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The Tiger Vol. 103 Issue 17 2009-09-25, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

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Curricular Affairs Committee Minutes September 25 2009, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Committee Reports and Appendices

No abstract provided.

Platycorypha Nigrivirga Burckhardt (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea), Tipu Psyllid, New To North America, Alessandra Rung, Gevork Arakelian, Ray Gill, Nick Nisson

Insecta Mundi

The tipu psyllid, Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea), is reported for the first time in North America (USA: California). Diagnostic characters for identification of adults and nymphs, host and damage data, and known distribution are given.

Taxonomic Overview Of The Greater Fritillary Genus Speyeria Scudder And The Atlantis - Hesperis Species Complexes, With Species Accounts, Type Images, And Relevant Literature (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), James C. Dunford

Insecta Mundi

A taxonomic overview for the fritillary genus Speyeria Scudder (= Argynnis Fabricius) and its placement within the Heliconiinae (Nymphalidae) is presented. Taxonomic accounts, type images, and relevant literature for the 25 subspecies within the Speyeria atlantis (Edwards) and Speyeria hesperis (Edwards) complexes and the 16 nominate Speyeria species are included. Errors in nomenclature are identified, taxonomic, life history, and distributional information are updated, and type locality information is discussed. Images of primary type specimens for all 16 Speyeria species and the 25 subspecies in the atlantis - hesperis complexes appear together in color here for the first time. One new …

First Record For The Recently Discovered Hangingfly Bittacus Monastyrskiyi Bicha, 2007 (Mecoptera: Bittacidae) From Há Tay Province, Vietnam, Louis A. Somma

Insecta Mundi

I provide the first record for the recently described hangingfly, Bittacus monastyrskiyi Bicha, 2007, from Há Tay Province (Ba Vi National Park), Vietnam, along with new seasonal, altitudinal, and habitat data. This is the only described species of bittacid from Vietnam, and this new record extends its range100 km north-northwest from its type locality in Cuc Phuong National Park, Thanh Hoa Province.

An Annotated Checklist Of The Lady Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Of Iowa, U.S.A., Louis S. Hesler

Insecta Mundi

An annotated list is presented for 81 species of lady beetles (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera) that occur in the state of Iowa, U.S.A., based on literature searches and a review of over 3500 specimens in institutional and private collections. The list includes new state records for Scymnus tenebrosus Mulsant, Diomus debilis (LeConte), Hyperaspis lateralis Mulsant, Hyperaspis deludens Gordon, Epilachna borealis (F.), and Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata (L.), as well as county records for the non-native species, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas). Collection records are discussed for Nephaspis oculatus (Blatchley), Hyperaspidius militaris (LeConte), Coccinella californica Mannerheim, and S. vigintiquatuorpunctata, which have Iowa records that are disjunct from …

Geographic Variability In Calligrapha Verrucosa (Suffrian 1858), A Willow-Feeding Leaf Beetle From Western North America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Mark H. Goodman, Shawn M. Clark

Insecta Mundi

A diagnosis is provided to separate Calligrapha verrucosa (Suffrian) from similar species. Geographic variability is described and illustrated for various populations of C. verrucosa. A map is provided to indicate the distribution of this species.

Seed Beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Associated With Acacia Cornigera (L.) Willd., With Description Of A New Species Of Acanthoscelides Schilsky, Jesus Romero Napoles, Aracely De La Cruz Perez, John M. Kingsolver

Insecta Mundi

Presented herein is a key to identify species of Bruchidae associated with Acacia cornigera (L.). For each species, host records, distributions and bionomics are given. A new species of Acanthoscelides Schilsky is described and figured; Acanthoscelides sauli Romero, Cruz, and Kingsolver.

Geographic Variation In U. S. Populations Of The Tiger Beetle Cicindela Obsoleta Say (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), Jonathan R. Mawdsley

Insecta Mundi

Geographic variation and subspecific taxonomy of United States populations of the tiger beetle Cicindela obsoleta Say are reviewed. Study of primary types and 1,424 museum specimens indicates that four subspecific entities are present in the U.S., for which the valid names are C. o. obsoleta Say, C. o. santaclarae Bates, C. o. vulturina LeConte, and C. o. neojuvenilis Vogt. All four subspecies are illustrated, including many color variants. ArcView Geographic Information System (GIS) computer software is used to study the distribution of these subspecies in the United States. Cicindela o. obsoleta and C. o. santaclarae are only partially allopatric, with …

Novel Host Records Of Some Cassidine Leaf Beetles From Ecuador (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), Wills Flowers, Caroline S. Chaboo

Insecta Mundi

Novel host records and feeding behaviors are reported for five species in three genera of two cassidine beetle tribes, Hemisphaerotini and Imatidiini, from Ecuador. Carludovica Ruiz and Pav. (Cyclanthaceae) is reported as a new plant family and genus host for two species of Spaethiella Barber and Bridwell. Calathea G. Mey (Marantaceae) is reported as the first host record for Aslamidium capense (Herbst) and Calathea lutea Schult. and Calathea majestica (Linden) H. Kenn. are reported as the first host records for Aslamidium semicirculare (Olivier). Immature stages of Demotispa elaeicola (Aslam) are reported for the first time; larvae are external folivores and …

A New Fossil Species Of Stag Beetle From Dominican Republic Amber, With Australasian Connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), Robert E. Woodruff

Insecta Mundi

The first New World amber member of the family Lucanidae is described from the Dominican Republic. Its age is presumed to be Miocene (20-30 million YBP). It is also the fourth known amber species, the second Miocene fossil species, the second fossil species in the subfamily Syndesinae, and the first species (fossil or extant) of Lucanidae from the entire Caribbean. It is especially interesting because it is a member of the Australasian genus Syndesus MacLeay. Other such disjunct Dominican amber insect fossils are also discussed.

Ethylene Dichloride Disruption Of Fertility In Male Mice, Harold J. Daigle, Derek N. Cole, J. Andrew Carlson, William R. Lee, Vincent L. Wilson

Faculty Publications

Ethylene dichloride (EDC) is a high use compound in chemical industry today. Although a potent alkylating agent and carcinogen, EDC has not been associated previously with adverse fertility consequences. Intraperitoneal 5 to 40 mg/kg once a day for five days in C57BL/6 mice rendered males infertile for 6 months and longer. Two of three mice treated with EDC at 5 mg/kg recovered to fertility after a 3 and 5-week sterile period, respectively. Significant testicular pathology was evident within 8 days post treatment with EDC, which progressed to resemble Sertoli Cell-Only syndrome. Although the observed effects on Leydig cell populations were …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern University Presidential Finalist Brooks A. Keel, Ph.D. to Visit Campus

Hawks' Herald -- September 25, 2009, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

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The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2009-09-25, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 2001-2011

Jimmy Wilkinson Meyer, Assistant Editor of Wooster magazine, guest curates the permanent exhibit, "Vice, Virtue, and Contraband: A History of Contraception in America" at Case Western Reserve University. New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof speaks on campus about women's oppression and empowerment. Wayne County residents, Barbara Raber and Eli Weaver, are convicted of murdering Eli Weaver's wife, Barbara Weaver. The community prepares for its first LGBT rights event, "Open the Door to Equality". The athletic updates for the past week are featured on pages seven and eight.

Pore Size Characterization Of Monolithic Capillary Columns Using Capillary Flow Porometry, Yan Fang

Theses and Dissertations

A simple capillary flow porometer (CFP) was assembled for pore structure characterization of monolithic capillary liquid chromatography columns based on ASTM standard F316-86. Determination of differential pressures and flow rates through dry and wet samples provided the necessary information to determine the through-pore throat diameter, bubble point pore diameter, mean flow pore diameter, and pore distribution. Unlike measurements in bulk using traditional techniques to provide indirect information about the pore properties of monolithic columns, monoliths can be characterized in their original chromatographic forms with this system. The performance of the new CFP was first evaluated by characterizing the pore size …

Inflammasome-Dependent Caspase-1 Activation In Cervical Epithelial Cells Stimulates Growth Of The Intracellular Pathogen Chlamydia Trachomatis, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, Evonne Koo, Georg Hacker, David M. Ojcius

All Dugoni School of Dentistry Faculty Articles

Inflammasomes have been extensively characterized in monocytes and macrophages, but not in epithelial cells, which are the preferred host cells for many pathogens. Here we show that cervical epithelial cells express a functional inflammasome. Infection of the cells by Chlamydia trachomatis leads to activation of caspase-1, through a process requiring the NOD-like receptor family member NLRP3 and the inflammasome adaptor protein ASC. Secretion of newly synthesized virulence proteins from the chlamydial vacuole through a type III secretion apparatus results in efflux of K+ through glibenclamide-sensitive K+ channels, which in turn stimulates production of reactive oxygen species. Elevated levels of reactive …

The Α,Α-Difluorinated Phosphonate L-Pser-Analogue: An Accessible Chemical Tool For Studying Kinase-Dependent Signal Transduction In Vitro, And In Living Cells, Kaushik Panigrahi, Marijean Eggen, Jun-Ho Maeng, Quanrong Shen, David B. Berkowitz

David Berkowitz Publications

This overview focuses on the (α,α-difluoromethylene)phosphonate mimic of phosphoserine (pCF₂Ser) and its application to the study of kinase-mediated signal transduction – pathways of great interest to drug development. The most versatile modes of access to these chemical biological tools are discussed, organized by method of PCF₂-C bond. The pCF₂-Ser mimic may be site-specifically incorporated into peptides (SPPS) and proteins (expressed protein ligation). This isopolar, dianionic pSer mimic results in a “constitutive phosphorylation” phenotype, and is seen to support native protein-protein interactions that depend upon serine phosphorylation. Signal transduction pathways studied with this chemical biological …

The Regulation Of Alternative Splicing By Oncogenic Signaling Pathways., Jacqueline Shultz

Theses and Dissertations

In the presented study, we demonstrate that the alternative splicing of caspase 9 was dysregulated in a large percentage of NSCLC tumors and cell lines. These findings led to the hypothesis that survival pathways activated by oncogenic mutation regulated this mechanism. Indeed, the oncogenic PI3-Kinase/Akt pathway was demonstrated to regulate the alternative splicing of caspase 9. Further mechanistic studies demonstrate that multiple Akt isoforms can regulate the alternative splicing of caspase 9 in NSCLC. Akt was additionally shown to mediate the exclusion of the exon 3,4,5,6 cassette of caspase 9 via the phospho-state of the RNA trans-factor, SRp30a. Mutagenesis studies …

Literary Bodies: The Novel As Experience, Britt Dienes

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

For my MA thesis I propose to examine a series of novels that combine motifs of the body with structural and linguistic experimentation that parallels the state of the bodies within the text. Using Tsitsi Dangarembga's 1988 "bodybildungsroman" Nervous Conditions, Sherley Anne Williams' 1986 neo -slave narrative Dessa Rose, Samuel Beckett's 1938 existential novel Murphy, Vikram Seth's 1986 poetic novel Golden Gate, and Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 poetic novel Pale Fire, I will argue that these texts portray the body as a readable space of culture, a legible site of conflict or creation.

I contend that these novels …

Jnk1-Dependent Puma Expression Contributes To Hepatocyte Lipoapoptosis., Sophie C. Cazanave, Justin L. Mott, Nafisa A. Elmi, Steven F. Bronk, Nathan W. Werneburg, Yuko Akazawa, Alisan Kahraman, Sean P. Garrison, Gerard P. Zambetti, Michael R. Charlton, Gregory J. Gores

Journal Articles: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Free fatty acids (FFA) induce hepatocyte lipoapoptosis by a c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)-dependent mechanism. However, the cellular processes by which JNK engages the core apoptotic machinery during lipotoxicity, especially activation of BH3-only proteins, remain incompletely understood. Thus, our aim was to determine whether JNK mediates induction of BH3-only proteins during hepatocyte lipoapoptosis. The saturated FFA palmitate, but not the monounsaturated FFA oleate, induces an increase in PUMA mRNA and protein levels. Palmitate induction of PUMA was JNK1-dependent in primary murine hepatocytes. Palmitate-mediated PUMA expression was inhibited by a dominant negative c-Jun, and direct binding of a phosphorylated c-Jun containing the …

Role Of Mammalian Ecdysoneless In Cell Cycle Regulation., Jun Hyun Kim, Channabasavaiah B. Gurumurthy, Mayumi Naramura, Ying Zhang, Andrew T. Dudley, Lynn Doglio, Hamid Band, Vimla Band

Journal Articles: Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy

The Ecdysoneless (Ecd) protein is required for cell-autonomous roles in development and oogenesis in Drosophila, but the function of its evolutionarily conserved mammalian orthologs is not clear. To study the cellular function of Ecd in mammalian cells, we generated Ecd(lox/lox) mouse embryonic fibroblast cells from Ecd floxed mouse embryos. Cre-mediated deletion of Ecd in Ecd(lox/lox) mouse embryonic fibroblasts led to a proliferative block due to a delay in G(1)-S cell cycle progression; this defect was reversed by the introduction of human Ecd. Loss of Ecd led to marked down-regulation of E2F target gene expression. Furthermore, Ecd directly bound to Rb …

The Hunt For New Physics At The Large Hadron Collider, Joseph Schechter, Pran Nath

Physics - All Scholarship

We study the effects of the perturbation which violates the permutation symmetry of three Majorana neutrinos but preserves the well known (23) interchange symmetry. This is done in the presence of an arbitrary Majorana phase which serves to insure the degeneracy of the three neutrinos at the unperturbed level.

Attachment: The Antidote To Trauma, Joshua Straub

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Trauma and loss in life are inevitable. And all too often the traumatic experience itself can be enough to paralyze the mental, emotional, and spiritual state of any given person. Unable to interpret the traumatic experience, many instead are left defined by it. Helping clients discern the objective experience and their subjective reactions to it will help free them from the emotions and beliefs that subsequently control their lives. Based on the most relevant attachment theory research and clinical techniques, this workshop teaches the attentional strategies necessary to helping clients overcome trauma.

Ucc Minutes September 24, 2009, Kutztown University Curriculum Committee

UCC Minutes

No abstract provided.

September 24, 2009, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Spartan Daily September 24, 2009, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 133, Issue 14

State V. Wheeler Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 35194

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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The Carroll News- Vol. 86, No. 3, John Carroll University

The Carroll News

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Commonwealth Times 2009-09-24

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.