New Releases by Adam Davis

Following the record-shattering successes of Marvel''s The Avengers in 2012, The Avengers must reassemble on the big screen to combat the robotic menace of Ultron! Marvel''s Avengers: Age of Ultron is set for US release on May 1, 2015. Acclaimed writer/director Joss Whedon and producer Kevin Feige return, along with the all-star cast of Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Chris Evans (Steve Rogers/Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow) and Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton/Hawkeye). They are joined by Emmy Award- winner James Spader (Lincoln, The Blacklist) as Ultron.

Having faith in Christ and living out that faith as a law enforcement officer doesn''t mean you are a weaker law enforcement officer, it empowers you. "Spirit & Truth: 52 Encouraging Messages for America''s Law Enforcement" will be another tool for you to use in your life as you serve your communities.

An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel''s Guardians of the Galaxy tells the story of a group of cosmic misfits--Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot--who band together to protect a mysterious orb against Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. © 2014 Marvel

An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel''s Guardians of the Galaxy tells the story of a group of cosmic misfits--Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot--who band together to protect a mysterious orb against Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. © 2014 Marvel

Steve Rogers, known to the world as Captain America, continues his affiliation with S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury and the Avengers. But Steve struggles to fit in the modern world and now his past will come back to haunt him . . . A fully illustrated 32-page leveled reader (Level 2), packed with stickers, retelling a key scene from Marvel Studios'' upcoming film, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which releases in theatres in summer 2014.

“Connecting with the Land” is aimed at helping people realize the deep relationships they have with the land. The book supports spiritual nourishment through nature connections and provides guidance for living in greater harmony with other beings and energies of the Earth. The book is designed to be a practical guide, providing tools and strategies for being intentional about spiritual nature experiences, and for delving deeply into them.

Malekith and his army of Dark Elves are preparing to invade Asgard and the Nine Realms. Which warriors will be ready for battle? Learn about Thor, the Warriors Three, Odin, and Lady Sif. Discover who the Kronan Man is. Who are the Marauders and what is this monster they call Kurse? The battle is upon us!--Back cover.

This book is an excellent text for introductory through junior level avian biology courses. It will also be of interest to anyone choosing a bird as a pet, as well as those involved in hobbies such as falconry and pigeon-racing.

In 2009 five avatar-themed films were released, one of which became the highest grossing film to date, signaling that in addition to their popularity in videogames and virtual worlds, avatars are culturally salient figures which demand scholarly attention. Avatars, virtual environments, and user behavior have evolved significantly since virtual reality captured public and academic attention at the close of the twentieth century, and this dissertation is an attempt to theorize the avatar in contemporary digital culture. By interlacing new media philosophy and analyses of cinematic texts the author situates the avatar at the nexus between digital images and interactive bodies, with implications for both cinema and virtual environments. Avatarial interfaces position users in an embodiment of connections which in some ways evokes the cyborg body, but the avatar as a theoretical figure places greater stress on the relation between human embodiment and (digital) images, as well as suggesting a move from cyborg fragmentation toward an avatarial gestalt. Avatars are also fruitful bodies for thinking through agency and gender in contemporary society, and engaging the lost `body'' of the picture as film has been supplanted by digital imagery. In this regard, virtuality, as a conceptual state pertaining to images, embodiment, technology, and philosophy, serves as the connective theoretical tissue linking bodies and images. Ultimately, in this dissertation the author employs the avatar in an exploration of the ways in which we are already virtual, and how we have become avatarial in our own skin.

Hox paralog group 2 (PG2) genes are evolutionarily conserved developmental regulatory genes that function to specify rhombomere (r) and pharyngeal arch (PA) identities in animal embryos. Several rounds of whole genome duplications in animals, including one specific to ray-finned fishes, and post-genome duplication independent gene loss have resulted in divergent Hox PG2 gene complements across evolutionarily divergent teleost fishes. Divergence in gene complements may have, in part, been responsible for generating divergent Hox PG2 gene expression patterns and specification of hindbrain and PA-derived structures during the evolution of osteichthyan embryogenesis. In this dissertation, I describe the cDNA cloning and expression analysis of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) Hox PG2 genes. I show that there are only two functional canonical genes, hoxa2a and b2a, and that a previously identified hoxa2b gene is a transcribed pseudogene, [psi]hoxa2b. The canonical genes, hoxa2a and b2a, were expressed in developing rhombomeres and PAs in a manner that was generally conserved throughout the osteichthyans. By contrast, [psi]hoxa2b was expressed at detectable levels only in noncanonical Hox PG2 gene expression domains, including the ventral-most aspect of the neural tube, the pectoral fin buds and the caudal-most region of the embryonic trunk, indicative that regulatory control elements needed for spatiotemporal specification of expression have diverged from the canonical orthologs. In order to understand whether sequence divergence within cis-regulatory control elements are linked to the divergent expression patterns of the medaka hoxa2 paralogs, conserved genomic sequences upstream of the medaka hoxa2a and [psi]hoxa2b genes were tested functionally using a transgenic GFP reporter system. The medaka hoxa2a r3/5 enhancer region (r3/5ER) was shown to direct reporter gene expression in r4, PA2 and the posterior PAs, while the r3/5ER of [psi]hoxa2b directed reporter gene expression in r3-7, PA2 and the posterior PAs, which is different from transgenic mapping studies of the orthologous regions tested in chick and mouse embryos. These analyses provide evidence for significant post-genome duplication divergence in cis-regulatory element function in the r3/5ER of osteichthyans. Further, they question the ancestral nature of the r3/5ER prior to the evolutionary split of sarcopterygians (lobe-finned fishes) from the actinopterygians (ray-finned fishes).

This study compared seven dental unit water line (DUWL) treatments and three in-office bacteria test kits. Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) 1:10 in tap water weekly; 3 drops of NaOCl in 1 liter of water; Dentapure ® DP 40; ICX9 tablet; Sterilex® Ultra powder; Lines [superscript TM]; and Selective Micro® Dental-Clean. Traditional culture technique was compared to HPC Dental Sampler; Aquasafe [superscript TM] Dental Unit Water Line Test Kit; and Bacteria in Water Test Kit. Eight dental units in the Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Endodontic Clinic were randomly assigned treatment regimens. Samples were taken weekly initially and after flushing for 1 minute. In conclusion NaOCl hypochlorite 1:10 in tap water once weekly, Sterilex ® Ultra, Lines [superscript TM], and Selective Micro® Dental-Clean were effective at all sample times while ICX [superscript TM], 3 drops of NaOCl, and Dentapure® DP 40 were only effective after 1 minute flushing. There was no significant difference between the in-office test kits and traditional culture.

Keywords: Dual Layer Buildup Factors, Photon Buildup, Radiation Shielding, Radiation Protection.

Much theoretical and empirical research has been done on the role that investment banks'' reputations play in the acquisition of capital. While theoretical work in this area has begun to treat reputation as a dynamic phenomenon, quantitative research has yet to do so. This work bridges the gap between theory and quantitative work by creating a dynamic measure of underwriter quality based on the theoretical treatment of underwriter reputation. Specifically, this work constructs a quantitative measure of underwriter reputation based on an underwriter''s long-run performance which captures the idea that investors form opinions as to whether an underwriter is "good" or "bad" based on the performance of the underwriter''s prior offerings. The impact of an underwriter''s reputation on the market reaction to public security offerings is estimated using the dynamic measure constructed within this work. These offerings take two forms; Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and Seasoned Equity Offerings (SEOs). In the case of SEOs, this work shows that the market reaction to an offering announcement is increasing in underwriter reputation. This suggests that using a "good" underwriter can help to reduce the impact of asymmetric information on an SEO. In the case of IPOs, the results are mixed. In some cases the price run-up associated with an IPO issuance is increasing in underwriter reputation. In other cases, it is decreasing. These conflicting findings come about as a result of changing the functional form of the underwriter proxy. As a result, one is left asking whether the theoretical literature has properly defined underwriter reputation in the IPO setting.

The continued high percentages of skilled personnel in the United States (U.S. Armed Forces that are currently leaving the service has become, not merely a personnel problem for the military, but for the U.S. as well. Much controversy surrounds the social and economic foundations with which the political and military establishment must deal. This thesis presents a methodology for analyzing the possible utilization of selective parolees from various institutions into the U.S. Armed Forces. The proposal in this thesis, it is believed, could possibly drastically reduce current manpower shortfalls in the military institutions. The jobless parolee is a drain on the tax-structure both local and national. An employed parolee would stop this drain by producing taxable income. Finally, the severe problem of a revolving door-type-recidivism which has defined solutions could possibly be partially solved by this approach. The author admits that this approach is unusual, yet, it is probably a valid assertion that unusual problems require creative and sometimes unusual solutions. (Author).

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