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Iraq And The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict In The Twentieth Century, Juan Cole

Macalester International

No abstract provided.

Cop9-Associated Csn5 Regulates Exosomal Protein Deubiquitination And Sorting, Yuelong Liu, Spandan V. Shah, Xiaoyu Xiang, Jianhua Wang, Zhong-Bin Deng, Cunren Liu, Liming Zhang, Jianming Wu, Tara Edmonds, Christina Jambor, John C. Kappes, Huang-Ge Zhang

United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Publications

Ubiquitinated endosomal proteins that are deposited into the lumens of multivesicular bodies are either sorted for lysosomal-mediated degradation or secreted as exosomes into the extracellular milieu. The mechanisms that underlie the sorting of cellular cargo proteins are currently unknown. In this study, we show that the COP9 signalosome (CSN)-associated protein CSN5 quantitatively regulated proteins that were sorted into exosomes. Western blot analysis of exosomal proteins indicated that small interfering (si)RNA knockdown of CSN5 results in increased levels of both ubiquitinated and non-ubiquitinated exosomal proteins, including heat shock protein 70, in comparison with exosomes isolated from the supernatants of 293 cells …

"In Standing Is The Preservation Of His World": Justice Scalia And The Varieties Of Natural-Religious Experience , Don Ellinghausen Jr.

Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law

No abstract provided.

Iowa Academy Of Science: The New Bulletin, V05n1, Spring 2009, Iowa Academy Of Science

New Bulletin

Inside This Issue:

--Message from the Executive Director

--Corrections

--Keep in touch with the IAS Members Only Website

--Lakeside Laboratory Reunion is looking for Alumni

--The Iowa Academy of Science welcomes new Institutional Member

--Candidates for President-Elect

--Candidates for Board of Directors

--Election 2009

--Iowa Science Teachers’ Section Election Candidates

--2008 Donations

Markov Models For Linking Environments And Facies In Space And Time (Recent Arabian Gulf, Miocene Paratethys), Bernhard Riegl, Samuel J. Purkis

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Books and Book Chapters

This special publication Perspectives in Carbonate Geology is a collection of papers most of which were presented at a symposium to honor the 80th birthday of Bob Ginsburg at the meeting of Geological Society of America in Salt Lake City in 2005. The majority of the papers in this publication are connected with the study of modern carbonate sediments. Bob Ginsburg pioneered the concept of comparative sedimentology - that is using the modern to compare to and relate to and understand the ancient. These studies are concerned with Bob's areas of passion: coral reefs and sea-level; submarine cementation and formation …

End Matter, Religious Educator

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

Natal And Breeding Dispersal Of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx Oryzivorus) And Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus Sandwichensis) In An Agricultural Landscape, Natalia Fajardo, Allan M. Strong, Noah G. Perlut, Neil J. Buckley

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Dispersal is a key process in the metapopulation dynamics and genetic structure of spatially segregated populations. However, our knowledge of avian dispersal, particularly in migratory passerines, remains limited. We studied dispersal of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) and Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) to determine whether agricultural management practices affected dispersal patterns and habitat selection. From 2002 to 2006, we banded adults and nestlings on six focal hay fields and two pastures in the Champlain Valley of Vermont and New York and searched for banded birds within 1.5 km of Vermont field sites during two years. Natal dispersal distances were …

Cultural Times, Multicultural Center

Newsletters

Comic Relief

Black Liberation Month & A HipHoppers Guide to the Galaxy

L.U.N.A. & the Lunar New Year Celebration

2nd Annual California Big Time & National Day of Silence

Fulbright Scholar & Social Justice Summit

Social Justice Summit Photo Collage

Artistic Expressions

Recipes

MCC Graduates Speak “Sqwack! Sqwack!”

MCC Positions available in Fall 2009

Calendar

Influence Of Flanking Sequence Context On The Conformational Flexibility Of Aminofluorene-Modified Dg Adduct In Da Mismatch Dna Duplexes, Nidhi Jain, Srinivasarao Meneni, Vipin Jain, Bongsup P. Cho

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

When positioned opposite to a dA in a DNA duplex, the prototype arylamine-DNA adduct [N-(2'-deooxyguanosin-yl)-7-flouro-2-aminoflourene(FAF)] adopts the so-called 'wedge' (W) conformation, in which the carcinogen resides in the minor groove of the duplex. All 16 FAF-modified 12-mer NG*NAN dA mismatch duplexes (G*=FAF, N=G, A, C, T) exhibited strongly positive induced circular dichroism in the 290-360nm range (ICD_290-360nm), which supports the W conformation. The ICD_290-360nm intensities were the greatest for duplexes with a 3'-flanking T. The AG*N duplex series showed little adduct-induced destabilization. An exception was the AG*T duplex, which …

Library Focus (Spring 2009), University Libraries

Library Focus

The Spring 2009 issue of Library Focus, the newsletter of University Libraries, includes articles featuring a talk by author Louise Borden; Judy Blume’s Southern Miss Medallion award; a special celebration in honor of the late Coleen Salley; USM librarians elected to national and state positions; new resources in University Libraries; a film showing for Women’s History Month; a Gunter Library display celebrating Dr. Gordon Gunter; the Fall Book Preview. This issue features exhibits showcasing the Freedom Summer of 1964 and a Special Collections exhibit called Long Ago and Far Away. Library Focus was the 2008 recipient of the …

Wku Scholar, Office Of Sponsored Programs, Western Kentucky University

WKU Scholar

No abstract provided.

Sorghum--Fuel Of The Future? Agronomist Studies Sorghum And Grass For Future Energy Source, Nancy Peterson, John Propheter, Scott Staggenborg

INTSORMIL Impacts and Bulletins

Weighing in on crop production in West Africa might seem a bit of a stretch for a K-State agronomist; however, that’s not the case for Scott Staggenborg. He recently returned from his second visit to West Africa, where he reviewed sorghum research and crop production.

During the research trip to Tombouctou (also spelled Timbuktu), a West African city near the Niger River, he joined Malian researchers in exploring opportunities to improve sorghum production and management. The research effort is supported by the International Sorghum and Millet Improvement Program (INTSORMIL).

Growing conditions in the West African region are remarkably similar to …

Applied Electrokinetics For Tissue Engineering Applications, Stephanie R. Tully-Dartez

Doctoral Dissertations

Tissue engineering could provide an alternative source of transplant tissue regardless of donor supply and with reduced risk of immune rejection. Engineered tissue requires three critical components for successful development: the cells, growth factors, and the scaffold on which they will initially grow. The scaffold acts as a temporary extracellular matrix (ECM) allowing cell attachment and acclimation to the environment prior to synthesis and construction of the cell's native ECM. Prior to cell seeding, the scaffold must be characterized to determine whether or not the pore geometry is conducive to cell implantation. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) provides a unique and …

How "Weak" Mindreaders Inherited The Earth, Cameron Buckner, Adam Shriver, Stephen Crowley, Colin Allen

Philosophy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Carruthers argues that an integrated faculty of metarepresentation evolved for mindreading and was later exapted for metacognition. A more consistent application of his approach would regard metarepresentation in mindreading with the same skeptical rigor, concluding that the "faculty" may have been entirely exapted. Given this result, the usefulness of Carruthers’ line-drawing exercise is called into question.

Fisheries Research Report No. 189 - Results Of A 2007 Survey Of The Swan River Region For Four Introduced Marine Species, Justin I. Mcdonald, Fred E. Wells

Fisheries Research Reports

A survey of the Swan River region for four non-indigenous marine species was conducted in 2007: the European shore crab Carcinus maenas, the Asian bag mussel Musculista senhousia, the European fan worm Sabella spallanzanii, and the scallop Scaeochlamys livida. The first three of these species are global in their distribution and on the ‘top-ten world’s worst invaders listing; the last species is introduced from the eastern states of Australia.

In this survey divers on SCUBA examined 43 sites for each of the listed species. Despite previous records of Carcinus maenas and Musculista senhousia in this region …

Sdwri Water News, South Dakota Water Resources Institute

SDWRI Water News

No abstract provided.

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter, Department Of Chemistry & Biochemistry, South Dakota State University

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter: 2002-2015

Inside:

Page 2 Two majors win Schultz-Werth Awards

Page 3 Building Update

Page 4 Nagyvary is Lardy Lecture speaker; Raynie Gives Earth Day Talk; Logue Work Recognized; Grad student joins Young Chemists in Cancer Research committee

Page 5 Pravecek retires from Clinical Laboratory Teaching; Chem Grad student selected for national conference

Page 6 2008-2009 Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduates

Page 7 New Research Center Will Find New Uses for Light; Tanaka Undergraduate Award

Page 8 Scholarships and Award Winners

Impulse, Eric Ebsen, Dan Genzler, Dana Hess, Kyle Johnson

Impulse (Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Publication)

College:
[Page] 2 Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Building: Staff took occupancy of the 43,000-square-foot structure during spring break with the public invited to a May 1 dedication.
[Page] 4 Master’s in physics: As the state takes over an underground lab in the Black Hills, SDSU is launching a program to assist students wanting to work there.
[Page] 6 Adding up to success: Math majors find more paths on the track to success and that’s been a prime factor in the multiplication of math majors.
[Page] 8 What happened in New Orleans? Levee expert shares insight on how Katrina claimed …

Nimbus (Spring 2009), New College Alumnae/I Association

Alumnae/i Association Collection

No abstract provided.

Inquiry, Spring 2009, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

• Dr. Leonard Ginsberg returns to faculty
• Research and Creative Activities Day
• Wind energy energizes Patten's car
• Intellectual property updates: 2009 to fund award winners
• Final spring workshop available
• RDA and SFSA awards announced for 2009-2010
• Support for faculty scholars awards 2008-2009

The Healing Power Of Nature, Denise Mitten

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

Outdoor education practitioners share the wonders of the outdoors and help participants receive the health benefits of being in nature. However, in our technology and activity centered culture the intrinsic value of being in nature has been overlooked and undervalued. As people spend less and less time outside and more people become obese and develop diabetes, spending time in nature and having healthy natural areas available to them is more important than ever. Many disciplines have growing bodies of research demonstrating the developmental and health benefits of spending time in nature and having natural areas close to living areas. In …

The Cord Weekly (April 1, 2009)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

Phase-Transfer Catalyzed Synthesis Of The Soy Isoflavanoid S-Equol, A. W. Butler, A. L. Calvert, Michael A. Christiansen, M. B. Andrus

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Presentations

S-Equol is an isoflavanoid metabolized from the isoflavone daidzein by intestinal bacteria. Only 30-50 percent of all individuals possess bacteria that produce S-Equol. Recent data supports the compound’s pharmaceutical potential for treating prostate cancer and post-menopausal estrogen deficiency (ref. 1). Because the compound is only minutely available from natural sources, an affordable asymmetric total synthesis would be necessary to generate sufficient quantities for expanded research. Only one asymmetric total synthesis of S-Equol has been reported to date, using a chiral auxiliary to give product in a 10 percent yield over 6 steps (ref. 2). It is our goal to develop …

Una Manera De Vida Diferente: Embarazos En Adolescentes Y Planificación Familiar En La Zona De Intag, Ecuador, Jennifer Dabrow

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Lack of family planning and high rates of adolescent pregnancy plague the poorest regions of the world. Not only does this deficiency result in the deaths of infants and mothers as well as significantly depressing quality of life, but, as the human population expands, we risk destroying much of the environment and natural resources upon which we depend. In Intag, a rural network of communities in the cloud forest of Ecuador, adolescent pregnancy is the norm and women commonly have upwards of 7 children. Working in the Subcentro health clinic of Apuela, I interviewed 50 mothers regarding their age during …

Modeling Brain Injury: Expression Of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein In Stretch-Injured Astrocytes, Lindsey Cooke

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in individuals under 45. Individuals who survive TBI may be disabled for the rest of their lives and suffer from cognitive, physical, social and financial problems. Following TBI it has been shown that astrocytic gene expression of many proteins, including glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), increases. These “reactive” astrocytes are thought to have both beneficial and detrimental effects on neuronal survival and function. The current study uses an in vitro model of injury which grows astrocytes on deformable silastic membranes to allow for dynamic stretch of cultured cells …

Honors Convocation, 2009, State University Of New York College At Cortland

Honors Convocation Programs

Honors Convocation Program held in 2009.

Spring 2009 Farquhar Forum, Farquhar College Of Arts And Sciences

The Farquhar Forum College Magazine

No abstract provided.

Teaching & Learning Matters, Special Edition: Faculty Scholarship And Creativity Showcase, Spring 2009, California State University, Monterey Bay

Faculty Focus

Faculty Scholarship and Creativity Abstracts -- Collaborative Presentations

Touchstone Volume 2.1 (Spring 2009), Hostos Community College

Touchstone

No abstract provided.

Use Of A Triple-Entry Journal Assignment In A Writing Intensive Microbiology Course Section To Help Students To Read And Write More Effectively, Julie Trachman

Touchstone

No abstract provided.