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The Three Hundred And Sixtieth Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee: Proposal For The 6-Year Doctor Of Pharmacy Degree, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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The Three Hundred And Sixty-Third Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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The Three Hundred And Sixty-Second Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee: Proposal To Change The Name Of The College Of Resource Development To The College Of The Environment And Life Science, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Report Of The Council For Research: Revised Intellectual Property Policy, March 25, 1998 As Amended, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Curricular Report No. 1997-98-7 From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Life At Stable Low Oxygen Levels: Adaptations Of Animals To Oceanic Oxygen Minimum Layers, James J. Childress, Brad A. Seibel

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Zones of minimum oxygen level are found at intermediate depths in most of the world’s oceans and, although the oxygen partial pressure in some of these ‘oxygen minimum layers’ is only a fraction of a kilopascal, populations of pelagic metazoans exist there. These oxygen minimum layers are areas of the water column and the associated benthos with stable conditions of continuously low oxygen level and low temperature at intermediate depths (400–1000 m depth) over vast areas. Off California, where PO₂at the oxygen minimum is 0.8 kPa, there are abundant populations of animals both in the water column …

Curricular Report No. 1997-98-5a From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate: Proposal For A Masters Of Science In Environmental Sciences, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

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The Three Hundred And Fifty-Seventh Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Curricular Report No. 1997-98-5b From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate: Proposal For A Doctor Of Philosophy In Environmental Sciences, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Curricular Report No, 1997-98-4 From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Curricular Report No. 1997-98-4a From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate: Proposal For A Masters Of Oceanography Degree, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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(Re)Presenting A Half-Century Of The College Of Arts And Sciences, University Of Rhode Island, Judith E. Tolnick, Winifred E. Brownell, Lois A. Cuddy

University Archives (Miscellaneous)

This booklet was produced in conjunction with an historical exhibition of the same title held at the Main Gallery, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, from October 16 through December 13, 1998 in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the University of Rhode Island College of Arts and Sciences.

Model-Based Approach To Envelope And Positive Instantaneous Frequency Estimation Of Signals With Speech Applications, Ramdas Kumaresan, Ashwin Rao

Past Departments Faculty Publications (College of Engineering)

An analytic signal s(t) is modeled over a T second duration by a pole-zero model by considering its periodic extensions. This type of representation is analogous to that used in discrete-time systems theory, where the periodic frequency response of a system is characterized by a finite number of poles and zeros in the z-plane. Except, in this case, the poles and zeros are located in the complex-time plane. Using this signal model, expressions are derived for the envelope, phase, and the instantaneous frequency of the signal s(t). In the special case of an analytic signal having poles and zeros …

Breeding Ecology And Behavior Of The Hawaiian Hawk, Curtis R. Griffin, Peter W. C. Paton, Thomas S. Baskett

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

We studied the ecology of the endangered Hawaiian Hawk (Buteo solitarius) on the island of Hawaii for three breeding seasons. Their breeding strategy is a prime example of a K-selected species characteristic of many birds in tropical environments: clutch size was one and brood-rearing was among the longest reported for any diurnal raptor. Twenty-eight nests were found in a variety of native and exotic habitats. Incubation lasted 38 days, nestlings fledged after 59-63 days, and parents cared for fledglings for an average of 30.2 weeks, which was 2.5 to 10 times longer than similar-size temperate zone raptors. Males …

Isolation And Characterization Of The Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Dpp1 Gene Encoding Diacylglycerol Pyrophosphate Phosphatase, David A. Toke, Wendy L. Bennett, Deidre A. Dillon, Wen-I Wu, Xiaoming Chen, Darin B. Ostrander, June Oshiro, Aida Cremesti, Dennis R. Voelker, Anthony S. Fischl, George M. Carman

Past Departments Faculty Publications (College of Health Sciences)

Diacylglycerol pyrophosphate (DGPP) is involved in a putative novel lipid signaling pathway. DGPP phosphatase (DGPP phosphohydrolase) is a membrane-associated 34-kDa enzyme fromSaccharomyces cerevisiae which catalyzes the dephosphorylation of DGPP to yield phosphatidate (PA) and then catalyzes the dephosphorylation of PA to yield diacylglycerol. Amino acid sequence information derived from DGPP phosphatase was used to identify and isolate the DPP1(diacylglycerol pyrophosphatephosphatase) gene encoding the enzyme. Multicopy plasmids containing the DPP1 gene directed a 10-fold overexpression of DGPP phosphatase activity in S. cerevisiae. The heterologous expression of the S. cerevisiae DPP1 gene in Sf-9 insect cells resulted in a …

Molecular Cloning And Sequencing Of Three Granulocytic Ehrlichia Genes Encoding High-Molecular-Weight Immunoreactive Proteins, James R. Storey, Linda A. Doros-Richert, Cindy Gingrich-Baker, Kenneth Munroe, Thomas N. Mather, Richard T. Coughlin, Gerald A. Beltz, Cheryl I. Murphy

Past Departments Faculty Publications (CELS)

Granulocytic Ehrlichia was isolated from canine blood obtained from animals challenged with field-collected Ixodes scapularis and propagated in HL60 cells. PCR primers specific for the 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) of the Ehrlichia genogroup comprising E. equi, E. phagocytophila, and the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) amplified DNA from extracts of these cells. Sequence analysis of this amplified DNA revealed that it is identical to the 16S rDNA sequence of the HGE agent. A genomic library was constructed with DNA from granulocyticEhrlichia and screened with pooled sera from tick-challenged, granulocytic Ehrlichia-infected dogs. Several clones were isolated …

New Student Record : The University Of Rhode Island, The Interfraternity/Panhellenic Councils

Freshman Record

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Conservation And Variation In The Feeding Mechanism Of The Spiny Dogfish Squalus Acanthias, Cheryl D. Wilga, Philip J. Motta

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Changes in the feeding mechanism with feeding behavior were investigated using high-speed video and electromyography to examine the kinematics and motor pattern of prey capture, manipulation and transport in the spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias (Squalidae: Squaliformes). In this study, Squalus acanthias used both suction and ram behaviors to capture and manipulate prey, while only suction was used to transport prey. The basic kinematic feeding sequence observed in other aquatic-feeding lower vertebrates is conserved in the spiny dogfish. Prey capture, bite manipulation and suction transport events are characterized by a common pattern of head movements and motor activity, but are distinguishable …

Feeding Mechanism Of The Atlantic Guitarfish Rhinobatos Lentiginosus: Modulation Of Kinematic And Motor Activity, Cheryl D. Wilga, Philip J. Motta

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The kinematics and muscle activity pattern of the head and jaws during feeding in the Atlantic guitarfish Rhinobatos lentiginosus are described and quantified using high-speed video and electromyography to test hypotheses regarding the conservation and modulation of the feeding mechanism. Prey is captured by the guitarfish using suction. Suction capture, bite manipulation and suction transport behaviors in the guitarfish are similar to one another in the relative sequence of kinematic and motor activity, but can be distinguished from one another by variation in absolute muscle activation time, in the presence or absence of muscle activity and in the duration of …

Flight Without Horizon References In European Starlings, Robert G. Moyle, Frank H. Heppner

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

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Short Term Memory For Tempo In A Motor Timing Experiment, Sari Hooper

Open Access Master's Theses

This study investigated the role of short term memory in the motor reproduction of tempo. Seven undergraduate students participated in a finger-tapping experiment, in which retention intervals were incorporated into the classic continuation tapping paradigm. A two-way within-subjects design was employed, where subjects listen to and then attempt to reproduce a set tempo at 25 sub-second levels after retention intervals of 5 or 25 seconds. Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) software (Collyer, Boatright-Horowitz, & Hooper, 1997) was used to present stimulus tempos and record subjects tapping. Analyses of the inter-response intervals (IRls) indicated an effect of retention interval on the …

The Christopher Memorial Arboretum, University Of Rhode Island: Botanical And Historical Walking Tour, Susan C. Hammen-Winn

Special Collections (Miscellaneous)

The University of Rhode Island campus has over 140 species and cultivars of deciduous and evergreen trees. URI occupies the site of a barren, rocky pasture that was a part of the Oliver Watson-Tefft farm, purchased in 1888. Today the campus is not only endowed with our lovely native shade trees, but also with many exotic and ornamental landscape plants. This self-guided tour identifies many botanically interesting and historically significant trees on the URI Kingston campus.

In Vitro Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Activities Of 5’-O-Myristoyl Analogue Derivatives Of 3’-Fluoro-2’,3’-Dideoxythymidine (Flt) And 3’-Azido-2’,3’- Dideoxythymidine (Azt), Keykavous Parang, Leonard I. Wiebe, Edward E. Knaus, Jyy-Shiang Huang, David L. Tyrrell

Past Departments Faculty Publications (CPHARM)

Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate a dual action prodrug concept wherein an unnatural myristic acid analogue is coupled via an ester moiety to the 5’-position of FLT or AZT. Subsequent intracellular cleavage of the prodrug ester would simultaneously release FLT or AZT that could inhibit reverse transcriptase (RT), and the myristic acid analogue that could inhibit myristoyl- CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase (NMT).

Methods: Cytotoxicity (2.2.15 cell culture), and antihepatitis B activity of 5’-O-myristoyl analogue prodrug derivatives of FLT and AZT (2-8) were evaluated in vitro using human liver hepatitis B virus (HBV) producing 2.2.15 cell …

The Use Of Year-Round Closed Areas For The Management Of New England Trawl Fisheries, Daniel Saffa Holland

Open Access Dissertations

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Nursery Grounds And Maturation Of The Sandbar Shark In The Western North Atlantic, Rebeka Rand Merson

Open Access Dissertations

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Utilization Of Nitrate-Nitrogen By Kentucky Bluegrass, Zhongchun Jiang

Open Access Dissertations

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Economic Analysis Of Flounder Aquaculture, David Andrew Zucker

Open Access Dissertations

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Rna:Dna Ratios As Indicators Of Nutritional Condition In The Copepod Calanus Finmarchicus, M. Wagner, Edward G. Durbin, L. Buckley

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

As part of an investigation of ribonucleic acid (RNA) content as an index of growth and nutritional condition of zooplankton in the field, we describe here a method for measuring RNA and DNA in individuals, Stage N5 through adult, of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus. We used the technique to compare total RNA and DNA content and RNA:DNA ratios of C. finmarchicus copepodite stages cultured at different food densities. Copepods reared at growth-limiting phytoplankton concentrations (25 µg carbon l^-1) were smaller, had lower RNA:DNA ratios, and contained less total RNA and DNA than did copepods reared in excess …

Uri Undergraduate And Graduate Course Catalog 1998-1999, University Of Rhode Island

URI Course Catalogs Archive

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the Undergraduate and Graduate course catalog.

The Relationship Of Physical Activity To Self-Concept And Perceived Stress In Adolescent Females, Anne C. Dineen

Open Access Dissertations

Three major hypotheses regarding physical activity, stress and self-concept in adolescent females were tested using 214 high school students as subjects. These hypotheses generated four predictions: 1) Females who are more physically active will report that experienced stressful events are less upsetting than will females participating in less activity; 2) Females who are more physically active will have higher physical ability self-concept scores than those females who are less physically active; and 3) Certain factors such as age and physical ability self-concept are more likely to result in girls' participation in physical activity; 4) Certain factors such as age and …