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The Probe, Issue 194 – November 1998

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Managing Wolf Predation on Livestock in Idaho Since Reintroduction: Wildlife Services Program Perspective and Summary -- Layne R. Bangerter, District Supervisor, USD A, APHIS, Wildlife Services, Boise, Idaho; George E. Graves, Assistant State Director, USD A, APHIS, Wildlife Services, Boise, Idaho, and NADC A Northern Rocky Mountains Regional Director
California Votes on Trap Ban
Book Review: "Nuisance Animals: Backyard Pests to Free-Roaming Killers" By John Trout, Jr. Midwest Publishing, 1997. 192 pages softcover ($14.95)
Record Attendance at Bird Strike Committee-USA Meeting

Bird-Strike Committee -USA Abstracts
ADVICE TO FLIGHT CREWS CONCERNING THE WILDLIFE HAZARD TO AIRCRAFT -- Paul Eschenf elder, Air …

Rostral-Caudal Variation In Troponin T And Parvalbumin Correlates With Differences In Relaxation Rates Of Cod Axial Muscle, Tierney M. Thys, Jason M. Blank, Fred H. Schachat

Biological Sciences

Relaxation rate is an important determinant of axial muscle power production during the oscillatory contractions of undulatory locomotion. Recently, significant differences have been reported in the relaxation rates of rostral versus caudal white muscle fibers of the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua L. The present study investigates the biochemical correlates of this rostral-caudal physiological variation. Using denaturing gel electrophoresis, a series of fresh muscle samples from the dorsal epaxial muscle region was analyzed and several differences were detected. First, a gradual shift occurs in the expression of two troponin T isoforms along the length of the body. Second, rostral muscles were …

Metamorphis Is Not A New Beginning, Jan A. Pechenik, Dean E. Wendt, Jeremiah N. Jarrett

Biological Sciences

No abstract provided.

[Price Laboratory School] Newsletter, V9n3, November 1998, University Of Northern Iowa. Malcolm Price Laboratory School

Malcolm Price Laboratory School Newsletter

Inside this issue:
-- School Improvement Facts About PLS
-- Unique Christmas Gifts
-- Starting Over is Sticky Business Even for the Pros
-- PLS Original Prints
-- Guidance Announcements
-- PLS Pampered Chef Party!
-- Korean Teachers Visit PLS
-- Russian Exchange Program
-- Sharon Teisinger Memorial
-- Library Use by PLS Students
-- Handwashing
-- Gloria Peoples Hooks - Cafeteria
-- World's Window Shopping
-- The New PLS Playground
-- Hannah Buck - Opus -98
-- Acceptable Use Policy

Sequence Analysis Of Bacterial Dna In The Colon Of An Andean Mummy, Massimo Ubaldi, Stefania Luciani, Isolina Marota, Gino Fornaciari, Raul J. Cano, Franco Rollo

Biological Sciences

We have isolated DNA from 14 tissue samples from the internal organs of an Andean human mummy (10th–11th century A.D.) and have checked the persistence of the original human and bacterial templates using the following main approaches: 1) amino acid racemization test; 2) quantification of mitochondrial DNA copy number; 3) survey of bacterial DNA in the different organs; 4) sequence analysis of bacterial amplicons of different lengths. The results demonstrate that both the original human DNA and the DNA of the bacteria of the mummy gut are preserved. In particular, sequence analysis of two (respectively 100 and 196 bp in …

Mathematics Found In Poetry, Alexis Mann

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Opportunities For The Holding/Fattening/Processing And Aquaculture Of Western Rock Lobster (Panulirus Cygnus), Fisheries Western Australia

Fisheries Management Papers

The objective of this discussion paper is to describe policy options for dealing with rock lobster enhancement, grow-out and aquaculture issues. It is designed to serve as a policy framework for dealing with future applications to hold/fatten/process and aquaculture western rock lobster and administer existing practices.

Plantsman, Oct/Nov 1998, New Hampshire Plant Growers' Association

Plantsman

A newsletter of the New Hampshire Plant Growers' Association

Dynamics Of Biomolecules: Assignment Of Local Motions By Fluorescence Anisotropy Decay, Carl N. Bialik, Barnabas Wolf, Edward L. Rachofsky, J. B. A. Ross, William Laws

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Many biological systems have multiple fluorophores that experience multiple depolarizing motions, requiring multiple lifetimes and correlation times to define the fluorescence intensity and anisotropy decays, respectively. To simplify analyses, an assumption often made is that all fluorophores experience all depolarizing motions. However, this assumption usually is invalid, because each lifetime is not necessarily associated with each correlation time. To help establish the correct associations and recover accurate kinetic parameters, a general kinetic scheme that can examine all possible associations is presented. Using synthetic data sets, the ability of the scheme to discriminate among all nine association models possible for two …

Mutations In Bartonella Bacilliformis Gyrb Confer Resistance To Coumermycin A(1), James M. Battisti, Laura A. Smitherman, D. Scott Samuels, Michael F. Minnick

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

This study describes the first isolation and characterization of spontaneous mutants conferring natural resistance to an antibiotic for any Bartonella species. The Bartonella bacilliformis gyrB gene, which encodes the B subunit of DNA gyrase, was cloned and sequenced. The gyrB open reading frame (ORF) is 2,079 bp and encodes a deduced amino acid sequence of 692 residues, corresponding to a predicted protein of similar to 77.5 kDa. Sequence alignment indicates that B. bacilliformis GyrB is most similar to the GyrB protein from Bacillus subtilis (40.1% amino acid sequence identity) and that it contains the longest N-terminal tail (52 residues) of …

Fish & Wildlife News: November/December 1998

Fish and Wildlife News

Contents:

Region 1 Employees Killed 2
Clinton Signs Refuge Volunteer Bill 4
Tackling Oil Pits 7
Building a Service Museum 9
Special Section: Fisheries Focus 10
Inside Cooperative Research Units 14
NCTC Wants Your Books 16
Honoring Refuge Heroes 17
Real Life “Free Willy” 19
New Agents Step Out 20
Curious Condors Take a Trip 21
Fish & Wildlife...In Brief 23

Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Primes Cytokine Secretion And Lytic Activity In Response To Native Bacterial Antigens, K. M. Mason, T. D. Dryden, Nancy J. Bigley, P. S. Fink

Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology Faculty Publications

Superantigens stimulate T-lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine production, but the effects of superantigen exposure on cell function within a complex, highly regulated immune response remain to be determined. In this study, we demonstrate that superantigen exposure significantly alters the murine host response to bacterial antigens in an in vitro coculture system. Two days after exposure to the superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B, splenocytes cultured with Streptococcus mutans produced significantly greater amounts of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-12 than did sham-injected controls. The majority of IFN-gamma production appeared to be CD8(+) T-cell derived since depletion of this cell type dramatically reduced the levels …

The Challenger, Shannon Clark, Jeremiah Hamilton, Keri Peck, Ronelle St. Peter, Holly Reese, Chad A. Brown, Kirsten Pulver, Lynn Walters, Rose Hoffman Toubes

The Challenger

No abstract provided.

Nebline, November 1998

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Auntie Bacteria's holiday advice
Gifts for the gardener
Forcing bulbs
Attracting birds with the right plants
Rodent damage
Winter care for strawberry plants
Dealing with head lice? Even for experts, it's a head scratcher
Good reasons to recycle aluminum
Milk carton bird feeder
Migrating birds face many hazards
Achieving cleaner indoor air
Holding wet corn with aeration
Grain storage information on the web
Pesticide container recycling a success
Farm finances tight? Fertilize with biosolids and save $$
Acreage reply
Native prairie preservation
United States using less water
Reduce orchard woes
Mealtime tips for the preschool child
Healthy Eating: Holiday Turkey …

Nov. 1998, Ifc, Pest Management, Op 4.09, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 26, No. 4 & Volume 27, No. 1, November 1998, Candice E. Leek

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter

Contents: Friends of Karst and the International Geological Correlation Program Conference held at Mammoth Cave -- 1999 WKU Schedule -- CRF Bulletin Board -- CRF Finds New Karst Connection in Mineral King Valley -- Continued Progress at Hamilton Valley -- Hamilton Valley Building Fund Update -- Book Review -- Tales from the Mammoth Cave Gazetteer -- Stalagmite Used to Study Past Climate -- New Exhibits Planned for American Cave and Karst Center and Hidden River Cave -- Grants & Fellowships -- Cave Books -- Project Area News, Reports, and Expeditions -- The Loose Tube Blues -- Mammoth Cave/Karst Area Water …

Accumulation Of Methotrexate In Human Tissues Following High-Dose Methotrexate Therapy, M P. Iqbal

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Methotrexate concentration was analyzed in a number of tissues of a patient of osteogenic sarcoma who had been on high-dose methotrexate therapy for nearly 6 months. Gall bladder and kidney contained the highest concentration of the drug, followed by testis, small intestine, skeletal muscle, bone marrow, lung, spleen, heart and liver. Although, compared to kidney the liver contained relatively small amount of the drug, yet nearly 1/5th of the total drug in liver was in bound form. This bound form of methotrexate is most likely associated with multiple forms of dihydrofolate reductase. The total concentration of methotrexate in kidney is …

Que Ondee Sola- November 1998, Ruben Gerena

Que Ondee Sola

Student publication founded in 1972, articles include: HIV/AIDS in the United States, HIV?AIDS and Young People, 10 Things to Know About HIV/AIDS

The Rediscovery, Taxonomy, And Biology Of Chlosyne Gorgone Gorgone And Chlosyne Ismeria (Nymphalidae) In Burke County, Georgia, Ronald R. Gatrelle

The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey

On April 24, 1993 a colony of Chlosyne gorgone gorgone was found in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. This led to the rediscovery on April 27, 1993 of C. g. gorgone at its type locality in Burke County, Georgia. This species had not been seen or collected anywhere in east coastal Georgia or coastal South Carolina since its description in 1810. The type locality is xeric, scrub oak sandhill. This habitat is generally unsuitable for the survival of later broods. The larvae of nominate gorgone have only been found on Helianthus divaricatus. Topotypical gorgone differ slightly, …

Managing For Profitability In The Beef Industry Proceedings

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Moderator - Rick Rasby

Global Perspective of the Beef Industry and Challenges to Remain Competitive — Allan Nation

Low Input Cow/Calf Systems — Dick Clark and Don Adams

Producer Panel, Moderator - Homer Buell

Nebraska's Dynamic Landscape — Jim Stubbendieck

Matching Beef Genetics to the Resources — Jim Gosey

Complimentary Forages/Annuals/Year-Round Grazing

Managing Irrigated Pastures and Meadows for Grazing

Evaluating Pasture Stability

Wpa News 57 (1998), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (November 1998), number 57

Published by the World Pheasant Association

A Late Cambrian Positive Carbon-Isotope Excursion In The Southern Appalachians: Relation To Biostratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy, Environments Of Deposition, And Diagenesis, Bosiljka Glumac, Kenneth R. Walker

Geosciences: Faculty Publications

A positive carbon-isotope excursion is recorded within the Upper Cambrian sedimentary succession in the southern Appalachians that consists of the Nolichucky Shale, the Maynardville Formation, and the Copper Ridge Dolomite. The lower part of the succession contains Aphelaspis zone fauna (Early Steptoean). The extensively dolomitized and poorly fossiliferous nature of the upper part of the succession precludes any detailed biostratigraphic determinations. Correlation with similar positive carbon-isotope excursions in coeval successions elsewhere suggests that this excursion represents a perturbation in the global cycling of carbon. Comparison of excursions at different localities in North America provides a means for the application of …

The Extension Newsletter, Issue 18, Winter Quarter 1998, Wright State University Retirees Association

The Extension Newsletter

A seven page newsletter from the Wright State University's Retirees Association.

A Historic Context Statement For A World War Ii Era Black Officers' Club At Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Steven D. Smith

Research Manuscript Series

This report provides a historic context statement for Building 2101, a WWII period Black Officers' Club located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, that is still in active use. The best historical evidence indicates that the building, a standard A-12 temporary classroom building, was designed as the club for black officers stationed at Fort Leonard Wood sometime between June 1942 and January 1943. Later in 1943, it was expanded with an addition. The building was built as part of Fort Leonard Wood's initial construction and used as a Personnel Adjutant's Office for the Engineer Replacement Training Center, 7th Training Group (Colored), …

Patterns Of Activity, Flocking, And Habitat Use In Parrots Of The Peruvian Amazon, James D. Gilardi, Charles A. Munn

Condor

No abstract provided.

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

Condor

No abstract provided.

Density And Roost Site Characteristics Of Spotted Owls In The Sierra Madre Occidental, Chihuahua, Mexico, Kendal E. Young, Raul Valdez, Philip J. Zwank, William R. Gould

Condor

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Mate Removal On Incubation Behavior And Reproductive Success Of Female Wood Ducks, Chad A. Manlove, Gary R. Hepp

Condor

No abstract provided.

Index For Volume 100, The Condor

Condor

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Age And Captivity On Plasma Chemistry Values Of The Egyptian Vulture, Pablo M. Dobado-Berrios, Jose L. Tella, Olga Ceballos, Jose A. Donazar

Condor

No abstract provided.