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Lindenwood Digest, August 24, 2022, Lindenwood University

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Hallmarks Of Abusive Transactions And The Role Of Economic Substance: Comments On Modernizing And Strengthening The General Anti-Avoidance Rule Consultation Paper, Jinyan Li

All Papers

I support the initiative to revisit the GAAR for purposes of making it more effective. I find the Modernizing and Strengthening the General Anti-Avoidance Rule Consultation Paper (“GAAR Consultation Paper”) helpful in providing some background and context for diagnosing the issues and setting out some proposed solutions. I appreciate the opportunity to offer some comments on two specific questions raised in the Consultation Paper:

(a) How to clarify the object, spirit and purpose of provisions of the Act?

(b) What is the role of economic substance in strengthening the GAAR?

Daily Eastern News: August 24, 2022, Eastern Illinois University

August

No abstract provided.

Modeling Solvent Extraction Of Lignin From Hardwoods, Su Pan

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

This study interprets the observed behavior of solvent extraction of lignin from hardwoods by adapting the framework of the FLASHCHAIN theory (Niksa and Kerstein, 1991; Niksa, 2017). A constitution submodel specifies distributions of molecular weight and reactive sites for native lignin. The model simulates delignification as depolymerization of lignin macromolecules into fragments small enough to be soluble. This process competes with intrachain condensation that consumes labile bridges without forming new fragments, and with recombination that forms larger chains and inhibits further depolymerization. After the soluble fragments are transported from the particle into the bulk solvent, all chemistry continues as long …

2021 Second Quarter Laboratory Edd, Environmental Protection Agency, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Electronic Data Wssou For Dsr, Environmental Protection Agency, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, August 24, 2022, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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Characterizing A Muc4-Based Nanovaccine And Enhancing Its Efficacy By Targeting The Endothelin Axis, Mansi Gulati

Theses & Dissertations

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a lethal malignancy claiming over 49000 lives in the US in 2022. It is established as an immunosuppressive tumor that assists tumor pathogenesis and is associated with poor response to chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is hampered by lack of neoantigens, upregulation of checkpoint molecules and obstructive stroma. PC is characterized by aberrant upregulation of mucins, and MUC4 is one of the differentially overexpressed mucins. Due to its overexpression and functional involvement in pathobiology, MUC4 has emerged as a promising therapeutic target. However, the excessive fibrosis and immunosuppression in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment (TME) are challenges …

Role Of Nucleobindin-2/Nesfatin-1 In The Regulation Of Energetic Status And Maternal Mouthbrooding In The Cichlid Fish, Astatotilapia Burtoni, Saachi Chugh

LSU Master's Theses

Feeding and energetics are fundamental processes in all species that must also be balanced with reproductive investment. The peptide hormone nesfatin-1 is encoded by the nucleobindin-2(nucb2) gene and has recently emerged as a key player involved in both feeding and reproduction across vertebrates. How nesfatin-1 might help regulate trade-offs between feeding and reproduction, however, are relatively unexplored. The female cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoniis an ideal system to examine the role of nesfatin-1 in regulating metabolic and reproductive functions because this species cycles between a gravid feeding state while preparing to mate, followed by a forced starvation …

Research On Design And Creation In Architecture And Engineering, Shannon M. Chance, Mike Mimirinis, Inês Direito

Research Outputs: 2025-Present

No abstract provided.

Russell Sage Foundation Selects Um Professor As Visiting Scholar, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Sociologist James Thomas will do one-year residency in New York City

Um To Dedicate Ole Miss Student Union Name, Present Concerto Award, Tina H. Hahn

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Identifying Successes And Barriers In A Child Advocacy Center: An Examination Of Five Service Areas, Amber Krushas, Teresa C. Kulig, Emily M. Wright, Ryan E. Spohn, Lynn Castrianno

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Despite widespread support for coordinated responses to child maltreatment, little research examines the successes and barriers faced by child advocacy centers (CACs). The current study examines perspectives on program operations within a large CAC in the Midwest across 14 focus groups, including both internal CAC staff (N =32) and external agency partners (N = 37). Universal successes and barriers were identified across all service areas. Still, the findings indicate a need to also consider the unique factors affecting each service area. The importance of these findings is discussed for those working in arenas that provide services to youth and families …

Testicular Adrenal Rest Tumors In A Patient With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Su-Yuan Yu Bs, Kelly Freed Md

Department of Radiology & Diagnostic Medical Imaging

No abstract provided.

From Free-Energy Profiles To Activation Free Energies, Johannes C. Dietschreit, Dennis J. Diestler, Andreas Hulm, Christian Ochsenfeld, Rafael Gómez-Bombarelli

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Given a chemical reaction going from reactant (R) to the product (P) on a potential energy surface (PES) and a collective variable (CV) discriminating between R and P, we define the free-energy profile (FEP) as the logarithm of the marginal Boltzmann distribution of the CV. This FEP is not a true free energy. Nevertheless, it is common to treat the FEP as the “free-energy” analog of the minimum potential energy path and to take the activation free energy, ΔF‡ _RP, as the difference between the maximum at the transition state and the minimum at R. We show that this …

An Artificial Intelligence-Based Noninvasive Solution To Estimate Pulmonary Artery Pressure, Jianwei Zheng, Islam Abudayyeh, Georgi Mladenov, Daniele Struppa, Guohua Fu, Huimin Chu, Cyril Rakovski

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

Aims: Design to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to accurately predict the pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) waveform using non-invasive signal inputs.

Methods and results: We randomly sampled training, validation, and testing datasets from a waveform database containing 180 patients with pulmonary atrial catheters (PACs) placed for PAP waves collection. The waveform database consisted of six hemodynamic parameters from bedside monitoring machines, including PAP, artery blood pressure (ABP), central venous pressure (CVP), respiration waveform (RESP), photoplethysmogram (PPG), and electrocardiogram (ECG). We trained a Residual Convolutional Network using a training dataset containing 144 (80%) patients, tuned learning parameters using a validation …

Swap: El Enigmatico Acuerdo De Intercambio De Monedas Con China, Paula Urien

Documents

No abstract provided.

2022 Fall Academic Convocation, William M. Downs

President William Downs Speeches

Good morning, everyone. It is really, really good to see you all.

I’m excited that we are here. I’m grateful that we are together. I hope you had a good first week of classes, and I hope you’re ready for a strong and successful semester.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am eager to see all that we can accomplish during the academic year ahead, and I just want to spend a few minutes this morning encouraging you to make the most of the opportunities that await you.

2022 Fall Academic Convocation, Gardner-Webb University

President William Downs' Blog

Good morning, everyone. It is really, really good to see you all.

I’m excited that we are here.

I’m grateful that we are together. I hope you had a good first week of classes, and I hope you’re ready for a strong and successful semester. Ladies and gentlemen, I am eager to see all that we can accomplish during the academic year ahead, and I just want to spend a few minutes this morning encouraging you to make the most of the opportunities that await you.

Start Where The Social Worker Is: Social Workers’ Perceptions Of Clinical Licensure In Nebraska, Susan Reay, Henry J. D'Souza, Kris D. Tevis, Avery H. Fleck

Social Work Faculty Publications

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the perceptions of clinical social workers compared to other mental health professionals (OMHPs). Methods: This exploratory survey research evaluates the perceptions of clinical licensure from social workers (N = 519) and OMHPs (N = 624) in a midwestern state. Results: The results indicate that most respondents believe that universities should be evaluated based on whether students pass licensing exams, and that faculty should be licensed. Many social workers feel ill-prepared to take a licensing exam. There are significant differences between social workers and OMHP in several areas. Additionally, differences are distinct between …

Haydn’S Schemata And Hexachords: Two Analytical Case Studies, Gilad Rabinovitch

HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America

Two analytical case studies, from Haydn’s minuet al roverso (from the Symphony Hob. I: 47) and the opening movement of the String Quartet Op. 50, no. 6, show the interaction of galant schemata (Gjerdingen 2007) and the hexachordal solmization of the solfeggio tradition (Baragwanath 2020). Haydn plays upon conventional galant schemata—presumably elements of style shared by listeners who are closely familiar with the idiom (even if they do not have explicit schema labels); he also plays upon a more esoteric element of his own training and that of many other musicians in the period: hexachordal solmization. By considering both schemata …

A Key Physical Mechanism That Controls The Sound Absorption Of Aerogel Powders, Hasina Begum, Yutong Xue, J Stuart Bolton, Kirill V. Horoshenkov

Publications of the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories

A key physical mechanism that controls the acoustic absorption and attenuation in a loose, air-satu-rated aerogel granular mix with the grain diameter being in the order of a few microns is not well understood. A particular challenge here is to understand sound propagation in an aerogel powder composed of highly porous, low-density particles with sub-micron pores. Experimental evidence suggest that a relatively thin layer of an aerogel powder can provide a very high narrow band acoustic absorption at relatively low frequencies. This study presents an attempt to explain this physical phenomenon with two well-known analytical models for the acoustical properties …

2022 August 24 - From My Notepads Newsletter, Office Of The President, East Tennessee State University, Brian Noland

From My Notepads: A Newsletter from President Brian Noland

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Ruggerino V. Prince Holdings 2012, Llc

All Decisions

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2324 Llc V. Hodge

All Decisions

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Parental Attachment And Compassion As Predictors Of Distress Disclosure Among Young Adults, Ellie N. Wilde

Clinical Psychology Dissertations

Distress disclosure is associated with perceived social support, so it is important to understand what supports our ability to disclose distress. This study examined relationships between distress disclosure, fear of others’ compassion, parental attachment, self-compassion, and perceived social support among young adults. I expected young adults with stronger parental attachment security to report greater capacity for distress disclosure and that this relationship would be mediated by fear of others’ compassion. I expected trait self-compassion to moderate relationships between these variables on all paths of the mediation, such that higher self-compassion would reduce the adverse impact of insecure parental attachment on …

Igg Antibodies To Sars-Cov-2 In Asymptomatic Blood Donors At Two Time Points In Karachi, Muhammad Hasan, Bushra Moiz, Shama Qaiser, Kiran I. Masood, Zara Ghous, Areeba Hussain, Natasha Bahadur Ali, Syed Hani Abidi, Kulsoom Ghias, Erum Khan, Zahra Hasan

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Introduction: An estimated 1.5 million cases were reported in Pakistan until 23 March, 2022. However, SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing capacity has been limited and the incidence of COVID-19 infections is unknown. Volunteer healthy blood donors can be a control population for assessment of SARS-CoV-2 exposure in the population. We determined COVID-19 seroprevalence during the second pandemic wave in Karachi in donors without known infections or symptoms in 4 weeks prior to enrollment.
Materials and methods: We enrolled 558 healthy blood donors at the Aga Khan University Hospital between December 2020 and February 2021. ABO blood groups were determined. Serum IgG reactivity …

Analysis Of Sanitizer Rotation On The Susceptibility, Biofilm Forming Ability And Caco-2 Cell Adhesion And Invasion Of Listeria, Md Asfakur Rahman, Nirakar Sahoo, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences (Formerly Dept. of Biology)

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of sanitizer use conditions on the susceptibility, biofilm forming ability and pathogenicity of Listeria monocytogenes. Two different strains of L. monocytogenes and a non-pathogenic L. innocua were exposed to sodium hypochlorite, benzalkonium chloride and peroxyacetic acid at different concentrations (4 to 512 ppm) and treatment times (30 s to 5 min), respectively. Under the tested conditions, no significant difference (p > 0.05) in reduction was observed among the three tested sanitizers. A reduction of 1 to 8 log CFU/mL was observed depending upon the sanitizer concentration and treatment times. The survived …

Upcycling Mask Waste To Carbon Capture Sorbents: A Combined Experimental And Computational Study, Mark Robertson, Alejandro Guillen Obando, Bianca Nunez, Haoyuan Chen, Zhe Qiang

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences (Formerly Dept. of Chemistry)

Massive plastic pollution and grand scale emission of CO2 into the atmosphere represent two major and deeply connected societal challenges, which can have adverse impacts on climate, human health, and marine ecosystems. In particular, the COVID-19 pandemic led to substantially increased production, use, and discarding of disposable masks, a problem that requires urgent and effective technological solutions to mitigate their negative environmental impacts. Furthermore, over the years significant research efforts have sought to address the challenges of plastic waste and CO2 emission, such as development of chemical upcycling methods and low-cost CO2 capture sorbents at scale, respectively. In this work, …

Seventy Years Later: Caste In The Indian Bureaucracy, Kathryn Victoria Bahnken Doner

Sociology Between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics

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