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Osteopenia In Transgenic Mice With Osteoblast-Targeted Expression Of The Inducible Camp Early Repressor, Taranpreet K. Chandhoke, Yu-Feng Huang, Fei Liu, Gloria A. Gronowicz, Douglas J. Adams, John R. Harrison, Barbara E. Kream

UCHC Articles - Research

ICER is a member of the CREM family of basic leucine zipper transcription factors that acts as a dominant negative regulator of gene transcription. Four different isoforms of ICER (I, Iγ, II and IIγ) are transcribed from the P2 promoter of the Crem gene. We previously found that each of the ICER isoforms is induced by parathyroid hormone in osteoblasts. The goal of the present study was to assess the function of ICER in bone by overexpressing ICER in osteoblasts of transgenic mice. ICER I and ICER II cDNAs, each containing an N-terminal FLAG epitope tag, were cloned downstream of …

Synergistic Metabolic Toxicity Screening Using Microsome/Dna Electrochemiluminescent Arrays And Nanoreactors, Sadagopan Krishnan, Eli G. Hvastkovs, Besnik Bajrami, Dharamainder Choudhary, John B. Schenkman, James F. Rusling

UCHC Articles - Research

Platforms based on thin enzyme/DNA films were used in two-tier screening of chemicals for reactive metabolites capable of producing toxicity. Microsomes were used for the first time as sources of cytochrome (cyt) P450 enzymes in these devices. Initial rapid screening involved electrochemiluminescent (ECL) arrays featuring spots containing ruthenium poly(vinylpyridine), DNA, and rat liver microsomes or bicistronically expressed human cyt P450 2E1 (h2E1). Cyt P450 enzymes were activated via the NADPH/reductase cycle. When bioactivation of substrates in the films gives reactive metabolites, they are trapped by covalent attachment to DNA bases. The rate of increase in ECL with enzyme reaction time …

Prevalence And Correlates Of Shoplifting In The United States: Results From The National Epidemiologic Survey On Alcohol And Related Conditions (Nesarc), Nancy M. Petry

UCHC Articles - Research

Objective

This study presented nationally representative data on the lifetime prevalence, correlates, and comorbidity of shoplifting among adults in the United States.

Method

Data were derived from a large national sample of the United States population. Face-to-face surveys of more than 43,000 adults ages 18 years and older residing in households were conducted during the 2001–2002 period. Diagnoses of mood, anxiety, and drug disorders as well as personality disorders were based on the Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule—DSM-IV Version.

Results

The prevalence of lifetime shoplifting in the U.S. population was 11.3%. Associations between shoplifting and all antisocial …

Coral Ultrastructural Response To Elevated Pco2 And Nutrients During Tissue Repair And Regeneration, Dorothy-Ellen A. Renegar, Patricia Blackwelder, Alison L. Moulding

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures

Corals and coral reefs have recently experienced widespread decline attributed to anthropogenic pressure on reef systems. Studies have demonstrated that nutrient and pCO₂ stress effect coral growth and calcification, but study of specific effects on coral tissue is lacking. The objective of this research was to examine wound healing in corals and how it is affected by exposure to elevated nutrients and pCO₂. Coral tissue repair and regeneration during wound healing in Montastraea cavernosa and Porites astreoides were assessed histologically and ultrastructurally by examining colony fragments exposed to elevated nitrate, phosphate, and pCO₂. In M. …

Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Multiorgan Infection In Two White-Tailed Deer In Southeastern South Dakota, Christopher C.L. Chase, Lyle J. Braun, Pamela Leslie-Steen, Tanya Graham, Dale Miskimins, Julia F. Ridpath

Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications

The susceptibility of wild ruminants, especially cervids, to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) has remained an enigma. Two white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were submitted to the Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ADRDL) in the fall of 2003 by the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks for chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing. Both animals were CWD negative. The animals were necropsied and histopathology, viral antigen detection, and virus isolation were performed. A noncytopathic (NCP) BVDV was isolated from the lungs and several other tissues of both animals. Formalin-fixed ear notches from both animals were positive for BVDV antigen by immunohistochemistry. …

Toward A Transformative Teaching Practice: Criticity, Pedagogy And Praxis, Arturo Rodriguez

Literacy, Language, and Culture Faculty Publications and Presentations

One method to teach a multicultural class: a teacher walks in to a room calls the class to order, steps to the lectern and begins to deliver knowledge. Socially acquired information is disseminated; that gained over years of study and experience. Another view: I walk into a class where my students are sitting quietly at their desks pen and paper at the ready and quietly ask: shall we form a circle? The students agree and after having done so I follow up with a generative (Freire, 1970): what are your current understandings of Diversity? In following the work of Paulo …

The Power Of Books, University Archives And Special Collections Department

Exhibits

"The Power of Books" gives patrons and visitors to the University Archives and Special Collections Department (UASC) a rather full accounting of some of the most notable bibliographic items contained in the UASC holdings.

News And Views, Summer 2008, West Virginia Autism Training Center

Newsletter

No abstract provided.

A Simplified Experimental Method To Evaluate Equivalent Roughness Of Vegetated River Beds, S. De Felice, P. Gualtieri, G. Pulci Doria

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

In this paper a new method to experimentally evaluate roughness of vegetated river beds is proposed. Unlike the usual method of attaining uniform flow, the new method is based on measurements performed in boundary layer flows, conditions that in flow experiments with plants can be attained easier then in uniform flows. The described method can be applied either in case of smooth or vegetated walls. The friction factor f and Manning’s n values so obtained are in agreement with literature results.

Developments In Urban Environmental Information Perception And Communication, Kostas Karatzas, J. Lee

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Urban environmental information (EI) is related to knowledge concerning the status, the pressures and the consequences of environmental quality parameters to human life and the urban surroundings. One of the most important aspects in the life cycle of EI is knowledge generation and flow, data management and information dissemination between ICT systems and environmental actors, players, or interested parties. In the present paper, urban air quality serves as the application domain, for which the following issues are discussed, • Analysis of the way that environmental information is related to urban structures (roads, buildings, etc) • Investigation of the spatial and …

The Institute Of Archaeology & Siegfried H. Horn Museum Newsletter Volume 29.3, Darrell J. Rohl, Randall W. Younker, Owen Chesnut

Institute of Archaeology & the Horn Archaeological Museum Newsletter

Students Present at Conference, Darrell J. Rohl

Jalul 2008, Randall W. Younker

Salem Lecture, Owen Chesnut

Random Survey

Locomotor Activity Of Leaf Extracts Of Pithecellobium Dulce Benth., M. Sugumaran, T. Vetrichelvan, S. Darline Quine

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Objective: To study Locomotor activity of aqueous and alcoholic extracts of leaves of Pithecellobium dulce Benth. Materials and methods: CNS depressant activity of leaf extracts of P. dulce was evaluated using actophotometer in albino mice. The potency of alcoholic and aqueous extracts of leaf was compared with that of chlorpromazine at a dose of 100 mg/kg. The acute toxicity was determined using albino mice. Results: Both extracts caused significant CNS depression action in albino mice. The activity of alcoholic extract was more, when compared to chlorpromazine. Conclusion: CNS depression action of extracts may be due to increase in the concentration …

The Learning Marketspace, July 2008, Bob Heterick, Carol Twigg

The Learning MarketSpace (4/03 - 4/14)

No abstract provided.

Environmental Law At Maryland, No. 26, Summer-Fall 2008

Environmental Law at Maryland

No abstract provided.

The Brachistochrone Problem: Mathematics For A Broad Audience Via A Large Context Problem, Jeff Babb, James Currie

The Mathematics Enthusiast

Large context problems (LCP) are useful in teaching the history of science. In this article we consider the brachistochrone problem in a context stretching from Euclid through the Bernoullis. We highlight a variety of results understandable by students without a background in analytic geometry. By a judicious choice of methods and themes, large parts of the history of calculus can be made accessible to students in Humanities or Education.

Never Night By Derick Burleson, Lauren Leslie

CutBank

No abstract provided.

Graphical User Interface Design For Climate Impact Research Data Retrieval, Markus Wrobel, T. Nocke, Michael Flechsig, A. Glauer

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Complex, heterogeneous environmental data sets are produced and stored in many scientific disciplines. For managing complex structured data, database and data warehouse technologies have been established, providing access via standardized interfaces. Nevertheless, there are some obstacles for researchers in applying the full functionality of sophisticated data management systems. Here, graphical user interfaces (GUI) are essential for bridging the gap between such systems and scientific users. However, designing / developing user interfaces for complex, environmental data sets is not trivial, facing user diversity and a variety of tasks. Consequently, for the example of climate impact research, this paper introduces an approach …

Towards A Simulation-Based Study Of Grassland And Animal Diversity Management In Livestock Farming Systems, G. Martin, Michel Duru, Roger Martin-Clouaire, Jp Rellier, Jp Theau, O. Thérond, L. Hossard

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

In less-favored areas, livestock production involves the management of native vegetation as a resource base. A challenging issue in such systems regards the design of efficient and sustainable management strategies that make it possible to exploit the diversity of grasslands and herd batches over different time scales. This paper describes the conceptual approach that supports the representation and simulation of farm-scale models of grassland-based livestock systems in the SEDIVER project. It enables the coupling of species-rich grasslands and livestock models with sophisticated decision-making models. The latter embed a representation of management strategies that specify in a flexible and adaptive manner …

The Case For Student Participation, Rob Eaton

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Visual Communication Arts Program Allows Students’ Creativity To Shine, Liberty University

July/August 2008

No abstract provided.

Abstracts Of Papers, 86th Annual Meeting Of The Virginia Academy Of Science, Virginia Journal Of Science

Virginia Journal of Science

Abstracts for the 86th Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, May 20-23, 2008, Hampton University, Hampton, VA.

The Joint Archives Quarterly, Volume 18.02: Summer 2008, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

The Joint Archives Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Wpa News 81 (2008), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (Summer 2008), number 81

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Grassland Songbird Survival And Recruitment In Agricultural Landscapes: Implications For Source-Sink Demography, Noah G. Perlut, Allan M. Strong, Therese M. Donovan, Neil J. Buckley

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Population growth and decline are particularly sensitive to changes in three key life-history parameters: annual productivity, juvenile survival, and adult survival. However, for many species these parameters remain unknown. For example, although grassland songbirds are imperiled throughout North America, for this guild, only a small number of studies have assessed these parameters. From 2002 to 2006, in the agricultural landscape of the Champlain Valley of Vermont and New York, USA, we studied Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) and Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) demography on four grassland treatments: (1) early-hayed fields cut before 11 June and again in early- …

Dentalgram - Vol. 22, No. 07, Loma Linda University School Of Dentistry

Dentalgram

In this issue:

• Philip Boyne, DMD, MS, DSc, emeritus professor: 1924-2008
• Students receive numerous awards
• School of Dentistry graduation
• Bill Emmerson visits Loma Linda
• Volunteers provide care at Riverside Community Church
• Students complete 2007-2008 honors program
• Faculty attend the American Association of Dental Research annual meeting
• James Padgett named Pierre Fauchard Academy Teacher of the Year
• Dr. Tanaka receives appointment in American College of Dentists
• Dr. Hung's research places in top ten
• Student/faculty mountain bike races capture First Prize
• Dental puppet show a hit at Children's Day Fair
• Keeping Connected - Go fish!

Virginia Junior Academy Of Science 2008 Awards, Virginia Journal Of Science

Virginia Journal of Science

Honors Awards presented at the 86th Meeting of the Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences.

Julc2008, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From July 2008 Robert Kelly Archive.

Juld2008, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From July 2008 Robert Kelly Archive.

Julf2008, Robert Kelly

Robert Kelly Manuscripts

From July 2008 Robert Kelly Archive.

The Ethics Of Driving, Amy E. Marga

Faculty Publications

The concept of “neighbor” takes on entirely new meanings in our mobile society. Who becomes my neighbor when I am behind the wheel? What is the consequence of my driving to my neighbors around the globe? What about the impact on our nonhuman “neighbors”? The ethics of driving has many dimensions for the Christian person of goodwill.