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The Collegian (2010-02-01), Julianna Sosa

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 62, No. 17

South Dakota State University Fall 2010 Course Schedule Catalog, South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University Catalogs and Bulletins: 1935 to present

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Judicial Erasure Of Mixed-Race Discrimination, Nancy Leong

American University Law Review

Jurisprudential remedies for racial discrimination presume the existence of clear categories. Indeed, Carolene Products’ classic allusion to “discrete and insular minorities” evokes racial groups that are readily identified and defined. Yet this reliance on categories renders antidiscrimination jurisprudence inhospitable to claims brought by individuals identified as multiracial and discriminated against on that basis. By addressing racial discrimination exclusively through categories, courts have lost sight of the fact that the purpose of antidiscrimination law is not to protect individuals from discrimination based on membership in recognized categories, but rather to protect individuals from the harms inflicted by racism.

This Article explores …

Healthy Aging And Art Therapy, Sunhee K. Kim

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of art therapy on healthy aging in older adults in terms of its promotion of well-being and a better quality of life. Few research studies have been conducted on the Korean American older adult population to investigate the effectiveness of art therapy. The present study was undertaken to quantitatively assess the effect of art therapy on this population using three standardized psychological instruments to measure the dependent variables of affect, anxiety, and selfesteem. An effort was made to understand the physiology of the brain as it relates to art therapy …

Central Nervous System Depressant Properties Of Treculia Africana Decne, A. O. Aderibigbe, I. O. Adeyemi, O. I. Agboola

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

The study was carried out to investigate the central nervous system activity of Treculia africana. The central nervous system depressant properties of Treculia africana were determined using: Novelty –Induced Rearing and Grooming, Locomotor activity, Ketamine-induced sleeping time and effect on rectal body temperature. The crude extract produced decrease in rearing, grooming and locomotor activity. It also potentiated ketamineinduced sleeping time and produced hypothermic effect in mice. The crude extract possessed sedative effect, which may be through increase in the activity of GABA in the brain.

Traditional Phytotherapy For Snake Bites By Tribes Of Chitradurga District, Karnataka, India, V. T. Hiremath, T. C. Taranath

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Chitradurga is one of the central districts of Karnataka state and is flanked by Davangere, Tumkur, Chikmagalur and Bellary districts of Karnataka and Anantapur district of Andhrapradesh with much racial and socio-cultural diversity resulting in a cultural mosaic. Bedas, Besthas, Gollas, idigas, Kurubas and tribes such as Lambanis, Hakki-pikki, Jenukurubas, and Fruligas are the communities who are intimately associated with the local forests. The district at its extreme limits is situated between longitudinal parallels of 760 01’ and 770 01’ east of Greeniwich and latitudinal parallels of 130 34’ and 150 02’ north of equator. The geographical area of the …

Study Of Parasite Hosts Of The Genus Cuscuta And Its Traditional Uses In Planpur Taluka, Gujarat, India, J. N. Patel, N. K. Patel

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Cuscuta is a parasitic plant belonging to family Cuscutaceae. The present paper is an investigation of its various host plant species and its traditional uses in Palanpur Taluka of North Gujarat during 2005-2008. Two species of Cuscuta occur in the Palanpur Taluka. The preservation and documentation of traditional knowledge is a matter of prime importance. This will not only provide recognition of this knowledge but will also help in conservation of such gradually vanishing endangered semi/arid plant species. The present paper provide ethnomedicinal information of 2 species of Cuscuta. For each plant species listed, the botanical name, family, vernacular name, …

Traditional Knowledge On Medicinal Plants Used By The Irula Tribe Of Hasanur Hills, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India, P. Revathi, T. Parimelazhagan

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

An ethnobotanical survey was carried out among the ethnic groups (Irula) in Hasanur Hills (Southern Western Ghats). The tribal communities of Irulas nurture rich knowledge about medicinal plants and its uses. Therefore, we have done an exhaustive ethnobotanical survey in this area. In this present investigation, it is observed that the tribal’s use 70 wild valuable plant species belonging to 42 families were identified with relevant information and documented in this paper with regard to their botanical name, family, local name, parts used and utilization by the local tribal people for different human ailments. The common diseases treated by the …

Ethnobotanical Observations In The Mornaula Reserve Forest Of Komoun, West Himalaya, India, Shreekar Pant, S. S. Samant

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

A field trip was undertaken in the Mornaula Reserve Forest of Kumaun, West Himalaya, India. A collection of plants was made from this reserve forest at an altitude ranging from 1500-2200m amsl. Local people were contacted for the local names and uses of plants growing there. They are used as medicine, edible, fuel, fodder, timber, fiber, making agricultural implements and religious ceremonies.

Intracellular Consequences Of Sos1 Deficiency During Salt Stress, Dong Ha Oh, Sang Yeol Lee, Ray A. Bressan, Dae Jin Yun, Hans J. Bohnert

Faculty Publications

A mutation of AtSOS1 (Salt Overly Sensitive 1), a plasma membrane Na +/H+-antiporter in Arabidopsis thaliana, leads to a salt-sensitive phenotype accompanied by the death of root cells under salt stress. Intracellular events and changes in gene expression were compared during a non-lethal salt stress between the wild type and a representative SOS1 mutant, atsos1-1, by confocal microscopy using ion-specific fluorophores and by quantitative RT-PCR. In addition to the higher accumulation of sodium ions, atsos1-1 showed inhibition of endocytosis, abnormalities in vacuolar shape and function, and changes in intracellular pH compared to the wild type in root tip cells under …

A Systems Model Of Vesicle Trafficking In Arabidopsis Pollen Tubes, Naohiro Kato, Hongyu He, Alexander P. Steger

Faculty Publications

A systems model that describes vesicle trafficking during pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) was constructed. The model is composed of ordinary differential equations that connect the molecular functions of genes expressed in pollen. The current model requires soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) and small GTPases, Arf or Rab, to reasonably predict tube growth as a function of time. Tube growth depends on vesicle trafficking that transports phospholipid and pectin to the tube tip. The vesicle trafficking genes identified by analyzing publicly available transcriptome data comprised 328 genes. Fourteen of them are up-regulated by the gibberellin …

Effects Of Transgenic Rice Expressing Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry1ab Protein On Ground-Dwelling Collembolan Community In Postharvest Seasons, Y. Y. Bai, R. H. Yan, G. Y. Ye, F. N. Huang, J. A. Cheng

Faculty Publications

During 20052008, field studies were conducted at two locations in Chongqing, China, to assess the potential effects of transgenic rice expressing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry1Ab protein on the nontarget ground-dwelling collembolan community in three postharvest seasons. Collembolans in non-Bt and Bt rice fields were sampled with pitfall traps during each of two postharvest seasons of 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 and litterbag traps during each of three postharvest seasons of 2005/2006, 2006/2007, and 2007/2008. Ground-dwelling collembolans in rice fields during the postharvest seasons were abundant, whereas community densities varied considerably between the two locations and among the three seasons. A total of …

Inefficient Tat-Dependent Export Of Periplasmic Amidases In An Escherichia Coli Strain With Mutations In Two Deda Family Genes, Rakesh Sikdar, William T. Doerrler

Faculty Publications

The DedA family genes are found in most bacterial genomes. Two of these proteins are Escherichia coli YqjA and YghB, predicted inner membrane proteins of unknown function sharing 61% amino acid identity. The E. coli single deletion mutants are largely without phenotype, but the double mutant (BC202; ΔyqjA::Tetr ΔyghB::Kanr) is characterized by incomplete cell division, temperature sensitivity, and altered phospholipid levels (K. Thompkins et al., J. Bacteriol. 190:4489-4500, 2008). In this report, we have better characterized the cell division chaining defect of BC202. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching indicates that 58% of the cells in chains are compartmentalized by at least …

Evolution & Phylogenetic Analysis: Classroom Activities For Investigating Molecular & Morphological Concepts, Wilfred A. Franklin

Biology Faculty Research and Scholarship

In a flexible multisession laboratory, students investigate concepts of phylogenetic analysis at both the molecular and the morphological level. Students finish by conducting their own analysis on a collection of skeletons representing the major phyla of vertebrates, a collection of primate skulls, or a collection of hominid skulls.

Genome Sequence Of The Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon Pisum, International Aphid Genomics Consortium, Gregory K. Davis

Biology Faculty Research and Scholarship

Aphids are important agricultural pests and also biological models for studies of insect-plant interactions, symbiosis, virus vectoring, and the developmental causes of extreme phenotypic plasticity. Here we present the 464 Mb draft genome assembly of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. This first published whole genome sequence of a basal hemimetabolous insect provides an outgroup to the multiple published genomes of holometabolous insects. Pea aphids are host-plant specialists, they can reproduce both sexually and asexually, and they have coevolved with an obligate bacterial symbiont. Here we highlight findings from whole genome analysis that may be related to these unusual biological …

Profiles Of Youth, Andrews Academy

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Biomarkers In Systemic Sclerosis., Susan V. Castro, Sergio A. Jimenez

Scleroderma Center Faculty Papers

Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder of unknown etiologycharacterized b y pronounced fibroproliferative alterations in the microvasculature, and frequent cellular and humoral immunity abnormalities, culminating in a severe and often progressive fibrotic process. Numerous biomarkers reflecting the three main pathogenetic mechanisms in systemic sclerosis have been described; however, aside from several disease-specific autoantibodies, other biomarkers have not been thoroughly validated and require further study. Thus, there is an unmet need for validated biomarkers for diagnosis, disease classification, and evaluation of organ involvement and therapeutic response in systemic sclerosis.

Fisheries Occasional Paper No. 77 - Economic Analysis: Fishing Industry Impact Study - Kimberley Lng Project, Econsearch Pty Ltd, Department Of Fisheries Western Australia

Fisheries Occasional Publications

This study, prepared as a part of a broader study for WA fisheries, is concerned with the regional economy of the West Kimberley region and involves an assessment of the impact on the region of a range of fishing industry scenarios associated with development of an LNG processing facility. Specific tasks involved in the study were to prepare the following:

• a standard input-output model for the West Kimberley regional economy for 2007/08 and extend it as a DECON model; and

• estimates of the regional economic and population impact for a range of fishing industry scenarios arising from the …

February 2010 Newsletter, Career Center, Illinois Wesleyan University

Career Connections Newsletter

Issue Highlights:

• Interview with IWU 2004 Graduate Joel Brigham
• Goggles, Grad School and Great Careers

Oncolog Volume 55, Number 02, February 2010, Joe Munch, John Lebas

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• Risk-Based Cancer Screening: M.D. Anderson's revised guidelines offer more precise individualized recommendations on screening for common cancers.
• Screen Guidelines INBRIEF
• Electronic Navigatin Biopsy for Peripheral Lung Lesion Diagnosis
• House Call: Couples and Cancer: Cancer-Related Issues Can Disrupt Relationships
• INBRIEF: Researchers Find Glioblastoma's Resistance to Treatment Rooted in Immunosuppression

The Influence Of Partial Timber Harvesting In Riparian Buffers On Macroinvertebrate And Fish Communities In Small Streams In Minnesota, Usa, Christopher J. Chizinski, Bruce Vondracek, Charles R. Blinn, Raymond M. Newman, Dickson M. Atuke, Keith Fredricks, Nathaniel A. Hemstad, Eric Merten, Nicholas Schlesser

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

Relatively few evaluations of aquatic macroinvertebrate and fish communities have been published in peer-reviewed literature detailing the effect of varying residual basal area (RBA) after timber harvesting in riparian buffers. Our analysis investigated the effects of partial harvesting within riparian buffers on aquatic macroinvertebrate and fish communities in small streams from two experiments in northern Minnesota northern hardwood-aspen forests. Each experiment evaluated partial harvesting within riparian buffers. In both experiments, benthic macroinvertebrates and fish were collected 1 year prior to harvest and in each of 3 years after harvest. We observed interannual variation for the macroinvertebrate abundance, diversity and taxon …

The Duration Of The Effects Of Repeated Widespread Badger Culling On Cattle Tuberculosis Following The Cessation Of Culling, Helen E. Jenkins, Rosie Woodroffe, Christl A. Donnelly

Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Bibliography and Database

Background: In the British Isles, control of cattle tuberculosis (TB) is hindered by persistent infection of wild badger (Meles meles) populations. A large-scale field trial—the Randomised Badger Culling Trial (RBCT)—previously showed that widespread badger culling produced modest reductions in cattle TB incidence during culling, which were offset by elevated TB risks for cattle on adjoining lands. Once culling was halted, beneficial effects inside culling areas increased, while detrimental effects on adjoining lands disappeared. However, a full assessment of the utility of badger culling requires information on the duration of culling effects.

Methodology/Principal Findings: We monitored cattle TB incidence in and …

Compliance With International Environmental Regimes: Chinese Lessons, Roda Mushkat

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

The global ecosystem continues to display signs of strain because of a policy of inadequate responses that are not entirely commensurate with the challenge and a substantial gap between prescribed and actual behavior within and across State boundaries. Weak adherence to international environmental law, one of the factors contributing to the disparity between normative expectations and observed outcomes, has been explored extensively by legal researchers. Some of the insights that have been generated may be fruitfully examined in light of the problematic Chinese experience on the ecological front.

Don't Take The Bait: Why Usda Organic Certification Is Wrong For Salmon, Jessica Hass

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Re-Enchanting The Corporation, Lyman P.Q. Johnson

William & Mary Business Law Review

No abstract provided.

Privacy And Domestic Violence In Court, Rebecca Green

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Taxation, Pregnancy, And Privacy, Bridget J. Crawford

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

This Article frames a discussion of surrogacy within the context of existing income tax laws. A surrogate receives money for carrying and bearing a child. This payment is income by any definition, even if the surrogacy contract recites that it is a “reimbursement.” Cases and rulings on the income tax consequences of the sale of blood and human breast milk, as well as analogies to situations in which people are paid to wear advertising on their bodies, support the conclusion that a surrogate recognizes taxable income, although the Internal Revenue Service has never stated so. For tax purposes, the reproductive …

The Gender Gap: A Persistent Problem That Congress Has Yet To Address, Leeron Avnery

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Know Your Limit: How Legislatures Have Gone Overboard With Per Se Drunk Driving Laws And How Men Pay The Price, Andrew Gore

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Ink (2010-02)

Ink, 2008-

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