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Volume 43, Number 26: March 3, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Soundings 2006-03-03 (V.18 No.20), N/A N/A

Soundings

No abstract provided.

Volume Cxxiii, Number 18, March 3, 2006, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

An Exploration Of The Effects Of Genetic Drift On The Endangered Red-Cockaded Woodpecker, Ryan E. Nelson

Theses and Dissertations

The Red-cockaded Woodpecker (RCW) (Picoides borealis) is classified as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 due to habitat fragmentation and prescribed burn suppression. Given the endangerment of the RCW, the genetic variation of the small populations will decrease over time due to random genetic drift. The only method of battling the negative effects of random genetic drift is to move, or translocate, genetically diverse birds into the fragmented populations thereby increasing the genetic diversity of the small populations. The objective of this research effort was to explore the effects of random genetic drift on small RCW …

Washington University Record, March 3, 2006

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Regulation Of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Activation And Cyclooxygenase 2 Expression In Macrophages By The Β-Glucan Receptor, Saritha Suram, Gordon D. Brown, Moumita Ghosh, Siamon Gordon, Robyn Loper, Philip R. Taylor, Shizuo Akira, Satoshi Uematsu, David L. Williams, Christina C. Leslie

ETSU Faculty Works

Phagocytosis of non-opsonized microorganisms bymacrophages initiates innate immune responses for host defense against infection. Cytosolic phospholipase A2 is activated during phagocytosis, releasing arachidonic acid for production of eicosanoids, which initiate acute inflammation. Our objective was to identify pattern recognition receptors that stimulate arachidonic acid release and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) expression in macrophages by pathogenic yeast and yeast cell walls. Zymosan- and Candida albicans-stimulated arachidonic acid release from resident mouse peritoneal macrophages was blocked by soluble glucan phosphate. In RAW264.7 cells arachidonic acid release, COX2 expression, and prostaglandin production were enhanced by overexpressing the β-glucan receptor, dectin-1, but not dectin-1 lacking …

A Quantitative Analysis Of Secondary Rna Structure Using Domination Based Parameters On Trees, Teresa Haynes, Debra Knisley, Edith Seier, Yue Zou

ETSU Faculty Works

Background: It has become increasingly apparent that a comprehensive database of RNA motifs is essential in order to achieve new goals in genomic and proteomic research. Secondary RNA structures have frequently been represented by various modeling methods as graph-theoretic trees. Using graph theory as a modeling tool allows the vast resources of graphical invariants to be utilized to numerically identify secondary RNA motifs. The domination number of a graph is a graphical invariant that is sensitive to even a slight change in the structure of a tree. The invariants selected in this study are variations of the domination number of …

Efficacy Of Sunflower Decoy Plots For Blackbird Control And Supplemental Stopover Habitat, Heath M. Hagy, John Raetzman, George M. Linz, William J. Bleier

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Wildlife Conservation Sunflower Plots (WCSP) were planted and monitored during a two-year trial/research program to monitor the effect of decoy plots on blackbird use of nearby commercial sunflower and abundance of non-blackbird migratory species within the plots. In the two year evaluation period, in excess of 975 hours were spent by three researchers in the plots monitoring damage, vegetation, and avian use. We used bird numbers, vegetation characteristics, and landuse landscape variables to assess the optimal habitat conditions in and around each decoy plot for luring blackbirds and providing adequate stopover habitat for non-blackbird migrants. In 2004, wetland and shelterbelt …

Gender And Educational And Occupational Choices, Jacquelynne Sue Eccles

STEM for Success Resources

Why Do Women and Men Make Such Different Choices for Their Lives? In most cultures, women and men are concentrated in quite different occupations and roles. Why? This presentation goal is to provide one perspective on this quite complex question – a perspective grounded in Expectancy –Value Models of Achievement-related Choices

The Bg News March 3, 2006, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. March 3, 2006. Volume 96-Issue 113.

March 3, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Montana Kaimin, March 3, 2006, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Poster Session, Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, University Of Kentucky

Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium

• Limestone-Based Material for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water, Chelsea Campbell and others, Dept of Chemistry, WKU
• Opportunistic Water Education, Amanda Abnee Gumbert, Extension Associate for Environmental and Natural Resources Issues, UK
• Ten-Year Solute Concentration Patterns in Two Streams of Contrasting Land-Use in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, Susan P. Hendricks, Hancock Biological Station, Murray State University
• Pathogen TMDL Development using Load Duration Curves for Two Stream Segments in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, Joseph M. Ferguson, Kentucky DOW
• Beargrass Creek Water Quality Tool and TMDLs, Ward Wilson and others, Tetra Tech
• Pathogen and Sediment Transport in Muddy Creek …

Session 1d: Monitoring, Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, University Of Kentucky

Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium

• An Examination of Statewide Watershed Watch Project Monitoring Data for 2005 Using GIS, Ken Cooke, Kentucky Division of Water, Frankfort
• Taking Watershed Watch to the Next Level: Grabbing the Attention of Local Elected Officials, Ken Cooke, Kentucky Division of Water, H. David Gabbard, LFUCG, Lexington
• Water Quality Data from Citizen Monitoring in the Licking River Region Kentucky 1998-2005: Trends and Issues, M.F. Hult, Daniel Carter Beard Environmental Center, and B.C. Reeder, Center for Environmental Education, Morehead State University
• Water Quality in the Upper Licking River Basin 2003-2005, Brian Reeder and others, Dept of Biological and Environmental …

Session 1c: Superfund, Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, University Of Kentucky

Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium

• The University of Kentucky Superfund Basic Research Program: Overview and Examples of Research Projects, Bernhard Hennig, Leonidas Bachas, and Lindell Ormsbee, UK
• Reductive Dechlorination of Toxic Organics by Bimetallic Nanoparticles in Polyacrylic Acid (PAA) Functionalized MF Membranes, Jian Xu and Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Dept Chemical and Materials Engineering, UK
• Chlorinated Organic Compounds Destruction by Modified Fenton Reaction Involving Immobilized Iron-Chelate, YongChao Li, Leonidas Bachas, and Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Dept Chemical and Materials Engineering, UK
• An Outreach Program Translates Basic Research for Superfund Communities to Improve Health through Nutrition, Lisa Gaetke and Sandra Bastin, Dept Nutrition and Food Science, …

Session 1a: Water Quality, Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, University Of Kentucky

Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium

• Use of Sunfish and Stoneroller Minnows as Sentinel Monitors of PCB Contamination in Freshwater Streams in Kentucky, D.J. Price and W.J. Birge, Dept of Biology, UK
• Inferring Causes of Biological Impairment in Appalachian Streams: Watershed-Based Problem Formulation and Integration of Multiple Lines of Evidence, Jon Ludwig and others, Tetra Tech
• Relative Importance of Water and Dietary Cadmium: Toxicity to Ceriodaphnia Dubia, Agus Sofyan and W.J. Birge, Dept of Biology, UK
• The Graywater Story at Curtis Pike, Jack Kieffer and others, Appalachia - Science in the Public Interest, Mt. Vernon

Proceedings Of 2006 Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium, Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, University Of Kentucky

Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium

This symposium was funded in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, with Clean Water Act, Section 319(h) grant money through the Kentucky Division of Water and the Kentucky Waterways Alliance, #C9994861-00.

Planning for this conference was conducted as part of the state water resources research annual program with the support and collaboration of the Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Kentucky Research Foundation, under Grant Agreement No. 01HQGR0133.

The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the abstract authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed …

Arbiter, March 2, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

2^K Factorials In Blocks Of Size 2, With Application To Two-Color Microarray Experiments, Kathleen F. Kerr

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

When a two-level design must be run in blocks of size two, there is a unique blocking scheme that enables estimation of all the main effects. Unfortunately this design does not enable estimation of any two-factor interactions. When the experimental goal is to estimate all main effects and two-factor interactions, it is necessary to combine replicates of the experiment that use different blocking schemes. In this paper we identify such designs for up to eight factors that enable estimation of all main effects and two-factor interactions with the fewest number of replications. In addition, we give a construction for general …

Physics 2101 Course Proposal 03/02/06, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Physics 1062 Course Proposal 03/02/06, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Geology Course Proposal 03/02/06, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

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

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 126, Issue 21

Otter Realm, March 2, 2006, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Last three standing: Who will fill CSUMB's Presidential Chair? -- The Presidential Candidates -- East Campus policy changes, seniors allowed -- Marina high under construction -- ESSP gains Master's program -- Town Hall meeting looks to a clean future -- I told you, I'd be back: Governor Schwarzenegger returns to the Peninsula -- UPD catches persistent copper thief in action -- AS spends entire budget, events decrease -- Health Center caters to student needs -- Davis: Leader by desire -- Women's Basketball team gets first CCAA win -- Kiel's Kitchen -- Otter Softball homeless in its inaugural season -- A …

The Setonian, March 2, 2006, Seton Hall University

2006

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March 2, 2006, Ohio University Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ohio University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes document the activities of Ohio University's Board of Trustees.

Murray Ledger And Times, March 2, 2006, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Gardening, Early Childhood Education Experts Speak At Second Annual Growing A Green Generation Conference At Unh March 18, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Miner, March 2, 2006

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

The Advocate, March 2, 2006, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.