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The Science And Technology Innovation Conundrum, Timothy Coffey, Jill P. Dahlburg, Elihu Zimet

Defense and Technology Papers

This study is motivated by the observation that the state of health of the United States S&T enterprise seems to be simultaneously characterized by opposite assessments. The purpose of this study is to shed light on how this conundrum has come about, and from this perspective to evaluate potential impacts of the underlying drivers of the conundrum on the technological positioning and ultimate national security of the U.S.

Expression Of Imprinted Genes Is Aberrant In Deceased Newborn Cloned Calves And Relatively Normal In Surviving Adult Clones, Lan Yang, Pascale Chavatte-Palmer, Chikara Kubota, Michael O'Neill, Thomas Hoagland, Jean-Paul Renard, Maneesh Taneja, Xiangzhong Yang, X Cindy Tian

ANSC Articles

Cattle are the species used most frequently for the development of assisted reproductive technologies, such as nuclear transfer. Cattle cloning can be performed by a large number of laboratories around the world, and the efficiency of nuclear transfer in cattle is the highest among all species in which successful cloning has been achieved. However, an understanding of the expression of imprinted genes in this important species is lacking. In the present study, real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was utilized to quantify the expression of the bovine Igf2, Igf2r, and H19 genes in eight major organs (brain, bladder, …

Graduate Catalog. 2005., University Of Mississippi. Graduate School

Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Imaging Connection August 2005, Chester F. Carlson Center For Imaging Science

RIT Digital Archives

CIS Outreach Goes Nationwide||Imaging Helps Enhance Homeland Security||CEO of Pictometry International Corporation Named CIS Advisory Board Chair||Former RIT Dean Will Be Missed||RIT Team Promotes the Return of Otters to Western New York||CIS Alumni Joins Advisory Board Donna Rankin-Parobek ‘92||Famed Painting by Color Master Faber Birren Comes to Munsell Color Science Laboratory||Mellon Digital Camera Benchmarking Project Completed

Trace Elements Status Of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) And Moose (Alces Alces) In Nova Scotia, Beth Pollock

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Newsletters and Publications

The province of Nova Scotia is considered to have two moose (Alces alces) populations. In 2003, the moose of the mainland area of the province were formally listed “ENDANGERED” under the Nova Scotia Endangered Species Act. To date, the specific causes of the Mainland moose population decline have not been determined. Trace element imbalances have been considered as a potential etiology for the population decline. Liver and kidney samples were collected from white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and moose throughout Nova Scotia during the fall and winter 2000-01 to compare trace element concentrations between the two species, in relation to age, …

Summer 2005, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Nebraska Vine Lines, Volume Viii, Issue 4. August/September 2005.

Nebraska Vine Lines (2003–2006)

• Imad Dami to speak at November 5th Workshop

• Cutting Edge Cultivars: A Report on the Eastern Region ASEV Meeting by Paul E. Read

• Grape Crown Gall Biology and Strategies for Control by Thomas J. Burr

• Fermenter’s Supply and Equipment

• Interdisciplinary Research Program by Chelsey Wasem

• Nebraska Vine Lines by E-mail

• Be sure to put the 9th Annual Forum on your calendar

• Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetles: Good guys with some bad habits by Dr. Frederick Baxendale

• Insect Spotlight: Grape Phylloxera

• Apple Flea Beetles found in Ogallala by Chelsey Wasem

The Impacts Of Sprawl On Biodiversity: The Ant Fauna Of The Lower Florida Keys, Elizabeth A. Forys, Craig R. Allen

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Sprawling development can affect species composition by increasing the rate of invasion by non-native species, and decreasing the persistence of native species. This paper briefly reviews the scientific literature on the impacts of sprawl on biological diversity, with specific emphasis on the influence of sprawl on non-native species richness. We then explore the relationship between sprawl and biodiversity using a data set of ant species collected from 46 habitat patches located in the increasingly suburbanized Florida Keys, USA. We quantified sprawl as the proximity of roads and amount of development surrounding a habitat patch. Using bait transects, we identified 24 …

Openline Newsletter, August 2005, Civil Service Council

OpenLine Newsletter

A monthly newsletter for Civil Service employees, Volume XXX, Number 2, August 2005.

August 2005 Commencement Program, Bowling Green State University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Journal Of Cave And Karst Studies, Volume 67, No. 2, August 2005, Table Of Contents, National Speleological Society

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

Gender, Sexuality, And Race: Rereading The Dakota War, Jonathan Went

Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

December 26, 1862, marked the culmination of the brutal hostilities that transpired between the Dakota Indians and American soldiers and settlers over the late summer and fall months in Minnesota. The American government condemned thirtyeight Dakota men to die on the gallows as punishment for their involvement in the war. While the event served as punishment for the Dakotas, it was also a culturally pregnant spectacle that provides deeper insight into not only the war but also Dakotan and American societies. The hanging was just as much about manhood, sexuality, and race, as it was about retribution.

Organized thematically, this …

Pages News, Volume 13, No. 2, Pinxian Wang, Yucheng Chai, Zhengtang Guo

PAGES

Contents: Editorial: PAGES in China -- Inside PAGES -- New on the bookshelf -- Program News -- Intimate -- Regional Variability South America -- National Page -- China -- Science Highlights -- Holocene Climatic Variability -- Record of Past Mu Us Desert Expansion -- Changes in Soil Carbon Storage - China -- Cycles in the Ocean Carbon Reservoir -- Precipitation History from Qilian Juniper -- Stalagmite Isotopes and NH-Temperature -- A CH4 Record from a Himalayan Ice Core -- Climate Reconstructions from Coral Reefs -- Chinese Documentary Data - Synthesis -- What Drives the Climate: Man or Nature? -- Workshop …

Michigan Court Improvement Program Reassessment, Muskie School Of Public Service

Children, Youth, & Families

The Michigan Court Improvement Program was required to conduct a reassessment of its laws and performance and to adopt a strategic plan to further improve its handling of child protection cases. The Muskie School of Public Service, Cutler Institute for Child and Family Policy, and the American Bar Association’s Center for Children and the Law contracted with Michigan’s State Court Administrative Office to conduct the Reassessment. This report represents the results of the reassessment study.

Feasibility For Utilization Of A Freshwater Pulmonate Snail, Physa Acuta, As A Model Organism For Environmental Toxicity Testing, With Special Reference To Cadmium Ion Toxicity, Valerie Woodard

Biology Dissertations - Archive

The benefits of developing the pond snail, Physa acuta, as a model species for testing acute and chronic toxicity of aquatic pollutants include its wide North American distribution, ease of field collection and laboratory maintenance, and efficacy in testing toxicity responses including mortality, crawling behavior, reproduction and metabolism under both field and laboratory conditions. Mortality, as 50 % sample lethal concentration (LC50) and 50 % sample lethal time (LT50) values with increased cadmium chloride (CdCl2) concentration in both acute 192 h and chronic 672 h tests. A new endpoint of 50 % sample crawl-out response (CO50) proved to be a …

Use Of Reovirus Monoreassortants To Define Lysis Of Transfomed Cells, Christine Nora Mutsoli

Biology Theses - Archive

Reovirus is known to selectively destroy transformed cells while establishing a persistent infection in normal cells. For this study the transformed cell lines used were L929, WI-38 VA13 2RA, T1, N1, and MYC-3. Additionally, the normal cells WI-38 and MMEC were used to examine differential sensitivity to reovirus serotypes 1, 2, and 3. Reovirus is able to replicate efficiently in L929 cells because it induces a transition from capped to uncapped translation of viral mRNA. Reovirus maintains a persistent infection in WI-38 cells, but lyses WI-38 VA13 2RA cells. Reovirus has also been demonstrated to lyse and produce more virus …

Defining The Mechanisms Of Neutrophil Exocytosis Using Proteomic Techniques., George Lominadze 1978-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Exocytosis of intracellular granules is critical for conversion of inactive, circulating neutrophils to fully activated cells. The p38 MAPK pathway plays a central role in neutrophil exocytosis, although its mechanism of action is unknown. We used several proteomic approaches to identify granule proteins and find targets of the p38 MAPK and its downstream kinase, MK2, on granules. Our analysis identified 286 proteins on neutrophil granules, four of which were known MK2 substrates. Known p38 substrates were not detected. However, MRP-14 was identified as a novel p38 MAPK substrate. MRP-14 was phosphorylated by p38 MAPK in neutrophils upon cell stimulation and …

Towards A Scalable And Efficient Data Classification Technique., Fadi Samih Omar Mehanna

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Data Classification is a task that could be found in many life activities. In general, the term could be used for any activity that derives some decision or forecast based on the currently available information. Using a more accurate definition, a classification procedure is the construction of some kind of a method for making judgments for a continuing sequence of cases, where each new case must be assigned to one of pre-defined classes. This type of construction has been termed supervised learning, in order to distinguish it from unsupervised learning or clustering in which the classes are not pre-defined but …

Rated Preference, Complexity And Familiarity For Neo-Traditional And Modern Development Patterns Using Alternative Visual Medium., James L. Mims 1953-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines the impact of complexity and familiarity on visual preference for two content domains defined as Neo-Traditional and Modern. This research has five main themes: (1) To determine if there is a method for community design professions to derive consensus about visual preference. (2) To determine if visual preference favors conventional suburban development patterns or traditional neighborhood development patterns. (3) To determine if scene complexity or coherency affects visual preference. (4) To determine if familiarity of scene content affects visual preference. (5) To determine if visual preference for a simulated scene correlates with its photographic counterpart. To respond …

Cost Effective Human Protein C Purification From Cohn Fraction Iv-1 Using Mini-Antibody., Doh Gyeuhn Ahn 1969-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Protein C (PC) is an important anticoagulant, antithrombotic, and antiinflammatory in blood plasma. PC deficiency can lead to severe venous thrombotic events, including lung embolism, stroke, and heart attack. In the body, PC is activated only when it is needed, and, therefore, PC does not cause bleeding problems that currently available anticoagulants may do. Purification of PC from plasma is currently done by immunoaffinity chromatography using monoclonal antibodies (Mabs), which is very expensive. Single chain variable regions (mini-Mab) with a PC binding capability, which can be produced in recombinant E. coli , were developed for PC purification. Compared to Mabs, …

Aspects Of Fatherhood In Thirteenth-Century Encyclopedias, Philip Grace

Masters Theses

The thesis examines the treatment of fatherhood in Thomas of Cantimpré's Liber de Natura Rerum, Bartholomaeus Anglicus' De Proprietatibus Rerum, and Vincent of Beauvais' Speculum Maius, all of whom were influential mendicant encyclopedists writing between 1240 and 1260. The study examines sections on anatomy, the ages of man, family relations, and the theology of marriage. The thesis argues that the anatomical concept of heat functioned as a metaphor for masculinity, strength and intelligence, and linked together such aspects of fatherhood as the father's formative role in conception and the responsibility to instill virtue in and provide for …

Unh Professor Dies After Paragliding Accident In Canada, Kim Billings

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Transport And Functional Behaviour Of Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-Modified Nanoporous Alumina Membranes, Sang Won Lee, Hao Shang, Richard T. Haasch, Vania Petrova, Gil U. Lee

Other Nanotechnology Publications

The development of hybrid organic-inorganic membranes with a low propensity for protein adsorption and highly uniform nanometre size pores is described. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) monolayers were grafted to nanoporous alumina membranes using covalent silane and physical adsorption poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) immobilization chemistries. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electron microscopy were used to investigate the chemical and physical surface properties of the membranes. The adsorption behaviour of a serum albumin on the membranes was characterized with fluorescence spectroscopy and it was determined that the PEG coating reduced nonspecific protein adsorption to a level too small to be measured. The gas and liquid …

Factors Affecting Herbivory On Daphnopsis Americana (Thymelaeaceae), August 2005, Elizabeth Hunter

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Daphnopsis americana (Thymelaeaceae) is a medium-sized tree found in Monteverde, Costa Rica, that is often completely defoliated by moth caterpillars during the beginning of the rainy season. Herbivory on this tree occurs mainly in adult trees. This study determined if herbivory was greater in open and edge habitats than in interior forest habitats. This study also determined if herbivory on adult D. americana trees was related to tree diameter and distance to nearest conspecific neighbor. Herbivory was estimated as a percentage of the total tree foliage consumed. These data were compared using simple regression and ANOVA tests. Trees found in …

Macroinvertebrate Diversity In Heliconia Tortuosa Along An Elevational Gradient, August 2005, Gina E. Rozinka

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Heliconia tortuosa bracts harbor a diverse and important trophic level on which many organisms depend for their nutritional intake. The species diversity and abundance of macroinvertebrates living in the bracts of H. tortuosa were measured along an elevational gradient in premontane wet and lower montane wet forests in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Inflorescences were collected between 1370 m and 1680 m, and the macroinvertebrate contents were identified to the level of order. The data were separated into equal one hundred meter elevational bands for analysis. There was a significant difference between the diversity of macroinvertebrates in the lower elevational band and …

Bee And Wasp Diversity And Abundance Along An Elevational Gradient, Monteverde, Costa Rica, 2005, Mary Oppold

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Many studies of the class Insecta have shown a decrease in species richness with increasing latitude and increasing elevation. Total insect abundance also decreases with increasing altitude, while body size increases at higher elevations. Bee and wasp species diversity and richness were compared along an elevational gradient between 1,126 m and 1,706 m in tropical montane forests in Costa Rica. It was hypothesized that both species abundance and diversity would decrease with increasing elevation and that body size would increase with elevation. No significant difference in species diversity was found along theelevational gradient, although the similarity in species composition between …

Defense Mechanisms Of Nyssodesmus Python (Polydesmidae), August 2005, Sheiphali Gandhi

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects different characteristics of Nyssodesmus python had on the defense mechanisms of the organism. The defense mechanisms of N. python include: curling into a spiral and chemical defense. It was predicted that sex would not affect defense mechanisms, whereas size and level of calcification would. Populations were found in two locations: La Estación Biológica Monteverde and San Gerardo on different sides of the continental divide. One hundred and twenty millipedes were collected, 42 in Monteverde and 78 in San Gerardo. They were artificially threatened, and the time spent in a protective …

Extended Visions, July/August 2005

Extended Visions Newsletter (ARDC)

Contents:
Introducing the August N. Christenson Research and Education Building
Extension
About the People
Ag & Natural Resources
Agro-Environmental Trail Project
Behind the Scenes - Program
Planning and Management
Building Leaders for a Stronger Future
Community Resource Development and Leadership
4-H Program
Health and Living
Horticulture Extension in Saunders County
Livestock Production
Science-Based School Enrichment
The Structure of Extension
Calendar of Events
Director's Comments
Introducing the August N. Christenson Research and Education Building
Farm Safety Topic of UNMC Tours
It’s Fair Time In Saunders County
Upcoming Training and Field Days
Crop Management Diagnostic Clinics
Solution Days
Soybean Management Field Days

Endangered Species Bulletin, August 2005 - Vol. Xxx No. 1

Endangered Species Bulletin

In this issue:
4 The Crucians are Coming!
7 How the Scanlans Got their Range Back
10 Banking on Gopher Tortoises
12 Rare Species are Welcome on Arizona Ranch
14 Cactus Comeback in the Caribbean
16 Meet the Beetles!
18 Bull River: A New Wildlife Haven
20 Sneezeweed Conservation Bears Fruit
22 Keeping Family Forests

Expression Of Cd68 And Macrophage Chemoattractant Protein-1 Genes In Human Adipose And Muscle Tissues: Association With Cytokine Expression, Insulin Resistance, And Reduction By Pioglitazone, Gina B. Di Gregorio, Aiwei Yao-Borengasser, Neda Rasouli, Vijayalakshmi Varma, Tong Lu, Leslie M. Milrd, Gouri Ranganathan, Charlotte A. Peterson, Robert E. Mcgehee Jr., Philip A. Kern

Clinical and Translational Science Faculty Publications

To examine the role of adipose-resident macrophages in insulin resistance, we examined the gene expression of CD68, a macrophage marker, along with macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in human subcutaneous adipose tissue using real-time RT-PCR. Both CD68 and MCP-1 mRNAs were expressed in human adipose tissue, primarily in the stromal vascular fraction. When measured in the adipose tissue from subjects with normal glucose tolerance, covering a wide range of BMI (21-51 kg/m²) and insulin sensitivity (S_I) (0.6-8.0 × 10^-4 min^-1 · μU^-1 · ml^-1), CD68 mRNA abundance, which correlated with the number …