University of North Carolina at Charlotte

About: University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a education organization based out in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 8772 authors who have published 22239 publications receiving 562529 citations. The organization is also known as: UNC Charlotte & UNCC.

Setting the Agenda for a New Europe: The ERT and EC 1992

Abstract: Scholars have disagreed over the origins of the single market programme and, in particular, over the role played by business groups in influencing the 1992 project. This article provides a systematic examination of the major policy actors behind the 1992 project, notably the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT). It is argued that, contrary to intergovernmentalist interpretations, the ERT was largely responsible for setting the agenda for the single market programme. The article concludes that traditional theories of European integration cannot capture the political role of non-state actors in EU regulatory policymaking, and suggests an alternative approach is necessary.

Right from Wrong: The Influence of Spirituality on Perceptions of Unethical Business Activities

Abstract: A network sample of 162 employees from across the US was studied to assess the relationship between individual spirituality and perceptions of unethical business activities Analyses indicate that degree of individual spirituality influences whether an individual perceives a questionable business practice as ethical or unethical Ramifications of these findings regarding the role of spirituality in enhancing workplace ethicality, as well as directions for future research, are discussed

Gender differences in gang participation, delinquency, and substance use

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to respond to gaps in our knowledge about patterns of female gang participation and its causes and consequences. Data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, a panel study that overrepresents adolescents at high risk for delinquency, are used to compare gang participation and delinquent involvement of female and male adolescents. We then examine the role of theoretical variables associated with both female and male gang membership. The results lead us to conclude that, for females as well as males, involvement in gangs is associated with substantially increased levels of delinquency and substance use. There is also some similarity in the factors associated with gang membership for both sexes, although lack of school success emerges as a factor of particular salience for female adolescents. The results suggest that theory and intervention need to address the phenomenon of female gang membership as an important component of urban youth problems.

Proteomic response to elevated PCO2 level in eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica: evidence for oxidative stress

Abstract: SUMMARY Estuaries are characterized by extreme fluctuations in CO 2 levels due to bouts of CO 2 production by the resident biota that exceed its capacity of CO 2 consumption and/or the rates of gas exchange with the atmosphere and open ocean waters. Elevated partial pressures of CO 2 ( P CO 2 ; i.e. environmental hypercapnia) decrease the pH of estuarine waters and, ultimately, extracellular and intracellular pH levels of estuarine organisms such as mollusks that have limited capacity for pH regulation. We analyzed proteomic changes associated with exposure to elevated P CO 2 in the mantle tissue of eastern oysters ( Crassostrea virginica ) after 2 weeks of exposure to control (∼39 Pa P CO 2 ) and hypercapnic (∼357 Pa P CO 2 ) conditions using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and tandem mass spectrometry. Exposure to high P CO 2 resulted in a significant proteome shift in the mantle tissue, with 12% of proteins (54 out of 456) differentially expressed under the high P CO 2 compared with control conditions. Of the 54 differentially expressed proteins, we were able to identify 17. Among the identified proteins, two main functional categories were upregulated in response to hypercapnia: those associated with the cytoskeleton (e.g. several actin isoforms) and those associated with oxidative stress (e.g. superoxide dismutase and several peroxiredoxins as well as the thioredoxin-related nucleoredoxin). This indicates that exposure to high P CO 2 (∼357 Pa) induces oxidative stress and suggests that the cytoskeleton is a major target of oxidative stress. We discuss how elevated CO 2 levels may cause oxidative stress by increasing the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) either indirectly by lowering organismal pH, which may enhance the Fenton reaction, and/or directly by CO 2 interacting with other ROS to form more free radicals. Although estuarine species are already exposed to higher and more variable levels of CO 2 than other marine species, climate change may further increase the extremes and thereby cause greater levels of oxidative stress.

Strategies and struggles with privacy in an online social networking community

Abstract: Online social networking communities such as Facebook and MySpace are extremely popular. These sites have changed how many people develop and maintain relationships through posting and sharing personal information. The amount and depth of these personal disclosures have raised concerns regarding online privacy. We expand upon previous research on users' under-utilization of available privacy options by examining users' current strategies for maintaining their privacy, and where those strategies fail, on the online social network site Facebook. Our results demonstrate the need for mechanisms that provide awareness of the privacy impact of users' daily interactions.