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Polluting Medical Judgment? False Assumptions In The Pursuit Of False Claims Regarding Off-Label Prescribing, Sandra H. Johnson Jan 2007

Polluting Medical Judgment? False Assumptions In The Pursuit Of False Claims Regarding Off-Label Prescribing, Sandra H. Johnson

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


Five Ethical Questions For Scnt Stem Cell Research, Ronald M. Greem Jan 2007

Five Ethical Questions For Scnt Stem Cell Research, Ronald M. Greem

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


Scientific, Ethical And Policy Challenges For Public Universities Engaging In Stem Cell Research - A University Of Minnesota Perspective On Scnt Research: Past Challenges And Strategy For The Future, Frank B. Cerra Jan 2007

Scientific, Ethical And Policy Challenges For Public Universities Engaging In Stem Cell Research - A University Of Minnesota Perspective On Scnt Research: Past Challenges And Strategy For The Future, Frank B. Cerra

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The University In Promoting Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research And Stem Cell Therapies, Dan S. Kaufman Jan 2007

The Role Of The University In Promoting Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research And Stem Cell Therapies, Dan S. Kaufman

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


Developing Oversight Frameworks For Nanobiotechnology, Jordan Paradise, Susan M. Wolf, Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Efrosini Kokkoli, Ralph Hall, Jennifer Kuzm Jan 2007

Developing Oversight Frameworks For Nanobiotechnology, Jordan Paradise, Susan M. Wolf, Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Efrosini Kokkoli, Ralph Hall, Jennifer Kuzm

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


Science, Morality, And Universities, Bryan Dowd Jan 2007

Science, Morality, And Universities, Bryan Dowd

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


Building Intellectual Property Management Capacity In Public Research Institutions In Vietnam: Current Needs And Future Directions, Laurel Kilgour Jan 2007

Building Intellectual Property Management Capacity In Public Research Institutions In Vietnam: Current Needs And Future Directions, Laurel Kilgour

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


Nomology, Ontology, And Phenomenology Of Law And Technology, Kieran Tranter Jan 2007

Nomology, Ontology, And Phenomenology Of Law And Technology, Kieran Tranter

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


In Re Fisher: Denial Of Patents For Ests Signals Deeper Problems In The Utility Prong For Patentability, Lillian Ewing Jan 2007

In Re Fisher: Denial Of Patents For Ests Signals Deeper Problems In The Utility Prong For Patentability, Lillian Ewing

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


Technology, Commerce, Development, Identity, Andrea M. Matwyshyn Jan 2007

Technology, Commerce, Development, Identity, Andrea M. Matwyshyn

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


Determinism And The Death Of Folk Psychology: Two Challenges To Responsibility From Neuroscience, Stephen J. Morse Jan 2007

Determinism And The Death Of Folk Psychology: Two Challenges To Responsibility From Neuroscience, Stephen J. Morse

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


Genomic Nutritional Profiling: Innovation And Regulation In Nutrigenomics, David Castle Jan 2007

Genomic Nutritional Profiling: Innovation And Regulation In Nutrigenomics, David Castle

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


Mississippi River Stories: Lessons From A Century Of Unnatural Disasters, Christine A. Klein, Sandra B. Zellmer Jan 2007

Mississippi River Stories: Lessons From A Century Of Unnatural Disasters, Christine A. Klein, Sandra B. Zellmer

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Upstream Of Peril: The Role Of Federal Lands In Addressing The Extinction Crisis: Twelfth Annual Lloyd K. Garrison Lecture On Environmental Law, Karin P. Sheldon Jan 2007

Upstream Of Peril: The Role Of Federal Lands In Addressing The Extinction Crisis: Twelfth Annual Lloyd K. Garrison Lecture On Environmental Law, Karin P. Sheldon

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Pardy-Ruhl Dialogue On Ecosystem Management, Part Iv: Narrowing And Sharpening The Questions, J. B. Ruhl Jan 2007

The Pardy-Ruhl Dialogue On Ecosystem Management, Part Iv: Narrowing And Sharpening The Questions, J. B. Ruhl

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Evolving Role Of Citizens In United States-Canadian International Environmental Law Compliance, Noah D. Hall Jan 2007

The Evolving Role Of Citizens In United States-Canadian International Environmental Law Compliance, Noah D. Hall

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.


Minding The Public Interest: How The Not-So-Effective Standard Has Led To The Destruction Of Wetlands In Louisiana, Megan Bierlein Jan 2007

Minding The Public Interest: How The Not-So-Effective Standard Has Led To The Destruction Of Wetlands In Louisiana, Megan Bierlein

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.


Filling The Void In An Otherwise Occupied Field: Using Federal Common Law To Regulate Carbon Dioxide In The Absence Of A Preemptive Statute , Sarah Olinger Jan 2007

Filling The Void In An Otherwise Occupied Field: Using Federal Common Law To Regulate Carbon Dioxide In The Absence Of A Preemptive Statute , Sarah Olinger

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Science Of Dna Identification: From The Laboratory To The Courtroom (And Beyond), David H. Kaye Jan 2007

The Science Of Dna Identification: From The Laboratory To The Courtroom (And Beyond), David H. Kaye

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

No abstract provided.


Women's Studies Reading List, Adonna Fleming Jan 2007

Women's Studies Reading List, Adonna Fleming

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The titles in this annotated reading list are based on a curriculum study that anaIyzed the reading lists from the syllabi of the women's studies courses taught at ten colleges and universities in Colorado, during the 1999-2000 academic years. Inclusion in the list was based on the frequency that the title appeared across the curriculum. In order to qualify for entry in this list each title had to appear on more than one course syllabi. 86 selections are arranged alphabetically by author, and also include the title, publisher, date and place of publication, number of pages, plus a brief description …


Optimizing A Communication System By Neural Circuits: The Magic Number 4 And Golden Ratio, Bo Deng Jan 2007

Optimizing A Communication System By Neural Circuits: The Magic Number 4 And Golden Ratio, Bo Deng

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

For a new class of circuit models of neurons we demonstrate here that an artificial but robust and efficient communication system can be constructed using one neural circuit as an encoder/transmitter and another as a receiver/decoder, for which metastable-plastic spike-bursts with the minimal bursting periods are used for its alphabet. We also demonstrate that the spike-bursting alphabet is frequency-modulated onto the encoder’s ion pump current as the signal. We further demonstrate that for this spike-excitation-encoding-decoding (SEED) system, the quadrary alphabet tends to give the maximal transmission rate for all possible sources. We also demonstrate that by a trivial source-to-channel encoding, …


Decimal Spike Code Maximizes Neural Memory Against Retrieval Time, Bo Deng Jan 2007

Decimal Spike Code Maximizes Neural Memory Against Retrieval Time, Bo Deng

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

For a new class of circuit models for single neurons we demonstrate here that if the circuits’ plastic spike-bursts are used for memory alphabet, then using the first 10 bases tend to maximize the amount of information that can be retrieved from and stored into the circuits in a unit time.


Categories Of Resistance, Antibiosis And Tolerance, To Biotype I Greenbug (Schizaphis Graminum (Rondani) Homoptera: Aphididae) In Four Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench. Poales:Gramineae) Hybrids, Mahmut Dogramaci, Z. B. Mayo, Robert J. Wright, John C. Reese Jan 2007

Categories Of Resistance, Antibiosis And Tolerance, To Biotype I Greenbug (Schizaphis Graminum (Rondani) Homoptera: Aphididae) In Four Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench. Poales:Gramineae) Hybrids, Mahmut Dogramaci, Z. B. Mayo, Robert J. Wright, John C. Reese

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Resistance categories (antibiosis and tolerance) of four sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) hybrids to biotype I greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani), were determined in environmental growth chamber and field studies. Greenbug weight and fecundity were lower on ‘Cargill 607E’ compared with ‘Cargill 797’. Percentage of leaf damage area was significantly less on two resistant hybrids (Cargill 607E and Cargill 797) after a 14-d greenbug feeding period compared to two susceptible hybrids (‘Golden Harvest 510B’ and Garst 5715). In growth chamber studies on sorghum seedlings, ‘Cargill 607E’ and ‘Cargill 797’ reduced greenbug weight significantly compared with ‘Golden Harvest 510B’ and ‘Garst …


Genetic Structure And Molecular Variability Of Spodoptera Frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Collected In Maize And Cotton Fields In Brazil, S. Martinelli, P. L. Clark, M. I. Zucchi, M. C. Silva-Filho, John E. Foster, C. Omoto Jan 2007

Genetic Structure And Molecular Variability Of Spodoptera Frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Collected In Maize And Cotton Fields In Brazil, S. Martinelli, P. L. Clark, M. I. Zucchi, M. C. Silva-Filho, John E. Foster, C. Omoto

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the genetic similarity and structure of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), populations associated with maize and cotton crops in Brazil using amplified fragment length polymorphisms. Mean genetic similarity among populations was 0.45. The unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean analysis dendrograms did not separate populations of S. frugiperda into clusters related to the host plant in which the insects were collected. No genetic variation was observed among maize and cotton populations of S. frugiperda, suggesting that the same populations are injuring both crops in Brazil. This research validates …


Lady Beetles Of Nebraska, Alexander P. Cunningham, James R. Brandle, Stephen D. Danielson, Thomas E. Hunt Jan 2007

Lady Beetles Of Nebraska, Alexander P. Cunningham, James R. Brandle, Stephen D. Danielson, Thomas E. Hunt

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Lady beetles are some of the most noticeable and popular insects found in the garden and on the farm. This publication will help the farmer, gardener, or amateur naturalist to better understand and identify lady beetles found in Nebraska.

Lady beetles are in the family Caccinellidae, of which nearly all members are predators. Most lady beetles are recognizable by their black-on-red spotted pattern and hemispherical shape.


Physiological And Biochemical Responses Of Resistant And Susceptible Wheat To Injury By Russian Wheat Aphid, Lisa D. Franzen, Andrea R. Gutsche, Tiffany Heng-Moss, Leon G. Higley, Gautam Sarath, John D. Burd Jan 2007

Physiological And Biochemical Responses Of Resistant And Susceptible Wheat To Injury By Russian Wheat Aphid, Lisa D. Franzen, Andrea R. Gutsche, Tiffany Heng-Moss, Leon G. Higley, Gautam Sarath, John D. Burd

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

We examined the physiological and biochemical responses of resistant (“Halt” and “Prairie Red”) and susceptible (“TAM 107”) wheat, Triticum aestivum L., to injury by the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko). Photosynthetic capacity was evaluated by measuring assimilation/ internal CO2 (A/Ci) curves, chlorophyll fluorescence, chlorophyll, and nonstructural carbohydrate content. Total protein and peroxidase specific activity also were determined. No significant differences were detected in chlorophyll concentration between aphid-infested and control TAM107 plants. The aphid-infested resistant cultivars had similar or significantly higher chlorophyll concentrations compared with their respective control plants. Measurements over time showed that infested Halt plants …


Survey For Hymenopteran And Dipteran Parasitoids Of The Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) In Chiapas, Mexico, Ramiro E. Ruiz-Najera, Jaime Molina-Ochoa, James E. Carpenter, Jorge A. Espinosa-Moreno, Jose Alfredo Ruiz-Najera, Roberto Lezama-Gutierrez, John E. Foster Jan 2007

Survey For Hymenopteran And Dipteran Parasitoids Of The Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) In Chiapas, Mexico, Ramiro E. Ruiz-Najera, Jaime Molina-Ochoa, James E. Carpenter, Jorge A. Espinosa-Moreno, Jose Alfredo Ruiz-Najera, Roberto Lezama-Gutierrez, John E. Foster

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

A survey of hymenopteran and dipteran parasitoids of the fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) larvae was conducted to determine their occurrence and parasitism rates in Western Chiapas, Mexico. 1247 FAW larvae were collected from whorl-stage corn cornfields in 21 locations in the region called ‘‘La Frailesca’’ in Chiapas, Mexico during the summer of 2002; 251 larvae produced parasitoids for an overall parasitism rate of 20.1%. Five braconids were recovered from FAW larvae, Rogas vaughani Muesebeck, R. laphygmae Viereck, Chelonus insularis Cresson, C. cautus Cresson, and Glyptapanteles militaris Walsh. Two ichneumonids, Neotheronia sp., and Ophion flavidus Brulle, and one …


A Content Based Pattern Analysis System For A Biological Specimen Collection, Joyita Mallik, Ashok K. Samal, Scott L. Gardner Jan 2007

A Content Based Pattern Analysis System For A Biological Specimen Collection, Joyita Mallik, Ashok K. Samal, Scott L. Gardner

School of Computing: Conference and Workshop Papers

Over the years many research collections of biological specimen have been developed for research in biological sciences. Number of specimens in some of these collections can be as high as several millions. There is a move to convert these physical specimens into digital images. This research is motivated by the need to develop techniques to mine useful information from these large collections of specimen images. Specific focus of this research is on the collection of parasites in the Harold W. Manter Laboratory (HWML) Parasite Collection, one of the top four parasite collections in the world. These parasites closely resemble in …


Tgfβ3 Inhibits E-Cadherin Gene Expression In Palate Medial-Edge Epithelial Cells Through A Smad2-Smad4- Lef1 Transcription Complex, Ali Nawshad, Damian Medici, Chang-Chih Liu, Elizabeth D. Hay Jan 2007

Tgfβ3 Inhibits E-Cadherin Gene Expression In Palate Medial-Edge Epithelial Cells Through A Smad2-Smad4- Lef1 Transcription Complex, Ali Nawshad, Damian Medici, Chang-Chih Liu, Elizabeth D. Hay

College of Dentistry: Faculty Publications

Dissociation of medial-edge epithelium (MEE) during palate development is essential for mediating correct craniofacial morphogenesis. This phenomenon is initiated by TGFβ3 upon adherence of opposing palatal shelves, because loss of E-cadherin causes the MEE seam to break into small epithelial islands. To investigate the molecular mechanisms that cause this E-cadherin loss, we isolated and cultured murine embryonic primary MEE cells from adhered or non-adhered palates. Here, we provide the first evidence that lymphoid enhancer factor 1 (LEF1), when functionally activated by phosphorylated Smad2 (Smad2- P) and Smad4 (rather than β-catenin), binds with the promoter of the E-cadherin gene to repress …


Evaluation Of The Streambed Leakage Concept In Analytical Models Using Data From Three Pumping Tests, Sefan J. Kollet, Vitaly A. Zlotnik Jan 2007

Evaluation Of The Streambed Leakage Concept In Analytical Models Using Data From Three Pumping Tests, Sefan J. Kollet, Vitaly A. Zlotnik

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

Two-dimensional analytical models of pumping induced drawdown and stream depletion account for the streambed properties and stream geometry. Using data from three pumping tests performed under various hydrologic conditions, the following hypotheses were tested: (1) a partially penetrating stream at a certain distance from the pumping well can be represented by the streambed leakage term in the analytical models; (2) in the streambed leakage term, the streambed conductance coefficient λ=(WK′)/m′ accounts for the average stream width W, the streambed thickness m′, and hydraulic conductivity K′. The first hypothesis was tested by comparing results from tests under flow and no-flow stream …