scholarly journals Drugs from the Cloudforest: The Search for New Medicines from Monteverde, Costa Rica

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1100601
Author(s):  
William N. Setzer
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Anticancer Agents ◽  
Antimicrobial Agents ◽  
Tropical Rainforest ◽  
Higher Plants ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
The Past ◽  
The University ◽  
Antiparasitic Agents

The University of Alabama in Huntsville Natural Products Research Group has been investigating the phytopharmaceutical potential of tropical rainforest higher plants from the Monteverde region of northwestern Costa Rica for the past twenty years. The group has focused primarily on anticancer agents, antimicrobial agents, and antiparasitic agents. This review presents an overview of some of our efforts in natural products drug discovery from Monteverde, Costa Rica.

scholarly journals The Impact Of Integration, Affirmative Action, And Diversity On Minority Student Recruitment At The University Of Alabama: A Longitudinal Perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
John L. Festervand ◽  
Troy A. Festervand
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Minority Student ◽  
Minority Faculty ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
Minority Representation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Diversity In Higher Education ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This paper explores the University of Alabama's positions, actions, policies, and accomplishments over the past forty years with respect to minority representation among its students and faculty. The impact and progression of these initiatives by the University of Alabama demonstrates strides have been made. The paper also examines the University's recruiting efforts to attract more minority faculty and students. The transition from integration to affirmative action to diversity in higher education also are examined.

scholarly journals Slime molds as a valuable source of antimicrobial agents

AMB Express ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vida Tafakori
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Antimicrobial Agents ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Fungal Resistance ◽  
Bioactive Metabolites ◽  
Alternative Source ◽  
Slime Molds ◽  
Natural Sources ◽  
The Past ◽  
Multidrug Resistant Pathogens

AbstractGiven the emerging multidrug-resistant pathogens, the number of effective antimicrobial agents to deal with the threat of bacterial and fungal resistance has fallen dramatically. Therefore, the critical solution to deal with the missing effective antibiotics is to research new sources or new synthetic antibiotics. Natural products have different advantages to be considered antimicrobial agents. There are different natural sources for antimicrobial agents, such as bacteria, fungi, algae, slime molds, and plants. This article has focused on antibiotics from slime molds, especially Myxomycetes. The reason why slime molds have been chosen to be studied is their unique bioactive metabolites, especially over the past couple of decades. Some of those metabolites have been demonstrated to possess antibiotic activities. Hence, this article has focused on the potential of these creatures as an alternative source of antibiotics.

Costa Rica’s pension system faces crisis

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Social Security Systems ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
The University ◽  
Pension Benefits

Subject Pension pressures in Costa Rica. Significance During the second half of the 20th century, Costa Rica consolidated one of the most successful social security systems in Latin America. The Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (CCSS) provided generous health and pension benefits to a majority of the population. However, in the past two decades, the system has faced major funding challenges. In the case of pensions, an actuarial report published in December by the University of Costa Rica has argued that the system is unsustainable. Impacts Opposition obstructionism will hinder any efforts the Solis administration to alleviate the problems of the pension system. Increased pension obligations for employers could harm efforts to attract foreign investment to the country. Increased migration from poorer neighbours will exacerbate the socioeconomic challenges already facing relatively well-developed Costa Rica.

The Geological Survey of Alabama and the University of Alabama: A Coordinate History

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-62
Author(s):  
Betty Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Geological Survey ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
The Past ◽  
The University

Foe almost 140 years geological education at the University of Alabama and the work of the Alabama Geological Survey have been closely tied together. The Survey and the University utilize overlapping personnel and at times in the past have shared the same space. They are so intimately related that they have one coordinate history.

Novae in the Magellanic Clouds

1979 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
J.A. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Clouds ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
The Past ◽  
Spectroscopic Information ◽  
Objective Prism ◽  
The University ◽  
Small Cloud ◽  
Low Dispersion

During the past several years, a systematic search for novae in the Magellanic Clouds has been carried out at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. The Curtis Schmidt telescope, on loan to CTIO from the University of Michigan is used to obtain plates every two weeks during the observing season. An objective prism is used on the telescope. This provides additional low-dispersion spectroscopic information when a nova is discovered. The plates cover an area of 5°x5°. One plate is sufficient to cover the Small Magellanic Cloud and four are taken of the Large Magellanic Cloud with an overlap so that the central bar is included on each plate. The methods used in the search have been described by Graham and Araya (1971). In the CTIO survey, 8 novae have been discovered in the Large Cloud but none in the Small Cloud. The survey was not carried out in 1974 or 1976. During 1974, one nova was discovered in the Small Cloud by MacConnell and Sanduleak (1974).

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