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Fascin1 Promotes Cell Migration Of Mature Dendritic Cells, Michael Lipscomb

Department of Biology Faculty Publications

Dendritic cells (DCs) play central roles in innate and adaptive immunity. Upon maturation, DCs assemble numerous veil-like membrane protrusions, disassemble podosomes, and travel from the peripheral tissues to lymph nodes to present Ags to T cells. These alterations in morphology and motility are closely linked to the primary function of DCs, Ag presentation. However, it is unclear how and what cytoskeletal proteins control maturation-associated alterations, in particular, the change in cell migration. Fascin1, an actin-bundling protein, is specifically and greatly induced upon maturation, suggesting a unique role for fascin1 in mature DCs. To determine the physiological roles of fascin1, we …

Prior, Free And Informed Consent As A Right Of Indigenous Peoples And Nationalities, Wilson Fermin Aguinda Salazar

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

The thesis titled Prior, Free and Informed Consent as a Right of Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities' is a study that seeks to determine whether indigenous peoples and nations can or cannot ban in their lands and territories a national interest activity or development project proposed by the State and by private companies. The research begins with the study of the right to self-determination of peoples, their entitlement to this right and the concept of people within international law. With this analysis, the present study discusses whether the Prior, Free and Informed Consent (PFIC) is or is not an expression of …

Is Wildlife Going To The Dogs? Impacts Of Feral And Free-Roaming Dogs On Wildlife Populations, Julie K. Young, Kirk A. Olson, Richard P. Reading, Sukh Amgalanbaatar, Joel Berger

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

In human-populated landscapes, dogs (Canis familiaris) are often the most abundant terrestrial carnivore. However, dogs can significantly disrupt or modify intact ecosystems well beyond the areas occupied by people. Few studies have directly quantified the environmental or economic effects of free-roaming and feral dogs. Here, we review wildlife-dog interactions and provide a case study that focuses on interactions documented from our research in Mongolia to underscore the need for studies designed to best determine how dogs affect native wildlife and especially imperiled populations. We suggest additional research, public awareness campaigns, and the exclusion of dogs from critical wildlife …

Graduate Connections- February 2011

Graduate Connections: A Newsletter for UNL Graduate Students

In This Issue:

Navigating Graduate School ................ 1

Self-Directed Learners

The Graduate Bulletin

Good Practices in Graduate Education .................... 3

Maintaining Research Integrity

Responsible Conduct of Research Training

Professional Development ..... 4

The Academic Job Talk

Tips for Creating Effective Power Point Presentations

Teaching Tip ............................ 6

Advice for Teaching Assistants

Funding Opportunities ............ 8

The Graduate Writer ............... 9

The Humble Apostrophe

Events ..................................... 10

Prof. Development Seminar

Lab Safety Colloquium

Grant Writing Seminar

NURAMP Workshops

Research Fair

Nebraska Lecture

Announcements ..................... 13

Preparing Future Faculty

Insurance Update

Calendar................................. 14

Interactions ............................ 14

MyRED Hints

Readers’ Corner …

0601 Capital Development Committee, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

What's Happening: February, 2011, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Podokinetic Stimulation Causes Shifts In Perception Of Straight Ahead, John T. Scott, Corey A. Lohnes, Fay B. Horak, Gammon M. Earhart

Physical Therapy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Master Plan 2010-2030: Looking To The Future, Office Of The President

Master Plan

The Master Plan 2010-2030: Looking to the Future presents a long-range blueprint for the physical development of Illinois State University—its future size, form, function, character, image, and environment. The plan provides a vision that promotes and supports the values articulated in the University’s strategic plan, Educating Illinois 2008-2014, including pursuit of learning and scholarship, individualized attention, public opportunity, diversity, and civic engagement.

Greener Pastures 4 - Managing Potassium In Dairy Pastures, Mike Bolland, Ian Guthridge, Bill Russell, Martin Staines, John Lucey, Richard Morris

Bulletins 4000 -

We undertook three studies into the potassium requirements of high rainfall pastures: 1. Between 1999 and 2009, soil testing was conducted in 48 dairy paddocks at Vasse Research Centre (VRC) in the south-west of Western Australia (WA). This study will be referred to as the VRC soil test study.

2. Between 2002 and 2007, a potassium experiment was undertaken at Boyanup to improve our knowledge of potassium requirements of intensively grazed ryegrass pastures. This will be referred to as the Boyanup potassium experiment.

3. Between 2006 and 2010, potassium experiments were undertaken on two partner farms of the Greener Pastures …

The Banner - V. 146, No. 2 - (February 2011), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Extending the Kitchen Table by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: Fish and Wonder by Reginald Smith / 8 - IMHO: Our Real Position on Abortion by George Vander Weit / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News / 17 - Frequently Asked Questions / 18 - Illegal by Kurt Rietema / 20 - Lopsided Mercy by Donald Oppewal / 22 - Witnessing in a Facebook World by Nancy Vander Meer / 26 - Dear Reader: The Church at Work in a Digital Era by Jerry Dykstra / 30 - Just …

Cave Research Foundation Quarterly, Volume 39, No. 1, February 2011, William Payne

KIP Articles

Contents: 2010 CRF National Expedition October 24-29, 2010 -- New Fellowships and Certificates of Merit -- From the President: CRF Board Meeting: Our Mission, Projects and Operations / Scott House -- Edmund Turner, Roots in the Park, Mammoth Cave National Park, KY November 12-13, 2010 / Preston Forsythe -- Regional Expedition Reports -- Mammoth Cave: Black Water Kayaking / Elizabeth Winkler -- 2011 Expedition Calendar

Judgment And Decision Making In Adolescence, Dustin Albert, Laurence Steinberg

Psychology Faculty Research and Scholarship

In this article, we review the most important findings to have emerged during the past 10 years in the study of judgment and decision making (JDM) in adolescence and look ahead to possible new directions in this burgeoning area of research. Three inter-related shifts in research emphasis are of particular importance and serve to organize this review. First, research grounded in normative models of JDM has moved beyond the study of age differences in risk perception and toward a dynamic account of the factors predicting adolescent decisions. Second, the field has seen widespread adoption of dual-process models of cognitive development …

Effects Of Cinnamaldehyde On The Glucose Transport Activity Of Glut1, Christina Plaisier, Alexandra Cok, Jordan Scott, Adeleye Opejin

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

There is accumulating evidence that cinnamon extracts contain components that enhance insulin action. However, little is know about the effects of cinnamon on non-insulin stimulated glucose uptake. Therefore, the effects of cinnamaldehyde on the glucose transport activity of GLUT1 in L929 fibroblast cells were examined under both basal conditions and conditions where glucose uptake is activated by glucose deprivation. The data reveal that cinnamaldehyde has a dual action on the glucose transport activity of GLUT1. Under basal conditions it stimulates glucose uptake and reaches a 3.5 fold maximum stimulation at 2.0 mM. However, cinnamaldehyde also inhibits the activation of glucose …

Effects Of Cinnamaldehyde On The Glucose Transport Activity Of Glut1, Christina Plaisier, Alexandra Cok, Jordan Scott, Adeleye Opejin

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

There is accumulating evidence that cinnamon extracts contain components that enhance insulin action. However, little is know about the effects of cinnamon on non-insulin stimulated glucose uptake. Therefore, the effects of cinnamaldehyde on the glucose transport activity of GLUT1 in L929 fibroblast cells were examined under both basal conditions and conditions where glucose uptake is activated by glucose deprivation. The data reveal that cinnamaldehyde has a dual action on the glucose transport activity of GLUT1. Under basal conditions it stimulates glucose uptake and reaches a 3.5 fold maximum stimulation at 2.0 mM. However, cinnamaldehyde also inhibits the activation of glucose …

Tropical Street Trees And Climate Uncertainty In Southeast Asia, Roger Kjelgren, Yongyut Trisurat, Ladawan Puangchit, Nestor Baguinon, Puay Tan Yok

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

Urban trees are a critical quality of life element in rapidly growing cities in tropical climates. Tropical trees are found in a wide variety of habitats governed largely by the presence and duration of monsoonal dry periods. Tropical cities can serve as a proxy for climate change impacts of elevated carbon dioxide (CO2), urban heat island, and drought-prone root zones on successful urban trees. Understanding the native habitats of species successful as tropical urban trees can yield insights into the potential climate impact on those habitats. Species from equatorial and montane wet forests where drought stress is not a limiting …

Mechanical Behavior Of Bio-Inspired Laminated Composites, Liang Cheng, Adam Thomas, James L. Glancey, Anette M. Karlsson

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

To investigate if the relative high strength and stiffness of biological composites can be translated into man-made materials, innovative bio-inspired laminated composites with commercial materials (glass epoxy prepreg) were designed and manufactured by incorporating the distinctive helicoidal morphology observed in the exoskeletons of crustaceans. The helicoidal structure is characterized by a stacking sequence consisting of a gradual rotation of each lamina in the multi-layered laminated composites. Variations of the helicoidal structure were designed and produced to address some important issues encountered in the practical composites manufacturing process, including mid-plane symmetry. In addition, composite structures with a general quasi-isotropic configuration were …

Reciprocal Regulation Of Trek-1 Channels By Arachidonic Acid And Crh In Mouse Corticotropes, Andy K. Lee, James L. Smart, Marcelo Rubinstein, Malcolm J. Low, Amy Tse

Faculty Publications - Department of Biological & Molecular Science

Arachidonic acid (AA) is generated in the anterior pituitary gland upon stimulation by the ACTH secretagogue, CRH. Using the patch clamp technique,we examined the action of AA on the excitability of single pituitary corticotropes obtained from a transgenic mouse strain that expresses the enhanced green fluorescent protein driven by the proopiomelanocortin promoter. CRH evoked depolarization, but AA caused hyperpolarization. Under voltage clamp condition, AA caused a rapid inhibition of the delayed rectifier K current and then increased a background K current. Inhibition of AA metabolism did not prevent the activation of the K current by AA, suggesting a direct action …

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, February 1, 2011, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

February

No abstract provided.

Finland, Sweden, And Nato: From “Virtual” To Formal Allies?, Leo G. Michel

Strategic Forums

The “Open Door” policy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been an article of faith for Allies and aspirants alike for more than a decade. Its most recent formulation, approved at the November 2010 Lisbon Summit, states: “The door to NATO membership remains fully open to all European democracies which share the values of our Alliance, which are willing and able to assume the responsibilities and obligations of membership, and whose inclusion can contribute to common security and stability.”

Imported Fire Ant(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Mound Distribution Relationships In Connection To The Heterogeneity Of Ten Christmas Tree Farm Landscapes In Mississippi, S. R. Self, T. E. Nebeker

Midsouth Entomologist

Ten Christmas tree farms were selected as research sites across Mississippi. At each site a 10-percent inventory was established. Plots were chosen randomly, and all imported fire ant (IFA) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Solenopsis spp.) mound positions inside the plot boundaries were captured as global positioning system (GPS) points. Mound points, along with their corresponding volumes (cm3), were recorded and uploaded into ESRI® ArcMap for analysis. Thirteen variables were selected to represent the heterogeneity of these landscapes. Among those variables, the species, height, and diameter of every Christmas tree located inside a plot were recorded, along with average grass height, distance to …

Tracking The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Modeling Perspective, Yonggang Liu, Robert H. Weisberg, Chuanmin Hu, Lianyuan Zheng

Marine Science Faculty Publications

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was caused by a drilling rig explosion on 20 April 2010 that killed 11 people. It was the largest oil spill in U.S. history and presented an unprecedented threat to Gulf of Mexico marine resources. Although oil gushing to the surface diminished after the well was capped, on 15 July 2010, much remains to be known about the oil and the dispersants beneath the surface, including their trajectories and effects on marine life. A system for tracking the oil, both at the surface and at depth, was needed for mitigation efforts and ship survey guidance. …

P300-Based Brain-Computer Interface Paradigm Design, Reza Fazel-Rezai, Waqas Ahmad

Electrical Engineering Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Environmental Deliberative Democracy And The Search For Administrative Legitimacy: A Legal, Positivism Approach, Michael Ray Harris

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The failure of regulatory systems over the past two decades to lessen the environment degradation associated with modern human economic output has begun to undermine the legitimacy of environmental lawmaking in the United States and around the world. Recent scholarship suggests that reversal of this trend will require a breach of the environmental administrative apparatus by democratization of a particular kind, namely the inclusion of greater public discourse within the context of regulatory decision-making. This Article examines this claim through the lens of modern legal positivism. Legal positivism provides the tools necessary to test for and identify the specfic structural …

Can We Achieve A Balanced Indoor Environmental Quality (Ieq) In Malaysian Historical Museum Building?, R. Sulaiman, S.N. Kamaruzzaman, N. Salleh, N.S. Mahbob

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Indoor environment (IE) consists of indoor air, thermal, acoustic, visual or lighting, aesthetic, spatial and ergonomical quality. Each factor has its own parameters based on either quantitative or qualitative indicators according to acceptable numbers, ranges or characteristics. A balanced IE conditions in museum buildings refer to the preservation of cultural objects and the human comfort both the visitors and the staffs. The current situations of researches on IE control especially in museum environment are mainly focused in largely isolated ways which try to separate solution for each factor. To date, Malaysia has about 56 historical museum buildings where few studies …

Engine Performance And Emissions Analysis Using “Envo Diesel” And Coconut Biodiesel Blended Fuel As Alternative Fuels, A.M. Liaquat, M.A. Kalam, Haji Hassan Masjuki, M.H. Jayed

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

The Environmental concerns and regulations to reduce green house gas emission and fluctuation of fossil fuel price have stimulated research on alternative fuels. Moreover, use of unproductive land to produce vegetable oil which is a potential biodiesel source has opened up a way to reduce oil bill. Biodiesel does not need major modification in engine, even though it causes some engine problems in long term use. This paper presents experimental results that evaluates the performance and exhaust emissions of a diesel engine operated on “Envo Diesel” which consists of 5% palm diesel and 95% ordinary diesel fuel (also termed as …

Screening Method For Selecting The Potential Fungi For Use In The Bioremediation Of Leachate, W.A.R Wan Razarinah, M. Noor Zalina, N. Abdullah

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

This study focuses on a screening method for selecting the potential fungi which has ability to be used in bioremediation of leachate. In this study, twelve fungal species were tested for their ability to grow on 50% and 100% leachate incorporated with malt extract agar (MEA) and also the affect of pH medium on fungi growth. The radial growth was measured every 48 h for a period of 30 days after incubation at 30 °C, and the growth rates were determined. Results show no growth was observed by all fungi species on malt extract agar incorporated with 100% leachate except …

Species Composition And Feeding Guilds Of Birds Utilizing Palm Oil Mill Effluent (Pome) Area In Carey Island, Malaysia, A.B. Hassan-Aboushiba, R. Ramli, Mohd Sofian-Azirun

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

A study was conducted in Carey Island, Peninsular Malaysia to determine species composition and feeding guilds of birds that utilized Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) ponds. The presence of birds in the area was recorded by a direct observation technique (using binoculars and video camera) from January to December 2009. A total of 31 species of birds which can be classified into 11 families were recorded. Egrets and herons are the most abundant birds, while other waterbirds such as sandpipers, snipes, lapwings, and grebe are presence only in a small number either occasionally or throughout the year. In term of …

The Structural Role Of Titanium In Ca-Sr-Zn-Si/Ti Glasses For Medical Applications, A. W. Wren, F. R. Laffir, A. Kidari, Mark R. Towler

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Glasses for medical applications are used in particulate form or as a cement component. This work was undertaken to determine structural changes in 0.48SiO₂-0.36ZnO-0.12CaO-0.04SrO glass when the SiO₂ is substituted with 5 mol% increments of TiO2. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) was used to determine the presence of crystallinity. This occurred after additions of 20 mol% TiO₂. Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) and Network connectivity (NC) calculations determined that by increasing the TiO₂ content, the T_g and NC reduced (T_g 670 °C to 632 °C, NC 1.83 to -1.14) suggesting that TiO₂ acts as …

Vol. 6, No. 2, Winter 2011

Cornerstone

No abstract provided.

Weed Control In Oilseed Crops: 2011, Mike Moechnig, Darrell L. Deneke, Leon J. Wrage

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.