Tuesday, October 10, 2006
7:00-8:00 P.M.
Grant Auditorium
Protein Adsorption onto Biomedical Devices: Voltage Effect
Rob Gettens
Ph.D Candidate
Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
Syracuse University
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How blood proteins adsorb to surfaces is crucial for the long-term viability of biomedical devices. Such adverse events as emboli formation and inflammatory response may occur based on which proteins adsorb to these devices and how they adsorb. This research uses Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) to directly observe and quantify the protein adsorption event onto biomedical device materials.
I will present work on quantifying the adsorption of the plasma protein fibrinogen onto three materials: highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), muscovite mica and electro-polished 316L stainless steel. I will also discuss the physical and chemical aspects of applying DC voltage to a metallic surface in electrolytic solution and how this impacts protein adsorption.
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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
7:00-8:00 P.M.
Gifford Auditorium
Violence and Diplomacy in the Partition of Palestine
Reecia Orzeck
Ph.D Candidate
Department of Geography
Syracuse University
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Conflict and violence have been prevalent in the Middle East for many years.
By 1947, several multi-national bodies had already investigated and attempted to quell the increasingly violent conflict in Mandate Palestine. That summer, the last such body--the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP)--traveled to Mandate Palestine in order to evaluate competing claims to the land and propose a diplomatic solution to the conflict. One of the two solutions proposed by the committee would form the basis of General Assembly Resolution 181 - the partition plan.
This talk discusses the work undertaken by this committee. In particular, it investigates how the members of the committee judged the legitimacy of Jewish, Palestinian and British acts of violence, and how these judgments influenced the solutions they came to propose.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
7:00-8:00 P.M.
Grant Auditorium
Surprised by the Ordinary:
Responses to Autistic Communication
David Smukler
Ph.D Candidate
Disabilities Studies
School of Education
Syracuse University
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People with autism labels often perform complex and difficult work in order
to try to communicate with others. The communicative ambiguity that typifies
interactions between autistic and nondisabled people is frequently
exaggerated by misunderstandings about the nature of autism and autistic
people. The stigmatized social role of people labeled with developmental
disabilities such as autism means that their communicative efforts often go unrecognized.
The issues relevant to autistic communication will be discussed.
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