In July 1996, a sheep named Dolly was born in Scotland. What makes Dolly's birth noteworthy is that she is the result of the first successful cloning attempt using the nucleus of an adult cell. The technique that led to Dolly's birth involved transferring the nucleus of a mammary cell from an adult sheep to the enucleated egg cell of an unrelated sheep with gestation occurring in a third sheep....

The emergence of learning objects for teachers as a focus of educational concentration is relatively new and much of the discussion has not been based on the actual development of objects, but different definitions, learning theories, properties and standards or decorative packages of learning objects (LOs). Also, in many teacher education programs, prospective teachers take a computer literacy...

Images of Caring in Student Nurses, accepted for Poster Presentation byWestern Institute of Nursing for their Annual Conference on April 2007Marcoullis, G., Abebe, L., Jain, D., Talusan, R., Bhagwati, N., Wiernik, P.H.(2002). Microangiopathic hemolysis refractory to plasmapheresisresponding to docetaxel and cisplatin: a case report. Medical Oncology,19(3), 189-192.Doctor...

Hospital to School Transitions for Children: A Multiple Case Study of Family Experiences By Rhiannon Y. Rager Dr. W. Paul Jones, Examination Committee Chair Professor of Educational Psychology University of Nevada, Las Vegas Dr. Lori Olafson, Examination Committee Co-Chair Executive Director, Office of Research Integrity and Professor of Educational Psychology University of Nevada, Las Vegas Ch...

W hen Melanie Hundley, on behalf of the new editors of The ALAN Review—Steven Bickmore, Melanie Hundley, and Jacqueline Bach—asked us (Anna and Sean) to write a column for their first issue of the The ALAN Review on the theme, “Young Adult Literature Gaining Stature at the High School,” we responded with a resounding “Yes!” Anna’s work in promoting the literary qualities of young adult literatu...

BACKGROUND Isothermal amplification methods provide alternatives to PCR that may be preferable for some nucleic acid target detection tasks. Among current isothermal target detection methods, ramified rolling circle amplification (RAM) of single-stranded DNA circles that are formed by ligation of linear DNA probes (C-probes or padlock probes) offers a unique target detection system by linked pr...

Choosing funds is a general issue for investors, with the aim of balancing potential risks and returns. The this article to use super-efficiency approach analyze rank exchange-traded (ETFs) in order find best utility ETFs. range-adjusted measure (RAM)-based data envelopment analysis (DEA) model used work evaluate set ETFs inefficient funds, while RAM fully RAM-based efficient funds. Other slack...

The Virtual Generalizing Random Access Memory Weightless Neural Network (VGRAM WNN) is a type of WNN that only requires storage capacity proportional to the training set. As such, it is an effective machine learning technique that offers simple implementation and fast training – it can be made in one shot. However, the VG-RAM WNN test time for applications that require many training samples can...

OBJECTIVE Autopsy cases show that cortical lesions (CLs) in multiple sclerosis (MS) lack lymphocyte/macrophage influx, blood-brain barrier breakdown, and complement activation. However, some CLs were demonstrated to harbor activated microglia. Here, we assessed the clinical significance of microglia activation in CLs in a large autopsy sample, and we investigated possible interrelationships wit...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Skeletal muscle has been suggested as an important factor in the pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome. During the aging process, muscle mass is lost in specific body parts. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between site-specific muscle loss assessed using computed tomography (CT) and metabolic syndrome. This study was conducted to investigate the ...