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Current, April 13, 2009, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2000s)

No abstract provided.

Monitor Newsletter April 13, 2009, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

2009 - The Fourteenth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars

Symposium of Student Scholars Program Books

The full program book from the Fourteenth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, held on April 13, 2009. Includes abstracts from the presentations and posters.

Fishlines, 2009, N/A N/A

Fishlines

No abstract provided.

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 19, 04-13-2009, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

Gorham marchers ‘take back the night’--Senate recommends budget approval--The Obama Years A Free Press political primer--Student partisan groups stumble back on the scene--Portland greenhouse thrives under green thumb

Nano-Imprinted Thin Films Of Reactive, Azlactone-Containing Polymers: Combining Methods For The Topographic Patterning Of Cell Substrates With Opportunities For Facile Post-Fabrication Chemical Functionalization, Nathaniel J. Fredin, Adam H. Broderick, Maren E. Buck, David M. Lvnn

Chemistry: Faculty Publications

Approaches to the fabrication of surfaces that combine methods for the topographic patterning of soft materials with opportunities for facile, post-fabrication chemical functionalization could contribute significantly to advances in biotechnology and a broad range of other areas. Here, we report methods that can be used to introduce well defined nano- and microscale topographic features to thin films of reactive polymers containing azlactone functionality using nanoimprint lithography (NIL). We demonstrate that NIL can be used to imprint topographic patterns into thin films of poly(2-vinyl-4,4- dimethylazlactone) and a copolymer of methyl methacrylate and 2-vinyl- 4,4-dimethylazlactone using silicon masters having patterns of grooves …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 38, April 13, 2009

Central Florida Future

ROTC students graduate to Army; Gays remake prom night memories; Energy costs on campus increase; Energy use on campus; Cool project to save UCF energy, money; Library exhibits story of St. Louis.

The Preference Of Protein Powders Among Adult Males And Females: A Protein Powder Taste Study, Joshua Manter

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Protein is essential in one's diet because it is an important component in many organs and tissues throughout the body. Athletes ingest protein in order to stimulate protein synthesis and increase lean muscle mass. In order to assist with obtaining adequate amounts of protein, athletes and bodybuilders purchase supplemental protein in the form of protein powders. Protein metabolism and digestion play key roles in this because if the protein is not metabolized or digested effectively, then those who are wishing to gain fat free mass will not be successful. A high quality protein will be digested, metabolized, and directed towards …

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, April 13, 2009, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

April 13, 2009 Aasu Faculty Senate Minutes, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Minutes (Archived)

April 13, 2009 AASU Faculty Senate Minutes

April 13, 2009 Aasu Faculty Senate Agenda, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda (Archived)

April 13, 2009 AASU Faculty Senate Agenda

Localized Biliary Ischemia In Patients With Hepatic Arteriovenous Malformations, A Newly Recognized Syndrome Occurring In Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis And Management, Rasha Khoury

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The clinical manifestations of hepatic arteriovenous malformations (HAVMs) were elucidated. A review of the literature was undertaken to better understand how HAVMs specifically affect the biliary system. A retrospective review of the 50 patients with HAVMs seen at the Yale University HHT Center was done, including clinical manifestation, intervention and outcome analysis. Of 50 adults with HAVM, median age was 64 (range 17-73) and 84% were female. Initially 74% were classified as Type 1, symptomatic heart failure, 16% as Type 2, portal hypertension, and 10% as Type 3, biliary abnormalities. In Type 1 conversion to Type 3 was associated with …

Carbon Forest Markets And The Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest: Can Market-Based Economic Incentives Save The Forest?, Romulo Silveira Da Rocha Sampaio

Dissertations & Theses

This study is divided into six main chapters. The first chapter is dedicated to situate forests in the global context and providing a detailed description of the Atlantic Rainforest's history, ecological features, geographical and demographical information and its potential contribution to emissions and removals of greenhouse gases. Considering the traditional trend of not valuing ecosystem services, this first chapter introduces the notion of economic incentives to promote forest conservation and regeneration policies highlighting existing market-based approaches. The goal is twofold: first, to compare the Atlantic forest's reality and characteristics with a worldwide deforestation trend; second to provide an understanding of …

Biology, English Majors Capture Top 2009 Student Life Awards, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2009

• Rhine Gourrier, an English major from Columbia, took the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award.
• Biology major Glenn Edward Spurlin III of Rock Hill won the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award.

04-10-2009 Swosu Receives Large Grant From Exxonmobil For Summer Camp, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2009

Southwestern Oklahoma State University's Department of Chemistry and Physics and Assistant Professor Wayne Trail recently received an $80,000 grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation for a Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp in 2009 on the Weatherford campus.

Most Popular Downloads -- March 2009

Institutional Repository Information

The month saw a record number of downloads — 125,221 — exceeding by 1,883 the old record set in June 2008. 76% of available files were downloaded at least once; and the average number of downloads (for 21,213 open-access files) was 5.90.

With 32,103 total files as of March 31, 2009 (including 10,890 restricted access dissertations), the UNL Digital Commons ranked as the 3rd largest university repository in the United States (trailing only the University of Michigan’s Deep Blue and Ohio State University’s Knowledge Bank).

Distribution of usage was spread quite broadly across the available files, with more than 50% …

The Tiger Vol. 103 Issue 11 2009-04-10, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Reporter - April 10th 2009, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

No abstract provided.

The Bison, April 10, 2009

The Bison Newspapers

No abstract provided.

New Country Records Of Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) From Vietnam, Brian Armitage, Tatiana Arefina-Armitage

Insecta Mundi

Identification of caddisfly specimens from Vietnam collected by scientific field staff of the Royal Ontario Museum and the American Museum of Natural History revealed 19 new country records. All but one species were reported from other Oriental region countries, particularly Thailand and Indonesia. However, Goera kawamotonis Kobayashi 1987 was only known from the East Palaearctic region (Japan and Russian Far East). The total number of species now recorded from Vietnam is 400.

The Beetles Of Barbados, West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera): Diversity, Distribution And Faunal Structure, Stewart Peck

Insecta Mundi

The beetle fauna of the island of Barbados is summarized. It is now known to contain 202 genera, and 254 species (in 40 families), of which 232 are named at the species level. Undoubtedly, the actual numbers of species on Barbados are much higher than now known. Nine species are possibly endemic to the island, 15 have been intentionally introduced, and 51 have probably been accidentally introduced through human activity. The remaining 157 named species may occur naturally as a result of natural over-water dispersal processes. These species mostly have a wide distribution in the Antilles and Latin America. The …

First Record Of The Genus Parahyliota In The New World (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Brontinae), Michael C. Thomas

Insecta Mundi

The genus Parahyliota Thomas, previously known from Africa and Asia, is recorded from the New World for the first time, based on P. balli Thomas, a new species here described from Mexico.

Distribution Extensions Of The Milliped Families Conotylidae And Rhiscosomididae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida) Into Northern Coastal British Columbia And Southern Alaska, Rowland Shelley, Michael Medrano, William Shear, Kristiina Ovaska, Ken J. White, Erin Havard

Insecta Mundi

Two samples of the chordeumatidan family Rhiscosomididae (Rhiscosomides mineri Silvestri, 1909) and 35 of the Conotylidae establish these taxa in the Alexander Archipelago and continental parts of the Alaskan Panhandle, USA, and northern coastal British Columbia (BC), Canada. Rhiscosomides mineri is also recorded from southwestern BC and, for the first time, from Washington State, USA. Two conotylids were recovered, a juvenile male of ?Bollmanella Chamberlin, 1941, and 3 males and 33 females of a possibly parthenogenetic form of Taiyutyla Chamberlin, 1952, conforming generally to T. shawi and T. lupus, both by Shear, 2004, on Vancouver Island. Diplopoda are …

Phylogeny Of Dasyophthalma Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Brassolini), Carla Maria Penz

Insecta Mundi

This study provides a species-level phylogeny and morphological characterization for the Neotropical brassoline genus Dasyophthalma Westwood, 1851. A revised generic definition is given, and two species groups are proposed. Diagnoses and illustrations of habitus and genitalia are provided for all species. Wing color, male scent organs, and male and female genitalic morphology are characterized and discussed.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 37, April 10, 2009

Central Florida Future

UnCiver Fridays; Plus: The sword and the show; Who you gonna call? Ghost Tours; Wide roads ahead; More cash for student clubs; Stem cell researchers guide students through laboratory.

The Use Of Expressive Therapies And Social Support With Youth In Foster Care: The Performing Arts Troupe, Audra Holmes Greene, Linda Goldenberg, Madelyn Freundlich

Journal of Youth Development

The Performing Arts Troupe is a program that provides youth in foster care and youth from low income neighborhoods with expressive therapies and social support. The program is designed to assist youth in addressing the effects of trauma and developing competencies as they prepare to transition to adulthood. The article discusses the literature base for the program, the program activities and describes the impact of the program on youth through preliminary evaluations and case studies. The program offers an innovative combination of expressive therapies and social supports that has effectively met the needs of vulnerable youth.

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, April 10, 2009, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

April

No abstract provided.

Volume Cxxvi, Number 18, April 10, 2009, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases In The Regulation Of Plant Development, Erica Satterfield

Theses and Dissertations

Mitogen-activated protein kinases are part of an evolutionarily conserved protein phosphorylation cascade which serves essential regulatory functions in eukaryotic organisms. Although the role of MAPKs in the regulation of a plant’s response to environmental stress and plant defense has been well established, very little is known about their role in the regulation of plant developmental processes. In order to examine the role of MAPKs in plant growth and development, a strong mammalian MAPK phosphatase (MKP-1), which is known to inactivate MAPKs in plants, was introduced into tobacco plants. In tobacco plants, MKP-1 overexpression altered plant responses to the phytohormones, ethylene …

Exploring The Relationships Between Executive Functions And The Big Five Personality Traits Using The Behavior Rating Inventory Of Executive Functioning-Adult Form, Kira Formicola

Theses

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between three subscales of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Form (BRIEF-A) and the Big Five personality traits. The data used for this study consists of 126 hearing, college age participants from the Rochester Institute of Technology who were used as a control group for a previous study. As hypothesized, Emotional Regulation and Shift scales of the BRIEF shared a significant negative correlation with Neuroticism. Contrary to the hypothesis, the scale Inhibit shared a positive correlation with Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. Shift was significantly correlated with Openness to Experience. No …