It\u27s an Irish Lullaby: One Story of Hyphenated American Culture

The objective of this project was to come to a clear understanding of Irish-American culture--and how that culture expresses itself in individuals. The text considers the role of myth, religion, language, tradition, stereotypes and to a lesser degree gender in the molding of character. Although autobiographical in nature many of the themes are those that encompass the Irish-American experience as a whole. Questions asked throughout the process include, what makes one hyphenated? How is this culture passed from generation to generation? And is it multifaceted? Is there more than one way to express being Irish-American. The text is presented is a narrative which is also part of the tradition it presents and makes the assertion that Irish-Americans have a unique culture within the larger American whole. It asserts, like Maxine Hong-Kingston and Richard Rodriguez that the tradition from whence we come shapes who we are

Refining Your Results in Alma Analytics

Analyzing your data is important for all aspects of efficient library operations. We will be sharing some ideas to help you effectively gather and analyze your data using Alma Analytics. After our presentation, you will know how and why to create bins, and how to save a filter for reuse in another analysis. We will also be sharing a couple of useful yet complicated formulas that are not included in Alma documentation

Carpe Data with Alma Analytics

Capturing your data is vital to the smooth functioning of any library. We will be providing some tips and tricks to help you gather and analyze your data using Alma Analytics. After the presentation you will know how to gather data within a date period (i.e., all items that circulated in the last 30 days or between a date period), filter your data, count data, subtract one set of numbers from another, and import your results into a set in Alma to further analyze or manipulate your data. We will also include any formulas that we have found to be useful and not necessarily in the Ex Libris documentation. The presentation will be geared to advanced beginner Analytics users. We will be assuming that those who attend the presentation will know how to search the Analytics shared folders for analyses and start a new Analysis

The impact of Allied Military Government (AMGOT) on the population of Sicily July 1943 - February 1944: A case study of the towns of Catania and Caltagirone in the Province of Catania.

The main objective of this thesis is to describe the problems and difficulties of an island population, which had suffered from extreme shortages of food and other basic necessities for a number of years and also endured months of intense aerial bombardment before being invaded by an Allied army which became engaged in fierce combat with the defending forces. The conquest of the island was followed by the establishment of the first Allied Military Government of an enemy territory in Europe in World War II. This government, a joint UK/US enterprise, also had its problems, caused not only by the war-torn conditions in Catania but by its inefficient and inept military headquarters in Algiers. The Civil Affairs Officers (CAOs) responsible for the administration had a duel task: to support the combat forces by ensuring roads were cleared for the passage of troops and to obtain supplies for them, and to keep law and order and relieve distress among the civilian population, the needs of the military always taking priority. The thesis aims to show the tenacious way in which the CAOs, in very restricted numbers, coped with acute shortages of food and other necessities, which Allied propaganda had promised the islanders, while the military forces, with only a few exceptions, were most unhelpful

Prospectus, May 7, 1980

STAERKEL ANNOUNCES ADDITIONS, CHANGES TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE FALL; Inflation plan announced; Interest-gathering accounts: big financial changes for U.S.; Walsh, Wienke to be 1980-81 co-editors; Resolution is just a suggestion; Youngersters voicing opinions on candidates; Trikes: the new mode of transportation; Special Olympics teaches student; Spring fever in college; Krannert events are listed; Letters to the Editor; REO still favorite in the Midwest; Dates to live by; Movie tells of anti-war movement in \u2760s; Rec students provide overnight camp-out; The sky\u27s the limit; Classifieds; C-U \u27turned upside down\u27 by punch of Journey and Ramones; Training for women; Trackmen win Region, smash state records; Parkland bows out of Section, prepares for conference tourney; Cobras lose at State; Complete Parkland Statisticshttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1980/1027/thumbnail.jp

Quality assurance study of bacterial antigen testing of cerebrospinal fluid.

Bacterial antigen testing (BAT) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by latex agglutination is a low-yield procedure in patients whose CSF specimens have normal laboratory parameters. Between August 1992 and August 1994, we evaluated 287 bacterial antigen (BA) test requests to determine whether yields could be improved and whether patient costs could be reduced by cancelling BAT for those patients with normal CSF parameters (cell count, protein, glucose) after consultation with physicians. A total of 171 (68%) BA tests were canceled by this approach. None of these CSF specimens was culture positive for an organism detectable by BAT. Of the remaining 116 CSF specimens tested, only 3 were positive by BAT, one each for Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and group B streptococcus. Only 43 of the CSF specimens tested had at least two abnormal parameters; the 3 positive CSF specimens were included in this group. In light of the low rate of positivity, the number of BA tests can be further reduced by establishing criteria that must be met before a CSF specimen is accepted for BAT. After review of our data and the literature concerning this topic, we concluded that only specimens with leukocyte counts of > or = 50 cells per mm3 should be tested. Of 287 specimens evaluated in our study, only 36 met this criterion, including the 3 BA-positive specimens. Enacting such a restriction would have reduced the total number of BA tests by 251 (87%) without compromising patient care. A laboratory cost savings of $6,500 per year would have been realized, with a substantial reduction in the cost per positive test. Patient charges would have been reduced by$12,500 per year

Intrinsic Activity and Stability of Bifunctional Human UMP Synthase and Its Two Separate Catalytic Domains, Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase and Orotidine-5′-phosphate Decarboxylase

Human UMP synthase is a bifunctional protein containing two separate catalytic domains, orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (EC 2.4.2.10) and orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.23). These studies address the question of why the last two reactions in pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis are catalyzed by a bifunctional enzyme in mammalian cells, but by two separate enzymes in microorganisms. From existing data on subunit associations of the respective enzymes and calculations showing the molar concentration of enzyme to be far lower in mammalian cells than in microorganisms, we hypothesize that the covalent union in UMP synthase stabilizes the domains containing the respective catalytic centers. Evidence supporting this hypothesis comes from studies of stability of enzyme activity in vitro, at physiological concentrations, of UMP synthase, the two isolated catalytic domains prepared by site-directed mutagenesis of UMP synthase, and the yeast ODCase. The two engineered domains have activities very similar to the native UMP synthase, but unlike the bifunctional protein, the domains are quite unstable under conditions promoting the dissociated monomer