679 research outputs found
Dr. Abigail Cheever – Faculty Author Interview
No full textAbigail Cheever, Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of the Film Studies Program, discusses her new book, Real Phonies : Cultures of Authenticity in Post-World War II America, published by the University of Georgia Press. By focusing on authenticity and identity, Dr. Cheever analyzes the changing representation of adolescence, depression, serial killers, Jewish and African American experience, and corporations in the transition from existentialism to post-structuralism and multiculturalism in America
Providence College Faculty Author Series 2016-2017: Abigail Brooks
No full textIn this installment of the Faculty Authors Series, Abigail Brooks (Women\u27s Studies, Providence College) discusses her newest book The Ways Women Age: Using and Refusing Cosmetic Intervention
Providence College Faculty Author Series 2016-2017: Abigail Brooks
No full textIn this installment of the Faculty Authors Series, Abigail Brooks (Women\u27s Studies, Providence College) discusses her newest book The Ways Women Age: Using and Refusing Cosmetic Intervention
Statewide drought and heat needs assessment with Oregon farmers and ranchers
No full textlead author: Berit Dinsdale, Ph.D. ; project supervisors and co-contributors: María Zamora Re, Ph.D. and Abigail Tomasek, Ph.D.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-70).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Land fragmentation under rapid urbanization: A cross-site analysis of Southwestern cities
No full textabstract: Using National Land Cover Data we analyzed land fragmentation trends from 1992 to 2001 in five southwestern cities associated with Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites.Corresponding Author:
Abigail M. York
Arizona State University
[email protected]
Cyclic-di-GMP phosphodiesterase STM3615 regulates Salmonella physiology
No full textFoodborne-related diseases pose a global health threat, with Salmonella being a leading cause worldwide. To develop better prevention strategies against Salmonella-related food poisoning, we need a deeper understanding of how Salmonella senses its environment to adjust its behavior and enhance its chances of survival. One way bacteria achieve this is through second messengers, molecular signals that help relay this type of information. A key second messenger of interest is cyclic-di-GMP that bacteria use to regulate genes that enhance survival and infectious potential by influencing processes such as biofilm formation, flagellar motility, and virulence. Previous studies identified the cyclic-di-GMP phosphodiesterase STM3615 as important for Salmonella survival inside macrophages and virulence in a mouse model. Here, we investigated STM3615’s role in Salmonella physiology. Using a dye-based agar assay, we found that deleting STM3615 reduced survival in the stationary phase. Microscopy revealed that the mutant also exhibited a shorter bacterial morphology. Given that both phenotypes relate to bacterial division, we tested its susceptibility to A22, an antimicrobial that disrupts bacterial replication machinery, and observed significantly reduced survival. STM3615 contains multiple domains, including transmembrane, periplasmic, HAMP, and phosphodiesterase (PDE) domains. Surprisingly, the periplasmic domain, rather than the PDE domain responsible for breaking down cyclic-di-GMP, emerged as the key regulator of bacterial morphology and division. A protein fold prediction algorithm suggested STM3615 interacts with a periplasmic protein partner to mediate this response. Using random transposon mutagenesis, we identified mutations in the Rcs pathway—linked to envelope stress and morphology regulation—that restored wild-type phenotypes. Future research will investigate STM3615’s interactions with a periplasmic binding partner to further define its role in cell division. Understanding this mechanism could provide new insights into bacterial growth regulation, with implications for therapeutic strategies and infection control
Updating the criminal law on child neglect: protecting children from severe emotional abuse
No full textPaper by Abigail Gill (Policy and Research Assistant at the charity Action for Children) concerned with updating the law on child neglect to protect children from emotional neglect. The author highlights the problem, the need for legislation, the detail of that legislation and the mechanism for bringing forward that legislative change. This paper gives the perspective of a body campaigning for a change in the law
Updating the criminal law on child neglect: protecting children from severe emotional abuse
No full textPaper by Abigail Gill (Policy and Research Assistant at the charity Action for Children) concerned with updating the law on child neglect to protect children from emotional neglect. The author highlights the problem, the need for legislation, the detail of that legislation and the mechanism for bringing forward that legislative change. This paper gives the perspective of a body campaigning for a change in the law
Abigail, Ruth and the Case for Female Biblical Authorship
No full textUntil a century ago it was generally assumed that all of the books of the Tanakh were written by men, primarily for men. Herein the author will survey the growing number of scholars, female and male, who have contemplated the possibility that some of these works were composed by women. One of the principal texts that is commonly highlighted is Ruth. Although candidates for its authorship have seldom been suggested, it will be demonstrated herein that Abigail is worthy of consideration as the originator of the story of Ruth
Revolutionary Horizons: Art and Polemics in 1950s Cuba
No full textModernism in Havana reached its climax during the turbulent years of the 1950s as a generation of artists took up abstraction as a means to advance artistic and political goals in the name of Cuba Libre. During a decade of insurrection and, ultimately, revolution, abstract art signaled the country\u27s cultural worldliness and its purchase within the international avant-garde. This pioneering book offers the first in-depth examination of Cuban art during that time, following the intersecting trajectories of the artist groups Los Once and Los Diez against a dramatic backdrop of modernization and armed rebellion. Abigail McEwen explores the activities of a constellation of artists and writers invested in the ideological promises of abstraction, and reflects on art\u27s capacity to effect radical social change. Featuring previously unpublished artworks, new archival research, and extensive primary sources, this remarkable volume excavates a rich cultural history with links to the development of abstraction in Europe and the Americas.https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cri_events/1392/thumbnail.jp
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