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Streptomycin Resistance Of Erwinia Amylovora Isolated From Apple (Malus Domesticus) In Utah, Claudia Nischwitz

All Current Publications

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Professor Craig Johnson Interview Transcription, Craig Johnson

Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning 75th Anniversary

No abstract provided.

Academic Standards Subcommittee Agenda, October 14, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Cross Listed 5000, 6000 Courses
• Semester Credit Limit
• English Language Capabilities

Diffuse Migratory Connectivity In Two Species Of Shrubland Birds: Evidence From Stable Isotopes, Steven T. Knick, Matthias Leu, John T. Rotenberry, Steven E. Hanser, Kurt A. Fesenmyer

Articles

Connecting seasonal ranges of migratory birds is important for understanding the annual template of stressors that influence their populations. Brewer’s sparrows (Spizella breweri) and sagebrush sparrows (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) share similar sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) habitats for breeding but have different population trends that might be related to winter location. To link breeding and winter ranges, we created isoscapes of deuterium [stable isotope ratio (δ) of deuterium; δ ²H] and nitrogen (δ ¹⁵N) for each species modeled from isotope ratios measured in feathers of 264 Brewer’s and 82 sagebrush sparrows and environmental …

Faculty Senate Agenda, October 7, 2013, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Education Policies Committee Annual Report – Larry Smith
• Libraries Advisory Council Report – Jennifer Duncan
• Parking Committee Report – James Nye
• Honors Program Report – Nick Morrison
• EPC Items for September 2013 – Larry Smith
• Recent proposed changes to the Honors Program - Noelle Cockett
• Code Section 406 - Task Force update on proposed revisions - Vince Wickwar
• Disposition of Unfinished Business Items - Yanghee Kim
• PRPC Section 402, Language changes for RCDE, USU Eastern and Elimination of GSS (Second Reading) - Stephen Bialkowski
• PRPC Section 402.12.7 FEC wording on what follows “decide university awards” (First Reading) - Stephen Bialkowski

Tree Reduction And Debris From Mastication Of Utah Juniper Alter The Soil Climate In Sagebrush Steppe, Kert R. Young, Bruce A. Roundy, Dennis L. Eggett

Articles

Juniper (Juniperus spp.) trees are masticated to reduce canopy fuel loads and the potential for crown fire. We determined the effects of tree reduction and soil cover in the forms of tree mounds and masticated debris on hourly soil water potential and soil temperature at 1–30 cm soil depth. Measurements were made in masticated and untreated areas at three sites in the western Utah portion of the Great Basin. Cumulative seasonal-response variables included wet days (>−1.5 MPa), degree days (>0 °C), and wet degree days (>−1.5 MPa and >0 °C). Masticated areas had 27 more wet …

The Utah Statesman, October 3, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, October 3, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, October 3, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 3, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Diary and Veterinary Sciences

• New Course

Department of Music

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

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course

Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change
• Delete Course

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, October 3, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Diary and Veterinary Sciences

• New Course

Department of Music

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

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Grade Mode Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course

Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change
• Delete Course

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Prerequisite Change,Course Description Change

Department of Engineering …

Neighborhoods Have Little Effect On Fungal Attack Or Insect Predation Of Developing Seeds In A Grassland Biodiversity Experiment, Noelle G. Beckman, Ray Dybzinski, G. David Tilman

Biology Faculty Publications

Numerous observational studies have documented conspecific negative density-dependence that is consistent with the Janzen–Connell Hypothesis (JCH) of diversity maintenance. However, there have been few experimental tests of a central prediction of the JCH: that removing host-specific enemies should lead to greater increases in per capita recruitment in areas of higher host density or lower relative phylogenetic diversity. Using spatially randomized plots of high and low host biomass in a temperate grassland biodiversity experiment, we treated developing seedheads of six prairie perennials to factorial applications of fungicide and insecticide. We measured predispersal seed production, seed viability, and seedling biomass. Results were …

The Utah Statesman, October 1, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Consequences Of Seed Dispersal For Plant Recruitment In Tropical Forests: Interactions Within The Seedscape, Noelle G. Beckman, Haldre S. Rogers

Biology Faculty Publications

Seed dispersal sets the stage for the suite of biotic and abiotic interactions that determine the fate of individual seeds. In this review, we first focus on how dispersal influences the 'seedscape', or the combination of abiotic and biotic factors that affect the probability of recruitment once a seed has reached its final location. We review recent papers that examine the effect of different dispersal vectors on (1) the quality of the habitat in which a seed lands; (2) the distance seeds are dispersed from the parent tree; and (3) the density and composition of plant s within the neighborhood …

High-Throughput Rna Sequencing Of Pseudomonas-Infected Arabidopsis Reveals Hidden Transcriptome Complexity And Novel Splice Variants, Brian E. Howard, Qiwen Hu, Ahmet Can Babaoglu, Manan Chandra, Monica Borghi, Xiaoping Tan, Luyan He, Heike Winter-Sederoff, Walter Gassmann, Paola Veronese, Steffen Heber

Biology Faculty Publications

We report the results of a genome-wide analysis of transcription in Arabidopsis thaliana after treatment with Pseudomonas syringae pathovar tomato. Our time course RNA-Seq experiment uses over 500 million read pairs to provide a detailed characterization of the response to infection in both susceptible and resistant hosts. The set of observed differentially expressed genes is consistent with previous studies, confirming and extending existing findings about genes likely to play an important role in the defense response to Pseudomonas syringae. The high coverage of the Arabidopsis transcriptome resulted in the discovery of a surprisingly large number of alternative splicing (AS) events …

Wildflowers & Other Herbaceous Plants Of Utah Rangelands, Mindy Pratt, Chad Reid, Roger Banner, James Bowns

All Current Publications

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, September 26, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

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

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, September 23, 2013, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Education Policies Committee Annual Report - Larry Smith
• Libraries Advisory Council Report - Jennifer Duncan
• Parking Committee Report - James Nye
• Honors Program Report - Nick Morrison
• Recent changes to the Honors Program - Noelle Cockett
• PRPC Section 402, Language on RCDE, USU Eastern, and GSS (Second Reading) - Stephen Bialkowski
• EPC Items - Larry Smith
• Discussions on Disposition of Unfinished Business from 2012-2013 - Yanghee Kim

The Utah Statesman, September 19, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Phanerozoic Surface History Of The Slavecraton, Alexis K. Ault, Rebecca M. Flowers, Samuel A. Bowring

Geosciences Faculty Publications

New apatite (U-Th)/He (AHe) thermochronometry data and key geologic constraints from Slave craton kimberlites are used to develop a model for the Phanerozoic burial, unroofing, and hypsometric history of the northwestern Canadian shield. AHe dates range from 210 ± 13 to 382 ± 79 Ma, are older in the eastern Slave craton and decrease westward, and resolve the spatial extent, thickness, and history of now-denuded sedimentary units. Results indicate Paleozoic heating to temperatures ≥85–90°C, suggesting regional burial beneath ≥2.8 km of strata while the region was at sea level, followed by the westward migration of unroofing across the craton. This …

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Natural Resources, September 13, 2013 - Ms And Phd In Forestry, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

The Department of Wildland Resources proposes to restructure its MS and PhD in Forestry by dropping the existing specializations in Forest Biology and in Forest Economics and Policy.

Educational Policies Committee Program Proposal, College Of Natural Resources, September 13, 2013 - Ms And Phd In Wildlife Science, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

The Department of Wildland Resources proposes to restructure its MS and PhD in Wildlife Science by dropping the existing specializations Conservation Biology and Problem Wildlife Management.

Membrane Lipid-Modulated Mechanism Of Action And Non-Cytotoxicity Of Novel Fungicide Aminoglycoside Fg08, Sanjib Shrestha, Michelle Grilley, Marina Y. Fosso, Cheng-Wei Tom Chang, Jon Y. Takemoto

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

A novel aminoglycoside, FG08, that differs from kanamycin B only by a C8 alkyl chain at the 4″-O position, was previously reported. Unlike kanamycin B, FG08 shows broad-spectrum fungicidal but not anti-bacterial activities. To understand its specificity for fungi, the mechanism of action of FG08 was studied using intact cells of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and small unilamellar membrane vesicles. With exposure to FG08 (30 µg mL−1), 8-fold more cells were stained with fluorescein isothiocyanate, cells had 4 to 6-fold higher K+ efflux rates, and 18-fold more cells were stained with SYTOX Green in comparison to exposure to kanamycin B …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, September 5, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

General University

• Prefix Change

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

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

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• University Studies Request

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• New Course

Department of Biological Engineering

• New Course

Department of Computer Science

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Course Description Change
• Delete Course

Department of Engineering Education

• Title Change

Department of History

• University Studies Request

Department of …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, September 5, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

General University

• Prefix Change

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

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

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• University Studies Request

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• New Course

Department of Biological Engineering

• New Course

Department of Computer Science

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Course Description Change
• Delete Course

Department of Engineering Education

• Title Change

Department of History

• University Studies Request

Department of …

The Utah Statesman, September 3, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Female Elk Contacts Are Neither Frequency Nor Density Dependent, P. C. Cross, T. G. Creech, Michael Ryan Ebinger, Kezia R. Manlove, K. Irvine, J. Henningsen, J. Rogerson, B. M. Scurlock, S. Creel

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Identifying drivers of contact rates among individuals is critical to understanding disease dynamics and implementing targeted control measures. We studied the interaction patterns of 149 female elk (Cervus canadensis) distributed across five different regions of western Wyoming over three years, defining a contact as an approach within one body length (∼2 m). Using hierarchical models that account for correlations within individuals, pairs, and groups, we found that pairwise contact rates within a group declined by a factor of three as group sizes increased 33-fold. Per capita contact rates, however, increased with group size according to a power function, such that …

Cognitive Task Analysis-Based Training: A Metaanalysisof Studies, Colby Tofel-Grehl, David F. Feldon

Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications

Cognitive task analysis (CTA) is enjoying growing popularity in both research and practice as a foundational element of instructional design. However, there exists relatively little research exploring its value as a foundation for training through controlled studies. Furthermore, highly individualized approaches to conducting CTA do not permit broadly generalizable conclusions to be drawn from the findings of individual studies. Thus, examining the magnitude of observed effects across studies from various domains and CTA practitioners is essential for assessing replicable effects. This study reports the findings from a meta-analysis that examines the overall effectiveness of CTA across practitioners and settings in …

Dispersal Behavior Of A Polygynous Carnivore: Do Cougars Follow Source-Sink Prediction?, David C. Stoner, Michael L. Wolfe, Clint Mecham, Mclain B. Mecham, Susan L. Durham, David M. Choate

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

The source-sink model of population dynamics predicts that density drives emigration of subordinate animals to habitats offering lower competition for resources. Several authors have suggested use of this model as a potential framework for conservation of exploited carnivores when precise enumeration is unfeasible. Dispersal is a critical behavioural mechanism for management based on this model, yet there is a lack of knowledge on the habitat and social conditions that motivate carnivore emigration and settlement. The cougar Puma concolor is a widely distributed and heavily exploited carnivore, indigenous to the western hemisphere. We evaluated patterns in cougar dispersal behaviour from two …