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Montana Kaimin, September 23, 2011, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Using Movements, Genetics And Trophic Ecology To Differentiate Inshore From Offshore Aggregations Of Humpback Whales In The Gulf Of Alaska, Briana Harmony Witteveen, Janice M. Straley, Ellen M. Chenoweth, C. Scott Baker, Jay Barlow, Craig O. Matkin, Christine M. Gabriele, Janet L. Neilson, Debbie J. Steel, Olga Von Ziegesar, Alexander G. Andrews, Amy Christia Hirons

Faculty, Staff, and Students

Humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae have been studied in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) since the late 1960s, but information about whales foraging offshore is limited. A large-scale collaborative project (SPLASH) provided opportunities to study humpback whales in both inshore and offshore habitats. Using identification photographs and biopsy samples, we explored individual movements, the distribution of mitochondrial (mtDNA) haplotypes, and trophic levels for humpback whales within 3 regions (Kodiak, KOD; Prince William Sound, PWS; and southeastern Alaska, SEAK) of the GOA to determine whether inshore and offshore aggregations of humpback whales are distinct. Each region was divided …

Characterization Of Cyclic-Di-Gmp Signaling With The Lyme Spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi, Jessica Kostick

Theses and Dissertations

Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, B. garinii, and B. afzelii. These spirochetes experience environmental fluctuations as they are passed between mammalian and Ixodes tick hosts throughout their enzootic cycle. Recent studies have suggested cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP), a ubiquitous secondary messenger, is a key modulator of B. burgdorferi adaptive responses and may play a significant role in cycle progression. In this study, we examined the impact of the sole diguanylate cyclase (Rrp1), c-di-GMP binding proteins (PlzA and PlzB), and HD-GYP-containing phosphodiesterase (PdeB) in disease establishment of both murine and Ixodes tick systems. Strains harboring targeted gene …

Wireless Body Area Network Platform Utilizing Energy-Efficient Routing Of Physiological Data, Alvaro Prieto

Theses

Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) consist of several wireless sensors located around a human body. These sensors may measure several biological signals, movement, and temperature. Due to major improvements in power consumption and constantly shrinking devices, WBANs are becoming ubiquitous. As a side effect present because of the small form factor of these devices, the battery size is limited. While the sensors themselves may be extremely power efficient, all of the measured data must be transmitted over a much less efficient wireless link. One benefit of WBANs is that they rarely include more than a dozen wireless devices over a …

Modeling The Connectome Of A Simple Spinal Cord., R Borisyuk, Ak Al Azad, D Conte, A Roberts, Sr Soffe

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

In this paper we develop a computational model of the anatomy of a spinal cord. We address a long-standing ambition of neuroscience to understand the structure-function problem by modeling the complete spinal cord connectome map in the 2-day old hatchling Xenopus tadpole. Our approach to modeling neuronal connectivity is based on developmental processes of axon growth. A simple mathematical model of axon growth allows us to reconstruct a biologically realistic connectome of the tadpole spinal cord based on neurobiological data. In our model we distribute neuron cell bodies and dendrites on both sides of the body based on experimental measurements. …

Chimes: September 23, 2011, Calvin College

Chimes

Men's soccer beats Hope 2-0 by Jess Koster

English department hosts kick-off picnic by Libby Stille

Calvin Professor explores role of art in healing by Elizabeth Steiner

Surgeons in London separate conjoined twins by Allison Schepers

Netflix's future predicted by Michelle Ratering

Knights golf going strong by Mark Zylstra

Conclusion: Meditations On The Archaeology Of Northern Plantations, Stephen A. Mrozowski,, Katherine Howlett Hayes, Heather Trigg, Jack Gary

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A summary of the methods employed and the conclusions reached after nine seasons of archaeological fieldwork are presented. Emphasis is placed on the success and limitations of the methods employed in the investigations at Sylvester Manor and results of those investigations. Although excavations concentrated on the plantation core, additional areas examined produced little in the way of archaeological features. The results, although preliminary, point to a major role for Native Americans as laborers during the earliest phases of the plantation’s operation. Landscape evidence also suggests an evolving economy as the Manor transitions from a provisioning operation to a commercial farm/tenant …

Zooarchaeological Evidence For Animal Husbandry And Foodways At Sylvester Manor, Sarah Sportman, Craig Cipolla,, David Landon

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Analysis of over 12,000 zooarchaeological specimens recovered from Sylvester Manor provides archaeological evidence to complement the limited historical information about stock raising and food consumption on the plantation. The analyzed collection derives from the south lawn midden deposit at the site, and contains primarily the remains of domestic sheep, cattle, and pigs. The domestic animal ages, based on tooth eruption and wear, suggest aspects of the animal husbandry system. The patterns of skeletal part representation suggest most of the bones from the midden are refuse from household consumption rather than waste from exported foodstuffs. The Sylvesters and their tenant farmers …

The Laboratory Excavation Of A Soil Block From Sylvester Manor, Dennis Piechota

Northeast Historical Archaeology

This article describes a method of retrieving a large intact soil block from the midden area of the Sylvester Manor site. The soil was micro-stratigraphically excavated within a laboratory setting and analyzed using new approaches to the direct observation of micro-artifact distributions and trace residues on soil surfaces. Low technology analytical methods were selected from fields unrelated to archaeology but readily accessible to workers in a standard archaeological processing laboratory. Preliminary findings are presented in the hope that new low-cost field and laboratory methods can be developed. For example particle mapping of micro-artifacts by direct observation of soil profiles is …

Material Culture And Multi-Cultural Interactions At Sylvester Manor, Jack Gary

Northeast Historical Archaeology

The material culture recovered from Sylvester Manor’s 17th-century deposits not only informs our understanding of the plantation’s depositional history but also is characteristic of cultural interactions between Europeans, Native Americans, and possibly Africans. The mixture of cultural material in these deposits suggests intense and sustained cultural interactions that have lead to the production and use of certain materials outside of their cultural norms. Several of these items are European goods altered for use in Native or possibly African cultural systems, while other items reflect the creolization of material culture by blending morphological and stylistic attributes of two material cultures. These …

The Use Of Soil Micromorphology At Sylvester Manor, Eric Proebsting

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Soil micromorphology is a vibrant sub-discipline of archaeology that studies sediment fabric, color, composition, shape, layering, and sorting using intact soil cores and thin sections. This technique takes into account the dynamic relationship between people and the world in which they live, and has contributed useful archaeological data to the Sylvester Manor Project. This paper constructs a landscape history for portions of the South and West lawns using soil cores and thin sections. Results reveal how Sylvester Manor’s lawn, Midden, and Brick and Mortar Layer were composed, as well as how they were changed over time by plant and animal …

The Effect Of Acute And Chronic Ethanol On Dopamine Turnover In The Caudate Nucleus Of The Rat, Rif S. El-Mallakh, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

It is generally believed that acute and chronic ethanol (EtOH) administration alters the activity of catecholamines in the brain, however, the specific effects of EtOH on the dopaminergic system are disputed (I). Acute EtOH administration has been variously reported to decrease (2,3), increase (4,5), and cause no change (6 ,7) in dopamine (DA) synthesis and turnover. Likewise, chronic EtOH treatments have been reported to decrease (2,8) and increase (9, 10) DA synthesis and turnover. Many of these apparently conflicting results are explained by the use of different animal models (rat (2, 3,6,7,10), rabbit (6), and mouse (4,5,9)), different methods of …

Gsu View, 2011-09-22, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Volume 103 Issue 3, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

Eastern Progress - 22 Sep 2011, Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Progress 2011-2012

No abstract provided.

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (9/22/2011), University Of Rhode Island

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (Student Newspaper Archives)

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the University of Rhode Island school newspaper.

September 22nd 2011, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

Bulbs, Larry A. Sagers

Archived Gardening Publications

No abstract provided.

Rammell V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 38724

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Miner, September 22, 2011

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

The Diamond, September 22, 2011, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Studying Abroad. . .Does It Help or Hinder?; Online or Offline?
• News: Politics on Dordt's Campus; Students Go "Independent"
• News: Alumni Weekend Traditions and Festivities; New Faces, Fresh Places
• Features: Voices from Around the World
• Opinion: Senioritis; A Tree & Its Roots; Wrestling for a Blessing?; My Grandfather's Country. . .
• Sports: Harmy's Army; Lacrosse Team Plays Alumni; Ask an Athlete
• Arts and Entertainment: Grammy Nominee Steve Green Held Concert at Dordt; "Wonderful World of Disney"; Digital Media Crosses Borders
• Amusements: What If. . .; Feature Photo; *Cough Cough*

Sandspur, Vol 118, No 03, September 22, 2011, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

The Advocate, September 22, 2011, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

A Content Analysis Of How Al Jazeera English And Arabic Channels Framed The War On Gaza, Farah Fakhri Jallad

Student Theses and Dissertations

A Content Analysis of How Al Jazeera English and Arabic Channels Framed the War on Gaza The purpose of this study was to examine how Al Jazeera channels; Al Jazeera English channel and Al Jazeera Arabic Channel framed the war on Gaza from December 27, 2008 to January 18, 2009. A total of 220 news stories were analyzed, with 110 stories from each channel. The study showed that the two channels follow the same trends in covering the Palestinian Israeli conflict, often focusing on the Human disaster script and turning a political conflict into a humanitarian crisis that requires support …

Contagious Yawning And Seasonal Climate Variation, Andrew C. Gallup, Omar Tonsi Eldakar

Biology Faculty Articles

Recent evidence suggests that yawning is a thermoregulatory behavior. To explore this possibility further, the frequency of contagious yawning in humans was measured while outdoors in a desert climate in the United States during two distinct temperature ranges and seasons (winter: 22°C; early summer: 37°C). As predicted, the proportion of pedestrians who yawned in response to seeing pictures of people yawning differed significantly between the two conditions (winter: 45%; summer: 24%). Across conditions yawning occurred at lower ambient temperatures, and the tendency to yawn during each season was associated with the length of time spent outside prior to being tested. …

The Cowl - V. 76 - N. 3 - Sept 22, 2011

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 76 - Number 3 - September 22, 2011. 32 pages.

The Use Of Targeted Charge-Reversal Nanoparticles (Tcrns) To Investigate Nuclear Delivery Of Fluorescent Agents To Cancer Cells: Implications For Novel Prostate And Breast Cancer Therapy, Mario Dance

Theses and Dissertations

Nanotechnology has recently emerged as a strong contributor toward research efforts to develop targeted systems of drug delivery in cancer therapy. Our work investigates the therapeutic potential of Targeted Charge-Reversal Nanoparticles (TCRNs), a novel nanoparticle with in vitro evidence of nuclear drug delivery. Using M12 prostate cancer cells, MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells, and modified derivatives of these cell lines, we investigated the ability of Folic Acid-tagged TCRNs to deliver Nile Red and Dimethyl Indole Redfluorescent (DiR) fluorescent dyes to the nucleus of cells using confocal microscopy and in vivo biphontonic imaging using Xenogen® Technology. Confocal imaging with the SCP28 derivative …

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

The East Texan, 2011-09-22, Texas A&M University-Commerce

All Issues

Volume XCVI, number 3 of The East Texan, a student newspaper published at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

The Hilltop Review, Vol 3, Fall 2009

The Hilltop Review

This is the complete issue of The Hilltop Review: A Journal of Western Michigan University Graduate Student Research volume 3, Fall 2009. This includes letters from Provost Tim Greene, the Graduate Student Advisory Committee chair Brandi Pritchett, and the Dean of the Graduate College Lewis Pyenson.