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Mosquitoes And Flooding: Is Your Risk From West Nile Virus Increased?, Cooperative Extension Service

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

Heavy rainfall and standing water have created concern about the rapid growth of mosquitoes and the increased risk for contracting West Nile virus (WNV). The South Dakota Department of Health (SDDOH), the South Dakota Department of Agriculture (SDDOA) and South Dakota State University (SDSU) have been working cooperatively for several years to identify the mosquitoes and the times of the year mosquitoes are most likely to transmit West Nile virus.

Immunogenic Consensus Sequence T Helper Epitopes For A Pan-Burkholderia Biodefense Vaccine, Anne S. De Groot, Matthew Ardito, Leonard Moise, Eric A. Gustafson, Denice Spero, Gloria Tejada, William Martin

Institute for Immunology and Informatics Faculty Publications

Background: Biodefense vaccines against Category B bioterror agents Burkholderia pseudomallei (BPM) and Burkholderia mallei (BM) are needed, as they are both easily accessible to terrorists and have strong weaponization potential. Burkholderia cepaciae (BC), a related pathogen, causes chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. Since BPM, BM and BC are all intracellular bacteria, they are excellent targets for T cell-based vaccines. However, the sheer volume of available genomic data requires the aid of immunoinformatics for vaccine design. Using EpiMatrix, ClustiMer and EpiAssembler, a set of immunoinformatic vac-cine design tools, we screened the 31 available Burkholderia genomes and performed initial tests …

An Integrated Genomic And Immunoinformatic Approach To H. Pylori Vaccine Design, Matthew Ardito, Joanna Fueyo, Ryan Tassone, Frances Terry, Kristin Dasilva, Songhua Zhang, William Martin, Anne S. De Groot, Steven F. Moss, Leonard Moise

Institute for Immunology and Informatics Faculty Publications

Background: One useful application of pattern matching algorithms is identification of major histocom-patability complex (MHC) ligands and T-cell epitopes. Peptides that bind to MHC molecules and interact with T cell receptors to stimulate the immune system are critical antigens for protection against infectious pathogens. We describe a genomes-to-vaccine approach to H. pylori vaccine design that takes advantage of immunoinformatics algorithms to rapidly identify T-cell epitope sequences from large genomic datasets.

Results: To design a globally relevant vaccine, we used computational methods to identify a core genome comprised of 676 open reading frames (ORFs) from amongst seven genetically and phenotypically …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - May 1, 2011, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the May 1, 2011 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - watercooler

Contents Include

• USA Medical Student Awarded 2011 Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship

• USA Medical Student Coordinates Donation Drive for Tornado Relief Efforts

• May Med School Café - New Treatments for Hepatitis C

• Dr. Ronald Franks Interviewed by New York Times

• Dr. Carole Boudreaux Appointed Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education

• College of Medicine Class of 2011 Hosts Skit Night

• Mark Your Calendars - Gulf Coast Liver Support Group Meeting

Effecr Of An Enriched Environment On Morphine Conditioned Place Preference In Rats, Gina E. Difeo

Theses

No abstract provided.

" Friends Abroad: Transnational Cooperation And Women's Organizations In Early Twentieth Century Chile.", Julie M. Porterfield

Theses

No abstract provided.

When Disaster Strikes: A Proposed Model For Child Life Programming In Disaster Relief Settings, Caralyn Perlee

Graduate Student Independent Studies

In the aftermath of a major natural disaster, few are equipped to respond effectively to the unique emotional and psychological needs to children. Child life specialists are specifically trained to help children effectively cope with traumatic situations, though very few child life specialists have engaged in disaster-related work. There exists the need for a medium through which child life specialists can become involved and offer their crucial and unique services. This project offers a rationale for why this medium is necessary and proposes a model for the integration of child life into the pre-existing Red Cross disaster relief model.

Climate Change, Talmadge Simpson

Law Library Student-Authored Works

No abstract provided.

Student Honors And Awards Program 2011, University Relations

UMM Honors and Awards Ceremony

In recognition of students who demonstrate academic excellence and enrich campus life.

Val Nolan, Jr.

Val Nolan Jr. (1976 Acting; 1980 Acting)

No abstract provided.

An Ecological Risk Model For Early Childhood Anxiety: The Importance Of Early Child Symptoms And Temperament, Nicholas D. Mian, Laurel Wainwright, Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan, Alice S. Carter

Life Sciences Faculty Scholarship

Childhood anxiety is impairing and associated with later emotional disorders. Studying risk factors for child anxiety may allow earlier identification of at-risk children for prevention efforts. This study applied an ecological risk model to address how early childhood anxiety symptoms, child temperament, maternal anxiety and depression symptoms, violence exposure, and sociodemographic risk factors predict school-aged anxiety symptoms. This longitudinal, prospective study was conducted in a representative birth cohort (n=1109). Structural equation modeling was used to examine hypothesized associations between risk factors measured in toddlerhood/preschool (age=3.0 years) and anxiety symptoms measured in kindergarten (age=6.0 years) and second grade (age= 8.0 years). …

Functional Divergence Of Glycoprotein Hormone Receptors, Mihael Freamat, Stacia A. Sower

New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Publications

Two lamprey glycroprotein hormone receptors (lGpH-R I and II) highly similar with gnathostome GpH-Rs were cloned from sea lamprey testes and thyroid, respectively. Vertebrate glycoprotein protein receptors have a large extracellular domain (ED) containing a leu rich domain (LRD) linked to a rhodopsin-like transmembrane domain (TMD) through a highly divergent linker region (signal specificity domain, SSD or 'hinge' region) and a third major segment, the intracellular domain. To determine the potential roles of the different domains in the activation of the receptor following ligand-receptor binding, functional assays were performed on lGpH-R I/rat luteinizing hormone (LH)-R domain swapped chimeric receptors. These …

Redesigning Introductory Biology: A Proposal, Eileen Gregory, Craig Lending, Amanda N. Orenstein, Jane P. Ellis

Faculty Publications

With the increasing complexity and expansion of the biological sciences, there has been a corresponding increase in content in the first-year introductory biology course sequence for majors. In general this has resulted in courses that introduce students to large amounts of material and leave little time for practicing investigative science or skill development. Based on our analysis of data compiled from 742 biology faculty at a variety of institutions across the United States, we verified that there is strong agreement on the content appropriate for introductory biology courses for majors. Therefore, we propose that faculty teaching these courses focus primarily …

Estimation Of Population Mean In Successive Sampling By Sub-Sampling Non-Respondents, Housila P. Singh, Sunil Kumar, Sandeep Bhougal

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

The estimation of the population mean in mail surveys is investigated in the context of sampling on two occasions where the population mean of the auxiliary variable is available in the presence of non-response only for the current occasion in two occasion successive sampling. The behavior of the proposed estimator is compared with the estimator for the same situation but in the absence of non-response. An empirical illustration demonstrates the performance of the proposed estimator.

Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles For The Detection Of Antimicrobial Resistance, Alexander J. Noll

HIM 1990-2015

The rise of antimicrobial resistance demands the development of more rapid screening methods for the detection of antimicrobial resistance in clinical samples to both give the patient the proper treatment and expedite the treatment of patients. Cerium oxide nanoparticles may serve a useful role in diagnostics due to their ability to exist in a mixed valence state and act as either oxidizing agents or reducing agents. Considering that cerium oxide nanoparticles have been shown to shift in absorbance upon oxidation, a useful method of antimicrobial resistance detection could be based on the oxidation of cerium oxide nanoparticles. Herein, an assay …

2011-2013 Ursinus College Course Catalogue, Office Of The Registrar

Ursinus College Catalogues, 1869-Present

A digitized copy of the 2011-2013 Ursinus College Catalog. It contains details of the curriculum, departmental requirements and courses of instruction as well as lists of faculty, students and administrators. Student life, terms of admission, expenses and financial aid are also included as well as descriptions of the buildings and equipment available to students.

Scholarworks Statistics - May 2011, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

For the month of May 2011, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 15,397 full-text downloads and 12,074 page views.

Pittsburg State University Annual Commencement, May 2011, Pittsburg State University

Commencement, 1903-Present

Program of undergraduate and graduate commencement exercises at Pittsburg State University on May of 2011

Ists, May 2011, Iowa Academy Of Science

ISTS Newsletter

In this issue:

--Notes and News

--Opportunities

The Retiree Center Newsletter - Summer 2011, Retiree Center-Winona State University

WSU Retiree Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Leading The Horses To Water They'll Want To Drink: Strategies For Promoting Your Institutional Repository On And Off Campus, Daniel G. Kipnis, Msi

Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations

This presentation will outline strategies designed to promote institutional repositories to a university community.

Effects Of Large-Scale Removal Of Coyotes On Pronghorn And Mule Deer Productivity And Abundance, Dylan E. Brown, Michael R. Conover

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

We tested the hypothesis that predation by coyotes (Canis latrans) impacts pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) populations. We did so by examining the effects of coyote removal on pronghorn and mule deer populations within 12 large areas (>10,500 km2) located in Wyoming and Utah during 2007 and 2008. Pronghorn productivity (fawn to adult female ratio) and abundance were positively correlated with the number of coyotes removed and removal effort (hours spent hunting coyotes from aircraft) although the correlation between pronghorn productivity and removal effort was not statistically significant (P = 0.08). Mule deer productivity and abundance …

Pre-Kindergarten And Kindergarten Teachers' Perceptions Of Kindergarten Readiness, Joshua Aaron Bressler

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in perception between pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers on kindergarten readiness. In addition, this study sought to find out if there was any difference in PEAK assessment scores between those students who attended pre-kindergarten versus those students who did not attend pre-kindergarten.

The instruments used for this research were the Pascagoula Early Assessment for Kindergarten (PEAK) scores and the Kindergarten Readiness Questionnaire. The PEAK scores measured students‟ readiness by assessing their knowledge on language, writing communication, math, and fine motor development from the onset upon entering kindergarten. The …

Propagating Bigtooth Maple, Melody R. Richards, Larry Rupp

CWEL Extension Fact Sheets

Native plants are playing an increasing role in sustainable landscapes that use fewer resources such as water and fertilizer. Unfortunately, many native plants are not available in the nursery trade, or if they are available they may only be found as seedling plants grown for the reclamation industry. Such plants are high quality and have a valuable role in the reclamation of disturbed sites such as fire-damaged areas. But, these plants by design are genetically diverse and have not been selected for typical horticultural traits such as flowering or fall color. In addition, plants produced for reclamation are usually not …

Geologic Composition Influences Distribution Of Microbiotic Crusts In The Mojave And Colorado Deserts At The Regional Scale, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Nicole Pietrasiak, Jeffrey R. Johansen

Biology

Abiotic and biotic factors influencing distribution of microbiotic crusts within hot deserts, such as the Mojave and Colorado Deserts, are poorly known. Our objective was to examine microbiotic crust distribution with reference to soil and parent material characteristics as well as plant functional groups in wilderness areas of Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP). A total of 75 sites were visually assessed for crust abundance and plant community composition; soil physical and chemical factors also were measured. Microbiotic crusts of JTNP, in particular lichen and moss crusts, were not as well-developed or as widely distributed as in other arid regions of …

The Effects Of Multispecies Grazing On Pasture Management And Utilization, Chelsea Williams

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Multispecies grazing research was conducted using meat-type goats (Capra hircus L.) and Jersey heifers (Bos taurus L.) to determine the relationships between multiple grazing treatments and pasture utilization. The study was conducted for 60 days on the Western Kentucky University Farm in Bowling Green, KY. Cattle and goats have shown to differ in grazing preferences and to be economically important to the area. Grazing treatments included goats and cattle grazing simultaneously, sequentially, and goats grazing alone. A typical established Kentucky pasture was utilized with no weed management practices employed. Predominant forage species included tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), orchardgrass (Dactylis …

The Cell Biology Of Multi-Nucleated Giant Cell Formation, Johnathan L. Bartee

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Strategic Treatment Interruptions During Imatinib Treatment Of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Dana C. Paquin, Peter S. Kim, Peter P. Lee, Doron Levy

Mathematics

Although imatinib is an effective treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), and nearly all patients treated with imatinib attain some form of remission, imatinib does not completely eliminate leukemia. Moreover, if the imatinib treatment is stopped, most patients eventually relapse (Cortes et al. in Clin. Cancer Res. 11:3425–3432, 2005). In Kim et al. (PLoS Comput. Biol. 4(6):e1000095, 2008), the authors presented a mathematical model for the dynamics of CML under imatinib treatment that incorporates the anti-leukemia immune response. We use the mathematical model in Kim et al. (PLoS Comput. Biol. 4(6):e1000095, 2008) to study and numerically simulate strategic treatment interruptions …

Innovative Purification Protocol For Heparin Binding Proteins: Relevance In Biopharmaceutical And Biomedical Applications, Sumit Batra

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Heparin binding (HB) proteins mediates a wide range of important cellular processes, which makes this class of proteins biopharmaceutically important. Engineering HB proteins could bring many advantages, but it necessitates cost effective and efficient purification methodologies compared to the currently available methods. One of the most important classes of heparin binding protein is the fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) and its receptors (FGFRs). In this study, we report an efficient off-column purification of FGF-1 from soluble fractions and purification of the D2 domain of FGFR from insoluble inclusion bodies, using a weak amberlite cation (IRC) exchanger. This approach is an alternative …

Cyber Warfare: Explaining The Absence Of Physical Force Responses By States, Conor Mcfarland

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

This essay examines the unwillingness of nation-states to use physical force in response to cyber warfare. Specifically, the paper claims that uncertainties regarding international law, state sovereignty, definitions of the use of force, and the problem of attribution in cyberspace contribute to a state’s decision to forego responding to cyber-attacks by using physical force attacks in other domains (i.e., land, air, sea, and space). These concepts are considered within the framework of Neorealist theory and in reference to the literature on cyber warfare. The 2007 series of cyber-attacks on Estonia are utilized as a case study to further examine the …