418 research outputs found
QJE-STD-18-253.R2-Supplementary_Material – Supplemental material for Development and assessment of the Korean Author Recognition Test
No full textSupplemental material, QJE-STD-18-253.R2-Supplementary_Material for Development and assessment of the Korean Author Recognition Test by Hyosun Lee, Eunjin Seong, Wonil Choi and Matthew W Lowder in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology</p
Sustainability data
No full textThe data is from the following study: Lavallee, D., Lowder, J., & Lowder, J. (2020). Clear data as a new data typology to enhance sustainability in sport. Sustainability, 12(11), [4527]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su1211452
Development and Assessment of the Korean Author Recognition Test
No full textThis research reports the development and evaluation of a Korean Author Recognition Test (KART), designed as a measure of print exposure among young adults. Based on the original, English-language version of the Author Recognition Test (ART), the KART demonstrates significant relationships with offline measures of language ability, as well as online measures of word recognition. In particular, KART scores were related to participants\u27 responses on the Comparative Reading Habits (CRH) checklist, suggesting that KART is a valid measure of print exposure. In addition, KART scores showed reliable correlations with offline measures of vocabulary knowledge and language comprehension. Finally, results from a lexical decision task showed that KART scores modulated the magnitude of the word familiarity effect, such that the effect was smaller for participants with higher KART scores The results suggest that the ART is a language-universal task that measures print exposure, which is useful for explaining individual differences in language comprehension abilities and word recognition processes
Surface Relief D-Fiber Bragg Gratings for Sensing Applications
No full textThis dissertation presents the novel creation of a surface relief fiber Bragg grating on the flat surface of a D-shaped optical fiber. In order to produce an efficient surface relief grating the grating must be etched into the surface of the glass fiber close to the core. A short etch that removes the cladding above the core is performed in order to decrease the core-to-flat distance and allow the light to interact with the grating on the flat surface. Due to the unique D-shape of the optical fiber the mechanical integrity of the fiber remains high even after the fabrication process. For traditional fiber Bragg gratings the index modulation occurs in the core of the optical fiber. While this method can produce highly reflective gratings they are not well suited for many sensing applications. For example, the operating temperature range is limited to a few hundred degrees Celsius before the index modulation returns to a more uniform index profile. Also because the gratings are created in the core of the fiber, interaction with the surrounding environment is limited. The surface relief fiber Bragg grating created for this work overcomes some of the sensing challenges of traditional gratings. The major accomplishments of this dissertation show a dramatic increase in operating temperature to over 1000 degrees Celsius, the ability to measure multi-dimensional bend, the ability to measure material changes around the fiber such as chemical concentration, and the ability to use a Vernier effect to dramatically increase the sensors sensitivity. In addition to the sensing applications of this work a more thorough understanding of the reflection and transmission properties of the surface relief grating is also presented. Implementation of the transfer matrix method for simulation of the gratings is also shown to be a fast and accurate modeling tool for predicting the grating response
Birmingham News sleeve BN0021402
No full textContract between Pizitz and Farm Bureau / James D. Hays / Isadore Pizitz / Joe Smolian / John Jacobson / Ed Lowder / Contract between Pizitz and Farm Bureau on Five Points West / Isadora Pizitz's officer at Pizitz / [Work order included
Host-adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus
No full textStaphylococcus aureus is a notorious human pathogen associated with severe
nosocomial and community-acquired infections. In addition, S. aureus is a major cause
of animal diseases including skeletal infections of poultry and bovine and ovine mastitis,
which are a large economic burden on the broiler chicken and dairy farming industries.
The population structure of S. aureus associated with humans has been well studied.
However, despite the prevalence of S. aureus infections in broiler flocks, our
understanding of the diversity of poultry S. aureus is very limited. In this study, multilocus
sequence typing was performed on 48 strains of S. aureus isolated from broiler
chickens on farms in 6 countries on 4 different continents, in addition to 9 isolates from
different species of reared game and wild birds in Scotland. This was followed by fine
scale population genetic analysis of a subset of strains by single nucleotide
polymorphism discovery. These studies reveal that the majority of S. aureus isolates
from broiler chickens are the descendants of a single human-to-poultry host jump by a
subtype of the worldwide human clonal complex 5 (CC5) clonal lineage unique to
Poland. In contrast to human subtypes of the CC5 radiation, which demonstrate strong
geographic clustering, the poultry CC5 clade was distributed in different continents,
consistent with wide dissemination via the global poultry industry distribution network.
In order to establish the molecular basis for avian specificity in the CC5 poultry clade,
whole genome sequences were determined for a sequence type 5 (ST5) poultry isolate
from Ireland and a basal human associated ST5 MRSA strain from Poland. Sequence
analysis revealed that the poultry CC5 clade has undergone genetic diversification from
its human progenitor strain by acquisition of novel mobile genetic elements from an
avian-specific accessory gene pool, and by the inactivation of several proteins important
for human disease pathogenesis.
In order to examine the importance of positive selection in the adaptation of S. aureus to
poultry and for S. aureus evolution, in general, genome-wide analysis of the ratio of
synonymous to non-synonymous substitutions was performed on 30 strains from
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humans and other animals, from diverse lineages. Positive selection has affected
proteins from the majority of functional categories, resulting in diversification of the
proteome, metabolome and replication capacity, which may be associated with
adaptation of S. aureus to diverse environments. For several proteins, an elevated rate of
non-synonymous substitutions unique to animal-associated lineages is consistent with a
role for these proteins in host adaptation.
Taken together, the results of this study have determined the evolutionary history of a
major new animal pathogen that has undergone rapid avian host adaptation and
intercontinental dissemination. The data highlight the importance of gene acquisition
and loss and positive selection in the adaptive evolution of S. aureus
Trail Bombers football team
No full textL-R: back row: A. Bilesky, D. Geranazzo, P. Juer, H. Desireau, P. Rygh, R. Trenneman, B. Pasqualotto, R. Lyons, D. Ashworth, G. Martelli. Middle Row: B. Emery, R. Ewing, D. Roberts, J. Chesser, S. Armstrong, B. Sorocan, R. Salloum, A. Matovich, J. MacDonald, B. Repton. First Row: B. Wilson, D. Lowder, B. Oliphant, M. Haynes, C. Parisotto, R. Briggeman. Not Shown: E. Bishop, N. Allan, H. Schnidrig, G. Meredith, R. Swallm, B. DeVito, E. Gare
The Marriage of Figaro
No full textThe Marriage of Figaro cast Michael Michie, Natalie Frehner, Parry B. Stewart, Barbara Lowder, Kristina S. Fuller, Paul N. Gates, Ronald D. Aden, Liz Barney, Tom Sparks, Janae L. Brickmore, Brenda Chamberlain Adams, Alan Lee, Gayliene Crawford, Elizabeth Leisek, Todd B. Dayley, David A. Mills on stage.Photograph
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