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The University Of Texas Marine Science Institute: "Granddaddy" Of Texas Marine Laboratories, Jaime Haberer, Miyuki E. Dehart, Lee A. Fuiman

Gulf of Mexico Science

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Estación De Investigaciones Marinas El Carmen, Universidad Nacional Autónoma De México, Elva Escobar Briones, Raymundo Lecuanda

Gulf of Mexico Science

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The A&M Marine Laboratory: The Legacy Of Building 311 Fort Crockett, Sammy M. Ray

Gulf of Mexico Science

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A History Of The Nmfs Laboratory At Galveston, Roger J. Zimmerman

Gulf of Mexico Science

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History Of The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Joyce M. Shaw

Gulf of Mexico Science

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Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium: Relatively New Kid On The Block, Nancy N. Rabalais

Gulf of Mexico Science

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A Brief History Of Time At The National Marine Fisheries Service Panama City Laboratory (Apologies To Stephen Hawking), Pete Sheridan, Guy Davenport

Gulf of Mexico Science

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Mote Marine Laboratory—Exploring The Secrets Of The Sea Since 1955, Kumar Mahadevan

Gulf of Mexico Science

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Brief History Of The Sanibel–Captiva Conservation Foundation (Sccf)'S Marine Laboratory, Sanibel, Florida: Not To Be Confused With Doc Ford's Sanibel Biological Supply Company, Loren D. Coen, Eric C. Milbrandt

Gulf of Mexico Science

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"Windows On The Sea" Southern Association Of Marine Laboratories: The First 25 Years, John W. Tunnell Jr.

Gulf of Mexico Science

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Florida Gulf Coast University's Norm And Nancy Vester Marine And Environmental Sciences Research Field Station (Vester Field Station), Aswani K. Volety, Donna P. Henry, Ronald Toll

Gulf of Mexico Science

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2010 Civil And Environmental Engineering Department News, Department Of Civil And Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Newsletters

Table of Contents

• New Faculty
• Strategic Hiring Initiative
• Faculty awards
• Student Awards
• Student Competitions
• Academy of Civil and Environmental Engineers
• CEE Donor Recognition
• Department Information

Use Of Hydroclimatic Forecasts For Improved Water Management In Central Texas , Wenge Wei

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open

Accurate seasonal to interannual streamflow forecasts based on climate information are critical for optimal management and operation of water resources systems. Considering most water supply systems are multipurpose, operating these systems to meet increasing demand under the growing stresses of climate variability and climate change, population and economic growth, and environmental concerns could be very challenging. This study was to investigate improvement in water resources systems management through the use of seasonal climate forecasts. Hydrological persistence (streamflow and precipitation) and large-scale recurrent oceanic-atmospheric patterns such as the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), the …

Estimation Of Vertical Groundwater Fluxes Into A Streambed Through Continuous Temperature Profile Monitoring And The Relationship Of Groundwater Fluxes To Coaster Brook Trout Spawning Habitat , Matthew Van Grinsven

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open

We hypothesized that the spatial distribution of groundwater inflows through river bottom sediments is a critical factor associated with the selection of coaster brook trout (a life history variant of Salvelinus fontinalis,) spawning sites. An 80-m reach of the Salmon Trout River, in the Huron Mountains of the upper peninsula of Michigan, was selected to test the hypothesis based on long-term documentation of coaster brook trout spawning at this site. Throughout this site, the river is relatively similar along its length with regard to stream channel and substrate features. A monitoring well system consisting of an array of 27 …

Human And Embodied Energy Analysis Applied To Water Source Protection And Household Water Treatment Interventions Used In Mali, West Africa , R. Brendan Held

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open

As water quality interventions are scaled up to meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of the population without access to safe drinking water by 2015 there has been much discussion on the merits of household- and source-level interventions. This study furthers the discussion by examining specific interventions through the use of embodied human and material energy. Embodied energy quantifies the total energy required to produce and use an intervention, including all upstream energy transactions. This model uses material quantities and prices to calculate embodied energy using national economic input/output-based models from China, the United States and Mali. …

Research At Andrews University (2010). Volume 1., Andrews University

Annual Research Highlights

The 2010 Research and Creative Scholarship brochure covers everything from the egg-laying habits of seabirds to the new ways biblical research is being conducted.

Importance Of Myxomycetes In Biological Research And Teaching, Harold W. Keller, Sydney E. Everhart

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Myxomycetes, the true slime molds, are highlighted in research and teaching that emphasizes various stages of the life cycle as experimental models. Past and current phylogenetic classifications of Myxomycetes on the tree of life are presented. Life cycle stages are illustrated, described, and discussed. Simple laboratory demonstrations and experiments are described that include spore germination, spore release, and moist chamber cultures utilizing organic matter from various microhabitats. Novel compounds isolated from fruiting bodies and plasmodia of 22 myxomycete species are tabulated, some of which exhibit biological activity that function as antibiotics, antimicrobials, and are cytotoxic to cancer cells. Aeroallergens include …

Resource Management Plan: Calamus Reservoir, Nebraska Great Plains Region, Bureau Of Reclamation

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

The Calamus Reservoir Resource Management Plan (RMP) serves as a guidance document for land and resource management at the Calamus Reservoir and Kent Diversion Dam project areas. Calamus Reservoir and Kent Diversion Dam are components of the features and facilities constructed as part of the North Loup Division. This RMP has been developed cooperatively between the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (Commission). The Commission manages both Calamus Reservoir and Kent Diversion Dam for Reclamation under a long term lease agreement.

The RMP provides information regarding project characteristics, land and water use, cultural resources, endangered …

The Leading Object: February 2010, John C. Owens

Leading Object

Perspectives, IANR signs five-year agreement with Brazil for Fulbright program, Kimmel seeks to promote entrepreneurship, innovation, Mulliken turns his love for research into a successful consulting business,Lincoln has ties to Copenhagen climate summit, Sleight to be part of national policy conference at Drake University, Cotton receives national eXtension award, Weeks honored as AAAS Fellow, Former dean dies, ISU vet med leader retiring as dean, Swanson serves in interim 4-H post.

Direct Detection Of Localized Modulation Of On Concentration On An Electrode-Electrolyte Interface, Ravi Saraf, Gaurav Singh

Mid-America Transportation Center: Final Reports and Technical Briefs

The present invention directly measures localized electrochemical processes on a planar electrode using differential interferometry. The ionic charge accumulation at the electrode-electrolyte interface may be directly measured by using differential interferometry as a function of magnitude and frequency (for example, 2-50 kHz) of an external potential applied on an electrode. Methods in accordance with the present invention probe the ion dynamics confined to the electrical double layer. An electric field is applied using a pure AC potential and a superposition of AC and DC-ramp potential to measure ion concentration and detect redox processes.

Town Of Pittsfield, New Hampshire Annual Reports For The Year Ending December 31, 2009., Pittsfield Town Representatives

Pittsfield, NH Annual Reports

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

Annual Report Of The Board Of Selectmen And School Board Of The Town Of Pembroke Together With The Reports Of The Treasurer, Trustees, Officers And Boards, Committees And Commissions Of The Town For The Year Ending December 31, 2009., Pembroke Town Representatives

Pembroke, NH Annual Reports

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

Metabolic Oscillations In Pancreatic Islets Depend On The Intracellular Ca2+ Level But Not Ca2+ Oscillations, Matthew J. Merrins, Bernard Fendler, Min Zhang, Arthur Sherman, Richard Bertram, Leslie S. Satin

Pharmacology and Toxicology Publications

Abstract

Plasma insulin is pulsatile and reflects oscillatory insulin secretion from pancreatic islets. Although both islet Ca²⁺ and metabolism oscillate, there is disagreement over their interrelationship, and whether they can be dissociated. In some models of islet oscillations, Ca²⁺ must oscillate for metabolic oscillations to occur, whereas in others metabolic oscillations can occur without Ca²⁺ oscillations. We used NAD(P)H fluorescence to assay oscillatory metabolism in mouse islets stimulated by 11.1 mM glucose. After abolishing Ca²⁺ oscillations with 200 μM diazoxide, we observed that oscillations in NAD(P)H persisted in 34% of islets (n = 101). …

The Portrayal Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine In Mass Print Magazines Since 1980, Juanne Nancarrow Clarke, Amy Romagnoli, Cristal Sargent, Gudrun Van Amerom

Sociology Faculty Publications

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine and describe the portrayal of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in mass print media magazines.

Design: The sample included all 37 articles found in magazines with circulation rates of greater than 1 million published in the United States and Canada from 1980 to 2005. The analysis was quantitative and qualitative and included investigation of both manifest and latent magazine story messages.

Results: Manifest analysis noted that CAM was largely represented as a treatment for a patient with a medically diagnosed illness or specific symptoms. Discussions used biomedical terms such as patient …

Trans-Bilayer Ion Conduction By Proline Containing Cyclic Hexapeptides And Effects Of Amino Acid Substitutions On Ion Conducting Properties, Junichi Taira, Saoshi Osada, Ryo Hayashi, Toshihisa Ueda, Masoud Jelokhani-Niaraki, Haruhiko Aoyagi, Hiroaki Kodama

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Several ion channel forming cyclic peptides have been reported over the past two decades and various ion conducting mechanisms have been proposed. In this article, we report on amino acid substitutions in cyclic hexapeptides and their effects on the ion conducting properties of these peptides. Cyclic hexapeptides, cyclo(Pro-Xxx-Yyy)₂, containing two Pro residues, were used as the main framework. The substitution is performed at the Xxx positions with cationic/hydrophilic Lys or hydrophobic Leu. Yyy positions were substituted with D-Phe, D-Ala, or Gly. The peptides which were absent Lys residues showed ion conducting profiles with clear transitions of electric currents, …

Effects Of Cb2 Receptor Activation On Variable Chronic Mild Stress (Cms) Induced Depression And Hippocampal Dependant Spatial Learning, Eli Shobin

Psychology Honors Papers

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) accounts for approximately 10% of all diagnosed chronic illness in the United States. The most common treatments for MDD is serotonergic manipulation via pharmacological treatments such as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO-I) or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). However, not only have these treatments proven to be ineffective for a portion of the population, but they also fail to treat some of the physiological damages that occur in the hippocampus during MDD due to over-activation of inflammatory cells known as microglia. Activation of the CB2 receptor in the hippocampus has been shown to inhibit microglial cells and …

Individualization Claims In Forensic Science: Still Unwarranted, Jonathan Koehler, Michael J. Saks

Faculty Working Papers

In a 2008 paper published in the Vanderbilt Law Review entitled "The Individualization Fallacy in Forensic Science Evidence," we argued that no scientific basis exists for the proposition that forensic scientists can "individualize" an unknown marking (such as a fingerprint, tire track, or handwriting sample) to a particular person or object to the exclusion of all others in the world. In this special issue of the Brooklyn Law Review, we clarify, refine, and extend some of the ideas presented in Fallacy. Some of the refinements are prompted by Professor David Kaye's paper, also in this issue of the Review, in …

The Theory And Practice Of Taxing Difference, Nancy Staudt

Faculty Working Papers

This is a review essay that examines Professor Edward McCaffery's important book, "Taxing Women." It argues that while McCaffery provides a detailed and nuanced analysis of the feminist and economic issues, his work is problematic in several ways. First, it is not clear that the optimal theory of taxation leads to the policy reform he proposes-it may be both underinclusive and overinclusive. Second, even if McCaffery has identified a clear economic rationale for taxing married women at a lower rate than men and single women, feminists may object to this proposed tax structure on a number of grounds. Finally, McCaffery's …

The Hidden Costs Of The Progressivity Debate, Nancy Staudt

Faculty Working Papers

In this Article, I argue that.by reaching the agreement that the poor should have no tax liability, the contest over progressivity has centered improperly on the rights and responsibilities of relatively wealthy citizens. The wealthy are widely perceived to have valuable property that, if shared with society, will enable the smooth operation of the democratic state. At the same time, the wealthy are perceived to have liberty interests, which if violated, could lead to the ruin of the domestic economy

Although the debate over progressivity has lasted for more than a century, traditional tax theorists have limited their discussion to …

Whales: Their Emerging Right To Life, Anthony D'Amato, Sudhir K. Chopra

Faculty Working Papers

We have contended in this article that the evolution of the opinio juris of nations has encompassed five, and perhaps six, inexorable qualitative stages: free resource, regulation, conservation, protection, preservation and entitlement. We have argued that assigning whales an entitlement to life is the consequence of an emerging humanist right in international law — an example of the merging of the "is" and the "ought" of the law in the process of legitimization