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Sequence Analysis Of Pmel17 As Candidate Gene For Causing Rat-Tail Syndrome In Cattle, Benjamin C. Hecht Jul 2006

Sequence Analysis Of Pmel17 As Candidate Gene For Causing Rat-Tail Syndrome In Cattle, Benjamin C. Hecht

Theses and Dissertations

Congenital hypotrichosis in cattle is commonly referred to as "rat-tail" syndrome and is characterized by a dilution of black coat color and morphological changes to the hair shaft and tail switch. Two loci are involved in the inheritance of the rat-tail phenotype, the "extension locus" (MC1R) and an unknown locus. In order to express the rat-tail phenotype the animal must inherit at least one black allele at MC1R and be heterozygous at the unknown locus. The rat-tail locus was previously mapped to an 8.7 cM region of Bos Taurus autosome (BTA) 5. Pmel17 is known to be involved in the …

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Interview With Vint Lawrence, Paul Hillmer Jul 2006

Interview With Vint Lawrence, Paul Hillmer

Hmong Oral History Project

Born in New York City to what he describes as “a very privileged childhood…in every possible way,” J. Vinton (“Vint”) Lawrence attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Princeton University. Recruited by the CIA, he was sent to Laos in the very early days of “Operation Momentum,” the campaign to train and arm the Hmong to fight against Communist forces. Arriving in Laos in February 1962, Lawrence was sized up by Bill Lair, worked under Lair’s lieutenant Pat Landry to train some of the first groups of Hmong soldiers, and ultimately became one of only two CIA operatives (along with the infamous …

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Classical Biological Control Of The Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus Marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) In The Republic Of Palau, R. Muniappan, D. E. Meyerdirk, F. M. Sengebau, D. D. Berringer, G. V.P. Reddy Jul 2006

Classical Biological Control Of The Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus Marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) In The Republic Of Palau, R. Muniappan, D. E. Meyerdirk, F. M. Sengebau, D. D. Berringer, G. V.P. Reddy

Faculty Publications

The papaya mealybug (PM), Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a pest in Central America and the Caribbean, was noted to have established on Palau in March 2003 and was causing serious damage to papaya, plumeria, hibiscus, and other plants. The parasitoids Anagyrus loecki Noyes, Pseudleptomastix mexicana Noyes and Schauff, and Acerophagus papayae Noyes and Schauff (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) totaling 24,586 were imported from Puerto Rico and field released in Palau from August 2003 to June 2004. Anagyrus loecki and A. papayae appear to be promising biological control agents of PM in Palau. No field recovery of P. …

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Snakes, Bobcats And Frogs: Oh My! Ecology Camp For Kids Is Huge Hit, Tobie Baker Jul 2006

Snakes, Bobcats And Frogs: Oh My! Ecology Camp For Kids Is Huge Hit, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Observing wildlife, dissecting frogs and hunting for shark teeth are all made available to children at the University of Mississippi Field Station's annual Summer Ecology Day Camp.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 74, July 17, 2006 Jul 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 74, July 17, 2006

Central Florida Future

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An Evaluation Of The Relationship Between Stress, Depression, And Glycemic Control In Low-Income Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, Kristen Jennifer Wells Jul 2006

An Evaluation Of The Relationship Between Stress, Depression, And Glycemic Control In Low-Income Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, Kristen Jennifer Wells

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

People in low socioeconomic status groups are at increased risk for diabetes mellitus, a group of diseases associated with high levels of blood glucose. High rates of depression have been found in people with diabetes. The study examined the relationship between stress, depression, and glycemic control in low-income type 2 diabetes patients. Participants were recruited at two community health centers that provide free medical care. The following hypotheses were examined: (1) experiencing stressful life events is positively correlated with blood glucose level; (2) negative stressful events have a greater association with glucose level than positive stressful events; (3) depression mediates …

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Deafdigest: Gold Edition, July 16, 2006, Barry Strassler Jul 2006

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, July 16, 2006, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2006

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The Eagleville Times,Volume 4, Issue 12, Debbie Ryan Jul 2006

The Eagleville Times,Volume 4, Issue 12, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

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July 15, 2006 (Pages 3631-3790), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Jul 2006

July 15, 2006 (Pages 3631-3790), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 36 (2006)

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2006 Commencement - Master's Degree In Health Law Commencement Ceremony Class Of 2006, Nova Southeastern University Jul 2006

2006 Commencement - Master's Degree In Health Law Commencement Ceremony Class Of 2006, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

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2006 Commencement - Master Of Science Degree In Health Law Celebration Ceremony, Nova Southeastern University Jul 2006

2006 Commencement - Master Of Science Degree In Health Law Celebration Ceremony, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

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Potential Use Of The Conservation Security Program To Encourage Diverse Crop Rotations In Eastern South Dakota, Thomas Dobbs, Nicholas J. Streff Jul 2006

Potential Use Of The Conservation Security Program To Encourage Diverse Crop Rotations In Eastern South Dakota, Thomas Dobbs, Nicholas J. Streff

Economics Research Reports (1969 - 2017)

A central concern in many discussions of ecological sustainability in agricultural regions of the U.S. Midwest and Great Plains is that of crop system diversity. Many factors have contributed to the loss of crop system diversity over that last half-century (Dumke and Dobbs), one of which is public policy. The U.S. Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ('2002 Farm Bill') provided for a new agri-environmental program that could have potential to help restore some of the crop system diversity that has been lost. The Conservation Security Program (CSP) is that program. This report, drawn from a Master of …

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Speaking Their Truths: Teachers Of Color In Diasporic Contexts, Carmelita Castaneda, John Kambutu, Francisco Rios Jul 2006

Speaking Their Truths: Teachers Of Color In Diasporic Contexts, Carmelita Castaneda, John Kambutu, Francisco Rios

The Rural Educator

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Density-Dependent Parasitism In Centropogon Solanifolius (Campanulaceae) And Changes In Floral And Sex-Phase Longevity Following Infestation, July 15, 2006, Erik Z. Solberg Jul 2006

Density-Dependent Parasitism In Centropogon Solanifolius (Campanulaceae) And Changes In Floral And Sex-Phase Longevity Following Infestation, July 15, 2006, Erik Z. Solberg

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Centropogon solanifolius flowers (Campanulaceae) are parasitized by the fly larvae of Zygothrica neolinea (Drosophilidae). The larvae burrow into the anther of the developing flower bud and eat the pollen, which changes the longevity dynamics among the infested, protandrous flowers. This study investigated whether the flies were parasitizing in a density dependent manner. The study also explored strategies that flowers used to cope with the high infestation rates (!50% in a previous study and documented here as well). To find answers to these questions, 83 flowers were located, their infestation status noted, and nearest neighbor distance measured. Additionally, 78 other flowers …

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Contributors, Gwenyth E. Hood Jul 2006

Contributors, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

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Aldric's Journey, Ellen Denham Jul 2006

Aldric's Journey, Ellen Denham

The Mythic Circle

"Excerpt From Novel: The Willow Maiden"

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Progeny Of Germ Line Knockouts Of Asi2, A Gene Encoding A Putative Signal Transduction Receptor In Tetrahymena Thermophila, Fail To Make The Transition From Sexual Reproduction To Vegetative Growth, Shuqiang Li, Lihui Yin, Eric S. Cole, Rupa A. Udani, Kathleen M. Karrer Jul 2006

Progeny Of Germ Line Knockouts Of Asi2, A Gene Encoding A Putative Signal Transduction Receptor In Tetrahymena Thermophila, Fail To Make The Transition From Sexual Reproduction To Vegetative Growth, Shuqiang Li, Lihui Yin, Eric S. Cole, Rupa A. Udani, Kathleen M. Karrer

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

The ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena has two nuclei: a germ line micronucleus and a somatic macronucleus. The transcriptionally active macronucleus has about 50 copies of each chromosome. At sexual reproduction (conjugation), the parental macronucleus is degraded and new macronucleus develops from a mitotic product of the zygotic micronucleus. Development of the macronucleus involves massive genome remodeling, including deletion of about 6000 specific internal eliminated sequences (IES) and multiple rounds of DNA replication. A gene encoding a putative signal transduction receptor, ASI2, (anlagen stage induced 2) is up-regulated during development of the new macronuclei (anlagen). Macronuclear ASI2 is nonessential for vegetative …

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On The Green Vol. 36 No. 18 July 14, 2006, Gallaudet University Jul 2006

On The Green Vol. 36 No. 18 July 14, 2006, Gallaudet University

2001-2010

On the Green is an internal publication of Gallaudet College, which later became Gallaudet University. It notified employees of updates around the campus and in the broader community, including new construction and the establishment of new academic programs. Running until 2010, it was supplanted by various forms of online mass communications across multiple audiences.

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Evolutionary Implications On Contextualism, John Mark Gowan Jul 2006

Evolutionary Implications On Contextualism, John Mark Gowan

Theses

Contextual knowledge-attribution and natural selection are both processes that allow knowledge-attributions and organisms to evolve, respectively. The difference between Contextual knowledge-attribution and natural selection is the existence of intention: natural selection is an unintentional process that is possible because of random physical variations while Contextual knowledge-attribution is an intentional process that is possible because of random memetic variations. Evolutionary Contextualism, as a memetic theory, is the theory that knowledge-attributions evolve based upon unequal probabilities within a context created by falsifiable standards that are dependent upon attributer intentions. If Contextualism is a memetic theory that concerns knowledge, and memetic evolution is …

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Danforth, Raymond And Hildreth Spooner Oral History Interview, Mariah Pfeiffer Jul 2006

Danforth, Raymond And Hildreth Spooner Oral History Interview, Mariah Pfeiffer

Androscoggin River Oral History Collection

Ray and Hildy Danforth both graduated from Bates College: Ray in 1966 and Hildy in 1967. In 1973, Ray took work as a researcher at the pulp mill in Berlin, New Hampshire. Two years later, Ray began working for the environmental manager of the mill and then replaced him as the Environmental Director shortly after. Ray is now retired and consults on environmental issues part-time. Hildy is a manager in Agriculture, Forestry & Agribusiness.

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We Are...Marshall, July 14, 2006, Office Of Marshall University Communications Jul 2006

We Are...Marshall, July 14, 2006, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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Interview With Xia Vue Yang, Paul Hillmer Jul 2006

Interview With Xia Vue Yang, Paul Hillmer

Hmong Oral History Project

Vue Yang was born in Nong Het, Laos, though his family moved to Xieng Khouang province after the defeat of the French in 1954. He began school in 1958 in Long Tieng, but moved to study in Vientiane in 1961. He was later one of a small number of Lao students sent to study in Paris, where he eventually chose to study engineering. After 1973, Yang stayed in France, where he was offered—and turned down—an opportunity to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry. After working in the United Arab Emirates, he finally came to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where his parents had settled. …

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Washington University Record, July 14, 2006 Jul 2006

Washington University Record, July 14, 2006

Washington University Record

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Murray Ledger And Times, July 14, 2006, Murray Ledger And Times Jul 2006

Murray Ledger And Times, July 14, 2006, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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An Awakened Sense Of Place: Thoreauvian Patterns In Willa Cather's Fiction, Breanne Grover Jul 2006

An Awakened Sense Of Place: Thoreauvian Patterns In Willa Cather's Fiction, Breanne Grover

Theses and Dissertations

The recent "greening" of Willa Cather Scholarship has initiated new conversations about Cather's use of and dependence on landscape in her fiction. Scholars have frequently noted Cather's reliance on landscape imagery, but this thesis suggests parallels between Cather's and Henry David Thoreau's use of awakening imagery and examines how such parallels work in Cather's environmental discussion of wilderness and environmental communities. There is little direct evidence linking the development of Cather to Thoreau, although their similar use of awakening imagery suggests they comment on similar environmental discussions through their writing, indicating that Cather deserves further attention as a nature writer. …

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Two Degrees Of Intentionality: Approaching The Ascription Of Psychological Content In Non-Linguistic Creatures, Michael Joseph Ferreira Jul 2006

Two Degrees Of Intentionality: Approaching The Ascription Of Psychological Content In Non-Linguistic Creatures, Michael Joseph Ferreira

Theses

We often include intentional (psychological) states in the explanation of complex non-human animal behavior. How, if possible, should we characterize intentionality in other species without trivializing our own? I aim to develop a strategy, compatible with intentional realism, for approaching the ascription of intentionality in non-linguistic species. One way to approach the question, one rehearsed in multiple contexts, is to question the conditions under which conceptual mental representations might obtain in non-linguistic species. I follow a similar, but less developed strategy. I argue, following some recent literature, that it is likely that concepts split into (at least) two kinds. If …

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Unifying The Theories Of Inclusive Fitness And Reciprocal Altruism, Jeffrey Alan Fletcher, Martin Zwick Jul 2006

Unifying The Theories Of Inclusive Fitness And Reciprocal Altruism, Jeffrey Alan Fletcher, Martin Zwick

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

Inclusive fitness and reciprocal altruism are widely thought to be distinct explanations for how altruism evolves. Here we show that they rely on the same underlying mechanism. We demonstrate this commonality by applying Hamilton’s rule, normally associated with inclusive fitness, to two simple models of reciprocal altruism: one, an iterated prisoner’s dilemma model with conditional behavior; the other, a mutualistic symbiosis model where two interacting species differ in conditional behaviors, fitness benefits, and costs. We employ Queller’s generalization of Hamilton’s rule because the traditional version of this rule does not apply when genotype and phenotype frequencies differ or when fitness …

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The Deregulatory Valence Of Justice O'Connor's Federalism, Bradley W. Joondeph Jul 2006

The Deregulatory Valence Of Justice O'Connor's Federalism, Bradley W. Joondeph

ExpressO

When Justice O’Connor announced her retirement in July 2005, reflections on her career teemed with references to her role as a leader of the Rehnquist Court’s “federalism revival.” But the common perception of O’Connor as an ardent defender of the states’ independent policymaking authority is grounded in a narrow understanding of constitutional federalism—one that focuses primarily, if not exclusively, on the limits of the national government’s power. Constitutional federalism also involves a variety of structural constraints on state power, constraints that are designed to protect the interests of the nation as a whole. And in cases implicating these “union-preserving” provisions …

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Cal Poly Students Start Summer With An Extra $5,000 In Their Pockets, Public Affairs Office Jul 2006

Cal Poly Students Start Summer With An Extra $5,000 In Their Pockets, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

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Scientists Crying “Foul”: Sea Squirts Are Invading Long Island Sound!, Stephan Bullard, Robert Whitlatch, Sandra E. Shumway, Richard W. Osman Jul 2006

Scientists Crying “Foul”: Sea Squirts Are Invading Long Island Sound!, Stephan Bullard, Robert Whitlatch, Sandra E. Shumway, Richard W. Osman

Wrack Lines

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