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Assessing The Impact Of Biomedical Research, Mae O. Gordon, Cathy C. Sarli, Kristi L. Holmes

Becker Library Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

2011 Annual Governance Report On Faculty Activities, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Report of faculty activity broken down by rank

Average Budgeted Salaries Of Faculty Staff 2011-2012, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Gives the average salaries of faculty broken down by rank and college and the distribution of salaries of the professional and scientific category.

Annual Report Of The Registrar 2010/2011, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

--- Definitions
--- Annual Report Data
--- Summary of Attendance
--- Attendance by Session
--- Full-time Equivalency Enrollment
--- Degrees Granted
--- Degree Summary
--- Program Certificates
--- Pupils in Price Laboratory School
--- Miscellaneous Enrollment Information
--- Degrees Granted by College, Degree Objective, and Racial/Ethnic Classification

Reflections On Development, Developing Countries And The Progressive Development Of International Trade And Intellectual Property Law, Edward Kwakwa

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Vol. 39, No. 3: Full Issue, Denver Journal Of International Law & Policy

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Deepwater Mobile Oil Rigs In The Exclusive Economic Zone And The Uncertainty Of Coastal State Jurisdiction, Rebecca K. Richards

Journal of International Business and Law

No abstract provided.

Comparative Effectiveness Research In The United States, Sonsy Pulikotil Rajan

Journal of International Business and Law

No abstract provided.

Graduate And Undergraduate Catalog, 2011-2012, Eastern Washington University, Washington State Library. Electronic State Publications

Course Catalogs

Eastern Washington University's course catalog for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Discovere, 2011-2012, Vol. 2, No. 1, Eastern Washington University. Academic Affairs

EWU Research Magazines

This issue contains articles on EWU and engineering professors working to introduce the science behind renewable energy to new generation of students and teachers, benefits of the red "inferno" football field, Eastern researchers dedicating decades to restoring fisheries and ecosystems in Northwest, Communication disorders students hep bridge the memory gap for patients with dementia

Micah John Reller V. Karine Anesia Schlagel Toledo Reller V. Francis J. Argenziano : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

APPEAL FROM THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, WEST JORDAN DEPARTMENT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH JUDGE TERRY CHRISTIANSEN.

Abundant Degenerate Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Elements In Genomes Of Epichloid Fungal Endophytes Of Grasses, Damien J Fleetwood, Anar K Khan, Richard D Johnson, Carolyn A Young, Shipra Mittal, Ruth E Wrenn, Uljana Hesse, Simon J Foster, Christopher L. Schardl, Barry Scott

Plant Pathology Faculty Publications

Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) are abundant repeat elements in plant and animal genomes; however, there are few analyses of these elements in fungal genomes. Analysis of the draft genome sequence of the fungal endophyte Epichloë festucae revealed 13 MITE families that make up almost 1% of the E. festucae genome, and relics of putative autonomous parent elements were identified for three families. Sequence and DNA hybridization analyses suggest that at least some of the MITEs identified in the study were active early in the evolution of Epichloë but are not found in closely related genera. Analysis of MITE integration …

Natural Realizations Of Sparsity Matroids, Ileana Streinu, Louis Theran

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

A hypergraph G with n vertices and m hyperedges with d endpoints each is (k; ℓ)- sparse if for all sub-hypergraphs G′ on n′ vertices and m′ edges, m′ < kn′ - ℓ. For integers k and ℓ satisfying 0 ≤ ℓ ≤ dk - 1, this is known to be a linearly representable matroidal family. Motivated by problems in rigidity theory, we give a new linear representation theorem for the (k; ℓ)-sparse hypergraphs that is natural; i.e., the representing matrix captures the vertex-edge incidence structure of the underlying hypergraph G. Copyright © 2011 DMFA Slovenije.

Nebraska Summary: S813 New Holland T7.185, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …

Test 1984: John Deere 6100d, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …

Test 1996a: Case Ih Puma 225, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …

Test 2012: Case Ih Farmall 55a, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …

Advent Devotional Guide 2011, Belmont University

Advent Devotional Guides

No abstract provided.

Multi-Element Regulation Of The Tropical Forest Carbon Cycle, Alan R. Townsend, Cory C. Cleveland, Benjamin Z. Houlton, Caroline B. Alden, James W. C. White

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

Tropical ecosystems dominate the exchange of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and terrestrial biosphere, yet our understanding of how nutrients control the tropical carbon (C) cycle remains far from complete. In part, this knowledge gap arises from the marked complexity of the tropical forest biome, in which nitrogen, phosphorus, and perhaps several other elements may play roles in determining rates of C gain and loss. As studies from other ecosystems show, failing to account for nutrient–C interactions can lead to substantial errors in predicting how ecosystems will respond to climate and other environmental changes. Thus, although resolving the complex nature …

Novel Applications Of Carbon Isotopes In Atmospheric Co2: What Can Atmospheric Measurements Teach Us About Processes In The Biosphere?, Ashley P. Ballantyne, J. B. Miller, I. T. Baker, P. P. Tans, J. W. C. White

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

Conventionally, measurements of carbon isotopes in atmospheric CO₂ (δ¹³CO₂) have been used to partition fluxes between terrestrial and ocean carbon pools. However, novel analytical approaches combined with an increase in the spatial extent and frequency of δ¹³CO₂ measurements allow us to conduct a global analysis of δ¹³CO₂ variability to infer the isotopic composition of source CO₂ to the atmosphere (δ_s). This global analysis yields coherent seasonal patterns of isotopic enrichment. Our results indicate that seasonal values of δ_s are more highly correlated with vapor pressure …

Climate-Mediated Nitrogen And Carbon Dynamics In A Tropical Watershed, Ashley P. Ballantyne, P. A. Baker, S. C. Fritz, B. Poulter

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

Climate variability affects the capacity of the biosphere to assimilate and store important elements, such as nitrogen and carbon. Here we present biogeochemical evidence from the sediments of tropical Lake Titicaca indicating that large hydrologic changes in response to global glacial cycles during the Quaternary were accompanied by major shifts in ecosystem state. During prolonged glacial intervals, lake level was high and the lake was in a stable nitrogen-limited state. In contrast, during warm dry interglacials lake level fell and rates of nitrogen concentrations increased by a factor of 4–12, resulting in a fivefold to 24-fold increase in organic carbon …

Biogeochemical Response Of Alpine Lakes To A Recent Increase In Dust Deposition In The Southwestern, Us, Ashley P. Ballantyne, J. Brahney, D. Fernandez, C. L. Lawrence, J. Saros, J. C. Neff

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

The deposition of dust has recently increased significantly over some regions of the western US. Here we explore how changes in dust deposition have affected the biogeochemistry of two alpine watersheds in Colorado, US. We first reconstruct recent changes in the mass accumulation rate of sediments and then we use isotopic measurements in conjunction with a Bayesian mixing model to infer that approximately 95% of the inorganic fraction of lake sediments is derived from dust. Elemental analyses of modern dust indicate that dust is enriched in Ca, Cr, Cu, Mg, Ni, and in one watershed, Fe and P relative to …

Human Activity Differentially Redistributes Large Mammals In The Canadian Rockies National Parks, James Kimo Rogala, Mark Hebblewhite, Jesse Whittington, Cliff A. White, Jenny Coleshill, Marco Musiani

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

National parks are important for conservation of species such as wolves (Canis lupus) and elk (Cervus canadensis). However, topography, vegetation conditions, and anthropogenic infrastructure within parks may limit available habitat. Human activity on trails and roads may lead to indirect habitat loss, further limiting available habitat. Predators and prey may respond differentially to human activity, potentially disrupting ecological processes. However, research on such impacts to wildlife is incomplete, especially at fine spatial and temporal scales. Our research investigated the relationship between wolf and elk distribution and human activity using fine-scale Global Positioning System (GPS) wildlife telemetry locations and hourly human …

On Characterizing Adaptive Events Unique To Modern Humans, Jessica L. Crisci, Alex Wong, Jeffrey M. Good, Jeffrey D. Jensen

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Ever since the first draft of the human genome was completed in 2001, there has been increased interest in identifying genetic changes that are uniquely human, which could account for our distinct morphological and cognitive capabilities with respect to other apes. Recently, draft sequences of two extinct hominin genomes, a Neanderthal and Denisovan, have been released. These two genomes provide a much greater resolution to identify human-specific genetic differences than the chimpanzee, our closest extant relative. The Neanderthal genome paper presented a list of regions putatively targeted by positive selection around the time of the human-Neanderthal split. We here seek …

Distribution And Abundance Of The Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus Brevirostris In Selected Areas Of Southeastern Alaska, Michelle L. Kissling, Paul M. Lukacs, Stephen B. Lewis, Scott M. Gende, Katherine J. Kuletz, Nicholas R. Hatch, Sarah K. Schoen, Susan Oehlers

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

We conducted boat-based surveys for the Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris during the breeding season in southeastern Alaska from 2002 to 2009. We completed a single survey in seven areas and multiple annual surveys in three areas. Although surveys spanned a broad geographic area, from LeConte Bay in the south to the Lost Coast in the north (~655 km linear distance), roughly 79% of the regional population of Kittlitz’s Murrelet was found in and between Icy and Yakutat bays (~95 km linear distance). The congeneric Marbled Murrelet B. marmoratus outnumbered the Kittlitz’s Murrelet in all areas surveyed except Icy Bay; in …

An Ecosystem-Scale Model For The Spread Of A Host-Specific Forest Pathogen In The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Jaclyn A. Hatala, Michael C. Dietze, Robert L. Crabtree, Katherine Kendall, Diana Six, Paul R. Moorcroft

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

The introduction of nonnative pathogens is altering the scale, magnitude, and persistence of forest disturbance regimes in the western United States. In the high-altitude whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) forests of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) is an introduced fungal pathogen that is now the principal cause of tree mortality in many locations. Although blister rust eradication has failed in the past, there is nonetheless substantial interest in monitoring the disease and its rate of progression in order to predict the future impact of forest disturbances within this critical ecosystem.

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Satellite Detection Of Northern Hemisphere Non-Frozen Season Changes And Associated Impacts To Vegetation Growing Seasons, Youngwook Kim, John S. Kimball, Ke Zhang, Kyle C. Mcdonald

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group Publications

No abstract provided.

A Computational Tool For Estimating Off-Target Application Areas In Agricultural Fields, Rodrigo S. Zandonadi, Joe D. Luck, Timothy S. Stombaugh, Michael P. Sama, Scott A. Shearer

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

A computational method for estimating off-target application areas based on the machine-controlled section width and the field shape was developed and implemented in software with a graphical user interface written in the MatLab environment. The program, which is called the Field Coverage Analysis Tool (FieldCAT), includes three modules: data import, data preparation, and coverage analysis. Nine field boundaries were evaluated to test the software using controlled section widths from 0.5 to 27 m and various swath orientations. The estimated off-target application area from the widest section width varied from 9% to 24% depending on the shape and size of the …

The Genetic Basis Of Creativity And Ideational Fluency The Genetic Basis Of Creativity And Ideational Fluency, Mark A. Runco, Ernest P. Noble, Roni Reiter-Palmon, Selcuk Acar, Terry Ritchie, Justin M. Yurkovich

Psychology Faculty Publications

Reuter, Roth, Holve, & Hennig (2006) described what they called the first candidate gene for creativity. This study replicated and extended their work for a more careful analysis of five candidate genes: Dopamine Transporter (DAT), Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT), Dopamine Receptor D4 (DRD4), D2 Dopamine Receptor (DRD2), and Tryptophane Hydroxylase (TPH1). Participants were 147 college students who received a battery of tests of creative potential. Multivariate analyses of variance indicated that ideational fluency scores were significantly associated with several genes (DAT, COMT, DRD4, and TPH1). This was apparent in both verbal and figural fluency ideation scores, before and after controlling general …

Lipopolysaccharide Animal Models For Parkinson's Disease, Mei Liu, Guoying Bing

Neuroscience Faculty Publications

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an endotoxin from Gram-negative bacteria, acts as a potent stimulator of microglia and has been used to study the inflammatory process in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and anti-inflammatory therapy for PD treatment. Here, we review the growing body of literature on both in vitro and in vivo LPS PD models. Primary cell cultures from mesencephalic tissue were exposed to LPS in vitro; LPS was stereotaxically injected into the substantia nigra, striatum, or globus pallidus of brain or injected into the peritoneal cavity of the animal in vivo. In conclusion, the LPS PD models are summarized as …