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Using Technology To Teach Pricing Concepts, Kathy Winsted, Judy Graham Dec 2013

Using Technology To Teach Pricing Concepts, Kathy Winsted, Judy Graham

Atlantic Marketing Journal

This paper identifies a useful technology tool that aids in the teaching of pricing strategies and allows students to experience the interactive effects of decisions involving pricing, production levels, and promotional spend. This innovative technology tool can be easily implemented either online or in the classroom. Concepts related to pricing strategy do not typically evoke enthusiasm from students, and in many cases, both students and professors would welcome an engaging, innovative way to teach the key concepts of pricing strategy. In the past, attempts to convey pricing concepts through experiential learning have involved large-scale simulations that extend throughout the length …

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Laptop Technology In Classrooms: How Student Perceptions Shape Learning And Satisfaction, P. Raj Devasagayam, Nicholas R. Stark, Ryan Watroba Dec 2013

Laptop Technology In Classrooms: How Student Perceptions Shape Learning And Satisfaction, P. Raj Devasagayam, Nicholas R. Stark, Ryan Watroba

Atlantic Marketing Journal

This study is based on perceptions of students regarding the integration of laptops in classroom endeavors. Empirical findings are based on data collected from a sample of 392 students in undergraduate and graduate universities in twelve states of the USA. Three key findings related to the integration of laptop technology into classrooms of higher education are reported. First relates to student perceptions and feelings surrounding laptop use in the classroom. Secondly, we report how these perceptions vary depending on personal characteristics of students. Lastly, we examine the role these perceptions play in student learning, as well as student satisfaction. Traditionally, …

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Transforming Marketing Education Of The Future: The Role Of Intelligent Agent Technologies (Iats) In Enhancing Student Learning, Ashutosh Dixit, Mayukh Dass, Glenna C. Pendleton, William J. Lundstrom Dec 2013

Transforming Marketing Education Of The Future: The Role Of Intelligent Agent Technologies (Iats) In Enhancing Student Learning, Ashutosh Dixit, Mayukh Dass, Glenna C. Pendleton, William J. Lundstrom

Atlantic Marketing Journal

This conceptual paper introduces IATs and discusses how such intelligent and interactive applications can translate into better education environment for marketing curriculum, particularly marketing research. We present a conceptual model based on extant literature. We present some initial test of our conceptual model of IAT usage in marketing education in a marketing research class.

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Introduction To The Special Issue, Deborah Lester, Tyra M. Burton Dec 2013

Introduction To The Special Issue, Deborah Lester, Tyra M. Burton

Atlantic Marketing Journal

Introduction to the Special Issue, Innovative Teaching.

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Health-Related Quality Of Life Following A Clinical Weight Loss Intervention Among Overweight And Obese Adults: Intervention And 24 Month Follow-Up Effects, Bryan Blissmer, Deborah Riebe, Gabriela Dye, Laurie Ruggiero, Geoffrey W. Greene Phd, Marjorie Caldwell Dec 2013

Health-Related Quality Of Life Following A Clinical Weight Loss Intervention Among Overweight And Obese Adults: Intervention And 24 Month Follow-Up Effects, Bryan Blissmer, Deborah Riebe, Gabriela Dye, Laurie Ruggiero, Geoffrey W. Greene Phd, Marjorie Caldwell

Geoffrey Greene

Background: Despite a growing literature on the efficacy of behavioral weight loss interventions, we still know relatively little about the long terms effects they have on HRQL. Therefore, we conducted a study to investigate the immediate post-intervention (6 months) and long-term (12 and 24 months) effects of clinically based weight management programs on HRQL. Methods: We conducted a randomized clinical trial in which all participants completed a 6 month clinical weight loss program and were randomized into two 6-month extended care groups. Participants then returned at 12 and 24 months for follow-up assessments. A total of 144 individuals (78% women, …

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Epizootiology Of Quahog Parasite Unknown (Qpx) Disease In Northern Quahogs (=Hard Clams) Mercenaria Mercenaria, M. Maille Lyons, Roxanna Smolowitz, Marta Gomez-Chiarri Dec 2013

Epizootiology Of Quahog Parasite Unknown (Qpx) Disease In Northern Quahogs (=Hard Clams) Mercenaria Mercenaria, M. Maille Lyons, Roxanna Smolowitz, Marta Gomez-Chiarri

Marta Gomez-Chiarri

The economically important marine bivalve mollusc, Mercenaria mercenaria, (commonly called a northern quahog or hard clam), has endured considerable mortalities caused by a thraustochytrid pathogen called Quahog Parasite X (QPX). Data on the percent prevalence of QPX infections were compiled from published reports along with our data to describe the epizootiology of QPX disease.QPX infections occurred in clams collected from both cultured beds and wild populations, but a higher percentage of QPX cases (76.5%) were from cultured clam beds. In addition, samples from cultured beds had a significantly higher prevalence (29.2 ± 27.2%) of QPX infections compared with samples from …

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Numerical Quantification Of Perkinsus Marinus In The American Oyster Crassostrea Virginica (Gmelin, 1791) (Mollusca: Bivalvia) By Modern Stereology, Antonio Remacha-Trivino, Doranne Borsay-Horowitz, Christopher Dungan, Ximo Gual-Arnau, Javier Gomez-Leon, Luisa Villamil, Marta Gomez-Chiarri Dec 2013

Numerical Quantification Of Perkinsus Marinus In The American Oyster Crassostrea Virginica (Gmelin, 1791) (Mollusca: Bivalvia) By Modern Stereology, Antonio Remacha-Trivino, Doranne Borsay-Horowitz, Christopher Dungan, Ximo Gual-Arnau, Javier Gomez-Leon, Luisa Villamil, Marta Gomez-Chiarri

Marta Gomez-Chiarri

Species of Perkinsus are responsible for high mortalities of bivalve molluscs world-wide. Techniques to accurately estimate parasites in tissues are required to improve understanding of perkinsosis. This study quantifies the number and tissue distribution of Perkinsus marinus in Crassostrea virginica by modern stereology and immunohistochemistry. Mean total number of trophozoites were (mean ± SE) 11.80 ± 3.91 million and 11.55 ± 3.88 million for the optical disector and optical fractionator methods, respectively. The mean empirical error between both stereological approaches was 3.8 ± 1.0%. Trophozoites were detected intracellularly in the following tissues: intestine (30.1%), Leydig tissue (21.3%), hemocytes (14.9%), digestive …

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Antimicrobial Peptides For Use In Oyster Aquaculture: Effect On Pathogens, Commensals, And Eukaryotic Expression Systems, Tarquin Dorrington, Marta Gomez-Chiarri Dec 2013

Antimicrobial Peptides For Use In Oyster Aquaculture: Effect On Pathogens, Commensals, And Eukaryotic Expression Systems, Tarquin Dorrington, Marta Gomez-Chiarri

Marta Gomez-Chiarri

Two antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) of marine origin, tachyplesin from the Japanese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, and pleurocidin-amide from the winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, were tested for their potential effectiveness in disease treatment in oyster aquaculture. Tachyplesin had a greater antimicrobial effect than pleurocidin-amideagainst a range of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, with minimum inhibitor concentrations in the range of 0.625 to 5ug mL–1. Tachyplesin (50 mg mL–1) was also more effective than pleurocidin-amide (250 mg mL–1) against the oyster protozoan parasite Perkinsus marinus, reducing its viability to 9% versus 22% in vitro. Both peptides were unaffected by variations in pH and …

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Mineralization Of Ancient Carbon In The Subsurface Of Riparian Forests, Noel P. Gurwick, Daniel M. Mccorkle, Peter M. Groffman, Arthur J. Gold, D. Q. Kellogg, Peter Seitz-Rundlett Dec 2013

Mineralization Of Ancient Carbon In The Subsurface Of Riparian Forests, Noel P. Gurwick, Daniel M. Mccorkle, Peter M. Groffman, Arthur J. Gold, D. Q. Kellogg, Peter Seitz-Rundlett

Arthur Gold

Microbial activity in saturated, subsurface sediments in riparian forests may be supported by recent photosynthate or ancient (>500 ybp) soil organic carbon (SOC) in buried horizons. Metabolism of ancient SOC may be particularly important in riparian zones, considered denitrification hot spots, because denitrification in the riparian subsurface is often C-limited, because buried horizons intersect deep flow paths, and because low C mineralization rates can support ecosystem-relevant rates of denitrification. Buried horizons are common where alluvial processes (stream migration, overbank flow) have dominated riparian evolution. Our objectives were to determine: (1) the extent to which ancient SOC directly supports subsurface …

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Bacterial Community Profiling Of The Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica): Comparison Of Culture-Dependent And Culture-Independent Outcomes, Kenneth J. La Valley, Steve Jones, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Joseph Dealteris, Michael A. Rice Dec 2013

Bacterial Community Profiling Of The Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica): Comparison Of Culture-Dependent And Culture-Independent Outcomes, Kenneth J. La Valley, Steve Jones, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Joseph Dealteris, Michael A. Rice

Marta Gomez-Chiarri

Tissue-associated bacterial community profiles generated using a nested polymerase chain reaction–denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) approach and culture-dependent and culture-independent isolation techniques were compared. Oyster samples were collected from 2 harvest areas along the coast of Maine, in the United States. Profiles from both isolation strategies were evaluated using Sorensen’s index of similarity and cluster analysis of gel banding patterns. Cultureindependent profiles were further evaluated using the Shannon diversity index. In general, the culture-dependent strategy resulted in a greater number of bands within a profile. BacterialDGGEprofiles were found to be highly similar within an isolation strategy, with a higher degree …

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Using Planning And Evaluation Tools To Target Extension Outputs & Outcomes: The New England Private Well Symposium Example, Arthur J. Gold, Alyson Mccann, Julia Peterson Dec 2013

Using Planning And Evaluation Tools To Target Extension Outputs & Outcomes: The New England Private Well Symposium Example, Arthur J. Gold, Alyson Mccann, Julia Peterson

Arthur Gold

Increasingly, the success of Extension programming is evaluated based on achieved outcomes. Here, we report on the use of the ADDIE model as a tool to plan, implement, and evaluate a specific activity within the New England Private Well Initiative's regional efforts. Using this tool, we have successfully identified outcomes and objectives for the New England Private Well Water Symposium.

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Nutrient And Microbial Movement From Seasonally-Used Septic Systems, Arthur J. Gold, Frank B. Postma, George W. Loomis Dec 2013

Nutrient And Microbial Movement From Seasonally-Used Septic Systems, Arthur J. Gold, Frank B. Postma, George W. Loomis

Arthur Gold

Unanswered seasonal vacation communities present unique problems for on-site sewage disposal. Seasonal occupancy may promote the transmission of contaminants to groundwater due to incomplete formation of a biological clogging mat in the soil absorption system. Groundwater surrounding three seasonally-used septic systems was monitored to determine the movement and attenuation of nitrogen, phosphorus and two bacterial indicators of human fecal contamination, fecal coliforms and Clostridium perfringens. Nitrate-N concentrations were often three to four-fold greater than the drinking water standard at wells 6 m from the soil absorption systems. Minimal phosphorus migration occurred from these systems. Although more than 1.5 m of …

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Protease Activity In The Plasma Of American Oysters, Crassostrea Virginica, Experimentally Infected With The Protozoan Parasite Perkinsus Marinus, P. Munoz, K. Vance, M. Gomez-Chiarri Dec 2013

Protease Activity In The Plasma Of American Oysters, Crassostrea Virginica, Experimentally Infected With The Protozoan Parasite Perkinsus Marinus, P. Munoz, K. Vance, M. Gomez-Chiarri

Marta Gomez-Chiarri

Perkinsus marinus is responsible for disease and mortality of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica. To inves-tigate the interactions between P. marinus and oyster hemocytes, protease activity was measured in plasma of oysters collected 4 hr, 24 hr, 4 days, and 2 mo after experimental infection with P. marinus. A significant increase in protease activity was observed in oyster plasma 4 hr after injection with P. marinus, followed by a sharp decrease within 24 hr. Gelatin-impregnated gel electrophoresis showed the presence of 2 major bands (60 and 112 kDa) and 3 less prevalent bands (35, 92, and 200 kDa) with metalloproteinaselike …

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Combining Research, Outreach And Student Learning: A New Model In Rhode Island, Arthur J. Gold, Deborah Grossman-Garber, Thomas Husband Dec 2013

Combining Research, Outreach And Student Learning: A New Model In Rhode Island, Arthur J. Gold, Deborah Grossman-Garber, Thomas Husband

Arthur Gold

American research universities are renowned for applying cutting-edge science to the improvement of the world's health and environmental systems. Indeed, as a society, people have come to expect this type of intellectual leadership from their great universities. Less appreciated is the robust opportunity for state and local governments to harness the intellectual power of the academy to help solve community problems. Yet these kinds of partnerships are particularly strong at the nation's land-grant and sea-grant institutions, where federal investment over the past century-and-a-half has generated innovative solutions to problems at the local, state, regional and national levels. Over the past …

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Impact Of Ectoparasites On The Demography Of A Small Reef Fish, Rachel J. Finley, Graham E. Forrester Dec 2013

Impact Of Ectoparasites On The Demography Of A Small Reef Fish, Rachel J. Finley, Graham E. Forrester

G E Forrester

In marine systems, empirical studies demonstrating effects of macroparasites on host population dynamics are relatively few. We tested the effects of a copepod macroparasite infecting the gills of a small coral reef fish, the bridled goby Coryphopterus glaucofraenum. Fish that were naturally infected and uninfected were tagged as individuals and tracked in the field for 5 mo. Parasitism was associated with an increase in gill ventilation rate, and a reduction in feeding. More importantly, parasitized fish showed significantly reduced growth (by 66%) and gonad mass (by 68%) compared to uninfected fish, and parasitism increased instantaneous mortality by a factor of …

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Parasitism And A Shortage Of Refuges Jointly Mediate The Strength Of Density Dependence In A Reef Fish, Graham E. Forrester, Rachel J. Finley Dec 2013

Parasitism And A Shortage Of Refuges Jointly Mediate The Strength Of Density Dependence In A Reef Fish, Graham E. Forrester, Rachel J. Finley

G E Forrester

Various predator-prey, host-pathogen, and competitive interactions can combine to cause density dependence in population growth. Despite this possibility, most empirical tests for density-dependent interactions have focused on single mechanisms. Here we tested the hypothesis that two mechanisms of density dependence, parasitism and a shortage of refuges, jointly influence the strength of density-dependent mortality. We used mark recapture analysis to estimate mortality of the host species, the bridled goby {Coryphopterus glaucofraenum). Sixty-three marked gobies were infected with a copepod gill parasite {Pharodes tortugensis), and 188 were uninfected. We used the spatial scale at which gobies were clustered naturally (~4 m2 …

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Hybridization Diversity Of The Chorion Multigene Families Of Bombyx Mandarina With Reference To Several Genetic Stocks Of Bombyx Mori, Bungo Sakaguchi, Marian R. Goldsmith, Nikolaus A. Spoerel, Yumiko Nakajimai, Yutaka Kawaguchi, Katsumi Koga Dec 2013

Hybridization Diversity Of The Chorion Multigene Families Of Bombyx Mandarina With Reference To Several Genetic Stocks Of Bombyx Mori, Bungo Sakaguchi, Marian R. Goldsmith, Nikolaus A. Spoerel, Yumiko Nakajimai, Yutaka Kawaguchi, Katsumi Koga

Marian R Goldsmith

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The I5k Initiative: Advancing Arthropod Genomics For Knowledge, Human Health, Agriculture, And The Environment, Marian Goldsmith Dec 2013

The I5k Initiative: Advancing Arthropod Genomics For Knowledge, Human Health, Agriculture, And The Environment, Marian Goldsmith

Marian R Goldsmith

Insects and their arthropod relatives including mites, spiders, and crustaceans play major roles in the world’s terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Arthropods compete with humans for food and transmit devastating diseases. They also comprise the most diverse and successful branch of metazoan evolution, with millions of extant species. Here, we describe an international effort to guide arthropod genomic efforts, from species prioritization to methodology and informatics. The 5000 arthropod genomes initiative (i5K) community met formally in 2012 to discuss a roadmap for sequencing and analyzing 5000 high-priority arthropods and is continuing this effort via pilot projects, the development of standard …

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Chromatin-Induced Spindle Assembly Plays An Important Role In Metaphase Congression Of Silkworm Holocentric Chromosomes, Hiroaki Mon, Jae Man Lee, Kazuei Mita, Marian R. Goldsmith, Takahiro Kusakabe Dec 2013

Chromatin-Induced Spindle Assembly Plays An Important Role In Metaphase Congression Of Silkworm Holocentric Chromosomes, Hiroaki Mon, Jae Man Lee, Kazuei Mita, Marian R. Goldsmith, Takahiro Kusakabe

Marian R Goldsmith

The kinetochore plays important roles in cell cycle progression. Interactions between 4 chromosomes and spindle microtubules allow chromosomes to congress to the middle of the 5 cell and to segregate the sister chromatids into daughter cells in mitosis. The chromosome 6 passenger complex (CPC), composed of the Aurora B kinase and its regulatory subunits 7 INCENP, Survivin, and Borealin, plays multiple roles in these chromosomal events. In the 8 genome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, which has holocentric chromosomes, the CPC 9 components and their molecular interactions were highly conserved. In contrast to 10 monocentric species, however, the silkworm CPC …

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Characterization Of Early Follicular Cdna Library Suggests Evidence For Genetic Polymorphisms In The Inbred Strain C108 Of Bombyx Mori, Marian R. Goldsmith, David R. Mills Dec 2013

Characterization Of Early Follicular Cdna Library Suggests Evidence For Genetic Polymorphisms In The Inbred Strain C108 Of Bombyx Mori, Marian R. Goldsmith, David R. Mills

Marian R Goldsmith

No abstract provided.

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Peptide-Amphiphile Containing Arginine And Fatty Acyl Chains As Molecular Transporters, Amir Nasrolahi Shirazi, Donghoon Oh, Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, Brian Sullivan, Anju Gupta, Geoffrey D. Bothun, Keykavous Parang Dec 2013

Peptide-Amphiphile Containing Arginine And Fatty Acyl Chains As Molecular Transporters, Amir Nasrolahi Shirazi, Donghoon Oh, Rakesh Kumar Tiwari, Brian Sullivan, Anju Gupta, Geoffrey D. Bothun, Keykavous Parang

Geoffrey Bothun

Peptide amphiphiles (PAs) are promising tools for the intracellular delivery of numerous drugs. PAs are known to be biodegradable systems. Here, four PA derivatives containing arginine and lysine conjugated with fatty acyl groups with different chain length, namely PA1: R-K(C14)-R, PA2: R-K(C16)-R, PA3: K(C14)-R-K(C14), and PA4: K(C16)-R-K(C16), where C16 = palmitic acid and C14 = myristic acid, were synthesized through Fmoc chemistry. Flow cytometry studies showed that among all synthesized PAs, only K(C16)-R-K(C16), PA4 was able to enhance the cellular uptake of …

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Conservation In The Context Of Climate Change: Practical Guidelines For Land Protection At Local Scales, Kevin Ruddock, Peter August, Christopher Damon, Charles Labash, Pamela Rubinoff, Donald Robadue Jr. Dec 2013

Conservation In The Context Of Climate Change: Practical Guidelines For Land Protection At Local Scales, Kevin Ruddock, Peter August, Christopher Damon, Charles Labash, Pamela Rubinoff, Donald Robadue Jr.

Peter August

Climate change will affect the composition of plant and animal communities in many habitats and geographic settings. This presents a dilemma for conservation programs – will the portfolio of protected lands we now have achieve a goal of conserving biodiversity in the future when the ecological communities occurring within them change? Climate change will significantly alter many plant communities, but the geophysical underpinnings of these landscapes, such as landform, elevation, soil, and geological properties, will largely remain the same. Studies show that extant landscapes with a diversity of geophysical characteristics support diverse plant and animal communities. Therefore, geophysically diverse landscapes …

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Inherited Holocaust Memory And The Ethics Of Ventriloquism, Lori Lefkovitz Dec 2013

Inherited Holocaust Memory And The Ethics Of Ventriloquism, Lori Lefkovitz

Lori Lefkovitz

No abstract provided.

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Delicate Beauty Goes Out: "Adam Bede's" Transgressive Heroines, Lori Lefkovitz Dec 2013

Delicate Beauty Goes Out: "Adam Bede's" Transgressive Heroines, Lori Lefkovitz

Lori Lefkovitz

No abstract provided.

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Cook V. State Clerk's Record V. 1 Dckt. 41449 Dec 2013

Cook V. State Clerk's Record V. 1 Dckt. 41449

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Method For Modeling And Parameter Extraction Of Ldmos Devices, Avinash S. Kashyap, H. Alan Mantooth Dec 2013

Method For Modeling And Parameter Extraction Of Ldmos Devices, Avinash S. Kashyap, H. Alan Mantooth

Patents Granted

A method for modeling the performance of a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device across a wide temperature range is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of positioning the device in an environment chamber operable to create a plurality of environment temperatures; connecting the pins of the device to a measurement system operable to measure at least one device characteristic; operating the environment chamber to set a series of four environment temperatures, acquiring a value of the device characteristic from the measurement system at each temperature, and extracting a temperature parameter set based on the value of the device …

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Valproic Acid Causes Proteasomal Degradation Of Dicer And Influences Mirna Expression, Zhaiyi Zhang, Paolo Convertini, Manli Shen, Xiu Xu, Frédéric Lemoine, Pierre De La Grange, Douglas A. Andres, Stefan Stamm Dec 2013

Valproic Acid Causes Proteasomal Degradation Of Dicer And Influences Mirna Expression, Zhaiyi Zhang, Paolo Convertini, Manli Shen, Xiu Xu, Frédéric Lemoine, Pierre De La Grange, Douglas A. Andres, Stefan Stamm

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Valproic acid (VPA) is a commonly used drug to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorders. Known properties of VPA are inhibitions of histone deacetylases and activation of extracellular signal regulated kinases (ERK), which cannot fully explain VPA's clinical features. We found that VPA induces the proteasomal degradation of DICER, a key protein in the generation of micro RNAs. Unexpectedly, the concentration of several micro RNAs increases after VPA treatment, which is caused by the upregulation of their hosting genes prior to DICER degradation. The data suggest that a loss of DICER protein and changes in micro RNA concentration contributes to the …

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Usa V. Steve Mccollum, Jr. Dec 2013

Usa V. Steve Mccollum, Jr.

2013 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

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Usa V. Richard Blackstone Dec 2013

Usa V. Richard Blackstone

2013 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

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Usa V. Derrick Garvin Dec 2013

Usa V. Derrick Garvin

2013 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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