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The Grizzly, October 11, 2007
Matt Flyntz, Lane Taylor, Caitlin Dalik, Kristin O'Brassill, Jessica Zatwarnicki, Anani Samuels, Ashley Higgins, Kristen Gallagher, Zakary Arnhold, Laurel Salvo, Kristi Blust, Alex Ernst, Dan Sergeant, Jason Davis, Katie Callahan, Zach Shamberg
Jan 01, 0001
Up 'til Dawn Beats the Yawn to Fight Against Childhood Cancer The "Voice of WHYY" Speaks at Myrin Library's First Friday Series WeCAN Focuses on Workers' Rights Omega Chi Hosts Annual Campus Blood Drive Sexual Health in the...
Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania newspaper CIE Domenick Scudera St. Jude Children's Research Hospital WHYY Ed Cunningham worker rights Omega Chi OutFest Wismer dining hall Rugby cultural history Higher Education Liberal Studies Social History United States History
Published by: Ursinus College
The Grizzly, November 15, 2007
Matt Flyntz, Lane Taylor, Ashley McComeskey, Roger Lee, Caitlin Dalik, Anani Samuels, Kristi Blust, Kristin O'Brassill, Jess Buck, Jeremiah Long, Laurel Salvo, Chris Magee, Serena Mithboakar, Alex Ernst, Daniel Sergeant, Ashley Drogalis, Chris Carey, Jessica Zatwarnicki
Jan 01, 0001
Kemper Scholarship Offers Unique Experience for Freshmen Yale Professor Discusses Acclaimed Novel at Ursinus UC Alumni Share Volunteer Experiences in Peace Corps Ursinus Collects 754 Pounds of Canned Goods for Philabundance ...
Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania newspaper Kemper Scholarship program Elijah Anderson Peace Corps Philadelphia Premium Outlets Cans Across America Sodexo Wellness Fair theater Folksong Society and Recording Club student housing Swimming sororities field hockey cultural history Higher Education Liberal Studies Social History United States History
Published by: Ursinus College
The Grizzly, November 1, 2007
Matt Flyntz, Lane Taylor, Caitlin Dalik, Yukiko Kawamura, Roger Lee, Dan Sergeant, Anani Samuels, Matt Campbell, Kristi Blust, Serena Mithboakar, Jeremiah Long, Katie Callahan, Andy Lane, Michael Thomas, Alex Ernst, Laurel Salvo, Jason Davis, Jessica Zatwarnicki, Daniel Price
Jan 01, 0001
Outlet Shopping to Debut Near Ursinus "Bright Room" Brings History, Suspense to Stage Bridge Hosts Annual Alumni Celebration Renowned Poet Reads for UC Speaking to the Soul: A Personal Interview with Constance Merritt ...
Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania newspaper Philadelphia Premium Outlets theater Paulette Patton Bridge Program Crigler program Constance Merritt Homecoming Darlene Robinson workers' rights Alcohol field hockey Football cultural history Higher Education Liberal Studies Social History United States History
Published by: Ursinus College
Ethnic and Gender Disparities in Premature Adult Mortality in Belize 2008-2010.
BACKGROUND: Data on disparities in mortality within low and middle income countries are limited, with little published data from the Caribbean or Central America. Our aim was to investigate disparities in overall and cause...
Regulatory measures to fight obesity in Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean and Pacific, 2015 - 2017.
This report examines the experiences of Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean- Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, and in the Pacific- Fiji, Nauru, and Tonga with specific governmental regulatory measures to reduce the risk...
Climate archaeology
This article provides a commentary responding to the papers collected together for the special issue Modern Climate Change and the Practice of Archaeology. Responding to the challenges of climate change and global environmental...
Evaluating policy responses to noncommunicable diseases in seven Caribbean countries
Madhuvanti M Murphy, Nigel Unwin, T Alafia Samuels, Trevor A Hassel, Lisa Bishop, Cornelia Guell
Feb 07, 2019
OBJECTIVE: To identify, assess, and compare existing policies on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the Caribbean, gaps in policy responses, and the factors influencing successful policy development and implementation following...
Imp/IGF2BP levels modulate individual neural stem cell growth and division through myc mRNA stability.
The numerous neurons and glia that form the brain originate from tightly controlled growth and division of neural stem cells, regulated systemically by important known stem cell-extrinsic signals. However, the cell-intrinsic...
D. melanogaster RNA-binding protein developmental biology mRNA stability Myc neural stem cell Neuroblast neuroscience single molecule fish Animals Brain Cell Differentiation Cell Proliferation DNA-Binding Proteins Drosophila Proteins Drosophila melanogaster Gene Expression Regulation Developmental Green Fluorescent Proteins In Situ Hybridization Fluorescence Larva Male Mushroom Bodies Neural Stem Cells Protein Binding RNA Interference RNA Stability RNA Messenger RNA-Binding Proteins Signal Transduction Transcription Factors
Effect of Thyroid Hormone Concentration on the Transcriptional Response Underlying Induced Metamorphosis in the Mexican Axolotl (Ambystoma)
Background: Thyroid hormones (TH) induce gene expression programs that orchestrate amphibian metamorphosis. In contrast to anurans, many salamanders do not undergo metamorphosis in nature. However, they can be induced to undergo...
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Effect of Thyroid Hormone Concentration on the Transcriptional Response Underlying Induced Metamorphosis in the Mexican Axolotl (Ambystoma)
Background: Thyroid hormones (TH) induce gene expression programs that orchestrate amphibian metamorphosis. In contrast to anurans, many salamanders do not undergo metamorphosis in nature. However, they can be induced to undergo...
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
OPA1 mutations cause cytochrome c oxidase deficiency due to loss of wild-type mtDNA molecules.
Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, Kamil S Sitarz, David C Samuels, Philip G Griffiths, Amy K Reeve, Laurence A Bindoff, Rita Horvath, Patrick F Chinnery
Mar 07, 2019
Pathogenic OPA1 mutations cause autosomal dominant optic atrophy (DOA), a condition characterized by the preferential loss of retinal ganglion cells and progressive optic nerve degeneration. Approximately 20% of affected...
Exploring ways to respond to rising obesity and diabetes in the Caribbean using a system dynamics model.
Leonor Guariguata, Leandro Garcia, Natasha Sobers, Trevor S Ferguson, James Woodcock, T Alafia Samuels, Cornelia Guell, Nigel Unwin
May 19, 2022
Diabetes and obesity present a high and increasing burden of disease in the Caribbean that have failed to respond to prevention policies and interventions. These conditions are the result of a complex system of drivers and...
Adverse risk factor trends limit gains in coronary heart disease mortality in Barbados
BACKGROUND: Although most countries face increasing population levels of obesity and diabetes their effect on coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality has not been often studied in small island developing states (SIDs) where...
Using Group Model Building to Describe the System Driving Unhealthy Eating and Identify Intervention Points
Leonor Guariguata, Etiënne Aja Rouwette, Madhuvanti M Murphy, Arlette Saint Ville, Leith L Dunn, Gordon M Hickey, Waneisha Jones, T Alafia Samuels, Nigel Unwin
Jan 17, 2020
Many Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean experience a triple burden of malnutrition with high rates of obesity, undernutrition in children, and iron deficiency anemia in women of reproductive age, driven by an...
Caribbean NCDs agricultural development food sovereignty group model building small islands Systems science unhealthy diet Adolescent Caribbean Region Child Child Nutrition Disorders Child Preschool Diet Feeding Behavior Female Humans Jamaica Male Nutrition Policy Policy Making Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines stakeholder participation Systems Analysis Young Adult
Are there gender differences in acute management and secondary prevention of acute coronary syndromes in Barbados? A cohort study.
Natasha Sobers, Angela Mc Rose, T Alafia Samuels, Julia Critchley, Melissa Abed, Ian Hambleton, Arianne Harvey, Nigel Unwin
Feb 14, 2019
OBJECTIVES: In Barbados, high case fatality rates have been reported after myocardial infarction (MI) with higher rates in women than men. To explore this inequality, we examined documented pharmacological interventions for...
A Combined Theory of Change-Group Model Building Approach to Evaluating “Farm to Fork” Models for School Feeding in the Caribbean
There is a scarcity of research on building nutrition-sensitive value chains (NSVCs) to improve diets and nutrition outcomes of populations in the Caribbean. This study contributes to filling this research gap by...
Prevalence and phenotype of diabetes and prediabetes using fasting glucose vs HbA1c in a Caribbean population.
Nigel Unwin, Christina Howitt, Angela Mc Rose, T Alafia Samuels, Anselm Jm Hennis, Ian R Hambleton
Feb 21, 2018
BACKGROUND: Both fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and HbA1c are recommended for the diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and for diabetes by the World Health Organization. The ADA...
Systems science for developing policy to improve physical activity, the Caribbean.
Leonor Guariguata, Nigel Unwin, Leandro Garcia, James Woodcock, T Alafia Samuels, Cornelia Guell
Nov 08, 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Action Plan on Physical Activity recommends adopting a systems approach to implementing and tailoring actions according to local contexts. We held group model-building workshops with...
Effect of Thyroid Hormone Concentration on the Transcriptional Response Underlying Induced Metamorphosis in the Mexican Axolotl (Ambystoma)
Background: Thyroid hormones (TH) induce gene expression programs that orchestrate amphibian metamorphosis. In contrast to anurans, many salamanders do not undergo metamorphosis in nature. However, they can be induced to undergo...
Published by: Digital Commons @ Texas A&M University-San Antonio
A cross-sectional study of physical activity and sedentary behaviours in a Caribbean population
Christina Howitt, Soren Brage, Ian R Hambleton, Kate Westgate, T Alafia Samuels, Angela Mc Rose, Nigel Unwin
Dec 16, 2016
BACKGROUND: Current understanding of population physical activity (PA) levels and sedentary behaviour in developing countries is limited, and based primarily on self-report. We described PA levels using objective and self-report...
Barbados Combined sensing physical activity Physical activity questionnaire Sedentary behaviour Adult Barbados Caribbean Region Cross-Sectional Studies Developing Countries Energy Metabolism Exercise Female Heart Rate Humans Leisure Activities Male Middle Aged obesity Overweight prevalence Sedentary Behavior Self Report Socioeconomic Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Work
Using Group Model Building to Describe the System Driving Unhealthy Eating and Identify Intervention Points
Many Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean experience a triple burden of malnutrition with high rates of obesity, undernutrition in children, and iron deficiency anemia in women of reproductive age, driven by an...
CytoCensus, mapping cell identity and division in tissues and organs using machine learning.
Martin Hailstone, Dominic Waithe, Tamsin J Samuels, Lu Yang, Ita Costello, Yoav Arava, Elizabeth Robertson, Richard M Parton, Ilan Davis
Jun 08, 2020
A major challenge in cell and developmental biology is the automated identification and quantitation of cells in complex multilayered tissues. We developed CytoCensus: an easily deployed implementation of supervised machine...
3D cell detection 4D image analysis D. melanogaster Cell Biology developmental biology ex vivo culture Live imaging MOUSE Neural Stem Cells Zebrafish Animals Animals Genetically Modified Automation Brain Cell Division Drosophila melanogaster Embryo Mammalian Female Image Processing Computer-Assisted Larva Machine Learning Male Mice Microscopy Video Mutation Organoids Phenotype Reproducibility of Results Retina Time Factors Time-Lapse Imaging Tissue Culture Techniques Zebrafish
Patterns of Etruscan Urbanism
Simon Stoddart, Alessio Palmisano, David Redhouse, Graeme Barker, Giorgia di Paola, Laura Motta, Tom Rasmussen, Troy Samuels, Robert Witcher
Sep 16, 2020
This paper examines the patterns of Etruscan urbanism by the innovative use of newly available rural data, employing rank size, and indices of centralization. The detailed case study looks at the development of urbanism of...
Exploring ways to respond to rising obesity and diabetes in the Caribbean using a system dynamics model.
Leonor Guariguata, Leandro Garcia, Natasha Sobers, Trevor S Ferguson, James Woodcock, T Alafia Samuels, Cornelia Guell, Nigel Unwin
Apr 17, 2023
Diabetes and obesity present a high and increasing burden of disease in the Caribbean that have failed to respond to prevention policies and interventions. These conditions are the result of a complex system of drivers and...
Published by: PLOS global public health
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