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Guidelines For Aspen Restoration On The National Forests In Utah, Mary O'Brien, Paul Rogers, Kevin Mueller, Rob Macwhorter, Allen Rowley, Bill Hopkin, Bill Christensen, Paul Dremann

Aspen Bibliography

These guidelines are a working document and will be tested within the Utah National Forests on dif- ferent aspen types.

Aspen Mortality Summit, December 18 And 19, 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dale L. Bartos, Wayne D. Shepperd

Aspen Bibliography

The USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station sponsored an aspen sum- mit meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, on December 18 and19, 2006, to discuss the rapidly increasing mortality of aspen (Populus tremuloides) throughout the western United States. Selected scientists, university faculty, and managers from Federal, State, and non-profit agencies with experience working with aspen were invited. Participants were first asked to share information on recent aspen mortality. Subject matter working groups were then asked to determine factors associated with recent aspen mortality, recommend research needs, and organize those needs into testable questions and hypotheses. This report documents their …

Basal Area Growth For Aspen Suckers Under Simulated Browsing On Cedar Mountain, Southern Utah, Western United States Of America, K Tshireletso, J C. Malechek, D L. Bartos

Aspen Bibliography

The objective of the study was to determine the effects of season and intensity of clipping using simulated browsing on suckers' (Populus tremulaides Michx.) basal area growth on Cedar Mountain, Southern Utah, Western United States of America. Three randomly selected stands measuring 70 m x 70 m were clear-felled in mid-July, 2005, and fenced. Simulated browsing treatments of 0%, 20%, 40%, and 60% removal of current year's growth on aspen suckers were randomly applied in early, mid-, and late summers of2006 and 2007 on permanently demarcated quadrats. Sucker basal area was monitored by measuring basal diameter of individual suckers. These …

Focus Emu, March 23, 2010, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.

Focus Emu, April 6, 2010, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Congenital Hearing Loss And Cochlear Implantation On Audiovisual Speech Perception In Infants And Children, Tonya R. Bergeson, Derek M. Houston, Richard T. Miyamoto

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

Purpose: Cochlear implantation has recently become available as an intervention strategy for young children with profound hearing impairment. In fact, infants as young as 6 months are now receiving cochlear implants (CIs), and even younger infants are being fitted with hearing aids (HAs). Because early audiovisual experience may be important for normal development of speech perception, it is important to investigate the effects of a period of auditory deprivation and amplification type on multimodal perceptual processes of infants and children. The purpose of this study was to investigate audiovisual perception skills in normal-hearing (NH) infants and children and deaf infants …

Identification Of Deletion Mutants Of Inositol Kinases And Phosphatases Hypersensitive To Valproate, W-Mudiyanselage Manoj Senaka Bandara

Wayne State University Theses

ABSTRACT

IDENTIFICATION OF DELETION MUTANTS OF INOSITOL KINASES AND PHOSPHATASES HYPERSENSITIVE TO VALPROATE

by

WELLEWATTA MUDIYANSELAGE MANOJ SENAKA BANDARA

MAY 2010

Advisor: Dr. Miriam Greenberg

Major: Biological Sciences

Degree: Master of Science

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a chronic psychiatric illness affecting at least 1% of the world population. BD is ranked as the sixth greatest cause of death or disability globally. The cause of BD is unknown. Although the anticonvulsant valproate (VPA) is widely used as a mood stabilizer to treat BD, VPA is not completely effective and causes numerous side effects. Hence, it is important to develop more effective …

Digital Human Models Of People With Disabilities, Ron Hamameh

Wayne State University Theses

The current state-of-the-art in Digital Human Modeling (DHM) allows for full simulation and analysis of any task a person is required to perform at home, at work, in the military, in space, in sports, etc. The problem is that the software is missing a very important population: people with physical disabilities. What modifications and enhancements must be made to existing, commercially available DHM software to include this population?

The Intersection Of Image, Rhetoric, And Witnessing: A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal, Elizabeth Jane Durham Smith

Wayne State University Dissertations

This project looks at the Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal and the ways those figured in the notorious images were named as "bad apples" to explain the shocking scenes to a mainstream American collective as well as expands more traditional understandings of witnessing through the examination of this complex moment. Beyond the narrowly legal and political issues, the photographs from Abu Ghraib also raise questions about how images of atrocities are received, interpreted, and contested with this project rephrasing the question "what do we see when we look at the images from Abu Ghraib?" to that of "what did we …

What Are The Causes, Consequences And Correctives Of Fish Contamination In The Detroit River Aoc That Cause Health Consumption Advisories? (Final Report, Michigan Sea Grant Michu-T-10-001), Donna R. Kashian, Ken G. Drouillard, D. Haffner, Ann E. Krause, Z Liu, Larissa Sano

Environmental Science and Geology Faculty Research Publications

Using an Integrated Assessment (IA) framework, we consolidated and utilized existing data from the Detroit River to develop models that both identify possible drivers of elevated fish contaminant body burdens, and to facilitate a more risk-based approach of tissue trigger-levels for consumption advisories. This integrated assessment approach was particularly useful for consumption advisories as it provided the ability to integrate and organize complex data in a manner that can help inform management decisions. In addition, the IA framework explicitly fosters collaboration and participation of multiple interested groups. We have capitalized on this component of IAs, by seeking the active participation …

Judicial Independence And Accountability In An Age Of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments, Teresa Stanton Collett

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Opium Smoking Cessation On The Nasopharyngeal Microbial Flora, Ali Golshiri, Ziba Shabani, Mohammad R. Mokhtaree, Ahmad R. Sayadi, Hadi Faezi

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of opium smoking cessation on the frequency and type of microorganisms in the nasopharynx of opium smokers. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed in the Psychiatry, and Ear, Nose, and Throat Departments, Moradi Hospital, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran from June to November 2008. Nasopharyngeal cultures were taken from 50 opium smokers before, and 2-3 months after cessation of opium smoking. Potential pathogens were identified. Patients were not advised to change their number of cigarettes, and we used methadone for the substitution of opium. RESULTS: Eight potential pathogens were isolated from nasopharyngeal cultures …

The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin Fall 2010 Course Schedule, The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin

Course Schedules

No abstract provided.

Long‐Term Production And Profitability From Grazing Cattle In The Northern Mixed Grassprairie, B.H. Dunn, A.J. Smart, R.N. Gates, P.S. Johnson, M.K. Beutler, M.A. Diersen, L.L. Janssen

South Dakota Beef Report, 2010

Conventional wisdom among rangeland professionals has been that for long‐term sustainability of grazing livestock operations, rangeland should be kept in high good to low excellent range condition. Our objective was to analyze production parameters, economic costs, returns, and profit using data generated over a thirty‐four year period (1969‐2002) from grazing a Clayey range site in the mixed‐grass prairie of western South Dakota with variable stocking rates required to maintain pastures in low‐fair, good, and excellent range condition classes. Cattle weights were measured at turnout and at the end of the grazing season. Gross income per acre was calculated by multiplying …

Persistence Of Various Alfalfa Populations In South Dakota Rangeland, C.G. Misar, L. Xu, R.N. Gates, A.A. Boe, P.S. Johnson

South Dakota Beef Report, 2010

Inclusion of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) in grasslands has long been valued to increase forage production and quality. Persistence of alfalfa in semiarid rangeland has generally been poor when non‐adapted and/or conventional hay‐type cultivars are utilized, however. Demand exists for alfalfa cultivars that establish readily and persist, particularly under grazing, in semiarid rangelands. A wild population of predominantly yellow‐flowered alfalfa (Medicago sativa subsp. falcata) was found growing and reproducing naturally in the Grand River National Grassland in northwestern South Dakota. This predominantly falcata alfalfa therefore demonstrates persistence in this semiarid environment. We initiated a study in May 2006 at the …

Thymoglobulin Induction Dosing Strategies In A Low-Risk Kidney Transplant Population: Three Or Four Days?, Karen L. Hardinger, Rafia S. Rasu, Rebecca Skelton, Brent W. Miller, Daniel C. Brennan

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Phospholipase C Gamma 2 Is Critical For Development Of A Murine Model Of Inflammatory Arthritis By Affecting Actin Dynamics In Dendritic Cells, Viviana Cremasco, Elisa Benasciutti, Marina Cella, Marina Kisseleva, Monica Croke, Roberta Faccio

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Dinitroaniline Activity In Toxoplasma Gondii Expressing Wild-Type Or Mutant Α-Tubulin, Christopher Ma, Johnson Tran, Frank Gu, Roxanna Ochoa, Catherine Li, David Sept, Naomi Morrissette

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Phenotypical And Functional Analysis Of Peripheral T Cells In Foxn1 Transgenic Mice: Effects Of Aging, Paulette Krishack

Master's Theses

The thymus is the primary organ for the development and production of TCRαβ naive T cells. However, with increasing age thymic involution occurs, causing a decline in the output of naïve T cells. The decline in naïve T cell production results in a contraction in the peripheral naïve and expansion of the memory T cell pools. Not only are the production and compositions of peripheral T cells altered with age, T cell functions such as T cell proliferation and production of cytokines required for cell proliferation are also declined. Currently, it is not known if restoring the decline in the …

Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals Novel Genes Essential For Heme Homeostasis In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Scott Severance, Abbhirami Rajagopal, Anita U. Rao, Gustavo C. Cerqueira, Makedonka Mitreva, Najib M. El-Sayed, Michael Krause, Iqbal Hamza

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Activation Of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 In The Amygdala Modulates Pain-Like Behavior, Benedict J. Kolber, Michael C. Montana, Yarimar Carrasquillo, Jian Xu, Stephen F. Heinemann, Louis J. Muglia, Robert W. Gereau Iv

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

A Genetic Network Model Of Cellular Responses To Lithium Treatment And Cocaine Abuse In Bipolar Disorder, Richard C. Mceachin, Haiming Chen, Maureen A. Sartor, Scott F. Saccone, Benjamin J. Keller, Alan R. Prossin, James D. Cavalcoli, Melvin G. Mcinnis

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Wormbase: A Comprehensive Resource For Nematode Research, Todd W. Harris, Igor Antoshechkin, Tamberlyn Bieri, Darin Blasiar, Juancarlos Chan, Wen J. Chen, Norie De La Cruz, Paul Davis, Margaret Duesbury, Ruihua Fang, Jolene Fernandes, Michael Han, Ranjana Kishore, Raymond Lee, Hans-Michael Muller, Cecilia Nakamura, Philip Ozersky, Andrei Petcherski, Arun Rangarajan, Anthony Rogers, Gary Schindelman, Erich M. Schwarz, Mary Ann Tuli, Kimberly Van Auken, Daniel Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Gary Williams, Karen Yook, Richard Durbin, Lincoln D. Stein, John Spieth, Paul W. Sternberg

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Financial Reports And Annual Reports Of The Selectmen, Treasurer, Town Clerk, And Tax Collector Including Vital Statistics Of The Town Of Hill, New Hampshire For The Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2009 And June 30, 2009 Together With The School District, Etc., Hill Town Representatives

Hill, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Molecular Remodeling Of Ion Channels, Exchangers And Pumps In Atrial And Ventricular Myocytes In Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, Naomi Gronich, Azad Kumar, Yuwei Zhang, Igor R. Efimov, Nikolai M. Soldatov

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Interleukin-7 (Il-7) Treatment Accelerates Neutrophil Recruitment Through Γδ T-Cell Il-17 Production In A Murine Model Of Sepsis, Kevin R. Kasten, Priya S. Prakash, Jacqueline Unsinger, Holly S. Goetzman, Lisa G. England, Cindy M. Cave, Aaron P. Seitz, Cristina N. Mazuski, Tony T. Zhou, Michel Morre, Richard S. Hotchkiss, David A. Hildeman, Charles C. Caldwell

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms In Adolescent And Adult Twins, Michele L. Pergadia, Arpana Agrawal, Andrew C. Heath, Nicholas G. Martin, Kathleen K. Bucholz, Pamela A.F. Madden

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Making Spaces To Learn, Alison Cook-Sather

Education Program Faculty Research and Scholarship

An essay review of What the Best College Teachers Do (Bain, Ken. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004).

The Garden Of Earthly Delights: Mahaut Of Artois And The Automata At Hesdin, Elly Truitt

History Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.