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UB Knightlines Summer-Fall 2013
No full textThe UB Knightlines newsletter for the Summer and Fall of 2013. This issue contains articles discussing the 103rd Commencement of UB, the experiences of UB staff members, SASD students designing for a local Bridgeport developer, pictures from the past and present of UB, books published by UB alumni and staff, SASD student Melissa Matos creating a logo for UB Music, Art Landi receiving Lifetime Achievement Award, a dedication of a garden seating area to the deceased professor George Blake, University Singers performing with the Hamden Symphony Orchestra to help local food banks, spoken word poet Sarah Kay performing at UB, a lecture with Holocaust survivor Stanley Ronnell, the Navy honoring alumnus Raymond Travelyn, the UB Acupuncture Clinic being named best in Fairfield County, the establishment of the Anthony F. Colucci Jr. Memorial Scholarship, UB alum John Paul, faculty news, alumni news, UB's success basketball season, UB Gymnastics won its fifth consecutive USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Team Championship and ECAC Division II title, UB's Lorraine Galow winning John Smillie Jr. Award, the success of UB Baseball, UB Alumnus Edward DeChent named to New England Basketball Hall of Fame, three new inductees to the University Athletic Hall of Fame, UB Alum Karie Stanley earning a spot on Great Britain Women's National Team, and other campus and sports news
Case Study: Development and Assessment of a STEM-Based Course for Teacher Educators
No full textDOI: 10.5923/j.edu.20130303.02It is essential that teachers understand the content of the subjects they teach. A particular challenge in a graduate program for secondary mathematics and science teachers is how to provide teacher candidates with subject matter content, on a graduate level, that does not replicate undergraduate courses. The School of Education and School of Engineering designed a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) course for teacher educators for students of the School of Education. Designed course uses audio and image processing techniques and technologies to teach fundamental STEM concepts to secondary pre- and in- service mathematics and science teachers. Designed to enrich the teaching and learning experience, the course activities include: (a) Lectures and Discussions, (b) Lab activities: Hands-on computer experience, and (c) Team Project. In this paper, we will present the developed course outline, the response of our students who are pre- and in-service teachers, and the lessons learned by the instructors
The Journal of Global Development and Peace Fall 2013
No full textThe Journal of Global Development and Peace for the fall of 2013. This issue contains articles by Maria Garrett on Somalia: Gaining Momentum in a War-Torn State, Brandon LaFavor on An Evaluation of Education as a Mechanism for Peacebuilding in Conflict-Torn Regions, Michael F. McCarthy on South Sudan and the East African Community: Creating the Foundation for Political and Economic Integration Through Agriculture and Women, Dr. Ward on How the Shanghai Rankings Have Transformed French Higher Education, and Rebecca Witherington on Pastoralism and Development in Kenya: Raising Standards of Education
Epigenetcs and Naturopathic Medicine: Their Role in Prostate Cancer
No full textThis thesis is being archived as a Digitized Shelf Copy for campus access to current students and staff only. We currently cannot provide this open access without the author's permission. If you are the author of this work and desire to provide it open access or wish access removed, please contact the Wahlstrom Library to discuss permission.For the past decade, Prostate specific antigen levels have been the diagnostic method to diagnose Prostate cancer. Testing PSA gene levels by themselves are not enough to diagnose prostate cancer. In fact, one can argue that DNA hypermethylation, histones methylation and hypoacetylation genes are better markers to diagnose prostate cancer. These markers are the most common somatic alterations present in prostate cancer. Furthermore, evidence suggests that epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA hypermethylation, histones methylation and hypoacetylation affect gene expression in patients with prostate cancer. One can argue that one of the first hallmarks of epigenetic alterations in DNA hypermethylation is the addition of a methyl group to the 5’-carbon of cytosine in the Cytosine-phosphate-Guanine (CpG) sequences catalyzed by DNA methyltransferase. Furthermore, such epigenetics aberration modified the humoral response, cell cycle control, tumor invasion/tumor architecture, DNA damage repair, signal transduction and inflammation response genes. The objective of Naturopathic medicine is to identify and prevent the Epigenetics aberrations in DNA and histones genes in the genome sequence. Furthermore, a potential treatment can be a combination of DNA methyltransferase and Histones deacetylation inhibitors for patients with prostate cancer by using nutrition and botanical medicine
Molecular Mimicry, the Hygiene Hypothesis, Stealth Infections and Other Examples of Disconnect between Medical Research and the Practice of Clinical Medicine in Autoimmune Disease
No full textAutoimmune disorders have been on a steep rise in the industrialized countries over the past several decades and while research has been starting to develop a detailed understanding of pathophysiology and many of the underlying mechanisms, any meaningful incorporation of this information into clinical medicine has been painfully slow. Concepts of molecular mimicry, the hygiene hypothesis, intestinal hyper-permeability (leaky gut syndrome) and aggressive use of predictive antibody testing are explored in this article with examples given on how emerging information on these phenomena may aid the clinician in a new, more proactive, approach to management of these conditions.http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=2794