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Differential Expression Of The Invasion-Associated Locus B (Ialb) Gene Of Bartonella Bacilliformis In Response To Environmental Cues, Sherry A. Coleman, Michael F. Minnick

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Bartonella bacilliformis is the causative agent of the biphasic human disease, Oroya fever. During the primary disease phase, up to 100% of the circulating erythrocytes can be parasitized and 80% lysed. During the secondary phase of this disease, bacterial invasion shifts to endothelial cells lining the vasculature. B. bacilliformis is transferred between human hosts by the sandfly, Lutzomyia verrucarum. To investigate the regulation of ialB by environmental cues signaling vector-to-host transmission; nuclease protection assays were performed to compare the amount of ialB mRNA in bacteria subjected to temperature shift, pH change, oxidative stress, or hemin limitation. The amount of ialB …

Ua61/6 Newsletter, Issue 1, Wku Institute For Rural Development

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by and about the Institute for Rural Development. This issue contents:

• Mobile Health & Wellness Unit
• The New Hazard & Emergency Awareness Training (HEAT) Mobile Unit Arrives at WKU
• Gardner, Marilyn. Emergency Medical Services Monograph Coming
• A Nursing Student’s Perspective
• Enhancing Rural Student Postsecondary Decisions
• Lu, Ning & Richard Wilson. Kentuckian Socioecomic Status, Health Behavior, Access to Medical Care, & Health Status
• Austin, Lynn. School-based Dental Sealant Program
• The Institute for Rural Health Development & Research

Ppe: Effective Protection For Deminers, J. Nerenberg, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Aris Makris

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

This article briefly explains the work that Med-Eng Systems, Inc., has done on personal protective equipment (PPE) over the past few years.

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 Advancements. Editorial and advertising offices are located at 26 Medical Arts West, MSC 5718, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. Staff can be reached at (540) 568-3191 or [email protected].

Museum -Based Learning: Informal Learning Settings And Their Role In Student Motivation And Achievement In Science, Julie Ann Holmes

Doctoral Dissertations

This study examined changes in student motivation and achievement in science in relationship with a visit to the IDEA Place Experiment Gallery. The study was based on the pretest-posttest control comparison group design with four treatment groups: control, exhibit, lesson, and exhibit/lesson. The sample was 228 sixth grade students from a public north central Louisiana school who were randomly assigned to one of the four experimental groups. Pretest, posttest, and delayed posttest measures of intrinsic motivation and achievement in science were determined using the Children's Academic Intrinsic Motivation Inventory and an achievement test written to measure areas of science incorporated …

Periodiclas Price Survey 2003: Big Chill On The Big Deal, Lee Van Orsdel, Kathleen Born

Scholarly Papers and Articles

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Judges' Bench Memorandum: Fifteenth Annual Pace National Environmental Moot Court Competition, Megan Brillault

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

American Society Of Parasitologists Newsletter, V. 25, No. 1, Early Spring 2003, Scott Lyell Gardner

American Society of Parasitologists: Newsletter

An issue of the American Society of Parasitologists' quarterly newsletter, also called the Journal of Parasitology Newsletter.

Office Of International Studies And Programs Newsletter, Vol. 2, Iss. 1, Spring 2003, Illinois State University, Office Of International Studies And Programs

Office of International Studies and Programs Newsletter

Newsletter of the Office of International Studies and Programs

Peptide−Protein Interactions: Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Within The Preformed And Encounter Complexes Of A Designed Metallopeptide And Cytochrome C, Robin C. Lasey, Liu Liu, Ling Zang, Michael Y. Ogawa

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Photoinduced electron-transfer (ET) occurs between a negatively charged metallopeptide, [Ru(bpy)2(phen-am)-Cys-(Glu)(5)-Gly](3-) = RuCE(5)G, and ferricytochrome c = Cyt c. In the presence of Cyt c, the triplet state lifetime of the ruthenium metallopeptide is shortened, and the emission decays via biexponential kinetics, which indicates the existence of two excited-state populations of ruthenium peptides. The faster decay component displays concentration-independent kinetics demonstrating the presence of a preformed peptide-protein complex that undergoes intra-complex electron-transfer. Values of K-b = (3.5 +/- 0.2) x 10(4) M-1 and k(ET)(obs) = (2.7 +/- 0.4) x 10(6) s(-1) were observed at ambient temperatures. The magnitude of k(ET)(obs) decreases …

Water Current, Volume 35, No. 2. April 2003

Water Current Newsletter

• Researchers Honing Methods to Sample Field Run-off Water by Steve Ress

• From the Director

• Meet the Faculty

• Planning Continues for July Tour of Republican River Basin by Steve Ress

• Earth Systems Education: Opportunity and Challenges by David C. Gosselin

• Dealing with the Impacts of a “Modern” Drough by Donald A. White

• Probing the Secrets of Salty Groundwater by Steve Ress • Water News Briefs

Direct Profiling Of Environmental Microbial Populations By Thermal Dissociation Analysis Of Native Rrnas Hybridized To Oligonucleotide Microarrays, Said El Fantroussi, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Anne E. Bernhard, John J. Kelly, Peter A. Noble, H Smidt, G M. Yershov, David A. Stahl

Biology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Oligonucleotide microarrays were used to profile directly extracted rRNA from environmental microbial populations without PCR amplification. In our initial inspection of two distinct estuarine study sites, the hybridization patterns were reproducible and varied between estuarine sediments of differing salinities. The determination of a thermal dissociation curve (i.e., melting profile) for each probe-target duplex provided information on hybridization specificity, which is essential for confirming adequate discrimination between target and nontarget sequences.

Relativistic Laser–Plasma Interactions, Donald Umstadter

Donald Umstadter Publications

By focusing petawatt peak power laser light to intensities up to 10²¹ Wcm⁻², highly relativistic plasmas can now be studied. The force exerted by light pulses with this extreme intensity has been used to accelerate beams of electrons and protons to energies of a million volts in distances of only microns. This acceleration gradient is a thousand times greater than in radio-frequency-based accelerators. Such novel compact laser-based radiation sources have been demonstrated to have parameters that are useful for research in medicine, physics and engineering. They might also someday be used to ignite controlled thermonuclear fusion. Ultrashort …

Foreword

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Table Of Contents

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The Soybean - Our Great Treasure, Mary E. Norton

ESSAI

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Foraging Behavior Of Rodent And Songbird Populations, Examined With Variation Of Predatory Risk, Abe Whiting

ESSAI

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Factors Affecting The Distribution Of The Goldenrod Fly, Eurosta Solidaginis (Fitch) (Diptera: Tephritidae), That Forms In The Tall Goldenrod, Solidago Altissima L. (Asteraceau), Chin Yang

ESSAI

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Toward A National Biodefense Strategy: Challenges And Opportunities, Center For Counterproliferation Research

Books and Book Chapters

The United States is re-learning an important lesson in the first decade of the 21st century: adversaries may attack the United States, its interests, or those of friends and allies with biological weapons (BW). The last century witnessed the purported use of glanders by the Germans in World War I and the use of dysentery, plague, and typhus by the Japanese in World War II. But biological weapons were not constrained to wartime settings in the last century. The Rajneeshees, a religious cult in Oregon, employed salmonella to advance their own political agenda. States such as Iraq and the former …

Ard News April 2003

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:

Comments from the Dean
CSREES Budget for FY 2003 and the President's FY 2004 Request
Selected Resources on Grant Writing
Grants and Contracts Received February and March, 2003
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
New or Revised Projects
Income, Wealth and the Economic Well-Being of Farm Households

Joint Force Quarterly 33 (2nd Quarter, April 2003), National Defense University Press

Joint Force Quarterly ARCHIVES

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National Self-Defense, International Law, And Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Thomas Graham Jr.

Chicago Journal of International Law

The most publicized element of The National Security Strategy of the United States of America (the "Strategy"), promulgated in September 2002 by the Bush administration, is its emphasis on the option to use preemptive military strikes to address threats to the United States before they fully materialize. This is set in the context of terrorist organizations, such as al Qaeda, or so-called rogue states, such as Iraq or North Korea, acquiring and threatening to use weapons of mass destruction-in other words, chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons. The terms "preemptive attack," "preventive war," and "anticipatory self-defense" will be used interchangeably in …

When Law And Medicine Collide, Richard C. Wesley

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

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Character Education: How Does It Affect Student Self-Perception Of Both Character And Achievement In An Integrated Curriculum?, John M. Schembri

Mathematical and Computing Sciences Masters

Over the last few decades, change in communities, families, and education has placed an increasing demand on teachers to supplement societal deficiencies at school with hopes of improving the quality of child and adolescent development. In an effort to address this growing need, educators have revamped their traditional teaching styles to meet the educational needs of all students. This has been accomplished by initiating integrated curriculums that create more inviting, student-centered environments that focus on authentic education. The goal is to teach content through real-world scenarios in hopes to supplement valuable life lessons. This study focused on 48 students in …

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Spring 2003, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

The Relationship Between Teachers' Years-Of-Teaching And Students' Mathematics Achievement, Beverly M. Klecker

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

This study examined differences in student achievement on the 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics Test by their teachers’ years-of-experience teaching mathematics. Data examined were mean scale scores of fourth and eighth grades in five sample groups: national (public and private school students combined), national public school students, and Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas public school students. These states were chosen because of their statewide systematic school reform efforts. The research question was: Are mathematics scores of students of more experienced mathematics teachers higher than those of students of less experienced teachers? The National Assessment of Educational Progress data …

2002-2003 Yearbook, Morehead State University

Morehead State Yearbooks

2002-2003 yearbook of Morehead State University.

Cultural Diversity's Impact On Firm Performance: The Moderating Influence Of Diversity Initiatives And Socialization Tactics, Amy Mcmillan-Capehart

Doctoral Dissertations

The primary purpose of this dissertation is to test the hypothesized relationships between cultural diversity and firm performance. Specifically, this dissertation examines whether or not socialization tactics and diversity initiatives moderate the relationship between diversity and firm performance. This dissertation uses ROA, ROE, and employee productivity in order to capture an accurate picture of firm performance.

My second purpose is to test competing hypotheses that are based on different theories. Theories relating to diversity suggest that there may be both positive and negative effects of a heterogeneous workforce. Therefore, it is necessary to isolate those instances in which diversity can …

Harding Magazine Spring 2003 (Vol. 11, No. 2), Harding University

Harding Magazines

Publication distributed to alumni and friends of the university.

Spring 2003, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.