Grouping of Red Flour Beetles using two Different Strains

In this research project I studied how the Red Flour Beetle grouped over a 10 day time period with two different strains of the Beetle. One strain was the Canadian Red Flour Beetle and the other was the Manhattan, KS Red Flour Beetle. The grouping of the beetles is a behavior that is being tested in this experiment and can be greatly effected by both environment and genetics (Breed & Sanchez, 2010). Thus for this experiment I ask if different strains of the Red Flour Beetle aggregate differently and hypothesize that they will end up aggregating differently. After testing this question and hypothesis I found that The different strains do aggregate differently and this could be due to the different climates at which they are normally found. The Canadian lives in an overall lower temperature year round unlike the Kansas beetle (Baldwin & Fasulo, 2014). With this knowledge grain facilities will be able to better prevent infestations of this particular beetle (Gerken, Scully, &Campbell, 2018)

Humaniin – väike peptiid, suured ülesanded? Ülevaateartikkel humaniini-nimelisest peptiidist

Aastal 2001 kirjeldati esimest korda humaniini-nimelist peptiidi, mis võib olla esimene nn mitokondriaalne signaalmolekul. Praeguseks on kõnealusel peptiidil kirjeldatud mitmeid positiivseid omadusi: antiapoptootiline toime, tsütoprotektsioon mitmete mehhanismide kaudu. Peptiidi seostatakse vanusega seotud haigustega, näiteks diabeedi ja ateroskleroosiga. Artiklis on tutvustatud humaniini kui peptiidi, millest loodetakse potentsiaalset siirdemeditsiinilist läbimurret.Eesti Arst 2017; 96(6):328–33

Theoretical and experimental techniques in the design of CRT deflection systems

This investigation considers the design methodologies associated with the development and optimization of a magnetic deflection system for Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Display Systems. The development of a magnetic deflection system and the calculations necessary to determine the associated performance are both complex tasks. Their complexity arises from the detailed geometry involved in deflection unit designs, the wide range of product types and sizes, and variability in product performance specifications. The large variations of these issues compound the difficulty in realising an acceptable product design. Software simulation techniques which are able to accurately manipulate data and perform iterative calculations greatly aid this process. This work introduces a simulation technique used within the Philips organisation, called DUCAD (Deflection Unit Computer Aided Design), which is used to analytically and numerically model the deflection system, with the objective of assessing and speedily realising a design. The simulation technique allows magnetic deflection product designs to be synthesized by simulating the magnetic field generated by the deflection system. Approximate solutions can be iteratively investigated leading to a greater understanding of the problem domain. To gain a degree of confidence with the simulation results the software design proposal is thereafter replicated in hardware allowing a full validation of the DUCAD. Extensive simulation studies and practical prototyping experiments are presented to support the theoretical development. Comparing the calculated theoretical performance and the actual measured values, conclusions are drawn as to the quality of the simulation tool in deriving the intrinsic magnetic deflection characteristics of the generated product design. The level of agreement of theoretical prediction and experimental results are defined, and the design methodologies required to yield a slot based deflection system are assessed

Early Christian Sex Change. The Ascetical Context of Being Made Male in Early Christianity

This dissertation shows that in the second and third century Christian stories containing transformational imagery of being made male, the vision of the eschaton motivates individuals to lives of enkrateia and martyrdom. Individuals who choose encratic lives or the life of martyrdom become holy and are described in imagery reflective of the eschaton. The eschatological vision in these texts is the product of Biblical tradition and Second Temple Judaism; visions of the eschaton explain the future state as a return to prelapsarian Eden, as participation in the heavenly temple, and as victory in the eschatological battle. This vision is the context in which transformational imagery should be read. Its content gives meaning to the transformational imagery of being made male

Social care and health outcomes in ageing: exploring measures of multimorbidity

Background The older population within developed countries is increasing, leading to increased pressure on health services. Most of this demographic have multiple conditions (multimorbidity), which is difficult to measure in a methodological context. In Scotland, efforts are being made to integrate health and social care under one body in order to provide a person-centred environment where older people with complex needs receive tailored care. In this context it is important to consider the effect of social care in conjunction with multimorbidity on health outcomes to target care provision. Objectives This study intends to determine which is the best tool for predicting both mortality and care uptake amongst older people. The effect of care on mortality in conjunction with multimorbidity is also considered. This study also attempts to derive the best predictive model for both mortality and care uptake, using additional explanatory variables such as deprivation. Methods This quantitative longitudinal study uses a linked SMR admissions and social care census dataset from 2010-2015. It considers the impact of multiple measures of multimorbidity (such as ICD-10 flagged condition indices or prescription scores) on outcomes such as mortality, receipt of informal care or admissions using nested logistic regression models with summary statistics such as the AIC, BIC, R-squared and ROC curve. Projected results Based on literature, it is hypothesised that diagnosis-based indices (such as the Charlson Index) will perform best at predicting mortality, whilst prescription-based scores (such as the Chronic Disease Score) will perform best at predicting admissions

Conflicting Relations Paradigm: The Effects of A Stimulus Equivalence-Based Approach to Changing Bias

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. May 2018. Major: Educational Psychology. Advisors: Jennifer McComas McComas, Frank Symons. 1 computer file (PDF); ix, 86 pages.The stimulus equivalence paradigm has been used in a small number of studies to examine attitudes and responding towards socially relevant stimuli. Two of these studies attempted to use match-to-sample (MTS) training to establish equivalence relations between a positive stimulus and faces of African descent (de Carvalho & de Rose, 2014; Mizael, de Almeida, Silveira, & de Rose, 2016). In the latter study by Mizael et al. (2016), a redesigned training and testing protocol was employed and all 13 of the participants showed equivalence class formation. Furthermore, the authors offered evidence that procedures based on equivalence and transfer of functions were able to reduce pre-experimental biases demonstrated by participants. The present study was a systemic replication of the training and testing protocol from Mizael et al. (2016) with a novel study population that included 8 East African and 7 Native American elementary age children. The school that these children attended reported frequent and hostile interactions between these groups of students. All 15 children learned relations during matching tasks that would potentially establish emergent relations between outgroup faces and positive stimuli. Fourteen of the 15 children showed equivalence class formation. All 15 children also completed an array of stereotyping and prejudice measures before and after delayed match-to-sample training (DMTS) and testing to detect any generalization of the DMTS training effects beyond the experimental context. Participant performance on those measures suggested little, if any, generalization of training effects. Results are discussed in terms of the utility of the stimulus equivalence paradigm for addressing the challenges related to stereotyping and prejudice