Henderson High School Class of 1964

This color composite photo of the Henderson High School graduating class of 1964 includes the following individuals from left to right: B. L. Rice, B. M. Akins, R. Gandy, B. Nicks, M. Williams, J. Johnson, T. Jones, Jr. (president), Mr. S. L. Skinner (Advisor), Mr. S W. Leonard (sponsor), Mr. Banks (sponsor), E. M. Rush, (vice-president), M. Zell, A. Sharp, F. Norwood, E. Hill, A. Howell, M. Billups, P. Purnell, W. Zuber, T. West, J. Perkins, C. Johnson, R. Hines, E. Parks, F. Shaffer, V. Ashford, R. Butler, I Holland, W. McGee, E. Maxwell, G. Harris, L. Burton, B. Elliott, V. Plair, D. Johnson, B. Johnson, N. Sherman, C. Thompson, F. Johnson, E. Williams, G. Turner, R. Roberson (secretary) A. Thompson (treasurer) M. Cross, E. Gandy, C. Hunter, R. Rieves, J. Martin, L. Gandy, F. Weaver, T. Gibson, R. Collier, L. Harris, J. Smith, W. Kinnard, B. Flowers, B. Cannon, S. Lindsey, T. Henderson, V. Rogers, R. Hamilton, C. Hogan, C. Leonard, P. Rogers, M. J. Bell, [unidentified due to tearing], d. Johnson, B. Arnold, S. Tate, F. Hall, M. Stalling, L. James, J., V. Shaw, B. Davis, J. Timms, E. Powers, S. Moore, D. Robinson, L. Stewart, [photo and name damaged], E. Nichols. The image shows signs of water damage and tearing along the edges.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-henderson-oktibbeha-county-schools-photos/1003/thumbnail.jp

Richard C. Thompson and Paul C. Jensen on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated taxpayers, Plaintiffs, Appellants, vs. The Utah State Tax Commsision, Pam Hendrickson, R. Bruce Johnson, Palmer DePaulis, and Marc B. Johnson, as Commissioners of the Utah State Tax Commission and the Utah State Retirement System, Defendants and Appellees : Reply Brief

Richard C. Thompson and Paul C. Jensen on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated taxpayers, Plaintiffs and Appellants, vs. The Utah State Tax Commission, Pam Hendrickson, R. Bruce Johnson, Palmer DePaulis, and Marc B. Johnson, as Commissioners of the Utah State Tax Commission and the Utah State Retirement System, Defendants and Appellees. Supreme Court No. 20030506-S

On the high strain rate behavior of 63-37 Sn-Pb eutectic solders with temperature effects

This study presents experimental results performed on samples of Eutectic solder material (63 wt. % Sn 37 wt. % Pb) loaded at high strain rates and elevated temperatures. The tests were performed at high strain rates using Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB). The strain rates were in the range of 400 s-1to 1300 s-1. Heating unit was added to conventional SHPB to vary sample' s initial temperature conditions. Tests were conducted at three initial temperatures, i.e. room temperature, 60 °C and 120 °C for compressive mode. The effects of temperature on the behavior of material were compared. Transient temperature changes during dynamic loading conditions are calculated by an analytical approach using measured stress-strain data for plastic work. Test results were fitted into the Johnson-Cook model (JC model). In addition, dynamic tests were performed in tension mode using Split Hopkinson Tensile Bar (SHTB) at room temperature

Small molecule inhibitors of Late SV40 Factor (LSF) abrogate hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): evaluation using an endogenous HCC model

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a lethal malignancy with high mortality and poor prognosis. Oncogenic transcription factor Late SV40 Factor (LSF) plays an important role in promoting HCC. A small molecule inhibitor of LSF, Factor Quinolinone Inhibitor 1 (FQI1), significantly inhibited human HCC xenografts in nude mice without harming normal cells. Here we evaluated the efficacy of FQI1 and another inhibitor, FQI2, in inhibiting endogenous hepatocarcinogenesis. HCC was induced in a transgenic mouse with hepatocyte-specific overexpression of c-myc (Alb/c-myc) by injecting N-nitrosodiethylamine (DEN) followed by FQI1 or FQI2 treatment after tumor development. LSF inhibitors markedly decreased tumor burden in Alb/c-myc mice with a corresponding decrease in proliferation and angiogenesis. Interestingly, in vitro treatment of human HCC cells with LSF inhibitors resulted in mitotic arrest with an accompanying increase in CyclinB1. Inhibition of CyclinB1 induction by Cycloheximide or CDK1 activity by Roscovitine significantly prevented FQI-induced mitotic arrest. A significant induction of apoptosis was also observed upon treatment with FQI. These effects of LSF inhibition, mitotic arrest and induction of apoptosis by FQI1s provide multiple avenues by which these inhibitors eliminate HCC cells. LSF inhibitors might be highly potent and effective therapeutics for HCC either alone or in combination with currently existing therapies.The present study was supported in part by grants from The James S. McDonnell Foundation, National Cancer Institute Grant R01 CA138540-01A1 (DS), National Institutes of Health Grant R01 CA134721 (PBF), the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF) (DS and PBF), National Institutes of Health Grants R01 GM078240 and P50 GM67041 (SES), the Johnson and Johnson Clinical Innovation Award (UH), and the Boston University Ignition Award (UH). JLSW was supported by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. DS is the Harrison Endowed Scholar in Cancer Research and Blick scholar. PBF holds the Thelma Newmeyer Corman Chair in Cancer Research. The authors acknowledge Dr. Lauren E. Brown (Dept. Chemistry, Boston University) for the synthesis of FQI1 and FQI2, and Lucy Flynn (Dept. Biology, Boston University) for initially identifying G2/M effects caused by FQI1. (James S. McDonnell Foundation; R01 CA138540-01A1 - National Cancer Institute; R01 CA134721 - National Institutes of Health; R01 GM078240 - National Institutes of Health; P50 GM67041 - National Institutes of Health; Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF); Johnson and Johnson Clinical Innovation Award; Boston University Ignition Award; Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)Published versio

Discussion of Recent Decisions

Notes by J. E. Brunswick, G. S. Stansell, J. M. Coughlan, C. E. Fox Jr., J. J. Lannon, W. R. MacMillan, Katherine H. Johnson, C. E. Hacklande

Impossibility of dimension reduction in the nuclear norm

Let $\mathsf{S}_1$ (the Schatten--von Neumann trace class) denote the Banach space of all compact linear operators $T:\ell_2\to \ell_2$ whose nuclear norm $\|T\|_{\mathsf{S}_1}=\sum_{j=1}^\infty\sigma_j(T)$ is finite, where $\{\sigma_j(T)\}_{j=1}^\infty$ are the singular values of $T$. We prove that for arbitrarily large $n\in \mathbb{N}$ there exists a subset $\mathcal{C}\subseteq \mathsf{S}_1$ with $|\mathcal{C}|=n$ that cannot be embedded with bi-Lipschitz distortion $O(1)$ into any $n^{o(1)}$-dimensional linear subspace of $\mathsf{S}_1$. $\mathcal{C}$ is not even a $O(1)$-Lipschitz quotient of any subset of any $n^{o(1)}$-dimensional linear subspace of $\mathsf{S}_1$. Thus, $\mathsf{S}_1$ does not admit a dimension reduction result \'a la Johnson and Lindenstrauss (1984), which complements the work of Harrow, Montanaro and Short (2011) on the limitations of quantum dimension reduction under the assumption that the embedding into low dimensions is a quantum channel. Such a statement was previously known with $\mathsf{S}_1$ replaced by the Banach space $\ell_1$ of absolutely summable sequences via the work of Brinkman and Charikar (2003). In fact, the above set $\mathcal{C}$ can be taken to be the same set as the one that Brinkman and Charikar considered, viewed as a collection of diagonal matrices in $\mathsf{S}_1$. The challenge is to demonstrate that $\mathcal{C}$ cannot be faithfully realized in an arbitrary low-dimensional subspace of $\mathsf{S}_1$, while Brinkman and Charikar obtained such an assertion only for subspaces of $\mathsf{S}_1$ that consist of diagonal operators (i.e., subspaces of $\ell_1$). We establish this by proving that the Markov 2-convexity constant of any finite dimensional linear subspace $X$ of $\mathsf{S}_1$ is at most a universal constant multiple of $\sqrt{\log \mathrm{dim}(X)}$

Review of An Answer to C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity

Review of Bob Johnson, An Answer to C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity (Escondido, CA, 2010). vii + 154 pages. $13.76. ISBN: 9780939040193

Review of The Lost Letters of Cornelius Van Til to C. S. Lewis

Review of Jomo K. Johnson, The Lost Letters of Cornelius Van Til to C. S. Lewis (Philadelphia, 2012). Kindle Edition, 30 pages. $2.99. ASIN: B007WZAYNE

Review of The Undiscovered C. S. Lewis: Essays in Memory of Christopher W. Mitchell

Review of Bruce R. Johnson, ed., The Undiscovered C. S. Lewis: Essays in Memory of Christopher W. Mitchell (Hamden, CT: Winged Lion Press, 2021). 389 pages. $24.99. ISBN 978193568813