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Juvenile Green Turtle (Chelonia Mydas) Foraging Ecology:Feeding Selectivity And Forage Nutrient Analysis, Eliza Gilbert Jan 2005

Juvenile Green Turtle (Chelonia Mydas) Foraging Ecology:Feeding Selectivity And Forage Nutrient Analysis, Eliza Gilbert

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For the endangered green turtle, Chelonia mydas, a fundamental component of recovery and conservation is an understanding of its foraging ecology. Foraging optimality models suggest animals will select resources of high quality over those of low quality. For green turtles, this behavior is important, as sufficient quantities of nutritionally adequate forage items are necessary for growth and reproduction. One intrinsic element in the understanding of green turtle foraging ecology is to identify and document the availability and quality of forage resources preferred by green turtles. The objectives of this study were: 1) determine whether juvenile green turtles showed a feeding …

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Implementing Lexical And Creative Intentionality In Synthetic Personality, Erik Vick Jan 2005

Implementing Lexical And Creative Intentionality In Synthetic Personality, Erik Vick

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Creating engaging, interactive, and immersive synthetic characters is a difficult task and evaluating the success of a synthetic character is often even more difficult. The later problem is solved by extending Turing's Imitation Game thusly: computational construct should be evaluated based on the criteria of how well the character can mimic a human. In order to accomplish a successful evaluation of the proposed metric, synthetic characters must be consistently believable and capable of role-appropriate emotional expression. The author believes traditional synthetic characters must be improved to meet this goal. For a synthetic character to be believable, human users must be …

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The Intellectual History Of Inter-War British Fascists, John Tucci Jan 2005

The Intellectual History Of Inter-War British Fascists, John Tucci

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Between World Wars I and II, allied forces girded themselves to quash yet another enemy bent on world conquest: fascism. In England, however, the British fascists set about to save what they saw as a dying empire. In an effort to restore Britain's greatness, British fascism held to fascist principles and doctrine to stem the flow of immigration, which fascists saw as darkening the pure British culture. While many of the British fascists strongly admired Nazi Germany's version of fascism, they were unique in that they forged their solutions from social ills that were distinctly British. British fascists were unabashedly …

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Mechanical Properties Of The Intervertebral Disc As An Estimator Of Postmortem Interval, Jennifer Noelle Jackson Jan 2005

Mechanical Properties Of The Intervertebral Disc As An Estimator Of Postmortem Interval, Jennifer Noelle Jackson

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Currently, forensic scientists are only able to determine time since death (or postmortem interval) up to the first 60 hours. This is based largely on insect activity. Herein, it is proposed to use the degradation of the intervertebral disc (IVD) after death to determine a relationship between the mechanical properties of cadaveric tissue and time since death in order to extend the 60-hour window. To that end, 1 fresh human spine and 6 pig spines were each separated into sections (6 human and 48 pig), with each section having one intact disc. The sections were buried, unearthed, and cleaned, leaving …

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite Powder; And The Effects Of Oxide-Based Sintering Additives On Tricalcium Phosphate, Himesh A. Bhatt Jan 2005

Synthesis And Characterization Of Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite Powder; And The Effects Of Oxide-Based Sintering Additives On Tricalcium Phosphate, Himesh A. Bhatt

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Calcium phosphate (CP) materials have been used extensively for bone replacement and augmentation due to their similarity to the mineral component of bone. In addition to being non-toxic, they are biocompatible, not recognized as foreign materials in vivo, and most importantly, exhibit osteoconductive behavior, being able to help in bone formation during healing. CPs form an intimate physicochemical bond with the host tissue, termed osseointegration. However the main limitation of calcium phosphates is their inherent brittle nature and poor mechanical performance under complex stress states. As a result, these materials have been used clinically only in non-load-bearing applications, primarily as …

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The Effect Of Immediate Feedback And After Action Reviews (Aars) On Learning, Retention And Transfer, Michael Sanders Jan 2005

The Effect Of Immediate Feedback And After Action Reviews (Aars) On Learning, Retention And Transfer, Michael Sanders

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An After Action Review (AAR) is the Army training system's performance feedback mechanism. The purpose of the AAR is to improve team (unit) and individual performance in order to increase organizational readiness. While a large body of knowledge exists that discusses instructional strategies, feedback and training systems, neither the AAR process nor the AAR systems have been examined in terms of learning effectiveness and efficiency for embedded trainers as part of a holistic training system. In this thesis, different feedback methods for embedded training are evaluated based on the timing and type of feedback used during and after training exercises. …

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Ascertaining The Growth Of A Company A System Dynamics Approach, Fakir Mohideen Noor Mohideen Jan 2005

Ascertaining The Growth Of A Company A System Dynamics Approach, Fakir Mohideen Noor Mohideen

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Business is often about creating change for other businesses. At times, these changes affect only the company and at other times they affect the entire industry. There is a time in the life of a business when its fundamental way of functioning is questioned and is subjected to change. That change can mean an opportunity to rise to new heights, or it might even signal the beginning of the end. This fundamental change in any business is known as an inflection point. Understanding the nature of its inflection point and responding to that point suitably will help to safeguard a …

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Detection Of The R-Wave In Ecg Signals, Sasanka Valluri Jan 2005

Detection Of The R-Wave In Ecg Signals, Sasanka Valluri

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This thesis aims at providing a new approach for detecting R-waves in the ECG signal and generating the corresponding R-wave impulses with the delay between the original R-waves and the R-wave impulses being lesser than 100 ms. The algorithm was implemented in Matlab and tested with good results against 90 different ECG recordings from the MIT-BIH database. The Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) forms the heart of the algorithm providing a multi-resolution analysis of the ECG signal. The wavelet transform decomposes the ECG signal into frequency scales where the ECG characteristic waveforms are indicated by zero crossings. The adaptive threshold algorithms …

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A New Paradigm Of Modeling Watershed Water Quality, Fan Zhang Jan 2005

A New Paradigm Of Modeling Watershed Water Quality, Fan Zhang

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Accurate models to reliably predict sediment and chemical transport in watershed water systems enhance the ability of environmental scientists, engineers and decision makers to analyze the impact of contamination problems and to evaluate the efficacy of alternative remediation techniques and management strategies prior to incurring expense in the field. This dissertation presents the conceptual and mathematical development of a general numerical model simulating (1) sediment and reactive chemical transport in river/stream networks of watershed systems; (2) sediment and reactive chemical transport in overland shallow water of watershed systems; and (3) reactive chemical transport in three-dimensional subsurface systems. Through the decomposition …

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Assessment Framework For The Evaluation And Prioritization Of University Technologies For Licensing And Commercialization, Ahmad D. Rahal Jan 2005

Assessment Framework For The Evaluation And Prioritization Of University Technologies For Licensing And Commercialization, Ahmad D. Rahal

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US corporations have long recognized university related scientific research as an important source of long term economic growth and technological innovation. This dynamic involvement with industry has drastically increased the university technology transfer and licensing activities, and has stretched the human and financial resources of Technology Management and Licensing Offices of many US universities. This research provides a mechanism that can aid in the complex process of properly assessing university-owned technologies and intellectual properties, to identify those with licensing and commercialization potential for the pursuit of truly important breakthrough discoveries. This research focuses on the university technology licensing and commercialization …

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Designing A Document Delivery System For Ucf S Interlibrary Loan Department, Abha Y. Trivedi Jan 2005

Designing A Document Delivery System For Ucf S Interlibrary Loan Department, Abha Y. Trivedi

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Interlibrary Loan entails obtaining copies of library materials not found in the library's collection on behalf of the library's patrons (borrowing), as well as providing copies of library materials requested by other libraries (lending). The dynamic nature of today's library environment is well illustrated by the rapid changes occurring in the role of interlibrary loan. The vision statement of the University of Central Florida Library is: The library performs a central role of adding value to information for the academic community by creatively improving and providing information resources and services. The library strives to create an environment that encourages the …

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Stormwater Irrigation Of Saint Augustine Grass: Nitrogen Balance And Evapotranspiration, Ewoud Hulstein Jan 2005

Stormwater Irrigation Of Saint Augustine Grass: Nitrogen Balance And Evapotranspiration, Ewoud Hulstein

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A change in surface condition of a watershed, which is usually caused by development, can have measured effects on the naturally occurring hydrologic cycle and nitrogen cycle. This could result in environmental problems, such as reduced springflow and eutrophication. In an effort to address these issues, a combination of best management practices (BMPs) can be adhered to. The practice of using excess stormwater as a source for irrigation is proposed as a BMP for the minimization of impacts by development to the hydrologic and nitrogen cycles. To study the proposed BMP, a field experiment was installed in an outdoor location …

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Debris Tracking In A Semistable Background, Karthikkalathi Vanumamalai Jan 2005

Debris Tracking In A Semistable Background, Karthikkalathi Vanumamalai

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Object Tracking plays a very pivotal role in many computer vision applications such as video surveillance, human gesture recognition and object based video compressions such as MPEG-4. Automatic detection of any moving object and tracking its motion is always an important topic of computer vision and robotic fields. This thesis deals with the problem of detecting the presence of debris or any other unexpected objects in footage obtained during spacecraft launches, and this poses a challenge because of the non-stationary background. When the background is stationary, moving objects can be detected by frame differencing. Therefore there is a need for …

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Retrocyclins: Novel Circular Peptides Active Against Hiv-1, Alexander M. Cole Jan 2005

Retrocyclins: Novel Circular Peptides Active Against Hiv-1, Alexander M. Cole

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Resistance To A Protein Farnesyltransferase Inhibitor In Plasmodium Falciparum, Richard T. Eatman, John White, Oliver Hucke, Kevin Bauer, Kohei Yokoyama, Laxman Nallans, Debopam Chakrabarti, Christophe L. M. J. Verlinde, Michael H. Gelb, Pradipsinh K. Rathod, Wesley C. Van Voorhis Jan 2005

Resistance To A Protein Farnesyltransferase Inhibitor In Plasmodium Falciparum, Richard T. Eatman, John White, Oliver Hucke, Kevin Bauer, Kohei Yokoyama, Laxman Nallans, Debopam Chakrabarti, Christophe L. M. J. Verlinde, Michael H. Gelb, Pradipsinh K. Rathod, Wesley C. Van Voorhis

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The post-translational farnesylation of proteins serves to anchor a subset of intracellular proteins to membranes in eukaryotic organisms and also promotes protein-protein interactions. Inhibition of protein farnesyltransferase (PFT) is lethal to the pathogenic protozoa Plasmodium falciparum. Parasites were isolated that were resistant to BMS-388891, a tetrahydroquinoline (THQ) PFT inhibitor. Resistance was associated with a 12-fold decrease in drug susceptibility. Genotypic analysis revealed a single point mutation in the beta subunit in resistant parasites. The resultant tyrosine 837 to cysteine alteration in the beta subunit corresponded to the binding site for the THQ and peptide substrate. Biochemical analysis of Y837C-PFT demonstrated …

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Spatial Photonics In Nonlinear Waveguide Arrays, Jason W. Fleischer, Guy Bartal, Oren Cohen, Tal Schwartz, Ofer Manela, Barak Freedman, Mordechai Segev, Hrvoje Buljan, Nikolaos K. Efremidis Jan 2005

Spatial Photonics In Nonlinear Waveguide Arrays, Jason W. Fleischer, Guy Bartal, Oren Cohen, Tal Schwartz, Ofer Manela, Barak Freedman, Mordechai Segev, Hrvoje Buljan, Nikolaos K. Efremidis

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The recent proposal of optical induction for producing nonlinear photonic lattices has revolutionized the study of nonlinear waves in waveguide arrays. In particular, it enabled the first observation of (2+1) dimensional lattice solitons, which were the first 2D solitons observed in any nonlinear periodic system in nature. Since then, progress has been rapid, with many fundamental discoveries made within the past two years. Here, we review our theoretical and experimental contributions to this effort.

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Coverage Path Planning And Control For Autonomous Mobile Robots, Mohanakrishnan Balakrishnan Jan 2005

Coverage Path Planning And Control For Autonomous Mobile Robots, Mohanakrishnan Balakrishnan

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Coverage control has many applications such as security patrolling, land mine detectors, and automatic vacuum cleaners. This Thesis presents an analytical approach for generation of control inputs for a non-holonomic mobile robot in coverage control. Neural Network approach is used for complete coverage of a given area in the presence of stationary and dynamic obstacles. A complete coverage algorithm is used to determine the sequence of points. Once the sequences of points are determined a smooth trajectory characterized by fifth order polynomial having second order continuity is generated. And the slope of the curve at each point is calculated from …

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Synthesis Of Alkylthiol-Containing Fluorene Derivatives For Gold Nanoparticle Functionalization, Sriram Mukundarajan Jan 2005

Synthesis Of Alkylthiol-Containing Fluorene Derivatives For Gold Nanoparticle Functionalization, Sriram Mukundarajan

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A novel synthetic methodology has been developed for attaching fluorene derivatives, containing different types of electron donating and accepting groups at the 2 and 7 positions, to gold nanoparticles of different sizes by exploiting the affinity of the thiol functional group for gold. The distance between the dye and nanoparticles was varied by introducing two alkyl chains containing different number of carbon atoms at the 9 position on the fluorene ring system. The methodology that was developed gave enough scope for performing Radiative Decay Engineering (RDE) studies, in order to investigate the impact of gold nanoparticles on the singlet oxygen …

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Design Of A Dynamic Focusing Microscope Objective For Oct Imaging, Supraja Murali Jan 2005

Design Of A Dynamic Focusing Microscope Objective For Oct Imaging, Supraja Murali

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Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a novel optical imaging technique that has assumed significant importance in bio-medical imaging in the last two decades because it is non-invasive and provides accurate, high resolution images of three dimensional cross-sections of body tissue, exceeding the capabilities of the current predominant imaging technique –ultrasound. In this thesis, high resolution OCT is investigated for in vivo detection of abnormal skin pathology for the early diagnosis of cancer. The technology presented is based on a dynamic focusing microscopic imaging probe conceived for skin imaging and the detection of abnormalities in the epithelium. A novel method for …

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An Assessment Of Mental Health Counseling Services Provided By Florida Public Community Colleges And Universities, Tito Jovan Benjamin Jan 2005

An Assessment Of Mental Health Counseling Services Provided By Florida Public Community Colleges And Universities, Tito Jovan Benjamin

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The purpose of this study was to assess mental health counseling services provided by Florida public community colleges and universities. The researcher of this study designed the Counseling Center Questionnaire instrument. This instrument consisted of two different questionnaires, one for community colleges and the other for universities. The questionnaires were developed to ascertain information regarding mental health services provided by higher education institutions. The questionnaires yielded information pertaining to (a) which Florida community colleges and public universities were offering mental health counseling services to students, (b) the types of mental health counseling services provided, (c) the types of problems/issues students …

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Brownian Dynamics Simulation Study Of Self-Assembly Of Amphiphiles With Large Hydrophilic Heads, Geuorgui K. Bourov, Aniket Bhattacharya Jan 2005

Brownian Dynamics Simulation Study Of Self-Assembly Of Amphiphiles With Large Hydrophilic Heads, Geuorgui K. Bourov, Aniket Bhattacharya

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We have studied the effect of shape of an amphiphilic molecule on micellization properties by carrying out stochastic molecular dynamics simulation on a bead-spring model of amphiphiles for several sizes of hydrophilic head group with a fixed hydrophobic tail length. Our studies show that the effect of geometry of an amphiphile on shape and cluster distribution of micelles is significant. We find the critical micelle concentration increases with the increasing size of the hydrophilic head. We demonstrate that the onset of micellization is accompanied by (i) a peak in the specific heat as found earlier in the simulation studies of …

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Tolerance And Conditioning To Neuro-Muscular Electrical Stimulation Within And Between Sessions And Gender, Gad Alon, Gerald V. Smith Jan 2005

Tolerance And Conditioning To Neuro-Muscular Electrical Stimulation Within And Between Sessions And Gender, Gad Alon, Gerald V. Smith

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This study was conducted to determine: 1) If healthy subjects can be conditioned to tolerate clinically useful electrically induced muscle contraction; and 2) If there is a gender difference in response to such conditioning. Healthy volunteers ( 10 males, 11 females, mean age of 27.6 +/- 5.8 yrs) were tested during each of 6 testing sessions. Maximal voluntary isometric contractions (MVIC) of the right quadriceps femoris (RQF) recorded by a computerized dynamometer. Electrical stimulation delivered through two surface electrodes and stimulation amplitude increased until the subject indicated to stop. After a 1 min rest the amplitude increased again to the …

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Risk Aversion And Incentive Effects: Comment, Glenn W. Harrison, Eric Johnson, Melayne M. Mcinnes, E. Elisabet Rutström Jan 2005

Risk Aversion And Incentive Effects: Comment, Glenn W. Harrison, Eric Johnson, Melayne M. Mcinnes, E. Elisabet Rutström

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Vector Discrete Nonlinear Surface Waves, Jared Hudock, Sergiy Suntsov, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, George I. Stegeman Jan 2005

Vector Discrete Nonlinear Surface Waves, Jared Hudock, Sergiy Suntsov, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, George I. Stegeman

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It is theoretically shown that multi-component discrete vector surface waves can exist in arrays of coupled waveguides. These mutually trapped surface states primarily reside in the first waveguide of a semi-infinite array. The existence and stability of such surface waves are systematically investigated.

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Cytokine-Driven Cell Cycling Is Mediated Through Cdc25a, Annette R. Khaled, Dmitry V. Bulavin, Christina Kittipatarin, Wen Qing Lu, Michelle Alvarez, Kyungjae Kim, Howard A. Young, Albert J. Fornace, Scott K. Durum Jan 2005

Cytokine-Driven Cell Cycling Is Mediated Through Cdc25a, Annette R. Khaled, Dmitry V. Bulavin, Christina Kittipatarin, Wen Qing Lu, Michelle Alvarez, Kyungjae Kim, Howard A. Young, Albert J. Fornace, Scott K. Durum

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Lymphocytes are the central mediators of the immune response, requiring cytokines for survival and proliferation. Survival signaling targets the Bcl-2 family of apoptotic mediators, however, the pathway for the cytokine-driven proliferation of lymphocytes is poorly understood. Here we show that cytokine-induced cell cycle progression is not solely dependent on the synthesis of cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) or cyclins. Rather, we observe that in lymphocyte cell lines dependent on interleukin-3 or interleukin-7, or primary lymphocytes dependent on interleukin 7, the phosphatase Cdc25A is the critical mediator of proliferation. Withdrawal of IL-7 or IL-3 from dependent lymphocytes activates the stress kinase, p38 MAPK, …

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Ubiquitin Ligase Mkrn1 Modulates Telomere Length Homeostasis Through A Proteolysis Of Htert, Jun Hyun Kim, Sun-Mi Park, Mi Ran Kang, Sue-Young Oh, Tae H. Lee, Mark T. Muller, In Kwon Chung Jan 2005

Ubiquitin Ligase Mkrn1 Modulates Telomere Length Homeostasis Through A Proteolysis Of Htert, Jun Hyun Kim, Sun-Mi Park, Mi Ran Kang, Sue-Young Oh, Tae H. Lee, Mark T. Muller, In Kwon Chung

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Telomere homeostasis is regulated by telomerase and a collection of associatedproteins. Telomerase is, in turn, regulated by post-translational modifications of the rate-limiting catalytic subunit hTERT. Here we show that disruption of Hsp90 by geldanamycin promotes efficient ubiquitination and proteasome-mediated degradation of hTERT. Furthermore, we have used the yeast two-hybrid method to identify a novel RING finger gene (MKRN1) encoding an E3 ligase that mediates ubiquitination of hTERT. Overexpression of MKRN1 in telomerase-positive cells promotes the degradation of hTERT and decreases telomerase activity and subsequently telomere length. Our data suggest that MKRN1 plays an important role in modulating telomere length homeostasis …

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A Novel Platinum Compound Inhibits Constitutive Stat3 Signaling And Induces Cell Cycle Arrest And Apoptosis Of Malignant Cells, James Turkson, Shumin Zhang, Linda B. Mora, Audrey Burns, Said Sebti, Richard Jove Jan 2005

A Novel Platinum Compound Inhibits Constitutive Stat3 Signaling And Induces Cell Cycle Arrest And Apoptosis Of Malignant Cells, James Turkson, Shumin Zhang, Linda B. Mora, Audrey Burns, Said Sebti, Richard Jove

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Previous studies have established constitutive activation of Stat3 protein as one of the molecular changes required for tumorigenesis. To develop novel therapeutics for tumors harboring constitutively active Stat3, compounds from the NCI 2000 diversity set were evaluated for inhibition of Stat3 DNA-binding activity in vitro. Of these, a novel platinum (IV) compound, IS3 295, interacted with Stat3 and inhibited its binding to specific DNA-response elements. Further analysis suggested noncompetitive-type kinetics for the inhibition of Stat3 binding to DNA. In human and mouse tumor cell lines with constitutively active Stat3, IS3 295 selectively attenuated Stat3 signaling, thereby inducing cell growth arrest …

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Recreational Boating Activity And Its Impact On The Recruitment And Survival Of The Oyster Crassostrea Virginica On Intertidal Reefs In Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, Lisa M. Wall, Linda J. Walters, Raymond E. Grizzle, Paul E. Sacks Jan 2005

Recreational Boating Activity And Its Impact On The Recruitment And Survival Of The Oyster Crassostrea Virginica On Intertidal Reefs In Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, Lisa M. Wall, Linda J. Walters, Raymond E. Grizzle, Paul E. Sacks

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Along the east coast of central Florida in the Indian River Lagoon system, intense recreational boating activity occurs year-round, and intertidal reefs of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin) with dead margins (mounds of disarticulated shells) on their seaward edges are commonly found adjacent to major boating channels. These dead margins are caused, at least in part, by boat wakes and extend significantly higher above the high water line than reefs lacking dead margins (pristine reefs). To determine if these "impacted" oyster reefs alter recruitment and subsequent survival of C. virginica, three 8-wk field trials were run between May 2001 …

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Sequence Dependence Of Cross-Hybridization On Short Oligo Microarrays, Chunlei Wu, Roberto Carta, Li Zhang Jan 2005

Sequence Dependence Of Cross-Hybridization On Short Oligo Microarrays, Chunlei Wu, Roberto Carta, Li Zhang

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One of the critical problems in the short oligo microarray technology is how to deal with cross-hybridization that produces spurious data. Little is known about the details of cross-hybridization effect at molecular level. Here, we report a free energy analysis of crosshybridization on short oligo microarrays using data from a spike-in study. Our analysis revealed that cross-hybridization on the arrays is mostly caused by oligo fragments with a run of 10 - 16 nt complementary to the probes. Mismatches were estimated to be energetically much more costly in crosshybridization than that in gene-specific hybridization, implying that the sources of cross-hybridization …

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Homoserine And Asparagine Are Host Signals That Trigger In Planta Expression Of A Pathogenesis Gene In Nectria Haematococca, Zhennai Yang, Linda M. Rogers, Yuanda Song, Wenjin Guo, P. E. Kolattukudy Jan 2005

Homoserine And Asparagine Are Host Signals That Trigger In Planta Expression Of A Pathogenesis Gene In Nectria Haematococca, Zhennai Yang, Linda M. Rogers, Yuanda Song, Wenjin Guo, P. E. Kolattukudy

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Some pathogenesis-related genes are expressed in fungi only when the pathogen is in the host, but the host signals that trigger these gene expressions have not been identified. Virulent Nectria haematococca infects pea plants and requires either pelA, which is induced by pectin, or pelD, which is induced only in planta. However, the host signal(s) that trigger pelD expression was unknown. Here we report the isolation of the host signals and identify homoserine and asparagine, two free amino acids found in uniquely high levels in pea seedlings, as the pelD-inducing signals. N. haematococca has evolved a mechanism to sense the …

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