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Volume 99 Issue 20, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 03/05/08, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the 03/05/08 meeting.

Executive Summary For Liberal Arts For The Human Services B.A., Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

March 05, 2008 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Volume 45, Number 28: March 05, 2008, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Rotunda - Vol 86, No 19 - March 5, 2008, Longwood University

Rotunda

No abstract provided.

March 5, 2008 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

The Innate Immune Database (Iidb), Martin Korb, G. R. Aistair, Vesteinn Thorsson, Christophe Battail, Bin Li, Daehee Hwang, Kathleen A. Kennedy, Jared C. Roach, Carrie M. Rosenberger, Mark Gilchrist, Daniel Zak, Carrie Johnson, Bruz Marzolf, Alan Aderem, Ilya Shmulevich, Hamid Bolouri

Faculty Publications

Background: As part of a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases funded collaborative project, we have performed over 150 microarray experiments measuring the response of C57/BL6 mouse bone marrow macrophages to toll-like receptor stimuli. These microarray expression profiles are available freely from our project web site http://www.innateImmunity-systemsbiology.org. Here, we report the development of a database of computationally predicted transcription factor binding sites and related genomic features for a set of over 2000 murine immune genes of interest. Our database, which includes microarray co-expression clusters and a host of web-based query, analysis and visualization facilities, is available freely via the …

The Lumberjack, March 05, 2008

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University.

Panther- March 2008 - Vol. Lxxxv No. 25, Prairie View A&M University

PV Panther Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Identifying Selected Regions From Heterozygosity And Divergence Using A Light-Coverage Genomic Dataset From Two Human Populations, T. K. Oleksyk, Kai Zhao, Francisco M. De La Vega, Dennis A. Gilbert, Stephen J. O'Brien, Michael W. Smith

Biology Faculty Articles

When a selective sweep occurs in the chromosomal region around a target gene in two populations that have recently separated, it produces three dramatic genomic consequences: 1) decreased multi-locus heterozygosity in the region; 2) elevated or diminished genetic divergence (F_ST) of multiple polymorphic variants adjacent to the selected locus between the divergent populations, due to the alternative fixation of alleles; and 3) a consequent regional increase in the variance of F_ST (S²F_ST) for the same clustered variants, due to the increased alternative fixation of alleles in the loci surrounding the selection target. In …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 25, March 5, 2008

Central Florida Future

UF students sue administration; A mile in Keds shoes; Officials say not to fear; Taking baby steps; Social work for elderly gets $75K.

Microfluidic Power Generation, Aaron J. Sprecher

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis includes the detailed mathematical calculations used to determine the feasibility of harnessing electrical energy from the blood flow through human capillaries. The designs are inspired by human physiology and well established electromagnetic energy harvesting techniques and the fabrication methods have been proposed for the various components of the device. The fabrication and the design of these components have also been extensively analyzed using calculations based on the governing principles of microfluidics, kinetics, and electromagnetics. The analysis has confirmed that this design can produce sufficient energy to power a MEMS device using non-standard materials and fabrication methods. The designs …

Anti-Tamper Method For Field Programmable Gate Arrays Through Dynamic Reconfiguration And Decoy Circuits, Samuel J. Stone

Theses and Dissertations

As Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) become more widely used, security concerns have been raised regarding FPGA use for cryptographic, sensitive, or proprietary data. Storing or implementing proprietary code and designs on FPGAs could result in the compromise of sensitive information if the FPGA device was physically relinquished or remotely accessible to adversaries seeking to obtain the information. Although multiple defensive measures have been implemented (and overcome), the possibility exists to create a secure design through the implementation of polymorphic Dynamically Reconfigurable FPGA (DRFPGA) circuits. Using polymorphic DRFPGAs removes the static attributes from their design; thus, substantially increasing the difficulty …

Ncaa Certification, University Of Mississippi. Faculty Senate

Resolutions

A document on governance and commitment to rules compliance for NCAA certification.

2008 Osaas Review Approved Report, University Of Mississippi. Faculty Senate

Resolutions

A review of the Office of Student-Athlete Academic Support (OSAAS) by the Academic Subcommittee of the Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics.

Early Seizure Blockade: Preventing Long-Term Epileptic Activity In Wag/Rij Rats, April Levin

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The purpose of this study was to determine how early seizure blockade with ethosuximide (ESX) would influence ion channel expression and long-term spike-wave discharge (SWD) activity in epileptic WAG/Rij rats. The goal was to elucidate the question Do seizures beget seizures? in a genetically prone model and if so, to attempt to interrupt this cycle by early intervention. In our first experiment, we used immunocytochemistry to determine the effect of ESX on cortical expression of ion channels in treated and untreated WAG/Rij rats and age-matched Wistar controls. This experiment revealed that treatment with ESX blocked the upregulation of Nav1.1 and …

March 4, 2008, Council On Graduate Studies

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Efficacy Of 180 Versus 360 Degrees Of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty On Lowering Intraocular Pressure, Robert Mcglynn

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The purpose of this study was to determine if the application of 360° of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) to the trabecular meshwork (TM) is more effective than 180° in the lowering of intraocular pressure (IOP) in glaucoma. This issue was addressed in the form of a retrospective chart review of patients treated consecutively with SLT for primary open angle glaucoma, pseudoexfoliation glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Patients were treated with either 180° of SLT by Dr. Wand or 360° by Dr. Martone using a 532nm, Q-switched, frequency doubled Nd:Yag laser. Only the initial treatment with SLT of a given eye was …

The Murray Ledger And Times, March 4, 2008, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Optimization Of The Metamorphic Development Process Via The Genetic Algorithm, Keith Daniel Joseph Goren

Theses and Dissertations

This main investigation of this thesis was the integration of the metamorphic development process with a genetic algorithm in order to optimize the metamorphic development process. Since the origin of the metamorphic development process, there has been a need for the user to input parameters in order to coax structural development to obtain an optimum structure. By utilizing the genetic algorithm to manipulate this input information, this new marriage of the metamorphic development process and the genetic algorithm can save time and computation for the user of the program. It was found that the genetic algorithm with the metamorphic development …

March 4, 2008, Faculty Senate

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Three-Dimensional Structure Of Conotoxin Tx3a: A M-1 Branch Peptide Of The M-Superfamily, Owen M. Mcdougal, Matthew W. Turner, Andrew J. Ormond, C. Dale Poulter

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

The M-superfamily, one of eight major conotoxin superfamilies found in the venom of the cone snail, contains a Cys framework with disulfide-linked loops labeled 1, 2, and 3 (- CC¹C²C³CC-). M-superfamily conotoxins can be divided into the m-1, -2, -3 and -4 branches, based upon the number of residues located in the third Cys loop between the fourth and fifth Cys residues. Here we provide a three-dimensional solution structure for the m-1 conotoxin tx3a found in the venom of Conus textile. The 15 amino acid peptide, CCSWDVCDHPSCTCC, has disulfide bonds between Cys^{1 …}

Daily Eastern News: March 04, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

March

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Spatiotemporal Dynamics Of Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Colonies Affected By Plague, David J. Augustine, Marc R. Matchett, Theodore P. Toombs, Jack F. Cully, Tommy L. Johnson, J. G. Sidle

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

Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) are a key component of the disturbance regime in semi-arid grasslands of central North America. Many studies have compared community and ecosystem characteristics on prairie dog colonies to grasslands without prairie dogs, but little is known about landscape-scale patterns of disturbance that prairie dog colony complexes may impose on grasslands over long time periods. We examined spatiotemporal dynamics in two prairie dog colony complexes in southeastern Colorado (Comanche) and northcentral Montana (Phillips County) that have been strongly influenced by plague, and compared them to a complex unaffected by plague in northwestern Nebraska (Oglala). …

Buffers And Vegetative Filter Strips, Matthew J. Helmers, Thomas M. Isenhart, Mike Dosskey, Seth M. Dabney, Jeffrey S. Strock

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

This chapter describes the use of buffers and vegetative filter strips relative to water quality. In particular, we primarily discuss the herbaceous components of the following NRCS Conservation Practice Standards:
Filter Strip (393)
Alley Cropping (311)
Riparian Forest Buffer (391)
Vegetative Barrier (601)
Conservation Cover (327)
Riparian Herbaceous Cover (390)
Contour Buffer Strips (332)
Grassed Waterway (412)

Placement of most of these practices is illustrated in figure 4-1. Common purposes of these herbaceous components (as defined by the NRCS Conservation Practice Standards) are to:
• Reduce the sediment, particulate organics, and sediment-adsorbed contaminant loadings in runoff.
• Reduce dissolved contaminant …

Improvement Of Ecm Techniques Through Implementation Of A Genetic Algorithm, James D. Townsend

Theses and Dissertations

This research effective effort develops the necessary interfaces between the radar signal processing components and an optimization routine, such as genetic algorithms, to develop Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) waveforms under a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HILS) architecture. The various ECM waveforms are stored in an ECM library, where an operator selects the desired function to use against a particular system. This optimization works with modular components, compared to previous research that embedded a genetic algorithm into the Range Gate Pull-off (RGPO) waveform optimization loop, which can be interchanged based upon the operator's desired hardware/ software testing setup. The ECM library's first entries contain the …

Montana Kaimin, March 4, 2008, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

March 4, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

The Interrelatedness Of Homosexual Identity Development And Perceptions Of Campus Climate For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender Students At The University Of South Florida, Tampa Campus, Frederic Drury Baker

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of campus climate at the University of South Florida, Tampa Campus for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender students. Specifically, the study determined if there was any relationship between level of homosexual identity development acquired and perceptions of campus climate. If a relationship existed, it would influence the way that campus climate perceptions would be analyzed in future studies.

The population was the undergraduate student body at the University of South Florida taking at least six credit hours in the fall semester 2007. An online survey was created with two instruments …