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Governors State Hosts Nsf Workshop, Office Of Public Affairs

Press Releases

In a unique and invaluable experience, educators from across the nation met at Governors State University in late June to learn, discuss, and explore both the environment and ways to teach students about it.

The National Science Foundation Summer Workshop at Governors State University examined new approaches and techniques of teaching science, exciting interest in environmental issues, and increasing funding. Participants also gained hands-on environmental problem-solving experience related to the ecology and water quality of Thorn Creek.

Planning For Robust Reserve Networks Using Uncertainty Analysis, Atte Moilanen, Michael Runge, Jane Elith, Andrew J. Tyre, Yohay Carmel, Eric Fegraus, Brendan A. Wintle, Mark A. Burgman, Yakov Ben-Haim

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Planning land-use for biodiversity conservation frequently involves computer-assisted reserve selection algorithms. Typically such algorithms operate on matrices of species presence–absence in sites, or on species-specific distributions of model predicted probabilities of occurrence in grid cells. There are practically always errors in input data—erroneous species presence–absence data, structural and parametric uncertainty in predictive habitat models, and lack of correspondence between temporal presence and long-run persistence. Despite these uncertainties, typical reserve selection methods proceed as if there is no uncertainty in the data or models. Having two conservation options of apparently equal biological value, one would prefer the option whose value is …

Exploration, Normalization, And Genotype Calls Of High Density Oligonucleotide Snp Array Data, Benilton Carvalho, Terence P. Speed, Rafael A. Irizarry

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

In most microarray technologies, a number of critical steps are required to convert raw intensity measurements into the data relied upon by data analysts, biologists and clinicians. These data manipulations, referred to as preprocessing, can influence the quality of the ultimate measurements. In the last few years, the high-throughput measurement of gene expression is the most popular application of microarray technology. For this application, various groups have demonstrated that the use of modern statistical methodology can substantially improve accuracy and precision of gene expression measurements, relative to ad-hoc procedures introduced by designers and manufacturers of the technology. Currently, other applications …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 72, July 3, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Hus1 On Ionizing Radiation Sensitivity Is Associated With Homologous Recombination Repair But Is Independent Of Non-Homologous End-Joining, Robert S. Weiss, Xiang Wang, Baocheng Hu, Ya Wang

Department of Radiation Oncology Faculty Papers

Mammalian Hus1 plays an important role in maintaining genomic integrity. Cells lacking mouse Hus1 are hypersensitive to DNA damage inducers including UV and camptothecin (CPT). By using clonogenic assay, we show here that Hus1 deficient mouse cells are hypersensitive to ionizing radiation (IR) compared with their Hus1-positive counterparts. However, these cells show similar induction levels and similar rejoining rates of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) following IR, indicating that the effect of Hus1 on cell radiosensitivity is independent of non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ). By combining an I-SceI-induced-DNA DSBs system and a siRNA approach, we also show that knocking down Hus1 decreases …

Microbes And Mud: Give Scientist Clues About Life On Mars...And Earth, Peg Vanpatten

Wrack Lines

No abstract provided.

July 3, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Yellow And Dalmatian Toadflax, Darrell Deneke, Mike Moechnig, Ron Moehring, Brenda Sievers

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 40, No. 3, Summer 2006, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

The Cartoon World of Leo Cullum ’63
Joining the illustrious ranks of Thurber, Adams and Feiffer, Leo Cullum ’63 has become one of the premier cartoonists at The New Yorker. Find out how this former globetrotting pilot traded in the jet for the canvas and, in the process, created a unique and hilarious world that gently skewers our own.
By James Dempsey

Abdi’s Dream
Abdi Lidonde came to Mount St. James from Kenya over 20 years ago. Today, this campus icon is a man with a mission. Education, argues Abdi, is the best answer to a host of societal ills. …

On The Mend, Susan Mcdonald

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.

Ethnobotanical Plants Used For Dental And Oral Healthcare In The Kali Gandaki And Bagmati Watersheds, Nepal, Kunjani Joshi, Ananda R. Joshi

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

The local people of the Kali Gandaki and Bagmati watersheds of Nepal nurture rich knowledge about ethnobotanical plants of their surroundings. In the course of the survey of the useful plants, 22 species have been documented which are being used for dental and oral health care.

An Sveir Model For Assessing Potential Impact Of An Imperfect Anti-Sars Vaccine, Abba B. Gumel, C. Connell Mccluskey, James Watmough

Mathematics Faculty Publications

The control of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), a fatal contagious viral disease that spread to over 32 countries in 2003, was based on quarantine of latently infected individuals and isolation of individuals with clinical symptoms of SARS. Owing to the recent ongoing clinical trials of some candidate anti-SARS vaccines, this study aims to assess, via mathematical modelling, the potential impact of a SARS vaccine, assumed to be imperfect, in curtailing future outbreaks. A relatively simple deterministic model is designed for this purpose. It is shown, using Lyapunov function theory and the theory of compound matrices, that the dynamics of …

Information Services Annual Plan, 2006-2007

Information Services Major Objectives and Annual Plans

No abstract provided.

Requests Of Brown By Lc Classification: July 2006, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - July 2006.

Alumni & Students: Building Community, Building For The Future, Merrimack College

Merrimack Magazine

No abstract provided.

You've Gotta Read This: Summer Reading At Musselman Library (2006), Musselman Library

You’ve Gotta Read This: Summer Reading at Musselman Library

Each year Musselman Library asks Gettysburg College faculty, staff, and administrators to help create a suggested summer reading list to inspire students and the rest of our campus community to take time in the summer to sit back, relax, and read. These summer reading picks are guaranteed to offer much adventure, drama, and fun!

Epigenetic Alterations In Rassf1a In Human Aberrant Crypt Foci, Emily J. Greenspan, Melissa A. Jablonski, Thiruchandurai V. Rajan, Joel Levine, Glenn S. Belinsky, Daniel W. Rosenberg

UCHC Articles - Research

CpG island methylation (CIM) is an epigenetic mechanism for transcriptional silencing that occurs at various stages of colon tumorigenesis. CIM has been found in serrated adenomas and hyperplastic polyps. There is also evidence for hypermethylation in aberrant crypt foci (ACF) that are found in resected colons from cancer patients. Our study addresses promoter methylation of a tumor suppressor gene, RASSF1A, within the colonic epithelium of subjects undergoing screening colonoscopies in the absence of synchronous tumors. Patients included in this study were at elevated risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) based on family history, but without a previously occurring or synchronous …

Monitoring Sustainability In Tropical Forests: How Changes In Canopy Spatial Pattern Can Indicate Forest Stands For Biodiversity Surveys, Naikoa Aguilar, Geoffrey Henobry

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Sustainable management of tropical forests has been identified as one of the main objectives for global conservation and management of carbon stocks. Toward this goal, managers need tools to determine whether current management practices are sustainable. Several international initiatives have been undertaken for the development of criteria and indicators to aid managers in moving toward sustainable practices. Despite these efforts, the question of how to apply and assess indicators remains to be answered from an operational, field-based perspective. Field surveys are expensive and time-consuming when management areas are large and in the face of logistical constraints. Thus, there is a …

Uah Alumni News, Summer 2006, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

UAH Alumni News

No abstract provided.

Crop Insurance And Soybean Rust, Matthew Diersen

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Soybean rust is a production risk covered under standard crop insurance products. If producers take reasonable steps to prevent and control any damage and still face sizable yield reductions, then the insurance pays an indemnity on lost bushels. Widespread yield losses from soybean rust at the national level could increase prices, a risk for producers who forward price their crop. In South Dakota, producers insure a vast majority of soybean acres and tend to use relatively high levels of coverage. Understanding the typical kinds and levels of coverage gives insights into how to manage the production and price risks from …

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni And Friends (Summer 2006), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Summer 2006 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Evaluating Sedimentary Geochemical Lake-Level Tracers In Walker Lake, Nevada, Over The Last 200 Years, Fasong Yuan, Braddock K. Linsley, Stephen S. Howe

Biological, Geological, and Environmental Faculty Publications

Walker Lake, a hydrologically closed, saline, alkaline lake located along the western margin of the Great Basin of western United States, has experienced a 77% reduction in volume and commitment drop in lake level as a result of anthropogenic perturbations and climatic fluctuations over the last century. The history of lake-level change in Walker Lake has been recorded instrumentally since 1860. A high-resolution multi-proxy sediment core record from Walker Lake has been generated through analysis of total inorganic carbon (TIC), total organic carbon (TOC), and oxygen and carbon isotope ratios (δ¹⁸O and δ¹³ C) of both downcore …

Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Summer 2006, Volume 12, No. 3

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Summary Analysis of Grazing Yearling Response to Distillers Grains by Terry Klopfenstein, Department of Animal Science, UNL

Grassland Ecology and Management: A New Name for the Range Major by Walter Schacht, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

Befriending Birds: Why Should Landowners Care about Integrating Wildlife Conservation with Livestock Production? The Reasons Are Plenty! by Kindra Gordon, Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

Another Successful Nebraska Youth Range Camp by Daryl Cisney and Mary Reece, Nebraska Section of the Society for Range Management

Landowner, Foundation, City and Federal Government Preserve Native Prairie for Grazing and Education by Steve Chick, USDA Natural Resources …

Query-Based Multicontexts For Knowledge Base Browsing: An Evaluation, Julien Tane, Philipp Cimiano, Pascal Hitzler

Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Publications

In [7], we introduced the query-based multicontext theory, which allows to define a virtual space of views on ontological data. Each view is then materialised as a formal context. While this formal context can be visualised in a usual formal concept analysis framework such as Conexp or ToscanaJ, [7] also briefly described how the approach allowed the creation of a novel navigation framework for knowledge bases. The principle of this navigation is based on supporting the user in defining pertinent views. The purpose of this article is to discuss the benefits of the browsing interface. This discussion is performed, …

Vol. 4, No. 05 (July/August 2006)

Indiana Law Update

No abstract provided.

Honoring The Sacred Space Within, Karen Marie Pelc

Theses

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Australian Certificate Of Education: Exploring A Way Forward, Geoff N. Masters

Research Developments

Geoff Masters explains why Australia needs greater national consistency in senior school certificates and how an Australian Certificate of Education would likely benefit all Australian students.

Research Developments (No. 16) -- Full Issue

Research Developments

Table of contents for this issue: (a) Australian Certificate of Education: Exploring a way forward; (b) Pathways to literacy; (c) Standards for school leadership; (d) Improving science learning

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder And Civil War Reenactors, Kimberlee Bruce

Graduate Research Projects

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the meaning of Civil War reenactments in military men with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Six Caucasian males who have PTSD symptoms were interviewed in depth by responding to two questions. I. Why do you reenact? And 2. What sticks out in your mind about Civil War reenacting after having served in the military? Five themes emerged; escaping reality, structure and discipline, honor and duty, friendship and companionship, and love of history. The findings of this study will add to the body of nursing knowledge about PTSD by exploring a …

The Development Of A Farming Systems Model (Apsim) A Disciplined Approach., Dean Holzworth, Holger Meinke, Peter Devoil, Malcolm Wegener, Neil Huth, Graeme Hammer, Mark Howden, Michael Robertson, Peter Carberry, David Freebairn, Chris Murphy

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) is a mature and stable modelling framework used widely in Australia in the domain of farming systems research and extension. It is capable of simulating a diverse range of farming systems including broad acre dryland and irrigated cropping, small holder farming, on-farm agroforestry systems including the interaction of trees and crops, and through collaboration with other groups, integrated stock and cropping enterprises. APSIM was developed primarily as a research tool to investigate on-farm management practices, natural resource issues including salinity and solute movement, climate risk studies looking at modifying farm practices and climate change …