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Columbia Chronicle (04/04/2011), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from April 4, 2011 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 48 pages and is listed as Volume 46, Number 24. Cover story: "P-Fac walks the line" Editor-in-Chief: Spencer Roush

Volume 11, Issue 24: April 4, 2011, Women's Studies & Gender Studies Program

Women's Studies & Gender Studies: Digest Magazine

No abstract provided.

Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Committee Minutes, April 4, 21, And 28, 2011

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee meetings held on April 4, 21, and 28, 2011.

Matalon Named Editor Of American Journal Of Physiology - Lung, Alicia Rohan

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The Daily Gamecock, Monday, April 4, 2011, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

April

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Single Molecule In Vivo Analysis Of Toll-Like Receptor 9 And Cpg Dna Interaction, Jiji Chen, Suman Nag, Pierre-Alexandre Vidi, Joseph Irudayaraj

Birck and NCN Publications

Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) activates the innate immune system in response to oligonucleotides rich in CpG whereas DNA lacking CpG could inhibit its activation. However, the mechanism of how TLR9 interacts with nucleic acid and becomes activated in live cells is not well understood. Here, we report on the successful implementation of single molecule tools, constituting fluorescence correlation/cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCS and FCCS) and photon count histogram (PCH) with fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) to study the interaction of TLR9-GFP with Cy5 labeled oligonucleotide containing CpG or lacking CpG in live HEK 293 cells. Our findings show that i) TLR9 predominantly forms …

Daily Eastern News: April 04, 2011, Eastern Illinois University

April

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Investigating 40 C.F.R. Sec. 124.55(B): State-Court Review Of Npdes Permit Certifications, Tad Macfarlan

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note investigates the wisdom and validity of 40 CER. § 124.55(b), a Clean Water Act regulation promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting program. The Clean Water Act provides affected states with an opportunity to certify federally administered NDES permits before issuance by EPA. State certification is a meaningful moment in water quality regulation, and judicial review of these critical decisions takes place in state courts. Unfortunately, 40 C.ER. § 124.55(b), designed to bring certainty and finality to permit-holders, effectively removes state courts from the process of …

Oil-Spill Projects Reveal Unexpected Economic Findings, Tyler Greer

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Scientists Leverage Pilot Funds Into Gulf Oil Spill Grants, Tyler Greer

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Dopamine’S Role In Ethanol Induced Behavioral Disinhibition, Erick Saldes^, Kyung-An Han*

COURI Symposium Abstracts, Spring 2011

Ethanol is commonly associated with disinhibited motor and sexual behaviors in humans. Dopamine and serotonin are implicated in these processes since they regulate reward, motivation, aggression, movement control, and sexual behavior. Disinhibited behavior such as impulsivity (loss of impulse control) is also related to addiction. The major goal of this study is to identify the role of dopamine in disinhibited behavior using the genetic model system, Drosophila melanogaster.  For this task we developed a novel apparatus called Flypub. It is a plastic chamber with a clear top for recording and monitoring fly behavior before, during, and after ethanol exposure. …

Deep Sleep And Parietal Cortex Gene Expression Changes Are Related To Cognitive Deficits With Age, Heather M. Buechel, Jelena Popovic, James L. Searcy, Nada M. Porter, Olivier Thibault, Eric M. Blalock

Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Age-related cognitive deficits negatively affect quality of life and can presage serious neurodegenerative disorders. Despite sleep disruption's well-recognized negative influence on cognition, and its prevalence with age, surprisingly few studies have tested sleep's relationship to cognitive aging.

METHODOLOGY: We measured sleep stages in young adult and aged F344 rats during inactive (enhanced sleep) and active (enhanced wake) periods. Animals were behaviorally characterized on the Morris water maze and gene expression profiles of their parietal cortices were taken.

PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Water maze performance was impaired, and inactive period deep sleep was decreased with age. However, increased deep sleep during the …

April 4, 2011

The Gavel Gazette

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Methods To Determine Node Centrality And Clustering In Graphs With Uncertain Structure, Joseph J. Pfeiffer Iii, Jennifer Neville

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Treatment Of Experimental Adjuvant Athritis With A Novel Folate Receptor-Targeted Folic Acid-Aminopterin Conjugate., Yingjuan Lu, Torian W. Stinnette, Elaine Westrick, Patrick J. Klein, Mark A. Gehrke, Vicky A. Cross, Iontcho R. Vlahov, Philip S. Low, Christopher P. Leamon

Department of Chemistry Faculty Publications

Introduction

Folate receptor (FR)-expressing macrophages have been shown to accumulate at sites of inflammation, where they promote development of inflammatory symptoms. To target such a macrophage population, we designed and evaluated the biologic activity of EC0746, a novel folic acid conjugate of the highly potent antifolate, aminopterin.

Methods

Using a FR-positive subclone of murine macrophage-derived RAW264.7 cells and rat thioglycollate-elicited macrophages, we studied the effect of EC0746 on dihydrofolate reductase activity, cell proliferation, and cellular response towards bacterial lipopolysaccharide as well as IFNγ activation. The EC0746 anti-inflammatory activity, pharmacokinetics, and toxicity were also evaluated in normal rats or in rats …

Integrative Literature Review Of Adolescent Risk And Health Compromising Behaviors Guided By The Problem Behavior Theory, Alice March

Journal of Youth Development

Twenty percent of the world’s population is adolescents. Although generally healthy, risky behaviors result in premature death from injury and establish lifestyle choices which may give rise to poor health and disability during adult life. This integrative review presents the state of the literature related to adolescent health risk behaviors as framed by the problem behavior theory. The key word search using the databases of ERIC, CINAHL Plus with full text, PsycARTICLES, and PsycINFO yielded an internationally representative group of articles consistent with the guiding framework. Fifteen articles related to risk factors, protective factors, risk behaviors, and health-compromising behaviors of …

Longitudinal Changes In The Corpus Callosum Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury As Assessed By Volumetric Mri And Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Trevor Chuang Kuo Wu

Theses and Dissertations

Atrophy of the corpus callosum (CC) is a documented consequence of moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), which has been expressed as volume loss using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Other advanced imaging modalities such as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) have also detected white matter microstructural alteration following TBI in the CC. The manner and degree to which macrostructural changes such as volume and microstructural changes develop over time following pediatric TBI and their relation to a measure of processing speed is the focus of this longitudinal investigation. As such, DTI and volumetric changes of the CC in participants with TBI …

April 4, 2011 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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Guggenheim Fellow, Emmy Award-Winning Documentarian To Receive Honorary Degrees At Commencement, Rachel Hatch

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

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Iain Baxter& And N.E. Thing Co.: A Study In Pop-Inflected Conceptual Art, Dennis Durham

Theses and Dissertations

The Canadian artist IAIN BAXTER&, known before 2005 as Iain Baxter, created an innovative Conceptual Art practice in the mid-60s that continues to make important contributions even today. He has maintained a strong collaborative element in his art, as witnessed by his role in the short-lived group IT (1965) and N.E. THING CO. (1966-1978)--an actual incorporated company consisting of BAXTER& and his first wife, Ingrid Baxter as chief officers--and by the addition of an ampersand to his legal name in 2005 to signify the open-ended quality of his work that relies on viewers‘ contributions to help determine its meaning. This …

Lanthorn, Vol. 45, No. 54, April 4, 2011, Grand Valley State University

Volume 45, July 8, 2010 - June 9, 2011

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - April 3, 2011, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the April 3, 2011 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler

Contents Include

• Noted Author, Orthopaedic Surgeon To Visit USA College of Medicine

• Next Week's DSS - Dr. Lawrence Mandarino

• Cardiology, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship Programs Receive Accreditation Renewal from ACGME

• USA Biomedical Library's Community Day Event To Feature Meteorologist Alan Sealls

• Dr. John E. Oakes Retirement Reception

Eight Criticisms Not To Make About Group Selection, Omar Tonsi Eldakar, David Sloan Wilson

Biology Faculty Articles

Group selection, which was once widely rejected as a significant evolutionary force, is now accepted by all who seriously study the subject. There is still widespread confusion about group selection, however, not only among students and the general public, but among professional evolutionists who do not directly study the subject. We list eight criticisms that are frequently invoked against group selection, which can be permanently laid to rest based upon current knowledge. Experts will always find something to critique about group selection, as for any important subject, but these eight criticisms are not among them. Laying them to rest will …

Response Of Pteropods And Foraminifera To Changing Pco2 And Ph: Examples From The Mediterranean Sea, M Hart, B Dias, J Hall-Spencer, D Wall-Palmer, C Smart

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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Exploring Co2 Volcanic Vents At Vulcano Island, Mediterranean Sea, To Study The Planktonic Calcifier Response To Long-Term Changes In Carbonate Chemistry, Jm Hall-Spencer, M Passaro, P Ziveri, M Milazzo, R Rodolfo-Metalpa

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Geochemistry And Shell Ultrastructure Of Bivalves As Archives Of Past Ocean Acidification Events: Recent Mytilidae In A Natural Acidic Setting In Ischia (Italy, Mediterranean Sea), S Hahn, R Rodolfo-Metalpa, E Griesshaber, Ww Schmahl, D Buhl, J Hall-Spencer, C Baggini, A Immenhauser

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

2011 Undergraduate Research Competition Program, Coastal Carolina University

Undergraduate Research Symposium Programs

3rd Annual Undergraduate Research Competition, April 2, 2011. Competition schedule is unavailable, but 2011 abstracts document was joined with collected citations from the 2010-2011 Bibliography of Student Research.

An Effective Pedagogical Approach To Understanding Qualitative And Quantitative Organic Chemistry By Using A Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer, Sagir Patel

Undergraduate Student Symposium

One main objective of organic chemistry courses is to show students how much of a desired organic product is synthesized in the reaction mixture. Here, we report how a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) instrument can be applied to a set of common organic chemistry experiments for identifying the main product, any minor product(s) and quantifying the product yield. GC-MS is a powerful analytical instrumentation tool capable of detecting, identifying and quantifying many volatile organic compounds. The GC-MS technique is routinely used in chemistry research and manufacturing laboratories. Despite its wide application in organic chemistry and ease of use, many colleges …

Analyzing Hotel Room Cleanliness On A Microscopic Level, Ahmad Khalid, Kodi Stevens

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The cost of a hotel room is usually correlated to the quality of the hotel room and the quality of services provided during one’s stay; e.g. the cleanliness of the room and the thoroughness of the cleaning staff. The cleaner a hotel is the more desirable it is. The goal of this experiment was to analyze hotel cleanliness at the microscopic level to determine if pathogenic micro-organisms were present. Samples were taken from telephones, toilet seats, remotes, toilet flushers, bath tubs and doorknobs from five different hotels and grown at room temperature on nutrient agar plates, counted and then isolated. …

The Effect Of Thimerosal-Containing And Thimerosal-Free Pediatric Flu Vaccine On Gene Expression In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Christie Rubio

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Mercury-based preservatives including thimerosal, typically added to some vaccines, may pose health concerns as mercury toxicity has been implicated in many human diseases. In this study, microarray technology and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were used to examine the potential effects of a typical dose of thimerosal-containing vaccine (TCV) or thimerosal-free (TFV) pediatric flu vaccine on gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a model organism that shares roughly 30% of its genome with humans. Yeast were grown in three treatments: standard media (YEPD), YEPD plus TCV, and YEPD plus TFV. Microarray gene expression data were examined for variability both within …