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Generation Of Dual-Grna Library For Combinatorial Crispr Screening Of Synthetic Lethal Gene Pairs, Shan Tang, Xue Wu, Jinghui Liu, Qiongsi Zhang, Xinyi Wang, Shuai Shao, Birkan Gokbag, Kunjie Fan, Xiaoqi Liu, Fuhai Li, Lijun Cheng, Lang Li

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Combinatorial CRISPR screening is useful for investigating synthetic lethality (SL) gene pairs. Here, we detail the steps for dual-gRNA library construction, with the introduction of two backbones, LentiGuide_DKO and LentiCRISPR_DKO. We describe steps for

A Protocol To Induce Systemic Autophagy And Increase Energy Metabolism In Mice Using Pegylated Arginine Deiminase, Yiming Zhang, Brian J. Debosch

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Obesity is a prevalent metabolic disorder worldwide. Here, we describe a comprehensive protocol using pegylated arginine deiminase (ADI-EPG 20) to apply the concept that arginine depletion induces systemic autophagy to drive whole-body energy metabolism and weight loss in mice. We detail the steps for cohort setup, mouse husbandry, and treatment and provide expected results under these conditions. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Zhang et al. (2022a, 2022b).

Yin And Yang Of Cannabinoid Cb1 Receptor: Cb1 Deletion In Immune Cells Causes Exacerbation While Deletion In Non-Immune Cells Attenuates Obesity, Kathryn Miranda, William Becker, Philip B. Busbee, Nicholas Dopkins, Osama A. Abdulla, Yin Zhong, Jiajia Zhang Ph.D., Mitzi Nagarkatti, Prakash S. Nagarkatti

Faculty Publications

While blockade of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) has been shown to attenuate diet-induced obesity (DIO), its relative role in different cell types has not been tested. The current study investigated the role of CB1 in immune vs non-immune cells during DIO by generating radiation-induced bone marrow chimeric mice that expressed functional CB1 in all cells except the immune cells or expressed CB1 only in immune cells. CB1^-/- recipient hosts were resistant to DIO, indicating that CB1 in non-immune cells is necessary for induction of DIO. Interestingly, chimeras with CB1^-/- in immune cells showed exacerbation in DIO combined with …

How Digital Is Agriculture In A Subset Of Countries From South America? Adoption And Limitations, Laila A. Puntel, É. L. Bolfe, R. J. M. Melchiori, R. Ortega, G. Tiscornia, A. Roel, F. Scaramuzza, S. Best, A. G. Berger, D. S. S. Hansel, D. Palacios Durán, G. R. Balboa

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Digital agriculture (DA) can contribute solutions to meet an increase in healthy, nutritious, and affordable food demands in an efficient and sustainable way. South America (SA) is one of the main grain and protein producers in the world but the status of DA in the region is unknown. A systematic review and case studies from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile were conducted to address the following objectives: (1) quantify adoption of existing DA technologies, (2) identify limitations for DA adoption; and (3) summarise existing metrics to benchmark DA benefits. Level of DA adoption was led by Brazil and Argentina followed …

A Tailored Approach: A Model For Literature Searching In Complex Systematic Reviews, Chris Cooper, Andrew Booth, Kerryn Husk, Rebecca Lovell, Julia Frost, Ute Schauberger, Nicky Britten, Ruth Garside

Peninsula Medical School

Our previous work identified that nine leading guidance documents for seven different types of systematic review advocated the same process of literature searching. We defined and illustrated this process and we named it ?the Conventional Approach?. The Conventional Approach appears to meet the needs of researchers undertaking literature searches for systematic reviews of clinical interventions. In this article, we report a new and alternate process model of literature searching called ?A Tailored Approach?. A Tailored Approach is indicated as a search process for complex reviews which do not focus on the evaluation of clinical interventions. The aims of this article …

Method For Recognizing And Removing Unwanted Marks From Scanned Documents Images Using Specialized Image Classifiers, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

We describe a method for identifying undesirable items in a camera-captured document that should be removed (e. g., one or more fingers holding the document, coffee stains, smudges on paper, etc.) during the process of automatically retouching and enhancing the image of the captured document. In the proposed system, an image processing system is responsible for identifying regions of interest within an image, which are then sent to an image classification module for further recognition and possible removal. This module may be a Machine Learning-based classifier, and is responsible for accurately identifying if a removable object is contained within the …

Newspaper Clippings And Supporting Material - John Lomax's Visit To The United States-Mexican Border

Rene Torres Collection - Publications

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Generalizations Of Commutativity In Dihedral Groups, Noah A. Heckenlively

Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal

The probability that two elements commute in a non-Abelian finite group is at most 5 8 . We prove several generalizations of this result for dihedral groups. In particular, we give specific values for the probability that a product of an arbitrary number of dihedral group elements is equal to its reverse, and also for the probability that a product of three elements is equal to a permutation of itself or to a cyclic permutation of itself. We also show that for any r and n, there exists a dihedral group such that the probability that a product of n …

On The Linear Independence Of Finite Gabor And Wavelet Systems, Abdelkrim Bourouihiya

Mathematics Colloquium Series

Gabor and Wavelet Systems are some of the most important families of integrable functions with great potential in applications. Those applications include numerical analysis, signal processing (sound, images), and many other areas of physics and engineering. In this talk, we will present some partial results on a conjecture that states each finite Gabor system is linearly independent. We will also present cases of linearly independent and cases of linearly dependent finite wavelet systems.

Poems, Kelly Morse

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Three poems:

• “Snow Sowing”
• “When I Say ‘Geoengineering’ You Say ‘What?'”
• "A Lyft Driver Dreams of Home”

Territory, J. R. Léveillé

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

From Sûtra. Éditions du Blé, 2013. (Translated by Katia Grubisic)

Architectonics, Catherine Fletcher

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Catherine Fletcher.

I & Ii, Virginia Psemapeo Bordeleau

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Two poems by Virginia Psemapeo Bordeleau. From Je te veux vivant. Éditions du Quartz, 2016. (Translated by Katia Grubisic)

These poems are a tribute to my son, who passed away in 2012.

Rest Stop #9 And Rest Stop #10, Gabriel Robichaud

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Two poems by Gabriel Robichaud from Acadie Road. Éditions Perce-Neige, 2018. (Translation Katia Grubisic)

Photographs, Talor Stone

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Three photographs of Greenland: an icefiord, village house in Sisimiut, and church in Ilulissat.

Artist's Corner, Josée Landry Sirois

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Two artworks: Les forces de la nature and Voir l’intuition

Author Interview With Novelist Esther Laforce, Esther Laforce

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Novelist's Corner:

Author Interview with novelist Esther Laforce, author of: In the Early Days of the Anthropocene (Aux premiers temps de l’Anthropocène). Ottawa, CA: Leméac Editeur, 2018

Clothing Autonomy, Audrée Wilhelmy

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

(Translated by Lucas Zabotin)

The Spruce Tree Metaphor, Mélanie Loisel

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Translated by Peter Schulman.

Includes photo of spruce tree.

Fighting The Slow Agony Of The World, Émilise Lessard-Therrien

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

The author is the mother of Solène and deputy with Québec Solidaire in Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue at the Québec National Assembly.

Translated by Lucas Zabotin.

The Great Round Table: Writing The Land, Isabelle Courteau, Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui, Jean Sioui, J. R. Léveillé, Rénée Olander, Peter Schulman, Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Transcript from discussion at Olivieri bookstore in Montreal on June 1, 2018. Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui moderated the discussion.

Isabelle Courteau, Director of La Maison de la Poésie de Montréal, provided an introduction. Translated by Peter Schulman.

Mass Tourism And The Arctic: The Impacts Of Globalization On Peripheral Communities, Talor Stone

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[First paragraph of Introduction] In the last 20 years, the number of tourists venturing into remote parts of the Arctic has increased dramatically. This rapid growth has shifted the region from a niche expedition destination reserved for hardy explorers to a popular bucket list item luring tourists with the promise of an exotic adventure to be experienced en masse. Although the phenomenon of mass tourism in the Arctic is relatively new, it fits into broader themes of globalization in which today far more people are aware of distant places, interested in global travel, and are able to afford both the …

Writing On Occupied Land, Joëlle Papillon

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[First paragraph] Reading Indigenous poets such as Joséphine Bacon (Innu) and Jean Sioui (Wendat), one is struck by how marvel before “nature” is intertwined with loss and mourning. The experience of loss derives from the interrelated ills of territorial dispossession and environmental destruction caused by settlers’ violent relationship to the land. When reading their verse, we are reminded that today’s Indigenous poets are writing on occupied land. All of us on Turtle Island are writing on occupied land, of course, but it remains easy for settlers to delude ourselves into thinking the land is either everyone’s or rightfully ours. We …

Unearthing Montreal’S Past In Hochelaga, Terre Des Âmes, Marla Epp

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

[First paragraph] In his 2017 film, Hochelaga, terre des âmes (Hochelaga, Land of Souls), Québécois filmmaker François Girard delves into the complex history of Montreal. When a sinkhole appears in a football stadium, the site becomes an archaeological dig, led by a Mohawk graduate student at the Université de Montréal. The film tracks the progress of the dig, unearthing layers of history and revealing the stories of the generations of people who lived on the land, including the Indigenous peoples who lived there first.1

Editors’ Note, Peter Schulman, Josh A. Weinstein

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Editors' note to volume 3 of Green Humanities (2021).

Cover: Green Humanities, Vol. 3, 2021

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Cover image, including masthead and editorial board, for volume 3 of Green Humanities (2021).

Aircraft And Field Study / Search Field, Laura-Gray Street

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Two poems by Laura-Gray Street.

What I Ate At The Zombie Apocalypse, Anthony Lioi

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Anthony Lioi.

Dakota Zea Mays Popcorn Seed Packet, Tricia Knoll

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Tricia Knoll.

Home/Practice, Eric Magrane

Green Humanities: A Journal of Ecological Thought in Literature, Philosophy & the Arts

Poem by Eric Magrane.