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03/06/2009 - Eiu Students Collecting Used Batteries For Recycling And Food For Charity, University Marketing And Communications

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Daily Eastern News: March 06, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: March 05, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: March 04, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: March 02, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Thermodynamics Of Effector Binding To Hemocyanin: Influence Of Temperature, Ariane Pott, Michael A. Menze, Manfred K. Grieshaber

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Hemocyanins are allosterically regulated oxygen carriers freely dissolved in the blood of many crustaceans. The natural modulator urate accumulates under hypoxic conditions in the hemolymph of Homarus vulgaris, and increases the oxygen affinity of the respiratory pigment. Other non-physiological effectors such as caffeine, dimethylxanthines and methylxanthines are also known to modulate the oxygen-binding properties of hemocyanin. In order to gain insight into the thermodynamic driving forces of these interactions we analyzed the binding of several urate analogs to dodecameric hemocyanin at different temperatures by employing isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). All investigated non-physiological effectors including caffeine, dimethylxanthines and methylxanthines bind exothermically …

Daily Eastern News: February 25, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: February 17, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: February 12, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: February 11, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: February 06, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: February 04, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: February 02, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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The Chat Room, Vol. 13, College Of Education And Professional Studies

The Chat Room (CEPS Newsletter)

The Chat Room is the College of Education and Professional Studies newsletter. This is Volume 13, February 2009.

Daily Eastern News: January 30, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: January 27, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: January 23, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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01/22/2009 - Museum Of Oppression Returns, University Marketing And Communications

2009

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Daily Eastern News: January 22, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: January 14, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Daily Eastern News: January 12, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

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Believing In Both Genetic Determinism And Behavioral Action: A Materialist Framework And Implications, Celeste Condit, Marita Gronnvoll, Jamie Landau, Lijiang Shen, Lanelle Wright, Tina M. Harris

Faculty Research and Creative Activity

A disparity exists between studies reporting that genetics discourse produces deterministic or fatalistic responses and studies reporting that the majority of laypeople do not hold or adopt genetically deterministic views. This article reports data from an interview study (n = 50), and an interpretation of those data grounded in materialist understandings of discourse, that explains at least part of the disparity. The article employs a detailed reading of an illustrative transcript embedded in a quantitative content analysis to suggest that laypeople have incorporated two sets of public discourses—one that describes genetic causation and another that describes behavioral causation. These different …

Botany At Eastern Illinois University, Marissa C. Jernegan, Nancy E. Coutant, Janice M. Coons

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Eastern Illinois University was established in 1899, and from its beginning the importance of the botanical sciences was recognized. Two terms of botany were required for the four year program. Dr. Otis W. Caldwell, a botanist, was one of the original faculty members. He taught all of the biology courses and initiated the acquisition of a greenhouse. Caldwell was the first in a series of talented and dedicated botany professors including Edgar N. Transeau, Ernest L. Stover, Hiram F. Thut and John E. Ebinger. These and many other professors incorporated a field component into almost all classes. This dedication to …

Natural History Notes: Rhinocheilus Lecontei Tesselatus (Longevity), Stephen J. Mullin

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

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Wrapped In Pride: Ghanaian Kente And African-American Identity, Booth Library

Booth Library Programs

Further information about this program can be found on the Booth Library WRAPPED IN PRIDE exhibit page.

Exhibit Dates This exhibit was displayed at Booth Library February 1 - March 10, 2009

Wrapped In Pride: Ghanaian Kente And African-American Identity, Booth Library

Wrapped in Pride: Exhibit Booklet

Exhibit Dates

This exhibit was displayed at Booth Library February 1 - March 10, 2009

About the Exhibit

Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity featured an impressive collection of artifacts and artisan works for Eastern Illinois University's celebration of African American Heritage Month 2009.

The display of so much African weaving close enough to touch was unique for the Charleston region. The exhibit demonstrated the rich cultural heritage of Ghana. The exhibit gave spectators the ability to become more attuned to the art of weaving and use of raw materials to make cloth, skills highly prized in …

Demographics Of A Geographically-Isolated Population Of Threatened Salamander (Caudata: Ambystomatidae) In Central Illinois, Stephen J. Mullin, Sarabeth Klueh

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Amphibian populations that use small isolated wetlands are often small in size, susceptible to stochastic extinction processes, and have little to no contact with other populations. One can ascertain the persistence of such populations only by obtaining data that allow the prediction of future changes in population’s size, and propensity to achieve a sustainable number of individuals. The number of metamorphosing larvae leaving a pond predicts the viability of a salamander population, and thus, the number recruited into the terrestrial adult population. The Jefferson Salamander, Ambystoma jeffersonianum, is a listed threatened species in Illinois, occurring at fewer than 15 ponds …

Thermoregulation Of Male Elaphe Spiloides In An Agriculturally-Fragmented Forest In Illinois, C. Drew Foster, Sarabeth Kleuh, Stephen J. Mullin

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Anthropogenic forest fragmentation increases the amount of edge habitat. Although edges are harsh environments for many native species, ratsnakes often prefer this habitat. We examined thermoregulatory effectiveness of Central Ratsnakes (Elaphe spiloides) using forest edges preferentially to determine if edge preference is driven by increased thermoregulatory efficiencies. Six male subjects were located every 1-2 days using radio-telemetry and temperature sensitive transmitters. Subjects did not thermoregulate more efficiently in edges than in forest. Snakes were thermoconformers in both habitat types suggesting edge preference might be driven by other factors.

Vegetative Anatomy And Systematics Of Triphorinae (Orchidaceae), Barbara S. Carlsward, William Louis Stern

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Triphorinae represents a group of three anatomically simple genera, the structural features of which are unspecialized. The anomocytic stomatal pattern occurs in all genera; it predominates in Triphora . A foliar hypodermis, sclerenchyma, fibre bundles and stegmata are absent. The mesophyll is homogeneous. The exodermal and endodermal cells in the roots are entirely thin-walled and tilosomes are absent. However, there are anatomical modifications that appear to be unique: root hairs in Monophyllorchis are borne on velamenal buttresses and, in Psilochilus , they arise endogenously. In the root vascular system of Psilochilus , the metaxylem occurs as a circumferential band. The …

Sucrose Phosphate Synthase Expression Influences Poplar Phenology, Thomas Canam, Ji-Young Park, Kyu-Young Kang, Faride Unda, Shawn Mansfield

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

The objective of this study was to manipulate the intracellular pools of sucrose, and investigate its role in regulating plant growth, phenology (leaf senescence and bud break) and fibre development. This objective was achieved by differentially expressing an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana L. Heynh.) sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) gene in hybrid poplar (Populus alba · Populus grandidentata Michx.), a model system for tree biology with substantial industrial relevance in the context of short rotation forestry and a target bioenergy crop. Phenotypic differences were evident in the transgenic trees, as both the timing of bud flush and leaf senescence were altered compared …