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The article focuses on Patrick Fanahon Fox, professor of Food Chemistry at University of California, Davis, California. Patrick's research focuses on the biochemistry of cheese, the heat stability of milk, physico-chemical properties of milk proteins and food enzymology. His contribution to dairy science has been truly immense. In recognition of his work, Pat Fox has received many awards and honors. Patrick holds fellowships from the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland and has been invited to lecture in many countries around the world. He has served in diverse capacities with the International Dairy Federation.

The article presents information on a symposium which was held at the University of California, Davis. School of Law in Davis, California on March 2, 2012, in which concerns related to the court case Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. was discussed. The symposium features various legal professionals including Judge James Rosenbaum, attorney Bert Black and attorney Robert B. Smith. It informs about the participation of expert witnesses Sander Greenland and William Toscano.

Owing to its beneficial effects, many governments encourage bicycle use for commuting. In search of effective strategies, they often study best practices from elsewhere. However, in order to assess the likely success of transferring measures from one city or country to another, an accurate comparison of the bicycling context is needed. This article explores the similarities and differences in attitudes and beliefs about the decision to commute by bicycle to work in two bicycling-oriented cities: Delft, the Netherlands, and Davis, California, in the U.S. Because bicycling conditions are good in both cities, it is possible to explore the role that attitudes play in the decision to cycle to work. Analyses indicate that beliefs about safety and the importance attached to environmental benefits differ between the cities. Social norms about cycling are important in both cities, but residents in Davis are more often confronted with negative reactions to cycling. Similarities are found in beliefs towards the health benefits of cycling. Strategies successful in one city in encouraging cycling by targeting or leveraging health therefore offer promise for the other city. This exploration provides an important starting point for large-sample comparative studies of attitudes towards bicycle commuting. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article looks at the impact of community cultural expectations on project proposals and political campaigns in Davis, California in 2004-2005. Particular focus is given to how the Target Corporation's project proposal won the community in a popular referendum. The development of the Covell Village project, a residential subdivision with commercial and civic elements, is also analyzed. The author uses the case study to demonstrate cultural sensitivity and cultural sincerity. Topics include the urban growth machine, growth politics, and macro-theories of urban political economy. The cultural rationality of development organizations is also discussed.

The article focuses on a research conducted in order to investigate the colonization of a population of the silvery blue, Glaucopsyche lygdamus. It discusses the collection of specimens from annual grassland near Davis, California. The study revealed the importance of climatic factors and density dependence in determining population fluctuation, persistence, andextinction on the basis of best-fitting multiple regression models.

Widely considered the father of the field of cognitive neuroscience, Professor Michael S. Gazzaniga is one of the world's premier neuroscientists. He founded the Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis; the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth College; the Cognitive Neuroscience Institute; Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; and the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. He is currently the director of the Sage Center for the Study of the Mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Born on December 12, 1939 in Los Angeles and educated at Dartmouth College, he received his Ph.D. in psychobiology at the California Institute of Technology under the tutelage of Roger Sperry. As a graduate student, Professor Gazzaniga initiated the first lateralized testing of human split‐brain patients, leading to a fundamental shift in our understanding of functional lateralization in the brain and how the cerebral hemispheres communicate with one another. His many scholarly publications and pioneering work during the last 50 years have produced significant contributions to our understanding of how the brain enables the mind. His landmark 1995 book for MIT Press, The Cognitive Neurosciences, now in its fourth edition, is recognized as the sourcebook for the field. He has also published many books accessible to a lay audience, including Mind Matters, Nature's Mind, and The Ethical Brain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: The study objectives were to determine whether methyl B12 treatment improves behavioral measures in children with autism and whether improvement is associated with increased plasma concentrations of glutathione (GSH) and an increased redox ratio of reduced glutathione to oxidized glutathione (GSH/GSSG), both of which have been previously identified to be low in children with autism. Design: This was a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over clinical trial of injectable methyl B12. Following this 12-week study, subjects were given the option of entering a 6-month open-label trial of methyl B12. Settings/location: All procedures took place at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute. Subjects: Subjects were 3 to 8 years old with autism. Interventions: All subjects received 6 weeks of placebo and 6 weeks of methyl B12 at a dose of 64.5 mcg/kg every three days administered subcutaneously into the buttocks. Outcome measures: Blood for GSH analysis and behavioral assessments were obtained at baseline, week 6, and week 12. Results: Thirty (30) subjects completed the 12-week, double-blind study and 22 subjects completed the 6-month extension study. No statistically significant mean differences in behavior tests or in glutathione status were identified between active and placebo groups. Nine (9) subjects (30%) demonstrated clinically significant improvement on the Clinical Global Impression Scale and at least two additional behavioral measures. More notably, these responders exhibited significantly increased plasma concentrations of GSH and GSH/GSSG. Conclusions: Comparison of the overall means between groups suggests that methyl B12 is ineffective in treating behavioral symptoms of autism. However, detailed data analysis suggests that methyl B12 may alleviate symptoms of autism in a subgroup of children, possibly by reducing oxidative stress. An increase in glutathione redox status (GSH/GSSG) may provide a biomarker for treatment response to methyl B12. Additional research is needed to delineate a subgroup of potential responders and ascertain a biomarker for response to methyl B12. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract  The review is done to summarise the history of the discoveries of the many anatomical, agronomical, and physiological aspects of C4 photosynthesis (where the first chemical products of CO2 fixation in illuminated leaves are four-carbon dicarboxylic acids) and to document correctly the scientists at the University of Arizona and the University of California, Davis, who made these early discoveries. The findings were milestones in plant science that occurred shortly after the biochemical pathway of C3 photosynthesis in green algae (where the first chemical product is a three-carbon compound) was elucidated at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned a Nobel Prize in chemistry. These remarkable achievements were the result of ground-breaking pioneering research efforts carried out by many agronomists, plant physiologists and biochemists in several laboratories, particularly in the USA. Numerous reviews and books written in the past four decades on the history of C4 photosynthesis have focused on the biochemical aspects and give an unbalanced history of the multidisciplinary/multinstitutional nature of the achievements made by agronomists, who published much of their work in Crop Science. Most notable among the characteristics of the C4 species that differentiated them from the C3 ones are: (I) high optimum temperature and high irradiance saturation for maximum leaf photosynthetic rates; (II) apparent lack of CO2 release in a rapid stream of CO2-free air in illuminated leaves in varying temperatures and high irradiances; (III) a very low CO2 compensation point; (IV) lower mesophyll resistances to CO2 diffusion coupled with higher stomatal resistances, and, hence, higher instantaneous leaf water use efficiency; (V) the existence of the so-called “Kranz leaf anatomy” and the higher internal exposed mesophyll surface area per cell volume; and (VI) the ability to recycle respiratory CO2 by illuminated leaves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the functional characteristics of the wireless-optical broadband access network (WOBAN) prototype which can be found in Networks Lab at University of California (UC) Davis, California. It explores the different challenges encountered in the hybrid networks. The development of WOBAN has been intended to improve the technological services. It anticipates of being able to provide an economical and scalable broadband Internet access. The need for the technological development is due to the incapability of the cable modem (CM) to handle the high volume traffic.

In a WOBAN, the back end is a wired optical network, the front end is managed by wireless connectivity, and, in between, the tail ends of the optical part [known as Optical Network Unit (ONU)] communicate directly with wireless access points (AP). We study a WOBAN deployment scenario and investigate an algorithm to optimize the placement of multiple ONUs. To obtain some representative data on locations of typical wireless users, we have conducted a survey on the distribution and types of wireless routers in the Wildhorse residential neighborhood of North Davis, CA. We also formulate the multiple-ONU deployment problem using a combinatorial optimizer, viz., simulated annealing. Having found the suitable locations for ONUs, we compare the expenditures of a WOBAN vs. a wired access solution, namely Passive Optical Network (PON). To capture the challenges behind a complete WOBAN setup, we propose and investigate a joint optimization algorithm, which considers design aspects of both the wireless front end, such as avoiding interference among neighboring APs, and the optical back end, such as minimizing expensive fiber layout. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay profiles artist Bruce Nauman from Davis, California. Nauman earned his degree of master in art on sculpture from the University of California at the age of 24. He worked as an instructor of sculpture at San Francisco Art Institute. Along with his decision to adopt the name Nauman, he also changed his approach to art. His first solo exhibition in May 1966 showcased a selection of fiberglass works at the Nicholas Gallery in Los Angeles.

Social distancing became a must during the pandemic, which not only had implications for people's social lives, but also for their learning. Collaborative work was almost impossible, especially in the classroom, despite a great need for this approach. For example, in their translation classes, the learners needed to collaborate with their peers, assisting each other in translating texts. Thus, the use of breakout groups is proposed in this study, although there is no guarantee that learners will accept this online approach. Consequently, the current research looks at learners' acceptance of breakout groups on Blackboard in a translation class. To examine their acceptance, an existing scale was used, developed by Davis (1989) to measure two factors of technology acceptance: perceived usefulness and ease of use. A sample of 54 students on a Translation course at Al-Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, participated in this study. The results show that the learners found breakout groups on Blackboard to be useful and easy to use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the course outline in studying the history of modern Mexico at the University of California at Davis. Revolution as a watershed period in the formation of modern Mexico; Breakdown of the grading system; List of books to be used as reference.

Focuses on the Viticulture and Enology Collection at the Shields Library of the University of California in Davis. General description and development of the collection; Information about the early imprints of the collection; Classified areas of the collection; Description of the Viticulture and Enology Collection of the library.

Describes the August 1988 American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) Annual Meeting, which will be held at the University of California at Davis. Importance of biological diversity on Earth; View that diversity is in a state of crisis due to environmental destruction; Description of the campus and town surrounding the university; Details of northern California.

The following proposal for an MA and Ph.D. programme at the University of California, Davis, is the culmination of four years of meetings and other organizing activities focused on the formal institutionalization of cultural studies at UC Davis. Groundwork for the proposed cultural studies programme began in a series of discussions held by an interdisciplinary group of faculty about how to create the opportunity for structured graduate teaching, advising and research in cultural studies at UC Davis. The Dean of Graduate Studies at that time encouraged this group to submit a preproposal for an MA and Ph.D. in cultural studies. Faculty involved in the original discussions subsequently drew up a pre-proposal and held further informal meetings. E-mail lists were created and information was disseminated. Eventually, an executive committee, whose charge it was to draw up a formal proposal, was formed. The following proposal grew out of the executive committee's early efforts. Cultural studies at UC Davis cuts across myriad units, programmes, clusters and centres in two colleges in the humanities, social sciences, and agricultural environmental studies and involves a unique collectivity of faculty and students interested in class, gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, transnationalism, postcolonialism and related areas of enquiry. The UC Davis proposal, therefore, forges many connections across a wide variety of cultural studies interests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article describes an exercise in citation verification that took place in a lower-level social problems course at University of California at Davis, California, in fall 1989. The exercise was not planned in the course preparation, but was initiated in mid-quarter in response to a challenge to a particular text by an individual student. Results of the exercise were most gratifying. As designed, the course examined several broad social problems, such as political and economic inequality, crime, environmental threats, chauvinism from a power-conflict perspective, with three primary objectives. The first objective was to show students the nature and importance of values and value conflicts in defining social problems, the second objective was to help students understand social problems as manifestations of competition between identifiable vested and non-vested interests and the third objective was to develop in students a critical attitude towards information and its sources. The course met three times weekly. Meetings consisted of two full-class lectures containing 100-plus students and one much smaller discussion section led by one of three teaching assistants.

Examines the characteristics of several quasiexperimental and statistical methods of measuring the effect of urban growth-control programs using data from the community of Davis, California. Strengths and weaknesses of the methods when applied to housing market operations; Effect of adding statistical controls to quasiexperimental controls.

The article focuses on the C. Hart Merriam Ethnographic Collection at the Department of Anthropology, University of California in Davis. After presenting an overview of the collection's history, the author declares that the basket documentation made the collection unique because it serves as a reference for baskets with no provenience, and an invaluable source of data on other aspects of native American ethnography. However, he reveals that the poor storage conditions and the lack of controlled environment accelerated the aging of the specimens. Due to this, a renovation project that costs $54,459 was funded by National Science Foundation. The author concludes that the preventive conservation measures of the project stabilized the factors which had caused deterioration of the collection.

We obtain results of restricted global convergence for Newton's method from ideas based on the Fixed-Point theorem and using the Newtonian operator and auxiliary points. The results are illustrated with a non-linear integral equation of Davis-type and improve the results previously given by the authors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The search for an appropriate response to the new challenges and needs posed by the Knowledge Society in the area of public decisions has led to the development of a number of participation models whose value must be assessed and analysed in an integral manner. Using a theoretical model based on structural equations, the present work identifies the relevant factors for an EF3-approach to the democracy model named e-Cognocracy: it comprises a conjoint evaluation of its effectiveness (doing what is right), efficacy (achieving goals) and efficiency (doing things correctly). The model was applied to a real-life e-Cognocracy experience undertaken in the municipality of Cadrete, Zaragoza. The evaluation resulted in the extraction and identification of a series of relationships that allow the advancement of an EF3-participation acceptance model, in line with the TAM model of Davis and the work of Delone and MacLean, which can be used for the integral evaluation of any e-participation model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Semi-supervised video object segmentation (VOS) has obtained significant progress in recent years. The general purpose of VOS methods is to segment objects in video sequences provided with a single annotation in the first frame. However, many of the recent successful methods heavily fine-tune the object mask in the first frame, which decreases their efficiency. In this work, to address this issue, we propose a symmetry encoder-decoder network with the attention mechanism for video object segmentation (SAVOS) requiring only one forward pass to segment the target object in a video. Specifically, the encoder generates a low-resolution mask with smoothed boundaries, while the decoder further refines the details of the segmentation mask and integrates lower level features progressively. Besides, to obtain accurate segmentation results, we sequentially apply the attention module on multi-scale feature maps for refinement. We conduct several experiments on three challenging datasets (i.e., DAVIS 2016, DAVIS 2017, and SegTrack v2) to show that SAVOS achieves competitive performance against the state-of-the-art. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Er3+ doped zinc lithium phosphate glass samples were synthesized by the very simple melt quenching method. The obtained X-ray diffraction patterns specify that the prepared glass samples exhibit glassy nature. The physical properties like packing density, molar volume, density, oxygen packing density, interionic distance, field strength, rare earth ion concentration, and polaron radius were calculated using appropriate formulae. DTA curve was analysed to evaluate the crystallization temperature, melting temperature, and glass transition temperature and hence study the thermal properties. Fourier transform infrared spectrum was recorded to examine the functional groups in the glass and study the structural characteristics of the glass. It showed the presence of symmetrical and asymmetrical stretching vibration modes of P-O-P linkages, bending modes of P-O in PO4, bending and stretching vibrations of OH groups and P-O-H water absorbance in the glasses. The absorption spectra of the prepared glasses in the UV-visible region (wavelength 200-1100 nm) were taken to study the optical properties of the glasses. The urbach energy and optical energy bandgap values are determined using Davis-Mott method. The refractive index of all the prepared glass samples is also measured and these values are used to determine the corresponding molar refraction, the molecular polarizability of oxide ions, dielectric constant, reflection loss, metallization criterion, electronic polarizability of the oxide ions, interaction parameter, electronegativity, optical basicity, and electric susceptibility of all the glass samples using appropriate formulae. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on a study conducted by Julien Cote and his colleagues at the University of California, Davis on the four personality traits of the mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), an invasive species. It states that the four traits measured by the researchers were exploration, activity, boldness and sociability. The team studied the sociability of the fish by determining the amount of time spent by the fish to a group of strangers in a new environment.

The University of California at Davis 200 and 206 (UCD-200/206) lines of chickens have proven to be the animal model that best reflects the situation in human SSc. We have demonstrated a misbalance of pro-fibrotic (TGF-β1) and anti-fibrotic (TGF-β2 and -β3) TGF-β isoforms as a possible cause for fibrotic alterations in this model. This opens new avenues for diagnosis and therapy for this still intractable condition. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the highlights of the "3rd Canine and Feline Genome and Genetic Disease Conference" conducted in Davis, California in August 2006. It says that the event which was organized by a group led by Niels Pedersen featured the first release of the 1.9x feline genome sequence and presented keynotes, 100 outstanding talks and posters.