Blood flow mediated by the vascular endothelium plays an important role in removing heat from the skin. Asians who have thrifty genes have impaired endothelial function (EF) due to the westernized high fat (HF) dietary lifestyle....
The statistics on the prevalence of sexual abuse are varied and alarmingly large.
Rojas and Kinder (2007) showed that a little less than 30% of males stated that they had been sexually abused while a little over 30% of females reported being...
Fossil remains have recently been the focus of considerable attention due to several independent reports of protein and soft-tissue preservation in ancient biological remains. The fossil whales from the Pisco Formation in Peru were previously...
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide. As a result of studies done by Barker and associates, our awareness of the significance of stress during gestation as a risk factor for heart diseases has expanded. We now know that events...
Central Nervous System -- Growth and Development; Embryonic Development; Kidneys -- Growth and Development; Eye -- Growth and Development; Extremities -- Growth and Development
Lmx1b, a LIM homeodomain transcription factor is necessary for limb, kidney, eye, and central nervous system development. Lmx1b knockout (KO) mice display; abnormal limb dorsalization with distal ventral-ventral limbs, nephropathy, ocular...
Introduction: This study evaluated differences between laypersons and orthodontists in rating facial attractiveness in borderline class III surgical/orthodontic cases. The purpose was to determine whether orthognathic surgery or camouflage is a...
The Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI) is a self-report measure which was created by Lilienfeld and Andrews (1996) to identify the personality traits of psychopathy in noncriminal populations. These personality traits were grouped into eight...
This dissertation reports a survey of water quality, algal biodiversity, and toxin production in Southern California lakes, ponds, bays, and lagoons along the California coastline, in five counties from Santa Barbara to San Diego. Samples were...
Using the lenses of social constructionism and critical feminist theory, this dissertation examines how transnational Mexican couples in the agricultural town of Mecca, Southern California, respond to the crisis created by their adolescent children...
DNA -- Synthesis; DNA -- Biosynthesis; Glycoproteins; DNA Polymerases;
Discrimination by DNA polymerases controls the fidelity of DNA replication, and reduced fidelity results in mutations essential in the etiology of cancer. Polymerase discrimination operates at both dNTP insertion and subsequent elongation steps,...
