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Staff Council Executive Committee Meeting, 8/7/2012, Unm Staff Council

UNM Staff Council

No abstract provided.

Modeling Environmental Contamination Of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria In Hospitals, Lei Wang

Open Access Dissertations

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body. It is tougher to treat than most strains of Staphylococcus aureus or staph, because it is resistant to some commonly used antibiotics. In this work, we investigate the role of environmental contamination on the clinical epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals. A compartmental model is constructed to describe the transmission characteristics of MRSA in hospital setting. The deterministic epidemic model includes five compartments: colonized and uncolonized patients, contaminated and uncontamincated health care workers (HCWs), and bacterial load in environment. Basic reproduction number R0 is …

Active Induction Of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis By Mog35-55 Peptide Immunization Is Associated With Differential Responses In Separate Compartments Of The Choroid Plexus, Nivetha Murugesan, Debayon Paul, Yen Lemire, Bandana Shrestha, Shujun Ge, Joel S. Pachter

UCHC Articles - Research

Background

There is increasing awareness that, aside from producing cerebrospinal fluid, the choroid plexus (CP) might be a key regulator of immune activity in the central nervous system (CNS) during neuroinflammation. Specifically, the CP has recently been posited to control entry of sentinel T cells into the uninflamed CNS during the early stages of neuroinflammatory diseases, like multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal model experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). As the CP is compartmentalized into a stromal core containing fenestrated capillaries devoid of typical blood–brain barrier properties, surrounded by a tight junction-expressing choroidal epithelium, each of these compartments might mount unique …

Modeling Sleep Fragmentation In Populations Of Sleep Hypnograms, Bruce J. Swihart, Naresh M. Punjabi, Ciprian M. Crainiceanu

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

We introduce methods for the analysis of large populations of sleep architectures (hypnograms) that respect the 5-state 20-transition-type structure defined by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. By applying these methods to the hypnograms of 5598 subjects from the Sleep Heart Health Study we: 1) provide the firrst analysis of sleep hypnogram data of such size and complexity in a community cohort with a 4-level comorbidity; 2) compare 5-state 20-transition-type sleep to 3-state 6-transition-type sleep for a check of feasibility and information-loss; 3) extend current approaches to multivariate survival data analysis to populations of time-to-transition processes; and 4) provide scalable …

Variable Integrated Analog Resistor, Kristy A. Campbell

Boise State Patents

The invention relates to the use of chalcogenide devices exhibiting negative differential resistance in integrated circuits as programmable variable resistor components. The present invention is a continuously variable integrated analog resistor made of a chalcogenide material, such as a GeSeAg alloy. Continuously variable resistor states are obtained in the material via application of an electrical pulse to it. The pulse sequence, duration and applied potential determine the value of the resistance state obtained.

08-07-2012 Workshop To Explain Transportation Contracting Opportunities, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) Supportive Services Division is sponsoring a free workshop to recruit Oklahoma heavy construction firms interested in working on federally funded projects.

Ndls Update 08/07/2012, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Update

No abstract provided.

Carnival, Jason Bredle

University of Akron Press Publications

Jason Bredle's poems approach the world like a haunted cat approaches a glacier, curious and itchy with strangeness. In Carnival, he skates paratactically between states of being: levity, heart-holes, licks of darkness, lovesickness and werewolfishness. Bredle's gift as a poet is to traverse and re-traverse one looking glass in ten different moods. When he goes through it, we are taken. -Melissa Broder

Methods And Compositions For An Integrated Dual Site-Specific Recombination System For Producing Environmentally Safe And Clean Transgenic Plants, Hong Luo

Clemson Patents

The present invention is directed to the use of multiple site-specific recombination systems for use in transgene containment in plants. More specifically, the present invention describes coordinated excisional DNA recombination by multiple (e.g., dual) recombinases to achieve excision of unwanted transgenic DNA as well as recombinase-coding sequences themselves by self-excision. Further, the simultaneous use of multiple site-specific recombination systems in combination with controllable total sterility technology (i.e., no or reduced sexual reproduction), provides the production of environmentally safe, clean transgenic plants, enhancing the capability and public acceptance of transgenic technology for plant trait modification.

Contact Sensors And Methods For Making Same, Andrew C. Clark

Clemson Patents

The present invention is directed to novel contact sensors. The contact sensors of the invention include a conductive composite material formed of a polymer and a conductive filler. In one particular embodiment, the composite materials can include less than about 10 wt % conductive filler. Thus, the composite material of the contact sensors can have physical characteristics essentially identical to the polymer, while being electrically conductive with the electrical resistance proportional to the load on the sensor. If desired, the sensors can be formed of the same polymeric material as the bearing that is being examined. The sensors can provide …

A Phase I Bayesian Adaptive Design To Simultaneously Optimize Dose And Schedule Assignments Both Among And Within Patients, Thomas M. Braun, Jin Zhang

The University of Michigan Department of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

In traditional schedule or dose-schedule finding designs, patients are assumed to receive their assigned dose-schedule combination throughout the trial even though the combination may be found to have an undesirable toxicity profile, which contradicts actual clinical practice. Since no systematic approach exists to optimize intra-patient dose-schedule as- signment, we propose a Phase I clinical trial design that extends existing approaches that optimize dose and schedule solely among patients by incorporating adaptive variations to dose-schedule assignments within patients as the study proceeds. Our design is based on a Bayesian non-mixture cure rate model that incorporates multiple administrations each patient receives with …

2012 August 7 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University

Medical Student Education Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Hines, Duncan, 1880-1959 (Mss 410), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 410. Materials relating to Duncan Hines and the marketing of the “Duncan Hines” brand of food products. Includes obituary notices for Duncan Hines, ice cream franchise agreement, stock certificate books for related companies, and a study on marketing the brand to consumers, especially women.

State V. Thomas Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39374

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Cac Corner: Robin Savage- Traveling The Trax, Center For Persons With Disabilities

Blog Posts

No abstract provided.

08/07/2012 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 08/07/2012. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

U.S. Drought Monitor, August 7, 2012, Mark D. Svoboda

United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive

Drought map of U.S. for August 7, 2012 (8/7/2012) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle.

Waliyyuddin Abdullah V. Thomas Jefferson Univ Hosp

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Harry Parikh V. Ups

2012 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Sanders V. Board Of Trustees Clerk's Record Dckt. 40013

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Pairwise Protein Expression Classifier For Candidate Biomarker Discovery For Early Detection Of Human Disease Prognosis, Parminder Kaur, Daniela Schlatzer, Kenneth Cooke, Mark R. Chance

Faculty Scholarship

Background: An approach to molecular classification based on the comparative expression of protein pairs is presented. The method overcomes some of the present limitations in using peptide intensity data for class prediction for problems such as the detection of a disease, disease prognosis, or for predicting treatment response. Data analysis is particularly challenging in these situations due to sample size (typically tens) being much smaller than the large number of peptides (typically thousands). Methods based upon high dimensional statistical models, machine learning or other complex classifiers generate decisions which may be very accurate but can be complex and difficult to …

First Year Of Hiv Testing In Uab Ed Helps Reduce The Spread Of Virus, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Faculty From Uab, Zambia And Malawi Collaborate, Tyler Greer

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Accountability And Evidence-Based Approaches: Theory And Research For Juvenile Justice, David Myers

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

As part of the ‘accountability movement’ in juvenile justice, policy-makers, funding agencies, and the general public have called for greater accountability from agencies and organizations involved with youthful offenders. Within this context, performance measurement and monitoring, and use of evidence-based programs and practices, have emerged as recommended aspects of juvenile justice system operations nationwide. Little is known empirically, however, about the actual performance of juvenile justice systems or the real changes brought by contemporary reforms, and theory and research on the implementation and sustainability of evidence-based approaches have been slow to emerge. This paper will review the key aspects of …

The Effect Of The "20 Word Chant" On Student Sight Word Recall, Janine Chong

Theses and Dissertations

This study was done to examine the effect of the 20 Word Chant on student's ability to recall sight words. The participants were from various backgrounds, ability levels, disabilities. The students were exposed to two presentation formats. The 20 Word Chant was added to the daily routine as well as the daily flash card drill. The class was split into two groups and was exposed to both models. The students were given a one-on-one sight word fluency pre and post test. When looking at individual responses to each intervention, most students increased their sight word knowledge. Overall, when using the …

Alumnus Wins First Gold Of 2012 Summer Olympics, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Arts & Humanities News, Georgia Southern University

Arts & Humanities News

• Theatre program to host second Play Slam event

08-07-2012 Swosu Announces 2012 Summer Honor Rolls, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford has announced both the President’s and Dean’s Honor Rolls for the 2012 summer semester.

Flow Valve Diagnostics For Label-Free, Quantitative Biomarker Detection: Device Fabrication, Surface Modification, And Testing, Danielle Scarlet Mansfield

Theses and Dissertations

Diseases are often diagnosed by detection of disease-specific biomarkers in fluid samples. However, many state-of-the-art detection methods require a lab with complex machinery, trained operators, and/or lengthy analysis time. In contrast, point-of-care (POC) devices are brought to the patient's location, they are easy to use, and results are obtained almost immediately. Many current POC devices are too difficult to be used without a skilled assistant, and although many are able to detect analytes above a threshold value, they give little or no quantitative information. This work presents the development of polymer-based microfluidic devices capable of sensing and quantifying biomarkers in …

Gwu Graduate Surprised By Military Sons During Ceremony, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Dolly Wilson is accustomed to a long-distance relationship with her two adult sons. Both men have served in the U.S. Air Force for a combined 23 years (and most recently overseas). Wilson had already made peace with the fact that her sons would not be able to attend her graduation ceremony, held Monday afternoon on the campus of Gardner-Webb University.

Youtube: Gardner-Webb Graduate Dolly Wilson's Surprise Reunion