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Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, February 7, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change

Department of Art and Design

• Add University Studies Designation

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Dual List Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Dual List Change

School of Accountancy

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Management

• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Prerequisite Change, Grade Mode Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

• New Course
• Title Change
• Course Number Change
• Delete Course

Department of …

The Utah Statesman, February 5, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Ingestion Of Toxic Plants By Livestock, Beth Burritt

All Current Publications

Toxins exist everywhere in nature. We define toxins as chemicals that naturally occur in plants and can cause illness or death if eaten in sufficient quantities.

The Utah Statesman, January 29, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, January 24, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, January 17, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, January 17, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Particulate Emissions Calculations From Fall Tillage Operations Using Point And Remote Sensors, Kori D. Moore, Michael D. Wojcik, Randal S. Martin, Christian C. Marchant, Gail E. Bingham, Richard L. Pfeiffer, John Hi. Prueger, Jerry L. Hatfield

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

Soil preparation for agricultural crops produces aerosols that may significantly contribute to seasonal atmospheric particulate matter (PM). Efforts to reduce PM emissions from tillage through a variety of conservation management practices (CMPs) have been made, but the reductions from many of these practices have not been measured in the field. A study was conducted in California’s San Joaquin Valley to quantify emissions reductions from fall tillage CMP. Emissions were measured from conventional tillage methods and from a “combined operations” CMP, which combines several implements to reduce tractor passes. Measurements were made of soil moisture, bulk density, meteorological profiles, filter-based total …

Do We Understand What The Mercury Speciation Instruments Are Actually Measuring? Results Of Ramix, Mae Sexauer Gustin, Jiaoyan Huang, Matthieu B. Miller, Christianna Peterson, Daniel A. Jaffe, Jesse Ambrose, Brandon D. Finley, Seth N. Lyman, Kevin Call, Robert Talbotl, Dara Feddersen, Huiting Mao, Steven E. Lindberg

USU Uintah Basin Faculty Publications

From August 22 to September 16, 2012, atmospheric mercury (Hg) was measured from a common manifold in the field during the Reno Atmospheric Mercury Intercomparison eXperiment. Data were collected using Tekran systems, laser induced fluorescence, and evolving new methods. The latter included the University of Washington-Detector for Oxidized Mercury, the University of Houston Mercury instrument, and a filter-based system under development by the University of Nevada-Reno. Good transmission of total Hg was found for the manifold. However, despite application of standard protocols and rigorous quality control, systematic differences in operationally defined forms of Hg were measured by the sampling systems. …

The Utah Statesman, January 8, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Cabbage, The Vegetable Of The Humble(And Sober), Andrew Croft

USU Student Organic Farm Newsletter

No abstract provided.

A Novel Sodium Channel In The Mammalian Taste System, Melissa N. Fillmore

Biology Posters

Salty taste, one of the five taste qualities recognized in the mammalian peripheral gustatory system is thought to be mediated by an ion channel receptor. The epithelial sodium channel, ENaC, is thought to be the channel for salt taste transduction. ENaC is crucial in regulating salt reabsorption, helps control overall salt and water homeostasis in an organism, and contributes to blood pressure. While ENaC plays an important role in salt taste perception, it is responsible for only part of the total sodium transduction pathway in humans, suggesting that there may be another component in the salt transduction mechanism. We have …

Comparison Between The Effects Of Size And Color In Mate Choice Among Guppies, Makda Gebre

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

The Legacy Of Destructive Snow Goose Foraging On Supratidal Marsh Habitat In The Hudson Bay Lowlands, David N. Koons

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Ecological succession and climate change are pushing tundra as well as Arctic and subarctic lowland plant communities toward increased woody vegetation cover. However, areas along the Hudson Bay Lowlands that are over-grazed by hyper-abundant lesser snow geese are experiencing drastic losses of grass, sedge, and woody cover. We assessed long-term changes in proportional ground cover and habitat patch characteristic at a subartic supratidal marsh that was largely vacated by breeding snow geese over a decade ago. We found no evidence of habitat recovery, Rather, snow geese leave a legacy on the land that propagates degradation of habitat recovery. Rather, snow …

Cultivate Fall/Winter 2013, Utah State University

Cultivate Magazine

No abstract provided.

One Fish, Two Fish, Orange Fish, Blue Fish Environmental Manipulation And Supernormal Stimuli Effects In Mate Preference In Guppies (Poecilia Reticulata), Erin Brennan, Cynthia Curtis, Meghan Kershner, Sophia Ochoa, Micah Parrish

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Column Chromatography Techniques For The Purification Of Influenza A/Nws/33 (H1n1) Virus, Jorgen Peter Madsen

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

Kids, Zoo Animals, And Education, Michelle Shook

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

Teaching The Teachers: Creating Learning Modules For Presentations At The Willow Park Zoo, Erica Littledike

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

Temperature Effects On Cutaneous Healing In Rough-Skinned Newts (Taricha Granulosa), Sydney Greenfield, Geoff Smith, Lori Neuman-Lee, Susannah French

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

Determination Of Female Mate Selection In Guppies Based On Male Color Versus Length, Lauren Mcmillan, Sydney Olson, Kim Rawlins, Jacob Stewart, Ariel Tayson

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

Interactive Signage At The Willow Park Zoo, Haley Duston

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

Urban Noise As A Stressor In Uta Stansburiana, Marilize Van Der Walt, Geoff D. Smith, Lori Neuman-Lee, Susannah S. French

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

A Study Comparing Virtual Manipulatives With Other Instructional Treatments In Third- And Fourth-Grade Classrooms, P. Moyer-Packenham, J. Baker, A. Westenskow, K. Anderson, Jessica F. Shumway, K. Rodzon, Kerry Jordan, The Virtual Manipulatives Research Group At Utah State University

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

The study reported here examined virtual manipulatives as an instructional treatment in 17 third- and fourth-grade classrooms. Students were randomly assigned to two treatment groups: texts and physical manipulatives (PM), and virtual manipulatives (VM). Results revealed no significant differences in achievement between the treatments. Additional results showed that objective ability predicted fraction achievement; virtual manipulative use can be modulated by test question type (e.g., symbolic vs. pictorial); percentage of class time using representations differed between VM and PM classrooms; and percentage of class time spent using representation types differed, potentially providing differential opportunities to learn.

Using Operant Conditioning To Train Cervus Canadensis, Jonathan Larson

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

Cultivate Summer 2013, Utah State University

Cultivate Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Color And Contrast In Mate Choice Of Guppies, Alexis Owens, Michael Strange, Tammi Seamans, Marc Jolley, Rashelle Johnson

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

Functional Constraints And The Evolution Of Ttx-Resistance In Ttx-Bearing Salamanders, Angela Haslem

Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities (URCO) Grant Program

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) binds to voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels, blocking the initiation of action potentials and the activity of nerve and muscle fibers. Some salamanders use TTX as an anti-predator defense. These salamanders are resistant to TTX because they express TTX-resistant NaV channels in their nerves and muscles. In vertebrates, NaV channels are encoded by a multi-gene family. Different members of this gene family possess different functional properties and are expressed in different neuromuscular tissues. Cardiac muscle and the cardiac muscle channel (NaV 1.5) of amphibians and many reptiles is TTX-sensitive while NaV 1.5 in mammals (and some reptiles) is TTX-resistant. …

Physiological Level Production Of Antigen-Specific Human Immunoglobulin In Cloned Transchromosomic Cattle, A. Sano, H. Matsushita, H. Wu, J. Jiao, P. Kasinathan, E. J. Sullivan, Z. Wang, Y. Kuroiwa

Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Science Faculty Publications

Therapeutic human polyclonal antibodies (hpAbs) derived from pooled plasma from human donors are Food and Drug Administration approved biologics used in the treatment of a variety of human diseases. Powered by the natural diversity of immune response, hpAbs are effective in treating diseases caused by complex or quickly-evolving antigens such as viruses. We previously showed that transchromosomic (Tc) cattle carrying a human artificial chromosome (HAC) comprising the entire unrearranged human immunoglobulin heavy-chain (hIGH) and kappa-chain (hIGK) germline loci (named as κHAC) are capable of producing functional hpAbs when both of the bovine immunoglobulin mu heavy-chains, bIGHM and bIGHML1, are homozygously …

Characterization Of A Novel Fusion Protein Of Ipab And Ipad Of Shigella And Its Potential As A Pan-Shigella Vaccine, F. J. Martinez-Becerra, X. Chen, Nicholas E. Dickenson, S. P. Choudhari, K. Harrison, J. D. Clements, W. D. Picking, L. L. Van De Verg, R. I. Walker, W. L. Picking

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Shigellosis is an important disease in the developing world, where about 90 million people become infected with Shigella spp. each year. We previously demonstrated that the type three secretion apparatus (T3SA) proteins IpaB and IpaD are protective antigens in the mouse lethal pulmonary model. In order to simplify vaccine formulation and process development, we have evaluated a vaccine design that incorporates both of these previously tested Shigella antigens into a single polypeptide chain. To determine if this fusion protein (DB fusion) retains the antigenic and protective capacities of IpaB and IpaD, we immunized mice with the DB fusion and compared …