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Shark Bay Prawn And Scallop Fisheries. Draft Review Report, Department Of Fisheries Western Australia

Fisheries Management Papers

In recent times, the Department of Fisheries has received representations from both sectors about the ongoing interaction of the fisheries and their respective management settings. As a result, a decision was made to comprehensively review the fisheries, taking into account matters of fishery sustainability and gear interactions, together with industry economics and market considerations. The review has also addressed research requirements to ensure an appropriate scientific basis for decision-making into the future.

American Society Of Parasitologists Newsletter, V. 29, No. 1, Spring 2007, Scott Lyell Gardner

American Society of Parasitologists: Newsletter

An issue of the American Society of Parasitologists' quarterly newsletter, also called the Journal of Parasitology Newsletter.

University Of San Diego News Print Media Coverage 2007.04, University Of San Diego Office Of Public Relations

Print Media Coverage (1947-2009)

Printed clippings housed in folders with a table of contents arranged by topic.

Contributing Factors Of Preterm Delivery In Parturient In A University Hospital In Iran, Fatemeh Mirzaie, Sakineh Mohammah-Alizadeh

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Preterm labor is one of the common causes of prenatal morbidity and mortality. With considering the importance of preterm labor and lack of sufficient studies about the relationship between preterm labor and some factors such as cigarette smoking and opiate-using, the present study was designed. METHODS: We performed this descriptive-analytic study on 988 pregnant women referring to the Delivery Ward of Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman, Iran from February 2005 to September 2006. We analyzed the data using t-test and Chi-square test. RESULTS: From 988 subjects, 39.4% had preterm labor and 60.6% had term delivery. There was no significant difference between …

Protein Design By Mining And Sampling An Undirected Graphical Model Of Evolutionary Constraints, John Thomas, Naren Ramakrishnan, Chris Bailey-Kellogg

Computer Science Technical Reports

Evolutionary pressures on proteins to maintain structure and function have constrained their sequences over time and across species. The sequence record thus contains valuable information regarding the acceptable variation and covariation of amino acids in members of a protein family. When designing new members of a protein family, with an eye toward modified or improved stability or functionality, it is incumbent upon a protein engineer to uncover such constraints and design conforming sequences. This paper develops such an approach for protein design: we first mine an undirected probabilistic graphical model of a given protein family, and then use the model …

A Stereological And Histological Analysis Of Spleen On Obese Female Rats, Fed With High Fat Diet, Berrin Z. Altunkaynak, Elvan Ozbek, Muhammed E. Altunkaynak

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is an association between fatty diet induced obesity and spleen enlargement by means of Cavalieri principle, unbiased stereological method and light microscopic examination. METHODS: In this study, we used 16 adult female Sprague Dawley rats, weighing between 150-200 g. All animals were obtained from the Ataturk University Experimental Research and Applying Center, Turkey in 2005. We performed rat models, fed with normal or high-fat diet for duration of 3 months. After this controlled nutritional process, spleens are removed from all anesthetized rats and performed by routine histological process. Stereologically, we estimated the spleen volumes in …

Campus Assembly Minutes 02/22/2007, Campus Assembly

Campus Assembly

No abstract provided.

High Risk Behaviors Of Injection Drug Users Registered With Harm Reduction Programme In Karachi, Pakistan, Arshad Altaf, Sharaf Ali Shah, Najam A. Zaidi, Ashraf Memon, Nadeem-Ur-Rehman, Norman Wray

Community Health Sciences

Background: Surveillance data of Sindh AIDS Control Programme, Pakistan suggest that HIV infection is rapidly increasing among IDUs in Karachi and has reached 9% in 2004-5 indicating that the country has progressed from nascent to concentrated level of HIV epidemic. Findings of 2nd generation surveillance in 2004-5 also indicate 104/395 (26.3%) IDUs HIV positive in the city.Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study among registered IDUs of a needle exchange and harm reduction programme in Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 161 IDUs were included in the study between October-November 2003. A detailed questionnaire was implemented and blood samples were collected …

Deep Scattering Layers Of The Northern Gulf Of Mexico Observed With A Shipboard 38-Khz Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, A.M. Kaltenberg, D.C. Biggs, S.F. Dimarco

Gulf of Mexico Science

Midwater sound-scattering layers containing aggregations of zooplankton and micronekton prey form in response to a trade-off between predator avoidance at depth and optimal foraging near the surface. Although the volume backscatter strength of zooplankton aggregations have been extensively studied in the past, fewer studies have specifically examined other descriptive characteristics of these layers such as depth of layers, timing of migrations, and the presence of secondary scattering layers below the main scattering layer. In the present study, patterns of deep scattering layers (DSLs) were characterized using relative acoustic backscatter from a ship-mounted 38-kHz phased-array, acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) in …

2007 Ruby Yearbook, Ursinus College Senior Class

The Ruby Yearbooks, 1897-2020

A digitized copy of the 2007 Ruby, the Ursinus College yearbook.

Website: 2007 Colby College Undergraduate Research Symposium, Colby College

Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)

Colby College Undergraduate Research Symposium 2007 Website

Contents:

Keynote Speaker

Schedule - Wednesday

Schedule - Thursday

Schedule - Friday

Poster Program

Associated Sessions

Abstracts

Honors Program

Participating Departments/Programs

Ecosystem Of Distrust, Mark Verstraete, Derek E. Bambauer

First Amendment Law Review

No abstract provided.

Physical Property And Chemical Characteristics Of Surface Sediment Grab Samples From Narragansett Bay And The Providence And Seekonk Rivers, D. W. Murray, W L. Prell, C E. Rincon, E Saarman

Narragansett Bay Collection

This document contains data tables, maps, plots, and documentation on Brown

University’s Narragansett Bay Sediment Project compiled by David W. Murray, Brown

University, for the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission with

support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The data were compiled and

analyzed as part of a New England pilot project exploring the development of a

biological condition gradient applicable to estuarine systems.

Retrocyclin Rc-101 Overcomes Cationic Mutations On The Heptad Repeat 2 Of Hiv-1 Gp41, Christopher Fuhrman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Retrocyclin RC-101, a θ-defensin with lectin-like properties, potently inhibits infection by many HIV-1 subtypes by binding to the heptad repeat (HR)-2 region of gp41 and preventing six-helix bundle formation. In the present study, we used in silico computational exploration to identify residues of HR2 that interacted with RC-101 and then analyzed the HIV-1 Sequence Database at LANL for residue variations in the HR1 and HR2 segments that could plausibly impart in vivo resistance. Docking RC-101 to gp41 peptides in silico confirmed its strong preference for HR2 over HR1, and implicated residues crucial for its ability to bind HR2. We mutagenized …

Apoer2 Expression Increases Aβ Production While Decreasing Amyloid Precursor Protein (App) Endocytosis: Possible Role In The Partitioning Of App Into Lipid Rafts And In The Regulation Of Γ-Secretase Activity, Rodrigo A. Fuentealba, Maria Ines Barría, Jiyeon Lee, Judy Cam, Claudia Araya, Claudia A. Escudero, Nibaldo C. Inestrosa, Francisca C. Bronfman, Guojun Bu, Maria-Paz Marzolo

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Traditional Animal Dissection And Computer Simulation Dissection, Debra Elisabeth Kiehl

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to compare instructional effectiveness of traditional animal dissections and computer simulation dissections related to student achievement and attitudes.

Adaptive Trade-Off In Floral Morphology Mediates Specialization For Flowers Pollinated By Bats And Hummingbirds, Nathan Muchhala

Biology Department Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Synthesis And Antimalarial Activity Of New Isotebuquine Analogues, Olga V. Miroshnikova, Thomas H. Hudson, Lucia Gerena, Dennis E. Kyle, Ai J. Lin

United States Army: Publications

Amodiaquine (AQ) and tebuquine are 4-aminoquinoline antimalarials with Mannich base side chain and are highly effective against chloroquine (CQ)-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Clinical use of AQ has been severely restricted due to hepatoxicity and agranulocytosis side effects associated with its long term use. Lysosomal accumulation and bioactivation to generate reactive quinoneimine metabolite are implicated to be the cause of the observed AQ toxicities. To avoid the quinoneimine formation and thus the toxicity, a series of isotebuquine analogues and their N^ω-oxides with hydroxy group meta to the amino rather than in para position of the aniline moiety …

A Galvanizing Story—Protein Stability And Zinc Homeostasis, Peter T. Chivers

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Wmi Outdoor News Bulletin * January 2007, Volume 61, No. 1

Wildlife Management Institute Outdoor News Bulletin

Contents:

• Aquatic Nuisance Species and Predator-Prey workshops at North American Conference

• Ruffed grouse have a plan

• Cellulose may soon take the starch out of ethanol

• Proposal for year-round drilling on critical big game range gains momentum and contention

• Reports of National Bison Range agreement demise prove to be greatly exaggerated

• 76th (2011) North American Conference slated

• Moguls may preempt habitat for threatened lynx

• WMI launches new Website

• Worth reading: The Golden Spruce

Annual Report 2007 Australian College Of Educators, Australian College Of Educators

Australian College of Educators - National

No abstract provided.

Role Of Laminins In The Development Of The Peripheral Nervous System, Wei-Ming Yu

Student Theses and Dissertations

To investigate the function of laminins in peripheral nerve development, the laminin γ1 gene was specifically disrupted in Schwann cells. Disruption of laminin γ1 gene expression resulted in depletion of all other laminin chains known to be expressed in Schwann cells. Schwann cells lacking laminins fail to differentiate to myelinating and non-myelinating Schwann cells and do not extend processes required for initiating axonal sorting and mediating axon-Schwann cell interactions. These cells also fail to down-regulate Oct-6 and they arrest at the premyelinating stage. Impaired axon-Schwann cell interactions prevent phosphorylation of β-neuregulin-1 receptors, which results in decreased cell proliferation. Postnatally, laminin-null …

Introducing Journal Of Biological Engineering, Mark R. Riley

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Welcome to Journal of Biological Engineering (JBE), the flagship publication of the Institute of Biological Engineering. Biological Engineering is a new and unique discipline that encompasses a wide range of engineering theory and practice connected to and derived from biology. This emerging science-based engineering discipline and related applications are experiencing rapid growth. Prior to publication of JBE there is no refereed publication that encompasses the breadth and depth of biological engineering as a science- based discipline, rather than a collection of applications. Our goal in publishing JBE is to provide a forum for topics that address the foundational …

Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog, 2007 - 2009, Office Of The Registrar

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Nad(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase (Nqo1)-Directed Lavendamycin Antitumor Agents: Structure-Based Design, Molecular Modeling And Structure-Activity Studies, Mary Hassani

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is a two-electron reductase that catalyzes an NAD(P)H-dependent activation of many quinone-based antitumor agents. NQO1, expressed at high levels in many human solid tumors, can be used as a target for enzyme-directed bioreductive antitumor drug development. We hypothesized that lavendamycins, quinolinedione antitumor antibiotics, can be activated by NQO1 in cancer cells that overexpress NQO1 to exhibit selective toxicity toward those cells. The effects of functional group changes on the metabolism of lavendamycins by recombinant human NQO1 were studied using a spectrophotometric assay. These structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies determined key structural features that were required for lavendamycin …

The Role Of The Cytoplasmic Pore In Inward Rectification Of Kir2.1 Channels, Harley T. Kurata, Wayland W. Cheng, Christine Arrabit, Paul A. Slesinger, Colin G. Nichols

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Whale Sharks Of The Western Caribbean: An Overview Of Current Research And Conservation Efforts And Future Needs For Effective Management Of The Species, Rachel T. Graham

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are seasonal visitors to four sites in the Western Caribbean, 3 of which are encompassed by the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Predictable encounters with the world's largest fish have raised this species' profile globally and led to several research and conservation efforts that aim to elucidate the need for information for the species management and balance the growing demand for highly lucrative encounter tourism. Tagging studies have demonstrated that the whale shark population is relatively small and likely forms a single population. Individuals move throughout the region between 3 of 4 known feeding sites and …

Optional Enhanced Measures For The Protection Of Water Quality In The Edwards Aquifer (Revised)

KIP Data Sets and Technical Reports

Open Access Edwards Aquifer Authority Collection

A Role For The Cytoskeleton In Heart Looping, Kersti K. Linask, Michael Vanauker

Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Over the past 10 years, key genes involved in specification of left-right laterality pathways in the embryo have been defined. The read-out for misexpression of laterality genes is usually the direction of heart looping. The question of how dextral looping direction occurred mechanistically and how the heart tube bends remains unknown. It is becoming clear from our experiments and those of others that left-right differences in cell proliferation in the second heart field (anterior heart field) drives the dextral direction. Evidence is accumulating that the cytoskeleton is at the center of laterality, and the bending and rotational forces associated with …

Fish And Wildlife Benefits Associated With Wetland Establishment Practices, Charles A. Rewa

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Efforts to establish wetlands through restoration and creation actions have increased in recent decades in response to regulatory and voluntary incentive programs. This paper summarizes the findings of studies conducted to document fish and wildlife response to these practices. The majority of published studies describe bird response to wetland restoration, with most reporting bird communities in restored wetlands to be similar to those of natural reference wetlands. Studies also indicate that invertebrates and amphibians generally respond quickly to and colonize newly established wetland habitats. Key factors reported as correlated with wildlife species richness include wetland size, availability of nearby wetlands …