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The Role Of Field Dependence And Independence In Visual Search, Elizabeth A. Schmidt

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

Research has shown that individuals are faster at searching for the presence of features in displays than the absence of features. The present study was designed to examine whether differences in the ability to search for the presence and absence of features are moderated by differences in the ability of individuals to perceive separate parts of the visual field as distinct from the background (field dependence/independence). In addition, spatial ability was examined to assess its relationship to field independency. Participants were administered the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) and were divided into field …

Synthesis And Biological Evaluation Of Novel Capacitative Calcium Entry Blockers, Thadigiri Celina Mala

Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses & Dissertations

Studies have shown that 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) inhibits thrombin-mediated influx of Ca^{2 +} through store-operated calcium channels in human platelets. Based on this molecule, two sets (boron analogues and the non-boron analogues) were synthesized and characterized by IR, NMR and CHN analysis and evaluated in human platelets to block thrombin-induced [Ca²⁺] elevation.

The synthesis of the non-boron compounds was performed in a simple one step process. According to the literature, some of these compounds were synthesized previously by a complicated two-step process.

All the compounds synthesized were tested for biological activity and the results showed that they …

Feeding Responses Of Juvenile And Adult Streblospio Benedicti Webster (Spionidae) To Organic Chemicals Bound To Glass Microbeads, Heidi Kathryn Mahon

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Spionid polychaetes feed at the sediment-water interface using a pair of ciliated palps. Polychaetes select food particles based upon characteristics including size, texture, specific gravity and organic coatings. Juvenile and adult spionids have different stable isotopic carbon signals, indicating the potential to differentiate organic cues ontogenetically. In the present study, the feeding responses of juvenile and adult Streblospio benedicti Webster to seven organic coatings bound (five amino acids and two carbohydrates) to glass microbeads were tested. Juveniles and adults were highly selective for all seven types of organically coated beads. Juveniles were highly selective for threonine; whereas adults were highly …

Murray Ledger And Times, October 1, 2003, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Topographical Expression Of Class Ia And Class Ii Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Enzymes In Normal Human Tissues Is Consistent With A Role In Differentiation, Soha Salama El Sheikh, Jan Domin, Prakitpunthu Tomtitchong, Paul Abel, Gordon Stamp, El-Nasir Lalani

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Background: Growth factor, cytokine and chemokine-induced activation of PI3K enzymes constitutes the start of a complex signalling cascade, which ultimately mediates cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, chemotaxis, survival, trafficking, and glucose homeostasis. The PI3K enzyme family is divided into 3 classes; class I (subdivided into IA and IB), class II (PI3K-C2α, PI3K-C2β and PI3K-C2γ) and class III PI3K. Expression of these enzymes in human tissue has not been clearly defined.

Methods: In this study, we analysed the immunohistochemical topographical expression profile of class IA (anti-p85 adaptor) and class II PI3K (PI3K-C2α and PI3K-C2β) enzymes in 104 formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded …

Host Species, Age And Sex As Factors Affecting The Susceptibility Of The African Tephritid Fruit Fly Species, Ceratitis Capitata, C. Cosyra And C. Fasciventris To Infection By Metarhizium Anisopliae, S. Dimbi, N. K. Maniania, S. A. Lux, J. M. Mueke

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The effect of host age and sex on the susceptibility of 3 tephritid fruit fly species, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), C. cosyra (Walker) and C. fasciventris (Bezzi) to the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Metchnikoff) Sorokin was studied in the laboratory. Three adult host ages, 0 (<1 day-old), 7-day-old and 14-day-old, were used. All 3 species were susceptible to fungal infection, although there were differences in the levels of susceptibility among the hosts. Age accounted for the largest variability in mortality followed by species, while sex had the lowest variability. Of the 3 host ages tested, the 0- and 7-day-old flies were more susceptible to fungal infection than the 14-day-old flies. Male and female C. fasciventris flies generally succumbed earlier to fungal infection than the other two species. Female flies of C. cosyra and C. fasciventris were also generally more susceptible to fungal infection than the males, although differences were apparent at 3 and 4 days after treatment but not 5 days after treatment. Age accounted for the largest variability in lethal time mortality values (LTs). Mean LT-values generally indicated that the speed of kill was faster among younger flies than the older flies. LT95 ranged between 3.9-4.9 days in the 0-day-old flies, 4.3-6.1 days in the 7-day-old flies and 4.6-6.1 days in 14-day-old flies in the different species and sexes. The implication of this study for the management of fruit flies is discussed.

Responses Of Glossina Morsitans Morsitans To Blends Of Electroantennographically Active Compounds In The Odors Of Its Preferred (Buffalo And Ox) And Nonpreferred (Waterbuck) Hosts, Nicholas K. Gikonyo, Ahmed Hassanali, Peter G.N. Njagi, Rajinder K. Saini

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

In a previous study, comparison of the behavior of teneral Glossina morsitans morsitans on waterbuck, Kobus defassa (a refractory host), and on two preferred hosts, buffalo, Syncerus caffer, and ox, Bos indicus, suggested the presence of allomones in the waterbuck odor. Examination of the volatile odors by coupled gas chromatography-electroantennographic detection showed that the antennal receptors of the flies detected constituents common to the three bovids (phenols and aldehydes), as well as a series of compounds specific to waterbuck, including C8 - C13 methyl ketones, δ-octalactone, and phenols. In this study, behavioral respones of teneral G. m. morsitans to different …

Renal Teratoma: A Rare Entity, N Yaqoob, Z Ahmed, N Jafri, S Muzaffar, S H. Hasan

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

No abstract provided.

Wind-Induced Exchange In Semi-Enclosed Basins, Rosario Sanay

OES Theses and Dissertations

The wind-induced circulation over laterally varying bathymetry was investigated in homogeneous and in stratified systems using the three-dimensional Regional Ocean Model (ROMS). For homogeneous systems, the focus was to describe the influence of the earth's rotation on the lateral distribution of the flow with particular emphasis on the transverse circulation. Along-basin wind-stress with no rotation caused a circulation dominated by an axially symmetric transverse structure consisting of downwind flow over the shoals and upwind flow in the channel along the whole domain. Transverse circulation was important only at the head of the system where the water sank and reversed direction …

The New Japanese Law Schools, James R. Maxeiner

ExpressO

Japan is in the process of implementing a comprehensive reform of its justice system. At the heart of the reform is a complete overhaul of the system of legal education. The new system is intended to increase substantially the number of lawyers in the country. On April 1, 2004 as many as 72 new law schools are to come into existence. Japanese legal education is shifting from a German-inspired law faculty approach to an American-style law school system. Based on first-hand observations, this article discusses the present and future system of Japanese legal education with reference to its foreign counterparts.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss constitution, plus/minus grading, t-shirts, online suggestion box, shuttle shelters, promotional items and signs.

Let’S Get A Vision: Drafting Effective Arbitration Agreements, Laurie E. Leader, Melissa Burger

ExpressO

No abstract provided.

Monty Python's Eric Idle Comes To Slo With His 'Greedy Bastard Tour', Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Taiko Drummers From Japan To Play The Pac, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Ny Nightclub Singer/Pianist To Play Cal Poly Theatre, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Learning And Teaching And Then, Learning All Over Again: Part One, Herb Thompson Dr.

Faculty Journal Articles

Intelligence quotient tests (and our examining processes) largely deal with verbal-linguistic and mathematical-logical intelligence. The point at issue is that a basic understanding of multiple intelligence theory should modify lecturer behavior and utilization of computer-mediation.

A Type Catalog Of Fossil Invertebrates (Protista) In The Yale Peabody Museum, Russell D. White, Laura K. Skorina

Postilla

Type material for 378 nominal species of protists are in the Invertebrate Paleontology Collections of Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History. Primary types for 186 nominal species include 112 holotypes, 1,057 syntypes (representing 70 nominal species) and 27 lectotypes. Secondary types for 126 nominal species include 537 paratypes (representing 40 nominal species) and 736 paralectotypes (representing 86 nominal species). Tertiary types of 269 nominal species include 1,785 hypotypes. Most types are from Arizona, Bolivia, Coahuila (Mexico), Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, and have been described by C.O. Dunbar, C. A. Ross, F.F. Sabins, J.W. Skinner, M.L. Thompson …

Vol. 54, No. 3, September 30, 2003, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Booze Boos: Students Weigh In on the New Alcohol Policy •Getting in Touch With My Inner Gear-Head •U.S. Ambassador to China Delivers Bishop Lecture on International Law •Supreme Court Wrap-Up: Not Much Wrap, but Pizza was Most Excellent! •Dean Caminker Holds Forum on the Virtues of Public Service •So You Want to Win the Campbell Moot Court Competition •Guided by Voices- Earthquake Glue •What I Learned in My First Month: Duck! •On the Fly, On the Cheap, and Healthy? •Singing the Mantra of the Underdog •1Ls Lend Support to Detroit Nine •Annual Canoe Trip Photos •LSSS Funding Allocations for 2003-2004 …

Campus Assembly Minutes 09/30/2003, Campus Assembly

Campus Assembly

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Deaf Sports News September 30, 2003, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Sports 2003

No abstract provided.

09-30-03 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 21, Issue 3)

2003 -- 2004

No abstract provided.

A Type Catalog Of Fossil Invertebrates (Mollusca: Bivalvia And Rostroconchia) In The Yale Peabody Museum, Russell D. White, Laura K. Skorina

Postilla

Type material for 60 nominal species of fossil bivalves and rostroconchs is in the Invertebrate Paleontology Collections of Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History. Primary types for 46 nominal species include 41 holotypes, and 5 syntypes (representing 3 nominal species). Secondary types for 15 nominal species include 31 paratypes. Tertiary types of 19 nominal species include 35 hypotypes. Most types are from Kansas, Michigan, New York State, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Peru, and have been described by G.A. Cooper, A.L. McAlester, E.T. Nelson, N.D. Newell, J. Pojeta, P.E. Raymond, and I.G. Speden.

Spartan Daily, September 30, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 121, Issue 23

09/30/2003 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 09/30/2003. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

City Of Aurora V. Simpson (In Re Water Rights Of Park County Sportsmen's Ranch)

Colorado Supreme Court Records and Briefs Collection

No abstract provided.

Ua25/2 25 Year Club Recognition Banquet, Wku Human Resources

WKU Administration Documents

Program for 25 year service awards banquet with list of recipients.

Mccabe V. Philadelphia

2003 Decisions

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Usa V. Holland

2003 Decisions

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Wong V. Atty Gen Usa

2003 Decisions

Agency

Miller V. Ashcroft

2003 Decisions

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania