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Catholic Journalism in California (1964)

Research Article| June 01 1964 Catholic Journalism in California FRANCIS J. WEBER FRANCIS J. WEBER Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Southern California Quarterly (1964) 46 (2): 169–177. https://doi.org/10.2307/41169851 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation FRANCIS J. WEBER; Catholic Journalism in California. Southern California Quarterly 1 June 1964; 46 (2): 169–177. doi: https://doi.org/10.2307/41169851 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentSouthern California Quarterly Search This content is only available via PDF. Copyright, 1964 The Historical Society of Southern California Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
Graphitic Carbon-Coated ZrC- and Co-Nanoparticles Synthesized by Pulsed Plasma in Liquid (2011)

Graphitic carbon coated ZrC- and Co-nanoparticles were prepared by pulsed plasma in liquid (PPL); their structures were then investigated by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy. In the process, metal electrodes were used as the metal source and liquid ethanol as the carbon source. The nanoparticles, with a small diameter size of 10 nm, have clear core/shell structures, indicating their potential for improving anti-oxidation properties and other applications.
Molecular Cloning and Characterization of the cys-3 Regulatory Gene of Neurospora Crassa (1987)

The regulatory gene cys-3+ controls the synthesis of a number of enzymes involved in sulfur metabolism. cys-3 mutants show a multiple loss of enzymes in different pathways of sulfur metabolism. The cys-3+ gene was isolated by transformation of an aro-9 qa-2 cys-3 inl strain with a clone bank followed by screening with the "sib selection" method. The library used (pRAL1) contained inserts of Sau3a partial digest fragments of about 9 kilobases as well as the Neurospora qa-2+ gene. Double selection for qa-2+ and cys-3+ function was carried out. The transformants obtained with the isolated cys-3+ clone show recovery of the enzyme activities associated with the cys-3 mutation (e.g., arylsulfatase and sulfate permease). Restriction fragment length polymorphism experiments confirmed the identity of the clone, mRNA studies with Northern blots show that the expression of the cys-3+ gene is inducible. In contrast to cys-3+, the cys-3 (P22) mutant gene was not expressed at a higher level under sulfur-derepressed conditions.
Associations of pri-miR-34b/c and pre-miR-196a2 Polymorphisms and Their Multiplicative Interactions with Hepatitis B Virus Mutations with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk (2013)

rs4938723 might be a genetic risk factor of HCC but its effect on HCC is significantly affected by the HBV mutations. rs11614913 might not be a HCC susceptible factor but it might affect the effects of the HBV mutations or rs4938723 on HCC risk.
Erratum. Mediobasal Hypothalamic SIRT1 Is Essential for Resveratrol’s Effects on Insulin Action in Rats. Diabetes 2011;60:2691–2700 (2017)

The authors wish to correct Fig. 1 B in the article cited above. The β-tubulin strip shown for the resveratrol …
HE HYDROLOGY OF OVERLAND FLOW IN WETLANDS (1981)

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Antimicrobial properties of Pediococcus acidilactici and Pediococcus pentosaceus isolated from silage (2021)

To the best of our knowledge, this report is a pioneer in the evaluation of Pediococcus strains isolated from silage with highly specific bacteriocinogenic antimicrobial activity against Listeria spp. and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp., and antifungal activity against mycotoxin-producing moulds.
Directory-less indoor positioning for WLAN infrastructures extended abstract (2008)

Existing positioning approaches do not provide the required positioning accuracy for navigation systems in indoor environments. Novel approaches are based on pseudolites (pseudo satellites) which try to emulate GPS (Global Positioning System) satellites. Thus, conventional GPS receivers could be used, but the infrastructure becomes very expensive. Other approaches are based on tagged WLAN access points or GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) base stations with a central tag directory. When a user wants to determine its position, he queries the central server for the geo coordinate of its current access point or base station. Finally, the server delivers the corresponding coordinate. In this paper we present a directory-less approach based on broadcasted geo tags for positioning in existing WLAN infrastructures.
The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements) Project (2004)

The ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project aims to identify all functional elements in the human genome sequence. The pilot phase of the Project is focused on a specified 30 megabases (approximately 1%) of the human genome sequence and is organized as an international consortium of computational and laboratory-based scientists working to develop and apply high-throughput approaches for detecting all sequence elements that confer biological function. The results of this pilot phase will guide future efforts to analyze the entire human genome.
Novel approaches to flavivirus drug discovery (2012)

Overall, the prognosis of flavivirus antiviral drug development is positive: new effective compounds have been discovered and studied. However, repurposing existing compounds and a greater translation to the clinical setting are recommended in order to combat the growing threat of flaviviruses.
Photodynamics of NaTaO3 Catalysts for Efficient Water Splitting (2003)

Electrons photoexcited in catalysts based on NaTaO3 were observed by time-resolved infrared (IR) absorption spectroscopy. The electrons excited by 266-nm pump pulse exhibited a monotonic absorption of mid-IR light. The recombination kinetics of the excited electrons with holes was monitored in a vacuum as a function of time delay ranging from 100 ns to 1 s. When the Na content and La dopant were optimized to achieve high activity in the steady-state reaction of water splitting, the recombinative decay was hindered to increase the amount of electrons. The electrons were transferred to NiO ultrafine particles, loaded as a cocatalyst, within 1 μs following the pulse excitation. Exposing the catalysts to water vapor affected the electron decay and efficient electron transfer to water via the cocatalyst was evidenced.
Ligand‐Directed Template Assembly for the Construction of Gigantic Molybdenum Blue Wheels (2019)

Template-mediated synthesis is a powerful approach to build a variety of functional materials and complex supramolecular systems. However, the systematic study of how templates structurally evolve from basic building blocks, and then affect the templated self-assembly, is critical to understanding and utilizing the underlying mechanism, to work towards designed assembly. Here we describe the templated self-assembly of a series of gigantic Mo Blue (MB) clusters 1-4 using l-ornithine as a structure-directing ligand. We show that by using l-ornithine as a structure director, we can form new template⊂host assemblies. Based on the structural relationship between encapsulated templates of {Mo<sub>8</sub> } (1), {Mo<sub>17</sub> } (2) and {Mo<sub>36</sub> } (4), a pathway of the structural evolution of templates is proposed. This provides insight into how gigantic Mo Blue cluster rings form and could lead to full control over the designed assembly of gigantic Mo-blue rings.
Prevention of Nerve Edema and Increased Blood-Nerve Barrier Permeability–Surface Area Product in Galactosemic Rats by Aldose Reductase or Thromboxane Synthetase Inhibitors (1989)

Nerve water content and the permeability-surface area product (PA) to [3H]-or [14C]sucrose at the blood-nerve barrier were determined in unanesthetized control rats fed a normal diet and in rats fed galactose with or without an aldose reductase inhibitor (Statil or AL 1576) or a thromboxane synthetase inhibitor (CGS 12970). Nerve water content was determined by taking the difference between dry and wet weights of whole tibial nerves. PA was determined by an intravenous bolus injection of radiotracer with multiple-time-point graphic and quantitative autoradiographic methods. The mean nerve water content in galactosemic rats was 15% higher than in control rats after 7-11 mo on the diet. Statil and AL 1576 prevented nerve edema, but CGS 12970 was only partially effective in preventing an increase in nerve water content in galactose-fed rats. In galactosemic rats, the mean PA to sucrose at the blood-nerve barrier, calculated from nerve dry weight, was twofold higher than in control rats. Treatment with Statil, AL 1576, or CGS 12970 prevented increased PA. Our results suggest that nerve edema and increased blood-nerve barrier PA are secondary to polyol production and can be prevented by inhibiting aldose reductase.
The Malpighi lecture. Vascular permeability--the consequence of Malpighi's hypothesis. (1985)

The permeability of microvessels to water and small hydrophilic solutes varies considerably between different vascular beds and even between individual vessels in the same vascular bed. Provided the tissues are undamaged, the filtering properties of vessel walls to macromolecules are relatively constant and an analysis of the variations in hydraulic conductances and permeabilities to small ions between different endothelia suggests that the channels for hydrophilic molecules are similar in a wide range of vessels. In undamaged tissues, variations in permeability may be accounted for by variations in the frequency of channels per unit area of vessel wall. The permeability of vessel walls to water and small hydrophilic molecules and their ability to sieve macromolecules are consistent with the molecular filter being a lattice of fibrous molecules which covers and fills the channels through the endothelium. Direct and indirect evidence indicate that globular proteins are part of the molecular filter and it is suggested that they bind the fibrous molecules into a more uniform lattice (the fibre matrix) which greatly increases its selectivity. The question of how the contraction of adjacent endothelial cells might widen the intercellular clefts and thus regulate permeability is discussed. Preliminary experiments show that the permeability of frog capillaries can be varied by varying concentrations of Mg2+ (rather than Ca2+) in the presence of the ionophore A23187 and suggest an interesting line of investigation.
Robust Optimal Design and Control of a Morphing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Airfoil for a Range of Flight Maneuvers (2020)

This paper presents a new approach to optimizing the designs of a morphing airfoil for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) by accounting for the range of possible flight trajectories that the UAV is required to be able to fly. A morphing mechanism and control system for the airfoil are simultaneously optimized in order to maximize how well the UAV can follow different flight trajectories. In order to solve the resulting concurrent optimization problem, a new solution approach incorporating robust optimization (a method for optimization under uncertainty) is proposed, which accounts for a continuous range of possible flight trajectories. This method determines the set of “worst-case” trajectories and finds a design that is optimal under them (thus ensuring better performance under any other trajectory). Results are presented comparing the robust design found using the proposed approach against designs that have only been optimized for one specific trajectory. The results show the robust design found using the proposed approach has significantly better performance over the set of worst-case trajectories than designs optimized for a single flight trajectory, guaranteeing a bound on its performance under any randomly sampled trajectory.
Transition-metal-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions: a remarkable advance from palladium to nickel catalysts (2013)

In the transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions, the use of the first row transition metals as catalysts is much more appealing than the precious metals owing to the apparent advantages such as cheapness and earth abundance. Within the last two decades, particularly the last five years, explosive interests have been focused on the nickel-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura reactions. This has greatly advanced the chemistry of transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. Most notably, a broad range of aryl electrophiles such as phenols, aryl ethers, esters, carbonates, carbamates, sulfamates, phosphates, phosphoramides, phosphonium salts, and fluorides, as well as various alkyl electrophiles, which are conventionally challenging, by applying palladium catalysts can now be coupled efficiently with boron reagents in the presence of nickel catalysts. In this review, we would like to summarize the progress in this reaction.
A Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)‐Responsive Polymer for Safe, Efficient, and Targeted Gene Delivery in Cancer Cells (2013)

Stimuli-responsive release: The high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in prostate cancer cells can be exploited to trigger cancer-targeted gene delivery. A ROS-responsive thioketal-based cationic polymer was synthesized and functionalization with a cancer-targeting peptide led to selective and enhanced gene transfection in prostate cancer cells (see scheme).
Highly efficient Blue-Emitting CdSe-derived Core/Shell Gradient Alloy Quantum Dots with Improved Photoluminescent Quantum Yield and Enhanced Photostability (2017)

Highly efficient blue-emitting CdSe-derived core/shell gradient alloy quantum dots (CSGA QDs) with photoluminescence quantum yield (PL QY) of ca. 90% have been synthesized through a facile "one-pot" approach. CdSe nuclei are initially formed as core and gradient alloy shells such as CdSe<sub>x</sub>S<sub>1-x</sub>/ZnSe<sub>y</sub>S<sub>1-y</sub> simultaneously encapsulate the preformed CdSe core in an energy-gradient fashion eventually followed by coating with ZnS shells due to the faster precursor reaction kinetics of Cd and Se compared to analog of Zn and S. During the formation of core/shell structure, red-shifting of absorption/emission peaks followed by blue-shifting of analogues were observed due to the intradiffusion of sulfur anion to CdSe luminescent center. In this gradient architecture, interfacial lattice strain can be effectively alleviated, and thus high PL QY (ca. 90%) and enhanced photochemical stability can be achieved. The synthesized blue-emitting gradient alloy QDs with superior optical properties tunable in the range of 450-490 nm can be used for highly efficient blue-emitters and potentially applicable for the fabrication of white-light LEDs.
Iodide sensing via electrochemical etching of ultrathin gold films (2014)

Iodide is an essential element for humans and animals and insufficient intake is still a major problem. Affordable and accurate methods are required to quantify iodide concentrations in biological and environmental fluids. A simple and low cost sensing device is presented which is based on iodide induced electrochemical etching of ultrathin gold films. The sensitivity of resistance measurements to film thickness changes is increased by using films with a thickness smaller than the electron mean free path. The underlying mechanism is demonstrated by simultaneous cyclic voltammetry experiments and resistance change measurements in a buffer solution. Iodide sensing is conducted in buffer solutions as well as in lake water with limits of detection in the range of 1 μM (127 μg L(-1)) and 2 μM (254 μg L(-1)), respectively. In addition, nanoholes embedded in the thin films are tested for suitability of optical iodide sensing based on localized surface plasmon resonance.
Pseudomonas syringae Effector AvrPphB Suppresses AvrB-Induced Activation of RPM1 but Not AvrRpm1-Induced Activation (2015)

The Pseudomonas syringae effector AvrB triggers a hypersensitive resistance response in Arabidopsis and soybean plants expressing the disease resistance (R) proteins RPM1 and Rpg1b, respectively. In Arabidopsis, AvrB induces RPM1-interacting protein kinase (RIPK) to phosphorylate a disease regulator known as RIN4, which subsequently activates RPM1-mediated defenses. Here, we show that AvrPphB can suppress activation of RPM1 by AvrB and this suppression is correlated with the cleavage of RIPK by AvrPphB. Significantly, AvrPphB does not suppress activation of RPM1 by AvrRpm1, suggesting that RIPK is not required for AvrRpm1-induced modification of RIN4. This observation indicates that AvrB and AvrRpm1 recognition is mediated by different mechanisms in Arabidopsis, despite their recognition being determined by a single R protein. Moreover, AvrB recognition but not AvrRpm1 recognition is suppressed by AvrPphB in soybean, suggesting that AvrB recognition requires a similar molecular mechanism in soybean and Arabidopsis. In support of this, we found that phosphodeficient mutations in the soybean GmRIN4a and GmRIN4b proteins are sufficient to block Rpg1b-mediated hypersensitive response in transient assays in Nicotiana glutinosa. Taken together, our results indicate that AvrB and AvrPphB target a conserved defense signaling pathway in Arabidopsis and soybean that includes RIPK and RIN4.
Mechanism of Water Stress-Induced Xylem Embolism (1988)

We investigated the hypothesis that water stress-induced xylem embolism is caused by air aspirated into functional vessels from neighboring embolized ones (e.g. embolized by physical damage) via pores in intervessel pit membranes. The following experiments with sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) support the hypothesis. (a) Most vessels in dehydrating stem segments embolized at xylem pressures < -3 megapascals; at this point the pressure difference across intervessel pits between air-filled vessels at the segment's ends and internal water-filled vessels was >3 megapascals. This same pressure difference was found to be sufficient to force air across intervessel pits from air injection experiments of hydrated stem segments. This suggests air entry at pits is causing embolism in dehydrating stems. (b) Treatments that increased the permeability of intervessel pits to air injection also caused xylem to embolize at less negative xylem pressures. Permeability was increased either by perfusing stems with solutions of surface tension below that of water or by perfusion with a solution of oxalic acid and calcium. The mechanism of oxalic-calcium action on permeability is unknown, but may relate to the ability of oxalate to chelate calcium from the pectate fraction of the pit membrane. (c) Diameter of pores in pit membranes measured with the scanning electron microscope were within the range predicted by hypothesis (</=0.4 micrometer).
Geographic routing in vehicular ad hoc networks (2010)

Geographic routing has become a popular routing protocol in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) because of its simplicity and low overhead. Recent research has recognized its applicability in vehicular mobile ad hoc networks (VANETs) without considering much the particular characteristics in such an environment. Characteristics unique to VANETs such as rapidly and dynamically changing network topology, road-constrained mobility, regular traffic pattern, ample power and storage, intermittent connectivity, and high signal interference from other communicating vehicles and obstacles motivate detailed study into the improvements and optimizations of the existing geographic routing to bring about its adoption in VANETs. To advance geographic routing in VANETs, the thesis first explains the choice of geographic routing amid numerous MANET routing protocols in VANETs. It then makes major contributions of improvements of geographic routing in light of VANETs' environmental characteristics. These improvements range from eliminating the overhead of planarization and the occurrence of cross-link induced routing loops to cutting the routing inefficiency of the routing's standard mode of operations. In addition, opportunistic forwarding was utilized to improve the packet delivery. Furthermore, geographic routing was made intelligent to avoid voids and expensive backtracking by using connectivity information obtained proactively in a peer-to-peer fashion. Delay tolerant techniques are also considered to counter intermittent connectivity. Building improvement on top of the other, the paper presents a fully integrated geographic routing solution suitable for vehicular ad hoc networks.
Smoothing of microfabricated silicon features by thermal annealing in reducing or inert atmospheres (2010)

In this work, high-temperature annealing of reactive ion etched silicon microstructures in H2 and Ar gases is studied. Three types of structural features were etched with four different masks into ⟨100⟩-oriented silicon wafers. Scanning electron microscope and atomic force microscope (AFM) results show that when smoothing due to surface diffusion and desorption of silicon is taking place in both the argon and hydrogen gas environments, the three types of features respond differently to the treatments. The surface diffusion was observed to be strongly dependent on temperature in argon, whereas the transport was more linear and controllable in the hydrogen gas environment. For hydrogen, AFM studies were performed to observe the details of the smoothing process. Finally, some potential applications of these transport phenomena are discussed.
Quantitative analysis of D-amino acids in sake brewing processes of Kimoto, Kimoto adding starter latctic acid bacteria, and Sokujomoto (2012)

Summary We measured all of the D‑amino acids in 37 samples taken in 3 kinds of sake brewing processes (Kimoto Kimoto adding starter latctic acid bacteria and Sokujomoto and 4 samples of sake rice using high‑performance liquid chro‑ matography. We found that D‑Asp D‑Glu D‑Ala and D‑Val were produced in all three sake brewing proceses but D‑His D‑Arg and D‑Pro were detected only in Kimoto. D‑Ile and D‑Phe were detected only in Kimoto adding start‑ er lactic acid bacteria. D‑Leu was detected in Kimoto adding starter latctic acid bacteria and Sokujomoto but not in Kimoto. Most of these D‑amino acid concentrations increased from Fukuremae to Modosi period. The D‑amino acid concentrations observed were diﬀ erent in each brewing process and the highest amount of D‑Asp (32.1 µM D‑Glu (25.3 µM and D‑Ala (160.8 µM were contained in Kimoto at Jousou period. In contrast sake rice contained D‑Asp D‑Ala D‑Val D‑Glu and D‑Ser but all of their concentrations were under 1 µM. Lactic acid bacteria type culture strains (Lacobacillus sakei NBRC 15893 and Leuconostoc mesenteroides NBRC 102480 isolated from Kimoto pro‑ duced D‑amino acids (for L. sakei: D‑Ala D‑Glu and D‑Asp; for L. mesenteroides: D‑Ala D‑Glu and D‑Lys. We found that all of the gene products of the amino acid racemase homologue genes from L. sakei and L. mesenteroides showed alanine glutamate aspartate lysine or histdine racemase activity. Accordingly Kimoto is one of eﬀ ective methods to increase D‑amino acid contents in sake. The D‑amino acids in sake were produced by lactic acid bacte‑ ria in Kimoto and the amino acid racemases of the lactic acid bacteria probably catalyze the synthesis of various D‑amino acids in the organisms.