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Characterization Of Two Type Iv Collagens Involved In Autosomal Recessive Hereditary Nephropathy, Keri Tabb

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The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) of the kidney is highly specialized and required for filtration of waste products from the bloodstream. One of the major structural and functional units of the GBM is a network composed of type IV collagen heterotrimers, or protomers. Early in development of the human and dog, an isoform switch occurs, and the α1α1α2 (IV) network found in the nascent GBM is replaced with α3α4α5 (IV) protomers. Mutations in any of the genes encoding proteins found in the mature GBM network may prevent protomer formation and cause a progressive disorder leading to end stage renal failure …

Spider Mediation Of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Transport And Transformation Across Riparian Ecotones, Diana Delach

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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contaminate the sediment of the Twelvemile Creek / Lake Hartwell Superfund Site, and are known to be transported throughout the resident biota via trophic transport. Riparian spiders have recently become of interest because they are terrestrial organisms that have significant PCB exposures derived from aquatic sources. Many riparian spiders primarily consume insects emerging from contaminated aquatic systems, and these spiders can have a body burden as high as 2900 ng/g lipid. These emergent insects carry contaminants out of the river and into the riparian zone where they are captured by spiders, which effectively directs the contamination towards …

Understanding Nanoparticle-Cell Interaction, Ran Chen

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Nanotechnology has revolutionalized the landscape of modern science and technology, including materials, electronics, therapeutics, bioimaging, sensing, and the environment. Along with these technological advancements, there arises a concern that engineered nanomaterials, owing to their high surface area and high reactivity, may exert adverse effects upon discharge to compromise biological and ecological systems. Research in the past decade has examined the fate of nanomaterials in vitro and in vivo, as well as the interactions between nanoparticles and biological and ecosystems using primarily toxicological and ecotoxicological approaches. However, due to the versatility in the physical and physicochemical properties of nanoparticles, and due …

Phoneme Weighting And Energy-Based Weighting For Speaker Recognition, Eric Fang

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This dissertation focuses on determining specific vowel phonemes which work best for speaker identification and speaker verification, and also developing new algorithms to improve speaker identification accuracy. Results from the first part of our research indicate that the vowels /i/, /E/ and /u/ were the ones having the highest recognition scores for both the Gaussian mixture model (GMM) and vector quantization (VQ) methods (at most one classification error). For VQ, /i/, /I/, /e/, /E/ and /@/ had no classification errors. Persons speaking /E/, /o/ and /u/ have been verified well by both GMM and VQ methods in our experiments. For …

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 23 2012-11-16, Clemson University

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The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 22 2012-11-09, Clemson University

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The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 21 2012-11-02, Clemson University

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Performance And Scaling Of A Novel Locomotor Structure: Adhesive Capacity Of Climbing Gobiid Fishes, Richard W. Blob, Takashi Maie, Heiko L. Schoenfuss

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Many species of gobiid fishes adhere to surfaces using a sucker formed from fusion of the pelvic fins. Juveniles of many amphidromous species use this pelvic sucker to scale waterfalls during migrations to upstream habitats after an oceanic larval phase. However, adults may still use suckers to re-scale waterfalls if displaced. If attachment force is proportional to sucker area and if growth of the sucker is isometric, then increases in the forces that climbing fish must resist might outpace adhesive capacity, causing climbing performance to decline through ontogeny. To test for such trends, we measured pressure differentials and adhesive suction …

Signed Language Academic Papers, Risa Shaw, Mary Thumann

International Journal of Interpreter Education

Signed language academic papers are a new possibility that recent developments in technologies for recording, editing, presenting, and reviewing visual materials have made practical in an academic setting. This article presents guidelines the authors developed for papers specifically in American Sign Language (ASL)interpreting courses; however, signed language academic papers can be effectively used in signed language classes of all levels in any country.

The authors offer rationales for assigning signed language academic papers to bilingual students and suggest style and practical guidelines analogous to guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA). Recommended guidelines address practical and academic considerations. The recommendations …

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 19 2012-10-19, Clemson University

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Turning Analysis Into Action: Targeting Likely Sources Of Watershed Impairment, Katy R. Beckham, Christine Boring, Mark White

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Application Of Qpcr Technologies In Stormwater Source Tracking And Determination Of Host Contributions Of Fecal Indicator Bacteria, J Michael Trapp, Erin Burge, Susan Libes

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Hydrologic Influences Within A Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetland, Brooke V. James, Carl C. Trettin, Timothy J. Callahan

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

A Case Study In Watershed-Based Plan Development And Implementation For The May River Watershed In Bluffton, Sc, Kimberly W. Jones, Ronald Bullman

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Genetic Sequencing Methodologies To Assess Human Contributions Of Fecal Coliforms To A Freshwater Receiving Stream, D A. Graves, D E. Chestnut, E B. Rabon, W J. Jones, J G. Moore, C Johnston

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Fish Community Response To Dam Removal In Twelvemile Creek, Pickens County, South Carolina, Cathy A. Marion, Mark C. Scott, Kevin M. Kubach

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Long Bay Hypoxia Monitoring Consortium, Susan Libes, Michael Trapp, Scott Kindelberger, Danielle Doremus

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Evaluating Potential Nonpoint Source Pollution Impacts In The Upper Reaches Of The Horse Creek Watershed In Aiken County, Sc, S M. Harmon, K E. Edgington, J L. Pinckney, J R. Yates, P W. Steen

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Water Quality Monitoring And Research At Lake Wateree, Sc, Dan Tufford, Robin (Buz) Kloot, Allyson Shea, Sean Mcgee, Dwayne Porter, Dick Foote, Warren Hankinson, Teresa Donelan

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Assessment Of Different Substrates For Removal Of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds In Wasterwater And The Potential Effects On Food Chain Pathways, Lance E. Beecher, Sarah A. White

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Jackson Creek Mitigation Bank: Benefits And Challenges Of An Urban Mitigation Bank, Daniel Johnson, James B. Atkins, Quinton Epps

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Impact Of Clear Air Act Regulations On Nitrogen Fate And Transport In The Neuse River Basin, Mark Gabriel, Christopher Knightes, Ellen Cooter, Robin Dennis

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Avian Community Response To Seasonal And Successional Changes, Pamela Corwin, Paul M. Nolan

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Using Microbial Source Tracking Techniques To Identify Fecal Indicator Bacteria In The Horse Creek Watershed In Aiken, Sc, Pamela W. Steen, Paul Thomas, S Michele Harmon

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2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Management

Fy2013 All Salaries Over $50,000, Clemson University

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Fy2013 All Salaries $30-50,000, Clemson University

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Kids Growing With Grains: Connecting Agriculture, Nutrition, And Environmental Literacy, Rachel Bayer, Ashley Travis, Chenzi Wang

Journal of Youth Development

Kids Growing with Grains is a school-based agricultural education program that improves youths’ conceptual understanding of how agriculture is linked to nutrition, the environment, and human health. University of Maryland Extension Educators developed the program’s hands-on activities, which focus on grain science, grains and the environment, grains and animals, and grain nutrition. The program is traditionally implemented through a station-based field trip experience lasting 4 hours in length. The program has been evaluated using a mixed-methods approach that includes qualitative and quantitative data collected from both teachers and students. Evaluation results from the past 2 years indicate the program is …

Group Mapping In A 4-H Camp Mixed-Methods Evaluation, Vikram Koundinya, Jenna Klink, Joanna Skluzacek, Claire Barrett

Journal of Youth Development

A week-long residential 4-H Agri-science youth camp had the goal of increasing understanding of agriculture as a system, however evaluating such a complex construct is difficult by adopting any one data-collection method. This paper presents the methods used in the evaluation of the camp and how these methods enhanced the overall program evaluation. The camp introduced 28 students, who were about 12 years of age from rural and urban counties of Wisconsin to the different aspects of the agricultural system, and promoted understanding of the connections among the various system components. The study utilized a mixed-methods triangulation design with group …

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 17 2012-09-28, Clemson University

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The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 16 2012-09-21, Clemson University

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