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A Novel Body Coloration Phenotype In Anolis Sagrei: Implications For Physiology, Fitness, And Predation, Yasmeen Erritouni, Beth Reinke, Ryan Calsbeek Dec 2018

A Novel Body Coloration Phenotype In Anolis Sagrei: Implications For Physiology, Fitness, And Predation, Yasmeen Erritouni, Beth Reinke, Ryan Calsbeek

Beth Reinke

In animals, color signals that convey information about quality are often associated with costs linked to the expression of coloration and may therefore be honest signals of sender quality. Honest indicators are often seen in sexual signals that are used by males to advertise quality to females. Carotenoid and pterin pigments are responsible for yellow, orange, and red coloration in a variety of taxa, but can also serve important roles as antioxidants by reducing free radicals in the body. In this study, we test the effects of a novel full-bodied orange color phenotype of the brown anole, Anolis sagrei, on …

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Dmk_Dissertation_11.19.18.Pdf, Dana King Dec 2018

Dmk_Dissertation_11.19.18.Pdf, Dana King

Dana King

No abstract provided.

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Dmk_Dissertation_11.19.18.Pdf, Dana King Dec 2018

Dmk_Dissertation_11.19.18.Pdf, Dana King

Dana King

No abstract provided.

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Estrogen Levels Effects On Sex-Dimorphic Skills And Mood, Kathryn Szymanski Dec 2018

Estrogen Levels Effects On Sex-Dimorphic Skills And Mood, Kathryn Szymanski

Kathryn Szymanski

No abstract provided.

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Alternatives To Laboratory Animals: Definition And Discussion, Andrew N. Rowan Dec 2018

Alternatives To Laboratory Animals: Definition And Discussion, Andrew N. Rowan

Andrew N. Rowan, DPhil

The origins of the concept of "alternatives" to the use of animals in research may be traced back to the 1800's and the furore about using live animals in surgical and other experiments. Some of the animal protection societies in England were prepared to accept animal experimentation provided it was performed under anesthesia. Even Dr. Marshall Hall, who championed the spread of experimental medicine in 19th century England, considered it necessary to control and prevent unwarranted, inept and cruel experimentation (French, 1975). The concept of alternatives has developed in the 20th century to encompass not only the reduction (prevention) of …

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Ethical Foundations For The Lethal Management Of Double-Crested Cormorants (Phalocrocorax Auritus) In The Eastern United States: An Argument Analysis, Chelsea Batavia, Michael Paul Nelson Dec 2018

Ethical Foundations For The Lethal Management Of Double-Crested Cormorants (Phalocrocorax Auritus) In The Eastern United States: An Argument Analysis, Chelsea Batavia, Michael Paul Nelson

Chelsea Batavia, PhD

Lethal management of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalocrocorax auritus) has been implemented in many areas of the United States. In this paper, the philosophical method of argument analysis is used to assess ethical premises underlying the proposition that Double-crested Cormorant populations should be culled to reduce pressures on wild fisheries in the Great Lakes region of the eastern USA. This influential argument has been used to justify the destruction of more than half a million Double-crested Cormorants and hundreds of thousands of their nests and eggs. Three versions of the argument are formulated and assessed. It is shown that each of the …

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Ufc 240 Live Stream Free, Clinton Auros Dec 2018

Ufc 240 Live Stream Free, Clinton Auros

Clinton Auros

Bepress is very educational! Watch UFC 240 Live Stream online free now. Two anticipated featherweight coordinate ups will occur at UFC 240 — Max Holloway versus Frankie Edgar for the men's division and Cris Cyborg versus Felicia Spencer for the ladies' division. Become acquainted with these four featherweights more.

Two matches, four featherweight warriors — In the end, no one but two can leave the Rogers Place arena with the featherweight title. It will be one man between Max Holloway and Frankie Edgar and one lady between Cris Cyborg and Felicia Spencer.

For Holloway and Edgar, this match has been …

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Predicting Combined Effects Of Land Use And Climate Change On River And Stream Salinity, John Olson Dec 2018

Predicting Combined Effects Of Land Use And Climate Change On River And Stream Salinity, John Olson

John Olson

Agricultural, industrial and urban development have all contributed to increased salinity in streams and rivers, but the likely effects of future development and climate change are unknown. I developed two empirical models
to estimate how these combined effects might affect salinity by the end of this century (measured as electrical conductivity, EC). The first model predicts natural background from static (e.g. geology and soils) and dynamic
(i.e. climate and vegetation) environmental factors and explained 78% of the variation in EC. I then compared the estimated background EC with current measurements at 2001 sites chosen probabilistically from all conterminous USA streams. …

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Fiscal Reform Scenarios And Accessibility 2018.08.20.Docx, Guillermo Fernandez Nov 2018

Fiscal Reform Scenarios And Accessibility 2018.08.20.Docx, Guillermo Fernandez

Guillermo Fernandez

Since signing the peace accords in 1996, the Guatemalan government committed to increase the tax burden of 1995 by 50% to a total of 13%. This target has only been reached 4 times in more than two decades. There have been multiple attempts at tax reforms that have failed or been incomplete. Guatemala exhibits much income inequality and is one of the poorest countries in the region.  
Given this background, the problem to be considered in this analysis is that there is little information regarding how different tax reforms would affect the accessibility to food in Guatemala. With information …

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Growth Characteristics Of Newly Isolated Indonesian Microalgae Under Diferent Salinity, Michael A. Rice, Wa Iba, Gary H. Wikfors, Lucie Maranda Nov 2018

Growth Characteristics Of Newly Isolated Indonesian Microalgae Under Diferent Salinity, Michael A. Rice, Wa Iba, Gary H. Wikfors, Lucie Maranda

Michael A Rice

The aim of this study was to investigate the growth characteristics of microalgae strains isolated from
Kendari Bay and the Wanggu River estuary, Indonesia. The growth of the isolates, denoted as Kb1-2, Kb1-
3, Kb1-5, and Kb2-6, were evaluated under controlled conditions. A batch culture experiment of these
strains except Kb2-6 was conducted for 15 days under salinity levels of 20, 25, 30 and 35 gL-1. Tetraselmis
chui, Tisochrysis lutea and Chaetoceros neogracile were also culture and used as the growth references. Cell
density was measured every day and cell size was measured from 50 live cells during the …

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Confold2: Improved Contact-Driven Ab Initio Protein Structure Modeling, Badri Adhikari, Jianlin Cheng Nov 2018

Confold2: Improved Contact-Driven Ab Initio Protein Structure Modeling, Badri Adhikari, Jianlin Cheng

Badri Adhikari

No abstract provided.

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Generating High-Order Optical And Spin Harmonics From Ferromagnetic Monolayers, G.P. Zhang, M.S. Si, M. Murakami, Y.H. Bai, Thomas F. George Nov 2018

Generating High-Order Optical And Spin Harmonics From Ferromagnetic Monolayers, G.P. Zhang, M.S. Si, M. Murakami, Y.H. Bai, Thomas F. George

Thomas George

High-order harmonic generation (HHG) in solids has entered a new phase of intensive research, with envisioned band-structure mapping on an ultrashort time scale. This partly benefits from a flurry of new HHG materials discovered, but so far has missed an important group. HHG in magnetic materials should have profound impact on future magnetic storage technology advances. Here we introduce and demonstrate HHG in ferromagnetic monolayers. We find that HHG carries spin information and sensitively depends on the relativistic spin–orbit coupling; and if they are dispersed into the crystal momentum k space, harmonics originating from real transitions can be k-resolved and …

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Acetylcholinesterase Activity In Fish Exposed To Mercury In Guanabara Bay, Rj, Brazil, Ana Rosa Linde Arias Nov 2018

Acetylcholinesterase Activity In Fish Exposed To Mercury In Guanabara Bay, Rj, Brazil, Ana Rosa Linde Arias

Ana Rosa Linde Arias

No abstract provided.

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Ponds For Peace: A Collaborative Aquaculture Project In Liberia, Joseph Buttner Nov 2018

Ponds For Peace: A Collaborative Aquaculture Project In Liberia, Joseph Buttner

Joseph Buttner

Since 2012, Salem State University (SSU) and the United Methodist University of Liberia (UMU) have pursued aquaculture as part of a larger, broader collaboration to help nurture a sustainable peace in Liberia. The ongoing initiative recognizes that requisites to a sustainable peace include access to education, health care, jobs and food, particularly in rural (upcountry) Liberia. Liberians have a tradition of fishing, eating fish and aquaculture, providing a receptive audience and opportunity to expand production and impact (Fig. 1). Aquaculture training can be pursued without having to create interest or a market. The UMU network of campuses and the United …

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Dna Subway Purple Line Metagenome Analysis, Ray A. Enke Nov 2018

Dna Subway Purple Line Metagenome Analysis, Ray A. Enke

Ray Enke Ph.D.

This in class walkthrough demonstrates how to use the DNA Subway Purple Line for metagenomics analysis of 16S microbiome Illumina sequencing reads.

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Organizational Culture Change In A Texas Hospital, Alberto Coustasse-Hencke M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H. Nov 2018

Organizational Culture Change In A Texas Hospital, Alberto Coustasse-Hencke M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.

Alberto Coustasse, DrPH, MD, MBA, MPH

Coustasse-Hencke, Alberto, MD, MBA, MPH, Organizational Culture Change in a Texas Hospital. Doctor of Public Health (Health Behavior), June 2004, 329 pp., 11 tables, 8 illustrations, bibliography, 198 titles. The purpose of this research was to analyze a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) approach in a Texas hospital with a main focus in Patient Satisfaction (PS), and to measure organizational change and its impact on PS. This dissertation also applied a "Shared Vision" of the organization as the central process in bringing forth the knowledge shared by members of the community hospital who were both subjects and research participants. The development of …

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Highest And Best Use Determinations In Agricultural Land Assessments, Matthew Elliott, Lisa Elliott, Tong Wang Nov 2018

Highest And Best Use Determinations In Agricultural Land Assessments, Matthew Elliott, Lisa Elliott, Tong Wang

Matthew Elliott

Determining highest and best of use (HBU) is necessary for supportable Ag land assessments. In this study,
we determine HBU and most probable use (MPU) of South Dakota Ag land as either cropland or grassland.
To determine HBU, we simulate net returns for cropland and grassland for every possible combination of
the productivity and legal dimensions using the APEX model and copula approach. To determine MPU,
we use random forest classification given net returns, risk, topography, and soil productivity ratings. We
discuss the impacts of using MPU, HBU, and soil ratings for determining use for Ag land property
assessments.

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Freshwater Aquaculture And Its Permitting In Rhode Island: Two Case Studies, Michael A. Rice, Joseph B. Haberek, David Beutel Nov 2018

Freshwater Aquaculture And Its Permitting In Rhode Island: Two Case Studies, Michael A. Rice, Joseph B. Haberek, David Beutel

Michael A Rice

In Rhode Island permits to conduct aquaculture, including freshwater aquaculture, are issued by the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) as the designated lead agency by state law. However, by Rhode Island law, aquaculture is considered a form of agriculture. It is the responsibility and duty of the state aquaculture coordinator in CRMC to receive aquaculture applications and coordinate the review of these applications through the multiple federal, state and local agencies that hold regulatory jurisdiction. Since most freshwater aquaculture is conducted on private lands rather than in public trust waters of the state, there is no leasing review. If the …

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Freshwater Aquaculture And Its Permitting In Rhode Island: Two Case Studies, Michael A. Rice, Joseph B. Haberek, David Beutel Nov 2018

Freshwater Aquaculture And Its Permitting In Rhode Island: Two Case Studies, Michael A. Rice, Joseph B. Haberek, David Beutel

Michael A Rice

In Rhode Island permits to conduct aquaculture, including freshwater aquaculture, are issued by the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) as the designated lead agency by state law. However, by Rhode Island law, aquaculture is considered a form of agriculture. It is the responsibility and duty of the state aquaculture coordinator in CRMC to receive aquaculture applications and coordinate the review of these applications through the multiple federal, state and local agencies that hold regulatory jurisdiction. Since most freshwater aquaculture is conducted on private lands rather than in public trust waters of the state, there is no leasing review. If the …

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Impact Of Substrate And Process On The Electrical Performance Of Screen-Printed Nickel Electrodes: Fundamental Mechanism Of Ink Film Roughness, Bilge N. Altay, Jerome Jourdan, Vikram S. Turkani, Hervé Dietsch, Dinesh Maddipatla, Alexandra Pekarovicova, Paul D. Fleming, Massood Atashbar Nov 2018

Impact Of Substrate And Process On The Electrical Performance Of Screen-Printed Nickel Electrodes: Fundamental Mechanism Of Ink Film Roughness, Bilge N. Altay, Jerome Jourdan, Vikram S. Turkani, Hervé Dietsch, Dinesh Maddipatla, Alexandra Pekarovicova, Paul D. Fleming, Massood Atashbar

Bilge Nazli Altay

In recent years, traditional printing methods have been integrated to print flexible electronic devices and circuits. Since process requirements for electronics diff er from those for graphic printing, the fundamentals require rediscovery mainly to optimize manufacturing techniques and to find cost reduction methods without compromising functional performance. In addition, alternative inks need to be formulated to increase the variety of functional inks and to pioneer new product developments. In this report, we investigate a thermoplastic-based nickel ink prototype to print electrodes using a screen-printing process. Process fundamentals are explored, and cost reduction methods are addressed by studying …

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Evolution Of Bidirectional Costly Mutualism From Byproduct Consumption, Lon Chubiz, William R. Harcombe, Jeremy M. Chacón, Elizabeth M. Adamowicz, Christopher J. Marx Nov 2018

Evolution Of Bidirectional Costly Mutualism From Byproduct Consumption, Lon Chubiz, William R. Harcombe, Jeremy M. Chacón, Elizabeth M. Adamowicz, Christopher J. Marx

Lon Chubiz

Mutualisms are essential for life, yet it is unclear how they arise. A two-stage process has been proposed for the evolution of mutualisms that involve exchanges of two costly resources. First, costly provisioning by one species may be selected for if that species gains a benefit from costless byproducts generated by a second species, and cooperators get disproportionate access to byproducts. Selection could then drive the second species to provide costly resources in return. Previously, a synthetic consortium evolved the first stage of this scenario: Salmonella enterica evolved costly production of methionine in exchange for costless carbon byproducts generated by …

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Are Different Actions Mediated By Distinct Systems Of Knowledge In Infancy?, Peter Vishton Oct 2018

Are Different Actions Mediated By Distinct Systems Of Knowledge In Infancy?, Peter Vishton

Peter Vishton

This chapter considers why studies of infant looking and reaching often suggest different patterns of cognitive and perceptual development. In some cases, convergent results have emerged from studies of infant looking and reaching, but differences are common. The most typical results suggest less adult-like perception and cognition in studies of reaching than in studies of looking. Several reaching studies, however, do not fit this pattern, suggesting that reaching actions may be mediated by distinct systems of knowledge and information processing. Comparisons of research on other behaviors, such as crawling and walking, also suggest that infant knowledge systems vary across actions. …

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Fastqc Analysis & Hisat Alignments Using Cyverse (Part 2), Ray A. Enke Oct 2018

Fastqc Analysis & Hisat Alignments Using Cyverse (Part 2), Ray A. Enke

Ray Enke Ph.D.

Part 2 of this in class exercise uses CyVerse Discovery Environment (DE) for the following:
  • view the output files of FastQC analysis
  • create custom data tracks from HISAT alignment files for visualization in the UCSC Genome Browser

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Fastqc Analysis & Hisat Alignments Using Cyverse (Part 1), Ray A. Enke Oct 2018

Fastqc Analysis & Hisat Alignments Using Cyverse (Part 1), Ray A. Enke

Ray Enke Ph.D.

This in class exercise demonstrates the basic features of the CyVerse Discovery Environment (DE) cyberinfrastructure and also provides a tutorial for setting up FastQC analysis of next generation sequencing reads as well as HISAT alignment of eukaryotic RNA-seq FASTQ files.

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Intro To Command Line Coding (Fastqe & Fastp), Ray A. Enke Oct 2018

Intro To Command Line Coding (Fastqe & Fastp), Ray A. Enke

Ray Enke Ph.D.

This in class activity is designed for novices as an introduction to command line coding. The activity uses the programs FASTQE and FASTP to analyze the quality and trim Illumina FASTQ sequencing data.

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Belowground Rhizomes In Paleosols: The Hidden Half Of An Early Devonian Vascular Plant, Jinzhuang Xue, Zhenzhen Deng, Pu Huang, Kangjun Huang, Michael J. Benton, Ying Cui Oct 2018

Belowground Rhizomes In Paleosols: The Hidden Half Of An Early Devonian Vascular Plant, Jinzhuang Xue, Zhenzhen Deng, Pu Huang, Kangjun Huang, Michael J. Benton, Ying Cui

Ying Cui

The colonization of terrestrial environments by rooted vascular plants had far-reaching impacts on the Earth system. However, the belowground structures of early vascular plants are rarely documented, and thus the plant−soil interactions in early terrestrial ecosystems are poorly understood. Here we report the earliest rooted paleosols (fossil soils) in Asia from Early Devonian deposits of Yunnan, China. Plant traces are extensive within the soil and occur as complex network-like structures, which are interpreted as representing long-lived, belowground rhizomes of the basal lycopsid Drepanophycus. The rhizomes produced large clones and helped the plant survive frequent sediment burial in well-drained soils …

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D_Luftig_Data_Management_Slides.Pdf, David Luftig Oct 2018

D_Luftig_Data_Management_Slides.Pdf, David Luftig

David Luftig

These are the slides used for 10/24/2018 workshop "Campus Conversation: On-Campus Resources for Federal Grant Seekers."

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Role Competency Scale On Shared Decision-Making Nurses: Development And Psychometric Properties, Joseph D. Tariman Phd, Pamela Katz, Jessica Bishop-Royse Phd, Lisa Hartle Ms, Cns, Rn, Katharine Szubski Bsn, Rn, Toreend Enecio, Ima Garcia, Nadia Spawn Msn, Katherine Jones Masterton Oct 2018

Role Competency Scale On Shared Decision-Making Nurses: Development And Psychometric Properties, Joseph D. Tariman Phd, Pamela Katz, Jessica Bishop-Royse Phd, Lisa Hartle Ms, Cns, Rn, Katharine Szubski Bsn, Rn, Toreend Enecio, Ima Garcia, Nadia Spawn Msn, Katherine Jones Masterton

Joseph D Tariman PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN

Objectives: This study aimed to develop a scale that can measure the role competency of oncology nurses during shared decision-making process. Methods: A total of 226 oncology nurses who actively provide direct care to patients from inpatient and outpatient oncology units in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest completed the online or mail survey. Exploratory factor analysis and parallel analysis showed the multidimensionality of the role competency scale on shared decision-making nurses. Results: The role competency scale on shared decision-making nurses revealed four dimensions: knowledge, attitudes, communication, and adaptability. The 22 items have excellent internal consistency with a Cronbach’s alpha of …

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A Coalescent Sampler Successfully Detects Biologically Meaningful Population Structure Overlooked By F‐Statistics, Eric Crandall, Robert J. Toonen, Kimberly Selkoe Oct 2018

A Coalescent Sampler Successfully Detects Biologically Meaningful Population Structure Overlooked By F‐Statistics, Eric Crandall, Robert J. Toonen, Kimberly Selkoe

Eric Crandall

Assessing the geographic structure of populations has relied heavily on Sewell Wright’s F‐statistics and their numerous analogues for many decades. However, it is well appreciated that, due to their nonlinear relationship with gene flow, F‐statistics frequently fail to reject the null model of panmixia in species with relatively high levels of gene flow and large population sizes. Coalescent genealogy samplers in-stead allow a model‐selection approach to the characterization of population struc-ture, thereby providing the opportunity for stronger inference. Here, we validate the use of coalescent samplers in a high gene flow context using simulations of a step-ping‐stone model. In an example case …

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Proteomic Profiling Of Serum Derived Exosomes From Prostate Cancer Patients, David Turay Oct 2018

Proteomic Profiling Of Serum Derived Exosomes From Prostate Cancer Patients, David Turay

David Turay, MD

Touted among the major achievements in the diagnosis and management of Prostate cancer (PCa) in the past few decades has been, the dramatic decline of men with advanced/metastatic PCa at diagnosis coupled with a significant improvement ( >90%) in the five and ten year survival rates of the disease. Non-palpable PCa (potentially clinically treatable disease) now accounts for 70-80% of all newly diagnosed cases of PCa. Preceding these changes by about a decade was the introduction of Prostatic Specific Antigen (PSA) into clinical practice; first as biomarker for monitoring response to therapy and subsequently as a complementary screening tool. It …

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