Memorial Services in honor of the late John B. Finch

Various memorial addresses.

Indian and white in the Northwest : a history of Catholicity in Montana, 1831-1891 / by L.B. Palladino ; with an introduction by John B. Brondel.

http://www.archive.org/details/indianandwhite00palliala

Anthony Ravalli, S.J., forty years a missionary in the Rocky Mountains, memoir / by L.B. Palladino.

http://www.archive.org/details/anthonyravallisj00pallrich

Lights and shades of mission work, or, Leaves from a worker's note book : being reminiscenses of seven years service at the capital, 1885-1892 / by B.H.W.

http://www.archive.org/details/lightsandshades00bhwuoft

The life and work of Lucinda B. Helm : founder of the Woman's Parsonage and Home Mission Society of the M.E. church, South / by Arabel Wilbur Alexander.

http://purl.oclc.org/KUK/KDL/B92-53-27061877

In the wake of the war canoe ; a stirring record of forty years' successful labour, peril & adventure amongst the savage Indian tribes of the Pacific coast, and the piratical headhunting Haidas of the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., with an introduction by the Lord Bishop of Derry.

http://www.archive.org/details/inwakeofwarcanoe00collrich

Metlakahtla : a true narrative of the red man / by George T.B. Davis.

http://www.archive.org/details/metlakahtltruena00davirich

Men and missions / by William T. Ellis ; with a foreword by John B. Sleman, Jr. ; and with a statistical and historical appendix compiled by Abigail J. Davies.

http://www.archive.org/details/menandmissions003181mbp

Peasant pioneers; an interpretation of the Slavic peoples in the United States, bx Kenneth D. Miller. Slavic design on cover by B. Mrazek.

http://www.archive.org/details/peasantpioneersa008724mbp

A day of good tidings / C.B. Keenleyside, with introduction by A. Carman.

http://www.archive.org/details/adayofgoodtiding00keenuoft

Manual of missions, by Carl Leroy Howland, Ph. B., with an introduction by Bishop Wilson T. Hogue.

http://www.archive.org/details/manualofmissions014078mbp

B Cell Activation in Insulin Resistance and Obesity

Our group has demonstrated that inflammatory diseases such as type 2 diabetes (DM), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and periodontal disease (PD) are associated with altered B cell function that may contribute to disease pathogenesis. B cells were found to be highly activated with characteristics of inflammatory cells. Obesity is a pre-disease state for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes and is considered a state of chronic inflammation. Therefore, we sought to better characterize B cell function and phenotype in obese patients. We demonstrate that (Toll-like receptor) TLR4 and CD36 expression by B cells is elevated in obese subjects, suggesting increased sensing of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and other TLR ligands. These ligands may be of microbial, from translocation from a leaky gut, or host origin. To better assess microbial ligand burden and host response in the bloodstream, we measured LPS binding protein (LBP), bacterial/permeability increasing protein (BPI), and high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1). Thus far, our data demonstrate an increase in LBP in DM and obesity indicating increased responses to TLR ligands in the blood. Interestingly, B cells responded to certain types of LPS by phosphorylating extracellular-signal-regulated kinases (ERK) 1/2. A better understanding of the immunological state of obesity and the microbial and endogenous TLR ligands that may be activating B cells will help identify novel therapeutics to reduce the risk of more dangerous conditions, such as cardiovascular disease.

Surface Reconstruction from Multiple Views using Rational B-Splines

A method for reconstructing 3D rational B-spline surfaces from multiple views is proposed. The method takes advantage of the projective invariance properties of rational B-splines. Given feature correspondences in multiple views, the 3D surface is reconstructed via a four step framework. First, corresponding features in each view are given an initial surface parameter value (s; t), and a 2D B-spline is fitted in each view. After this initialization, an iterative minimization procedure alternates between updating the 2D B-spline control points and re-estimating each feature's (s; t). Next, a non-linear minimization method is used to upgrade the 2D B-splines to 2D rational B-splines, and obtain a better fit. Finally, a factorization method is used to reconstruct the 3D B-spline surface given 2D B-splines in each view. This surface recovery method can be applied in both the perspective and orthographic case. The orthographic case allows the use of additional constraints in the recovery. Experiments with real and synthetic imagery demonstrate the efficacy of the approach for the orthographic case.

Surface Reconstruction from Multiple Views using Rational B-Splines and Knot Insertion

A method for reconstruction of 3D rational B-spline surfaces from multiple views is proposed. Given corresponding features in multiple views, though not necessarily visible in all views, the surface is reconstructed. First 2D B-spline patches are fitted to each view. The 3D B-splines and projection matricies can then be extracted from the 2D B-splines using factorization methods. The surface fit is then further refined via an iterative procedure. Finally, a hierarchal fitting scheme is proposed to allow modeling of complex surfaces by means of knot insertion. Experiments with real imagery demonstrate the efficacy of the approach.