Molecular cloning of the cDNA encoding pp36, a tyrosine-phosphorylated adaptor protein selectively expressed by T cells and natural killer cells.

Activation of T and natural killer (NK) cells leads to the tyrosine phosphorylation of pp36 and to its association with several signaling molecules, including phospholipase Cgamma-1 and Grb2. Microsequencing of peptides derived from purified rat pp36 protein led to the cloning, in rat and man, of cDNA encoding a T- and NK cell-specific protein with several putative Src homology 2 domain-binding motifs. A rabbit antiserum directed against a peptide sequence from the cloned rat molecule recognized tyrosine phosphorylated pp36 from pervanadate-treated rat thymocytes. When expressed in 293T human fibroblast cells and tyrosine-phosphorylated, pp36 associated with phospholipase Cgamma-1 and Grb2. Studies with GST-Grb2 fusion proteins demonstrated that the association was specific for the Src homology 2 domain of Grb-2. Molecular cloning of the gene encoding pp36 should facilitate studies examining the role of this adaptor protein in proximal signaling events during T and NK cell activation

Imagining Stewardship: Roots Of A Poetic Eco-Politics

Green politics in Germany emerged from environmental movements in the 1970’s. This activism has roots in a developing environmental consciousness in the early 19th Century. I examine how environmental activism and the stewardship that it demands are tied to regional identity and embedded within cultural consciousness. I begin by investigating the German word for economy, Wirtschaft. A genealogical etymology reveals a plurality of meanings and lived interpretations expressed through the various environments from which livelihoods are derived. This provides the basis for my interpretation of individual works by the authors Novalis, Alexander von Humboldt and Heinrich Heine to understand how such an environmental stewardship resides in the literature of the early 19th Century. Both the political tumult of 19th century Europe and the environmental activism of the 20th century were revolutions that heightened awareness of how identity is connected to places. These authors present quintessentially Romantic world-views: they seek to reconcile the counterpoints of individuality and universality by understanding interconnections with the natural world. These interconnections provide insight into how German identity emerged from association with particular natural spaces. The literary expression of this identity and the connection with particular spaces continue to resonate in contemporary environmental activism today

Ths Self-Controlled Eyewitness: Memory Changes Through Emotional Suppression

The current study aimed to analyze differences in eyewitness memory of crime bystanders who suppress emotions versus express emotions. Twenty subjects were enrolled in a study presented as relating emotional regulation to risk-­-taking, and they played a card game against a confederate where the winner would be given more compensation. During each trial, a criminal confederate stole the quarters that the player confederate was using for the card game. Participants filled out several questionnaires related to their feelings and anxiety after the crime occurred. The participants then answered questions about the perpetrator and crime and were asked to identify the criminal in a photo lineup while ranking their confidence in all of their answers. Participants in the suppression group were significantly less accurate for their answers to the questions, but there was no significant difference between the two groups on the photo lineup. The suppression and expression group also demonstrated no significant differences in levels of confidence, regardless of the memory task. Suppression participants did not experience significantly more anxiety, but there was a strong overall negative correlation between anxiety and accuracy on the questions. The findings are discussed in terms of the arousal implications of suppression as well as future research based off of the framework provided by this study

Not Just A Game: The Impact Of Penn State Football On Judicial Sentencing In Pennsylvania

This paper explores the impact of sports on judicial decision making. I measure the impact of positive and negative emotional shocks resulting from Pennsylvania State Football game outcomes on judicial disposition by measuring the lengths of criminal sentences issued by judges who graduated from Penn State Law School. Using Pennsylvania sentencing data from 2009 and 2013, I utilize a multilevel model to analyze how sentences are affected by a variety of football game outcomes. The results of this study suggest that judges who attended Penn State for law school are not significantly affected by Penn State football outcomes. However, Penn State football upset victories have a significant effect on the sentences of judges who are not fans of the school, suggesting the presence of an antagonist effect

Rev. of Israel, Jordan, and the Peace Process, by Yehuda Lukacs

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Narcissism and Performance in a Management Education Teamwork Project

Based on the extant literature, we integrate Self-Enhancement theory and Social Exchange theory to hypothesize that individual-level maladaptive subclinical narcissism will be negatively related to peer performance ratings and that team-level maladaptive subclinical narcissism will be negatively related to both team-level task performance ratings and team-level organizational citizenship behaviors directed at individuals (OCB-I; Williams & Anderson, 1991). Longitudinal data were collected from 89 undergraduate students enrolled in Introductory Organizational Behavior courses. Student levels of maladaptive subclinical narcissism were measured during the first two weeks of the semester. OCB-I evaluations (Williams & Anderson, 1991) were used to assess the prevalence of OCB-Is within work groups across the lifespan of the team project. Peer performance ratings were measured using an instructor-designed rubric. Final grades for each team were obtained in order to assess task performance. Results suggest that (a) team-level Exhibitionism/Entitlement influences task performance, (b) team-level Exhibitionism/Entitlement influences changes in OCB-Is over time, and (c) individual-level Exhibitionism/Entitlement influences peer performance ratings

Perceived social support, coping, and benefit finding abilities among campers at an oncology summer camp program

Survival rates for pediatric cancer have increased over recent years due to improvement and changes in cancer treatment. However, even with increased survival rates, previous research has shown that children undergoing treatment and pediatric cancer survivors often experience deleterious effects as a result. Children with cancer and childhood cancer survivors experience negative physical, cognitive and academic, emotional, and social effects stemming from a cancer diagnosis and undergoing treatment. Therefore, it is important to examine the coping strategies and positive supports children with cancer utilize to deal with these stressors. One support available to children with cancer and their families is pediatric oncology camp programs. In recent years, there has been an increase in the research related to pediatric oncology camp programs and the services they provide for children with cancer and their families. The current study will expand on the current literature related to pediatric oncology camp programs and their effectiveness in supporting children with cancer by examining the self-reported levels of social support, coping, and benefit finding among children attending a children’s oncology summer camp program

“Making the Mountain Pay”: Hugh Morton’s Grandfather Mountain and the Creation of Wilderness

As one of the most prominent private tourist attractions in the South, Grandfather Mountain offers an opportunity to examine the evolution of the tourism industry. Hugh Morton, Grandfather Mountain’s owner, also used language invoking natural preservation, wilderness, and conservation to help sell the mountain to tourists. Under Morton’s guidance, the mountain became a recognizable symbol for wilderness and natural beauty, and through association with these concepts the peak attained public recognition as a natural enclave. This public support created friction between environmentalists and Morton. As the mountain attraction grew in popularity, Morton carefully nurtured a public perception of the mountain as a wild and pristine reserve, a perception that later influenced how the public responded to his further development of property for commercial reasons. Reading media accounts and public interviews against personal letters and government reports, this thesis argues that Morton created a public perception of Grandfather Mountain that he did not believe in himself. His personal role in the environmental movement, active advertising campaign that emphasized natural beauty and personal association with the mountain created a perception that did not reflect reality, but ultimately encouraged the conservation of the mountain

Liberalization and Deliberalization in Jordan

Unlike many of its immediate neighbors, the Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan has since 1989 allowed for competitive elections, some level of pluralism, and the emergence of civil society. But for Jordanians who support the kingdom’s liberalization process, the string of setbacks and disappointments in the liberalization process since the mid-1990’s has become intolerable, with the postponement of national parliamentary elections providing just the latest example. This essay provides an analysis of Jordan’s spluttering liberalization process, especially in the context of rising regional tensions