BLS Spotlight on Statistics: Industry on Tap: Breweries

Breweries, breweries everywhere, and so much beer to drink! It seems as though nearly every town in America has a brewery these days, suggesting that the industry must be expanding rapidly. But, is it? From 2006 to 2016, breweries accounted for more than half of the employment growth within the beverage manufacturing industry. As breweries—establishments engaged primarily in brewing beer, ale, lager, malt liquors, and nonalcoholic beer—are beginning to take up a larger share of the beverage manufacturing industry, soft drink and ice manufacturing\u27s share has been declining. This Spotlight on Statistics examines historical employment trends for breweries and the other component industries that make up the beverage manufacturing industry. It also looks at wages, the number of establishments, prices, and injury rates for the brewing industry and compares them with similar measures for distilleries, wineries, and the soft drink and ice manufacturing industry

Wavelet Analysis and Lognormal Distributions in GRBs

A wavelet analysis has been performed on 80 intense gamma-ray bursts GRBs) from the BATSE 3B catalog with durations longer than 2 seconds. The wavelet analysis applied novel features developed for edge detection in image processing and this filtering process was used to extract a fit to the irregular GRB profile from the background. A straightforward algorithm was subsequently used to identify statistically significant peaks in this profile. The areas and FWHM of 270 peaks that were characterised as isolated were found to be consistent with lognormal distributions. The distribution of time intervals between peak maxima for all 963 identified peaks in the GRBs is also presented.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure

Lifespan Extension Conferred by Endoplasmic Reticulum Secretory Pathway Deficiency Requires Induction of the Unfolded Protein Response

Cells respond to accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by activating the unfolded protein response (UPR) signaling pathway. The UPR restores ER homeostasis by degrading misfolded proteins, inhibiting translation, and increasing expression of chaperones that enhance ER protein folding capacity. Although ER stress and protein aggregation have been implicated in aging, the role of UPR signaling in regulating lifespan remains unknown. Here we show that deletion of several UPR target genes significantly increases replicative lifespan in yeast. This extended lifespan depends on a functional ER stress sensor protein, Ire1p, and is associated with constitutive activation of upstream UPR signaling. We applied ribosome profiling coupled with next generation sequencing to quantitatively examine translational changes associated with increased UPR activity and identified a set of stress response factors up-regulated in the long-lived mutants. Besides known UPR targets, we uncovered up-regulation of components of the cell wall and genes involved in cell wall biogenesis that confer resistance to multiple stresses. These findings demonstrate that the UPR is an important determinant of lifespan that governs ER stress and identify a signaling network that couples stress resistance to longevity

The Grizzly, March 25, 2010

27th Annual Airband Benefits Dignity House • Ursinus College Theater Presents The Elephant Man • Bank Robber Flees to Ursinus Campus Parking Lot • InterVarsity Group Travels to Camden Over Spring Break • Dangerous Risk to Multi-Tasking • Ursinus Field Hockey Intramurals are Open for Spring • UC Baseball Makes Best of Florida Trip • UC Alum Coaches Cornell to Sweet 16https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1809/thumbnail.jp

Association Between Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Myocardial Infarction Among People Living With HIV in the United States.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH). Extrahepatic manifestations of HCV, including myocardial infarction (MI), are a topic of active research. MI is classified into types, predominantly atheroembolic type 1 MI (T1MI) and supply-demand mismatch type 2 MI (T2MI). We examined the association between HCV and MI among patients in the Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) Network of Integrated Clinical Systems, a US multicenter clinical cohort of PLWH. MIs were centrally adjudicated and categorized by type using the Third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction. We estimated the association between chronic HCV (RNA+) and time to MI while adjusting for demographic characteristics, cardiovascular risk factors, clinical characteristics, and history of injecting drug use. Among 23,407 PLWH aged ≥18 years, there were 336 T1MIs and 330 T2MIs during a median of 4.7 years of follow-up between 1998 and 2016. HCV was associated with a 46% greater risk of T2MI (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) = 1.46, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.09, 1.97) but not T1MI (aHR = 0.87, 95% CI: 0.58, 1.29). In an exploratory cause-specific analysis of T2MI, HCV was associated with a 2-fold greater risk of T2MI attributed to sepsis (aHR = 2.01, 95% CI: 1.25, 3.24). Extrahepatic manifestations of HCV in this high-risk population are an important area for continued research

The Grizzly, April 15, 2010

Ursinus\u27 Relay for Life Brings in Over $43,000 • V-Day Celebrations Continue with The Vagina Monologues • Phi Kappa Sigma Runs Another Successful Bike-a-Thon • Enough is Enough Week Brings Awareness to Campus Violence • Title IX: A Female Athlete\u27s Freedom, or Her Health? • Bruno\u27s Restaurant: Cheeseburgers in Paradise? • Omega Chi and UCARE Team Up for Blood Drive • Opinion: Two Worlds of Ursinus\u27 Small Campus; Ursinus Dining Offers Less Than Healthy Optionshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1811/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, February 25, 2010

Airband Date Auction Meets, Surpasses Goal • Drawing the Curtain Opens at the Berman Museum • Spread the Word to End the R Word Next Week • Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Takes UC Athletics Beyond the Fieldhouse • Snow Photos • Author Speaks on Campus About Bringing Nature Home • Skin We\u27re In Addresses Self-Esteem Issues • Cutting Down Waste by Recycling Kegs Instead of Canshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1807/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, February 4, 2010

The Brandon Kamin Show Premieres • Students Leading Haiti Relief Initiatives • Berman Premieres Min(d)ing the Landscape Exhibit • Ursinus Alumnus, J. D. Salinger, Dies • TCE Air Monitoring: Ursinus Student Research with the DEP • Learning to Learn: Choosing Majors and Finding a Path at Ursinus College • Opinion: Student Perceptions of CIE: What do Students Take from Course? • Ursinus Men\u27s Rugby Looking Forward to 2010https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1804/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, December 10, 2009

Escape Velocity Performs Winter Show: Celebrate! • Management Teams Tally Up Their Profits • Sustainability: Dreaming of a Green Christmas • Ursinus Hosts America Reads for the Tenth Annual Holiday Celebration • UC United Brings Inspirational Speaker Nancy Hunter Denney to Ursinus • Dangerous Effects of Tanning Beds • New Mammogram Recommendations • Bizarre Foods: The Fabulous Five Dollar Festive Feast • Opinion: Present Your Partner with the Perfect Present: Holiday Gift Ideas • Breaking School Records and Then Somehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1802/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, November 20, 2003

Can I Kiss You? • Grade Your Professors Today: Website Spotlight • Did Veterans Day Pass you by? • Opinions: Celebrity Couples: Do we Really Care That Much?; GSA Forum Celebrates the Essence of a Liberal Arts Education; Search for the Right Search Engine; Concerning the Residential Village • All American Cafe • Ursinus College Presents: The Love of the Nightingale; Meet the Director • Come Support Jazz and Concert Bands • Men\u27s Basketball Season Looks Promising • Women\u27s Basketball Team Young, yet Optimistichttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1549/thumbnail.jp