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Hexapod Herald - Vol. 20, No. 1, February 2008 Feb 2008

Hexapod Herald - Vol. 20, No. 1, February 2008

Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters

Contents:
Congratulations
Welcome
Publications
Grants
Student News
From the Office
Travel
Blasts from the Pasts

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Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 36, No. 1, February 2008, William Payne Feb 2008

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 36, No. 1, February 2008, William Payne

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter

Contents: Cave Conservancy Foundation Graduate and Undergraduate Fellowship Awards -- 2008 CRF Annual Meeting -- Cave Research Foundation Turns Fifty -- Regional Expedition Reports -- Obituary: Dr. Robert "Robbie" Gorden Babb II, NSS 8480RL -- 2008 Expedition Calendar -- Cave Books

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Forty-Fourth Sahs Annual Meeting. 2. Reports Feb 2008

Forty-Fourth Sahs Annual Meeting. 2. Reports

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.

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Nitrogen Best Management Practices For Corn In South Dakota, K. D. Reitsma, R. Gelderman, P. Skiles, K. Alverson Feb 2008

Nitrogen Best Management Practices For Corn In South Dakota, K. D. Reitsma, R. Gelderman, P. Skiles, K. Alverson

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

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Main Hall To Main Street, February 2008, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations Feb 2008

Main Hall To Main Street, February 2008, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

Main Hall to Main Street, 2005-2010

This is volume 14, number 2 of Main Hall to Main Street.

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Effects Of Neonatal Handling On Play Behavior And Fear Towards A Predator Odor In Juvenile Rats, Stephen M. Siviy Feb 2008

Effects Of Neonatal Handling On Play Behavior And Fear Towards A Predator Odor In Juvenile Rats, Stephen M. Siviy

Psychology Faculty Publications

The effects of brief daily separation, also known as "handling," during the first 2 weeks of life on play behavior and fearfulness toward a predatory odor were assessed in juvenile rats. Handled rats were more playful than nonhandled control rats, and while handling had no effect on the direct response of these rats toward a predatory odor, handled rats did not exhibit a conditioned suppression of play when tested later in the same context where they had been exposed to the predatory odor. Handled rats were still wary of the environment in that they continued to show a heightened level …

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2008-2010 Wright State University Undergraduate Course Catalog, Wright State University Feb 2008

2008-2010 Wright State University Undergraduate Course Catalog, Wright State University

Browse All Course Catalogs

This is a Wright State University undergraduate course catalog from 2008-2010.

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In Vivo Yy1 Knockdown Effects On Genomic Imprinting, Joomyeong Kim, Jeong Do Kim Feb 2008

In Vivo Yy1 Knockdown Effects On Genomic Imprinting, Joomyeong Kim, Jeong Do Kim

Faculty Publications

The YY1 transcription factor is predicted to control several imprinted domains, including the Peg3, Gnas and Xist/Tsix regions. To test this possibility, we have used RNA interference strategies to generate transgenic mouse lines that express reduced levels of the cellular YY1 protein. As predicted, lowering YY1 levels resulted in global expression changes in these three imprinted domains. In neonatal brains, most imprinted genes of the Peg3 domain were up-regulated. In the Gnas domain, Nespas was down-regulated, whereas three other imprinted transcripts were up-regulated, including Nesp, Gnasxl and Exon1A. In the Xist/Tsix domain, no obvious change was detected in the expression …

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Interactions Between Bacterial Carbon Monoxide And Hydrogen Consumption And Plant Development On Recent Volcanic Deposits, Gary M. King, Carolyn F. Weber Feb 2008

Interactions Between Bacterial Carbon Monoxide And Hydrogen Consumption And Plant Development On Recent Volcanic Deposits, Gary M. King, Carolyn F. Weber

Faculty Publications

Patterns of microbial colonization and interactions between microbial processes and vascular plants on volcanic deposits have received little attention. Previous reports have shown that atmospheric CO and hydrogen contribute significantly to microbial metabolism on Kilauea volcano (Hawaii) deposits with varied ages and successional development. Relationships between CO oxidation and plant communities were not clear, however, since deposit age and vegetation status covaried. To determine plant-microbe interactions in deposits of uniform ages, CO and hydrogen dynamics have been assayed for unvegetated tephra on a 1959 deposit at Puu Puai (PP-bare), at the edge of tree islands within the PP deposit (PP-edge) …

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Cellular Uptake And Lysosomal Delivery Of Galactocerebrosidase Tagged With The Hiv Tat Protein Transduction Domain, Xian Yang Zhang, Annie Dinh, James Cronin, Su Chen Li, Jakob Reiser Feb 2008

Cellular Uptake And Lysosomal Delivery Of Galactocerebrosidase Tagged With The Hiv Tat Protein Transduction Domain, Xian Yang Zhang, Annie Dinh, James Cronin, Su Chen Li, Jakob Reiser

Faculty Publications

A number of studies have shown that a short peptide, the protein transduction domain (PTD) derived from the HIV-1 Tat protein (Tat-PTD) improved cellular uptake in vitro and distribution in vivo of recombinant proteins bearing such PTDs when administered systemically. To investigate the effects of Tat-PTD addition on the subcellular localization of the lysosomal enzyme galactocerebrosidase (GALC, EC 3.2.2.46) and with a view towards designing improved therapeutic strategies for Krabbe disease (globoid cell leukodystrophy), mouse GALC was tagged C-terminally with the Tat-PTD. Compared with unmodified GALC, GALC bearing a Tat-PTD, a myc epitope and 6 consecutive His residues [GALC-TMH (Tat-PTD, …

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Composites Comprising Cholesterol And Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Vuk Uskoković Feb 2008

Composites Comprising Cholesterol And Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Vuk Uskoković

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Whereby cholesterol presents one of the major fatty substances in human body, carboxymethyl cellulose is a water-soluble derivative of cellulose, the most abundant dietary fiber. Whereas on one hand in vivo precipitation of cholesterol is the major cause of atherosclerosis, dietary fibers are on the other hand known for their ability to clean the fatty plaque deposited on intestinal pathways, and prevent its build-up in other critical areas within the organism. In this work, a method for the preparation of a composite material comprising cholesterol and carboxymethyl cellulose from 1-hexanol/water biphase mixtures is reported. Specificity of the interaction between the …

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Gear-Specific Population Demographics Of Channel Catfish In A Large Midwestern River, Robert E. Colombo, Quinton E. Phelps, James E. Garvey, Roy C. Heidinger, Tom Stefanavage Feb 2008

Gear-Specific Population Demographics Of Channel Catfish In A Large Midwestern River, Robert E. Colombo, Quinton E. Phelps, James E. Garvey, Roy C. Heidinger, Tom Stefanavage

Publications

Various gear types have been used to sample populations of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus in lotic systems. However, these gears produce different population characteristics (i.e., recruitment, growth, and mortality). We compared the population demographics of channel catfish in the Wabash River, Indiana, sampled with baited 25- and 32-mm-bar mesh hoop nets and three-phase alternating current (AC) electrofishing. Based on catch per unit effort, the relative abundance of channel catfish sampled with 32-mm hoop nets was lower than that of fish sampled with 25-mm hoop nets and AC electrofishing. Each gear type also resulted in a different length frequency, mean length …

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Forensic Science, Wrongful Convictions, And American Prosecutor Discretion, Dennis J. Stevens Feb 2008

Forensic Science, Wrongful Convictions, And American Prosecutor Discretion, Dennis J. Stevens

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

A hot controversy exists about the reliability of forensic science as reported by prime-time drama television series in bringing violent criminals to justice. This exploratory research will show that neither forensics or its fictionalised (CSI Effect) accounts, nor substantial evidence secured by police investigators, shape prosecutor decisions to charge a suspect with a crime, which can often result in freeing guilty suspects and convicting innocent individuals. In the summer of 2006, 444 American prosecutors responded to a survey. The findings reveal that judges, juries, and defence lawyers are influenced more by prime-time American drama forensic accounts than by the substantial …

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Nebraska Gap Analysis Project, G. M. Henebry, M. R. Vaitkus, James W. Merchant Feb 2008

Nebraska Gap Analysis Project, G. M. Henebry, M. R. Vaitkus, James W. Merchant

United States Geological Survey: Publications

The Nebraska Gap Analysis Project (NE-GAP) began in 1996 to assess the distribution and conservation status of biodiversity in the State under existing land ownership and management regimes. Our objectives were to (1) map land cover linked to dominant vegetation types; (2) map predicted distribution of terrestrial vertebrates; (3) document the representation of natural vegetation communities and animal species in areas managed for the long-term maintenance of biodiversity; and (4) make all information available to resource managers and land stewards in a readily accessible format.

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Bifidobacteria In Feces And Environmental Waters, Regina Lamendella, Jorge W. Santo Domingo, Catherine Kelty, Daniel B. Oerther Feb 2008

Bifidobacteria In Feces And Environmental Waters, Regina Lamendella, Jorge W. Santo Domingo, Catherine Kelty, Daniel B. Oerther

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

Bifidobacteria have been recommended as potential indicators of human fecal pollution in surface waters even though very little is known about their presence in nonhuman fecal sources. The objective of this research was to shed light on the occurrence and molecular diversity of this fecal indicator group in different animals and environmental waters. Genus- and species-specific 16S rRNA gene PCR assays were used to study the presence of bifidobacteria among 269 fecal DNA extracts from 32 different animals. Twelve samples from three wastewater treatment plants and 34 water samples from two fecally impacted watersheds were also tested. The species-specific assays …

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Water Current ,Volume 40, No. 1, Winter 2008 Feb 2008

Water Current ,Volume 40, No. 1, Winter 2008

Water Current Newsletter

Water Quality Subject of Fifth Water Law, Policy and Science Conference By Steve Ress
Water Center History nears Completion By Steve Ress
A Wake-up Call on Climate Change
Meet the Faculty
Planning Begins for June Tour of Republican River Basin By Steve Ress
LB 701: Is it an Answer to Nebraska’s Republican River Problems? By Katherine Kalisek-Vogel
Griffin Named Groundwater Foundation President
Jackson Joins Water Center as Intern
Spring Seminars Continue Through April 16
Nebraska DNR Sponsors Modeling Group Meetings By Steve Ress
Nebraska’s Current Top 10 Water Challenges
ENWRA: Accessing Groundwater Resources in Eastern Nebraska By Julie Wragge
Ethanol …

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A Least Bad Approach For Interpreting Esa Stealth Provisions, Madeline June Kass Feb 2008

A Least Bad Approach For Interpreting Esa Stealth Provisions, Madeline June Kass

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

Scholars have come to recognize the existence of certain stealthlike provisions neatly tucked within the text of the federal Endangered Species Act ("ESA"). At the time of enactment, these provisions-if not invisible to Congress-appeared at most innocuous or insignificant. As originally written, section 7 of the ESA constitutes one such stealth provision. Inconspicuously titled "Interagency cooperation,"1 the provision seemed little more than a humble procedural hoop to agency action. Judicial statutory interpretation, however, clarified that this seemingly docile procedural requirement in fact contained a formidable substantive mandate of the Act. A second stealth provision resides in section 8a of the …

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Bringing Sexy Brac: The Case For Allowing Local Governments To Control Environmental Cleanup In The Military Base Closure And Redevelopment Process, Thomas William "T.W." Bruno Feb 2008

Bringing Sexy Brac: The Case For Allowing Local Governments To Control Environmental Cleanup In The Military Base Closure And Redevelopment Process, Thomas William "T.W." Bruno

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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Red Light, Green Light: Assessing The Stop And Go In The Advancement Of Women In The Legal And Business Sectors, Megan Erb Feb 2008

Red Light, Green Light: Assessing The Stop And Go In The Advancement Of Women In The Legal And Business Sectors, Megan Erb

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

The purpose of this note is to identify the problems professional women have in building a career while caring for a family, and to provide the basis for creating a solution. Part I of this note addresses the various types of problems that force women out of the workplace, as well as the difficulties women have in reentering the job market. Part II of this note compares the alternative work schedules offered in the legal and business communities. Part III focuses on the success the business firms have had, with the help of business schools, in finding a practical solution …

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Alcohol Consumption: The Good, The Bad, And The Indifferent, Maria Pontes Ferreira, Darryn Willoughby Feb 2008

Alcohol Consumption: The Good, The Bad, And The Indifferent, Maria Pontes Ferreira, Darryn Willoughby

Nutrition and Food Science Faculty Research Publications

Dietary ethanol (alcohol) is the most widely consumed drug worldwide. High levels of mortality, morbidity, and social malaise are associated with abuse of alcohol, and increasing numbers of women and youth are abusing alcohol. However, strong epidemiological data demonstrate a U- or J-shaped relationship between volume of alcohol consumed and all-cause mortality or disease burden. Moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality and disease burden than are abstinence and immoderate drinking. A brief review of the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of ethanol is provided with a discussion of the impact of gender differences. Potential …

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Depression In Parkinson's Disease: Health Risks, Etiology, And Treatment Options, Pasquale G. Frisina, Joan C. Borod, Nancy S. Foldi, Harriet R. Tenenbaum Feb 2008

Depression In Parkinson's Disease: Health Risks, Etiology, And Treatment Options, Pasquale G. Frisina, Joan C. Borod, Nancy S. Foldi, Harriet R. Tenenbaum

Publications and Research

Depression is found in about 30%-40% of all patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), but only a small percentage (about 20%) receive treatment. As a consequence, many PD patients suffer with reduced health-related quality of life. To address quality of life in depressed PD patients, we reviewed the literature on the health correlates of depression in PD (eg, cognitive function), etiology of depression in PD, and treatment options (ie, antidepressants, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychotherapy). The current review is unique in its focus on psychosocial aspects, as well as neuropathological factors, of depression in PD. Overall, we conclude that neurochemical (eg, serotonin) …

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Organization And Instabilities Of Entangled Active Polar Filaments, Tanniemola B. Liverpool, M. Cristina Marchetti Feb 2008

Organization And Instabilities Of Entangled Active Polar Filaments, Tanniemola B. Liverpool, M. Cristina Marchetti

Physics - All Scholarship

We study the dynamics of an entangled, isotropic solution of polar filaments coupled by molecular motors which generate relative motion of the filaments in two and three dimensions. We investigate the stability of the homogeneous state for constant motor concentration taking into account excluded volume and entanglement. At low filament density the system develops a density instability, while at high filament density entanglement effects drive the instability of orientational fluctuations.

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Networks Of Fairness Review In Corporate Law, Reza Dibadj Feb 2008

Networks Of Fairness Review In Corporate Law, Reza Dibadj

San Diego Law Review

The fairness doctrine in corporate law is rhetorically glorious. Courts speak of scrutinizing transactions tainted by self-dealing for entire fairness, intrinsic fairness, and even inherent fairness. In theory, the doctrine should be a boon to shareholder-plaintiffs, especially as contrasted with corporate law's usual tendency to defer to the business judgment of corporate insiders. But in cases where courts discuss the fairness doctrine, how often have plaintiffs actually won? Are their meaningful differences in the three articulations of the doctrine, or are the adjectives fancy verbiage? Are some fairness cases more important than others in promulgating doctrine? While anecdotes abound, precious …

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Comparison Of Five Allopatric Fruit Fly Parasitoid Populations (Psyttalia Species) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) From Coffee Fields Using Morphometric And Molecular Methods, M. K. Billah, S. W. Kimani-Njogu, R. A. Wharton, J. B. Woolley, D. Masiga Feb 2008

Comparison Of Five Allopatric Fruit Fly Parasitoid Populations (Psyttalia Species) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) From Coffee Fields Using Morphometric And Molecular Methods, M. K. Billah, S. W. Kimani-Njogu, R. A. Wharton, J. B. Woolley, D. Masiga

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Morphometric studies of five allopatric parasitoid populations (genus Psyttalia Walker) from coffee plantations in Cameroon (Nkolbisson), Ghana (Tafo) and Kenya (Rurima, Ruiru and Shimba Hills) and one non-coffee population (from Muhaka, Kenya) were compared with individuals of Psyttalia concolor (Szépligeti), a species released in several biological control programmes in the Mediterranean Region since the 20th Century. Analyses of wing vein measurements showed the second submarginal cell of the fore wing and its adjoining veins had the heaviest principal component weights and served as the main contributing variables in the diagnostic differentiation of the populations. Two populations (Rurima and Ruiru) were …

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The Cross-Bridge Cycle And Skeletal Muscle Fatigue, Robert H. Fitts Feb 2008

The Cross-Bridge Cycle And Skeletal Muscle Fatigue, Robert H. Fitts

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

The functional correlates of fatigue observed in both animals and humans during exercise include a decline in peak force (P0), maximal velocity, and peak power. Establishing the extent to which these deleterious functional changes result from direct effects on the myofilaments is facilitated through understanding the molecular mechanisms of the cross-bridge cycle. With actin-myosin binding, the cross-bridge transitions from a weakly bound low-force state to a strongly bound high-force state. Low pH reduces the number of high-force cross bridges in fast fibers, and the force per cross bridge in both fast and slow fibers. The former is thought …

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder And Aggression In A Young Man With Mental Retardation: Long-Term Treatment In A Community-Based Setting, Robert A. Fox, Casey A. Holtz, Amber L. Barcelona Feb 2008

Oppositional Defiant Disorder And Aggression In A Young Man With Mental Retardation: Long-Term Treatment In A Community-Based Setting, Robert A. Fox, Casey A. Holtz, Amber L. Barcelona

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

A longitudinal, intensive treatment program is described that was implemented over an 8-year period in a community-based setting for a young man with mental retardation and oppositional defiant disorder with severe physical aggression. The development of this disorder and its systematic treatment are described, with new components added based on improvement in the individual’s behavior. The individual made steady progress and has maintained good behavioral stability for the final three years of the treatment program. This paper highlights the inherent difficulties of applying empirically validated treatment strategies in community-based settings.

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The Hilltop 2-1-2008, Hilltop Staff Feb 2008

The Hilltop 2-1-2008, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

No abstract provided.

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Potential For Ultrafast Dynamic Chemical Imaging With Few-Cycle Infrared Lasers, Toru Morishita, Anh-Thu Le, Zhangjin Chen, C. D. Lin Feb 2008

Potential For Ultrafast Dynamic Chemical Imaging With Few-Cycle Infrared Lasers, Toru Morishita, Anh-Thu Le, Zhangjin Chen, C. D. Lin

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We studied the photoelectron spectra generated by an intense few cycle infrared laser pulse. By focusing on the angular distributions of the back rescattered high energy photoelectrons, we show that accurate differential elastic scattering cross-sections of the target ion by free electrons can be extracted. Since the incident direction and the energy of the free electrons can be easily changed by manipulating the laser's polarization, intensity and wavelength, these extracted elastic scattering cross-sections, in combination with more advanced inversion algorithms, may be used to reconstruct the effective single-scattering potential of the molecule, thus opening up the possibility of using few-cycle …

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Tachinid Collecting In Southwest New Mexico And Arizona During The 2007 Nads Field Meeting, John O. Stireman Iii Feb 2008

Tachinid Collecting In Southwest New Mexico And Arizona During The 2007 Nads Field Meeting, John O. Stireman Iii

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The 2007 field meeting of the North American Dipterists Society (NADS) was held August 13–16 in southwestern New Mexico, centered in Silver City (at Western New Mexico University), and the surrounding Gila National Forest. This was the first NADS meeting that I have been able to attend, and I think I can speak for all in saying it was enjoyable, productive, and interesting; an overall success. A more detailed account and evaluation of this meeting is available in the 2007 Fly Times article (O’Hara 2007).

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Psyc 423.01: Addiction Studies, Cynthia L. Garthwait Feb 2008

Psyc 423.01: Addiction Studies, Cynthia L. Garthwait

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

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