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Oral History Interview, Carla Trujillo (1504)
No full textIn this interview, Carla Trujillo discusses her roots, which include being born in New Mexico and growing up in Northern California. Carla received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Psychology from UW-Madison and became an established author. To learn more about this oral history, download & review the index first (or transcript if available). It will help determine which audio file(s) to download & listen to.Carla Trujillo was born to a working class family in New Mexico and grew up in Northern California. Her extended family and roots are New Mexican (Chicana). She received her B.S. degree in Human Development from UC Davis, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her dissertation focused on assessing differential treatment of underrepresented students in college classrooms. She is the editor of Living Chicana Theory and Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About (Third Woman Press), winner of a Lambda Book Award and the Out/Write Vanguard Award. Her first novel, What Night Brings (Curbstone Press 2003), won the Miguel Marmol prize focusing on human rights. What Night Brings also won the Paterson Fiction Prize, the Latino Literary Foundation Latino Book Award, Bronze Medal from Foreword Magazine, Honorable Mention for the Gustavus Meyers Books Award, and was a LAMBDA Book Award finalist. Carla has also written various articles on identity and higher education. Her latest novel, Faith and Fat Chances, was a finalist for the 2012 PEN Bellwether Prize for socially engaged fiction and is forthcoming from Curbstone/Northwestern University Press. Carla works as the Assistant Dean for Graduate Diversity Program at U.C. Berkeley and has focused some of her recent activities on improving the work and classroom climate using Interactive Theater. She has lectured in Ethnic Studies at U.C. Berkeley and Mills College, and in Women’s Studies at S.F. State University. She has also taught fiction for the Sandra Cisneros Macondo Writers Program and the Lambda Literary Foundation’s Emerging Writers Program
Writers Talk Featuring Carla Buckley, Sarah Gridley, Paula McLain
No full textFeaturing Paula McLain, author of the memoir Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses; poet Sarah Gridley; and Carla Buckley, author of the novel The Things that Keep us Here.The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/cstw11/New_Voices-Carla_Buckley_Sarah_Gridley_Paula_McLain.mp3Ohio State University. Center for the Study and Teaching of Writin
Hospital-related outbreaks due to rare fungal pathogens: a review of the literature from 1990 to June 2011
No full textAbstract Fungi can cause severe infections. Two or more
nosocomial unusual fungal infections diagnosed in a short
period should be assumed as an outbreak. The review’s aim
was to collect data to improve their management. The free
online worldwide database for nosocomial outbreaks (http://
www.outbreak-database.com) and the PubMed/MEDLINE
database were used to collect the English literature published
from 1990 to June 2011. The more common Candida
spp. and Aspergillus spp. infections were excluded. For each
outbreak, the following data were reviewed: species,
duration, source and site of infection, ward, risk factors,
number of patients infected, treatment, related mortality,
type of epidemiological study and time elapsed between
index cases and second cases. Thirty-six reports were
considered: yeasts caused the majority of the outbreaks
(16 out of 36). The median values for the overall
duration, number of infected people per outbreak and
infection-related mortality were 5 months, 4 and 20 %,
respectively. Eighteen cases were caused by contaminated
substances and 13 cases were hypothesised as
human-transmitted. Nosocomial outbreaks due to rare
fungal pathogens involve few patients but have high
related mortality. These results could be explained by
the diagnostic delay, the inability of recognising the source of
the infections and the challenges of the treatment. More efforts
should be concentrated to implement the application of proper
hygiene practices to avoid human–human transmission
Synthesis of the (1→6)-linked thiodisaccharide of galactofuranose. Inhibitory activity against a β-galactofuranosidase
No full textMethyl (methyl alpha,beta-D-galactofuranosid)uronate was employed as the starting compound,which was per-O-silylated with TBSCl and reduced with LiAlH4 to afford methyl 2,3,5-tri-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-b-D-galactofuranoside (2b) as akey precursor for the preparation of methyl per-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-6-thio-b-D-galactofuranos ide (12). The free thiol group of 12 was glycosylated and the product O-deprotected to afford the target b-D-Galf-S-(1,6)-b-D-Galf-OMe (14). The conformations of this thiodisaccharide were preliminarily studied using combined theoretical calculatio ns and NMR data.Further-more, the glycomimetic 14 showed to be a competitiv einhibitor of the beta-galactofuranosidase from Penicillum fellutanum (Ki = 3.62 mM).Fil: Repetto, Evangelina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones en Hidratos de Carbono; ArgentinaFil: Marino, María Carla. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones en Hidratos de Carbono; ArgentinaFil: Varela, Oscar Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Centro de Investigaciones en Hidratos de Carbono; Argentin
My First Pop-Up Book of Fables: Little Simon
No full textI find the text in this nice little pop-up particularly succinct and pithy. My favorite pop-up shows one arm and one leg of the lion moving outside the net that is holding him in. One of a set of four from an unusual dealer specializing in pop-ups.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Carla Dij
Carla Whiteside : Consensus-Exil
No full textNoting the cartographic references in Whiteside's drawings and installations, the author demonstrates the work's ability to speak of the position of the individual. Brief artist's statement. Biographical notes
My First Pop-Up Book of Fables: Little Simon
No full textThis may represent the first time that I have seen The Little Red Hen called a fable. Each of the three housemates--dog, pig, and turkey--is given one pop-up. My favorite shows the turkey fanning herself with a bored look on her face. One of a set of four from an unusual dealer specializing in pop-ups.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Carla Dij
Temperature affects Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor persistence in the aquatic environment via an enhanced expression of GbpA and MSHA adhesins
No full textVibrio cholerae O1 El Tor attachment to chitin and
biofilm formation on polyvinylchloride surfaces via
the N-acetylglucosamine-binding protein A (GbpA)
and the mannose-sensitive haemagglutinin (MSHA)
were investigated under different temperature and
salinity conditions simulating those found in the
aquatic environment. In vitro tests showed that mshA
and gbpA defective V. cholerae N16961 strains displayed
a significant reduction (P < 0.05) in attachment
to chitin in comparison with the parent in all the environmental
conditions tested. The lack of mshA, but
not gbpA, resulted in a significant decrease (P < 0.05)
of V. cholerae N16961 strain ability to form biofilm.
Wild-type attachment to chitin and biofilm formation
increased from 15°C to 25°C as did gbpA and mshA
expression. In situ data obtained analysing zooplankton
and water samples collected in coastal waters of
NW Mediterranean Sea over an annual cycle showed
that the percentage of plankton-associated V. cholerae
was positive correlated with sea surface temperature,
and increased dramatically at temperature
values above 22°C. It is suggested that temperature
plays a major role in affecting persistence of V. cholerae
in the aquatic environment by promoting colonization
of environmental surfaces, via an enhanced
expression of both mshA and gbpA
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