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The Lumberjack, May 03, 2006

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University.

Panther- May 2006 - Vol. Lxxxiv No. 22, Prairie View A&M University

PV Panther Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Guardian, May 03, 2006, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twenty page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Age Group And Gender Differences In Fears Of Aging, Vicky C. Tomlin

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to investigate differences in fears of aging in two age groups (M=20 years and M=30 years) and gender differences in fears of aging. Two hundred twenty-two undergraduate (n=156) and graduate students (n=66) responded to three questionnaires, the Anxiety about Aging Scale (AAS), the Brief Life Satisfaction Scales (BLSS), and an open-ended questionnaire allowing participants to write in their five greatest personal fears of aging. The older age group had significantly higher Anxiety about Aging Psychological Concerns subscale scores. Males scored significantly higher than females in AAS total …

Spectator 2006-05-03, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

In Vitro Expression And Purification Of Class I Mhc Molecules, Loi Cheng

Honors Scholar Theses

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a gene family responsible for many critical functions of the immune system in most vertebrates. The MHC consists of three classes differentiated by their structure and function, and MHC class I encodes antigen binding proteins as well as chaperone and accessory proteins such as tapasin. The purpose of this project is to reconstitute several human MHC class I molecules in their peptide-filled and peptide-deficient forms, and to purify these proteins for biochemical study. The expressed proteins include wild type and mutant variants of the fusion protein human leukocyte antigen HLA-B*0801-fos, and human beta-2-microglobulin (β2m). …

Does Information Beget Information?, Dennis S. Karjala

ExpressO

Professor R. Polk Wagner has recently propounded a theory in the Columbia Law Review, purportedly based on a mathematical model, showing that open information grows exponentially with time and that, to the extent that creator control and incentives are correlated, greater control in the creator (author or inventor) results in a larger supply of open information in the long run than less control. While Professor Wagner’s assumptions are open to serious question, this article demonstrates that Professor Wagner’s model does not, even on the basis of his stated assumptions, lead to the result he claims for it. Rather, his results …

Evolutionary Epidemiology Of Endemic Gal¿Pagos Birds And Their Parasites, Noah Kerness Whiteman

Dissertations

In order to better understand parasite diversification, I went to the Gal¿pagos Islands to study the ecology and evolution of a model bird-parasite system, which included four phylogenetically independent ectoparasite lineages infecting the Gal¿pagos Hawk (Aves: Buteo galapagoensis). The parasites comprised two lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera), a lousefly (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) and an avian skin mite (Acari: Epidermoptidae). Ultimately, my goal was to examine ectoparasite evolutionary epidemiology and disease susceptibility in relation to the host¿s ecological and colonization history. At the outset, I hypothesized that parasite natural history was key in influencing the coalescent process. Accordingly, I found differences …

Bivm (Basic, Immunoglobulin-Like Variable Motif-Containing) Gene, Transcriptional Products, And Uses Thereof, Gary W. Litman, Noel A. Hawke, Jeffrey A. Yoder, Donna D. Eason

USF Patents

The subject invention provides polynucleotide sequences, designated BIVM, and transcriptional/translational products obtained from the polynucleotide sequences of the invention. The subject invention also provides polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences provided by SEQ ID NOs:1–28. Also provided are methods of detecting the presence of BIVM nucleic acids or polypeptides in samples suspected of containing BIVM genes, BIVM transcriptional products, or BIVM translational products. These methods are also useful for the detection of BIVM orthologs. Other embodiments provide polypeptide and/or nucleic acid vaccines for the induction of an immune response to in an individual. Kits for detecting the presence of BIVM genes, orthologs …

Unh Student Receives Fulbright To Study In New Zealand, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Hearing Health In Utah Special Olympics Athletes Compared To Special Olympics Athletes Worldwide: A Prevalence Study In Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities, Lisa Moses Mullins

Theses and Dissertations

The Special Olympics Healthy Athletes initiative promotes wellness of the athletes with intellectual disabilities and education for medical professionals. Healthy Athletes has created a hearing screening program, Healthy Hearing, to help athletes with intellectual disabilities get the otological and audiological care they need. This program promotes a healthy hearing lifestyle and educates medical professionals regarding the need of health care for the intellectually disabled population. The physiologic, otologic, and audiologic abnormalities often occurring in the intellectually disabled population bring special attention for the need to determine the prevalence rate of hearing loss among the athletes participating in Special Olympics events. …

Mustang Daily, May 2, 2006

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

A Kinesin-Like Calmodulin-Binding Protein In Chlamydomonas: Evidence For A Role In Cell Division And Flagellar Functions, Erin E. Dymek, Daniel Goduti, Tal Kramer, Elizabeth F. Smith

Dartmouth Scholarship

Kinesin-like calmodulin-binding protein, KCBP, is a novel member of the C-kinesin superfamily first discovered in flowering plants. This minus-end-directed kinesin exhibits Ca(2+)-calmodulin-sensitive motor activity in vitro and has been implicated in trichome morphogenesis and cell division. A homologue of KCBP is also found in the unicellular, biflagellate green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (CrKCBP). Unlike plant cells, Chlamydomonas cells do not form trichomes and do not assemble a phragmoplast before cell division. To test whether CrKCBP is involved in additional microtubule-based processes not observed in plants, we generated antibodies against the putative calmodulin-binding domain and used these antibodies in biochemical and localization …

Spartan Daily, May 2, 2006, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 126, Issue 50

Congregational Caring For Those Experiencing Pain And Suffering, Nanette Dost

Master of Art Theology Thesis

Often people feel inadequate both in handling their own pain and in helping others who are in pain. It is easier to walk away and refuse to see the pain we know is there. In a world where self-help books and medical treatments abound, how can the Christian congregation offer its unique contribution of the Gospel? Christian community can help to remove pain, teach skills in coping with pain, and integrate pain meaningfully into life. A benefit of Christian community for individuals is in giving meaning to the pain they experience through Jesus' presence.

Chapter 1will explore the history and …

2006 Undergraduate Commencement, Lindenwood University

Commencement Programs

Lindenwood University Commencement program.

Natural-Law Judaism?: The Genesis Of Bioethics In Hans Jonas, Leo Strauss And Leon Kass, Lawrence A. Vogel

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Leon Kass is much misunderstood. He is not simply a Republican ideologue who tailored his ideas to break out of the ivory tower and into the halls of power. Nor does he look simply to use human nature as a moral guide. When the full range of his writings is considered and set in the tradition of his teachers, Hans Jonas and Leo Strauss, what emerges is a natural law position colored by religious revelation.

“Nerd Camp”: Students’ And Parents’ Perceptions Of Summer Programs For Gifted Students, Felicia A. Brown

Human Development Honors Papers

Measures of parental value, reasons for enrollment and re-enrollment, contentment withresidential and academic aspects, perceived benefits, demographic and curricular area differencesin perceptions, and comparisons to regular schooling were analyzed for participants of one 2005 Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) summer program and their parents. All students, ages 12-16, (N=227) completed likert-scale evaluations, and select parents (N=17) and students (N=9) completed open-ended perception questionnaires. Similar to prior research, students and parents were very pleased with all aspects of CTY and some gender, ethnicity, and curricular area differences existed. The results support intellectual ability grouping, enrichment learning, and out-of-school …

Aesthetic Knowing: Essential To The Development Of Heart And Mind., Laura Howzell-Young, Susan Daniels

Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice

Children are biologically wired to experience their world through rich sensory, affective, aesthetic, and imaginal experiences. Children thirst for art, music and movement, and these modes are utilized widely to learn the varied languages of literacy: the alphabet, numbers, vocabulary, body-sense and more. Yet, in response to meeting higher and more prescribed standards at the elementary and secondary levels, there is a tendency to narrow the curriculum, to consider art and music expendable, to view social-emotional development as external to the schoolhouse. This narrowing is happening just as our global culture is moving again toward multiple kinds of communication: toward …

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

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - May 2006.

Daily Announcements May 2006, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

No abstract provided.

College Of Science And Mathematics Annual Report 2006, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Annual Reports

This 20 page report summarizes the yearly happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It includes information on events through the year, enrollment, budget, and other important events within the college.

2006 May 6-7

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Minutes May 1, 2006

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Application Of Polymerase Chain Reaction To Screen Rodents From New Mexico, Texas, Bolivia, And Nicaragua For Leishmania And An Assessment Of The Specificity Of Primers, Robert Alan Miranda

Theses & Dissertations

Polymerase chain reaction was used to screen rodents from four regions for Leishmania and to screen isolates of L. enriettii and L. hertigi using L. mexicana complex primers and L. (Viannia) primers to examine the specificity of these primers. Twenty-five rodent specimens from Bolivia, 42 from Nicaragua, 84 from New Mexico, and 74 from Texas were tested for Leishmania. Two Oryzomys acritus and two Oryzomys nitidus from Bolivia and one Neotoma micropus from Texas tested positive for Leishmania and additionally tested positive with L. mexicana complex-specific primers. Isolates of L enriettii and L hertigi reacted with L mexicana complex …

Recommended Soil Sampling Methods For South Dakota, R. Gelderman, J. Gerwing, K. Reitsma

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.

Black Knot Of Stone Fruits, Becky Wek, Martin Draper

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.

Does The Liberalization Of Trade Advance Gender Equality In Schooling And Health?, T. Paul Schultz

Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Molecular Classification And Prediction Of Metastatic Potential In Early Malignant Melanoma: Improvement Of Prognostic Accuracy By Quantitative In Situ Proteomic Analysis, Aaron J. Berger

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma continues to increase every year, and remains the leading cause of skin cancer death in industrialized countries. In spite of the aggressive nature of advanced melanoma, there are no standard biological assays in clinical usage that can predict metastasis. This may be due, in part, to the inadequacy of reproducible assessment of protein expression using traditional immunohistochemistry. This dissertation will discuss the use of tissue microarrays combined with quantitative in situ molecular analysis of protein expression to allow prediction of melanoma metastasis. Through the identification and validation of novel prognostic biomarkers, we seek to …

05-01-2006 Swosu Biological Sciences Department Honors Students, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2006

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Department of Biological Sciences recently hosted its end-of-year honors banquet on the Weatherford campus.