound healing using Wistar albino rats as an animal model. In vitro evaluation includes protein adsorption showed that the fabricated membranes improved …

The Rider (2023-11-06), Natalie Lapsley

The Rider Archives

Vol.9 No.11

Mukhtar Channels Passion For Community Service Into 'Transferring Knowledge To The Next Generation', Reporter Staff

Browse All News

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Intouch Week Of November 6, 2023, New York Medical College

InTouch

• Dr. Victor Garcia Empowers the Next Generation of Scientists
• SOM Student Thomas Gagliardi Awarded AMA Physician of Tomorrow Scholarship
• NYMC Shines at the International Winter Eicosanoid Conference
• NYMC and TU Hosts “Ninety Minutes: The Medical Magazine of the Web”
• Student Accolade: NYMC Research | Eva Chorna, SOM Class of 2024

Atlantic Cutlassfish (Trichiurus Lepturus), Gabriela R. Ridings Ms., David Kerstetter

All Scans: Kerstetter Fisheries and Avian Ecology 3D Scan Series

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The Influence Of A Supplemental Mathematics Course To 9th Grade Algebra 1 Students In A Medium Suburban K-12 School District In New Jersey, Jacob Cavins

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

Math performance became an increasing concern in the United States after the launch of Sputnik in 1957. This concern began with attempts to prescribe mathematical standards in the United States to improve student mathematics preparation. When the COVID pandemic began in 2020, policies on quarantining and remote learning were implemented, resulting in increased education gaps. The most contemporary NAEP report shows the first decline in math scores in the United States since the inception of the NAEP. Districts are looking for solutions. Districts are exploring intervention options, including Multi-Tiered Support Systems and Response to Intervention initiatives. They hope to reduce …

Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Possess A Second Cilium That Arises From The Daughter Centriole, Karthikeyan Thirugnanam, Ankan Gupta, Francisco Nunez, Shubhangi Prabhudesai, Amy Y. Pan, Surya M. Nauli, Ramani Ramchandran

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Primary cilia from the brain microvascular endothelial cells (ECs) are specialized cell-surface organelles involved in mediating sensory perception, cell signaling, and vascular stability. Immunofluorescence (IF) analysis of human primary brain microvascular ECs reveals two cilia per cell. To confirm the in vitro observation of the two-cilia phenotype in human primary brain ECs, ECs isolated from mouse brain were cultured and stained for cilium. Indeed, brain ECs from a ciliopathic mouse (polycystic kidney disease or Pkd2−/−) also possess more than one cilium. Primary cilium emerges from the mother centriole. Centriole analysis by IF suggests that in brain ECs, markers …

Barry Larue, Oral History Interview, 2023, Elizabeth Allen, Matt Jones

Oral Histories

Barry LaRue is a lifelong Ypsilanti resident, EMU alum, founder of the Riverside Arts Center, and former Operations Manager for University of Michigan theatres. Barry attended Roosevelt from Kindergarten through seventh grade, and, in this interview, he explores his experiences at Roosevelt going into detail about his involvement with theatre productions, the lab schools unique “progressive” curriculum, and the teachers and friends who left a lasting impression on him. Additionally, LaRue recounts his feelings of Roosevelt’s closure, his involvement in Ypsilanti city politics and preservation, and the ways that EMU’s campus has evolved since he was a student.

Nk Cell Expansion Requires Hur And Mediates Control Of Solid Tumors And Long-Term Virus Infection, Sytse J Piersma, Sushant Bangru, Jeesang Yoon, Tom W Liu, Liping Yang, Chyi-Song Hsieh, Beatrice Plougastel-Douglas, Auinash Kalsotra, Wayne M Yokoyama

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes capable of controlling tumors and virus infections through direct lysis and cytokine production. While both T and NK cells expand and accumulate in affected tissues, the role of NK cell expansion in tumor and viral control is not well understood. Here, we show that posttranscriptional regulation by the RNA-binding protein HuR is essential for NK cell expansion without negatively affecting effector functions. HuR-deficient NK cells displayed defects in the metaphase of the cell cycle, including decreased expression and alternative splicing of Ska2, a component of the spindle and kinetochore complex. HuR-dependent NK cell expansion …