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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
bioaerosol emission characteristics and the epidemiological, occupational, and public health risk assessment of waste and wastewater management
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Influence of a strong static magnetic field of 2.1 T on wing size and shape of Drosophila melanogaster
No full textDifferent environmental factors have an effect on development, behaviour, physiology and therefore on adaptation of many organisms. Magnetic field is one of the omnipresent stressful abiotic factors, which in complex interactions of other environmental factors has particular importance and could affect different biological systems during their development.
Fly wings are an excellent system for studying morphological variation because of their structural simplicity and many well-defined landmarks suitable for morphometrics. A potential adaptive nature and quantitative variability in different populations made wings size and shape very useful characteristic for consideration of environmental stress effects.
The effect of a strong static magnetic field on wing size and shape of Drosophila melanogaster was studied. The first instar larvae of laboratory strain were placed separatelyto the North (N), namely South (S) magnetic pole and exposed to the magnetic induction of 2.1 T (VINCY Cyclotron magnet) for 2h. Size and shape of the wings were characterized by a set of 15 landmarks and analyzed with the method of geometric morphometrics. To quantify wing size, it was used centroid size, which is measure of the spread of landmarks around their centre of gravity.
Observed results indicate the existence of the Drosophila wing size and shape sexual dimorphism. Apparent biological effects on the N and S magnetic poles were not observed on wing size and shape compare to the control group. Results indicated that 2.1 T static magnetic field couldn’t be considered as a potential stressor, influencing on wing size and shape during the embryonic and post-embryonic development of indivuduals.Albuquerque P, Cabo Verde S, Manteigas V, Monteiro A, Ramos C, Silva A, Viegas C, Viegas S, editors. International Congress on Environmental Health 2012: Proceedings Book; 2012 May 29 - Jun 1; Lisbon, Portugal. Lisbon: Scientific Area of Environmental Health - Lisbon College of Health Technology; 2012. p. 314
Environmental Mycology in Public Health - Fungi and Mycotoxins: Risk Assessment and Management
No full textExposure to airborne fungal spores and other propagules in the environment, whether
this occurs indoors or outdoors, in the workplace or in the home, is an everyday
occurrence that may lead to a wide range of disease manifestations in humans and
animals. These include mycoses, mycotoxicoses, and allergies. Improving our
understanding of the role of the environment in the causation of these diseases is
a critical need in the formulation and evaluation of intervention and prevention
strategies to reduce their impact on global public health and medical care.Description of editor: The book provides the most updated information on fungi, an essential element in the survival of our global ecology that can also pose a significant threat to the health of occupants when they are present in buildings.
As the exposure to fungi in homes is a significant risk factor for a number of respiratory symptoms, including allergies and hypersensitivity pneumonitis, this book presents information on fungi and their disease agents, important aspects of exposure assessment, and their impacts on health.
This book answers the hard questions, including, "How does one detect and measure the presence of indoor fungi?" and "What is an acceptable level of indoor fungi?" It then examines how we relate this information to human health problems.Key Features: - Provides unique new insights on fungi and their metabolites detection in the environmental and occupational settings; - Presents new information that is enriched by significant cases studies; - Multi-contributed work, edited by a proficient team in medical and environmental mycology with different individual expertise; - Guides the readers in the implementation of preventive and protective measures regarding exposure to fungi.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Effect of static magnetic field (2.1 T) on antioxidative defense system in Drosophila subobscura (Insecta, Diptera)
No full textLiving organisms are highly complex dynamical systems which are inextricably linked to their environment. Each individual is under influence of a complex of ecological factors (both biotic and abiotic ones). Among them, omnipresent magnetic fields represent important abiotic factor, which could affect different biological systems. Considering the increase of electromagnetic pollution, as a consequence of modernization of life, additional magnetic fields (static and alternating) are common in the living environment. Therefore, the interest for studying the biological effects of magnetic fields of different characteristics has also been increased.
Magnetic fields can affect insects, causing a wide range of responses. Some of these seem to be partly mediated through free radical reactions that are able to alter cell defense system and breakdown tissue homeostasis. Enzymes (superoxide dismutase – SOD, catalase – CAT, glutathione S-transferase – GST, glutathione reductase – GR, ascorbat peroxidase and dehydroascorbate reductase) and non-enzymatic components (glutathione, ascorbic acid and α-tocopherol) constitute the major antioxidant defense system against reactive oxygen species in insects.
The main purpose of this study was to analyze the activity of antioxidative defense (SOD, CAT, and total glutathione content - GSH) in laboratory strains of Drosophila subobscura (Insecta, Diptera) originating from oak and beech forests after exposure to the North (N), namely South (S) pole of static magnet (2.1 T, VINCY Cyclotron magnet).
The experimental groups were: sham, exposed to the N and S magnetic poles. The first instar larvae were exposed to the magnetic field for 2h. The effect of N and S magnetic poles on antioxidative defense in the homogenates of Drosophila adults was measured.
Exposure to static magnetic field (N and S poles) decreased SOD activity and total glutathione content and increased CAT activity in D. subobscura originating from oak forest. In contrast, in D. subobscura originating from beech forest, the N and S magnetic poles increased SOD and CAT activity, as well as decreased the total glutathione content.
According to the results, it can be stated that examined Drosophila adults, which the first instar larvae were exposed to static magnetic field, have specific response to the N and S magnetic poles.Albuquerque P, Cabo Verde S, Manteigas V, Monteiro A, Ramos C, Silva A, Viegas C, Viegas S, editors. International Congress on Environmental Health 2012: Proceedings Book; 2012 May 29 - Jun 1; Lisbon, Portugal. Lisbon: Scientific Area of Environmental Health - Lisbon College of Health Technology; 2012. p. 319
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
Avaliação de sistemas adesivos em dentina decídua: influência do envelhecimento na microtração e na nanoinfiltração
Get PDFTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia.Este estudo in vitro foi realizado com o objetivo de avaliar a resistência à microtração, e a nanoinfiltração de sistemas adesivos em dentina decídua, imediatamente (IM) e após seis meses (6M) do procedimento adesivo. Coroas de molares decíduos, hígidos e extraídos, foram desgastadas com papel de carbeto de silício até a granulação 600, obtendo-se superfícies oclusais planas, distribuídas em quatro grupos: Scotchbond Multi-Purpose (SMP), Single Bond (SB), Clearfil SE Bond (CSB) e Adper Prompt L-Pop (APL). Baseado nos dados obtidos pôde-se concluir que a resistência adesiva e a nanoinfiltração não foram influenciadas pelo envelhecimento e que a expressão da nanoinfiltração foi diferente entre os adesivos de condicionamento ácido total e autocondicionantes
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