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Spartan Daily September 19, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 139, Issue 11

Volume 50, Number 5: September 19, 2012, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

September 19, 2012 Greenmail, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

GreenMail (student newsletter through 2024)

No abstract provided.

The Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2010s

No abstract provided.

Unh Labs Receive Two Nsf Grants Totaling $1.35m For Research Instruments, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

The Spinnaker [Vol. 33 No. 100], University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

No abstract provided.

The Lumberjack, September 19, 2012

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University.

Daily Eastern News: September 19, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

September

No abstract provided.

Staff Council Meeting Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Staff Council

Staff Council Meeting Minutes & Agendas

No abstract provided.

Current Strategies For Promoting Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury, Seth Schirmer

Student Theses and Dissertations

Each year 12,000 people suffer spinal cord injury (SCI) in the USA. Thus, it is critical we find a means by which to stimulate regeneration in the injured spinal cord towards recovery of function in these patients. Therefore, significant amount of federal and private funding is directed to SCI research, with research focusing on anything measures from using embryonic stem cells to replace damaged cells, to stimulating regeneration through daily physical therapy. This paper is a review of some of the current strategies evolved from such research for promoting spinal cord regeneration after spinal cord injury, and has focused on …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Efficient Algorithms For Improving The Accuracy In Motifs Prediction, Jerlin C. Merlin

Master's Theses

Analysis of sequence homology has always played a major role in the understanding of biological factors such as protein domain identification, gene product relationships, and gene function determination. Short contiguous protein sequences that are conserved across proteins provide important information about such factors, and are of at most 15 residues in length. These segments of proteins are known as minimotifs. Identifying minimotifs has been of much use in the formulation of the hypothesis about the biological functions that otherwise might be uncharacterized. Mechanisms of motif predictions such as Minimotif Miner are widely used for predicting minimotifs. However, due to the …

Activation Of Myocardial Phosphoinositide-3-Kinase P110Α Ameliorates Cardiac Dysfunction And Improves Survival In Polymicrobial Sepsis, Chuanfu Li, Fang Hua, Tuanzhu Ha, Krishna Singh, Chen Lu, John Kalbfleisch, Kevin F. Breuel, Tiffany Ford, Race L. Kao, Ming Gao, Tammy R. Ozment, David L. Williams

ETSU Faculty Works

Phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt dependent signaling has been shown to improve outcome in sepsis/septic shock. There is also ample evidence that PI3K/Akt dependent signaling plays a crucial role in maintaining normal cardiac function. We hypothesized that PI3K/Akt signaling may ameliorate septic shock by attenuating sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction. Cardiac function and survival were evaluated in transgenic mice with cardiac myocyte specific expression of constitutively active PI3K isoform, p110α (caPI3K Tg). caPI3K Tg and wild type (WT) mice were subjected to cecal ligation/puncture (CLP) induced sepsis. Wild type CLP mice showed dramatic cardiac dysfunction at 6 hrs. Septic cardiomyopathy was significantly attenuated in caPI3K …

The Parthenon, September 19, 2012, Shane Arrington

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

Changes In Precipitation Seasonality In West Africa Predicted By Regcm3 And The Impact Of Dynamic Vegetation Feedback, Guiling Wang, Clement Alo

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Using a regional climate model asynchronously coupled to a dynamic vegetation model, this study examines future climate predictions for the West Africa region and how dynamic vegetation feedback may influence such predictions. Without accounting for the impact of vegetation dynamics, the model predicts a future decrease of annual rainfall over Sahel. Dynamic vegetation feedback reverses this trend, leading to a substantial increase of annual rainfall. Regardless of how vegetation is treated, the predicted future trend of precipitation in the Sahel region follows a specific seasonal pattern, with a decrease during the pre- and early-monsoon season (May-June and early July) due …

Gpsa Legislative Steering Committee Meeting, 9/18/2012, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Influence Of Microsite Disturbance On The Establishment Of Two Congeneric Invasive Thistles, Emily S.J. Rauschert, Katriona Shea

Biological, Geological, and Environmental Faculty Publications

The successful establishment of invasive species has been shown to depend on aspects of the invaded community, such as gap characteristics. Biotic resistance may be particularly critical for stopping invaders at early life history stages, but new species can often invade following disturbances, which may create microsites with very different characteristics than are usually present. We examine the response of two invasive thistle species, Carduus nutans L. and C. acanthoides L., to three different microsite characteristics: disturbance type, size, and water availability. The two species initially responded differently to the type of disturbance: C. acanthoides had higher emergence and survival …

Counting Electric Sheep: Understanding Information In The Context Of Media Ecology, Lance Strate

CMS Faculty Publications

In the field of media ecology, defined as the study of media as environments, media and medium, and ecology and environment are key terms, while information, although commonly employed, is generally used without reference to a specific definition. This article examines the mostly implicit assumptions about and understandings of the term information in the context of the field of media ecology. Information can be seen as a synonym or subset of content or message, can be divided into different orders or levels of content/communication and relationship/medium, and on both levels is dependent on and altered by changes in technology, code, …

The Utah Statesman, September 27, 2012, Utah State Univesity

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Transfer Veteran Student Experience: Exploring College Choice, Transition, And Collegiate Experiences Of Veterans, Shaftone Bryne Dunklin

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The tragic series of events that took place on September 11, 2001, changed the course of this nation and became the catalyst for wars that have spanned for more than a decade. As a result, over 2 million veterans have been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), and Operation New Dawn. In 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law provisions for what has been commonly referred to as the Post 9/11 GI Bill. This legislation substantially increased educational benefits for veterans and has led to an increase of veterans enrolling in institutions of …

(How) Are Interdisciplinary Studies Relevant To Academia And Industry?, Curtiss Takada Rooks, Eric Strauss, Michele Hammers, Aliza Sorotzkin, Stephanie E. August

STEAMroller

This event was a moderated panel discussion featuring:

• Curtiss Takada Rooks, Associate Dean of Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, and Faculty Member, Department of American Cultures
• Eric Strauss, Presidential Professor, Department of Biology and Center for Urban Resilience (CURes)
• Michele Hammers, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, and Collaborator, Virtual Engineering Sciences Learning Lab
• Aliza Sorotzkin, Global Training and Education Manager, Side Effects Software, Inc, maker of 3D animation and visual effects tools
• Stephanie E. August, Moderator, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Successful development of an innovative, integrative and interdisciplinary academic curriculum requires understanding the need for change …

The Current Volume 23 : Issue 5, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Small-Scale Dead Wood Additions On Beetles In Southeastern U.S. Pine Forests, Kier D. Klepzig, Michael L. Ferro, Michael D. Ulyshen, Matthew L. Gimmel, Jolie B. Mahfouz, Allan E. Tiarks, Chris E. Carlton

Faculty Publications

Pitfall traps were used to sample beetles (Coleoptera) in plots with or without inputs of dead loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) wood at four locations (Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Texas) on the coastal plain of the southeastern United States. The plots were established in 1998 and sampling took place in 1998, 1999, and 2002 (only 1998 for North Carolina). Overall, beetles were more species rich, abundant and diverse in dead wood addition plots than in reference plots. While these differences were greatest in 1998 and lessened thereafter, they were not found to be significant in 1998 due largely to …

Diversities In Virulence, Antifungal Activity, Pigmentation And Dna Fingerprint Among Strains Of Burkholderia Glumae, Hari S. Karki, Bishnu K. Shrestha, Jae Woo Han, Donald E. Groth, Inderjit K. Barphagha, Milton C. Rush, Rebecca A. Melanson, Beom Seok Kim, Jong Hyun Ham

Faculty Publications

Burkholderia glumae is the primary causal agent of bacterial panicle blight of rice. In this study, 11 naturally avirulent and nine virulent strains of B. glumae native to the southern United States were characterized in terms of virulence in rice and onion, toxofalvin production, antifungal activity, pigmentation and genomic structure. Virulence of B. glumae strains on rice panicles was highly correlated to virulence on onion bulb scales, suggesting that onion bulb can be a convenient alternative host system to efficiently determine the virulence of B. glumae strains. Production of toxoflavin, the phytotoxin that functions as a major virulence factor, was …

September 18, 2012 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: September 18, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

September

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Interferometric Chemical Sensor Array, William M. Ash, Iii

USF Patents

The device is a gas/vapor/aerosol/particulate sensor with a receiver/transmitter option. This optical MEMS device is designed to be a self-contained optical bench, integrating of an entire interferometer into a MOEMS ‘optical bench’ system-on-a-chip, and includes multiplexed optical path sensors. The sensing structures consist of laser sources, semiconductor photo detectors, refractive/reflective optical elements, and specialized optical transmission paths. Each individual laser source and photodiode is an optical path sensor with a particular ‘functionalization.’ These sensing arm functionalizations are sensitive to unique chemical signatures and as a result can recognize and report various chemical agents present in the ambient environment.

Characterization Of The Uptake And Biodistribution Of The Nanoparticles Quantum Dots And Carbon Nanotubes, Taylor Michelle Ingle

Student Theses and Dissertations

With the rapidly expanding field of nanotechnology and the use of nanoparticles, it becomes crucial that science advances in the understanding of the potential associated risks. Inevitably, the increase in use of these particles will result in greater occurrence of exposure. Not only is their relatively small size of concern, but so are the changes in physiochemical characteristics that occur at the nanoscale. A few examples of physical properties that can change as particle sizes become smaller is their color, melting point , optical properties, and solar absorption. While these properties may be beneficial in applications, they can also alter …

Using Genetic Information In Risk Prediction For Alcohol Dependence, Jia Yan

Theses and Dissertations

Family-based and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of alcohol dependence (AD) have reported numerous associated variants. The clinical validity of these variants for predicting AD compared to family history has not yet been reported. These studies aim to explore the aggregate impact of multiple genetic variants with small effect sizes on risk prediction in order to provide a clinical interpretation of genetic contributions to AD. Data simulations showed that given AD’s prevalence and heritability, a risk prediction model incorporating all genetic contributions would have an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) approaching 0.80, which is often a target AUC …

The Parthenon, September 18, 2012, Shane Arrington

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.