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Gordie News, March 2007, West Chester University Of Pennsylvania

Gordon Natural Area History & Strategic Plan Documents

No abstract provided.

Counterproductive Mix Of Science And Theology: Review Of Astronomy And The Bible - Questions And Answers By Donald B. Deyoung, William D. Stansfield

Biological Sciences

No abstract provided.

Availability Of Dissolved Organic Matter Offsets Metabolic Costs Of A Protracted Larval Period For Bugula Neritina (Bryozoa), Collin H. Johnson, Dean E. Wendt

Biological Sciences

For nearly a century researchers have investigated the uptake and utilization of dissolved organic matter (DOM) by marine invertebrates, but its contribution to their growth, reproduction, and survival remains unclear. Here, the benefit of DOM uptake was assessed for the marine bryozoan Bugula neritina (Linnaeus 1758) through performance comparisons of individuals in the presence and absence of DOM. The experiments were performed using B. neritina collected from floating docks in Beaufort, NC, USA from July to September 2004. Seawater was subjected to ultraviolet irradiation to reduce naturally occurring DOM, and then enriched with either 1 μM of palmitic acid or …

Federated Searching: Do Undergraduates Prefer It And Does It Add Value?, C. Jeffrey Belliston, Jared L. Howland

Faculty Publications

PDF of Powerpoint Presentation on federated searching. This presentation was given at the National ACRL Virtual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Returns To R&D Investment Of Dafwa: Benefit Cost Analysis, 2005-2006, Nazrul Islam

Bulletins 4000 -

The primary outcome or objective of the projects that are assessed, is to increase the market competitiveness and profitability of agri-industry.

Returns To Research And Development Investment Of Department Of Agriculture And Food Western Australia : Benefit Cost Analysis 2005-2006, Nazrul Islam, Francis Bright, Peter Coyle, Peter Eckersley, Louise Evans, Joseph Gaffy, Allan Herbert, Ross Kingwell, Emma Kopke, Peter Tozer

Bulletins 4000 -

Programs of the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia apply benefit-cost analysis to assist in the allocation of funds to those areas likely to make the largest contribution to the rural economy and thus to achieve the Department outcome of increased market competitiveness and profitability. To learn lessons from the completed projects the Programs also use ex post analyses. Information collected in the course of the ex post analyses can usefully improve the assessment of proposed projects.

Production Of Fibrinolytic Protease From Various Fungal Isolates And Species 2.Determination Of Optimum Conditions For Enzyme Production From Pleurotus Ostreatus, Hassan A. A., S. R Alani, M. H Al-Jaboury

Baghdad Science Journal

The optimum conditions for production of fibrinolytic protease from an edible mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus grown on the solid medium , Sus medium, composed of Sus wastes (produced from extracted medicinal plant Glycyrrhiza glabra) were determined. Addition of 5% of Soya bean seeds meal in Sus medium recorded a maximum fibrinolytic protease activity resulting in 7.7 units / ml. The optimum moisture content of Sus medium supplemented with 5% Soya bean seeds meal was 60% resulting in 7.2 units / ml.Pleurotus ostreatus produced a maximum fibrinolytic protease activity when the spawn rate,pH of medium and incubation temperature were 2,6 and 30°C, …

In Vitro Comparison Of Conventional Film And Direct Digital Imaging In The Detection Of Approximal Caries, Vania Machado Castro, Jerald O. Katz, Patrick K. Hardman, Alan Glaros, Paulette Spencer

Faculty and Staff Publications

Objectives: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of conventional film, unenhanced direct digital and inversion grayscale direct digital imaging in the detection of approximal caries.

Methods: 150 approximal surfaces of extracted permanent molars and premolars were selected for the study on the basis of varying lesion depth. The teeth were radiographed using Ektaspeed Plus film; digital images were made with a Schick CMOS-APS sensor. 7 examiners evaluated 58 randomized images of each modality. Histological sectioning of the teeth was used to verify the presence and extent of decay.

Results: No significant difference was found between the diagnostic accuracies of the three …

…Of Cabbages And Kings. March, 2007, Emeriti Society, University Of The Pacific

Emeriti Newsletter: "...Of Cabbages and Kings"

"...Of Cabbages and Kings" is the newsletter of the University of the Pacific Emeriti Society. Read more about the Emeriti Society of Pacific by clicking here.

The Ramsar Convention On Wetlands: Assessment Of International Designations Within The United States, Kim Diana Connolly

Other Scholarship

The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, more commonly knows as the Ramsar Convention, is one international framework used to protect wetlands. At this time, the United States has designated 22 sites as wetlands of international importance. In this Article, Royal C. Gardner and Kim Diana Connolly analyze survey data collected from each of these 22 sites to determine whether and how Ramsar designation benefits these wetland areas. The authors first provide a brief overview of the Ramsar Convention, including its function within the United States. They then break down the survey data, looking at both …

Defining, Valuing, And Providing Ecosystem Goods And Services, Thomas C. Brown, John C. Bergstrp, John B. Loomis

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The Economics Of Biodiveristy Conservation: Valuation Of Tropical Forest Ecosystems, By K.N. Ninan, With S. Jyothis, P. Babu & V. Ramakrishnappa, Collins Ayoo

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

University Reporter - Volume 11, Number 07 - March 2007

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the productivity of UMass Boston faculty members, the College of Science and Mathematics's exhibit on climate-change research, the University's strategic planning process, a report from the Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy showing a need for diversity in elected offices, Black History Month festivities, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Employee Charitable Campaign participation, and other news from UMass Boston.

The Bg News March 1, 2007, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. March 1, 2007. Volume 97-Issue 110.

Preserving The Chesapeake: Law, Ecology, And The Bay, Hon. Gerald L. Baliles

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Black Body And Representations Of The (In)Human, Li-Chun Hsiao

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Li-Chun Hsiao, in his article "The Black Body and Representations of the (In)human," takes cues from the theoretical insights of Agamben's "bare life" as well as Laclau's and Mouffe's "social antagonism" and explores how the slave can be considered a constitutive element which is nevertheless foreclosed from Western democracies. Hsiao also analyzes the various ways the term "slave" functions as trope in the founding discourses of Western democracy. "Bare life" remains included in politics "in the form of the exception," as "something that is included solely through an exclusion." Such an "inclusive exclusion" is represented not in its differential relationship …

Soil Carbon Dynamics During A Long-Term Incubation Study Involving 13C And 14C Measurements, Ronald F. Follett, Eldor A. Paul, Elizabeth G. Pruessner

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

Soil organic matter is the earth's largest terrestrial reservoir of carbon (C). Thus, it serves as a major control on atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels. To better understand these controls, decreases in soil organic C (SOC), soil microbial biomass (SMB) C, and the role of SMB as a source of mineralizable C were measured during a long-term incubation (853 days) without added substrate. The 2 soils used were a Weld loam (fine montmorillonitic, mesic, Aridic Paleustoll) from near Akron, Colorado, and a Duroc loam (fine silty, mixed mesic Pachic Haplustoll) from near Sidney, Nebraska. The Akron soil was …

A Review Of Shiga Toxin Escherichia Coli And Salmonella Enterica In Cattle And Free-Ranging Birds: Potential Association And Epidemiological Links, Kerri Pedersen, Larry Clark

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Cattle are the main reservoir for human infection by pathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonello enterico. To prevent entry of these foodborne pathogens into the human food chain, management factors at the farm level must be identified and controlled. External sources of contamination, such as birds, should be considered as potential sources of transmission over long distances. In this review, we focus on the epidemiology of infection by E. coli and S. enterica and the consequences of birds acting as disseminators of these pathogens at dairy farms in terms of cattle health and the subsequent effects on human health.

Mass-Mediated Social Terror In Spain, Nicholas Manganas

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "Mass-Mediated Social Terror in Spain," Nicholas Manganas explores mass-mediated narratives associated with social terror. Manganas posits that one approach to understanding social terror is to conceptualize it as a process of narrativization. Manganas takes a global view while at the same time applying that approach to the contemporary Spanish political and cultural context following the 11 March 2004 terrorist attacks in Madrid. He views the current social and political panorama of Spain as an example of social terror in dialogue with both current and historical national discourses. Manganas details the events surrounding the March 11 attack in …

The Tortured Body, The Photograph, And The U.S. War On Terror, Julie Gerk Hernandez

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Julie Gerk Hernandez, in her article "The Tortured Body, the Photograph, and the U.S. War on Terror," engages in an analysis of the institutional mechanisms that lead to dehumanizing violence as a result of the ongoing allegations of torture of detainees at U.S. military bases at Abu Ghraib, in Afghanistan, and at Guantánamo. Hernandez conducts her investigation by examining the photographed torture at Abu Ghraib as an atavistic resurgence of the representational practices at work in post-Civil-War racial lynching. Hernandez also explores the historical and visual parallels between the photographs at Abu Ghraib and the photographs of post-Civil-War lynchings in …

Poetry And The Aesthetic Of Morality, Michael Mcirvin

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper "Poetry and the Aesthetic of Morality," Michael McIrvin charts the fall of language from its mythologized acquisition through its use in communal history and ritual to its present diminished function as advertiser's tool and means of control by those in power. The partial exegesis of a poem written in response to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the subsequent US response illustrates that the assignation of otherness on the present grand scale is emblematic of this diminishment. McIrvin argues that President Bush's misspeak leading up to the war and to the last presidential election is …

Galvanic Corrosion Of Metal Injection Molded (Mim) And Conventional Brackets With Nickel-Titanium And Copper-Nickel-Titanium Archwires, Barbara Siargos, T. Gerard Bradley, Myrsini Darabara, George Papadimitriou, Spiros Zinelis

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Objective: To compare the galvanic coupling of conventional and metal injection molded (MIM) brackets with commonly used orthodontic archwires.

Materials and Methods: Six of each type of bracket were suspended in lactic acid along with a sample of orthodontic wire (three nickel-titanium and three copper-nickel-titanium) for 28 days at 37°C. The potential differences between the wires and brackets were recorded per second throughout the duration of the experiment.

Results: The MIM brackets exhibited potential differences similar to those seen for the conventional brackets. The greatest potential difference was found for MIM brackets with nickel-titanium wires (512 mV), whereas MIM brackets …

Israel’S Uncertain Strategic Future, Louis René Beres

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Untangling The Signalling Wires, Boris N. Kholodenko Phd, Dsci

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades process myriads of stimuli, generating receptor-specific cellular outcomes. New work exploits emergent mathematics of network inference to reveal distinct feedback designs of the RAF/MEK/ERK cascade induced by two different growth factors. It shows that response specificity can arise from differential signal-induced wiring of overlapping protein networks.

White Grubs, Erin Hodgson

All Current Publications

White grubs are the most widespread and destructive insect pest of turfgrass. This fact sheet provides a description of them, damage symptoms, life cycles, sampling protocol, cultural control, threshold guidelines, and chemical control information.

Colon Carcinoma Cells Harboring Pik3ca Mutations Display Resistance To Growth Factor Deprivation Induced Apoptosis., J. Wang, Karen Kuropatwinski, Jennie Hauser, Michael R. Rossi, Yunfei Zhou, Alexis Conway, Julie L.C. Kan, Neil W. Gibson, James K.V. Willson, John K. Cowell, Michael G. Brattain

Journal Articles: Eppley Institute

PIK3CA, encoding the p110alpha catalytic subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), is mutated in a variety of human cancers. We screened the colon cancer cell lines previously established in our laboratory for PIK3CA mutations and found that four of them harbored gain of function mutations. We have now compared a panel of mutant and wild-type cell lines for cell proliferation and survival in response to stress. There was little difference in PI3K activity between mutant PIK3CA-bearing cells (mutant cells) and wild-type PIK3CA-bearing cells (wild-type cells) under optimal growth conditions. However, the mutant cells showed constitutive PI3K activity during growth factor deprivation …

Interspecific And Intraspecific Differences In Foraging Preferences Of Container-Dwelling Mosquitoes, Kesavaraju Banugopan, Donald A. Yee, Steven A. Juliano

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

Feeding preferences of larval container-dwelling mosquitoes are not well understood. Primary production is often absent in container systems and external inputs of animal and plant detritus supply the energy base of container food webs by supporting microorganism prey for mosquitoes. We quantified the feeding preferences of Aedes albopictus (Skuse), a non-native invasive mosquito, and Ochlerotahts triseriatus (Say), a native mosquito, when given a choice of animal and plant detritus. We tested for interpopulational (Illinois versus Florida) differences in feeding preferences, and quantified each species' performance on these two detritus types. When given a choice, both species spent significantly more time …

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 …

Fragmentation Of Molecules By Fast Ion Impact, Christina Dimopoulou, Nicole Haag, Robert Moshammer, Pablo Daniel Fainstein, Alexander Dorn, M. Durr, Daniel Fischer, Joachim Hermann Ullrich

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Single ionization of simple molecules, e.g. H₂, CO₂, by fast charged particle impact has been studied using a reaction microscope. By measuring the momenta of the emitted electron and the recoil ionic fragment in coincidence, channel-selective low-energy electron spectra have been recorded. The experimental cross sections will be presented, compared with the predictions of state-of-the-art CDW-EIS calculations and discussed in terms of molecular effects such as (i) autoionization and predissociation channels, (ii) interference patterns resulting from the two-center geometry of the diatomic molecule, in analogy to Young's double-slit experiment and (iii) dependence of the electron emission …

The Cowl - V. 71 - N. 19 - Mar 1, 2007

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 71 - Number 19 - March 1, 2007. 28 pages.