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Giant Lilies, Tim Liardet Jan 2012

Giant Lilies, Tim Liardet

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 84


For Richard, My Student, Michael Milburn Jan 2012

For Richard, My Student, Michael Milburn

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 105


Joseph Van Gilreath (1922-1990), Nick Mcrae Jan 2012

Joseph Van Gilreath (1922-1990), Nick Mcrae

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 100-101


God's Grace, Ronald Wallace Jan 2012

God's Grace, Ronald Wallace

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 123


Magi, Doug Ramspeck Jan 2012

Magi, Doug Ramspeck

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 119


Environmental Enrichment Recouples Histone Methylation In The Hippocampus To Restore Cognition In Aging, Sarah Jean Morse Jan 2012

Environmental Enrichment Recouples Histone Methylation In The Hippocampus To Restore Cognition In Aging, Sarah Jean Morse

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It is hypothesized that age-related memory deficits arise in part due to altered gene transcription within the hippocampus. These aberrations in gene transcription can lead to alterations in the induction of synaptic plasticity and subsequently interrupt the process of memory formation. Histone methylation-mediated chromatin remodeling mechanisms have recently emerged as crucial regulators of gene transcription in the hippocampus during memory formation. In the present study, we examined the contributions of histone methylation to cognitive deficits and transcriptional aberrations in the hippocampus throughout aging. We found that aging is associated with reduced histone acetylation and an increase in tri-methylation of histone …


The Effects Of Caregiver Emotional Stress On The Depressive Symptomalogy Of The Care Recipient, Deborah Blessing Ejem Jan 2012

The Effects Of Caregiver Emotional Stress On The Depressive Symptomalogy Of The Care Recipient, Deborah Blessing Ejem

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Depression is one of the leading mental health issues affecting America's aging population . The current body of research contends that stress, social disconnectedness, and the presence of disability are possible causes of depression. This research, on one hand, widely neglects to study caregiver emotional stress as another probable cause of depression in the elderly. This study plans to investigate caregiver emotional stress as a chronic life stressor of an elderly care recipient using the life stress paradigm as the theoretical foundation. The relationship between caregiver emotional stress and care receiver depression will be investigated using the 2004 wave of …


Cognitive Functioning In Adults Aging With Hiv: Exploring Cognitive Subtypes And Influential Factors, Pariya L. Fazeli Jan 2012

Cognitive Functioning In Adults Aging With Hiv: Exploring Cognitive Subtypes And Influential Factors, Pariya L. Fazeli

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Research suggests that individuals with HIV may be at risk for declines in cognitive functioning. Cluster analytic studies have suggested that there may be unique cognitive subgroups in HIV, with some individuals exhibiting normal cognitive performance, some with global cognitive deficits, and some with unique cognitive deficits in specific domains. The purpose of the current study was to perform a cluster analysis in a sample of adults (N = 78; Mage = 46.61) with HIV and to compare these clusters with an HIV-negative reference group (N = 84; Mage = 47.93) on cognitive, functional, demographic, and mental and physical health …


Complex Interactions Between Marine Sponges And Their Symbiotic Microbial Communities, Christopher John Freeman Jan 2012

Complex Interactions Between Marine Sponges And Their Symbiotic Microbial Communities, Christopher John Freeman

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Microbial communities spanning nearly all evolutionary lineages of bacteria and archaea are found within many species of marine sponges. Although diverse microbial metabolic pathways may benefit sponge hosts, minimal experimental evidence exists supporting host assimilation of symbiont-derived nutrients. By coupling manipulative shading experiments with stable isotope analyses of isolated microbial and sponge cell fractions, I provide evidence that some sponge hosts assimilate a large proportion of their C and N from microbial symbionts and that these inputs are crucial to host performance. Interestingly, however, these interactions are highly variable across host species, suggesting that overall symbiont abundance alone does not …


Calcium Signaling And The Regulation Of Ecdysteroid Hormone Synthesis By Blue Crab (Callinectes Sapidus) Molting Glands, Hsiang-Yin Chen Jan 2012

Calcium Signaling And The Regulation Of Ecdysteroid Hormone Synthesis By Blue Crab (Callinectes Sapidus) Molting Glands, Hsiang-Yin Chen

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In crustaceans, cellular events that lead to molting are triggered by steroid molting hormones, ecdysteroids. The synthesis of ecdysteroids is negatively regulated by molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH) mediated by one or more cyclic nucleotide second messengers. Existing data indicate ecdysteroidogenesis is positively regulated by Ca2+ through the activation of phosphodiesterases (PDEs). The studies presented in this dissertation composed the first report of intracellular Ca2+ measurement in Y-organ cells from any crustacean species. Studies demonstrated that elevated cytosolic Ca2+ levels in Y-organ cells were associated with increased hemolymphatic ecdysteroid titer. Measurement of Ca2+ levels in Y-organ cells in a natural molting cycle …


Beyond The Excuses: The Effect Of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy On African American Male Students, Kelly Cousette Jan 2012

Beyond The Excuses: The Effect Of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy On African American Male Students, Kelly Cousette

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ABSTRACT Nearly 30 years have elapsed since the National Assessment of Educational Progress reported that America's public education system is failing African American male students. These widely used statistics state that compared to their White and African American female counterparts, African American male students underperform in nearly all educational measures (i.e. GPA, standardized test scores, graduation and dropout rates, etc.). The majority of the research on this academic achievement gap has focused on deepening our understanding of the barriers to educating African American males. While understanding the problem is a logical first step to resolving any dilemma, research on this …


Explaining The Link Between Parental Educational Expectations And Chinese High School Students' Academic Achievement: The Roles Of Psychological Distress, Parental Involvement, And Filial Piety, Wei Su Jan 2012

Explaining The Link Between Parental Educational Expectations And Chinese High School Students' Academic Achievement: The Roles Of Psychological Distress, Parental Involvement, And Filial Piety, Wei Su

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The current study addressed the relationship between short-term and long-term parental educational expectations and Chinese high school students' academic achievement. We proposed five factors and mechanisms to explain this relationship, including nonlinear associations of parental educational expectations with adolescents' academic achievement, mediation effects of child psychological distress, mediation effects of parental involvement, effects of parent-child discrepancies in educational expectations, and moderating effects of filial piety. Four hundred and ninety-one 12th graders from a mainland Chinese high school and their parents were recruited in this study, with a mean age of 18.4 years and 57% girls. When not adjusting for previous …


Prayer To Worms, William Wright Jan 2012

Prayer To Worms, William Wright

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 127


Featured Poet: David Bottoms, Birmingham Poetry Review Staff Jan 2012

Featured Poet: David Bottoms, Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 1-2


A Man Seeking Experience Enquires The Way Of The Woman In The Pamplemousses Garden, Tim Liardet Jan 2012

A Man Seeking Experience Enquires The Way Of The Woman In The Pamplemousses Garden, Tim Liardet

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 83


Temporary Portables, David Rosenthal Jan 2012

Temporary Portables, David Rosenthal

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 120


The Permissive Society: America, 1941-1965, Ben Cheney Jan 2012

The Permissive Society: America, 1941-1965, Ben Cheney

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 154-155


Religion And Rebellion: The Influence Of New England Puritanism In The Pre-Revolution Years, Dawn Neel Jan 2012

Religion And Rebellion: The Influence Of New England Puritanism In The Pre-Revolution Years, Dawn Neel

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 121-133


Vulcan Historical Review 16 (Front Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff Jan 2012

Vulcan Historical Review 16 (Front Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Measuring The Moon (1956), Ron Houchin Jan 2012

Measuring The Moon (1956), Ron Houchin

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 72


Thirteen, Nikki Zielinski Jan 2012

Thirteen, Nikki Zielinski

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 132-133


Birmingham Poetry Review 39 (Complete Issue), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff Jan 2012

Birmingham Poetry Review 39 (Complete Issue), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

No abstract provided.


Lake Alice Epithalamium, Heather Hamilton Jan 2012

Lake Alice Epithalamium, Heather Hamilton

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 69


The Wall Board Knife, Michael Casey Jan 2012

The Wall Board Knife, Michael Casey

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 26


"I Am Cain And Abel": The Cinema Of Andrzej Wajda And The Practice Of Preference Falsification, T Gerald Archer Jan 2012

"I Am Cain And Abel": The Cinema Of Andrzej Wajda And The Practice Of Preference Falsification, T Gerald Archer

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 68-88


The Successes Of The Anti-Slavery Framers At The Convention Of 1787, Charles Brooks Etheredge Jan 2012

The Successes Of The Anti-Slavery Framers At The Convention Of 1787, Charles Brooks Etheredge

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 89-105


Ficus Carica (Fig ), Amy Glynn Greacen Jan 2012

Ficus Carica (Fig ), Amy Glynn Greacen

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 58-59


Amygdalus Persica (Peach), Amy Glynn Greacen Jan 2012

Amygdalus Persica (Peach), Amy Glynn Greacen

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 53-55


To My Jailor, Rebecca Parson Jan 2012

To My Jailor, Rebecca Parson

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 110


Stars Pay Back The Dark, Noel Conneely Jan 2012

Stars Pay Back The Dark, Noel Conneely

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 36