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Development Of An Interactive Course Module: "Teaching And Learning Molecular Basis Of Evolution To Human Body", Soma Mukhopadhyay, Rachel Bishop, Brittany Blocker Nov 2014

Development Of An Interactive Course Module: "Teaching And Learning Molecular Basis Of Evolution To Human Body", Soma Mukhopadhyay, Rachel Bishop, Brittany Blocker

Soma Mukhopadhyay Ph.D.

Today’s youth expect to use technology in every aspect of their lives, including their education. Instead of being challenged by their considerable skills, educators should embrace the technology and use it to make the classroom experience more enjoyable for students, thereby improving learning outcomes. Evolution is no different – students must know the basics of evolution in order to be well-read members of society, and technology can help the students learn. The study of evolution today is incredibly interesting, particularly with new evidence coming to light almost daily. Human evolution, in particular, is the subject of copious amounts of research. …


Food Preservation, Laura K. Thompson Dr Nov 2014

Food Preservation, Laura K. Thompson Dr

Laura K Thompson Dr

This laboratory is one in a series that I use in Biology 401: Applied Plant Science. This course is designed for students who have had at least one introductory Biology course, either for a major or a non-major. The goal in the course is to give the student an appreciation for the importance of plants to human society. Each laboratory session is designed to give the student an appreciation for how plants contribute to society and an experience in original processing of plants for their use. In this laboratory session we look at different methods for preserving food, primarily canning …


Plant Oil Based Soap, Laura K. Thompson Dr Nov 2014

Plant Oil Based Soap, Laura K. Thompson Dr

Laura K Thompson Dr

This laboratory is one in a series that I use in Biology 401: Applied Plant Science. This course is designed for students who have had at least one introductory Biology course, either for a major or a non-major. The goal in the course is to give the student an appreciation for the importance of plants to human society. Each laboratory session is designed to give the student an appreciation for how plants contribute to society and an experience in original processing of plants for their use. This laboratory session complements our lectures on the plant oil industry. Students work in …


Mulberry Paper Making, Laura K. Thompson Dr Nov 2014

Mulberry Paper Making, Laura K. Thompson Dr

Laura K Thompson Dr

This laboratory is one in a series that I use in Biology 401: Applied Plant Science. This course is designed for students who have had at least one introductory Biology course, either for a major or a non-major. The goal in the course is to give the student an appreciation for the importance of plants to human society. Each laboratory session is designed to give the student an appreciation for how plants contribute to society and an experience in original processing of plants for their use. This laboratory session allows students to learn about how paper was originally produced. I …


Working With Plant Fibers, Laura K. Thompson Dr Nov 2014

Working With Plant Fibers, Laura K. Thompson Dr

Laura K Thompson Dr

This laboratory is one in a series that I use in Biology 401: Applied Plant Science. This course is designed for students who have had at least one introductory Biology course, either for a major or a non-major. The goal in the course is to give the student an appreciation for the importance of plants to human society. Each laboratory session is designed to give the student an appreciation for how plants contribute to society and an experience in original processing of plants for their use. In this laboratory session the students get a feel for the processes that are …


Novel Ubiquitin Neuropathology In Frontotemporal Dementia With Valosin-Containing Protein Gene Mutations, Mark Forman, Ian Mackenzie, Nigel Cairns, Eric Swanson, Philip Boyer, David Drachman, Bharati Jhaveri, Jason Karlawish, Alan Pestronk, Thomas Smith, Pang-Hsien Tu, Giles Watts, William Markesbery, Charles Smith, Virginia Kimonis Nov 2014

Novel Ubiquitin Neuropathology In Frontotemporal Dementia With Valosin-Containing Protein Gene Mutations, Mark Forman, Ian Mackenzie, Nigel Cairns, Eric Swanson, Philip Boyer, David Drachman, Bharati Jhaveri, Jason Karlawish, Alan Pestronk, Thomas Smith, Pang-Hsien Tu, Giles Watts, William Markesbery, Charles Smith, Virginia Kimonis

Jason Karlawish

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with inclusion body myopathy and Paget disease of bone (IBMPFD) is a rare, autosomal-dominant disorder caused by mutations in the valosin-containing protein (VCP) gene, a member of the AAA-ATPase gene superfamily. The neuropathology associated with sporadic FTD is heterogeneous and includes tauopathies and frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitin-positive inclusions (FTLD-U). However, there is limited information on the neuropathology in IBMPFD. We performed a detailed, systematic analysis of the neuropathologic changes in 8 patients with VCP mutations. A novel pattern of ubiquitin pathology was identified in IBMPFD that was distinct from sporadic and familial FTLD-U without VCP gene …


Dry Adhesion Based On Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers, Todd Blackledge, Sching Wong, Kai Wan, J Najem Oct 2014

Dry Adhesion Based On Electrospun Polymer Nanofibers, Todd Blackledge, Sching Wong, Kai Wan, J Najem

Todd A. Blackledge

Dry Adhesion exists between polymer nano/microfibers. An elaborate experiment was performed to directly measure the adhesion between electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) microfibers using a nano force tensile tester. Electrospun nano/microfibers with radius ranging from 0.2 to 1.1 μm were investigated. It was found that the adhesion force depended on the fiber radius following a linear relationship, which complied with the classical Johnson-Kendall-Roberts (JKR) contact mechanics model. The force increased with temperature and decreased with relative humidity between two fibers positioned in orthogonal directions. Our data suggested the van der Waals’ (vdW) interactions are primarily operative between the micro-/nano-fibers.


Darwin’S Bark Spider. 2012. In: Mcgraw-Hill Encyclopedia Of Science And Technology, Todd Blackledge, Ingi Agnarsson, Matjaz Kuntner Oct 2014

Darwin’S Bark Spider. 2012. In: Mcgraw-Hill Encyclopedia Of Science And Technology, Todd Blackledge, Ingi Agnarsson, Matjaz Kuntner

Todd A. Blackledge

No abstract provided.


Nuclear Behavior During Morphogenesis In Vaucheria, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Nuclear Behavior During Morphogenesis In Vaucheria, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Oogenesis In Vaucheria Fontinalis (L.) Christensen, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Oogenesis In Vaucheria Fontinalis (L.) Christensen, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


The Identification Of A Fine Microfilament Network Using Rodamine Phalloidin In Vaucheria Longicaulis, Donald Ott Oct 2014

The Identification Of A Fine Microfilament Network Using Rodamine Phalloidin In Vaucheria Longicaulis, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Fluorescence Studies Of Nuclear Behavior During Zoosporogensis In Vaucheria, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Fluorescence Studies Of Nuclear Behavior During Zoosporogensis In Vaucheria, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Nuclear Cyclosis In Vaucheria. Optical Approaches To The Dynamics Of Cellular Motility Symposium, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Nuclear Cyclosis In Vaucheria. Optical Approaches To The Dynamics Of Cellular Motility Symposium, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Ultrastructure Of Diplonema Ambulator Larsen & Patterson (Euglenozoa) And Its Relationship To Isonema, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Ultrastructure Of Diplonema Ambulator Larsen & Patterson (Euglenozoa) And Its Relationship To Isonema, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

The fine structure of a small phagotrophic protist, Diplonema ambulator, associated with deteriorating leaves of some species of the common fresh-water aquarium plant, Cryptocoryne is described. The organisms bear two short flagella which arise subapically and have a flexible cell surface often exhibiting pronounced changes in shape. Under the plasma membrane is a single layer of interconnected microtubules. Adjacent to the microtubules is a peripheral reticulate mitochondrion with plate-like cristae and numerous dense beaded inclusions. A large complex microtubular-based feeding apparatus extending to the cell surface is surrounded by several food vacuoles. Because the organism fits the light microscopic description …


Eustigmatophyceae, Raphidophyceae, And Tribophyceae, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Eustigmatophyceae, Raphidophyceae, And Tribophyceae, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Fluorescence Studies Of Nuclear And Mitochondrial Behavior During Oogensis In Vaucheria Aversa, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Fluorescence Studies Of Nuclear And Mitochondrial Behavior During Oogensis In Vaucheria Aversa, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Development Of The Carposporophyte Of Kallymenia Reniformis, Donald Ott, Max Hommersand Oct 2014

Development Of The Carposporophyte Of Kallymenia Reniformis, Donald Ott, Max Hommersand

Donald W. Ott

The development of the carposporophyte in Kallymenia reniformis involves an elaborate series of interactions between reproductive and vegetative tissues. Following fertilization, the inner cells of the carpogonial branches form processes that unite with the supporting cell and with each other, giving rise to a large fusion cell. A number of medullary filaments are enveloped and incorporated within the developing fusion cell. Secondary filaments may be produced from medullary cells outside the fusion cell after connecting filaments have been initiated. Connecting filaments are nonseptale and wind their way through the medulla. The presence of a connecting filament in the vicinity of …


The Stabilization Of A Labile Microfilament Network In Vaucheria Employing A New Fixative, Donald Ott Oct 2014

The Stabilization Of A Labile Microfilament Network In Vaucheria Employing A New Fixative, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Oogenesis In Vaucheria Litorea Hofman Ex. C. Agardh, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Oogenesis In Vaucheria Litorea Hofman Ex. C. Agardh, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Interaction Of Blood With Fatiquing Substrates, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Interaction Of Blood With Fatiquing Substrates, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Electron Microscopy Of The Mature Spermatozoids Of Vaucheria, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Electron Microscopy Of The Mature Spermatozoids Of Vaucheria, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Nuclear Movement In Vaucheria Longicaulis, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Nuclear Movement In Vaucheria Longicaulis, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Control Of Nuclear Movement By Microtubules In Vaucheria, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Control Of Nuclear Movement By Microtubules In Vaucheria, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Tem Of Isolated Microtubule Bundles From Vaucheria Longicaulis, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Tem Of Isolated Microtubule Bundles From Vaucheria Longicaulis, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Description Of An Isonema-Like Flagellate Associated With Cryptocorne Disease, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Description Of An Isonema-Like Flagellate Associated With Cryptocorne Disease, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Comparative Studies Of Nuclear Translocation In The Vegetative Filaments Of Vaucheria, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Comparative Studies Of Nuclear Translocation In The Vegetative Filaments Of Vaucheria, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


New Records Of Vaucheria Species (Xanthophyceae) With Associated Proales Werneckii (Rotifera) From North America, Donald Ott, Robert Wallace, Morgan Vis, Robert Verb Oct 2014

New Records Of Vaucheria Species (Xanthophyceae) With Associated Proales Werneckii (Rotifera) From North America, Donald Ott, Robert Wallace, Morgan Vis, Robert Verb

Donald W. Ott

The presence of galls on species of Vaucheria was investigated both seasonally and in a number of locations in North America. These galls are induced by the rotifer, Proales werneckii. In an Ohio stream, Vaucheria bursata and V. geminata were found to have galls throughout their growing season; September to January. Galls were most abundant in October and ranged in size from 90–260 μm in width and 140–790 μm in length. New records of Vaucheria with galls from locations in Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio and Tennessee are reported. Three of the five taxa collected were not previously …


Video Enhanced Microscopy Of Organellar Streaming In Vaucheria Longicaulis, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Video Enhanced Microscopy Of Organellar Streaming In Vaucheria Longicaulis, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Midsummer Plankton Communities Of Select Ohio Wetlands, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Midsummer Plankton Communities Of Select Ohio Wetlands, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.


Mitosis In Sphaeroplea, Donald Ott Oct 2014

Mitosis In Sphaeroplea, Donald Ott

Donald W. Ott

No abstract provided.