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What Can Phages Tell Us About Host-Pathogen Coevolution?, John J. Dennehy

Publications and Research

The outcomes of host-parasite interactions depend on the coevolutionary forces acting upon them, but because every host-parasite relation is enmeshed in a web of biotic and abiotic interactions across a heterogeneous landscape, host-parasite coevolution has proven difficult to study. Simple laboratory phage-bacteria microcosms can ameliorate this difficulty by allowing controlled, well-replicated experiments with a limited number of interactors. Genetic, population, and life history data obtained from these studies permit a closer examination of the fundamental correlates of host-parasite coevolution. In this paper, I describe the results of phage-bacteria coevolutionary studies and their implications for the study of host-parasite coevolution. Recent …

Dr. Elena Cooper Presents Her Latest Article At Cardozo Law School: Copyright: A Nineteenth Century Publicity Right?, Elsa Mitsoglou

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal (AELJ) Blog

Dr. Elena Cooper has been the Orton Fellow in Intellectual Property Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge since 2009. She is also a researcher at the Faculty of Law on the “Of Authorship and Originality” project, funded by Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA). Dr. Cooper received a law degree from the London School of Economics and a master’s degree in Intellectual Property Law from King’s College London. She also has a PhD from the University of Cambridge, where her studies focused on the relationship between art and law in the history of photographic copyright. Her PhD thesis was awarded …

Real-Time And Networked Displays: Data Streams In Art Applications, Mary P. Neubauer, Paul Higham

Nor’easter Conference

In a world that has become vastly more complicated, multi-layered information systems have an increasingly compelling impact. Access to complex, interactive data is necessary to informed thought and global action. Utilizing computer modeling, aesthetically-driven prototypes for displaying numerical data provide fresh viewpoints, promoting deeper awareness of living institutions and developing trends. Visually compelling information lends clarity to the grand cycles of nature and human creativity, while revealing intimate perspectives on daily life. This versatile project emphasizes artistically sophisticated live data streams. Evolving artworks allow for a multitude of display options; images can be projected onto architectural or sculptural forms, displayed …

Gpsa Council Meeting, 11/17/2012, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Speaking In Tongues: The Chronicles Of Babel, Center For Performing Arts

Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia

Promotional material and playbill insert for the November 17, 2012 performance of Speaking in Tongues: The Chronicles of Babel.

Murray Ledger And Times, November 17, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Telecommunications: Communications Law Reform, Jonathan Baker, Robert Mcdowell, Ajit Pai, Daniel Crane, Maureen Ohlhausen, Jennifer Elrod

Presentations

The transcript was published on 2013 Journal of Law, Technology & Policy University of Illinois Issue 1.

Bgsu Football Program November 17, 2012, Bowling Green State University. Department Of Athletics

Football Programs

Football program: Bowling Green State University vs. Kent State University, Doyt L. Perry Stadium, November 17, 2012.

Toward Universal Broadband In Rural Alaska, Heather E. Hudson, Virgene Hanna, Alexandra Hill, Khristy Parker, Suzanne Sharp, Kent Spiers, Kyle Wark

ISER Reports

The TERRA-Southwest project is extending broadband service to 65 communities in the Bristol Bay, Bethel and Yukon-Kuskokwim regions. A stimulus project funded by a combination of grants and loans from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), TERRA-Southwest has installed a middle-mile network using optical fiber and terrestrial microwave. Last-mile service will be through fixed wireless or interconnection with local telephone networks. The State of Alaska, through its designee Connect Alaska, also received federal stimulus funding from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for tasks that include support for an Alaska Broadband Task Force “to both formalize a strategic broadband plan …

Prevalence And Correlates Of Receiving Cigarettes As Gifts And Selecting Preferred Brand Because It Was Gifted: Findings From The Itc China Survey, Li-Ling Huang, Jim Thrasher, Yuan Jiang, Qiang Li, Geoffrey T. Fong, Anne Ck Quah

Faculty Publications

Background: Giving cigarettes as gifts is a common practice in China, but there have been few systematic studies of this practice. The present study was designed to estimate the incidence of receiving cigarettes as gifts, correlates of this practice, and its impact on brand selection in a representative sample of urban adult smokers in China.

Methods: Data were analyzed from Wave 2 of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) China Survey, where 4843 adult urban smokers were interviewed in six major Chinese cities between October 2007 and January 2008. The incidence of most recent cigarette acquisition due to gifting and the …

Diversity Challenges In The Csu: One Union's Response - Handouts, Theresa Montano

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.

Economic Crisis: Health Care Impacts, Patrica Parham

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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In Print, Catherine G. Bellver, Peter B. Gray, Kermyt Anderson, Gregory A. Borchard, Thomas W. Bean

UNLV Innovation

Faculty authors explore Spanish vanguard poetry, fatherhood, multi-modal learning, and more.

The Collection At Grounds For Sculpture, Virginia Steel

Nor’easter Conference

A talk and PowerPoint presentation about Grounds For Sculpture (GFS). GFS was founded by J. Seward Johnson, Jr. and opened to the public in 1992. Since its inception, the park has collected over 260 works including sculptures by renowned artists such Beverly Pepper, George Segal, Isaac Witkin, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Anthony Caro, James Surls, and Kiki Smith, among many others. In 2000, Grounds For Sculpture became a public not-for-profit corporation that relies on the support of visitors, art patrons, donations and grants to fund its programs and activities. Today, GFS hosts over 160,000 visitors annually who are attracted by the placement …

New Models: A Joint Labor/Management Meeting - Annual Update, Nicholas Digiovanni Esq.

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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New Paradigms For Instruction: Impact On Collective Bargaining, Intellectual Property Rights, James Castagnera

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

“The concept of intellectual property is almost dead thanks to the Internet” (Khanna, 2004). That grim statement can not be ignored. The Internet has changed our world enormously, opening new doors of communication and access to knowledge. Such privilege does not come without responsibility, as the degree to which it can be taken advantage of is enormous. The idea of intellectual property is to treat knowledge like private property, using copyrights, trademarks and patents to enforce the notion.

Nea Grant Committee On Distance Education Policy And Bargaining Benchmarks, Diane White

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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New Paradigms For Instruction: Impact On Collective Bargaining, Intellectual Property Rights - Excerpt From University Of Scranton Cba, Abigail Byman

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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Uk Staff Bargaining Perspectives: He Employers' View - Handout, Helen Fairfoul

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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Declining Public Support For Public Higher Education In Pennsylvania - Manuscript, Angelo Armenti Jr.

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

As I contemplate the decline in public financial support for my institution over the sixteen years since I arrived as president in 1992, I can state without fear of contradiction the following Assertion: California University of Pennsylvania is being privatized without a plan. The truth of this Assertion has implications for our University, our students, and most especially for our faculty, and those implications are challenging, inexorable and increasingly obvious.

Iron Is The Earth_The Future Of Contemporary Cast Iron, Mary P. Neubauer

Nor’easter Conference

Looking forward ten years from the original essay, on the occasion of the 4th International Conference on Cast Iron Art, this presentation will connect the contemporary cast iron art movement with other current waves in in contemporary creative culturea and subcultures, including the Maker Movement, Fire Arts Festivals, and Steam Punk.

Civil Society Organizations And Policy Process In Tajikistan, Andrew I.E. Ewoh, Favziya Nazarova, Rhonda N. Hill

Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets

This analysis examines the role of civil society organizations in the public policy process in Tajikistan. It begins with an examination of the emergence of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Tajikistan as a consequence of the government’s failure to address citizens’ needs, and its impact in resolving the socially significant problems in the post-conflict Tajikistan. This is followed by an exploration of the current political situation and the contextual policy environment in which CSOs must operate in order to exist. The article concludes that despite restrictions in their operations, CSOs not only advocate for new policies, they actively participate in …

Dilemmas Of Diversification: Regional Economic Development And Business-Industrial Clusters In China And Kazakhstan, Hilda C. Eitzen

Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets

Both China and Kazakhstan have established sovereign wealth funds and financial state holding companies, where diversified asset management can move beyond Western financial markets to take multiple stakes in other emerging market businesses, including international private equity, commodities, and real estate. Faced with uncertain returns in the West, China and Kazakhstan are increasingly poised to evolve separate yet mutually cooperative investment projects to further diversify their own state portfolios away from Western capital markets. For instance, China’s financial conglomerate CITIC (China International Trust and Investment Corporation) acquired shares of Kazakhstan’s sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna. As similar projects emerge in the …

Collaborative Venture: Foundry Practice In The Age Of Austerity, Dylan E. Collins, Jeremy Entwistle, Kurt Dyrhaug

Nor’easter Conference

This presentation will talk about a collaborative venture between fine art foundry programs at West Virginia University and Fairmont State University. The presentation by Professors Collins and Entwistle will be followed by a group discussion and participatory session led by Kurt Dyrhaug of the Texas Atomic Iron Commission, regarding the founding of an east coast foundry/sculptor's guild.

P21-Activated Kinase-1 Signaling Regulates Transcription Of Tissue Factor And Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor., Beatriz Sanchez-Solana, Mona Motwani, Da-Qiang Li, Jeyanthy Eswaran, Rakesh Kumar

Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications

Tissue factor (TF) is a cell-surface glycoprotein responsible for initiating the coagulation cascade. Besides its role in homeostasis, studies have shown the implication of TF in embryonic development, cancer related events, and inflammation via coagulation-dependent and -independent (signaling) mechanisms. Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) plays an important role in regulating TF-initiated blood coagulation. Therefore, transcriptional regulation of TF expression and its physiologic inhibitor TFPI, would allow us to understand the critical step that control many different processes. From a gene profiling study aimed to identify differentially regulated genes between wild type (WT) and p21-activated kinase 1-null (PAK1-KO) mouse embryonic fibroblasts …

An Analysis Of Various Web Tracking Methods, William Huba

Theses

The accurate tracking of web clients has historically been a difficult problem. Accurate tracking can be used to monitor the activity of attackers which would otherwise be anonymous. Since HTTP is a stateless protocol, there is no built-in method for tracking clients. Many methods have been developed for this purpose; however they primarily rely on the cooperation of the client and are limited to the current session and are not designed to track a client long-term or through different environments. This paper takes an in-depth look at the most popular methods of tracking web users and how well they preserve …

Web-­Based Single Sign-On: An Examination Of Security And Usability, Samuel Waters

Theses

Among system administrators, users are generally considered the weakest link in the security chain. One of the biggest concerns is how users create and remember passwords. To try and ensure the security of their systems, administrators will generally create policies regarding how complex a user's password must be, and will exhort the user to never write down, share, or reuse that password. On the surface, this seems like good security sense, and from an administrator's perspective, it is. However, to the user, who may have dozens of unique accounts, stringent policies create a significant cognitive burden. As such, users are …

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 23 2012-11-16, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

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Core Competencies In Civic Engagement, Leila Brammer, Rebecca Dumlao, Audrey Falk, Elizabeth Hollander, Ellen Knutson, Jeremy Poehnert, Andrea Politano, Valerie Werner

Center for Engaged Democracy Publications

A review and synthesis of key competencies contained in national-level reports on Civic Engagement, academic programs engaged in community-based models of teaching, learning and research, including a review of the literature and almost 30 academic civic engagement programs around the country.

Taxes To Fund California Public Universities And Community Colleges. Initiative Constitutional Amendment And Statute.

Initiatives

Imposes new taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel ($0.025 per gallon), alcohol ($0.05-$1.65 per gallon), and cigarettes ($0.0125 each); raises vehicle license fees by 0.5% of vehicle market value. Allocates new revenues 80% to University of California and California State University, 20% to California Community Colleges. Maintains state funding for higher education at or above 2009-2010 levels and student financial aid at or above 2010-2011 levels. Caps student tuition and systemwide fees at 2009-2010 levels. Creates joint commission to recommend cost efficiencies in higher education.Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and …