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Community Health Fair Promotes Engagement and Civic Responsibility 23 Oct 2012 | 10:55 pm
An assignment to develop and implement a community health fair helped students achieve course objectives while implementing public health functions. This approach integrated “meaningful community serv...
Heterologous Complementation in Yeast Reveals the Solute Specificity of a Nucleobase Cation Symporter 1 (NCS1) from Nicotiana tabacum 22 Oct 2012 | 08:40 pm
The use and importance of nucleobases and nucleosides can never be understated due to their plethora of contribution to the vitality of all organisms. Their de novo synthesis and salvage is compartmen...
Social Transformation for a Sustainable Built Environment: Problems and Prospects 11 Oct 2012 | 09:07 pm
Enlightened designers, manufacturers and contractors have embraced concepts of sustainability as a means of responsibly resolving complex problems in order to protect, nurture, and improve our environ...
Urbanization and the Dynamics of Suburban Development Under Capitalism 11 Oct 2012 | 09:02 pm
One of the most striking and significant social phenomena of the twentieth century has been the growth and proliferation of suburbs around large cities in the United States. From a limited and relativ...
Reducing High-Risk Alcohol Behaviors 3 Oct 2012 | 06:10 pm
Clinical question: Does a theoretically supported, evidence-based alcohol risk reduction intervention implemented in a college health setting by an advanced practice nurse demonstrate improved alcohol...
Health Care Access for Hoosiers 3 Oct 2012 | 06:10 pm
A variety of barriers contribute to delays in accessing health care in Indiana. Medically underserved areas and health professional shortage areas further potentiate barriers creating additional delay...
The Hope for Audacity: From Cynicism to Hope in Educational Leadership and Policy 3 Oct 2012 | 12:20 am
The Hope for Audacity: From Cynicism to Hope in Educational Leadership and Policy is authored by educators who feel compelled to make their voices heard -- fueled by their passion for authentic learni...
Microorganisms from Sand, Cloacal Fluid, and Eggs of Lepidochelys olivacea and Standard Testing of Cloacal Fluid Antimicrobial Properties 2 Oct 2012 | 12:29 am
The microorganisms associated with olive ridley nesting and potential antimicrobial properties of cloacal fluid were studied at Parque Nacional Marino las Baulas, Costa Rica, and nearby beaches during...
Something Worse: Frank Capra's Populist Noir and Springsteen's "The River" 21 Sep 2012 | 06:10 pm
In Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town, Springsteen relies on film noir imagery to relay the cinematic yet stark lives of his protagonists. By The River he takes a more populist turn, but unl...
Functional Characterization of Two Putative Nucleobase Transporters in Arabidopsis Using Heterologous Complementation in Yeast 21 Sep 2012 | 01:39 am
To identify the substrate profile function for AtNAT5, one of the twelve members of the NAT/NCS2 gene family putatively identified to transport xanthine and/or uric acid, and to identify other functio...
