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Summer 2006 Commencements - The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin, The University Of Texas Permian Basin

UTPB Commencement Programs

Summer 2006 Commencements - August 11-12, 2006

Characterization Of Alternative Cytosolic Forms And Cellular Targets Of Mouse Mitochondrial Thioredoxin Reductase, Anton A. Turanov, Dan Su, Vadim N. Gladyshev

Vadim Gladyshev Publications

Thioredoxin reductase (TR) and thioredoxin (Trx) define a major cellular redox system that maintains cysteine residues in numerous proteins in the reduced state. Both cytosolic (TR1 and Trx1) and mitochondrial (TR3 and Trx2) enzymes are essential in mammals, but the function of the mitochondrial system is less understood. In this study, we characterized subcellular localization of three TR3 forms that are generated by alternative first exon splicing and that differ in their N-terminal sequences. Only one of these forms resides in mitochondria, whereas the two other isoforms are cytosolic. Consistent with this finding, TR3 did not have catalytic preferences for …

Murray Ledger And Times, August 11, 2006, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Washington University Record, August 11, 2006

Washington University Record

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University Of Nebraska At Omaha, August Commencement 2006, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Commencement Programs

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Crop Production For Advanced Life Support Systems, R M. Wheeler, J C. Sager

Technical Reports

The use of plants for bioregenerative life support for space missions was first studied by the US Air Force in the 1950s and 1960s. Extensive testing was also conducted from the 1960s through the 1980s by Russian researchers located at the Institute of Biophysics in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, and the Institute for Biomedical Problems in Moscow. NASA initiated bioregenerative research in the 1960s (e.g., Hydrogenomonas) but this research did not include testing with plants until about 1980, with the start of the Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) Program. The NASA CELSS research was carried out at universities, private corporations, and …

Advanced Life Support Baseline Values And Assumptions Document, Anthony J. Hanford

Technical Reports

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Sources Of Variability In A Proteomic Experiment, Scott Daniel Crawford

Theses and Dissertations

The study of proteomics holds the hope for detecting serious diseases earlier than is currently possible by analyzing blood samples in a mass spectrometer. Unfortunately, the statistics involved in comparing a control group to a diseased group are not trivial, and these difficulties have led others to incorrect decisions in the past. This paper considers a nested design that was used to quantify and identify the sources of variation in the mass spectrometer at BYU, so that correct conclusions can be drawn from blood samples analyzed in proteomics. Algorithms were developed which detect, align, correct, and cluster the peaks in …

Why Don’T More Public Schools Teach Sex Education? A Constitutional Explanation And Critique, Jesse R. Merriam

ExpressO

This Article questions why so many public schools do not teach any form of sex education. The answer proposed in this Article is that the U.S. Constitution is a part of the problem. This claim is based on the following two premises: (1) the U.S. Constitution certainly does not require public schools to teach sex education; and (2) the U.S. Constitution arguably requires public schools that teach sex education to exempt those students whose religious beliefs are substantially burdened by sex education.

To illustrate how these two premises might weigh in a school district’s decision not to teach sex education, …

Information Theoretical Approach To Single-Molecule Experimental Design And Interpretation, David Talaga

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

We use Shannon's definition of information to develop a theory to predict a photon-counting-based single-molecule experiment's ability to measure the desired property. We treat three phenomena that are commonly measured on single molecules: spectral fluctuations of a solvatochromic dye; assignment of the azimuthal dipole angle; determination of a distance by fluorescence resonant energy transfer using Förster's theory. We consider the effect of background and other "imperfections" on the measurement through the decrease in information.

Ravens And Other Raptors Occupy Winter Roosts With Bald Eagles In Utah, Bryan T. Brown, Dana G. Truman, Linda Jones, Thomas Sharp

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Volume 43, Number 61: August 10, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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August 10, 2006 Aasu Faculty Meeting Minutes, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Minutes (Archived)

August 10, 2006 Armstrong Atlantic State University Faculty Meeting Minutes

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Six receive Faculty Awards for Excellence

University Of Montana Events Tuesday, Aug. 15, Through, Aug. 31, 2006, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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Effects Of Anthropogenic Land Use On Odonata In Playas Of The Southern High Plains, K. M. Hernandez, B. A. Reece, N. E. Mcintyre

Western North American Naturalist

Playas are ephemeral wetlands that are the only source of aboveground freshwater in the southern Great Plains, making them of vital importance to aquatic and amphibious animals. Playas are also highly threatened from anthropogenic land use (chiefly agriculture, which decreases hydroperiod through increased sedimentation). We examined community structure of adult odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) in playas differing in the 2 main regional forms of surrounding land use (cropland vs. grassland). Analysis of odonate diversity revealed high overlap between cropland and grassland playas. Traditional species-area theory did not fit observed patterns, as there appears to be a threshold playa size that …

Rclus, A New Program For Clustering Associated Species: A Demonstration Using A Mojave Desert Plant Community Dataset, Stewart C. Sanderson, Jeffrey E. Ott, E. Durant Mcarthur, Kimball T. Harper

Western North American Naturalist

This paper presents a new clustering program named RCLUS that was developed for species (R-mode) analysis of plant community data. RCLUS identifies clusters of co-occurring species that meet a user-specified cutoff level of positive association with each other. The "strict affinity" clustering algorithm in RCLUS builds clusters of species whose pairwise associations all exceed the cutoff level, whereas the "coalition" clustering algorithm only requires that the mean pairwise association of the cluster exceeds the cutoff level. Both algorithms allow species to belong to multiple clusters, thus accommodating both generalist and specialist species. Using a 60-plot dataset of perennial plants occurring …

Naturalization Of Plains Cottonwood (Populus Deltoides Subsp. Monilifera) Along River Drainages West Of The Rocky Mountains, J. H. Braatne, S. J. Brunsfeld, V. D. Hipkins, B. L. Wilson

Western North American Naturalist

Historic botanical surveys documented that the natural distribution of the plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera) was limited to semiarid drainages east of the Rocky Mountains. Recently, a number of isolated populations of plains cottonwood have been found along the Kootenai, lower Snake, and Columbia Rivers and their tributaries. We used isozyme analysis to assess the genetic structure of these Pacific Northwest (PNW) populations in relation to native cottonwood populations east of the Rocky Mountains. These genetic data along with field surveys (dbh, age estimates) and cadastral field survey notes (mid-1800s) were used to understand the origin of …

Influence Of Fire And Juniper Encroachment On Birds In High-Elevation Sagebrush Steppe, Anna C. Noson, Richard A. Schmitz, Richard F. Miller

Western North American Naturalist

We examined relationships between high-elevation sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) steppe habitats altered by prescribed fire and western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) encroachment on breeding distributions of Brewer's Sparrows (Spizella breweri), Vesper Sparrows (Pooecetes gramineus), Green-tailed Towhees (Pipilo chlorurus), and Sage Thrashers (Oreoscoptes montanus) on Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon. In 2000 we conducted fixed-radius point count surveys at 172 sites encompassing burned and unburned sagebrush habitat and a range of juniper densities. For each bird species we developed habitat models using local variables measured in the field and landscape variables derived …

Plant Composition And Erosion Potential Of A Grazed Wetland In The Salmon River Subbasin, Idaho, Kristine N. Hopfensperger, Joan Q. Wu, Richard A. Gill

Western North American Naturalist

Wetlands are dynamic habitats with many unique, important functions including filtering sediments and providing diverse habitats for fish and wildlife. Wetlands in the western United States are particularly important because they offer habitat for a number of protected runs of endangered fish species. Historically, livestock grazing has altered wetland and riparian area form and function by facilitating exotic species invasions, altering spatial heterogeneity of vegetation, and increasing erosion. In this study we examined vegetation structure and erosion potential in a wetland meadow exposed to unregulated grazing along Deer Creek in the Salmon River subbasin, Idaho. We characterized the vegetation composition …

Distribution Of The Milliped Genus Narceus Rafinesque, 1820 (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae): Occurrences In New England And West Of The Mississippi River; A Summary Of Peripheral Localities; And First Records From Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, And Minnesota, Rowland M. Shelley, Chris T. Mcallister, Michael F. Medrano

Western North American Naturalist

The milliped genus Narceus Rafinesque, 1820 (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae) occupies parts or all of 2 Canadian provinces, Québec and Ontario; every U.S. state east of the Mississippi River; and 9 states to the west including Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Records are detailed for the "western" states and New England and include the first from Minnesota, Connecticut, Delaware, and Maine; occurrence is projected for southeastern Minnesota and the Delmarva Peninsula. The genus presently comprises 2 valid species that are endemic to Florida—N. gordanus (Chamberlin, 1943) and N. woodruffi Causey, 1959—and 2 of uncertain status that …

Fish Remains Dominate Barn Owl Pellets In Northwestern Nevada, Raymond J. Bogiatto, Jack M. Broughton, Virginia I. Cannon, Kevin Dalton, Shannon Arnold

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Great Salt Lake: An Anthology Edited By Gary Topping, C. Riley Nelson

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Reviewers Needed

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Cotton Insect Newsletter, August 10, 2006, Jeremy K. Greene

Clemson University Cotton/Soybean Insect Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Supplementary Material For: Secis Elements In The Coding Regions Of Selenoprotein Transcripts Are Functional In Higher Eukaryotes, Heiko Mix, Alexey V. Lobanov, Vadim Gladyshev

Vadim Gladyshev Publications

Figure S1. Nucleotide sequence alignment of GPx4 sequences.
For: M. musculus, H. sapiens, G. gallus, A. thaliana, Fowlpox virus, and Canarypox virus

Figure S2. Alignment of GPx4 SECIS elements.
For: H. sapiens, M. musculus, G. gallus, Fowlpox, Canarypox, and MCV

Supplementary Table S1. Viral genome sequences used in a computational analysis
From Abelson murine leukemia virus through Zygosaccharomyces bailii virus Z