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Lawrence University Course Catalog, 2006-2007, Lawrence University

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Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

General Undergraduate Catalog, 2006-2007 (Interim Online Edition), Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2000-2009

Marshall University Undergraduate Catalog for the 2006-2007 academic year.

Úrsula: Identidad Cultural Afro Y Crítica A La Situación De La Mujer En El Brasil De Mediados Del Siglo Xix, María Cristina Burgueño

Modern Languages Faculty Research

Ursula: Afro Cultural Identity and Criticism to Women’s oppression in Brazil at the middle of the 19th Century

Ursula (1859), by Maria Firmina dos Reis (Brazil, 1825-1917) is one of the Brazilian’s first novels. It is an abolitionist romance written from the author’s perspective as female of Afro descent. In the plot, the appeal of the love story is diminished by the account of actions and stories of the slaves. That account introduces a variety of issues such as race representation and Afro culture in Brazil, slavery, and gender oppression. This one is imposed on the female characters independently of …

Willingness-To-Pay For Information: Experimental Evidence On Red Meat Traceability For The Us, Canada, The U.K., And Japan, David L. Dickenson, Deevon Bailey

Economic Research Institute Study Papers

This research used Vickrey auctions to generate willingness-to-pay (WTP) data for red meat traceability and related product characteristics using comparable experimental auctions in the US, Canada, the UK, and Japan. The results show that subjects are willing to pay a nontrivial premium for traceability, but the same subjects show even higher WTP for traceability-provided characteristics like additional meat safety and humane animal treatment guarantees. The implication is that producers might be able to implement traceable meat systems profitably by tailoring the verifiable characteristics of the product to consumer preferences.

Passive Stretching Decreases Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression In Skeletal Muscle And Is Dependent Upon Acetylcholine Receptor Activation, Nathan G. Peplinski, John M. Spitsbergen

Biological Sciences Faculty and Graduate Student Research

Motor neurons receive trophic support from the tissues they innervate. One molecule that is important for peripheral motor neurons is glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF). We have previously reported that GDNF is regulated in an activity-dependent manner in skeletal muscle. For this study we examined the short-term effects of passive stretching on the expression of GDNF in skeletal muscle. Extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles were removed from 4 week old Sprague Dawley rats and placed in oxygenated tissue baths containing Ringer’s solution. Tissues were passively stretched for 4 hours while their contralateral counterparts remained in baths at resting tension. …

Exemplary Educational Leadership : A Reflective Essay, Sarah E. Morgan

Graduate Research Papers

Maybe now more than ever, the need for strong leadership in education is necessary. Unfortunately, leadership can be masked by many other titles: director, manager, boss, dictator. None are accurate descriptions of a leader. A leader takes on the appearance of servant, peer, guide, and mentor. By serving the staff and meeting their needs--physically, professionally, and emotionally--authority is developed so that managerial techniques which instill resentment are no longer effective,nor needed, and staff will feel comfortable working with you, for you, and along side you.

Aquatic Turning Performance Of Painted Turtles (Chrysemys Picta) And Functional Consequences Of A Rigid Body Design, Gabriel Rivera, Angela R.V. Rivera, Erin E. Dougherty, Richard W. Blob

Publications

The ability to capture prey and avoid predation in aquatic habitats depends strongly on the ability to perform unsteady maneuvers (e.g. turns), which itself depends strongly on body flexibility. Two previous studies of turning performance in rigid-bodied taxa have found either high maneuverability or high agility, but not both. However, examinations of aquatic turning performance in rigid-bodied animals have had limited taxonomic scope and, as such, the effects of many body shapes and designs on aquatic maneuverability and agility have yet to be examined. Turtles represent the oldest extant lineage of rigid-bodied vertebrates and the only aquatic rigid-bodied tetrapods. We …

Conservation Of Louisiana's Coastal Wetland Forests, William Conner, Jim L. Chambers, Richard F. Keim, John W. Day Jr, Stephen P. Faulkner, Emile S. Gardiner, Melinda S. Hughes, Sammy L. King, Kenneth W. Mcleod, Craig A. Miller, J Andrew Nyman, Gary P. Shaffer

Publications

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Haywire, Utah State University Press

Swenson Poetry Award Winners

May Swenson Poetry Award Volume 10, with foreward by Edward Field. "This poet, you knew from his very first lines, didn't fall for anything phony—his own language is irresistibly no-bullshit down to earth, even sassy.... Coming from one of the ethnic, industrial cities, his work has a gritty element. He recalls all the sorrows of a life—the drunken father, the parents' divorce, his mother's death, his unremitting horniness, his own divorce—nothing special, just what we all have to deal with one way or another. And yet he ends on an almost contented note. Haywire is remarkable for being an essentially …

Body My House: May Swenson's Work And Life, Paul Crumbley, Patricia M. Gantt

All USU Press Publications

The first collection of critical essays on May Swenson and her literary universe, Body My House initiates an academic conversation about an unquestionably major poet of the middle and late twentienth century. Includes many previously unpublished Swenson poems. Essays here address the breadth of Swenson's literary corpus and offer varied scholarly approaches to it. They reference Swenson manuscripts---poems, letters, diaries, and other prose---some of which have not been widely available before. Chapters focus on Swenson's work as a nature writer; the literary and social contexts of her writing; her national and international acclaim; her work as a translator; associations with …

The Marrow Of Human Experience, William A. Wilson

All USU Press Publications

Composed over several decades, the essays here are remarkably fresh and relevant. They offer instruction for the student just beginning the study of folklore as well as repeated value for the many established scholars who continue to wrestle with issues that Wilson has addressed. As his work has long offered insight on critical mattersn--nationalism, genre, belief, the relationship of folklore to other disciplines in the humanities and arts, the currency of legend, the significance of humor as a cultural expression, and so forth--so his recent writing, in its reflexive approach to narrative and storytelling, illuminates today's paradigms. Its notable autobiographical …

A Voice In The Wilderness, Michael Austin

All USU Press Publications

In her writings, Terry Tempest Williams repeatedly invites us as readers into engagement and conversation with both her and her subject matter, whether it is nature or society, environment or art. From her evocation, in Desert Quartet: An Erotic Landscape, of an eroticism of place that defines erotic as "in relation," to the spiritual connectivity and familial bonds she explores in Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place and the political engagement she urges in The Open Space of Democracy, much of her work is about relationship, connection, and community. Like much good writing, her books invite readers into …

From The Ground Up, Colleen K. Whitley

All USU Press Publications

Mining had an enormous role, only partly measurable, in the history of Utah. Its multidimensional impact continues today. Economically, it made a major long-term contribution to the wealth, employment, and tax base of the state and stimulated a seemingly endless range of secondary businesses and enterprises. It helped shape the state's social history, determining the location, distribution, and composition of many communities and bringing transportation systems and a wide variety of institutions to them. It developed cultural diversity by drawing to Utah miners and families from otherwise underrepresented ethnic and national backgrounds. It ignited strife, particularly between labor and management, …

Livestock Grazing And The Utah Prairie Dog: Implications For Managing The Awapa, R. D. Elmore, Terry A. Messmer

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

The Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens) is a federally listed species that occurs only in southwestern Utah. The Awapa Plateau in south-central Utah is one of three Utah prairie dog recovery areas. The prairie dog population in this area is below recovery goals established in 1991 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). In 2002, the USFWS approved three Utah prairie dog mitigation banks on the Awapa Plateau. Little information exists regarding how these mitigation banks should be managed to optimize benefits for the species. Past research has suggested that management actions to reduce shrub canopy cover …

The Falcon 2006-2007, Seattle Pacific University

Seattle Pacific Student Newspapers

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A Compartive Analysis Of The Evolution Of Forest Management In The United States In General, With A Focus On Oregon, North Carolina, Patrick Kelly

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and discuss the evolution of forest management practices in the United States. The paper discusses the trends in forest management that have occurred within the United States in general, and specifically within the western (Oregon) and southern (North Carolina and Florida) United States. The trends discussed include the three (3) to four (4) epochs of management and use that are generally accepted within the forest management literature, with the exception of North Carolina that is in the process of a fifth (5). The comparative analysis within the paper discusses the western model …

Mapping And Characterization Of 18-5 And 12-5, Genes Which Potentially Link The Rhoa Signaling Pathway To The Ecdysone Response, Samuel Fox

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Systemic steroid hormone and intracellular signaling pathways are known to act cooperatively during the development of vertebrate and invertebrate epithelia. However, the mechanism of this interaction is poorly understood. Morphogenesis of Drosophila leg imaginal disc epithelia is regulated both by the steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (ecdysone) and the RhoA GTPase signaling pathway. Recent evidence suggests that these pathways act cooperatively to control imaginal disc morphogenesis. Thus, leg imaginal disc morphogenesis is an excellent system in which to study the interaction of steroid hormone and intracellular signaling pathways. We have identified mutations in three genes, 12-5, 18-5, and 31-6, with roles in …

Facts & Figures 2006 Yale School Of Medicine, Yale School Of Medicine Office Of Communications

Facts & Figures – annual Yale School of Medicine numbers

Provided by the Office of Communications, the Facts and Figures brochure is produced annually as a way to provide a snapshot of key facts and data related to the School of Medicine as well as the Medical Campus. This includes enrollment data, research activity, financial summaries, and more.

Direct Control Of Cell Cycle Gene Expression By Proto-Oncogene Product Actr, And Its Autoregulation Underlies Its Transforming Activity, Maggie C. Louie, Alexey S. Revenko, June X. Zou, Jennifer Yao, Hong-Wu Chen

Collected Faculty Scholarship

ACTR (also called AIB1 and SRC-3) was identified as a coactivator for nuclear receptors and is linked to multiple types of human cancer due to its frequent overexpression. However, the molecular mechanism of ACTR oncogenicity and its function independent of nuclear receptors remain to be defined. We demonstrate here that ACTR is required for both normal and malignant human cells to effectively enter S phase. RNA interference-mediated depletion and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays show that endogenous ACTR directly controls the expression of genes important for initiation of DNA replication, which include cdc6, cdc25A, MCM7, cyclin E, and Cdk2. Moreover, consistent with …

Winter Food Habits And Preferences Of Northern Bobwhites In East Texas, Donald R. Dietz, R. Montague Whiting Jr., Nancy E. Koerth

Faculty Publications

During late winter, 1994 and 1995, we investigated food habits and preferences of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus; hereafter, bobwhites) collected on forested lands in east Texas. Crops for bobwhites were collected from areas under 3 management regimes, namely intensively managed for bobwhites (QMA) (i.e., tree basal area reduced, annually burned, numerous multi-stage food plots, etc.), extensively managed for timber and wildlife (NBS) (i.e., burned every 3-5 years, scattered 2-stage food plots with corn feeders), and unmanaged for wildlife (i.e., burned every 5-7 years). With years pooled, partridge pea (Cassia fasciculata), Hercules club (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis), and pine (Pinus spp.) seeds, and …

Annual Report Of The Town Of Enfield, New Hampshire. Year Ending December 31, 2005., Enfield Town Representatives

Enfield, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Predation And Cathemerality. Comparing The Impact Of Predators On The Activity Patterns Of Lemurids And Ceboids., Ian C. Colquhoun

Anthropology Publications

The removal, or absence, of predatory species could be a contributing proximate factor to the rise of primate cathemerality. But predators themselves can also be cathemeral, so cathemerality could well be an evolutionary stable strategy. From a comparative perspective, it appears that the effect of predatory species cannot provide a unitary explanation for cathemerality. Varying distributions and population densities of predators, especially raptors, may be key factors in owl monkey (Aotus) cathemerality, but temperature and lunar cycle variation have also been implicated. In Madagascar, while raptors are potential predators of lemur species, the cathemerality of Eulemur species coincides with that …

Accounting Historians Journal, 2006, Vol. 33, No. 2 [Whole Issue]

Accounting Historians Journal

December issue

A Role For Pka In Exercise-Induced Hsp70 Expression In Skeletal Muscle, Matthew P. Krause

Digitized Theses

The mechanisms controlling exercise-induced Hsp70 expression in skeletal muscle are not known. Hence, 12 week old male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into sham (5 % DMSO) or PKA-inhibited (0.36 mg/kg H-89 in 5% DMSO) groups (n=4-8) and exercised for 60 min at 30 m/min on a 2% grade. Exercised animals were subsequently sacrificed at 10-15 min (PKA activity assay; phosphorylated ERK1∕2), 30 min (hsp70-l mRNA evaluated by RT-PCR) or 24 hr (Western blotting of Hsp70) post-exercise and the white vastus (WV), red vastus (RV), and soleus (SOL) were compared to appropriate non-exercised controls. Hsp70 protein increased following exercise in sham …

Apoptosis In The Near Term Ovine Fetus Following Induced Prolonged Placental Insufficiency And Intermittent Umbilical Cord Occlusion, Tuba Aksoy

Digitized Theses

Variable-type fetal heart rate (FHR) decelerations due to umbilical cord compression are seen in 5-10% of antepartum FHR tracings and placental insufficiency complicates 4% of all pregnancies. It has been previously reported that fetal sheep cerebral oxygen delivery is markedly reduced during intermittent severe cord occlusion (UCO) and during prolonged placental insufficiency induced by placental embolization (EMB). Although apoptosis or programmed cell death plays a crucial role in normal fetal development, it may also be activated by hypoxic insult. The purpose of the study was to compare the degree of apoptosis caused by prolonged hypoxia induced by EMB and intermittent …

Cd36 And Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase In Endothelial Cell Dysfunction And Diabetic Cardiomyopathy, Hana Farhang Khoee

Digitized Theses

Oxidative stress is involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy. The localization of CD36 and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) to the cell membrane caveolea may provide a model for the ∞ntinuous production of oxidative stress in diabetes. We hypothesized that hyperglycemia may lead to increased oxidative stress and reduced nitric oxide bioavailability through the alteration of CD36∕eNOS axis. Analysis of the heart tissues from diabetic animals revealed transcriptional upregulation of CD36 and eNOS. These changes were associated with increased oxidative damage. Microvascular endothelial cells (MVECs) exposed to high levels of glu∞se increase CD36, eNOS, and oxidative damage. Specific inhibition …

Cdk5 Expression In The Nucleus Accumbens In An Animal Model Of Schizophrenia That Displays Chronic Dopaminergic Hyperactivity, Robert T. Cantruo

Digitized Theses

Chronic hyperactivity of the dopaminergic system is associated with certain symptoms of schizophrenia. Our laboratory has developed a rat model of schizophrenia that involves Iesioning the developing prefrontal cortex. Lesioned animals display behaviours indicative of chronic mesolimbic dopaminergic hyperactivity consistent with other animal models of schizophrenia. Little is known concerning the molecular consequences associated with hyperdopaminergic activity in schizophrenia. The current study investigated the effects of the serine/threonine kinase Cdk5 on the phosphorylation status of DARPP- 32, a critical molecule involved in dopamine receptor-mediated signal transduction, in the nucleus accumbens in our animal model using western blotting and immunohistochemistry. Lesioned …

Concurrent Fmri With Microstimulation To Identify Neural Connectivity Of The Macaque Superior Colliculus, Courtney Blair Field

Digitized Theses

Brain connectivity in many species has commonly been investigated using tract tracing techniques. These experiments require the animals to be sacrificed and do not allow for future electrophysiological studies to be performed in the same subject. In this study, we developed a novel technique where functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and microstimulation were concurrently used to identify neural connectivity of the superior colliculus. Microstimulation of the superior colliculus resulted in changes in the blood-oxygenation-level-dependent signals in the superior colliculus and in several cortical and subcortical areas consistent with the known connectivity of the superior colliculus in primates, including the frontal …

Development Of A Novel Tumour-Targeting Immunotoxin By Fusion Of A Superantigen With A Single-Chain Variable Fragment Specific For The Oncofetal Antigen 5t4, Jennifer L. Dixon

Digitized Theses

It has been demonstrated that tumour reactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) are capable of employing a potent effector mechanism against malignant cells. However, the frequency of these CTLs is too low to interfere with the proliferation of malignant cells. The use of a bacterial superantigen (SAg) to activate large numbers of CTLs may effectively eliminate tumour cells. Specificity of this toxin for a particular tumor cell type can be generated through the fusion of a SAg with an antibody to create an immunotoxin which recognizes a tumour specific antigen. This work describes the development of novel antibody-SAg fusions between SpeC …