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The Phylogeny Of The Four Pan-American Mtdna Haplogroups: Implications For Evolutionary And Disease Studies, Alessandro Achilli, Ugo A. Perego, Claudio M. Bravi, Michael D. Coble, Qing-Peng Kong, Scott R. Woodward, Antonio Salas, Antonio Torroni, Hans-Jürgen Bandelt

United States Army: Publications

Only a limited number of complete mitochondrial genome sequences belonging to Native American haplogroups were available until recently, which left America as the continent with the least amount of information about sequence variation of entire mitochondrial DNAs. In this study, a comprehensive overview of all available complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genomes of the four pan-American haplogroups A2, B2, C1, and D1 is provided by revising the information scattered throughout GenBank and the literature, and adding 14 novel mtDNA sequences. The phylogenies of haplogroups A2, B2, C1, and D1 reveal a large number of sub-haplogroups but suggest that the ancestral Beringian …

Analysis Of The Nucleotide Sequence Of The Guinea Pig Cytomegalovirus (Gpcmv) Genome, Mark R. Schleiss, Alistair Mcgregor, K Yeon Choi, Shailesh V. Date, Xiaohong Cui, Michael Mcvoy

Pediatrics Publications

In this report we describe the genomic sequence of guinea pig cytomegalovirus (GPCMV) assembled from a tissue culture-derived bacterial artificial chromosome clone, plasmid clones of viral restriction fragments, and direct PCR sequencing of viral DNA. The GPCMV genome is 232,678 bp, excluding the terminal repeats, and has a GC content of 55%. A total of 105 open reading frames (ORFs) of > 100 amino acids with sequence and/or positional homology to other CMV ORFs were annotated. Positional and sequence homologs of human cytomegalovirus open reading frames UL23 through UL122 were identified. Homology with other cytomegaloviruses was most prominent in the central …

Comparative Analysis Of Cpg Islands In Four Fish Genomes, Leng Han, Zhongming Zhao

Psychiatry Publications

There has been much interest in CpG islands (CGIs), clusters of CpG dinucleotides in GC-rich regions, because they are considered gene markers and involved in gene regulation. To date, there has been no genome-wide analysis of CGIs in the fish genome. We first evaluated the performance of three popular CGI identification algorithms in four fish genomes (tetraodon, stickleback, medaka, and zebrafish). Our results suggest that Takai and Jones' (2002) algorithm is most suitable for comparative analysis of CGIs in the fish genome. Then, we performed a systematic analysis of CGIs in the four fish genomes using Takai and Jones' algorithm, …

Stephanie Winquist : Young Alumni Award, St. Norbert College

Alumni Award Bios

Stephanie Winquist ’98 won the Young Alumni Award in 2008, her bio is archived here from the SNC website.

Two-Photon Photosensitized Singlet Oxygen Production, Jacob Arnbjerg, Mette Johnsen, Peter R. Ogilby

The Spectrum

In this article, we review material that, in title, may seem esoteric. However, through our discussion we hope to convince the reader that a study of the two-photon photosensitized production of singlet oxygen provides the framework for an interesting cross-disciplinary research program of broad scope. The issues addressed cover ground that ranges from fundamental physical chemistry to cell biology.

Task-Specific Dystonias: A Review, Diego D. Torres-Russotto, Joel S. Perlmutter

ICTS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Neural Correlates Of Stn Dbs-Induced Cognitive Variability In Parkinson Disease, Meghan C. Campbell, Morvarid Karimi, Patrick M. Weaver, J. Wu, Dana C. Perantie, Nina A. Golchin, Samer D. Tabbal, Joel S. Perlmutter, Tamara G. Hershey

ICTS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Motor Asymmetry And Substantia Nigra Volume Are Related To Spatial Delayed Response Performance In Parkinson Disease, Erin R. Foster, Kevin J. Black, Jo Ann V. Antenor-Dorsey, Joel S. Perlmutter, Tamara G. Hershey

ICTS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Unilateral Vs. Bilateral Stn Dbs Effects On Working Memory And Motor Function In Parkinson Disease, Tamara G. Hershey, J. Wu, Patrick M. Weaver, Dana C. Perantie, Morvarid Karimi, Samer D. Tabbal, Joel S. Perlmutter

ICTS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Clara Cell Adhesion And Migration To Extracellular Matrix, Jeffrey J. Atkinson, Tracy L. Adair-Kirk, Diane G. Kelley, Daphne Demello, Robert M. Senior

ICTS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Plasticity Of The Systemic Inflammatory Response To Acute Infection During Critical Illness: Development Of The Riboleukogram, Jonathan E. Mcdunn, Kareem D. Husain, Ashoka D. Polpitiya, Anton Burykin, Jianhua Ruan, Qing Li, William Schierding, Nan Lin, David Dixon, Weixiong Zhang, Craig M. Coopersmith, W. Michael Dunne, Jr., Marco Colonna, Bijoy K. Ghosh, J. Perren Cobb

ICTS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

An Antibiotic-Responsive Mouse Model Of Fulminant Ulcerative Colitis, Silvia S. Kang, Seth M. Bloom, Lyse A. Norian, Michael J. Geske, Richard A. Flavell, Thaddeus S. Stappenbeck, Paul M. Allen

ICTS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Differences In Muscle Protein Synthesis And Anabolic Signaling In The Postabsorptive State And In Response To Food In 65-80 Year Old Men And Women, Gordon I. Smith, Philip Atherton, Dennis T. Villareal, Tiffany N. Frimel, Debbie Rankin, Michael J. Rennie, Bettina Mittendorfer

ICTS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Genome-Wide Association Study Of Psoriasis And Psoriatic Arthritis Identifies New Disease Loci, Ying Liu, Cynthia Helms, Shenghui Duan, Jennifer Gardner, Andrew Miner, Scott Saccone, Nancy L. Saccone, Anne M. Bowcock

ICTS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Components Of Sura Required For Outer Membrane Biogenesis In Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli, Kristin M. Watts, David A. Hunstad

ICTS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Environmental Causes Of Human Congenital Malformations: The Physician's Role In Dealing With These Complex Clinical Problems Caused By Environmental And Genetic Factors., Robert L. Brent

The Selected Works of Robert Brent

No abstract provided.

Department Of Radiology-Annual Executive Summary Report-July 1, 2007 To June 30, 2008, Vijay M. Rao M.D.

Department of Radiology Administrative Documents and Reports

79 page Department of Radiology Annual Executive Summary Report, July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Geographic Variation In The Pollination Biology Of Passiflora Lutea (Passifloraceae), J. Burks Holland, J. Lanza

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Like most species of Passiflora, P. lutea is reported to produce one-day flowers with complicated floral movements and requires deposition of non-self pollen for fruit production. Medium sized bees are the most likely pollinators in central Texas. We report on a series of observations and experimental manipulations that compare the reproductive biology of P. lutea in central Arkansas to that reported previously from plants about 800 km distant in central Texas. We observed floral movements and floral visitors, compared fruit production of flowers available to pollinators versus flowers from which pollinators were excluded, and compared fruit production of flowers that …

Website: 2008 Colby College Undergraduate Research Symposium, Colby College

Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)

Colby College Undergraduate Research Symposium 2008 Website

Contents:

Keynote Speaker

Schedule - Wednesday

Schedule - Thursday

Schedule - Friday

Poster Program

Associated Sessions

Abstracts

Honors Program

Participating Departments/Programs

Working Memory Deficits In Children: Contributions Of Executive Control Processes And Symptoms Of Adhd, Stacie Leffard

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The most empirically supported model of working memory contains four components: (a) the phonological loop, (b) the visuospatial sketchpad, (c) the episodic buffer, and (d) the central executive (Baddeley and Hitch, 1974; Baddeley, 2003). The central executive has been fractionated into four subprocesses: (a) sustained attention, (b) selective attention/inhibition (c) shifting attention, and (d) control of retrieval from long-term memory (Baddeley, 2003; Mirsky et al., 1991; Zoelch et al., 2005). Children with ADHD are known to have working memory deficits, though the role of each component of the working memory system in these deficits is not known. The purpose of …

Acidification And Stress Physiology In A Plethodontid Salamander, Desmognathus Ochrophaeus, Lauren Ricciardella

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In western Pennsylvania, chronically and episodically acidified stream habitats are common. The mountain dusky salamander, Desmognathus ochrophaeus, is an abundant species that is associated with acidified streams. The focus of this research was to (1) examine the effects of acidified habitats on the stress hormone, corticosterone, and (2) examine the effects of corticosterone on behavior. In an acidified stream site, males had a blunted corticosterone stress response after capture and handling compared to an acid neutral site. There was a trend for elevated corticosterone to inhibit several aspects of male mating behavior, including insemination of females. These data suggest that …

Riparian Buffer Design Guidelines For Water Quality And Wildlife Habitat Functions On Agricultural Landscapes In The Intermountain West, Craig W. Johnson, Susan Buffler

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

Intermountain West planners, designers, and resource managers are looking for science-based procedures for determining buffer widths and management techniques that will optimize the benefits riparian ecosystems provide. This study reviewed the riparian buffer literature, including protocols used to determine optimum buffer widths for water quality and wildlife habitat functions. We selected an existing protocol for determining buffer widths for water quality functions that could be readily adapted for use in this region. The protocol is based on the best available science, uses existing or easily obtained data, and is practical for in-field applications. The protocol was modified to accommodate Intermountain …

Conservation Buffers: Design Guidelines For Buffers, Corridors, And Greenways, Gary Bentrup

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

Conservation Buffers: Design Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways

Over 80 illustrated design guidelines for conservation buffers are synthesized and developed from a review of over 1,400 research publications. Each guideline describes a specific way that a vegetative buffer can be applied to protect soil, improve air and water quality, enhance fish and wildlife habitat, produce economic products, provide recreation opportunities, or beautify the landscape. These science-based guidelines are presented as easy-to-understand rules-of-thumb for facilitating the planning and designing of conservation buffers in rural and urban landscapes.

Árboles Trabajando En Beneficio De La Ganadería: Agroforestería: Silvicultura En Al Sureste De Los Ee Uu

Working Trees (USDA-NAC)

Árboles trabajando en beneficio de la ganadería.

Agroforestería: Silvicultura en al sureste de los Estados Unidos.

Nitrogen And Media Assessment For First-Year Pot-In-Pot Production Of Container And Bare Root Liners In The Intermountain West, Jaydee Gunnell, Paul R. Grossl, Roger Kjelgren

CWEL Publications

We investigated optimum nitrogen rates and different growth substrates for short-term fi nish production of container and bare root shade tree liners in a pot-in-pot production system in the Intermountain West. In one study, nitrogen ranging from 0–27 g N·tree–1(0–36 lbs N·1000 ft–2) as urea was applied to quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), ‘Autumn Blaze’ maple (Acer × freemannii ‘Autumn Blaze’), ‘Chanticleer’ flowering pear (Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’), and ‘Canada Red’ chokecherry (Prunus virginiana ‘Canada Red’). Twenty-six liter liners (#7 container) were transplanted into 57 liter (#15) containers in a retail nursery finishing pot-in-pot system. Trunk diameter growth and shoot-tip elongation measurements …

Freight Transport Report For The Island Of Ireland

Reports

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Habitat Disturbance On Survival Rates Of Softshell Turtles (Apalone Spinifera) In An Urban Stream, Michael Plummer, David G. Krementz, Larkin A. Powell, Nathan Mills

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

We monitored Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) using mark-recapture during 1994– 2005 in Gin Creek, Searcy, Arkansas. In 1997–2000 the creek bed and riparian zone were bulldozed in an effort to remove debris and improve water flow. This disturbance appeared to reduce the quantity and quality of turtle habitat. We tested for the potential effect of this habitat disturbance on the survival rates of marked turtles. We estimated annual survival rates for the population using models that allowed for variation in survival by state of maturation, year, and effects of the disturbance; we evaluated two different models of …

Art Criticism, Volume 23, Number 1/2, Department Of Art, Stony Brook University

Art Criticism

v. : ill. ; 22 cm (original analog pub.),Kuspit, Donald, “A Critical History of 20th-Century Art.” Introduction: Twentieth Century Art: An Overview of Critical Opinion Chapter 1: New Forms for Old Feelings; The First Decade Chapter 2: Spiritualism And Nihilism; The Second Decade Chapter 3: Subjectivity and Society: The Third Decade Chapter 4: Aesthetics Against Barbarism; The Fourth Decade Chapter 5: Brave New World of American Abstract Art; The Fifth Decade Chapter 6: Mythic/Expressive Representation and Ruthless Abstraction: An Unresolvable Dialectic; The Sixth Decade Chapter 7: The Appeal of Popularity, Ideology and Theory: The Objectification of Art and the Abortive …

The Brook Fall 2008, V. 7, N. 02, Stony Brook University Office Of Communications.

The Brook

v.: ill. ; 30 cm (original analog pub.),Brook

The Brook Winter 2008, V. 7, N. 01, Stony Brook University Office Of Communications.

The Brook

v.: ill. ; 30 cm (original analog pub.),Brook