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Clemson Commencement Program, August 2012, Clemson University

Clemson Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, August 10, 2012, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The August 10, 2012, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

State V. Sacolick Appellant's Brief Dckt. 38848

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Bhangra And Brass: Red Baraat To Headline Free Inter-Art-Ive Party, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Billy Smith V. Usa

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Competition And Price Wars In The U.S. Brewing Industry, Jayendra Gokhale, Victor J. Tremblay

Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Information Sciences - Daytona Beach

The behavior of the macro or mass-production segment of the U.S. brewing industry appears to be paradoxical. Since the end of Prohibition in 1934, the number of independent brewer has continuously declined while the major national brewers, such as Anheuser-Busch, Miller, and Coors, have gained market share. In spite of this decline in the number of competitors, profits and market power have remained low in brewing. Iwasaki et al. (2008) explain this result by providing evidence that changes in marketing and production technologies favored larger brewers and forced the industry into a war of attrition, in which only a handful …

The Enhanced Pneumococcal Lamp Assay: A Clinical Tool For The Diagnosis Of Meningitis Due To Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Dong Wook Kim, Paul E. Kilgore, Eun Jin Kim, Soon Ae Kim, Dang Duc Anh, Bai Qing Dong, Jung Soo Kim, Mitsuko Seki

Department of Pharmacy Practice

Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of invasive bacterial disease in developed and developing countries. We studied the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technique to assess its suitability for detecting S. pneumoniae nucleic acid in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

Methodology/Principal Findings: We established an improved LAMP assay targeting the lytA gene (Streptococcus pneumoniae [Sp] LAMP). The analytical specificity of the primers was validated by using 32 reference strains (10 Streptococcus and seven non-Streptococcus species) plus 25 clinical alpha-hemolytic streptococcal strains, including four S. pneumoniae strains and 21 other strains (3 S. oralis, 17 S. mitis, and …

College Of Behavioral And Social Sciences News, Georgia Southern University

College of Behavioral & Social Sciences: News & Publications (2012-2022)

• Faculty Brass Quintet and Percussion ensemble performs at SAI national convention

Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities: News & Publications (2009-2023)

• Faculty Brass Quintet and Percussion ensemble performs at SAI national convention

The Crispr/Cas Adaptive Immune System Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Mediates Resistance To Naturally Occurring And Engineered Phages, Kyle C. Cady, Joe Bondy-Denomy, Gary E. Heussler, Alan R. Davidson, George A. O'Toole

Dartmouth Scholarship

Here we report the isolation of 6 temperate bacteriophages (phages) that are prevented from replicating within the laboratory strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 by the endogenous CRISPR/Cas system of this microbe. These phages are only the second identified group of naturally occurring phages demonstrated to be blocked for replication by a nonengineered CRISPR/Cas system, and our results provide the first evidence that the P. aeruginosa type I-F CRISPR/Cas system can function in phage resistance. Previous studies have highlighted the importance of the protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) and a proximal 8-nucleotide seed sequence in mediating CRISPR/Cas-based immunity. Through engineering of a protospacer …

Low-Income Engineering Students: Considering Financial Aid And Differential Tuition, Casey E. George-Jackson, Blanca Rincon, Mariana G. Martinez

Journal of Student Financial Aid

This paper explores the relationship between tuition differentials and low-income students in Engineering fields at two public, research intensive universities. Although current reports indicate the need for increased participation within the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, rising tuition prices at the university and program levels may deter low-income students to enroll and persist within STEM, specifically Engineering. The findings reveal that increased costs due to tuition differentials policies are initially offset by financial aid, but over time costs increase, particularly for low-income students. The results highlight the need for comprehensive, time-sensitive financial aid packages that provide students opportunities …

Should I Work Or Should I Borrow? Counterfactual Analysis On The Effect Of Working While Enrolled And Debt On Baccalaureate Completion, Pilar Mendoza

Journal of Student Financial Aid

Using the 2007-2008 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, this study tested positively the hypothesis that college students are either likely to acquire debt above the national median or work more than 30 hours a week in order to graduate from a four year degree within six years. These results resonate with the theory of academic capitalism, in which higher education has become a private good that students have to purchase despite governmental programs to provide students with financial aid in the form of grants. This finding has important implications for college affordability.

Biochemical Evaluation Of Srh Analogs As Potential Luxs Inhibitors, Richa Gupta

Master's Theses

Quorum sensing in bacteria is a process of cell-to-cell communication facilitated by small molecules called autoinducers. Interspecies quorum sensing is facilitated by the autoinducer AI-2. The enzyme LuxS catalyzes the formation of AI-2 from S-ribosyl homocysteine (SRH) in a wide variety of bacterial species. Inhibition of LuxS would therefore inhibit interspecies quorum sensing. The goal of this project is to establish biochemical assays for the evaluation of small molecules as potential LuxS inhibitors. The first assay is a conventional colorimetric assay that utilizes Ellman’s reagent to quantify the homocysteine byproduct of DPD production by LuxS. For this assay purified …

Modeling Of Power Semiconductor Devices, Tanya Kirilova Gachovska

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

One of the requirements for choosing a proper power electronic device for a converter is that it must possess a low specific on-resistance. The specific on-resistance of a bipolar device is related to the base width and doping concentration of the lightly doped drift region. This means that the doping concentration and the width of the low-doped base region in a bipolar device must be carefully considered to achieve a desired avalanche breakdown voltage and on-resistance. In order to determine the technological parameters of a semiconductor device, a one dimensional analysis is used to calculate the minimum depletion layer width, …

Layer Parallel Shortening: A Mechanism Used To Determine The Sequence Of Deformation Of The Little Water Syncline In The Tendoy Mountains, Southwestern Montana., Kera Ann Judy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The Little Water syncline is a complex structural feature within the Tendoy thrust sheet which formed during two temporally overlapping deformational episodes during the Late Cretaceous. The NNW-trending Four Eyes Canyon thrust and the structurally lower Tendoy thrust are associated with NE-SW-shortening related to the Cordilleran (Sevier-style) fold-thrust belt. The Tendoy thrust forms the structural front of the Cordilleran fold-thrust belt in southwestern Montana and its detached, NNW-trending overturned limb (of the Little Water syncline) was over-ridden by the Four Eyes Canyon thrust. Earlier research primarily used stratigraphic evidence coupled with geometric interpretations to suggest that: 1) clasts found in …

Priyev V. Google, United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Illinois

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Microbial Diversity By Amplicon Pyrosequencing, Ryan Legge

Department of Food Science and Technology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Microorganisms numerically dominate terrestrial biodiversity, and play important biochemical and geochemical roles in the environments they inhabit. To understand structure and function of complex ecosystems, it is essential to identify primary drivers of microbial diversity and community structure. Historically, the study of microbial ecology was reductive, limited to microbes able to be cultured and enumerated. Microbes meeting this criterion were thought to comprise the dominating members of the environments they were isolated from, however, estimates suggesting up to 99% of the endogenous species are uncultivable with existing methodologies; a concept that reflects experimental failure, rather than a verifiable conclusion. Therefore …

Ecuadoran Government Will Modify Laws To Favor Mining, Luis ÁNgel Saavedra

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Brazil Plans To Expand Defense Industry, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Sharing Science: A Study On The Effects Of Informal Science Education Outreach With Elementary Students, Martha Jo Vargas, Diane L. Marshall, Teresa E. Sheldahl

Biology ETDs

Science education reform has prompted scientists, engineers, and politicians alike to act on the growing need for improved educational programs in the STEM fields. Informal science programs that provide an educational experience outside of a traditional classroom and involve students on real-life and hands-on experiments are among these initiatives. It is hypothesized that informal science programs may increase students interest and performance in science and related subjects. Here we evaluate this by assessing the impacts of one such program, the Junior Scientist Outreach Program (JSOP), a weeklong, free-of-cost camp with fourth and fifth grade students in a predominately Hispanic/Latino community …

Ecuadoran Government Will Modify Laws To Favor Mining, Luis Ángel Saavedra

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

It has become customary for large transnational mining companies to pressure governments to modify national legislation to suit company interests. However, this was not expected to happen in Ecuador since its Constitution specifically protects the rights of nature and is very clear on the control the state must have of extractive activities as well as on the state's share of earnings from this industry. This is to the dismay of environmental and human rights organizations, who view the policy reforms as unconstitutional.

Implications For The Origin Of Grb 051103 From Ligo Observations, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, R. Abbott, M. Abernathy, C. Adams, R. Adhikari, C. Affeldt, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. S. Allen, E. Amador Ceron, D. Amariutei, R. S. Amin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, K. Arai, M. A. Arain, M. C. Araya, S. M. Aston, D. Atkinson, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, B. E. Aylott, S. Babak, P. Baker, S. Ballmer, D. Barker, S. Barnum, B. Barr, P. Barriga, Tiffany Z. Summerscales

Faculty Publications

We present the results of a LIGO search for gravitational waves (GWs) associated with GRB 051103, a short-duration hard-spectrum gamma-ray burst (GRB) whose electromagnetically determined sky position is coincident with the spiral galaxy M81, which is 3.6Mpc from Earth. Possible progenitors for short-hard GRBs include compact object mergers and soft gamma repeater (SGR) giant flares. A merger progenitor would produce a characteristic GW signal that should be detectable at a distance of M81, while GW emission from an SGR is not expected to be detectable at that distance. We found no evidence of a GW signal associated with GRB 051103. …

Reality Testing For Elder Law Attorneys, Steven C. Fox

Marquette Elder's Advisor

No abstract provided.

Elder Law, Jane M.R. Mulcahy

Marquette Elder's Advisor

No abstract provided.

Web Site Review: Elderlawanswers.Com Provides Services To Attorneys And Seniors, Kathryn Hensiak

Marquette Elder's Advisor

No abstract provided.

State Older-Driver Relicensing: Conflicts, Chaos, And The Search For Policy Consensus, Meridith J. Coley, Joseph F. Coughlin

Marquette Elder's Advisor

No abstract provided.

Elderlaw: The Top Ten Social Security Questions, Andy Landis

Marquette Elder's Advisor

No abstract provided.

Tax Rules Relating To The Sale Of A Principal Residence, Bradley Frigon

Marquette Elder's Advisor

No abstract provided.

Special Needs Trusts:Planning Vehicles That Have Come Of Age, John Staunton, Leo J. Govoni

Marquette Elder's Advisor

No abstract provided.

Education And Estate Planning, William Josh Ard

Marquette Elder's Advisor

No abstract provided.