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Development of an automated membrane-integrated photobioreactor system for algal cultivation
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Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD systemU of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 107826 on 2020-09-28T09:15:19Z.Increasing water usage and more stringent treatment standards have put heavy demands on existing wastewater infrastructure. In particular, phosphorus species have become a focus of nutrient removal targets. Intensive (i.e., small footprint) suspended growth microalgal systems have been proposed as an effective treatment option that makes improvements over traditional ponds (low intensity, large footprint) and attached growth configurations in nutrient uptake abilities. This project aims to address how design decisions in suspended growth systems affect system performance and nitrogen and phosphorus treatment by mimicking current industry configurations. A tubular photobioreactor with a light emitting diode (LED) setup that imitates natural night/day cycles was constructed with a host of monitoring equipment and controls to facilitate experimentation. The photobioreactor (PBR) design included three phases: (1) literature review and membrane selection, (2) preliminary design drawings and probe selection, and (3) final design drawings with material selection. To carry out design work, Autodesk Inventor was utilized to model 3D components and comprehensive design layouts to aid in part buying and manufacturing. The PBR setup was able to accomplish solids separation, pH monitoring and adjustment, real-time dissolved oxygen monitoring, and a sample port for testing algal culture composition and other media characteristics. By monitoring biomass and media composition while manipulating design decisions including hydraulic retention time, solids residence time, and recirculation rate, this experimental setup can inform future suspended growth microalgal treatment applications for nitrogen and phosphorus removal from wastewater.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2020-08-01The student, Jennifer Debellis, accepted the attached license on 2018-07-18 at 14:15.The student, Jennifer Debellis, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2018-07-18 at 14:20.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2018-07-18 at 15:11.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #12929 on 2018-09-27 at 11:19:28Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-27T16:34:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Flannery o\u27connor\u27s theology viewed through the haze of the grotesque
No full textIn this thesis, by an analysis of the major works of Flannery O\u27Connor, I have examined the relationship between the author\u27s theology and her art, and by taking into consideration all significant critical points of view, the author\u27s published statments, I have attempted to come to some condlusions about Miss O\u27Connor\u27s peculiar vision, and more importantly, to determine whether her religious concerns in any way undercut her fiction
Access Granted: Asynchronous Approaches to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Library Instruction
No full textIn order to reach all CSULB students equitably, this project developed a Canvas Library Course that all students are enrolled in during their entire time at CSULB. The Check Out the Library Canvas Course offers full lessons in information literacy (IL), resource access, and citation formatting. Ongoing surveys & User Experience (UX) testing provide insights into Course effectiveness to inform regular updates in Canvas. In addition, we inserted library resources and services directly into all CSULB Canvas Courses using SpringShare's LTI tool. Now every student has access to Librarians, databases, eReserves and LibGuides right in each of their courses
Many spheres of music : hermeneutic interpretation of musical signification
No full textConsiderable interest has been shown in the field of music aesthetics in recent years,
not only by aestheticians but also by writers from diverse fields such as musicology,
psychology and linguistics. What we have witnessed in these discussions have been
not only painstaking analyses of music in terms of its aesthetic value, but also
explorations of music in relation to a varied range of research areas from examining
the relations between music and mind using psychological methods, through
evaluating music in terms of our post-modem notion of art, to exploring the relations
between language and music in terms of their semantic and semiotic characteristics.
Such accounts typically seek to show that music is more than mere sound, and, in
particular, several accounts focus on its expressiveness and its possibility of
conveying a certain significance
Voltage-dependent anion channels: different isoforms for different functions
No full textThe Voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) is the most abundant protein of the outer
mitochondrial membrane (OMM) and mediates the flow of ions and metabolites between the
cytoplasm and the mitochondrial network. Here we reveal novel and unexpected roles of this
protein in the regulation of Ca2+ signaling, cell death and autophagy, throwing light on the
differential contribution of the three mammalian isoforms in these cellular processes. In particular,
we show that: i) VDAC is physically linked to the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release channel
inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R), through the molecular chaperone grp75 and the
functional coupling of these channel directly enhances Ca2+ accumulation in mitochondria; ii) the
different VDAC isoforms share common Ca2+ channelling properties in living cells but VDAC1 is
the only isotype selectively coupled to the ER Ca2+ releasing machinery, thus laying the foundations
for a preferential route specifically transmitting Ca2+-mediated cell death signals between the two
organelles; iii) VDAC2 is selectively required for the induction of the autophagic process through
the establishment of specific protein-protein interactions and the consequent assembly of
macromolecular complexes at the OMM level involved in nutrient sensing mediated by the
mammalian Target Of Rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway. These data highlight the pleiotropic
functions of VDAC and its role as central regulator of cell patho-physiology
A prison called me : a clients perspective of some of the emotional effects of living with dissociative identity disorder and how they can affect behaviour
No full textEThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo
University News - Volume 095, Issue 025 (April 28, 2016)
No full text12 pages.UVol. XCV No. 25 NEWS unewsonline.com
A student voice of Saint Louis University since 1921 Thursday, April 28, 2016
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Editor-in-Chief-elect
set to take the helm
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By PAUL BRUNKHORST
Editor-In-Chief
For Kyle Smith, his rise to
the helm of Saint Louis Uni-versity’s
student newspaper
was not something he ex-pected
would happen when
he was recruited to be a part
of the paper’s editorial staff
during his sophomore year.
“I’ve had quite a few lucky,
unexpected breaks during
my time with the UNews,”
he admitted. “I first began
as an associate sports editor
my sophomore year, having
never actually written for the
paper before then. When the
opportunity to join the edi-torial
staff came up, I took
it, honestly thinking of it as
just something that would
be fun, easy and a good way
to make a little money. But
pretty soon, I found myself
running a sports section,
followed by the opinion, and
now, apparently, a newspa-per.”
But the junior, who is
studying political science
and hopes to attend law
school after graduation, feels
ready to lead. He is energized
by the responsibility vested
in him to lead one of SLU’s
oldest and most prestigious
student organizations – one
that is not bound by SGA
funding or under editorial
influence by the administra-tion,
and that generates most
of its own revenue from ad-vertising.
Smith, in fact, has
already had a taste of UNews
glory; at the annual Missouri
College Media Awards cer-emony
in April – the event
that represents all college
press in the state – he won
an award for best editorial
writing for some of the work
he produced during his ten-ure
as the UNews opinion
editor.
But, though the paper
has had success in the past,
Smith admits that times are
changing – especially at the
university level, where more
and more students get their
news from cell phones and
social media. Smith outlined
a balanced approach to ad-dressing
this phenomenon,
stressing the continued im-portance
of the student press
while also not underestimat-ing
the power of these new
media forms.
“I think the UNews plays
an important role in campus
life,” he said. “We are the only
newspaper in the world that
is focused solely on the SLU
community. "is gives us a
pretty unique opportunity
to do some really impact-ful
original reporting. I also
think that the paper plays an
important role in document-ing
the history of the present
day. Decades from now, peo-ple
can look to our archives
to get an unfiltered look of
what life at SLU was like dur-ing
our time here, and that’s
something no one else can
claim to do.”
“[But] I’d like to expand
See “EIC” on Page 3
CSO groups grouse over
SGA disbursement
By EMILY HIGGINBOTHAM
Associate News Editor
As student enrollment
continues to slide and the
number of Chartered Stu-dent
Organizations (CSOs)
steadily climbs, the mileage
of the Student Activity Fee
has become less and less.
"is trend has led to frustra-tion
with the activity fee, as
well as the funding process,
which the Student Govern-ment
Association steers.
"e funds that SGA ac-crues
from the activity fee,
and then doles out to stu-dent
organizations, have not
been able to fund some of
the essential costs for some
of the organizations. Under-graduate
students pay 30 per semes-ter,
with SGA gleaning only
20 percent from the gradu-ate
fee. For the 2016-17
school year, SGA had about
8,400, but that amount will
not be enough to support
Relay’s spring fundraising
event.
“As a fundraising event,
we like to keep our costs low
in order to maximize our
fundraising efforts, so man-aging
on a low budget is a
must,” Dollinger said. “I was
not exactly happy with the
funding process this year.
Our operating costs for our
event next year will increase
by 500,
which will cause issues going
into the next year.”
Dollinger said that the
group appealed to SGA
twice to make up the 10,000 grants,
totaling 2,000.
"e funding will help with
events, outreach and fur-ther
veteran support. VSA
has also joined the Diversity
Leadership Cabinet, which
includes 21 other CSOs.
Some of Hurly’s biggest
challenges as president will
be to unite and engage SLU’s
veterans, whom he says “fall
into so many different sub-communities
on campus”; to
improve the veteran attrition
rate; to bolster SLU’s region-al
and national competitive-ness
with veterans’ benefits;
An editorial tribute
to Dr. Avis Meyer.
Cheers ... to 42 years:
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Last Hurrah: Looking back ... in endearment
“!ink where man’s glory most begins and ends,
And say my glory was that I had such friends.”
(W.B. Yeats)
Dear survivors of my classes … and U. Newsers, ad
infinitum: Welcome to a metaphorical game of hide
and seek, where the goal is to delve into and dig be-hind
every picayune memory and moment, striving
to excavate and acknowledge the names, characters
and events that have defined, refined and enriched
the last four-plus decades of my life.
Ready or not, here I come.
###
I have reveled in, exulted over and rhapsodized
about my students for so many years, that the thought
of relinquishing them, henceforth, to the world at
large seems melancholy, poignant, even woebegone.
For I have learned more than I have taught … or so it
seems to me, when recollected in tranquility.
I have rambled on about the joys of journalism, the
recompense of writing, the exhilaration of editing
and the mojo of movies for so many semesters that
the memories form a jumbled montage that seems
infinite … though the reel will run out, eventually.
In return, my students have instructed me in the
fine arts of: grace under pressure, wit, empathy, ca-price,
eloquence, integrity, sagacity, whimsy, defi-ance,
skepticism, imagination and compassion.
And for each of these honorable nouns, a flurry
of names and a malarkey of stories spring to mind.
(Even now, the muddled montage begins to gear up,
unbidden, behind my eyes — without a whimper,
despite an occasional bang.)
Ferreting out those far-flung classroom memo-ries,
the hubbub of names and clamor of students …
the eager faces, youthful idealism, unlimited prom-ise,
chockablock experiences and vivid imaginations
that have traipsed through my classrooms … it seems
a fool’s errand. But let’s give it a shot.
###
Roll film:
Citizen Kane and A Man For All Seasons; tawdry
ties; ’49 Buick Roadmaster; globetrotting tales;
Orwell and E.B. White; “nobody gets in to see the
wizard, not nobody, not no how;” AFAR; green pens;
Johnston and Baricevic: alliterative headlines, cur-rent-
events quizzes; Jeep Wranglers;
!e Graduate and 2001: A Space Odyssey; Ele-ments
of Style, face quizzes; AP Stylebook;
Baker and Barry; cockamamie characters; copy-desk
shenanigans; reading papers aloud;
Fr. Reinert and Fr. Fitz; Jason and Chelsea stories;
face quizzes; editing handouts;
On !e Waterfront and Lion In Winter; ’53 Dodge;
flexible deadlines; Feature Writing;
Steinbeck and Agee; intermittent poetry; Fred and
Bruce at Chaifetz; war-room meetings.
Carrocci and Pauly; Sodality Hall; Alex and Ellen
stories; Literary Journalism;
Annie Hall and Elephant Man; Lit. to Film classes;
Christmas at Cupples; administrative skulduggery;
O’Connor and Dillard; elusive A’s; lemon bars from
the world’s most nearly perfect wife; movie quizzes
McNamee and Mandeville; West Pine powwows
and popinjays; Scholars’ House;
hanging at Humphrey’s;
All !e President’s Men and !e Right Stuff; mov-ing
days; CBF; steel-mill yarns;
Herr and Wolfe; end-of-semester book awards; 4
a.m., BSC layout nights; Norm and Nordmann’s;
Charles and Roy (SJR); XH Room 317; graduation
cigars and pens; year-end picnics;
A !ousand Clowns and Grapes of Wrath; ’55
DeSoto; Santa Claus adventures; Essays;
Bacon and Twain; MCM(N)A escapades; wed-dings
and funerals; graduation galas;
Farrell and Trees; SAG meetings; snacks in perpe-tuity;
Post-Dispatch folklore;
Life and death … !e Undiscovered Country; !e
U. News — a student voice since 1921: Nancy Dintle-man;
John Castasus; Steve DeBellis; alas.
###
Roll credits:
!e University News “kids,” especially, leave a roco-co
legacy that endures. But — if I were to take a stab at
dredging up and thanking all those memorable, beloved
personalities, I would surely neglect someone — bringing
regret to my doorstep, and perhaps theirs.
However, the editors-in-chief offer a vagabond cata-log
of characters and quirks that exemplify the symbolic
mountain peaks, by which I remember the terrain of the
decades. (“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”)
!us, those stalwarts will stand in, here, for all those
stouthearted souls I might neglect, as well as all those I
never shall ... and you know who you are.
Here’s looking at you, kids.
!ank you:
Mary Jo, Jean, Erv, John R., Gerri; Mary, Mike, Cyndi,
Kathy, Anne; Tom D., Charles, Rey, Paul, Teryl; Tom F.,
Erika, Trish, Tim, Bill; Matt, Lee, Patrick, Diana U., Eric;
Krissy, Andrew, Diana B., Katie, Adam; Kat, Jonathan E.,
Brian, Kristen, Bri; John S., Paul B. … et al.
I have cherished every moment.
Alle alle auch sind frei.
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By AVIS MEYER
NEWS April 28, 2016 3
April Events
Monday, May 2, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Busch Student Center
Society will host a research sympo-sium
for undergraduates and gradu-ates
from various academic areas to
showcase their work.
Monday, May 2, 6 p.m.
Il Monastero
DeRay Mckesson — an activist,
educator and former Baltimore may-oral
candidate — will give a talk. The
event is hosted by the Black Student
Alliance.
Thursday, April 28, 7-8 p.m.
Black Box Theater at Xavier Hall
A Spanish class, SPAN 4930, will
perform an adaptation of author Gar-cía
Márques’ novel, “100 Years of
Solitude. The performance will be in
Spanish. Admission is free.
Calendar
and to develop a process
for approving the academic
credits veterans earn during
their military service.
He is not alone, however.
!e task force of faculty and
staff will provide guidance
and make an effort to put
these ideas into motion, as
they did for the commons.
Michael Bamber, pro-gram
director for enrollment
outreach and territory devel-opment,
as well as an Army
veteran, is part of the task
force.
He acts as a military li-aison,
providing outreach
within the Office of Admis-sion.
He explained that the
university created his posi-tion,
in May 2012, to better
know its military-affiliated
population, “coding” them
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Vets: VSA looks to expand in future
into five categories: active
duty, reservists and guards-men,
veterans, family or de-pendents,
and ROTC.
He sees the commons as
a “hangout place” for vet-eran
students. He cited Fort
Riley, in Kansas, as a bench-mark
facility and said that
UMSL, Lindenwood, Xavier
and Loyola Chicago have the
kind of veterans centers that
the VSA and Task Force as-pire
to.
In his view, what makes
all of these “centers,” recogn-zed
as some of better univer-sity
Veteran commonspaces,
is their consolidation of liai-sons
and counseling services
within one accessible place.
“You have to keep meet-ing
their needs or they’re go-ing
to go elsewhere,” he said.
He continued, “It’s an at-tempt
to show them what we
have on an academic side,
show that yes, we do have
services for them, and we
want them to be … as suc-cessful
as students as they
were in their military ca-reers.”
Bamber echoed Hurly’s
emphasis on the stark dif-ferences
between veteran
students’ backgrounds and
those of civilian students:
“If you take a look at your
18- to 22-year-old single stu-dent
in the dorm, look at the
difference between the age,
the family status, the whole
works.”
He also mentioned a
60-percent increase in eligi-bility
for the Yellow Ribbon
Scholarship, which supple-ments
GI Bill benefits for
military-affiliated students:
this fall, 80 students can ap-ply.
A long-term goal for the
commons is to unite SLU’s
military liaison, VA-certified
official and veteran counsel-ing
services within one lo-cation.
On- and off-campus
recruitment and promoting
diversity in veteran students’
ranks figure among other
goals.
Hurly said he is working
on a personal veteran initia-tive,
identifying areas where
the school is lacking.
Hurly sees “a lot of poten-tial
out there” for engaging
SLU’s veteran and military-affiliated
students.
He said that ROTC wom-en
in particular are a unique
group. “Nobody can relate to
their experience and prepare
them for what they’re about
to go into than the women
that have already served,” he
said.
“Engaging them and get-ting
them together at a single
table, that could be a really
powerful experience.”
!e veteran students’
commons will open on Wed.,
May 4.
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THE SLU SCOOP
Saturday, April 16
4:06 a.m. PROPERTY DAMAGE
Public Safety received a call from a Resident Advisor at Griesedieck
Hall, who stated that, on the sixth floor restroom, someone had etched
profanity on the stall doors of the restroom. The DPS officer, upon
arrival, observed the words “F**K RAs” on the doors and walls. The
RA stated that he would contact his supervisor in the morning. Photos
were taken.
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and Emergency Preparedness
Tuesday, April 26
2:37 a.m. Property Damage
Public Safety received a call from a university student, who stated that
upon returning to his vehicle, found its front, passenger-side window
broken out and his aftermarket radio had been removed by person(s)
unknown. The student said he parked his vehicle at 9:30 p.m. St. Louis
Police Dept. was contacted and arrived. No suspects were found.
Tuesday, April 26
10: 21 a.m. TRESPASSING
Officers from SLU’s Department of Public Safety responded to a report
of a subject, not affiliated with the university, sleeping on a couch in
the lobby of Reinert Hall. Officers made contact with the subject and
determined that he was not affiliated with the university, having gained
entry when a person, believed to be a student, allowed him to enter the
lobby. A REJIS computer check on the subject found no arrest warrants.
There was no matching record in the Public Safety computer system
name-file for the individual. The subject was release
