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Assessment Of A Non-Invasive High-Throughput Classifier For Behaviours Associated With Sleep And Wake In Mice, Kevin D. Donohue, Dharshan C. Medonza, Eli R. Crane, Bruce F. O'Hara

Biology Faculty Publications

This work presents a non-invasive high-throughput system for automatically detecting characteristic behaviours in mice over extended periods of time, useful for phenotyping experiments. The system classifies time intervals on the order of 2 to 4 seconds as corresponding to motions consistent with either active wake or inactivity associated with sleep. A single Polyvinylidine Difluoride (PVDF) sensor on the cage floor generates signals from motion resulting in pressure. This paper develops a linear classifier based on robust features extracted from normalized power spectra and autocorrelation functions, as well as novel features from the collapsed average (autocorrelation of complex spectrum), which characterize …

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2008-04-11, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 2001-2011

This edition of the Wooster Voice, the college's student run newspaper, was published on April 11 of 2008 and it is eight pages long. Grant Cornwell will be officially inaugurated as president of the college on April 26. An article about the course "Criminology and Deviance" taught by Anne Nurse is featured on the first page. Three groups on campus sponsored a talk on undocumented immigrant workers and their rights on April 3. Earth Fest will take place on April 12, this event is organized by Greenhouse and the Artist's Voice House. Professor of History David Gedalecia assisted the production …

The Daily Egyptian, April 11, 2008, Daily Egyptian Staff

April 2008

No abstract provided.

The Echo: April 11, 2008, Taylor University

2007-2008 (Volume 95)

Taylor plants 1,00 trees on new property – Taylor prof’s suit against former employer dismissed – Boys & Girls Club hosts open house – Chorale hosts Greek dining and dancing – College class of 2018: Sixth graders visit – History banquet connects students, grads – Echo earns state, national awards – Weekly Around The World – Alumni seek to free the untouchable – Chasing global cats and dogs – Spring Break Photo Contest Winners – Clooney tackles the sports genre – Achebe’s classic falls apart upon closer examination – Tenth Avenue North debuts on the right track – Feminism is …

The Bg News April 11, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. April 11, 2008. Volume 98-Issue 138.

Black Beauty As Antebellum Slave Narrative, Bonnie L. Blossom

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Published in November 1877, Black Beauty is one of the most popular and enduring works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book, in which the eponymous narrator relates his life's story, sold well following its publication in England and in the United States; by 1985, sales were estimated at over forty million. While usually regarded as entertaining, Black Beauty has a strong crusading purpose: Anna Sewell herself said she wrote to improve the treatment of horses.

This study springs from an intuitive notion. While reading the 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, I could not shake …

Crystal Engineering Of Flavonoids, Padmini Kavuru

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Crystal engineering is attracting attention in the pharmaceutical industry because the design of new crystal form of drugs can improve their stability, bioavailability and other relevant physical characteristic properties. Therefore, crystal engineering of nutraceuticals such as flavonoids by exploring their hydrogen bonding interactions can generate novel compounds such as pharmaceutical cocrystals. Flavonoids are polyphenolic secondary plant metabolites that are present in varying levels in fruits, vegetables and beverages. The "French paradox", low cardiovascular mortality rate in spite of high intake of saturated fat among the Mediterranean populations made flavonoids an appropriate target for therapeutic researchers.

The work herein deals with …

Agroforestry: Working Trees For Sequestering Carbon On Agricultural Lands, Michele M. Schoeneberger

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Agroforestry is an appealing option for sequestering carbon on agricultural lands because it can sequester significant amounts of carbon while leaving the bulk of the land in agricultural production. Simultaneously, it can help landowners and society address many other issues facing these lands, such as economic diversification, biodiversity, and water quality. Nonetheless, agroforestry remains under-recognized as a greenhouse gas mitigation option for agriculture in the US. Reasons for this include the limited information base and number of tools agroforestry can currently offer as compared to that produced from the decades-worth of investment in agriculture and forestry, and agroforestry’s cross-cutting nature …

The Eastern Echo, April 11, 2008, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

The Murray State News, April 11, 2008, The Murray State News

Murray State University Collection

No abstract provided.

Boundary And Longing: Narrative Modes In Mary Shelley’S Frankenstein And The Last Man, Marie Hendry

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Boundary and desire surround the relationships in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and The Last Man. The narrative modes of Captain Robert Walton relate his separation to the rest of the world and his need for companionship. Yet, not any companionship will satisfy his longing for connection with a human being; his search revolves around the need of common understanding. This further separates the character of Lionel in The Last Man from humanity in that he is unable to find anyone left on earth after a series of plague, war, and atmospheric anomalies apparently wipe out the human race. His survival …

Isolation And Functional Characterization Of A Dioxin-Inducible Cyp1a Regulatory Region From Zebrafish (Danio Rerio), Gary T. Zeruth

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) is a phase I bio-transformation enzyme involved in the metabolism of xenobiotics via the oxygenation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) including the carcinogen, benzo(a)pyrene. Induction of the CYP1A1 gene is regulated at the transcriptional level and is ligand dependent with the prototypical 2,3,7,8,-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) being the most potent known inducer of CYP1A1 transcription. This process is mediated by the AHR/ARNT signaling pathway whereby ligand binds AHR in the cytoplasm allowing its translocation to the nucleus where it binds with its hertrodimerization partner, ARNT and subsequently binds DNA at cognate binding sites termed xenobiotic …

Designing Non-Saccharide Heparin/Heparan Sulfate Mimics, Arjun Raghuraman

Theses and Dissertations

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are complex biopolymers that play important roles in inflammation, coagulation, angiogenesis, cell adhesion and viral invasion by interacting with several different proteins.1,2 Structurally, GAGs are built up of several different sulfated disaccharide units.3 Specific GAG sequences that uniquely recognize their cognate proteins exist. Such specificity typically arises from the binding of unique sulfation patterns on the linear GAG chain to highly electropositive protein domains. Thus, these highly charged, sulfated biopolymers potentially represent a new class of therapeutics. Yet, the major stumbling block to the development to these agents is their extremely complicated and tedious chemical synthesis. We hypothesized …

Montana Kaimin, April 11, 2008, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Tommie Smith Oral History, Tommie Smith, Courtney Tollison

Furman University Oral Histories

Video interview with Dr. Tommie Smith, former track & field athlete, NFL wide receiver, coach, and professor. In the 1968 Summer Olympics, after winning gold, Tommie Smith raised his fist on the podium to show solidarity with people fighting for human rights in the United States and internationally. In this 2008 interview, Dr. Smith begins talking about how running has always been a part of his life. He tells of being a child of poor farmers in Texas during the 1940's, moving to California at age 6, and of a life of hard work and church. He discusses becoming interested …

Fighting Nuclear Waste At Skull Valley, Margene Bullcreek

Native American Forum on Nuclear Issues

Abstract:

-Reasons We Oppose Nuclear Waste

-Sovereignty

-Traditional values must be protected

-Protect sacredness of our culture, plants,

animals, air, and water

-Affects on community health

-Protect reservation and homeland

-To protect the air and water

-To protect future generations

-Environmental Justice

Native American Forum On Nuclear Issues Welcome And Agenda Overview

Native American Forum on Nuclear Issues

Moderator: Ian Zabarte

Mustang Daily, April 10, 2008

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for April 10, 2008

Automatic Classification Of Long Term Involuntary Spontaneous Emg, Jeffrey S. Winslow

Open Access Dissertations

Involuntary electromyographic (EMG) activity has been recorded in the thenar (thumb) muscles of spinal cord injured (SCI) subjects for only short time periods (minutes), but it is unknown if this motor unit activity is ongoing. Longer duration EMG recordings can investigate the physiological significance of this neuromuscular activity. Analysis of these data is complex and time consuming. Since no software is currently capable of classifying 24 hours of data at a single motor unit level, the goal of this research was to devise an algorithm to automatically classify motor unit potentials over 24-hours. Twenty-four-hour, 2-channel thenar muscle EMG recordings were …

Cal Poly College Of Agriculture, Food And Environmental Sciences Announces Staff Awards, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Vol.35 N.46 April 10th 2008, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

The Statesman, V. 51, I. 45, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 51, i. 45

Prospectus, April 10, 2008, Gavin J. Dow, Kathleen Serino, Chuck Shepherd, Erik Pheifer, Jason Hardimon, Briana Stodden, Andrew Serino, Shane Swearingen

Prospectus 2008

No abstract provided.

The Carroll News- Vol. 84, No. 18, John Carroll University

The Carroll News

No abstract provided.

The Setonian, April 10, 2008, Seton Hall University

2008

No abstract provided.

Commonwealth Times 2008-04-10

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Midwestern Snakes Facts & Folklore, Dennis M. Ferraro, Dan Fogell, Stephen Vantassel, Rachel Wright

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Snakes are probably the most misunderstood members of the animal kingdom. Perhaps this is due largely to the misinformation, legends, and myths surround them, as well as to their nature. Most of these myths have been based upon pure exaggeration or total lack of knowledge. This presentation is designed to inform youth groups, adults and other interested parties about the facts of snakes found native to the United States. We hope that people will recognize that snakes are an important part of the ecosystem and some provide considerable benefits to mankind.

The Bg News April 10, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. April 10, 2008. Volume 98-Issue 137.

The Daily Egyptian, April 10, 2008, Daily Egyptian Staff

April 2008

No abstract provided.