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Worsening Glycemia Increases The Odds Of Intermittent But Not Persistent Staphylococcus Aureus Nasal Carriage In Two Cohorts Of Mexican American Adults, Heather T Essigmann, Craig L Hanis, Stacia M Desantis, William B Perkison, David A Aguilar, Goo Jun, D Ashley Robinson, Eric L Brown

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Numerous host and environmental factors contribute to persistent and intermittent nasal Staphylococcus aureus carriage in humans. The effects of worsening glycemia on the odds of S. aureus intermittent and persistent nasal carriage was established in two cohorts from an adult Mexican American population living in Starr County, Texas. The anterior nares were sampled at two time points and the presence of S. aureus determined by laboratory culture and

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, June 29, 2022, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

No abstract provided.

Regulation Of Age-Associated Insulin Resistance By Mt1-Mmp-Mediated Cleavage Of Insulin Receptor, Xuanming Guo, Pallavi Asthana, Susma Gurung, Shuo Zhang, Sheung Kin Ken Wong, Samane Fallah, Chi Fung Willis Chow, Sijia Che, Lixiang Zhai, Zening Wang, Xin Ge, Zhixin Jiang, Jiayan Wu, Yijing Zhang, Xiaoyu Wu, Keyang Xu, Cheng Yuan Lin, Hiu Yee Kwan, Aiping Lyu, Zhongjun Zhou, Zhao-Xiang Bian, Hoi Leong Xavier Wong

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Insulin sensitivity progressively declines with age. Currently, the mechanism underlying age-associated insulin resistance remains unknown. Here, we identify membrane-bound matrix metalloproteinase 14 (MT1-MMP/MMP14) as a central regulator of insulin sensitivity during ageing. Ageing promotes MMP14 activation in insulin-sensitive tissues, which cleaves Insulin Receptor to suppress insulin signaling. MT1-MMP inhibition restores Insulin Receptor expression, improving insulin sensitivity in aged mice. The cleavage of Insulin Receptor by MT1-MMP also contributes to obesity-induced insulin resistance and inhibition of MT1-MMP activities normalizes metabolic dysfunctions in diabetic mouse models. Conversely, overexpression of MT1-MMP in the liver reduces the level of Insulin Receptor, impairing hepatic insulin …

Involuntary Sterilization Of Native American Women In The United States: A Legal Approach, Genesis M. Agosto

Nebraska Law Review

United States law permitted involuntary sterilization of Native American women through federal policies and regulations during the 1970s. Although the federal laws regarding sterilization were facially neutral, the administrative acts implemented by the government had disparate impacts on minority and socially disadvantaged communities, particularly Indigenous women. A close analysis of these laws and administrative funding reveals that the government ultimately enabled involuntary sterilization of Indigenous women. As a result, Native American victims and their respective tribes should be entitled to some form of legal remedy by the federal government.

Native Americans, in general, represented a unique class of victims among …

The Parthenon, June 23, 2022, Tyler Spence, Connor Woodruff, Tyler Kennett, Evan Green, Shauntelle Thompson, Rafael Alfonso, Abby Hanlon, Alaina Laster, Isabella Robinson

The Parthenon

No abstract provided.

Using Movie Clips To Understand Vivid-Phrasal Idioms’ Meanings, Rasha Salem S. Alghamdi

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

With increased use of educational technology in second language acquisition, idiomatic language instruction has seen an increase in the use of educational technology as an instructional method. Second/foreign language (L2) idioms teaching methods have extended their pedagogical approaches to employ Computer Assisted language Learning (CALL) and/or Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) educational technologies such as games, online platforms, images, videos, movies, social media, and augmented reality. Recent Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research has begun to focus on the effect(s) different types of videos (YouTube, advertisements, TV shows, full movies, and movie clips) can have on learning a second language, English …

To Thine Own Self Be True, Renee A. O'Brien

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this self-study was to take an in-depth look at the development of the pedagogy of one teacher, myself, and to describe and explain how this style of teaching developed both from early familial influences and through experiences I have had throughout my career. This study focused specifically on my use of storytelling in the classroom and how my lessons, community building, language development, and maintaining student engagement are based on the culmination of those experiences. This study also looked at the impact these factors had on my persistence as a teacher and how using this type of …

Toxicity And Repellency Of Plant Extract And Termiticide Against Fungus Growing Subterranean Termites (Blattodea: Termitidae), Muhammad Shahid Nisar, Talha Nazir, Shah Zaman, Syed Ismat Hussain, Nasir Ahmad Khan, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Aslam, Wajad Nazeer, Muhammad Akhtar

Journal of Bioresource Management

Different methods such as physical, biological and chemical are used to manage soil fungus increasing termites. Synthetic insecticide plays a vital part in the management of termites. The pesticide used in big quantities causes phytotoxicity, mammalian toxicity and resistance to pesticides in target pests and insect outbreaks. Intensive pesticides exert chronic effects on living organisms with annoyance for beneficial insects. It also accompanied with environmental hazards and developed resistance. Plant leaves extracts provide a distinct variety of biochemical compounds with diverse prospective uses. Resistance development requires the discovery of fresh biological compounds with a wide spectrum of action. Plant leaves …

Lindenwood Digest, June 29, 2022, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

End Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

In Memoriam; Florida Historical Society Awards; The Florida Historical Society Archaeological Institute (FHSAI); Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society; "The Florida Historical Society Presents: Florida Frontiers": The Television Series; The Florida Historical Society 2017 Annual Meeting and Symposium; FHQ Website; Florida Historical Quarterly Podcasts; Florida Historical Quarterly Available on JSTOR; Florida Historical Quarterly on Facebook; Guidelines for Submissions to the Florida Historical Quarterly; Guidelines for e-FHQ Publication

Florida In Publications, 2016, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Jennings ed., The Rower Hunter and the People: William Bartram in the Native American Southeast. by Thomas Hallock; May, Slavery, Race and Conquest in the Tropics: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Future of Latin America. by Brian Loveman; Gleason and Lewis, The Civil War as Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings of the American Civil War. by Evan C. Rothera; Rucker, Mine Eyes Have Seen: Firsthand Reminiscences of the Civil War in West Florida. by Mark C. Curenton; Prince, Stories of the South: Race and the Reconstruction of Southern Identity, 1865-1915. by Edward O. Frantz; Epperson, Roads through the Everglades: The Building of …

Plant's Folly And Tampa's Treasure: Boosters And The Creation Of A Tampa Icon, Alena Pirok

Florida Historical Quarterly

After four years of construction and fanfare, the Tampa Bay Hotel opened its doors to northern tourists on February 11, 1891. Journalists on the scene reported that the hotel's builder, interior designer, owner, and all around mastermind, Henry B. Plant, had invited the people of Tampa, prospective hotel guests, and even rival businessmen to view his wondrous new resort.1 At its surface the building was a marvel to behold and quite a contrast to the collection of meager structures and rail lines that made up the "arid desert of sand" that was Tampa.2 Its fine red brick walls and wide …

End Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Florida Historical Society Archaeological Institute (FHSAI); Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society; "The Florida Historical Society Presents: Florida Frontiers": The Television Series; The Florida Historical Society 2017 Annual Meeting and Symposium; FHQ Website; Florida Historical Quarterly Podcasts; Florida Historical Quarterly Available on JSTOR; Florida Historical Quarterly on Facebook; Guidelines for Submissions to the Florida Historical Quarterly; Guidelines for e-FHQ Publication

"We Are Not Hired Help": The 1968 Statewide Florida Teacher Strike And The Formation Of Modern Florida, Jody Baxter Noll

Florida Historical Quarterly

During the spring of 2010, a debate over merit pay and tenure for teachers swept across Florida. While this was not a new debate, the introduction of Senate Bill 6 by the Republican led-legislature fanned the flames of discord between teachers and the state. Calling for a merit-based system of pay and teacher retention through standardized testing, as well as diminishing local school board autonomy, the bill directly conflicted with educators' demands for professional respect in a continuously besieged occupation. In passing the bill, the Legislature created an atmosphere of resistance among Florida's teachers who flooded the Governor's office with …

The Fractured American Dream: From Country Club Living To "Suburban Slum" In Latino Orlando, Simone P. Delerme

Florida Historical Quarterly

One evening in July of 2010, an Internet user who goes by "GinnyFavers" posted a question to the city-data.com forum: "I heard from someone that the Buena Ventura Lakes (BVL) subdivision was a majority to all Hispanic area. Just curious if that's really true? No negative implication intended! -Amanda."1 Twenty-two minutes later "Metrowester" responded. "Yes, BVL is a primarily Hispanic area. Landstar homes was heavily marketed in Puerto Rico several years ago."2 "Metrowester" continued, and spoke favorably about the Publix Sabor supermarket in the area with a deli that serves Cuban coffee, pastries, and roasted pork. He identified himself as …

End Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Florida Historical Society Archaeological Institute (FHSAI); Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society; "The Florida Historical Society Presents: Florida Frontiers": The Television Series; The Florida Historical Society 2017 Annual Meeting and Symposium; Florida Historical Quarterly Podcasts; Florida Historical Quarterly Available on JSTOR; Florida Historical Quarterly on Facebook; Guidelines for Submissions to the Florida Historical Quarterly; Guidelines for e-FHQ Publication

Web Information Seeking Behaviour Of Undergraduate Students Of Library And Information Studies At The University Of Zululand, Khulekani Maxwell Mnguni, Matsobane D. Kekana

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In the 21^st century, higher institutions of learning have completely transformed their teaching and learning by adopting the web and its related technologies due to the change of scenery in terms of information searching. Notably, the new generation of students is highly dependent on the internet for their academic and personal activities. However, the internet contains a vast array of information, and some of this information is not suitable for scholarly use. Thus it is crucial for new undergraduates to have the necessary competencies that will allow them to efficiently search and retrieve information online. Therefore, this transformation encouraged …

Contribución A La Conservación De La Orquídea Rodriguezia Granadensis (Lindl.) Rchb.F. En La Hacienda Betania (Fusagasugá, Colombia), Arlette Ivonne Gil Clavijo, Jenny Paola Moreno Lopez, Laguandio Del Cristo Banda Sánchez

Ciencias Agropecuarias

Esta cartilla, creada por el Grupo de Investigación PROSAFIS de la Universidad de Cundinamarca, presenta los resultados del proyecto Aproximación a la ecología de orquídeas nativas en el ecosistema hacienda Betania con proyección a su conservación, manejo y producción. Se destaca la orquídea Rodriguezia granadensis, adaptada a forofitos (phorophytes) de cítricos y guayabos, representando el 83,3 % de los individuos observados. Predominó la fase vegetativa (fenología) durante todo el período, con más floración y cápsulas en épocas lluviosas, sincronizando su fase reproductiva con el régimen de lluvias. En las raíces se encontró el hongo endófito (endophyte) Rhizoctonia en …

Language And Social Justice In Us Climate Movements: Barriers And Ways Forward, Julia Coombs Fine

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Climate movements increasingly conceptualize the climate crisis as an issue of social injustice, both in terms of its root causes and its present and future effects. Climate justice calls for participatory decision-making within climate movements, which, as communication scholars have pointed out, necessitates inclusive and accessible communicative practices. Within sociocultural linguistics, a growing body of research has explored sociolinguistic justice, or marginalized groups' struggle for self-determined language use. This analysis interweaves these two research areas, applying the theory of sociolinguistic justice to climate communication in organizing contexts. Drawing on 67 semi-structured interviews and 112 online surveys with climate activists from …

Cell Origin-Dependent Cooperativity Of Mutant Dnmt3a And Npm1 In Clonal Hematopoiesis And Myeloid Malignancy., Jennifer M Sanmiguel, Elizabeth Eudy, Matthew A Loberg, Linde A Miles, Timothy M Stearns, Jayna J Mistry, Michael J Rauh, Ross L Levine, Jennifer J. Trowbridge

Faculty Research 2022

In adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the acquisition of driver somatic mutations may be preceded by a benign state termed clonal hematopoiesis (CH). To develop therapeutic strategies to prevent leukemia development from CH, it is important to understand the mechanisms by which CH-driving and AML-driving mutations cooperate. Here, we use mice with inducible mutant alleles common in human CH (DNMT3AR882; mouse Dnmt3aR878H) and AML (NPM1c; mouse Npm1cA). We find that Dnmt3aR878H/+ hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), but not multipotent progenitor cell (MPP) subsets, have reduced cytokine expression and proinflammatory transcriptional signatures and a functional competitive advantage over their wild-type counterparts. Dnmt3aR878H/+ …

Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 125), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Electrochemical Sers Study Of Benzotriazole And 3-Mercapto-1-Propanesulfonate In Acidic Solution On Copper Electrode, Yin-Fei Shen, Yan-Li Chen, Sheng-Xu Wang, Ye Zhu, Wen-Chang Wang, Min-Xian Wu, Zhi-Dong Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

Since the development of acid copper plating technology, the role of additives is indispensable. In addition to the main salt copper sulfate and supporting electrolyte sulfuric acid, suppressors, accelerators, levelers and chlorine ions (Cl^-) are also required to be added into the plating solution. Appropriate additive system can have a significant impact on the coating or the plating solution, which can help improve the quality of the coating and increase the brightness of the coating. Through electrochemical measurement, vibrational spectroscopy, scanning probe microscopy, molecular dynamics simulation and other methods, researches have a deeper understanding in the adsorption configuration …

An Online Poetry Laboratory Project : Creation And Consumption Of Thai Digital Poetry, Natruethai Ployhirun, Trisilpa Boonkhachorn

Journal of Letters

This article is a part of a Ph.D. thesis titled “Digital Poetry in the Thai Social Context (2012 – 2021).” In terms of creating and reading literature, digital media is the new choice for Thai writers and readers. How will Thai poets and poetry be transferred to and created in these digital spaces? The project “Poetry on the Cloud” is an experimental laboratory aiming to open a space for creativity and poetry on online media by hosting 10 forums. This study found that digital poetry area and online poetry reading events are a new way for poets to quickly reach …

Granite Staters Think Nh Elections Are Trustworthy And Easy But Not So Sure About Rest Of U.S. 6/28/2022, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Most 2020 voters in New Hampshire say it was easy to vote and are very confident their vote was counted accurately. Likely 2022 voters are slightly less certain about their vote this November, particularly Republicans. Less than a quarter of Granite Staters think voter fraud is a serious problem in New Hampshire but nearly half, including nine in ten Republicans, think it is a serious problem in the country as a whole.

The Dark Annulus Of A Drop In A Hele-Shaw Cell Is Caused By The Refraction Of Light Through Its Meniscus, Sangjin Ryu, Haipeng Zhang, Carson Emeigh

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

Knowing the meniscus shape of confined drops is important for understanding how they make first contact and then coalesce. When imaged from the top view by brightfield microscopy, a liquid drop (e.g., corn syrup) confined in a Hele-Shaw cell, surrounded by immiscible liquid (e.g., mineral oil), had a dark annulus, and the width of the annulus decreased with increasing concentration of corn syrup. Since the difference in the annulus width was presumed to be related to the meniscus shape of the drops, three-dimensional images of the drops with different concentrations were obtained using confocal fluorescence microscopy, and their cross-sectional meniscus …

Commemorating The Past: Nebraska Museum Practices In Interpreting, Memorializing, And Mythologizing History, Carissa Dowden

Department of Geography: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Commemorative landscapes are spaces that have a symbolic meaning to a group of people and are often identified by a government or by a local community. These landscapes act as “symbolic conduits” to both express and legitimize interpretations of the past, though geographic interpretations are largely limited to the American South and Europe (Alderman and Dywer 2012). This research seeks to better understand landscapes of commemoration and memorialization in Nebraska, specifically how memories of the West and pioneers are constructed and represented within heritage and history institutions. Applying methods in geography, public history and digital humanities, this research considers both …

Ptrwox13a Promotes Wood Formation And Bioactive Gibberellins Biosynthesis In Populus Trichocarpa, Yang Zhang, Yingying Liu, Xueying Wang, Ruiqi Wang, Xuebing Chen, Shuang Wang, Hairong Wei, Zhigang Wei

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) genes are plant-specific transcription factors (TFs) involved in multiple processes of plant development. However, there have hitherto no studies on the WOX TFs involved in secondary cell wall (SCW) formation been reported. In this study, we identified a Populus trichocarpa WOX gene, PtrWOX13A, which was predominantly expressed in SCW, and then characterized its functions through generating PtrWOX13A overexpression poplar transgenic lines; these lines exhibited not only significantly enhanced growth potential, but also remarkably increased SCW thicknesses, fiber lengths, and lignin and hemicellulose contents. However, no obvious change in cellulose content was observed. We revealed that PtrWOX13A directly …

Technology Use By Registered Dietitians For Patient Care In An Outpatient Setting, Donika Emerllahu

Theses

Background Technology use in digital health tools has increased significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many in-office patient care services. Although healthcare practices have adopted several technologies, they remain surrounded by a saturated increase in consumer-based wearables and smartphone applications. As a result, attitudes and acceptability toward integrating these technologies for patient care are evolving. Digital health tools is an umbrella term including several technologies utilized among health care providers for the purpose of patient care. The inclusion of digital health tools by Registered Dietitian Nutritionists’ (RDNs) in practice provides a more robust and personalized approach to patients and their …

Classification Of Teleseismic Shear Wave Splitting Measurements: A Convolutional Neural Network Approach, Yanwei Zhang, Stephen S. Gao

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Shear wave splitting (SWS) analysis is widely used to provide critical constraints on crustal and mantle structure and dynamic models. In order to obtain reliable splitting measurements, an essential step is to visually verify all the measurements to reject problematic measurements, a task that is increasingly time consuming due to the exponential increase in the amount of data. In this study, we utilized a convolutional neural network (CNN) based method to automatically select reliable SWS measurements. The CNN was trained by human-verified teleseismic SWS measurements and tested using synthetic SWS measurements. Application of the trained CNN to broadband seismic data …