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Proximate Constraints On Intruder Detection In The Dragonfly Perithemis Tenera (Odonata: Libellulidae): Effects Of Angle Of Approach And Background, Paul V. Switzer, Perri K. Eason

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

The implications of insects’ vision for territorial defense have been relatively little studied in the field. In the dragonfly Perithemis tenera Say we investigated whether either the angle at which an intruder was viewed by a territorial resident or the background against which it was viewed affected the detection of that intruder. Residents detected intruders at a greater distance if the intruders were directly in front of them; they also detected more intruders in front of them than from other angles. Intruders viewed against distant vegetation were detected more readily than were intruders against near vegetation. Residents detected more intruders …

How Federal Circuit Judges Vote In Patent Cases, John R. Allison, Mark A. Lemley

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Genetic Diversity And Transcriptional Analysis Of The Bys1 Gene From Blastomyces Dermatitidis, James L. Bono, Basam Jaber, Mark A. Fisher, Raed O. Abuodeh, Erin O’Leary-Jepson, Gene M. Scalarone, Laurens H. Smith Jr.

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

Blastomyces dermatitidis, a pathogenic fungal organism, is able to exist in two differentmorphologies, a multicellular mycelium or a unicellular yeast, according to temperature, 25˚C and 37˚C respectively. The switching between morphologies must be accompanied by a cascade of signaling events in which expression of genes responsible for the change of morphology is increased or decreased. bys1, a gene from B. dermatitidis isolate #58, is expressed at high levels in the unicellular yeast, but gradually diminishes as the temperature is lowered and the organism converts to the mycelial phase where there is no transcription of bys1. We explored …

Effect Of Antimicrobial Agents On Livestock Waste Emissions, Vincent H. Varel, Daniel N. Miller

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

Various antimicrobial agents were evaluated with the purpose of reducing the microbial fermentation in stored cattle waste and the resulting odor emissions. Duplicate sealed 2-L flasks with 500 ml waste slurry, with and without antimicrobial inhibitors, were used to measure the production of short-chain volatile fatty acids, lactate, and total fermentation gas over 27–30 days. A combination of chlorhexidine diacetate (2 mM), iodoacetate (2 mM), and α-pinene (3.8 mM) reduced gas production 80% (1000 ml to 200 ml) and total volatile fatty acid production 50% (145 mM to 72 mM). Pinene had little antimicrobial effect; rather, it served as an …

"Vertebrate Pests Of Agriculture, Forestry And Public Lands" 2000 Annual Meeting

Western Region Coordinating Committee for Vertebrate Pests of Agriculture, Forestry, and Public Lands (WCC-95)

Table of Contents ........................................................... i

2000 Officers ............................................................... 1

Minutes ................................................................... 2

Number and Title of the Regional Project ................................... 2

Location and Dates of the Meeting ....................................... 2

Participants .......................................................... 2

Attendees ............................................................ 3

Adopted Agenda ...................................................... 4

Convening of Sessions (Tuesday 14 November) ............................... 4

Forum: Internet Resources in Wildlife Damage Management .................... 4

2000 Business Meeting (Wednesday 15 November) ............................ 4

Presentations (Wednesday 15 November) .................................... 9

Continued Presentations (Thursday 16 November) ........................... 10

Individual Updates ................................................... 11

Completion of Sessions ................................................ 13

Participants/ Attendees Names and Addresses . . . . . . . . . …

Identification And Characterization Of A New Allele For The Beta Subunit Of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone In Chinese Pig Breeds, M. D. Li, G. A. Rohrer, T. H. Wise, J. J. Ford

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

During evaluation of follicle-stimulating hormone- beta (FSHB) expression in anterior pituitary glands by an RNase protection assay (RPA), the expected fragment of 205 nucleotides at positions 759-963 was not detected in one boar that had moderate plasma and pituitary FSH concentrations. After subcloning and sequencing, mRNA from this boar lacked an 11-bp fragment (59-CATTTGGAAAC-39) at nucleotide positions 807-817 of the 39-untranslated region (39-UTR, D allele). Wild-type FSHB (WT allele) was present in pituitary RNA and genomic DNA in both Meishan (MS) and White Composite (WC) pigs; whereas the D allele was present only in MS pigs (P < 0·01; 5/6 MS vs. 0/6 WC). Also, we found the D allele in …

Porcine Erythropoietin Receptor: Molecular Cloning And Expression In Embryonic And Fetal Liver, P. L. Pearson, T. P. L. Smith, T. S. Sonstegard, H. G. Klemcke, R. K. Christenson, J. L. Vallet

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

The full coding sequence for porcine erythropoietin receptor (EPOR) was elucidated using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (rtPCR) and 39 and 59 rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) procedures. Total RNA collected from Day 30 fetal liver was used as starting material. A 1843 bp sequence was obtained from which could be inferred a 509 amino acid protein which was 79–85% identical to the amino acid sequence of erythropoietin receptor from other species. Total RNA samples collected from white crossbred intact, white crossbred UHO and Meishan gilts on Days 24, 30 and 40 of gestation were subjected to Northern …

Mutations In The Genome Of Porcine Reproductive And Respiratory Syndrome Virus Responsible For The Attenuation Phenotype, R. Allende, G. F. Kutish, W. Laegreid, Z. Lu, T. L. Lewis, D. L. Rock, J. Friesen, J. A. Galeota, A. R. Doster, Fernando A. Osorio

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

Although live-attenuated vaccines have been used for some time to control clinical symptoms of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), the molecular bases for the attenuated phenotype remain unclear. We had previously determined the genomic sequence of the pathogenic PRRSV 16244B. Limited comparisons of the structural protein coding sequence of an attenuated vaccine strain have shown 98% homology to the pathogenic 16244B. Here we have confirmed the attenuated phenotype and determined the genomic sequence of that attenuated PRRSV vaccine and compared it to its parental VR- 2332 and the 16244B strains. The attenuated vaccine sequence was colinear with that …

2000 Ruby Yearbook, Aki Watanuki, Jennifer Adams, Ann Marie Flannery, Natalie Mcconnell, Christy Maurer, Corey Braiterman, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 2000 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

Connection, May/June 2000, Eastern Michigan University

Alumni News: Eastern Magazine

No abstract provided.

Connection, March/April 2000, Eastern Michigan University

Alumni News: Eastern Magazine

No abstract provided.

Connection, January/February 2000, Eastern Michigan University

Alumni News: Eastern Magazine

No abstract provided.

Ground-State Properties And Excited-State Reactivity Of 8-Quinolate Complexes Of Ruthenium(Ii), Dean Johnston

Chemistry Faculty Scholarship

In an effort to explore new systems with highly reducing excited states, we prepared a series of Ru(II) complexes of the type Ru(L)(2)quo(+) (L = bpy (2,2'-bipyridine), phen (1,10-phenanthroline), dmphen (4,7-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline), tmphen (3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline); quo(-) = 8-quinolate) and investigated their photophysical and redox properties. The absorption and emission spectra of the Ru(L)(2)quo(+) are significantly red-shifted relative to those of the parent complexes Ru(L)(3)(2+), with emission maxima in the 757-783 nm range in water. The Ru(L)(2)quo(+) systems are easily oxidized with E(1/2)(Ru(III/II)) values ranging from +0.62 to +0.70 V vs NHE, making the emissive Ru --> phen MLCT (metal-to-ligand charge transfer) excited …

The Tangled Story Of Kudzu, Kurt E. Kinbacher

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 45-69

Table Of Contents (V.16 No.2), Journal Of Contemporary Health Law And Policy

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Family Values And The New Society: Dilemmas Of The 21 St Century By George P. Smith, Ii Connecticut: Praeger. 1998, Pp. 280, James P. Prennetta Jr.

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Pesticide Toxicity, Human Subjects, And The Environmental Protection Agency's Dilemma, Heidi Gorovitz Robertson, Samuel Gorovitz

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

The Application Of The Americans With Disabilities Act To The Termination Of The Parental Rights Of Individuals With Mental Disabilities, Susan Kerr

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

The Defense Threath Reduction Agency: A Note On The United States' Approach To The Threat Of Chemical And Biological Warfare, Matthew Linkie

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Third Pary Reimbursement For Participation In Cancer Clinical Trials: A Proposal For Legislation, Gina Mazzariello Plaue

Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy (1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Transfer & Returning Adult Student Guide- 2000, Admissions Staff

Student Handbooks

Student guide

Halogen- 2000, Andrew Mendelsohn

Halogen

Contributors include: Marie Henning, Kim Campbell, Erika Eckart, Nathan Hoks, John Grey, John Dickenson, Michael L. Johnson, Corrine Dewinter, Daniel Green, Donna Pucciani, Johanny Vasquez, Jane Mclellan, Frank Varela, B.Z. Niditch, Robert Roden, Martha Moderna Vertreach, John Payne Kincaid, C. Mulrooney, Phillip E. Saineghi, David Chorlton, Patty Dickenson Pieczyka, Mike Catalano, Tom West, Susannah Malonado, E.W. Beals, Constance Vogel, R.A. Stewart, Justin Carroll

Insights- Nov/Dec. 2000, University Relations Staff

Insights

No abstract provided.

Montpelier: James Madison University Magazine, James Madison University

Montpelier Magazine- 2000-2005

Montpelier is an official publication of James Madison University and is produced quarterly for alumni, parents of JMU students, faculty and staff members, and friends of the university. The publication is named for the home of James and Dolley Madison. Montpelier is produced by the Division of University Relations and External Programs. Editorial and advertising offices are located at 26 Medical Arts West, MSC 5718, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807.

Physician Assistant Program 2000, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Lawyers Of The Future (2000-2001), University Of Tennessee College Of Law

Lawyers of the Future (1979 - 2002)

No abstract provided.

Paradox And Metaphor: An Integrity Of The Arts, Lawrence Kimmel

Philosophy Faculty Research

Art is movement, movement is life. Surprisingly, the spareness of paradox in art promotes a fullness of life. We must first speak as simply as possible about art as a fundamental human activity. Only then can we hope to say something of consequence about the so-called “fine arts” — which may be misleading as a description. In substance, the reference “fine art” simply means useless art: “fine” as being free from utility. Art is imaginatively productive, it makes something, whether painting, poem, or partita. But this making has no independent utility, and its character as a work of art …

Biotechnology And The Creation Of Ethics, Raymond R. Coletta

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.

Symposium: Biotechnology And The Law - Introduction, Franklin A. Gevurtz

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.

Light, Fast, And Flexible: A New Approach To Regulation Of Human Gene Therapy, Judith A. Cregan

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.