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Noncommunicable Diseases, Park Prescriptions, and Urban Green Space Use Patterns in a Global South Context
Urban green space use is often associated with improved physical and mental health and lower noncommunicable disease (NCDs) burdens. Factors that influence green space visits have been documented in cities of the Global North...
Global South Developing Countries Health Promotion nature prescriptions Noncommunicable Diseases park prescriptions urban green space Urban Health urban parks Adult Bangladesh Cities Environment Design Exercise Female Humans Male Middle Aged Noncommunicable Diseases Residence Characteristics Urban Population
Exercise-induced ‘browning’ of adipose tissues
Global rates of obesity continue to rise and are necessarily the consequence of a long-term imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. This is the result of an expansion of adipose tissue due to both the hypertrophy...
Alumnus Matthew Neal Awarded Science Teaching Fellowship
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Matthew Neal '13, '14 is a recipient of a 2014 Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF) Teaching Fellowship. The Greenville, South Carolina, native will begin his first year of teaching this fall.
Published by: Winthrop University
Exercise-induced ‘browning’ of adipose tissues
Global rates of obesity continue to rise and are necessarily the consequence of a long-term imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. This is the result of an expansion of adipose tissue due to both the hypertrophy...
Business Consultant Peter Browning to Headline 2015 Whitton Speaker Series
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Browning has more than 26 years of board experience and has served on the board of directors of 12 publicly traded companies. The Whitton Speaker Series offers support and free access to state-of-the-art knowledge relevant to...
Published by: Winthrop University
Thyroid-Hormone-Induced Browning of White Adipose Tissue Does Not Contribute to Thermogenesis and Glucose Consumption.
Kornelia Johann, Anna Lena Cremer, Alexander W Fischer, Markus Heine, Eva Rial Pensado, Julia Resch, Sebastian Nock, Samuel Virtue, Lisbeth Harder, Rebecca Oelkrug, Mariana Astiz, Georg Brabant, Amy Warner, Antonio Vidal-Puig, Henrik Oster, Anita Boelen, Miguel López, Joerg Heeren, Jeffrey W Dalley, Heiko Backes, Jens Mittag
Oct 09, 2020
Regulation of body temperature critically depends on thyroid hormone (TH). Recent studies revealed that TH induces browning of white adipose tissue, possibly contributing to the observed hyperthermia in hyperthyroid patients and...
beige adipose tissue beta3-adrenergic receptor Body Temperature brown adipose tissue glucose tolerance hyperthermia metabolism Norepinephrine pyrexia sympathetic nervous system thyroid hormone receptor Uncoupling Protein 1 Adipose Tissue Beige Adipose Tissue Brown Adipose Tissue White Animals Glucose Male Mice Mice Inbred C57BL Muscle Skeletal Receptors Adrenergic beta-3 Thermogenesis Thyroid Hormones Uncoupling Protein 1
Matthew Manwarren to Perform Free Piano Concert in Celebration of 50th Birthday
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Pianist Matthew Manwarren, a professor of music at Winthrop University, will present a free solo piano recital on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 4 p.m. This concert is being presented as a celebration of the artist's 50th birthday. The...
Published by: Winthrop University
Department of Theatre and Dance's New Play Takes on Matthew Shepard Tragedy
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
"The Laramie Project" tells the story of the after-effects of the Matthew Shepard tragedy through real-life interviews. Show times are Oct 24-27 at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. showing Oct. 28.
Published by: Winthrop University
SGBS cells as a model of human adipocyte browning
Chia Rou Yeo, Madhur Agrawal, Shawn Hoon, Asim Shabbir, Manu Kunaal Shrivastava, Shiqi Huang, Chin Meng Khoo, Vanna Chhay, M Shabeer Yassin, E Shyong Tai, Antonio Vidal-Puig, Sue-Anne Toh
Oct 09, 2020
The Simpson Golabi Behmel Syndrome (SGBS) pre-adipocyte cell strain is widely considered to be a representative in vitro model of human white pre-adipocytes. A recent study suggested that SGBS adipocytes exhibit an unexpected...
Guidelines for Modeling and Reporting Health Effects of Climate Change Mitigation Actions.
Jeremy J Hess, Nikhil Ranadive, Chris Boyer, Lukasz Aleksandrowicz, Susan C Anenberg, Kristin Aunan, Kristine Belesova, Michelle L Bell, Sam Bickersteth, Kathryn Bowen, Marci Burden, Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Elizabeth Carlton, Guéladio Cissé, Francois Cohen, Hancheng Dai, Alan David Dangour, Purnamita Dasgupta, Howard Frumkin, Peng Gong, Robert J Gould, Andy Haines, Simon Hales, Ian Hamilton, Tomoko Hasegawa, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda, Daniel E Horton, Alexandra Karambelas, Ho Kim, Satbyul Estella Kim, Patrick L Kinney, Inza Kone, Kim Knowlton, Jos Lelieveld, Vijay S Limaye, Qiyong Liu, Lina Madaniyazi, Micaela Elvira Martinez, Denise L Mauzerall, James Milner, Tara Neville, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Shonali Pachauri, Frederica Perera, Helen Pineo, Justin V Remais, Rebecca K Saari, Jon Sampedro, Pauline Scheelbeek, Joel Schwartz, Drew Shindell, Priya Shyamsundar, Timothy J Taylor, Cathryn Tonne, Detlef Van Vuuren, Can Wang, Nicholas Watts, J Jason West, Paul Wilkinson, Stephen A Wood, James Woodcock, Alistair Woodward, Yang Xie, Ying Zhang, Kristie L Ebi
Feb 08, 2021
BACKGROUND: Modeling suggests that climate change mitigation actions can have substantial human health benefits that accrue quickly and locally. Documenting the benefits can help drive more ambitious and health-protective...
Implementing Social Media
Social media is an important avenue for information dissemination and public communication in emergency management. Through social media content analysis and in-depth interviews, this study explores how county level emergency...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Reasonable Disagreement and the Neutralist Dilemma
Clare Chambers
Jul 10, 2018
This paper starts by investigating the idea of reasonable disagreement. It then considers Matthew Kramer’s argument that there is no neutral solution available to the disagreement over abortion. The paper argues that Kramer’s...
Hearing in Adults
The 1011-page book, Hearing in Adults, published in 1995, contains the fullest report of the United Kingdom’s Medical Research Council National Study of Hearing. It was designed to determine the prevalence and distribution in...
The dynamic interaction effects of railway tunnels
In cities around the world, underground railways offer an environmentally friendly solution to society’s increasing demand for mass transport. However, they are often constructed close to sensitive buildings, where the...
Manwarren Performs in First Faculty Recital Oct. 24
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Matthew Manwarren, associate professor of music, will perform his first faculty recital on Oct. 24. The free 8 p.m. recital will be held in Barnes Recital Hall.
Published by: Winthrop University
Reading Brand Africa Geopolitically
In 2010, the ‘Brand Africa’ initiative was launched with the mission to transform perceptions of Africa from a continent of calamities into one of promising economic prospects and entrepreneurial populations. This...
China Internship Teaches New Grads Relationship-Building, Classroom Confidence
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Ashley Crossland is a special education major from West Columbia, South Carolina. Lauren Gabauer is a Spanish major from Fort Mill, South Carolina. Matthew Neal '13 is a secondary math major from Rock Hill.
Published by: Winthrop University
Post Lecturer to Focus on Science of Sport Concussions Sept. 22
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Kevin Guskiewicz, director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center at UNC-Chapel Hill, will deliver the fall 2011 Post Lecture. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Published by: Winthrop University
A Historical Text-Based Game Designed to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
Designing an intervention that can effectively develop critical thinking skills is challenging because of the problems of transfer and domain specificity. The authors describe the design and development of a text-based game that...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Practical Considerations on How to Document and Transcribe Multi-Modality Learning
Matthew Pittinsky
Jun 24, 2022
For the first time in its history, higher education is having to prove its value. Being able to communicate a learner's holistic set of experiences and competencies when they leave an institution is critical both now and in the...
Higher Education Education Higher Education Social Sciences and Humanities Library and Information Science
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Tea2p is a kinesin-like protein required to generate polarized growth in fission yeast
Cytoplasmic microtubules are critical for establishing and maintaining cell shape and polarity. Our investigations of kinesin-like proteins (klps) and morphological mutants in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe have...
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