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Relative Humidity Preference And Survival Of Starved Formosan Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) At Various Temperature And Relative Humidity Conditions, Bal K. Gautam, Gregg Henderson

Faculty Publications

Foraging groups of Formosan subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki were tested for their relative humidity (RH) preference in a humidity gradient arena in the laboratory at a constant temperature of 26°G Five RH levels (9%, 33%, 53%, 75%, and 98%) were maintained in the test arena comprising of a series of closed containers by using dry silica gel, saturated salt solutions, or distilled water alone. Termites gradually aggregated to the highest RH chamber in the arena. After 1h, a significantly greater percentage of termites (≈46%) aggregated to the highest RH chamber (98%) than to the lower RH chambers (≤75%). After …

Using The Open Systems Perspective To Understand Critical Incidents, Denise D. P. Thompson

Publications and Research

At the end of its Fall 2010 conference, the Academy for Critical Incident Analysis (ACIA) called for the development of frameworks that would aid in the study and analysis of critical incidents. This paper responds to that call. The paper answers the question, “is it possible to construct a framework that is generic enough to encapsulate the essential components observed in all critical incidents?” The paper utilizes the open systems perspective to develop a conceptual framework to help us delineate and understand critical incidents and how they evolve. The paper presents examples to substantiate arguments made about the framework. The …

Lineage Diversification And Morphological Evolution In A Large-Scale Continental Radiation: The Neotropical Ovenbirds And Woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae), Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Santiago Claramunt, Graham Derryberry, R. Terry Chesser, Joel Cracraft, Alexandre Aleixo, Jorge Pérez-Emán, J. V. Remsen, Robb T. Brumfield

Faculty Publications

Patterns of diversification in species-rich clades provide insight into the processes that generate biological diversity. We tested different models of lineage and phenotypic diversification in an exceptional continental radiation, the ovenbird family Furnariidae, using the most complete species-level phylogenetic hypothesis produced to date for a major avian clade (97% of 293 species). We found that the Furnariidae exhibit nearly constant rates of lineage accumulation but show evidence of constrained morphological evolution. This pattern of sustained high rates of speciation despite limitations on phenotypic evolution contrasts with the results of most previous studies of evolutionary radiations, which have found a pattern …

Endurance And Resistance Training Lowers C-Reactive Protein In Young, Healthy Females, Laura A. Daray, Tara M. Henagan, Michael Zanovec, Conrad P. Earnest, Lisa G. Johnson, Jason Winchester, Georgianna Tuuri, Laura K. Stewart

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to determine whether endurance (E) or endurance + resistance (ER) training affects C-reactive protein (CRP) and if these changes are related to alterations in fitness and (or) body composition in young females. Thirty-eight females (aged 18-24 years) were assigned to 1 of 3 groups: (1) E, (2) ER or (3) active control (AC). The E and ER groups completed 15 weeks of marathon training. The ER group performed additional resistance training and the AC group maintained their usual exercise routine. Primary outcomes were measured pre- and post-training and included anthropometric indices, dual-energy x-ray absorption …

Monarch, Jim Raper (Editor)

Monarch Magazine

Fall 2011 issue of Monarch, the Old Dominion University Magazine.

Subtitled: Homecoming: School Spirit in Photos 2011

Fall 2011, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

Fall 2011 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 63 pages

Volume 94, Number 3

2011 Fall Nutshell, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

Fall 2011 issue of the Nutshell.

Wooster Magazine: Fall 2011, Karol Crosbie

Wooster Magazine: 2011-2020

The Fall 2011 issue of the Wooster magazine features 10 Alumni who work in the State of Ohio. These alumni include: Pat Kindig ‘00, Laura Neill ‘89, Bobby Vega ‘05, Lorraine Merrill ‘54, Bill Spratley ‘70, Ted Celeste ‘67, Andrew Bishop ‘05, Steve Schmid ‘74, Leila Atassi ‘02, and Barbara Ludwig ‘82. The class of 2015 is welcomed to campus on page four. Recent books published by alumni are on page nine. The magazine follows the 100 year old footprint of Wooster alumnus Guo Bingwen, who shaped Chinese higher education.

The Historical Importance Of Transylvania University’S Medical Department (1799-1859), Focusing On The Little Known Secret Kappa Lambda Society Of Hippocrates And The Origin Of The American Medical Association's Principles Of Medical Ethics, Charles T. Ambrose

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Activation Of Mmp-9 By Human Lung Epithelial Cells In Response To The Cystic Fibrosis-Associated Pathogen Burkholderia Cenocepacia Reduced Wound Healing In Vitro, Ciara Wright ], Ruth Pilkington, Máire Callaghan, Siobhan Mcclean

Articles

Burkholderia cepacia complex is a group of bacterial pathogens that cause opportunistic infections in cystic fibrosis (CF). The most virulent of these is Burkholderia cenocepacia. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are upregulated in CF patients. The aim of this work was to examine the role of MMPs in the pathogenesis of B. cepacia complex, which has not been explored to date. Real-time PCR analysis showed that B. cenocepacia infection upregulated MMP-2 and MMP-9 genes in the CF lung cell line CFBE41o- within 1 h, whereas MMP-2, -7, and -9 genes were upregulated in the non-CF lung cell line 16HBE14o-. Conditioned media from …

Ethics And The 'Seasons Of My Life' As A Dental Educator, David A. Nash

Oral Health Science Faculty Publications

Perhaps the first comprehensive ethics program in American dental schools was created in 1990 at the University of Kentucky by then dean David Nash. Nash recounts the emergence of his personal and professional interest in ethics using the structure of Daniel Levinson's book The Seasons of a Man's Life. Each season brings tasks of evolving and deepening ethical engagement. Being ethical is important; helping others to be so is special. Nash still teaches the course.

A Mother’S Kiss, Susan E. Murray

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Land Use And Climate Change On Forest Biomass And Composition In Massachusetts, Usa, Jonathan R. Thompson, David R. Foster, Robert M. Scheller, David Kittridge

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Land use and climate change have complex and interacting effects on naturally dynamic forest landscapes. To anticipate and adapt to these changes, it is necessary to understand their individual and aggregate impacts on forest growth and composition. We conducted a simulation experiment to evaluate regional forest change in Massachusetts, USA over the next 50 years (2010–2060). Our objective was to estimate, assuming a linear continuation of recent trends, the relative and interactive influence of continued growth and succession, climate change, forest conversion to developed uses, and timber harvest on live aboveground biomass (AGB) and tree species composition. We examined 20 …

Historical Sketch Of Slovak Haban (Hutterite) Population Based On Autosomal Str Analysis, Matúš Soták, E. Petrejčíková, D. Siváková, Krzysztof Rębała, A. Bôžiková, J. Bernasovská, J. Čarnogurská, I. Boroňová, S. Mačeková, L. Homol'ová, A. Sovičová, D. Gabriková, L. Rusínová, I. Bernasovský

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

According to the Hutterite chronicles, the Habans arrived from Austrian Tyrol, Switzerland and northernmost Italy and stayed in four regions of Slovakia (Sobotište, Vel'ké, Leváre, Moravský, Svätý, Ján, Trenčín). There are some communities in western Slovakia, which retained their Haban cultural identity and still identify themselves as descendents of the Hutterite population with their own specific customs. Slovak Habans are typical founder population with significant social isolation for which high degree of inbreeding is typical. Present study investigated STR polymorphisms as a powerful genetic tool for population genetic studies. The aim was to perform a comparative, population genetic study based …

Human Alu Insertion Polymorphisms In North African Populations, Lotfi Cherni, Sabeh Frigi, Hajer Ennafaa, Nabil Mtiraoui, Touhami Mahjoub, Amel Benammar-Elgaaied

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Several features make Alu insertions a powerful tool used in population genetic studies: the polymorphic nature of many Alu insertions, the stability of an Alu insertion event and, furthermore, the ancestral state of an Alu insertion is known to be the absence of the Alu element at a particular locus and the presence of an Alu insertion at the site that forward mutational change. This study analyses seven Alu insertion polymorphisms in a sample of 297 individuals from the autochthonous population of Tunisia (Thala, Smar, Zarzis and Bou Salem) and Libya with the aim of studying their genetic structure with …

Effect Of School Racial Composition On Trajectories Of Depressive Symptoms From Adolescence Through Early Adulthood, Katrina M. Walsemann, Bethany A. Bell, Bridget J. Goosby

Faculty Publications

Introduction: We investigate the effect of high school racial composition, measured as percent of non-Hispanic White students, on trajectories of depressive symptoms from adolescence to early adulthood. We also explore whether the effect of school racial composition varies by respondent race/ethnicity and if adult socio-economic status mediates this relationship.

Methods: We analyzed four waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health using 3-level linear growth models. We restricted our sample to respondents enrolled in grades 9-12 in 1994/5 who were interviewed at a minimum in Waves I and IV. This resulted in 10,350 respondents enrolled in 80 …

Bauer Power: 24 And The Making Of An American, Mike Dillon

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

This essay explores how 24 represents torture as an encounter between the imagined nation of “America” and the stateless and nebulous characteristic of “terrorism.” Torturing of terror suspects became public knowledge following the Abu Ghraib scandal and reports of detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay Prison. This and other scandals of the Bush administration have interacted with the work of 24’s fictional Counter Terrorist Unit in complex ways. The show’s protagonist, Jack Bauer, can be seen as a source of a new model of discipline and national identity.

Structural And Functional Changes In Iota-Carrageenan Upon Addition Of Salts And Sweeteners, Cordelia Running

Open Access Theses

Iota‐carrageenan, a sulfated galactan from marine algae, is used by food and pharmaceutical industries for its gelling and thickening properties. This hydrocolloid adopts a variety of solid‐state structures, depending on the amount and nature of co‐solutes, and displays a wide range of functional properties. Information about the relationships between atomic structure and macroscopic behavior, however, is still lacking. The overall goal of this research was to understand the effects of cations (Na+ and Ca2+) and sweeteners (sucrose and Rebiana, a non‐nutritive sweetener) on the three‐dimensional structure, solution and thermal properties of iota‐carrageenan. X‐ray diffraction analyses revealed typical half‐staggered molecular structures …

Vol. 36, No. 3: Fall 2011, School Of Medicine & Health Sciences

North Dakota Medicine Archive

No abstract provided.

Representing Children On Appeal: Changed Circumstances, Changed Minds, Judith Waksberg

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.

Faculty Tenure Report, Fall 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of Institutional Research.

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Statistical report showing the number of faculty that are tenured, on the tenure track, or not on the tenure track, broken down by college, department, gender, minority status, and if full or part time.

Etsu Today - Fall 2011, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Today [magazine]

Dear ETSU Family and Friends, On January 14, 2012, I will have been an employee of East Tennessee State University for 27 years. Each position I have occupied during that time—faculty member, department chair, dean, vice president, and president—has brought immense professional and personal satisfaction to me. Now, it is time to seek the next logical progression in my ETSU career: President Emeritus status. It is my intention to end what will be a 15-year tenure as your President on that anniversary date, January 14, 2012, and to assume the role of President Emeritus, contingent upon the approval of Chancellor …

Chironian Fall/Winter 2011, New York Medical College

The Chironian

No abstract provided.

Citation Advantage Of Open Access Legal Scholarship, Carol Watson, James M. Donovan

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

In this study focusing on the impact of open access on legal scholarship, the authors examine open access articles from three journals at the University of Georgia School of Law and confirm that legal scholarship freely available via open access improves an article’s research impact. Open access legal scholarship—which today appears to account for almost half of the output of law faculties—can expect to receive fifty-eight percent more citations than non–open access writings of similar age from the same venue.

October 2011 Newsletter, Career Center, Illinois Wesleyan University

Career Connections Newsletter

Issue Highlights:

• Beyond the Bubble - Alumni Profile: Kevin Latman, FBI
• Employers Urge Students to Attend Oct. 12 Internship Fair
• How to Succeed in Business by Dressing like a Pro

International Office News, Fall 2011, Illinois Wesleyan University

International Office News

No abstract provided.

Wbwg News, Volume 7, No. 1, Fall 2011, Lorraine Andrusiak, Julie York

WBWG News

Contents: State/Provincial Updates -- Events -- Bob Berry Fund Donations Requested -- Bob Berry Equipment Library -- White-Nose Syndrome Updates -- Upcoming Workshops -- Education -- PDF Corner -- Abstracts: 2011 WBWG Biennial Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada -- Abstracts: 2011 WBWG Wind Energy Workshop, Las Vegas, Nevada

Learning Opportunities 2011/2012, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Course Catalogs

The graduation requirements of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy are in concert with those maintained by the State of Illinois with additional requirements as established by the IMSA Board of Trustees. Each semester students must take a minimum of 5 academic courses (2.5 credits) for a grade (not Pass/Fail). Fine Arts, Wellness, and Independent Study courses, or any course taken on a Pass/Fail basis do not count towards the 5 course (2.5 credits) minimum. Most students will take between 5 (2.5 credits) and 7 (3.5 credits) academic courses per semester. Only courses taken for a letter grade will count …

Oncolog, Volume 56, Number 10, October 2011, Bryan Tutt, Sunni Hosemann

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• Treating Cancer in Pregnant Patients: Pregnancy is usually a joyous, hopeful time; a cancer diagnosis can be devastating. When pregnancy and cancer occur together, they present special challenges for patients and physicians. Fortunately, these challenges often can be overcome by a multidisciplinary approach to treatment
• Compass: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Stage IIIA-Many factors affect treatment sequences
• HOUSE CALL: Understanding Cancer Risk and Risk Factors: Your risk factors might affect your need for cancer screening

Beyond Equality? Against The Universal Turn In Workplace Protection, Jessica A. Clarke

Indiana Law Journal

Sexual harassment law and family leave policy originated as feminist reform projects designed to protect women in the workplace. But many academics now ask whether harassment and leave policies have outgrown their gendered roots. The anti-bullying movement advocates taking the “sexual” out of harassment law to prohibit all forms of on-the-job mistreatment. Likewise, the work-life balance movement advocates taking the “family” out of leave policy to require employers to accommodate all types of life pursuits. These proposals are in line with recent cases and scholarship on civil rights that reframe problems once seen as issues of inequality as deprivations of …