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Traditional Knowledge And Contaminants Project And Resource Guide Project, Final Report, Patricia Cochran, Jack Kruse, Larry Merculieff

ISER Reports

The goal of these projects has been to build capacity among Alaska federally recognized tribes to address their concerns about adverse changes in the environment. The University of Alaska’s Institute of Social and Economic Research and the Alaska Native Science Commission collaborated on both projects. Since the projects are complementary, we have combined the two final reports. There were seven components to the combined projects (component number five reflects the entire scope of work of the Resource Guide project): 1. Develop a traditional knowledge base 2. Develop a science knowledge base 3. Develop an integrated database 4. Develop a web-based …

Challenges In Restructuring Alaska's Salmon Fisheries, Fran Ulmer, Gunnar Knapp

ISER Reports

Over the past fifteen years, Alaska’s salmon industry has experienced dramatic losses in income, market share, permit and boat values, and tax revenues to communities and the state. The economic crisis in the salmon industry—driven by competition from farmed salmon and other factors—has prompted numerous task forces and summits to call for improved quality, new products, better marketing, and other measures to enable Alaska’s salmon industry to compete more effectively in world salmon markets. However, there has been relatively little discussion of restructuring Alaska’s salmon fisheries....In this paper, we argue that public debate and action on restructuring have been limited …

United Or Divided Twins? The Political Economy Of Beringia, Arlon R. Tussing, John Tichotsky

ISER Reports

When the US purchased Alaska from the Russians in1867 it quickly stepped into Russia's role in the colonial relationship. The US exploited salmon as the primary base resource from about 1878. Gold was discovered in lode deposits in the 1880s in the southeast of Alaska (Juneau and Treadwell), about the same time as the Lena goldfields of Irkutsk began to step up operations. We anticipate that Alaska contains or has demonstrated most of the elements that we can expect to see in the foreseeable development of other post-Soviet Arctic regions, including Alaska's nearest neighbor Chukotka, one of Russia's poorest and …

Adolph Murie: Denali's Wilderness Conscience, Linda S. Franklin

Arctic and Northern Studies

Denali National Park, Alaska substantially owes its stature as Alaska's premier wilderness park to Adolph Murie. Forty years after he retired as park biologist, Murie still influences the perception and management of Denali National Park. Murie's development from childhood to esteemed scientist and wilderness advocate followed a linear progression. His rural upbringing under the tutelage of his older brother, Olaus Murie, cultivated his desire to be a biologist and his appreciation for wild places. His academic training in animal ecology solidified his belief that the management of natural areas must consider all species as essential and equally valuable. His pioneering …

Life-History Patterns Of North American Elk: Effects Of Population Density On Resource Partitioning, Reproduction, And Plant Productivity, Kelley Merlet Stewart

Biological Sciences

I examined density dependence in North American elk (Cervus elaphus ) and effects of density dependent processes on resource partitioning, physical condition, reproduction, and ecosystem processes. Specifically, I examined spatial, temporal, and dietary niche partitioning among elk, mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and cattle (Bos taurus ). I tested hypotheses related to density-dependent processes in elk by creating populations at high (20.1 elk/km2) and low (4.1 elk/km2) density. I hypothesized that physical condition and fecundity of females would be lower in an area of high population density than in the low-density area. Simultaneously, I tested hypotheses relating to herbivore optimization in …

Quantifying Variability In The Alaskan Black Spruce Ecosystem: Linking Vegetation, Carbon, And Fire History, Teresa Nettleton Hollingsworth

Biological Sciences

The boreal forest is the largest terrestrial ecosystem in North America, one of the least disturbed by humans, and most disturbed by fire. This combination makes it an ideal system to explore the environmental controls over species composition, the relative importance of abiotic factors and floristic composition in governing ecosystem processes, and the importance of legacy effects at a large regional spatial scale. In the boreal region of interior Alaska, Picea mariana (black spruce) is the predominant tree species and spans a wide range of habitats, including north-facing slopes with permafrost, lowland bogs, and high dry ridge-tops. This research uses …

Volume 39 - Issue 22 - Friday, April 16, 2004, Rose Thorn Staff

The Rose Thorn Archive

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman's independent student newspaper.

Screening For Differentially Expressed Genes: Are Multilevel Models Helpful?, Dongmei Liu, Giovanni Parmigiani, Brian Caffo

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

Screening for changes in gene expression across biological conditions using microarrays is now a common tool in biology. Efficient use of these data for identifying important biological hypotheses is inherently a statistical problem. In this paper we present a broad Bayesian multilevel framework for developing computationally fast shrinkage-based screening tools for this purpose. Our scheme makes it easy to adapt the choice of statistics to the goals of the analysis and to the genomic distributions of signal and noise. We empirically investigate the extent to which these shrinkage-based statistics improve performance, and the conditions under which such improvements takes place. …

Sr-03-04-42 Cc, Marshall University

Recommendations

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Sr-03-04-43 Cc, Marshall University

Recommendations

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Determining The Biosynthetic Sequence In The Early Steps Of The Fumonisin Pathway By Use Of Three Gene-Disruption Mutants Of Fusarium Verticillioides, Ravi S. Bojja, Ronald Cerny, Robert H. Proctor, Liangcheng Du

Ronald Cerny Publications

Fumonisins are polyketide-derived mycotoxins produced by Fusarium verticillioides, a fungal pathogen of corn plants. Although a gene cluster for the biosynthesis of fumonisins has been cloned, the biosynthetic pathway is still not clear. We have used three gene-disrupted mutants, designated ΔFUM1, ΔFUM6, and ΔFUM8, to study the early steps of the pathway. Fumonisins were not produced in single-strain cultures of the ΔFUM1, ΔFUM6, and ΔFUM8 mutants. However, fumonisins were produced by ΔFUM1 or ΔFUM8 mutants when they were cocultured with the ΔFUM6 mutant. No fumonisins were produced when the ΔFUM1 and ΔFUM8 mutants were cocultured. These results suggest that …

Twelfth Annual Student Research And Creative Activities Symposium - April 16, 2004, Symposium Steering Committee

Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium 1993-2018

Participants - College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Management, College of Education, Graduate College, University Honors Program

Foster V. New Castle Area Sch

2004 Decisions

Western District of Pennsylvania

The Courier, Volume 37, Issue 20, April 16, 2004, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Ex Professor Charged With Murder

College Begins To Convert Curriculum (Quarters To Semesters)

Master Plan Open House A Full House

Library Service Will Not Be Choked Up By Mold

Faculty Honored In Tenure Reception

BIC Renovation Continues

Egg Fighting– An Easter Tradition

T Tan Or Not To Tan?

Club Spreads Domestic Violence Awareness

Theater Majors Form Student-Run Freestage Players

Cardiokickboxing Course A Craze At The College

All Around Champion–DuPage Swimmer Sets Four American Records

People:

Michael Pavone

Luke Adams

Eddie De La Cruz

Lindsay Moesch

The Murray State News, April 16, 2004, The Murray State News

Murray State University Collection

No abstract provided.

Does Body Mass Index (Bmi) Affect The Prevalence Of Pap Smears?, Debra Maas

Theses and Graduate Projects

Background The pap smear test is highly effective at detecting pre-cancerous and cancerous cervical cells. However, only 68.3 percent of women in the U.S. received a Pap smear in 2001. Previous research studies have shown that overweight and obese women are less likely to receive routine pap smears. This is especially concerning because obesity is a risk factor for cervical cancer Methods A retrospective review of data was conducted from the medical records of 90 women, 18 years of age or older, who were seen by the researcher at SMDC clinics in Deer River and Remer, Minnesota from February 2003 …

Daily Eastern News: April 16, 2004, Eastern Illinois University

April

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The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2004-04-16, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 2001-2011

This edition of the College of Wooster's student run newspaper was published on April 16 of 2004, it is twelve pages long. Junior Claire Long and senior Angela Zombek were honored at the Phi Alpha Theta National Honor Society Regional History Conference. Elections for ten positions in the Student Government Association took place on April 16. Twenty-one new faculty members are joining campus next year. Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation has awarded the college a $130,000 grant in order to help lower the tobacco use. Two rising sophomores wrote a letter to the editor regarding the fact that …

Volume 41, Number 32: April 16, 2004, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Closed Informal Session April 16, 2004, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees meeting include appendices:

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Closed Informal Session
• Remarks by the Chair
• Remarks by the President
• Approval of the Minutes of the February 26/27 Formal Session
• Personnel Report

Volume Cxxi, Number 20, April 16, 2004, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Washington University Record, April 16, 2004

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

A Systemic Gene Silencing Method Suitable For High Throughput, Reverse Genetic Analyses Of Gene Function In Fern Gametophytes., George Rutherford, Milos Tanurdzic, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Jo Ann Banks

Department of Botany and Plant Pathology Faculty Publications

Background

Ceratopteris richardii is a useful experimental system for studying gametophyte development and sexual reproduction in plants. However, few tools for cloning mutant genes or disrupting gene function exist for this species. The feasibility of systemic gene silencing as a reverse genetics tool was examined in this study.

Results

Several DNA constructs targeting a Ceratopteris protoporphyrin IX magnesium chelatase (CrChlI) gene that is required for chlorophyll biosynthesis were each introduced into young gametophytes by biolistic delivery. Their transient expression in individual cells resulted in a colorless cell phenotype that affected most cells of the mature gametophyte, including the …

Analysis Of Clinically Important Compounds Using Electrophoretic Separation Techniques Coupled To Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry, Zlatuse Durda Peterson

Theses and Dissertations

Capillary electrophoretic (CE) separations were successfully coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometric (TOFMS) detection for the analysis of three families of biological compounds that act as mediators and/or indicators of disease, namely, catecholamines (dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine) and their O-methoxylated metabolites (3-methoxytyramine, norepinephrine, and normetanephrine), indolamines (serotonin, tryptophan, and 5-hydroxytryptophan), and angiotensin peptides. While electrophoretic separation techniques provided high separation efficiency, mass spectrometric detection afforded specificity unsurpassed by other types of detectors.

Both catecholamines and indolamines are present in body fluids at concentrations that make it possible for them to be determined by capillary zone electrophoresis coupled to TOFMS without employing any …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session April 16, 2004, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees meeting include appendices:

• Remarks by the Chair
• Remarks by the President
• Approval of the Minutes of the February 26/27 Formal Session
• Personnel Report Action
• Grant Report Action
• Gift Report Action
• General Fund Operating Budget 2004/2005
• Tuition Rates
• Elimination of Student Development Fee
• Establishment of Records Initiation Fee
• Establishment of Targeted Fees
• Extended University Program Tuition
• Standard Federal ATM Lease

University Of Montana Events Friday, April 16, Through Friday, April 23, 2004, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, April 15, 2004

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Curricular Report No. 2003-2004-6 From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

No abstract provided.

University College And General Education Committee Report #2003-04-8, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

No abstract provided.

The Four Hundred Twenty-Third Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

No abstract provided.