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A Signal Processing Method To Explore Similarity In Protein Flexibility, Simina Vasilache, Nazanin Mirshahi, Soo-Yeon Ji, James Mottonen, Donald J. Jacobs, Kayvan Najarian

Computer Science Publications

Understanding mechanisms of protein flexibility is of great importance to structural biology. The ability to detect similarities between proteins and their patterns is vital in discovering new information about unknown protein functions. A Distance Constraint Model (DCM) provides a means to generate a variety of flexibility measures based on a given protein structure. Although information about mechanical properties of flexibility is critical for understanding protein function for a given protein, the question of whether certain characteristics are shared across homologous proteins is difficult to assess. For a proper assessment, a quantified measure of similarity is necessary. This paper begins to …

The Rhetoric Of ‘Military Readiness’: Public Discourse, Whales And Navy Sonar, Terence Check

Strategic Communication Studies Faculty Publications

On November 12, 2008, the Supreme Court decided a significant case involving the use of mid-frequency active sonar in the waters off the coast of Southern California. In the decision, Winter v. NRDC, the High Court ruled that the Navy‘s need to conduct military training using active sonar outweighed the interests of environmentalists, who had contended that sonar results in devastating effects on marine mammals. This paper examines the public and legal discourse related to the case, arguing that the Navy invoked an ideograph of that valorized military technology and expertise at the expense of the natural environment. The paper …

Enrollment By Major, Office Of Institutional Research And Effectiveness, Mississippi State University

Bulldog Basics

No abstract provided.

Common Data Set, Office Of Institutional Research And Effectiveness, Mississippi State University

Common data set

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Constant Light Exposure In Mice Potentiates Ethanol Consumption And Preference And Disrupts Circadian Locomotor Activity Rhythms, Allison J. Brager, Rebecca A. Prosser, J. David Glass

Posters

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Cardiac Signaling Genes Exhibit Unexpected Sequence Diversity In Sporadic Cardiomyopathy, Revealing Hspb7 Polymorphisms Associated With Disease, Scot J. Matkovich, Derek J. Van Booven, Anna Hinds, Min Young Kang, Todd E. Druley, Francesco L.M. Vallania, Robi D. Mitra, Muredach P. Reilly, Thomas P. Coppola, Gerald W. Dorn Ii

ICTS Faculty Publications

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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

ICTS Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Download Full Pdf Issue-Jefferson Translations, Vol. 4, No. 2, Winter 2010

Jefferson Translations

Translations is devoted to the activities of the Department of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College. This issue includes articles about the Length-of-Stay initiative led by the Chairman as well as items on the Center for Translational Medicine, including a Q&A on "How Blood Vessels Heal" and a profile about research on "Viruses That Help Heart Failure." Articles also address "Optimal Care of Diabetic Inpatients," celebrating "A Liver Transplant Anniversary," and the 45th Annual Rehfuss Lecture.

The Plot Thickens: Using A Plotting Activity To Start Your School Year Strong, Joe Taylor

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Captivating students and setting high expectations for critical thinking are two key classroom goals. This plotting and graphing activity is designed specifically to achieve these goals. Additionally, this activity can be modified for any science course taught at the secondary school level. Support materials including teacher and student printouts are provided at the end of the article. This activity promotes National Science Education Standards A, C, D, and F and Iowa Teaching Standards 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

The Social Psychology Of Love And Attraction, Princess Braxton-Davis

McNair Scholars Journal

Love is a universal emotion that has become the basis of marriage and family for many societies, which researchers continue to explore. This research will add to the knowledge of interpersonal romantic attraction, further exposing love’s complex nature. Dr. Earl Naumann’s (2001) survey in his book, Love at First Sight, served as a model for the survey utilized in this study. A total of 206 students at a Midwestern university were surveyed. Midwestern university students were sampled in two ways: first an e-mail was sent to the professor of every third class from the Spring semester schedule with …

Exploring Behavior Disorders In Children And Adolescents, Melissa Berger

Graduate Research Papers

Over the last century more and more children and adolescents have been diagnosed with behavior disorders. While problematic behaviors in adolescents have always been seen in and out of schools, it has only been in the last century that psychologists have looked deeper into the root of these behaviors. The term "behavior disorders" can in fact encompass a number of different disorders seen among both children and adolescents. The three specific disorders discussed in this paper will be attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHA), conduct disorder (CD), and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). A great deal of the time, children exhibiting these types of …

Post-­Fire Alterations In Mechanical Strength Of Leaves In Heteromeles Arbutifolia, Andrew Hair, Madeline Dilascia, Nick Novella, Taylor Wurdeman

Featured Research

Wildfires in the Santa Monica mountains in Southern California burn down a decent percentage of the local vegetation. However, some plants like Heteromeles Arbutifolia, are considered to be resprouters because they return a mere two years after being burnt down. It is hypothesized that the artificially browsed resprout leaves will have a lower tensile strength than both the young and adult leaves because they use a lower amount of carbohydrates per unit-leaf-area. Data showed that although there was a slight different between the young leaves and the adult leaves of the Heteromeles, there was no statistically significant difference between the …

A Comparison Of The Tensile Strength Of Leaves In Encelia Californica In Canyon And Beach Species, Anna Chowaniec, Annie Lee, Hayley Springs

Featured Research

Our research is concerned with the further exploration of leaf biomechanics, a relatively unexamined field. The purpose of this experiment was to find a correlation between environmental stress factors and tensile strength of leaves of Encelia californica. We hypothesized the beach species would have a higher tensile strength than canyon species. After evaluating data collected from both Pepperdine’s Presidents Canyon and Malibu beach we found that while the canyon species could withstand a higher maximum load of force, there was no difference between the canyon and the beach species with leaf area taken into account. Using Young’s Modulus, we …

The Pathway To Making Change: How Parents Promote Health For Their Overweight Or Obese Child, Jennifer S. Laurent

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Informed by the grounded theory method, the aim of this study was to discover, explore, and explain how parents promote the health of their overweight or obese child. Implicit within this goal was to discover the worldview of the parents and to understand the context, properties, and dimensions in which this process occurred. Interviews from 17 participants were analyzed using constant comparison and theoretical sampling techniques. The concepts and constructs that emerged from the data analysis depict the basic social process of how parents come to know their child is overweight or obese and how they promote their child's health …

Sirex Noctilio In North America: The Effect Of Stem-Injection Timing On The Attractiveness And Suitability Of Trap Trees, Kelley E. Zylstra, Kevin J. Dodds, Joseph A. Francese, Victor Mastro

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

1 Sirex noctilio Fabricius, an invasive woodwasp responsible for severe economic damage to pine industries in the southern hemisphere, is now established in the northeastern U.S.A. and portions of eastern Canada.

2 Parts of North America are considered to be high risk for S. noctilio invasion. Effective detection tools, including trap trees, are needed to monitor and survey S. noctilio populations.

3 The present study was conducted to determine the optimal time to chemically stress a tree when aiming to attract the most S. noctilio to the host substrate, as well as to determine which timing produced the most adult …

Ablation Of Chronic Total Occlusions Using Kilohertz-Frequency Mechanical Vibrations In Minimally Invasive Angioplasty Procedures., Garrett Mcguinness, Mark Wylie, Graham Gavin

Articles

Certain minimally invasive cardiology procedures, such as balloon angioplasty and stent implantation, critically require that the site of an arterial blockage be crossed by an intraluminal guidewire. Plaques resulting in near or totally occluded arteries are known as chronic total occlusions (CTOs), and crossing them with conventional guidewires is a significant challenge. Among the most promising proposed solutions is the delivery of high power, low frequency ultrasonic vibrations to the occlusion site via an intraluminal wire waveguide. The vibrating distal-tip of the ultrasound wire waveguide is used to transmit energy to the surrounding plaques, tissues and fluids in order to …

Imaging Live Cells Grown On A Three Dimensional Collagen Matrix Using Raman Microspectroscopy, Franck Bonnier, Peter Knief, Basil Lim, Aidan Meade, Jennifer Dorney, Kunal Bhattacharya, Fiona Lyng, Hugh Byrne

Articles

Three dimensional collagen gels have been used as matrices for the imaging of live cells by Raman spectroscopy. The study is conducted on a human lung adenocarcinoma (A549) and a spontaneously immortalized human epithelial keratinocyte (HaCaT) cell line. The lateral resolution of the system has been estimated to be

Divorce And Its Effects On The Development Of Children, Lisa Barron

Graduate Research Papers

More than likely, children are not part of the decision making when it comes to divorce. They are the innocent bystanders of divorce that have no choice but to become an integral part of an adult issue. There are no rules books with specific directions to depend on when it comes to children understanding the separation of their parents. Children of divorce need resources, guidance, and more than ever, commitment and consistency from significant people in their lives. Divorce has no boundaries and carries no prejudice. Divorce effects all ages, ethnicities, races, gender, and socio-economic levels. In the earlier part …

The Brook Fall 2010, V. 9, N. 02, Stony Brook University Office Of Communications.

The Brook

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The Brook Winter 2010, V. 9, N. 01, Stony Brook University Office Of Communications.

The Brook

v.: ill. ; 30 cm (original analog pub.),Brook

Prevalence And Correlates Of Trichomonas Vaginalis Infection Among Female Us Federal Prison Inmates, Siobhan Sutcliffe, Sara B. Newman, Andrew Hardick, Charlotte Gaydos

Epidemiology Faculty Publications

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Sexually Transmitted Infections And Risk Of Prostate Cancer: Review Of Historical And Emerging Hypotheses., Siobhan Sutcliffe

Epidemiology Faculty Publications

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Human Papillomavirus Types 16, 18, And 31 Serostatus And Prostate Cancer Risk In The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, Siobhan Sutcliffe, Raphael P. Viscidi, Cathee Till, Phyllis J. Goodman, Ashraful M. Hoque, Ann W. Hsing, Ian M. Thompson, Johnathan M. Zenilman, Angelo M. De Marzo, Elizabeth A. Platz

Cancer Prevention Faculty Publications

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Use Of Electronic Anatomy Practical Examinations For Remediating “At Risk” Students, Frank J. Daly

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications

Restrictive laboratory scheduling, an increasing number of human cadaver-based anatomy courses and a reduction in the curricular time allotted to anatomy courses have created problems with cadaver laboratory access at the University of New England. This article describes a combination of anatomy testing and grading strategies to allow “at risk” (borderline failing) students an opportunity to remediate their lowest set of examination scores and pass their anatomy course. An alternative electronic practical examination for these students provided flexibility in laboratory scheduling, thereby increasing laboratory access for other students taking concurrent courses. Specifically, the electronic examinations allowed for a reduction in …

Stupider And Worse?, Nick Smith

The University Dialogue

No abstract provided.

Mathematical Biology At An Undergraduate Liberal Arts College, Stephen C. Adolph, Lisette G. De Pillis

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Since 2002 we have offered an undergraduate major in Mathematical Biology at Harvey Mudd College. The major was developed and is administered jointly by the mathematics and biology faculty. In this paper we describe the major, courses, and faculty and student research and discuss some of the challenges and opportunities we have experienced.

Stability And Dynamics Of Self-Similarity In Evolution Equations, Andrew J. Bernoff, Thomas P. Witelski

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

A methodology for studying the linear stability of self-similar solutions is discussed. These fundamental ideas are illustrated on three prototype problems: a simple ODE with finite-time blow-up, a second-order semi-linear heat equation with infinite-time spreading solutions, and the fourth-order Sivashinsky equation with finite-time self-similar blow-up. These examples are used to show that self-similar dynamics can be studied using many of the ideas arising in the study of dynamical systems. In particular, the use of dimensional analysis to derive scaling invariant similarity variables is discussed, as well as the role of symmetries in the context of stability of self-similar dynamics. The …

Jane: A New Tool For The Cophylogeny Reconstruction Problem, Chris Conow, Daniel Fielder '11, Yaniv J. Ovadia '10, Ran Libeskind-Hadas

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Background

This paper describes the theory and implementation of a new software tool, called Jane, for the study of historical associations. This problem arises in parasitology (associations of hosts and parasites), molecular systematics (associations of orderings and genes), and biogeography (associations of regions and orderings). The underlying problem is that of reconciling pairs of trees subject to biologically plausible events and costs associated with these events. Existing software tools for this problem have strengths and limitations, and the new Jane tool described here provides functionality that complements existing tools.

Results

The Jane software tool uses a polynomial time dynamic …

Fishes Of The Columbia And Snake River Basins In Eastern Washington, Allan T. Scholz, Holly J. Mclellan, Fisheries Research Center, Eastern Washington University

Biology Faculty Publications

"This book was prepared through a grant from the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)."

Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Checklist of Fishes Found in Eastern Washington, Chapter 3 Fish Identification and Classification Aids to Identification of Fishes, Chapter 4 Key to Families of Eastern Washington Fishes, Chapter 5 Family Petromyzontidae: Lampreys, Chapter 6 Family Acipenseridae: Sturgeon, Chapter 7 Family Clupeidae: Herrings, Chapter 8 Family Cyprinidae: Carps and Minnows, Chapter 9 Family Catostomidae: Suckers, Chapter 10 Family Ictaluridae: Bullhead Catfishes, Chapter 11 Family Esocidae: Pikes, Chapter 12 Family Salmonidae: Salmon, Trout, Whitefish, Grayling, Chapter 13 …

The Role Of Noise And Positive Feedback In The Onset Of Autosomal Dominant Diseases, William Bosl, Rong Li

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

Background

Autosomal dominant (AD) diseases result when a single mutant or non-functioning gene is present on an autosomal chromosome. These diseases often do not emerge at birth. There are presently two prevailing theories explaining the expression of AD diseases. One explanation originates from the Knudson two-hit theory of hereditary cancers, where loss of heterozygosity or occurrence of somatic mutations impairs the function of the wild-type copy. While these somatic second hits may be sufficient for stable disease states, it is often difficult to determine if their occurrence necessarily marks the initiation of disease progression. A more direct consequence of a …