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Biophysics Of Zebrafish (Danio Rerio) Sperm, M. Hagedorn, J. Ricker, M. Mccarthy, S. A. Meyers, T. R. Tiersch, Z. M. Varga, F. W. Kleinhans

Faculty Publications

In the past two decades, laboratories around the world have produced thousands of mutant, transgenic, and wild-type zebrafish lines for biomedical research. Although slow-freezing cryopreservation of zebrafish sperm has been available for 30 years, current protocols lack standardization and yield inconsistent post-thaw fertilization rates. Cell cryopreservation cannot be improved without basic physiological knowledge, which was lacking for zebrafish sperm. The first goal was to define basic cryobiological values for wild-type zebrafish sperm and to evaluate how modern physiological methods could aid in developing improved cryopreservation protocols. Coulter counting methods measured an osmotically inactive water fraction (Vb) of 0.37 ± 0.02 …

Self-Reported Physical Activity Improves Prediction Of Body Fatness In Young Adults, M. Zanovec, Lisa G. Johnson, Brian D. Marx, Michael J. Keenan, G. Tuuri

Faculty Publications

PURPOSE: To examine self-reported physical activity levels from the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) as an independent predictor of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-measured percent body fat (%BF) from body mass index (BMI), gender, and race. METHODS: Two hundred and seventy-eight students, aged 18-24 yr, volunteered to participate. There were 133 males (85 white and 48 black) and 145 females (77 white and 68 black). Total activity levels were quantified in MET hours per week (MET-h•wk -1) using the IPAQ short form. Height and weight were measured, and BMI values were calculated (kg•m -2). %BF was assessed using DXA. Linear regression …

Spatial Representation Across Species: Geometry, Language, And Maps, Barbara Landau, Laura Lakusta

Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

We review growing evidence that the reorientation system - shared by both humans and nonhuman species - privileges geometric representations of space and exhibits many of the characteristic features of modular systems. We also review evidence showing that humans can move beyond the limits of nonhuman species by using two cultural constructions, language and explicit maps. We argue that, although both of these constructions are uniquely human means of enriching the spatial system we share with other species, their representational formats, functions, and developmental trajectories are quite different, yielding distinctly different tools for empowering human spatial cognition.The capacity to reorient …

Prospective Prediction Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Using Fear Potentiated Auditory Startle Responses, Nnamdi Pole, Thomas C. Neylan, Christian Otte, Clare Henn-Hasse, Thomas J. Metzler, Charles R. Marmar

Psychology: Faculty Publications

Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been most consistently associated with exaggerated physiologic reactivity to startling sounds when such sounds occur in threatening contexts. There is conflicting evidence about whether startle hyperreactivity is a preexisting vulnerability factor for PTSD or an acquired result of posttrauma neural sensitization. Until now, there have been no prospective studies of physiologic reactivity to startling sounds in threatening contexts as predictors of PTSD symptoms. Methods: One hundred and thirty-eight police academy cadets without current psychopathology were exposed to repeated 106-dB startling sounds under increasing (low, medium, or high) threat of mild electric shock while their …

Arts And Sciences Newsletter, Volume 13, Issue 2, College Of Arts & Sciences

Arts and Sciences Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Balancing Safety And Availability: A Historical Perspective On The Pace Of Drug Approval, 1950s-2009., Fabienne C. Meier-Abt

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

BALANCING SAFETY AND AVAILABILITY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE PACE OF DRUG APPROVAL, 1950s-2009. Fabienne C. Meier-Abt and Bruno J. Strasser. Department of History of Medicine, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Over the course of the past 50 years, drug approval processes have ranged from 42 days to more than 10 years. What are the consequences of slow or rapid drug approvals on drug safety and drug availability? How slow is too slow? How fast is too fast? These questions have engaged the public, the government, physicians and the pharmaceutical industry for decades. This essay adopts a …

Nebline, February 2009

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

13 Fun Ways to Eat More Fruites and Vegetables!
Farmland Leasing Workshop, Feb. 11
Soil Fertility and Phosphorus
Private Pesticide Applicator Certification Opportunities
The Value of Landscaping
Are You Winning the “Fruit & Vegetable Bowl Game”?
5 Main Dishes—Each Using Only 5 Ingredients
Family & Community Education (FCE) Clubs: Presidents’ View—Bonnie’s Bits
FCE News & Events
Beltline FCE Club: 1931–2008
Household Hints: How to Keep Red Clothes from Turning Pink
Small Steps to Health and Wealth
2009 All-America Selections
Starting Tender Perennials Indoors
Garden Guide: Things to Do This Month
Tree Squirrels and Rabbits are Active in Winter
Beginning Beekeeping …

2009 Nebraska Swine Report

Nebraska Swine Reports

Contents:

Nutrition

Effect of Corn Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Growing-Finishing Gilts with Previous Exposure to DDGS in the Nursery

Feeding Value of Diets for Growing-Finishing Pigs with Varying Concentrations of Corn Distillers Dried Grain with Solubles (DDGS)

Effects of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) and Paylean® Supplementation on Growth Performance of Growing-Finishing Pigs

Economy of Adding Fibrous Feedstuffs to Sow Gestation Diets

Nutrition During Gilt Development and Genetic Line Affect Reproductive Rate Through Parity 1

In Vivo and In Vitro Expression of Porcine Zinc Transporter (ZnT) 1 mRNA

Health

Effect …

Curb Your Ecoterrorism: Identifying The Nexus Between State Criminalization Of Ecoterror And Environmental Protection Policy, Paul J. Karasick

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Unintended Consequences Of Ethanol Production: Geospatial Lifecycle Analysis, Amanda Louise Malone

Theses

Ethanol use has been lauded as a way to provide a secure, diverse, environmentally friendly and economically beneficial energy supply for the US. However, along with this praise has been criticism due to potential unintended consequences that may arise from ethanol production and use. This thesis addresses one such unintended consequence: the displacement of emissions from downstream vehicle operation locations to upstream farming and production areas. The thesis uses the Upstream Ethanol Production (UEP) Model, a geospatial lifecycle model developed for analyzing spatial emissions inventories for ethanol production. The UEP model is based on the US GREET model – the …

Neuronic Sonic, Nicholas G. Baish

Theses

The production, Neuronic Sonic, partially fulfills the requirements for the degree of Masters of Fine Arts in Imaging Arts/ Computer Animation from the School of Film and Animation at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The completed work is a high-definition digital movie file that was created with custom coded software designed specifically for the purpose of this project, as well as off-the-shelf, industry standard, visual hardware and computer software technology. The following paper details the development of the work starting with the initial concept, and it explores areas such as pre-production experiments and production phases, as well as my personal …

Genesis, Xinxin Su

Theses

Genesis is a feature-length science fiction/fantasy screenplay written for partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MFA degree in Imaging Arts/Film. The script tells the story of two parentless children and their rescuer as they journey across a barren landscape in a world disintegrating before an impending catastrophic event. Their goal is to reach a generation ship called Genesis designed to save only a portion of humankind. Along the way they encounter rebels and misfits who threaten and assist the three along their way. This submission includes: a thesis report which contains an analysis of the conception and writing process; …

A Lot About A Little Dot - Lessons Learned From Drosophila Melanogaster Chromosome 4, Nicole Riddle, Christopher Shaffer, Sarah C.R. Elgin

Biology Faculty Research

The fourth chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster has a number of unique properties that make it a convenient model for the study of chromatin structure. Only 4.2 Mb overall, the 1.2 Mb distal arm of chromosome 4 seen in polytene chromosomes combines characteristics of heterochromatin and euchromatin. This domain has a repeat density of ~35%, comparable to some pericentric chromosome regions, while maintaining a gene density similar to that of the other euchromatic chromosome arms. Studies of position-effect variegation have revealed that heterochromatic and euchromatic domains are interspersed on chromosome 4, and both cytological and biochemical studies have demonstrated that chromosome …

Acquired Appetitive Responding To Intravenous Nicotine Reflects A Pavlovian Conditioned Association, Jennifer E. Murray, Rick A. Bevins

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Recent research examining Pavlovian appetitive conditioning has extended the associative properties of nicotine from the unconditioned stimulus or reward to include the role of a conditional stimulus (CS), capable of acquiring the ability to evoke a conditioned response. To date, published research has used presession extravascular injections to examine nicotine as a contextual CS in that appetitive Pavlovian drug discrimination task. Two studies in the current research examined whether a nicotine CS can function discretely, multiple times within a session using passive iv infusions. In Experiment 1, rats readily acquired a discrimination in conditioned responding between nicotine and saline infusions …

Spokane River In Idaho And Washington Tmdl Water Quality And Hydrodynamic Modeling Quality Assurance Project Plan -- Draft, Scott A. Wells, Chris Berger

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

The focus of this present study is to perform the following tasks:

• Converting the Upper Spokane River CE‐QUAL‐W2 models (Washington and Idaho) to version 3.6

• Combining the Washington and Idaho models

• Reviewing and updating model boundary conditions

• Check model calibration

• Meet with stakeholders

• Develop and Run Modeling Scenarios

• Create reports on calibration and scenario runs

Eagleville Times, Volume 7, Issue 3, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

Phil 200e.03: Ethics - The Great Traditions, Soazog Le Bihan

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Art 101a.02: Visual Language - Drawing, Stephanie Johnsen

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Art 229a.02: Ceramics I, Elizabeth Lo

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Of Trolls, Davids, Goliaths, And Kings: Narratives And Evidence In The Litigation Of High-Tech Patents, Colleen V. Chien

Faculty Publications

While each patent dispute is unique, most fit the profile of one of a limited number of patent litigation stories. A dispute between an independent inventor and a large company, for instance, is often cast in "David v. Goliath" terms. When two large companies fight over patents, in contrast, they are said to be playing the "sport of kings." Some corporations engage in "defensive patenting" in order to deter others from suing them. Patent licensing and enforcement entities who sue have been labeled "trolls." Finally, observers of the patent system call the use of patent litigation to impose or exploit …

Gastrocnemius-Soleus Muscle Tendon Unit Changes Over The First 12 Weeks Of Adjusted Age In Infants Born Preterm, Marybeth Grant-Beuttler, Robert J. Palisano, Debra P. Miller, Barbara Reddien Wagner, Carolyn B. Heriza, Patricia A. Shewokis

Physical Therapy Faculty Articles and Research

Background and Purpose: Differences in the gastrocnemius-soleus muscle and tendon have been documented shortly after birth in infants born preterm compared with infants born at term. Knowledge of muscle tendon unit lengths at term age to 12 weeks of age in infants born preterm may be useful in understanding motor development.

Participants and Method: Gastrocnemius-soleus muscle tendon unit lengths were compared at term age, at 6 weeks of age, and at 12 weeks of age (preterm adjusted age) in 20 infants born full term and 22 infants born preterm.

Results: Significant differences were found between the 2 groups on taut …

Garnet & Black Spring 2009, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

Garnet & Black Magazine

No abstract provided.

Qubit, February 2009

Qubit (Cuban science fiction magazine)

The February 2009 issue of the Qubit.

The International Whaling Commission And The Elusive Great White Whale Of Preservationism, Gerry J. Nagtzaam

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Bridging The Black-Green-White Divide: The Impact Of Diversity In Environmental Nonprofit Organizations, Faith R. Rivers

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

The Devolution Of Nepa: How The Apa Transformed The Nation's Environmental Policy, Sam Kalen

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

The Not-So-Safe Drinking Water Act: Why We Must Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing At The Federal Level, Angela C. Cupas

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

El Azufre En Los Granos De Destilería Para El Ganado Lechero, D. Schingoethe, A. Garcia, K. Kalscheur, A. Hippen

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

El azufre es un elemento esencial que los animales necesitan para muchas funciones. Cerca del 0.15% del peso corporal es azufre. Se encuentra en los aminoácidos metioni¬na, cisteína, cistina, homocisteína y taurina; en el condroi¬tin sulfato del cartílago y en las vitaminas del complejo B tiamina y biotina. La metionina, tiamina y biotina no pueden sintetizarse en los tejidos del ganado, deben por lo tanto ser suministradas con la dieta o sintetizadas por los microorgan¬ismos del rumen. El contenido en azufre de la mayor parte de los alimentos refleja el contenido en aminoácidos azufrados de sus proteínas. En la tabla …

Which Sry Locus Is The Hypertensive Y Chromosome Locus?, Monte E. Turner, Joel Farkas, Jeff Dunmire, Daniel Ely, Amy Milsted

Biology Faculty Research

The Y chromosome of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) contains a genetic component that raises blood pressure compared with the Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) Y chromosome. This research tests the Sry gene complex as the hypertensive component of the SHR Y chromosome. The Sry loci were sequenced in 1 strain with a hypertensive Y chromosome (SHR/Akr) and 2 strains with a normotensive Y chromosome (SHR/Crl and WKY/Akr). Both SHR strains have 7 Sry loci, whereas the WKY strain has 6. The 6 loci in common between SHR and WKY strains were identical in the sequence compared (coding region, 392-bp 5' prime flanking, …

Multimodality Education For Airway Endoscopy Skill Development., Ellen S. Deutsch, Thomas Christenson, Joseph Curry, Jobayer Hossain, Karen Zur, Ian Jacobs

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Faculty Papers

OBJECTIVES: Airway endoscopy is a difficult skill to master. A unique practicum was designed to help otolaryngology residents develop endoscopy skills. The learning modalities included lectures, an animal laboratory, high-fidelity manikins, virtual bronchoscopy simulation, and standardized patients. This study compares the relative subjective value of these learning modalities for skill development and realism. METHODS: Participants used a Likert scale (1=disagree to 5=agree) and open responses to anonymously rate the efficacy of 5 learning modalities for teaching airway management, endoscopy skills, and clinical leadership and for providing a realistic experience. RESULTS: The results in 2007 were uniformly positive, with mean scores …