Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Pathophysiology and Treatment

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Gospels of (Anti)Inequality: The Politics of Biblical Interpretation in the New Poor People’s Campaign and Capitol Ministries

This dissertation explores the role of biblical interpretation in the politics of inequality in the United States. Building on scholarship in American Political Development that identifies ideas as integral to institution building, I analyze the interplay between biblical interpretations, organizational structures, and political strategies within two contemporary religio-political groups: the New Poor People’s Campaign (NPPC) and Capitol Ministries (CM). Methodologically, I combine in-depth, interpretative readings of primary source documents with an historical institutional analysis of the secondary literature on the role of religion in American politics. I argue that the two organizations’ elite leaders – Reverends William Barber II and Liz Theoharis (NPPC) and Pastor Ralph Drollinger (CM) – are religious versions of Hans Noel’s “coalition merchants” because they “inherit, modify, and transform” (in the words of Rogers M. Smith) pre-existing religio-political ideas in order to justify their respective political agendas and strategies related to issues of inequality. This “strategic agency” (in words of Smith) has been critical to interest formation and coalition building for both groups as they seek to advance their desired policies and visions for American society within government institutions and among the public at large. Additionally, I argue that these elites’ biblical interpretations have the potential to affect American politics in ways that extend beyond the success or failure of each group’s political agenda, by, for instance, increasing or mitigating affective and policy-based polarization and shaping Americans’ orientations toward democracy at both the elite and mass levels. More generally, the dissertation suggests that the study of religion and politics, and the study of the politics of inequality, would each benefit from a better understanding of religio-political ideas and discourses, and the religio-political actors who generate them, in shaping policy agendas and political outcomes. Contrary to influential political theories that contrast orthodox religious conservatism with modernist religious liberalism, or that claim the former by definition results in political and economic conservatism, this dissertation demonstrates that theologically conservative religion can be mobilized for conservative or progressive political ends across multiple American inequality issues

Palynomorphs of the Normapolles group and related plant mesofossils from the Iharkút vertebrate site, Bakony Mountains (Hungary)

Abstract Palynological and paleobotanical investigation of bonebeds and other strata of the Csehbánya Formation from the vertebrate locality at Iharkút (Bakony Mts, Hungary) reveals well-preserved Santonian palynological assemblages dominated by the Normapolles group, with a minor component consisting of other angiosperm pollen, some gymnosperm pollen, and spores. Eleven species of Normapolles-type pollen grains belonging to seven genera and fruit remains of a new taxon, Sphaeracostata barbackae gen. et sp. nov., are described. The new species is very abundant in the material, represented by ca. 1000 specimens. The genus Caryanthus Friis and an unnamed form previously reported from Haţeg by Lindfors et al. (2010) are also present. Plants producing Normapolles-type pollen grains diversified during the Late Cretaceous, with a bloom in the Santonian. The palynostratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous terrestrial sediments in the studied region is based on Normapolles-related species. The studied assemblage is assigned to the Oculopollis zaklinskaiae-Tetracolporopollenites (Brecolpites) globosus Zone (or Zone C) indicating a late Santonian age. Comparison of the Iharkút palynoflora with other known Upper Cretaceous palynofloras of Central Europe shows diachronous occurrence of Normapolles taxa at different geographic localities and warrants further investigation. The ecological requirements of the amphibian fauna reflect azonal conditions controlled by the availability of water, which is in agreement with the inferred ecological conditions based on the paleobotanical investigations. The fauna is of entirely non-marine character, further supported by isotope studies, in line with our data showing that the palynological samples contain no marine forms

SCU Cube

Traditional forms of communication such as landlines and cell phones are unreliable during disaster scenarios. It is difficult to coordinate relief efforts in the aftermath of a disaster due to the unavailability of reliable communication methods. The SCUCube is a 3U CubeSat designed to aid disaster relief communications. The satellite has an amateur radio primary payload that can send and receive standardized data packets with compatible radios, and also has an experimental attitude control system secondary payload. The semi-passive attitude control system uses a gravity gradient boom and a reaction wheel to stabilize the orientation of the satellite. In addition, the satellite uses 3D printed and aluminum components for internal mounting features. The satellite also implements legacy work from previous Santa Clara University senior projects, including an outer structural design, a solar panel design, a distributed computing system, and an electronic power board design. SCUCube’s communication payload has demonstrated the capability to send and receive standard AX.25 data packets, as well as store messages for later downlink. Individual subsystems on the satellite have been designed, assembled and tested, and are currently integrated with one another in a ‘Flat satellite’ testing configuration. In addition, structural testing has been completed to determine if the system will survive launch. Before it may be launched, the satellite needs to be assembled in flight configuration and tested to ensure that subsystems behave as anticipated. SCUCube will provide vital communications services once it is launched, and will also test an experimental attitude control system

Crystalline structure and orientation of gold clusters grown in preformed nanometer-sized pits

Abstract Gold clusters were produced by condensing evaporated gold in nanometer-sized preformed pits on the surface of highly Ž . oriented pyrolytic graphite HOPG . The height of the clusters was 6.7 " 0.7 nm as measured with scanning tunneling microscopy in ultrahigh vacuum, the lateral width was 10.1 " 1.9 nm as determined with transmission electron microscopy Ž . TEM . Using TEM for electron diffraction, we obtained information on the crystalline structure of the clusters. The Ž . intensity of the observed diffraction rings shows the preferential orientation of the clusters with the 111 plane of the gold Ž . lattice parallel to the 0001 surface of HOPG. This was compared to the diffraction pattern of gold clusters produced in the gas phase by inert-gas evaporation and deposited on a flat HOPG surface at room temperature as complete units which showed no preferential orientation. The directional alignment in the surface plane as it is described in the literature for larger gold crystallites grown on a flat HOPG surface is not observed for the nanometer-sized clusters grown in pits

LBNL# 40102 Field Investigation of Duct System Performance in California Light Commercial Buildings 1 of 26 Field Investigation of Duct System Performance in California Light Commercial Buildings Synopsis

Abstract Light commercial buildings, one-and two-story with package roof-top HVAC units, make up approximately 50% of the non-residential building stock in the U.S. Despite this fact little is known about the performance of these package roof-top units and their associated ductwork. These simple systems use similar duct materials and construction techniques as residential systems (which are known to be quite leaky). This paper discusses a study to characterize the buildings, quantify the duct leakage, and analyze the performance of the ductwork in these types of buildings. The study tested fifteen systems in eight different buildings located in northern California. All of these buildings had the ducts located in the cavity between the drop ceiling and the roof deck. In 50% of these buildings, this cavity was functionally outside both the building's air and thermal barriers. The effective leakage area of the ducts in this study was approximately 2.6 times that in residential buildings. This paper looks at the thermal analysis of the ducts, from the viewpoint of efficiency and thermal comfort. This includes the length of a cycle, and whether the fan is always on or if it cycles with the cooling equipment. 66% of the systems had frequent on cycles of less than 10 minutes, resulting in non-steady-state operation