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Zooveillance: Foucault Goes To The Zoo, Irus Braverman

Journal Articles

The last three decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in the governance of North American zoo animals. During this period, captive animal administration has transformed from a materially, geographically, and technologically limited enterprise - focused on the control of individual zoo animals within specific institutions - into an ambitious collective project that encompasses all accredited North American zoos and that governs more than a million zoo animals. Tapping into a sophisticated voluntary and collaborative self-monitored administration, zoos have been able to rely upon genetics and demography to achieve the ultimate goal of captive animal conservation. This essay frames this story …

The Eastern Echo, September 27, 2012, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

Small Molecule Inhibitors Of Bacillus Anthracis Protective Antigen Proteolytic Activation And Oligomerization, Alexander N. Wein, Brian N. Williams, Shihui Liu, Boris Ermolinsky, Daniele Provenzano, Ruben Abagyan, Andrew Orry, Stephen H. Leppla, Michael Peredelchuk

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences (Formerly Dept. of Biology)

Protective antigen (PA), lethal factor, and edema factor, the protein toxins of Bacillus anthracis, are among its most important virulence factors and play a key role in infection. We performed a virtual ligand screen of a library of 10000 members to identify compounds predicted to bind to PA and prevent its oligomerization. Four of these compounds slowed PA association in a FRET-based oligomerization assay, and two of those protected cells from intoxication at concentrations of 1-10 μM. Exploration of the protective mechanism by Western blot showed decreased SDS-resistant PA oligomer on cells and, surprisingly, decreased amounts of activated PA. In …

Patrons Have It Their Way In Unh Dining Halls, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

The Eastern Echo, September 27, 2012, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

The Eastern Echo, September 27, 2012, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

Aspm And The Evolution Of Cerebral Cortical Size In A Community Of New World Monkeys, Fernando A. Villanea, George H. Perry, Gustavo A. Gutiérrez-Espeleta, Nathaniel J. Dominy

Dartmouth Scholarship

The ASPM (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated) gene has been proposed as a major determinant of cerebral cortical size among primates, including humans. Yet the specific functions of ASPM and its connection to human intelligence remain controversial. This debate is limited in part by a taxonomic focus on Old World monkeys and apes. Here we expand the comparative context of ASPM sequence analyses with a study of New World monkeys, a radiation of primates in which enlarged brain size has evolved in parallel in spider monkeys (genus Ateles) and capuchins (genus Cebus). The primate community of Costa Rica is perhaps a …

Beyond Beliefs: Teachers Adapting Problem-Based Learning To Preexisting Systems Of Practice, John L. Pecore

Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a constructivist method of instruction aligned with the science educational reform movement to increase scientific literacy for all Americans. As such, PBL instruction is an increasingly popular topic for professional development workshops offered to teachers in secondary learning environments. This research presents a case study of four teachers’ alignment of classroom practice with constructivist principles after participating in a one-week PBL workshop. Teachers assimilated PBL instruction into their current system of teaching; therefore, despite congruent beliefs, those teachers without a constructivist system of practice taught the PBL method with less alignment to constructivist principles. This discrepancy …

Volume 104 Issue 4, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

The Bates Student - Volume 142 Number 02 - September 26, 2012, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

September 26, 2012 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, September 26, 2012, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

September

No abstract provided.

Hotline Press Newspaper- September 2012 Vol 29 No 18, Hotline Press Newspaper

Hotline Press Newspaper 2012

No abstract provided.

Banner News, Kolby Vetter, Elizabeth Wallerich, Cainon Leeds, Connor Nystrom

Banner News

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: September 26, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

September

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Viral Metagenomics Demonstrates That Domestic Pigs Are A Potential Reservoir For Ndumu Virus, Charles Masembe, George Michuki, Maria Onyango, Cecilia Rumberia, Martin Norling, Richard P. Bishop, Appolinaire Djikeng, Stephen J. Kemp, Alan Orth, Robert A. Skilton, Karl Ståhl, Anne Fischer

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background: The rising demand for pork has resulted in a massive expansion of pig production in Uganda. This has resulted in increased contact between humans and pigs. Pigs can act as reservoirs for emerging infectious diseases. Therefore identification of potential zoonotic pathogens is important for public health surveillance. In this study, during a routine general surveillance for African swine fever, domestic pigs from Uganda were screened for the presence of RNA and DNA viruses using a high-throughput pyrosequencing method. Findings. Serum samples from 16 domestic pigs were collected from five regions in Uganda and pooled accordingly. Genomic DNA and RNA …

Kenyon Collegiate - September 26, 2012

Kenyon Collegiate

No abstract provided.

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

The Guardian, September 26, 2012, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Cost Analysis Of Forage Alternatives, Roger K. Wilson, Matthew Stockton

Cornhusker Economics

With drought conditions reducing forage production throughout Nebraska, many livestock producers are looking for feed alternatives. The University of Nebraska has two Excel spreadsheets that are useful tools for analyzing feed options, the Cornstalk Grazing Cow-Q-Lator and the Feed Cost Cow-Q-Lator.

The Cornstalk Grazing Cow-Q-Lator estimates the number of acres of cornstalks that are needed, as well as doing a cost analysis. Given a specific number and weight of animals and the length of time a cattle producer might wish to graze them, the number of acres of cornstalks needed is calculated based on the corn yield. Research has …

Reinforcing The Tower Of Babel: The Impact Of Copyright Law On Fansubbing, Latoya D. Rembert-Lang

Intellectual Property Brief

No abstract provided.

An Academic Library's Efforts To Justify Materials Budget Expenditures, Steven Carrico

Charleston Library Conference

No abstract provided.

Interview With Laura Fortunato, Winner Of The 2011 Gabriel W. Lasker Prize, Evelyne Heyer

Human Biology

An international jury composed of Michael Crawford (University of Kansas, USA), Dennis O'Rourke (University of Utah, USA), and Stephen Shennan (University College London, UK) has awarded the Gabriel Ward Lasker Prize 2011 to Dr. Laura Fortunato for her articles entitled "Reconstructing the History of Residence Strategies in Indo-European–Speaking Societies" and "Reconstructing the History of Marriage Strategies in Indo-European–Speaking Societies" considered as the best contribution to the 83rd volume of Human Biology (2011).

Laura Fortunato is an Omidyar Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from University College London in 2009; …

Naked Men, Naked Women, And Invisible Beasts: Tales Of The Animals That Go Unseen Among Us, Sharona Muir

ICS Fellow Lectures

No abstract provided.

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (9/25/2012), University Of Rhode Island

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (Student Newspaper Archives)

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the University of Rhode Island school newspaper.

Physicists' Use Of Black Hole Studies To Measure Photon Mass Published In Physical Review Letters, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Naked Men, Named Women, And Invisible Beasts: Tales Of The Animals That Go Unseen Among Us, Sharona Muir

ICS Fellow Lectures

Flyer for Fall 2012 ICS Faculty Fellow Lecture by Sharona Muir.

The Degeneration Of The Space: On Baudrillard's Critique Of Contemporary Architecture And Urban Space, Shuyuan Wan

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Jean Baudrillard not only revealed the loss of truth and meaning, the degeneration of urban space, and the paradox of the space-consumption in what he might term as the Era of Simulation but also established a logic of causation between the overrunning of simulation and the degeneration of the space. In this light, he indulged in his own poetic aesthetics and philosophy of seduction, and hoped to take it as an antidote to re-animate the urban environment and cultural space lost in simulations and codes and to restore aesthetical function back to urban architecture.

The Utah Statesman, September 25, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Use Of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors In Biomechanics And Rehabilitation Applications: The State-Of-The-Art And Ongoing Research Topics, Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan, E. Al-Fakih, Noor Azuan Abu Osman

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

In recent years, fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are becoming increasingly attractive for sensing applications in biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering due to their advantageous properties like small size, light weight, biocompatibility, chemical inertness, multiplexing capability and immunity to electromagnetic interference (EMI). They also offer a high-performance alternative to conventional technologies, either for measuring a variety of physical parameters or for performing high-sensitivity biochemical analysis. FBG-based sensors demonstrated their feasibility for specific sensing applications in aeronautic, automotive, civil engineering structure monitoring and undersea oil exploration; however, their use in the field of biomechanics and rehabilitation applications is very recent and its practicality …