The Boston University Concert Band and the All University Orchestra

This is the concert program of the Boston University Concert Band and the All University Orchestra performance on Monday, December 9, 1996 at 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were Shepherds Hey and Irish Tune from County Derry by Percy Aldridge Grainger, Rocky Point Holiday by Ron Nelson, Mannin Veen, "Dear Island of Mann," a Manx tone poem by Haydn Wood, Fugue in g minor (arr. Cailliet) by Johann Sebastian Bach, Intermezzo from Kerlia Suite by Jean Sibelius, Dance No. 1 from Symphonic Dances (Op. 64) by Edvard Grieg, and movement IV. Allegro ma non troppo from Symphony No. 8 in G Major by Antonin Dvorak. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Poetics of Cross-Cultural Relation: Critical Performances by Artists kate-hers RHEE and Patty Chang

This article explores anti-racist, feminist performance and video art by kate-hers RHEE and Patty Chang. Parodic performances of awkward sexual encounters in works such as RHEE’s The Chocolate Kiss (2013) and Chang’s The Product Love (2009) embody and deconstruct identity formation within transnational German and Asian American contexts. I explore how RHEE and Chang distinctly challenge sexist and racist stereotypes and the objectification of Asian women, while problematizing cultural categorization through (mis)translations and poetic relations. The article illuminates how these artists complicate Asian American identities via variegated explorations of critical race theories and connected histories of cross-cultural representation

A Robust Determination of the Time Delay in 0957+561A,B and a Measurement of the Global Value of Hubble's Constant

Photometric monitoring of the gravitational lens system 0957+561A,B in the g and r bands with the Apache Point Observatory (APO) 3.5 m telescope during 1996 shows a sharp g band event in the trailing (B) image light curve at the precise time predicted from the observation of an event during 1995 in the leading (A) image with a delay of 415 days. This success confirms the "short delay," and the lack of any feature at a delay near 540 days rejects the "long delay" for this system, resolving a long-standing controversy. A series of statistical analyses of our light curve data yield a best fit delay of 417 +/- 3 days (95% confidence interval). Recent improvements in the modeling of the lens system (consisting of a galaxy and cluster) allow us to derive a value of the global (at z = 0.36) value of Hubble's constant H_0 using Refsdal's method, a simple and direct distance determination based on securely understood physics and geometry. The result is H_0 = 63 +/- 12 km/s/Mpc (for Omega = 1) where this 95% confidence interval is dominated by remaining lens model uncertainties.Comment: accepted by ApJ, AASTeX 4.0 preprint, 4 PostScript figure

Legal history in Belgium

This article deals with the situation of legal history in Belgium. However, it is neither a survey of the research done by Belgian legal historians nor a bibliography of Belgian legal history. For that, the reader can be referred to John Gilissen’s 1971 bibliography[[he author would like to thank Prof. G. Martyn, B. Debaenst, B. Vandael and B. Quintelier for their remarks

Draft Genome Sequence of Kocuria sp. Strain UCD-OTCP (Phylum Actinobacteria).

Here, we present the draft genome of Kocuria sp. strain UCD-OTCP, a member of the phylum Actinobacteria, isolated from a restaurant chair cushion. The assembly contains 3,791,485 bp (G+C content of 73%) and is contained in 68 scaffolds

Inhibition of Subsets of G Protein-coupled Receptors by Empty Mutants of G Protein α Subunits in Go, G11, and G16

We previously reported that the xanthine nucleotide binding Goα mutant, GoαX, inhibited the activation of Gi-coupled receptors. We constructed similar mutations in G11α and G16α and characterized their nucleotide binding and receptor interaction. First, we found that G11αX and G16αX expressed in COS-7 cells bound xanthine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) instead of guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate). Second, we found that G11αX and G16αX interacted with βγ subunits in the presence of xanthine diphosphate. These experiments demonstrated that G11aαX and G16αX were xanthine nucleotide-binding proteins, similar to GoαX. Third, in COS-7 cells, both G11αX and G16αX inhibited the activation of Gq-coupled receptors, whereas only G16αX inhibited the activation of Gi-coupled receptors. Therefore, when in the nucleotide-free state, empty G11αX and G16αX appeared to retain the same receptor binding specificity as their wild-type counterparts. Finally, we found that GoαX, G11αX, and G16αX all inhibited the endogenous thrombin receptors and lysophosphatidic acid receptors in NIH3T3 cells, whereas G11αX and G16αX, but not GoαX, inhibited the activation of transfected m1 muscarinic receptor in these cells. We conclude that these empty G protein mutants of Goα, G11α, and G16α can act as dominant negative inhibitors against specific subsets of G protein-coupled receptors

Hispanic college students’ health and lifestyle

The purpose of this study is to further expand the understanding of how Hispanic college students’ life styles influence their health. The research design employed a cross-sectional survey approach utilizing the purposive sample of 116 Hispanic undergraduate students (62 men, 54 women, all lived in the dormitory during the semester) at a university in Texas. The results indicated that there is a significant difference between Hispanic male and female college students in their life styles. In addition there is a significant relationship between health and life styles of Hispanic male and female students. It is necessary to have amacro-level of public awareness providing healthy life style in college life

KOREA SELATAN PADA MASA PEMERINTAHAN SYNGMAN RHEE (1948-1960)

Syngman Rhee merupakan presiden pertama Republik Korea Selatan yang memberlakukan kebijakannya secara otoriter, banyak tindakan korupsi yang di lakukan Rhee dalam menyelewengkan bantuan luar negeri Amerika Serikat, kebijakan ekonomi yang diberlakukan Syngman Rhee sangat tidak terencana. Kegiatan substitusi impor menjadi pilihan Rhee dalam menjalankan perekonomian Korea Selatan pada masa itu. Penulisan skripsi ini bertujuan untuk; (1) mengkaji tentang Kondisi Umum Korea Selatan pada tahun 1948-1950. (2) Kebijakan Syngman Rhee di bidang sosial politik dan sosial ekonomi. (3) serta Pengaruh Kebijakan Syngman Rhee bagi Korea Selatan. Penulisan skripsi ini menggunakan metode sejarah kritis melalui studi pustaka dengan menggunakan metode penelitian menurut Kuntowidjoyo. Metode yang digunakan melalui langkah-langkah sebagai berikut. Pertama, pemilihan topik. Kedua, heuristik. Ketiga, verifikasi. Keempat, interpretasi. Kelima, penulisan. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa:(1) Kondisi Umum Korea Selatan (1948-1950), akhir penjajahan Jepang membawa pengaruh terpecahnya Korea menjadi dua bagian yaitu Korea Utara dan Korea Selatan. Korea Selatan kemudian lahir menjadi negara Republik di bawah pemerintahan presiden Syngman Rhee. Kondisi geografis Korea yang strategis banyak menjadi perebutan bangsa-bangsa lain seperti Cina dan Jepang. Keadaan penduduk Korea Selatan pada masa Syngman Rhee mengalami keterpurukan,tingkat pertumbuhan laju penduduk yang tinggi, arus urbanisasi yang semakin meningkat, serta tidak adanya kebijakan yang terencana dalam bidang ekonomi. (2) Kebijakan Syngman Rhee di bidang politik dan sosial ekonomi di warnai dengan banyak tindakan otoriter Syngman Rhee salah satunya adalah UU keamanan nasional. Keadaan ekonomi Korea Selatan juga sangat bergantung dengan keberadaan para tuan tanah dan bantuan luar negeri Amerika Serikat. (3)Selain itu Syngman Rhee juga banyak melakukan tindakan korupsi yang sangat merugikan negara, ia juga mengamandemen UU yang bertujuan melanggengkan kekuasaannya. Kata kunci: Korea Selatan, Pemerintahan, Syngman Rhe

Diffuse HI Disks in Isolated Galaxies

In order to investigate the contribution of diffuse components to their total HI emission, we have obtained high precision HI line flux densities with the 100m Green Bank Telescope for a sample of 100 isolated spiral and irregular galaxies which we have previously observed with the 43m telescope. A comparison of the observed HI line fluxes obtained with the two different telescopes, characterized by half-power beam widths of 9 arcmin and 21 arcmin respectively, exploits a ``beam matching'' technique to yield a statistical determination of the occurrence of diffuse HI components in their disks. A simple model of the HI distribution within a galaxy well describes ~75 % of the sample and accounts for all of the HI line flux density. The remaining galaxies are approximately evenly divided into two categories: ones which appear to possess a significantly more extensive HI distribution than the model predicts, and ones for which the HI distribution is more centrally concentrated than predicted. Examples of both extremes can be found in the literature but little attention has been paid to the centrally concentrated HI systems. Our sample has demonstrated that galaxies do not commonly possess extended regions of low surface brightness HI gas which is not accounted for by our current understanding of the structure of HI disks. Eight HI-rich companions to the target objects are identified, and a set of extragalactic HI line flux density calibrators is presented.Comment: 26 page