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Freshman Record : The University Of Rhode Island, The Interfraternity/Panhellenic Councils

Freshman Record

No abstract provided.

Caring Minds, University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston School Of Nursing

Caring Minds

• Greetings from Dean Patricia Starck
• New DNP program explores new frontiers of nursing
• Profile Joanne V. Hickey, PhD, APRN, BC, ACNP, FAAN, FCCM
• With assistance from PARTNERS scholarship, Family Practice Nurse pursues her dream through new DNP program
• School of Nursing offers training in geriatrics for nurses
• PARTNERS organization endows first professorship
• University of Texas Health Services planning to expand number of clinics
• Caring Leaders
• The Engine of Innovation: School of Nursing researchers part of $36 million NIH grant to spur innovation
• Johnson and Johnson gala spotlights nurses Chad and Heath LePray
• UT School of Nursing and Memorial Hermann Hospital …

Purple Patcher 2007, College Of The Holy Cross

Purple Patcher Yearbook

This is a digitized version of the 2007 Purple Patcher. Physical copies of the Purple Patcher are held by the College of the Holy Cross Archives.

University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2007-2008, University Of Southern Maine

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Emergent Pedagogy: Learning To Enjoy The Uncontrollable—And Make It Productive, Anne Dalke, Kimberly Cassidy, Paul Grobstein, Doug Blank

Literatures in English Faculty Research and Scholarship

This essay reflects the shared experiences of four college faculty members (a biologist, a psychologist, a computer scientist, and a feminist literary scholar) working together with K-12 teachers to explore a new perspective on educational practice. It offers a novel rationale for independent thinking and learning, one that derives from rapidly developing interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary inquiries in the sciences and social sciences into what are known as “complex” or “emergent” systems. Using emergent systems as a model of teaching and learning makes at least three significant contributions to our thinking bout teaching, in three very different dimensions. It invites us …

Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization Of Small Invertebrate Embryos Using Laboratory Mini-Columns, Steven Q. Irvine

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

To facilitate the handling of small invertebrate embryos during whole-mount in situ hybridization, a method of solution exchange using laboratory mini-columns was developed. This protocol speeds time-consuming aspiration of buffers, and avoids accidental loss of the embryos, by gently pushing solutions through the column using air pressure from a syringe after each incubation. The next buffer is then added using a pipettor. Embryos are retained on a filter within the column. As many columns as desired may be processed in parallel for different probes or stages.

Linkage Analysis Of The Visible Mutations Sel And Xan Of Bombyx Mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Using Ssr Markers, Xuexia Miao, Muwang Li, Fangyin Dai, Cheng Lu, Marian R. Goldsmith, Yongping Huang

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Wild type silkworm larvae have opaque white skin, whereas the mutants Sel (Sepialumazine) and Xan (Xanthous) are yellow-skinned. Previous genetic analysis indicated that Sel and Xan are on established linkage groups 24 (0.0) and 27 (0.0), respectively. However, in constructing a molecular linkage map using simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci, we found that the two mutations were linked. To confirm this finding, we developed a set of SSR markers and used them to score reciprocal backcross populations. Taking advantage of the lack of crossing-over in female silkworms, we found that the progeny of backcrosses between F₁ females and males …

Core Christianity, Elmer L. Towns

Books

No abstract provided.

Synthesis And Evaluation Of Tripodal Peptide Analogues For Cellular Delivery Of Phosphopeptides, Guofeng Ye, Nguyen-Hai Nam, Anil Kumar, Ali Saleh, Dinesh B. Shenoy, Mansoor M. Amiji, Xiaofeng Lin, Gongqin Sun, Keykavous Parang

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Tripodal peptide analogues were designed on the basis of the phosphotyrosine binding pocket of the Src SH2 domain and assayed for their ability to bind to fluorescein-labeled phosphopeptides. Fluorescence polarization assays showed that a number of amphipathic linear peptide analogues (LPAs), such as LPA4, bind to fluorescein-labeled GpYEEI (F-GpYEEI). LPA4 was evaluated for potential application in cellular delivery of phosphopeptides. Fluorescence microimaging cellular uptake studies with fluorescein-attached LPA4 (F-LPA4) alone or with the mixture of LPA4 and F-GpYEEI in BT-20 cells showed dramatic increase of the fluorescence intensity in cytosol of cells, indicating that LPA4 can function as a delivery …

Implementing Rapanos - Will Justice Kennedy's Significant Nexus Test Provide A Workable Standard For Lower Courts, Regulators And Developers?, Bradford Mank

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

In 2001, the Supreme Court in SWANCC v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held that the Corps lacked authority under the 1972 Clean Water Act to regulate wetlands isolated from navigable waters. The Court held that the CWA's jurisdiction is limited to non-navigable waters that have a significant nexus to navigable waters. SWANCC did not address the Corps' regulation of wetlands near non-navigable tributaries. The courts of appeals are divided over if the Corps may regulate tributary wetlands. Mank, The Murky Future of the Clean Water Act After SWANCC, 30 ECOLOGY LAW QUARTERLY 811-891 (2003).

In 2006, the Supreme Court …

Inpreppi: An Integrated Evaluation Method Based On Genomic Context For Predicting Protein-Protein Interactions In Prokaryotic Genomes, Jingchun Sun, Yan Sun, Guohui Ding, Qi Liu, Chuan Wang, Youyu He, Tieliu Shi, Yixue Li, Zhongming Zhao

Psychiatry Publications

Background Although many genomic features have been used in the prediction of protein-protein interactions (PPIs), frequently only one is used in a computational method. After realizing the limited power in the prediction using only one genomic feature, investigators are now moving toward integration. So far, there have been few integration studies for PPI prediction; one failed to yield appreciable improvement of prediction and the others did not conduct performance comparison. It remains unclear whether an integration of multiple genomic features can improve the PPI prediction and, if it can, how to integrate these features.

Results In this study, we first …

Investigations On The Structure Of Dimethyl Sulfoxide And Acetone In Aqueous Solution, Sylvia E. Mclain, Alan K. Soper, Alenka Luzar

Chemistry Publications

Aqueous solutions of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and acetone have been investigated using neutron diffraction augmented with isotopic substitution and empirical potential structure refinement computer simulations. Each solute has been measured at two concentrations—1:20 and 1:2 solute:water mole ratios. At both concentrations for each solute, the tetrahedral hydrogen bonding network of water is largely unperturbed, though the total water molecule coordination number is reduced in the higher 1:2 concentrations. With higher concentrations of acetone, water tends to segregate into clusters, while in higher concentrations of DMSO the present study reconfirms that the structure of the liquid is dominated by DMSO-water interactions. …

Wright State University Cross Country And Track Media Guide 2007-2008, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2007-2008 Cross Country and Track teams. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Virginia Commonwealth University Undergraduate Bulletin Courses [2007], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Bulletins

Listing of undergraduate courses for 2007-2008.

Virginia Commonwealth University Undergraduate Bulletin [2007], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Bulletins

Undergraduate bulletin for Virginia Commonwealth University for the academic year 2007-2008. It includes information on academic regulations, degree requirements, course offerings, faculty, academic calendar, and tuition and expenses for undergraduate programs.

Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate And Professional Programs Bulletin Courses [2007], Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Bulletins

Listing of professional and graduate courses for 2007-2008.

Menorah Review (No. 66, Winter/Spring, 2007)

Menorah Review

A Collection by MR's Poet Laureate -- Examining Historiography -- Revisiting Jewish Radicalism -- The World of Rabbi Nathan -- Why a Dictionary of Antisemitism

Alcohol Use, Problems & Disorder In Adolescence, Brooke Molina

Presentations

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.

Nitrogen Loading From Wastewater Treatment Plants To Upper Narragansett Bay, Donald Pryor, Emily Saarman, David Murray, Warren Prell

Narragansett Bay Collection

Increasing awareness of low-oxygen conditions in Narragansett Bay, as well as other

symptoms of eutrophication such as macroalgae accumulation, eelgrass failure, and fish

kills, has led to management actions to reduce nitrogen loads to the upper Bay

Nitrogen Loading From Wastewater Treatment Plants To Upper Narragansett Bay, Donald Pryor, Emily Saarman, David Murray, Warren Prell

Narragansett Bay Collection

Increasing awareness of low-oxygen conditions in Narragansett Bay, as well as other

symptoms of eutrophication such as macroalgae accumulation, eelgrass failure, and fish

kills, has led to management actions to reduce nitrogen loads to the upper Bay

Lim Kinase 1 Modulates Expression Of Matrix Metalloproteinases And Associates With Gamma-Tubulin: Dual Role In Invasion And Mito, Tenekua Tapia

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

LIM kinase 1 (LIMK1) is a unique dual specificity serine/threonine kinase containing two N-terminal LIM domains in tandem, a PDZ domain and a C-terminal catalytic domain. LIMK1 is involved in modulation of actin cytoskeleton through inactivating phosphorylation of the ADF (actin depolymerization factor) family protein cofilin. Recent studies have shown that LIMK1 is upregulated in breast and prostate cancer cells and tissues, promotes metastasis in animals and induces acquisition of an invasive phenotype when ectopically expressed in benign prostate epithelial (BPH) cells. Furthermore, overexpression of LIMK1 was associated with altered sub cellular localization of the membrane type 1 matrix metalloprotease …

Helical Packing Regulates Structural Transitions In Bax, Nuska Tschammer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Apoptosis is essential for development and the maintenance of cellular homeostasis and is frequently dysregulated in disease states. Proteins of the BCL-2 family are key modulators of this process and are thus ideal therapeutic targets. In response to diverse apoptotic stimuli, the pro-apoptotic member of BCL-2 family, BAX, redistributes from the cytosol to the mitochondria or endoplasmic reticulum and primes cells for death. The structural changes that enable this lethal protein to transition from a cytosolic form to a membrane-bound form remain poorly understood. Elucidating this process is a necessary step in the development of BAX as a novel therapeutic …

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 …

Modulational Instability In Nonlinearity-Managed Optical Media, Martin Centurion, Mason A. Porter, Ye Pu, P. G. Kevrekidis, D. J. Frantzeskakis, Demetri Psaltis

Martin Centurion Publications

We investigate analytically, numerically, and experimentally the modulational instability in a layered, cubically nonlinear (Kerr) optical medium that consists of alternating layers of glass and air. We model this setting using a nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation with a piecewise constant nonlinearity coefficient and conduct a theoretical analysis of its linear stability, obtaining a Kronig-Penney equation whose forbidden bands correspond to the modulationally unstable regimes. We find very good quantitative agreement between the theoretical analysis of the Kronig-Penney equation, numerical simulations of the NLS equation, and the experimental results for the modulational instability. Because of the periodicity in the evolution variable …

2007 Annual Report, The Jackson Laboratory

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Exciting Initiatives In Environment And Natural Resources Law At The University Of Idaho College Of Law, Barbara Cosens

Articles

No abstract provided.

"If Your Hand Causes You To Sin . . .": Florida's Chemical Castration Statute Misses The Mark, Tanya Simpson

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Immorality Of Statutory Restrictions On Adoption By Lesbians And Gay Men, Carlos A. Ball

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.

2007

Undergraduate Research at SIUC

No abstract provided.