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Center For Grassland Studies Newsletter, Fall 2007, Volume 13, No. 4

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Contents:

Turfgrass and Landscape Management Degree Program at UNL by Robert (Bob) C. Shearman, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL

New Farm Bill Should Continue Support for Grassland Management by Duane Hovorka, National Wildlife Federation

Another Great Nebraska Grazing Conference in 2007!

New Ph.D. Specialization in Applied Ecology at UNL by Tala Awada, James Brandle and Larkin Powell, School of Natural Resources, UNL

Nebraska Mentoring Program for Graziers by Roger Chesley, Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition

2003 National Resources Inventory Information Online

2007 CGS Fall Seminar Series

Lpe Center News, October 2007

Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center: Newsletters

In this issue:

• November Webcast to Examine Vegetative Treatment Systems for Managing Open Lot or Barnyard Runoff

• New Webcast Technology to Debut in October

• Mid-Atlantic Water Quality Program Website Offers Nutrient Budgets

• Pennsylvania Project Examines Manure Management in No-Till Systems

Usa: A Civilization Of Its Own?, Peter O'Brien

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

A Monomeric Membrane Peptide That Lives In Three Worlds: In Solution, Attached To, And Inserted Across Lipid Bilayers, Yana K. Reshetnyak, Michael Segala, Oleg A. Andreev, Donald M. Engelman

Physics Faculty Publications

The membrane peptide pH (low) insertion peptide (pHLIP) lives in three worlds, being soluble in aqueous solution at pH 7.4, binding to the surface of lipid bilayers, and inserting as a transbilayer helix at low pH. With low pH driving the process, pHLIP can translocate cargo molecules attached to its C-terminus via a disulfide and release them in the cytoplasm of a cell. Here we examine a key aspect of the mechanism, showing that pHLIP is monomeric in each of its three major states: soluble in water near neutral pH (state I), bound to the surface of a membrane near …

Foundations, Karen Brasher, Amy Cagle, Bo Hemphill, Laura Beck Kitchens, Bob Ratliff, Kristy Riley, Mississippi State University Foundation

Mississippi State University Foundation Foundations Newsletter

This document is an issue of Foundations.

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V03n3, Autumn 2007, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Iowa Science Teachers Section Fall Conference

--Myrle Burk Scholarship Winners

--Project WET Update

--Academy Awards

--Opportunities for Learning

--ISTS Fall Conference Workshops

--Increasing Academy Membership and Recognition Across the State

--Financial Statement

Pod Network News, Fall 2007

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

No abstract provided.

Ard News October 2007

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

Contents:

Comments from the Associate Dean
Glimpses at ARD Research
New or Revised Projects July and August 2007
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants July and August 2007
Grants and Contracts Received for July and August 2007

That ‘Awful Rowing Toward God’: Anxiety In The Early Poems Of Walt Mcdonald, Bill Jolliff

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.

Food Science & Technology Alumni News, Fall 2007

Department of Food Science and Technology: Public Access Records

CONTENTS:
A message from the Department Head . . .
Graduates of the B.S. Program
Graduates of the M.S. Program
New M.S. Graduate Students
New Ph.D. Graduate Students
Graduate Follow-up
Food Science Club
Sophomore Food Science Major Wins Candy Scholarship
New Faces
Departures
Visiting Faculty
Let us Know how you’re doing!
Hyperspectral Imaging to Predict Beef Tenderness
Food Technology for Companion Animals: Research Grants
2007: The 90th Anniversary of the Dairy Store
Products Available at the Dairy Store
IICA Visits UNL
Fortenberry Holds Educational Conference on Local Foods
Laboratory Services
Meet the Faculty
Conferences and Workshops

Gene Synthesis, Cloning, Expression, Purification And Biophysical Characterization Of The C2 Domain Of Human Tensin, Kiran Sukumar Gajula

Doctoral Dissertations

Tensin is a large "docking" protein found in the adhesive junctions of animal cells and recruited early in the development of cell-substrate contacts. There it binds to the cytoplasmic domain of integrin β1 and caps the barbed ends of filamentous actin. This forms a rational basis for its implication in a direct role in the mechanics of membrane-cytoskeleton interactions. Tensin provides a physical link between the actin cytoskeleton, integrins, and other proteins at the cell-substrate contacts. Its overall biochemical properties are a function of its domain composition and architecture, i.e., the domains that are present and their relative positions in …

Biophysical Study Of The Sh2 Domain Of Human Tensin, Yogesh Mohan Kulkarni

Doctoral Dissertations

Cell migration is a key characteristic of embryogenesis, inflammation, wound healing, tumor cell metastasis and a broad range of other normal and pathological processes. Accumulating evidence suggests that the protein tensin provides a physical link between transmembrane receptors, proteins commonly associated with signal transduction, and the actin cytoskeleton. Adhesion involves three broad classes of macromolecules: ExtraCellular Matrix (ECM) molecules, transmembrane adhesion receptors, and intracellular adhesion plaque proteins. Tensin is particularly enriched in Fibrillar Adhesions (FA's), though it is also present to a modest extent in Focal Contacts (FC's). Src Homology 2 (SH2) domains function in the transmission of molecular signals …

The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Segregated School Settings, Sandra M. Sweeney

Education Masters

While most current research advocates for the inclusion of students with special needs, this researcher finds that segregated schools do have a place in the education of students with disabilities. A questionnaire survey sent out to administration, teachers, mental health staff, former students and parents of a segregated program reveals how important it is to have choices and alternative settings for students whose needs are not being met in a general education classroom.

François Libermann And His Family, Arsène Aubert C.S.Sp.

Spiritan Horizons

No abstract provided.

Openline Newsletter, October 2007, Civil Service Council

OpenLine Newsletter

A monthly newsletter for Civil Service employees, Volume XXXII, Number 4, October 2007.

Hypoxia In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico: Does The Science Support The Plan To Reduce, Mitigate, And Control Hypoxia?, Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner, B.K. Sen Gupta, D. F. Boesch, P. Chapman, M. C. Murrell

Faculty Publications

We update and reevaluate the scientific information on the distribution, history, and causes of continental shelf hypoxia that supports the 2001 Action Plan for Reducing, Mitigating, and Controlling Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force 2001), incorporating data, publications, and research results produced since the 1999 integrated assessment. The metric of mid-summer hypoxic area on the Louisiana-Texas shelf is an adequate and suitable measure for continued efforts to reduce nutrients loads from the Mississippi River and hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico as outlined in the Action Plan. More frequent measurements …

World News, Addie Haughey, Sarah Melikian, Marcel De Armas

PEEL Alumni Scholarship

The South African government recently announced legislation that will end canned hunting, the practice of breeding animals in captivity and then releasing them into an enclosed area to be hunted, virtually guaranteeing a successful hunt. Over 50,000 animals were hunted by nearly 7,000 tourists in the 2003–04 season. In South Africa, the industry generates an estimated half a billion dollars annually. While environmentalists allege the legislation does not do enough, breeders say the law will destroy the hunting industry and they will be forced to slaughter many of the 5,000 captive lions in South Africa, as they can’t afford to …

The Lantern Vol. 75, No. 1, Fall 2007, Brett Celinski, Katie Lecours, Dayna Stein, Louisa Schnaithmann, Tim Garay, Tori Wynne, Christopher Schaeffer, Pete Lipsi, Marykate Sullivan, Jen Mingolello, India Mcghee, Colin Ottinger, Megan Ormsby, Natalie Rokaski, Georgia Julius, Abigail Raymond, Christopher Curley, Aaron Garland, Ian O'Neill, Kristin O'Brassill, Marjorie Vujnovich

The Lantern Literary Magazines, 1933 to Present

• Black Cat
• Divorce
• The Picture in the Basement
• An Ode to the '50s Housewife; or Go Go Sylvia Plath
• Paradise from a Clock
• The Fifth
• Moveable Feast
• Deathbed
• July 17th
• Words
• Autobiography
• The Raving
• The Dream Hater
• The Moon Rose Late
• Tree, the Big, Very Old One in the Middle of Campus
• Apple Bit
• Sub Atomic Romance
• God Came
• Extinction
• Ski Masks and Knee Caps
• Of Silhouettes and Dominoes

Wooster Magazine: Fall 2007, Karol Crosbie

Wooster Magazine: 2001-2010

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the fall of 2007. Editor Karol Crosbie begins the edition with a letter reflecting on her job. Letters from readers are featured next. Alumni news is highlighted from page seven to nine. President Grant Cornwell discusses the importance of diversity, along with his personal life in his article from page ten to seventeen. Alumni who work in fields related to religious studies have articles in which they discuss their job. Wooster in Tuscany, a summer study abroad organized by Madonna Hettinger of the history department, is next in the magazine. Class …

Terrestrial Gastropod Responses To An Ecosystem-Level Calcium Manipulation In A Northern Hardwood Forest, Monica A. Skeldon, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Steven P. Hamburg, Joel D. Blum

All Materials

The effects of acid deposition on soil calcium (Ca), and in turn on land snail populations, have been of heightened concern for several decades. We compiled a 10 year record (1997–2006) of gastropod abundance on two small watersheds at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, one of which was treated with a Ca addition in 1999. In years 3–7 post Ca addition, snail abundance in the treated watershed was 73% higher than in the reference area (p < 0.001); there was no significant difference in the 3 years prior to treatment, and no significant difference in slug abundance in any year. We analyzed relationships between snail density and microsite spatial variation in leaf-litter Ca concentration, litter-layer thickness, tree species composition, slope, dead wood, and forest-floor light level. We found that snail abundance was significantly correlated with litter Ca concentration (p < 0.001) and negatively correlated with the importance value of American beech (p = 0.05). Isotopic-tracer analysis indicated that, on average, 76% of Ca in snail shells 5 years post treatment was derived from the added Ca. However, interannual variation in snail numbers indicates that other factors beyond available Ca have a strong influence on snail abundance.

Benchmarks 2007, October 19, The Rockefeller University

BenchMarks 2007

BenchMarks. Friday, October 19, 2007

The community newsletter of The Rockefeller University

BenchMarks is published monthly and is distributed on the campus of The Rockefeller University. It produced by the Office of Communications and Public Affairs

Great Lakes, Weak Policy: The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement And Compact And Non-Regulation Of The Water "Products" Industry, Lauren Petrash

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.

Pathos, Fall 2007, Portland State University. Student Publications Board

Pathos

Editor: Laura Pieroni

Issue 4

Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin - Fall 2007

Kenyon College Alumni Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Etsu Today - Fall 2007, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Today [magazine]

No abstract provided.

Forage News [2007-10], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• Kentucky Grazing Conference
• KY Grazing Conference Hosts Popular Forage Spokesperson Contest
• Grazing Corn Stalks
• Nutrient Losses from Harvested Hay or Crop Residue
• Forages - Louisville - January - Big Event
• Biotechnology in Forage Crops: Update for KY Farmers
• The Effects of Feeding Sericea Lespedeza Hay on Growth Rate of Goats Naturally Infected with Gastrointestinal Nematodes
• Southeastern Drought Drives Search for Hay
• Upcoming Events

Laying Low The High Flying Evangelicals At The United States Air Force Academy - Thanks, But No Thanks - Counterpoints, Steven W. Fitschen

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Newscope - Fall 2007

Newscope

No abstract provided.

The Fat Fight: The Risks And Consequences Of The Federal Government's Failing Public Health Campaign, Kelli K. Garcia

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

An Extraordinary Patch Of Feral Hog Damage In Florida Before And After Initiating Hog Removal, Richard M. Engeman, John Woolard, Henry T. Smith, Jean Bourassa, Bernice U. Constantin, Daniel Griffin

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Feral hogs (Sus scrofa) are a particularly destructive exotic species in the United States (U.S. Department of Agriculture 1999), including Florida, which, along with Hawaii, is one of 2 states cited as having the most severe invasive species problems (U.S. Congress 1993) in the country. First introduced to North America by the European colonists (Conover 2007) hogs were one of the first invasive exotic species to take hold in Florida. They can transmit disease to livestock (Hartin et al. 2007) and humans (Conover and Vail 2007). They impose a variety of negative environmental impacts, including habitat degradation and …