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An Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction Model For The Carmel River, Jonathan Frame

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

The Carmel River supplies fresh water to the residents of the Monterey Peninsula within the water district served by the California American Water company. Existing software in the Tarsier Environmental Modeling Framework was used to model the spatial distribution of surface water along the Carmel River. The model simulated the flow of water downstream from catchment to the Pacific Ocean. The river channel was represented by a network data set comprised of links, representing individual reaches of the river, connected by nodes. Systematic error in the model was thought to be partially the result of the model lacking a simulation …

Historic Genetic Diversity Of The Endangered White Abalone (Haliotis Sorenseni), Heather L. Hawk

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

In the 1970's, white abalone populations in California suffered catastrophic declines due to over-fishing, and the species has been listed under the Endangered Species Act since 2001. Genetic diversity of a modern population of white abalone was estimated to be significantly lower than similar Haliotis species, but the effect of the recent fishery crash on the species throughout its range was unknown. In this investigation, DNA was extracted from 39 historic and 27 recent dry abalone shells from California, and 18 historic dry shells from Baja California, Mexico. The DNA from the shells was of sufficient quality for the reproducible …

2010-2011 Catalog, College Of The Holy Cross

Course Catalogs

This catalog lists available courses for the 2010-2011 term.

Purification And Characterization Of Taq Polymerase: A 9-Week Biochemistry Laboratory Project For Undergraduate Students, Robert M. Bellin, Mary K. Bruno, Melissa A. Farrow

Biology Department Faculty Scholarship

We have developed a 9-week undergraduate laboratory series focused on the purification and characterization of Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase (Taq). Our aim was to provide undergraduate biochemistry students with a full-semester continuing project simulating a research-like experience, while having each week's procedure focus on a single learning goal. The laboratory series has been taught for the past 7 years, and survey-based assessment of the effectiveness of the laboratory series was completed during the 2006 and 2007 fall semesters. Statistical analysis of the survey results demonstrate that the laboratory series is very effective in teaching students the theory and practice of …

Rural Community Longevity: Capitalizing On Diversity For Immigrant Residential Stability, Rochelle L. Dalla, Tammy R. Stuhmer, Jennifer G. Deleón, Maria Isabel León Carreño

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

The premise of this research is that rural immigrants comprise a significant source of untapped human and social capital necessary for community development. However, to capitalize on the growing ethnic diversity in rural America, immigrant newcomers must want to stay in their new rural communities. This investigation was designed to identify factors necessary to enhance rural Latino immigrants’ long-term residential stability. Thus, we sought to: (1) identify perceptions of rural residence, with particular attention to employment opportunities and challenges; (2) assess formal support availability and community issues of greatest concern to rural Latinas; and (3) identify strategies for creating bi-cultural …

The C8 Health Project: Design, Methods, And Participants, Stephanie J. Frisbee, A Paul Brooks Jr, Arthur Maher, Patsy Flesborg, Susan Arnold, Tony Fletcher, Kyle Steenland, Anoop Shankar, Sarah S. Knox, Cecil Pollard, Joel A. Halverson, Veronica M. Vieira, Chuanfang Jin, Kevin M. Leyden, Alan M. Ducatman

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background

The C8 Health Project was created, authorized, and funded as part of the settlement agreement reached in the case of Jack W. Leach, et al. v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (no. 01-C-608 W.Va., Wood County Circuit Court, filed 10 April 2002). The settlement stemmed from the perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, or C8) contamination of drinking water in six water districts in two states near the DuPont Washington Works facility near Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Objectives

This study reports on the methods and results from the C8 Health Project, a population study created to gather data that would allow …

Measurement Methods Of Electron Emission Over A Full Range Of Sample Charging, R. C. Hoffman, John R. Dennison

All Physics Faculty Publications

The electron emission properties of a material subject to incident radiation flux are key parameters in determining to what equilibrium charge a spacecraft will established under given environmental conditions. However, there is a complex relation between these emission properties and the charge built up in spacecraft insulators. Complex modeling codes have been developed to predict the potential a spacecraft will adopt as a consequence of its interaction with the space plasma. These require correct models of the electron yields as a function of charge to accurately predict the both the charge build up and the equilibrium potential of spacecraft components. …

Ada News Convention Daily - 2010 Day 1, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

The ADA News Daily (also called the ADA News Convention Daily) is a special edition of the ADA News published each day during American Dental Association Annual Sessions.

2010 Ipm Annual Report—Building On Breakthroughs, International Partnership For Microbicides

International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM)

No abstract provided.

Scholarworks Statistics - January 2010, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

For the month of January 2010, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 2297 full-text downloads.

Can Weak Substitution Be Rehabilitated?, V. Kerry Smith, Mary F. Evans, H. Spencer Banzhaf, Christine Poulos

CMC Faculty Publications and Research

This paper develops a graphical analysis and an analytical model that demonstrate how weak substitution can be used for non-market valuation. Weak complementarity and weak substitution represent preference restrictions that allow us to develop equivalent price changes to describe quantity or quality changes in non-market goods. The price changes are Hicksian equivalents in that they yield the same utility changes as would the quantity or quality changes. After discussion of several potential applications of weak substitution, the paper develops the parallel between the restriction and recent strategies from modeling differentiated goods.

Aquilegia, Vol. 34 No. 1, Spring 2010, Newsletter Of The Colorado Native Plant Society, Bob Henry, Thomas Grant, Josh Pollock, Brian Kurzel, Al Schneider, Sheri Hagwood, Jan Loechell Turner, Ron Van Nimwegen E.

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

No abstract provided.

Aquilegia, Vol. 34 No. 2, Summer 2010, Newsletter Of The Colorado Native Plant Society, Bob Henry, William A. Weber, Jan Loechell Turner, Charlie Turner, Jessica Clement, Luke Tembrock, Brian Kurzel, Al Schneider

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

No abstract provided.

Aquilegia, Vol. 34 No. 3, 2010, Newsletter Of The Colorado Native Plant Society, Bob Henry

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

No abstract provided.

Aquilegia, Vol. 34 No. 4, Fall 2010, Newsletter Of The Colorado Native Plant Society, Bob Henry, Jan Loechell Turner, Panayoti Kelaidis

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

No abstract provided.

Aquilegia, Vol. 34 No. 5, Winter 2010, Newsletter Of The Colorado Native Plant Society, Bob Henry, Steve Popovich, Scott F. Smith, Jenny Neale, William A. Weber, Donald L. Hazlett

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

No abstract provided.

People And Nature Adapting To A Changing Climate, Charting Maine's Course, Maine Department Of Environmental Protection

Publications

No abstract provided.

Every Woman Deserves Her Own Pair Of Genes: The Constitutionality Of Patenting The Brca Genes In Association For Molecular Pathology V. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, Morgan Geller

Nova Law Review

No abstract provided.

University Of Southern Maine Undergraduate Catalog 2010-2011, University Of Southern Maine

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Floristic Composition And Variation In Late Paleocene To Early Eocene Floras In North America, Kathleen B. Pigg, Melanie L. Devore

Faculty and Staff Works

The late Paleocene and early Eocene megafossil floras in North America are found primarily in the Williston, Green River, Powder River, Bighorn, and Alberta Basins of the northern Rocky Mountains and Western Interior. A few rare sites occur in the Mississippi Embayment of the Southeast. In contrast to the abrupt floristic changes seen at the K/T boundary, these floras document a gradual transition in species turnover, or, in the case of the Bighorn Basin, a long-term decrease in taxonomic diversity. This gradual transition is also in marked contrast to the rapid speciation among mammals of the early Eocene. Both preservation, …

Floristic Composition And Comparison Of Middle Eocene To Late Eocene And Oligocene Floras In North America, M. L. Devore, K. B. Pigg

Faculty and Staff Works

In comparison to the early and middle Eocene, the late Eocene and particularly the Oligocene floral record is sparse in North America. Changing tectonic, environmental and climatic conditions during these times resulted in the development of fewer depositional systems favorable for fossil preservation. Floras are known from the Southeast, the Pacific Northwest and the Rocky Mountains. Each area has a distinct geological history that shaped both the vegetation adjacent to sites of deposition as well as the depositional environments themselves. The floristic change from middle to late Eocene, and then to Oligocene reflects a changing paleoclimate from the thermal maximum …

Probing Electron Transfer Mechanisms In Shewanella Oneidensis Mr-1 Using A Nanoelectrode Platform And Single-Cell Imaging, Ziaocheng Jiang, Jinsong Hu, Lisa A. Fitzgerald, Justin C. Biffinger, Ping Xie, Bradley R. Ringeisen, Charles M. Lieber

United States Navy: Publications

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) represent a promising approach for sustainable energy production as they generate electricity directly from metabolism of organic substrates without the need for catalysts. However, the mechanisms of electron transfer between microbes and electrodes, which could ultimately limit power extraction, remain controversial. Here we demonstrate optically transparent nanoelectrodes as a platform to investigate extracellular electron transfer in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, where an array of nanoholes precludes or single window allows for direct microbeelectrode contacts. Following addition of cells, short-circuit current measurements showed similar amplitude and temporal response for both electrode configurations, while in situ optical imaging demonstrates …

Munition Constituents: Preliminary Sediment Screening Criteria For The Protection Of Marine Benthic Invertebrates, Gary A. Pascoe, Keith Kroeger, Dwight Leisle, Robert J. Feldpausch

United States Navy: Publications

Sediment screening criteria for many munition constituents (MC) are not available in sources typically used in regulatory-driven ecological risk assessments for contaminated sediment sites. Preliminary sediment quality benchmarks (SQBs) for MC were developed for screening potential risks to marine benthic invertebrates at a munitions contaminated sediment site in Puget Sound, WA, USA. SQBs were developed for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and 13 breakdown products; six other explosive nitroaromatic compounds and nitramines (e.g., RDX, HMX); and five propellants, plasticizers, and stabilizers. The SQBs were developed using freshwater and limited marine aquatic toxicity values (and hence are considered preliminary) and equilibrium partitioning theory to …

Malondialdehyde–Acetaldehyde Adduct Is The Dominant Epitope After Mda Modification Of Proteins In Atherosclerosis, Michael J. Duryee, Lynell W. Klassen, Courtney S. Schaffert, Dean J. Tuma, Carlos Hunter, Robert P. Garvin, Daniel R. Anderson, Geoffrey M. Thiele

United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Publications

Antibodies to malondialdehyde (MDA)-modified macromolecules (adducts) have been detected in the serum of patients with atherosclerosis and correlate with the progression of this disease. However, the epitope and its formation have not been characterized. Studies have shown that excess MDA can be degraded to acetaldehyde, which combines with proteins to from a stable dihydropyridine adduct. To investigate, mice were immunized with MDA adducts in the absence of adjuvant and showed an increase in antibodies to MDA adducts and the carrier protein as the concentration of MDA was increased. In fact, a number of the commercially available antibodies to MDA-modified proteins …

Quercetin Up-Regulates Paraoxonase 1 Gene Expression Via Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2 That Translocates From The Endoplasmic Reticulum To The Nucleus Where It Specifically Interacts With Sterol Responsive Element–Like Sequence In Paraoxonase 1 Promoter In Huh7 Liver Cells, Mamatha Garige, Maokai Gong, Ravi Varatharajalu, M. Raj Lakshman

United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Publications

We previously showed that quercetin expresses its antiatherogenic effects by up-regulating paraoxonase 1 (PON1) gene and high-density lipoprotein's protective capacity against low-density lipoprotein oxidation. In an attempt to elucidate the mechanism of action of quercetin, we have now determined the effects of quercetin on PON1 gene expression, activity, protein level, nuclear mature sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 (SREBP2) level, and its translocation from the endoplasmic reticulum to nucleus and its interaction with PON1 promoter in human HuH7 liver cells using real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, spectrophotometry, immunoblot, confocal microscopy, and electrophoretic mobility shift assay techniques, respectively. Quercetin (20 …

A Flow Cytometric Assay To Quantify In Vivo Bacterial Uptake By Alveolar Macrophages, Adam M. Pitz, Greg A. Perry, Heather C. Jensen-Smith, Martha J. Gentry-Nielsen

United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Publications

Our laboratory has developed a flow cytometric assay to quantify alveolar macrophage (MФ) phagocytosis of bacteria within a live animal. MФs collected by bronchoalveolar lavage from rats infected transtracheally with Syto 9-labeled bacteria are fluorescently labeled for identification and analyzed by flow cytometry to quantify their bacterial uptake.

Acetyl-L-Carnitine Protects Neuronal Function From Alcohol-Induced Oxidative Damage In The Brain, Travis J. Rump, P. M. Abdul Muneer, Adam M. Szlachetka, Allyson Lamb, Catherine Haorei, Saleena Alikunju, Huangui Xiong, James Keblesh, Jianuo Liu, Matthew C. Zimmerman, Jocelyn Jones, Terrence M. Donohue Jr., Yuri Persidsky, James Haorah

United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Publications

The studies presented here demonstrate the protective effect of acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) against alcoholinduced oxidative neuroinflammation, neuronal degeneration, and impaired neurotransmission. Our findings reveal the cellular and biochemical mechanisms of alcohol-induced oxidative damage in various types of brain cells. Chronic ethanol administration to mice caused an increase in inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and 3-nitrotyrosine adduct formation in frontal cortical neurons but not in astrocytes from brains of these animals. Interestingly, alcohol administration caused a rather selective activation of NADPH oxidase (NOX), which, in turn, enhanced levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and 4-hydroxynonenal, but these were predominantly localized in astrocytes …

Sexual Exploitation And Abuse Of Street Children In Romania: Catalysts Of Vulnerability And Challenges In Recovery, Meredith Gamble

Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 2nd (2010)

An estimated 1,500-3,000 children live on the streets of Romania (UNICEF, 2006; MPHASIS, 2008). Without the basic necessities to survive, a healthy family structure, proper identification, and an education, these children are at a high risk for sexual exploitation. This study examines what factors in the lives of street children contribute to their vulnerability to sexual exploitation and trafficking as well as the effectiveness of existent social services available to street children. Several characteristics in the lives of street children, including poverty and desperation for basic needs, broken family structures, drug use, lack of education, race, and lack of supervision …

Me-Em 2010 Annual Report, Department Of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Annual Reports

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Program Booklet, Allen K. Lanham

Teachers Tame the Prairie: Exhibit Booklet

No abstract provided.