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Psc 523.01: Administrative Law, James J. Lopach

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Gender Dimorphism In The Exercise-Naïve Murine Skeletal Muscle Proteome, Lauren Ann Metskas, Mohini Kulp, Stylianos P. Scordilis

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Skeletal muscle is a plastic tissue with known gender dimorphism, especially at the metabolic level. A proteomic comparison of male and female murine biceps brachii was undertaken, resolving an average of 600 protein spots of MW 15–150 kDa and pI 5–8. Twenty-six unique full-length proteins spanning 11 KOG groups demonstrated statistically significant (p<0.05) abundance differences between genders; the majority of these proteins have metabolic functions. Identified glycolytic enzymes demonstrated decreased abundance in females, while abundance differences in identified oxidative phosphorylation enzymes were specific to the proteins rather than to the functional group as a whole. Certain cytoskeletal and stress proteins showed specific expression differences, and all three phosphorylation states of creatine kinase showed significant decreased abundance in females. Expression differences were significant but many were subtle (≤ 2-fold), and known hormonally-regulated proteins were not identified. We conclude that while gender dimorphism is present in non-exercised murine skeletal muscle, the proteome comparison of male and female biceps brachii in exercise-naive mice indicates subtle differences rather than a large or obviously hormonal dimorphism.

A Sense Of Disentitlement: Frame-Shifting And Metaphor In Ashcroft V. Iqbal, Lisa A. Eichhorn

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Center For Academic Excellence: Annual Report 2009-2010, Patrice Hudson, Leslie G. Mcbride, Kevin Kecskes, Amy Spring, Janelle De Carrico Voegele, Michael Chamberlain, Vincent Schreck

Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Admittedly, a certain amount of tedium is involved in assembling an annual report. Retrieving, verifying, and summarizing all the data generated from CAE’s programs and services during the year feels a lot like double-checking references in a manuscript before sending it off for review. It’s a necessary part of the larger project; sometimes we are surprised.

Somewhere in the midst of the process, we may suddenly see a project from an entirely diff erent perspective, identify a theme that ties together threads or themes we hadn’t realized previously were connected, or more clearly see why faculty members may (or may …

Whalesong 2010-09-01 (V.29 No.1), Randi Spray, Mallory Millay, Tyler Preston, Grace Lumba, Hollis Kitchin, Pat Race

Whalesong

No abstract provided.

Soundings 2010-09, N/A N/A

Soundings

No abstract provided.

Differential Regulation Of Immature Articular Cartilage Compressive Moduli And Poisson’S Ratios By In Vitro Stimulation With Igf-1 And Tgf-Β1, Gregory M. Williams, Kristin J. Dills, Christian R. Flores, Michael E. Stender, Kevin M. Stewart, Lauren M. Nelson, Albert C. Chen, Koichi Masuda, Scott J. Hazelwood, Stephen M. Klisch, Robert L. Sah

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanisms of articular cartilage growth and maturation have been elucidated by studying composition-function dynamics during in vivo development and in vitro culture with stimuli such as insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1). This study tested the hypothesis that IGF-1 and TGF-β1 regulate immature cartilage compressive moduli and Poisson’s ratios in a manner consistent with known effects on tensile properties. Bovine calf articular cartilage from superficial-articular (S) and middle-growth (M) regions were analyzed fresh or following culture in medium with IGF-1 or TGF-β1. Mechanical properties in confined (CC) and unconfined (UCC) compression, cartilage matrix composition, and explant …

The Problem Of Parental Relocation: Closing The Loophole In The Law Of International Child Abduction, Maryl Sattler

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District: Economic Impact Of Operating And Capital Expenditures, 2012– 2016, Ziona Austrian, Candice Clouse, Iryna Lendel

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.

What Psychiatry, Developmental Psychology, And Neuroscience Can Teach Us About At- Risk Students, Eileen P. Ryan

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Mckillop Library Newsbrief Sep 2010

McKillop Library Newsbrief

No abstract provided.

Pasture, Rangeland, And Forage Pilot Insurance Program In South Dakota, Martin Beutler

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

South Dakota has been selected to participate in one of two government-subsidized pasture, rangeland, and forage risk management pilot insurance programs. These programs were developed by the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) to provide livestock produc¬ers the ability to purchase insurance protection for losses of forage produced for grazing or harvested for hay. One pilot program is based on a rainfall index and is being piloted in 16 states other than South Dakota. The second pilot insurance program is based on a veg¬etation index. This program is being piloted in nine states, including South Dakota

The South Dakota Agricultural Land Rental Market, Burton Pflueger

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

The “2010 SDSU Farm Real Estate Market Survey” report, South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service pub¬lication C276, contains information on current agricultural land values and cash rental rates by land use in different regions of South Dakota, with comparisons to values from earlier years. This Extension Extra highlights only rental information. For more complete information on South Dakota Agricultural Land Market Trends from 1991–2010, readers are encouraged to examine the electronic version of the complete research report, which is available at http://pubstorage.sdstate.edu/AgBio_Publications/articles/C276.pdf.

Integrating Concepts And Technologies To Advance The Study Of Bird Migration, W. Douglas Robinson, Melissa Bowlin, Isabelle Bisson, Judy Shamoun-Barnes, Kasper Thorup, Robert H. Diehl, Thomas H. Kunz, Sarah Mabey, David W. Winkler

Faculty Publications

Recent technological innovation has opened new avenues in migration research - for instance, by allowing individual migratory animals to be followed over great distances and long periods of time, as well as by recording physiological information. Here, we focus on how technology - specifically applied to bird migration - has advanced our knowledge of migratory connectivity, and the behavior, demography, ecology, and physiology of migrants. Anticipating the invention of new and smaller tracking devices, in addition to the ways that technologies may be combined to measure and record the behavior of migratory animals, we also summarize major conceptual questions that …

Assessing The Health Of Army Laboratories: Funding For Basic Research And Laboratory Capital Equipment, John W. Lyons, Richard Chait

Defense and Technology Papers

In this paper, the authors respond to requests from the office of the Army S&T Executive to address the adequacy of the funding provided to equipment and basic research in an effective S&T laboratory.

Improving The Army’S Next Effort In Technology Forecasting, John W. Lyons, Richard Chait, Simone Erchov

Defense and Technology Papers

This paper makes the case for approaches to be pursued when the Army conducts its next comprehensive S&T forecasting effort.

Bio-Inspired Materials And Devices For Chemical And Biological Defense, James J. Valdes, Erica R. Valdes

Defense and Technology Papers

This report addresses materials for synthetic matrices of chemical and biological defense using a conceptual platform known as the abiotic networked threat system (ANTS). This system is based on lessons learned from biology, incorporating abiotic homologues to biological recognition events and metabolic pathways to provide programmable capabilities to sense and respond to environmental threats.

Risk-Informed Decisionmaking For Science And Technology, Samuel Musa, William Berry, Richard Chait, John W. Lyons, Vincent Russo

Defense and Technology Papers

This paper discusses risks and impact areas in relation to decisionmaking and the development of metrics or a figure of merit for decisionmaking. The metrics are then applied to three examples of interest to the Army, Air Force, and DHS.

Limitations On Simultaneity In Sign Language, Donna Jo Napoli, R. Sutton-Spence

Linguistics Faculty Works

When we converse, information is often conveyed in multiple ways. For those using spoken language, we have, besides the vocal tract, nonverbal articulators as well, including eye gaze (Hanna & Brennan 2007), gesture (Kendon 2004), facial expression (Busso & Narayanan 2007), lip pointing (Sherzer 1983), and puffed cheeks (Sherzer 1993). Likewise, for those using a sign language, we have, besides the hands, nonmanual articulators as well, including facial expressions, eye gaze, mouth, and body posture (Baker & Padden 1978). In this short report we investigate how much information can be simultaneously expressed in sign language (by counting ‘propositions’) and conclude …

Macroevolutionary Patterns In The Evolutionary Radiation Of Archosaurs (Tetrapoda: Diapsida), S. L. Brusatte, M. J. Benton, G. T. Lloyd, M. Ruta, Steve C. Wang

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Works

The rise of archosaurs during the Triassic and Early Jurassic has been treated as a classic example of an evolutionary radiation in the fossil record. This paper reviews published studies and provides new data on archosaur lineage origination, diversity and lineage evolution, morphological disparity, rates of morphological character change, and faunal abundance during the Triassic–Early Jurassic. The fundamental archosaur lineages originated early in the Triassic, in concert with the highest rates of character change. Disparity and diversity peaked later, during the Norian, but the most significant increase in disparity occurred before maximum diversity. Archosaurs were rare components of Early–Middle Triassic …

Volume 102 Issue 1, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

Conidia But Not Yeast Cells Of The Fungal Pathogen Histoplasma Capsulatum Trigger A Type I Interferon Innate Immune Response In Murine Macrophages, Diane O. Inglis, Charlotte A. Berkes, Davina R. Hocking Murray, Anita Sil

Biology Faculty Publications

Histoplasma capsulatum is the most common cause of fungal respiratory infections and can lead to progressive disseminated infections, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Infection occurs upon inhalation of the aerosolized spores, known as conidia. Once inside the host, conidia are phagocytosed by alveolar macrophages. The conidia subsequently germinate and produce a budding yeast-like form that colonizes host macrophages and can disseminate throughout host organs and tissues. Even though conidia are the predominant infectious particle for H. capsulatum and are the first cell type encountered by the host during infection, very little is known at a molecular level about conidia or about …

Nano-Imprinted Thin Films Of Reactive, Azlactone-Containing Polymers: Combining Methods For The Topographic Patterning Of Cell Substrates With Opportunities For Facile Post-Fabrication Chemical Functionalization, Nathaniel J. Fredin, Ryan M. Flessner, Christopher M. Jewell, Shane L. Bechler, Maren E. Buck, David M. Lynn

Chemistry: Faculty Publications

Laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to characterize changes in nanoscale structure that occur when ultrathin polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) are incubated in aqueous media. The PEMs investigated here were fabricated by the deposition of alternating layers of plasmid DNA and a hydrolytically degradable polyamine onto a precursor film composed of alternating layers of linear poly(ethylene imine) (LPEI) and sodium poly(styrene sulfonate) (SPS). Past studies of these materials in the context of gene delivery revealed transformations from a morphology that is smooth and uniform to one characterized by the formation of nanometer-scale particulate structures. We …

Repression Of Wnt Signaling By A Fer-Type Nonreceptor Tyrosine Kinase, Aaron P. Putzke

Biology Faculty Scholarship

The Wnt signaling pathway must be properly modulated to ensure an appropriate output: pathological conditions result from either insufficient or excessive levels of Wnt signal. For example, hyperactivation of the Wnt pathway is associated with various cancers and subnormal Wnt signaling can lead to increased invasiveness of tumor cells. We found that the Caenorhabditis elegans ortholog of the Fer nonreceptor tyrosine kinase, FRK-1, limits Wnt signaling by preventing the adhesion complex-associated β-catenin, HMP-2, from participating in Wnt-dependent specification of the endoderm during embryogenesis. Removal of FRK-1 function results in relocalization of HMP-2 to the nucleus of epidermal cells, and allows …

Review Of The Tao Of Liberation: Exploring The Ecology Of Transformation, Jame Schaefer

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Modeling Of Micro-Diaphragm For Optical Pressure Sensor For Human Artery Pulse Wave Detection / Khairunnisa Hasikin, Hasikin Khairunnisa

Student Works (2010-2019)

This thesis presents the development of a micro-diaphragm for an optical pulse pressure sensor using Micro-electro-mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology. Modelling of the micro-diaphragm was conducted and the comparison of its performance was simulated for silicon nitride and polyirnide materials. In addition. diaphragm's radius and thickness were varied to further analyze the performance of the micro-diaphragm. There are three design parameters that affecting the micro-diaphragm performance namely diaphragms radius. thickness and material. Thus, an optimization analysis using Taguchi method was done to attain significant design parameters that give the best micro-diaphragm performance. Findings indicated that the best performance of the micro-diaphragm …

Earmstrong, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong News & Publications: e-Armstrong Newsletter (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Is Love A Flimsy Foundation? Soulmate Versus Institutional Models Of Marriage, W. Bradford Wilcox, Jeffrey P. Dew

Faculty Publications

Steven Nock argued that love—understood narrowly in terms of emotional and sexual intimacy—was a flimsy foundation for relationships and that the institution of marriage provided a firmer footing for stable, high-quality relationships than love alone. Relying on data from the Marriage Matters Survey of 1414 married men and women in Louisiana (1998–2004), we extended Nock’s insights to consider whether contemporary marriages organized along institutional lines enjoyed more stability, satisfaction, and less conflict than marriages organized around a soulmate model. Largely consistent with Nock’s perspective, we found that individuals who embraced norms of marital permanency and gender specialization and were embedded …

Genetic Variants In Nuclear-Encoded Mitochondrial Genes Influence Aids Progression, Sher L. Hendrickson, J. A. Lautenberger, Leslie Wei Chinn, Michael Malasky, Lawrence Kingsley, James J. Goedert, Gregory D. Kirk, Edward Gomperts, Susan Buchbinder, Jennifer L. Troyer, Stephen J. O'Brien

Biology Faculty Articles

Background: The human mitochondrial genome includes only 13 coding genes while nuclear-encoded genes account for 99% of proteins responsible for mitochondrial morphology, redox regulation, and energetics. Mitochondrial pathogenesis occurs in HIV patients and genetically, mitochondrial DNA haplogroups with presumed functional differences have been associated with differential AIDS progression.

Methodology/Principal Findings: Here we explore whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within 904 of the estimated 1,500 genes that specify nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins (NEMPs) influence AIDS progression among HIV-1 infected patients. We examined NEMPs for association with the rate of AIDS progression using genotypes generated by an Affymetrix 6.0 genotyping array of 1,455 …

Validity Study Of The Psychopathic Personality Inventory In A Noncriminal Population, Julie Madeleine Woltil

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI) is a self-report measure which was created by Lilienfeld and Andrews (1996) to identify the personality traits of psychopathy in noncriminal populations. These personality traits were grouped into eight subscales in the PPI including Machiavellian Egocentricity, Social Potency, Coldheartedness, Carefree Nonplanfulness, Fearlessness, Blame Extemalization, Impulsive Nonconformity and Stress Immunity. In this study, the relationship between the PPI and four theoretically related concepts (psychopathy, empathy, sensation seeking and driving anger) were examined to evaluate its concurrent and construct validity. A positive correlation was found between the PPI and the Self-Rep0l1 Psychopathy Scale, the Driving Anger Scale, …