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Fish Trophic Community Composition At The Onset Of A Connection Event In A Floodplain River, Elizabeth Schutte, Michael Delong

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Sequence Analysis Of The Fibroblast Growth Factors Found In The Baculoviridae And Iridoviridae, Brian Skroch, Suad Roble, Rico Wassather, Casey Finnerty

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Determining Function Of Rv2173 In Biosynthesis Of Menaquinone In Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Jessica Sempf, Larissa Luhring, Kaila Kovac, Francis Mann

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is transmitted from human to human via respiratory droplets, is one of the leading killers among bacterial diseases in the human body (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012). Although the cure for this disease is unknown, much advancement has been made in discovering one. A current focal point in research is how this bacterium produces ATP via menaquinone pathways, and how it is able to flourish even in stressful environments. We worked with a specific gene, Rv2173, which encodes for a product with an unknown chain length. It is believed that this product plays a role …

Murray Ledger And Times, September 1, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Highly Efficient And Exact Method For Parallelization Of Grid-Based Algorithms And Its Implementation In Delphi, Chuan Li, Lin Li, Jie Zhang, Emil Alexov

Publications

The Gauss–Seidel (GS) method is a standard iterative numerical method widely used to solve a system of equations and, in general, is more efficient comparing to other iterative methods, such as the Jacobi method. However, standard implementation of the GS method restricts its utilization in parallel computing due to its requirement of using updated neighboring values (i.e., in current iteration) as soon as they are available. Here, we report an efficient and exact (not requiring assumptions) method to parallelize iterations and to reduce the computational time as a linear/nearly linear function of the number of processes or computing units. In …

Psci 451.01: Ancient And Medieval Political Philosophy, Ramona Grey

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Psci 337.80: Model United Nations, Karen Adams

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Psci 523.01: Administrative Law, James J. Lopach

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

The Politics Of Purple: Dyes From Shellfish And Lichens, Karen Diadick Casselman, Takako Terada

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Dyes from shellfish ('murex') and lichens ('orchil') originated before 1000 BCE. Murex and orchil became symbolic of Roman privilege. Purple also attained iconic value as an emblem of wealth and power. Politics played a role in dye manufacture, as witness the male-dominated purple dye works which were later 'invaded' by female workers. This present study investigates these political issues by replicating the actual murex and orchil method. As we are a female team, our work here confronts references to so-called secret methods which women were (according to earlier historians) unlikely to grasp. Experiments undertaken by our Japanese- Canadian team have …

Analyses Of Dye, Weaving And Metal Thread In Ottoman Silk Brocades And Their Reproduction, Recep Karadag, Emine Torgan, Yusuf Yildiz

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Some Ottoman silk brocades samples were provided from Topkapi Palace Museum collection in Istanbul. In this study, an analytical method based on a RP-HPLC-DAD is developed for the identification of dyestuffs in the historical art objects. The extraction of dyestuffs from the silk brocades was carried out with hydrochloric acid / methanol / water solution. The most important dyestuffs detected were natural dyes apigenin, indigotin, carminic acid, ellagic acid, etc. dyes which are found in historical silk brocades. Analyses of historical samples were compared with analyses of unmordanted silk, mordanted silk, biological sources, silk dyed according to historical recipes and …

Bulletin Ninth District Ny September 2012

Bulletin of the Ninth District Dental Association

The Bulletin of the Ninth District Dental Association is published four times annually in the months of March, May, September and November. It is distributed to all Association members from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester in the state of New York.

The Bulletin keeps our members up-to-date on NDDA activities as well as on a variety of topics important to the profession.

Three-Dimensional Quantification And Visualization Of Vascular Networks In Engineered Tissues, Mohammed Yousefhussien

Theses

Three-dimensional textural and volumetric image analysis holds great potential in understanding the image data produced by multi-photon microscopy. In this thesis, a tool that provides quantitative textural and morphometric analyzes of vasculature in engineered tissues, alongside with a fast three-dimensional volume rendering is proposed. The investigated 3D artificial tissues consist of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC) embedded in collagen exposed to two regimes of ultrasound standing wave fields under different pressure conditions. Textural features were evaluated over the extracted connected region in our samples using the normalized Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) combined with Gray-Level Run Length Matrix (GLRLM) …

Metabolic Effects Of Bedtime Pistachio Consumption For 6 Weeks In Overweight Persons, Ashley Anderson, Melanie Anderson, Janel Jacobson, Mackenzie Popko

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Benthic Invertebrate Trophic Community Composition At The Onset Of A Flood Pulse, Michael Bistodeau, Michael Delong

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Female Neutrophils Produce Less Neutrophil Extracellular Traps In Response To The Escherichia Coli Hemolysin Than Male Neutrophils, Melissa Brown, Nicole Aulik

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) have been estimated to cost the U.S. approximately 1.6 billion dollars in health care costs. The majority of UTIs affect women more than men where fifty to sixty percent of women will experience a UTI in their lifetime. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli is the leading cause of UTIs. When uropathogenic E. coli is incubated in human urine, E. coli produce significantly more of the hemolysin, an RTX toxin that can lyse a wide variety of cell types. Up regulation of the hemolysin is believed to be important in E. coli colonization of bladder and kidney epithelial cells. …

Influences Of Physical Chemistry On The Abundance Of Phytoplankton In Different Slackwater Habitats, Joshua Denzer, Michael Delong

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Relationship Between Phytoplankton Chlorophyll Concentration And Fish Community Structure In Slackwaters Of A Large River, Katherine Donlin, Michael Delong

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Milk Consumption And The Glycemic Response On Healthy College Aged Subjects, Terra Fodstad, Kristin Ackermann, Ted Wilson

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Determining The Correlation Between Helminth Parasite Prevalence In Wisconsin Felis Rufus Populations, Heather Gakev, Sara Eberhardt, Shalin Ranjitkar, Amber Schultze

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

Felis rufus (bobcat) populations are declining throughout some of their range in Wisconsin, while expanding in others (Personal Communication, WI DNR)1. Many theories exist as to why this is happening, including the possibility of disease. Our lab wanted to determine the helminth parasite population prevalence and intensity in Wisconsin bobcat and determine if there was a correlation with sex, age or geographic location of these animals. One hundred and fifteen bobcat intestines were collected March 5, 2012 at a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Facility, Madison, WI. These animals were legally harvested by trapping/hunting and the carcasses were made available …

Effect Of Relaxation Breathing On Glycemic Response In Type Ii Diabetic Subjects, Angela Gregor, M. Settell, S. Segner, A. Anderson

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Gene Encoding Of Corneybacterium Glutamicum, Joseph Labeots, Michael Allen, Francis Mann

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

Antibiotics have been of great scientific and medical interest since the discovery of penicillin from a fungus. The research detailed below was done in order to determine similarities between genes of interest and to express them in order to determine their characteristics. Terpenoids are a class of compounds that have been shown in the past to exhibit antibiotic qualities such as is the case with terpentecin. First, bioinformatics was performed to determine similarities in genes that commonly encode for formation of terpenoids to those known to exist in the family Actinobacteriaceae. A BLAST analysis was done against the entire family …

Development Of Real-Time Pcr Protocol To Detect Tick-Borne Diseases, Michael Lehrke, Kimberly Bates

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

Lyme disease, caused by the genospecies complex Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, is the most common tick-borne infection in the Northern Hemisphere and is the most common arthropod-borne disease in the United States. The disease is particularly endemic in Southeast Minnesota and West Central Wisconsin. Lyme disease can have a substantial impact on quality of life as disseminated forms of the disease can affect the heart, joints, and nervous system. It is therefore important for health care professionals to diagnose and treat patients with Lyme disease in a timely fashion. To do so, these professionals need to be informed about disease …

Phylogeography Of Southern Red-Backed Voles In North America, Kelly Novak, Amy Runck

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

Climate change has altered species distributions and has lead to species forming as they I ive in isolated refugia. I propose to examine microsatl I ite alleles from the southern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi) in order to test whether or not previously identified distinct I ineages of these voles can interbreed. If they are no longer interbreeding, this wi I I give us insight on how climate change can affect species distributions and contribute to speciation.

Macrophage Extracellular Trap Formation In Response To M. Haemolytica Or Its Leukptoxin Is Altered By Co-Incubation With Bovine Herpes Virus-1 Infected Bronchiolar Epithelial Cells, Craig Olson, Nicole Aulik

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the primary cause of morbidity in the U.S. beef and dairy industry. BRD is a multifactorial disease that is caused by viral and bacterial agents leading to a severe pleuropneumonia in cattle. BRD is characterized by inflammation, intense neutrophil infiltration, consolidation and recently, extensive amounts of extracellular DNA in the lungs. One possible source of the DNA is from leukocytes that release fibrillar networks of antimicrobial protein-studded DNA matrices referred to as extracellular traps (ETs). Recently, we have demonstrated that neutrophils and macrophages produce ETs in response to Mannheimia haemolytica, an important member of the …

Colonization Of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus In Dormitory Versus Non-Dormitory Populations, Kendra Rohrer, Danielle Schneider, Nicole Aulik

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that has developed resistance to numerous antibiotics such as methicillin, a commonly used antibiotic for the treatment of Staphylococcus infections. In the community, MRSA is widespread, and it is believed that 1% of the population is a carrier. People are potentially at a greater risk in areas where factors such as close skin-to-skin contact occur, cuts or abrasions in the skin occur, contaminated items and surfaces are present, or where overcrowded living conditions and poor hygiene are common. MRSA’s occurrence in people without risk factors who live in communities is also increasing, and …

Translational Repression Mediated By The Genotoxic Agent Chromium (Vi) Results In P-Body Formation In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Sara Segner, Chris Bullard, Blaine Rathmann, Tony Koch

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

Mechanisms to cope with oxidative stress are conserved across eukaryotes. For instance, exposure to oxidation can result in lipid and nucleic acid damage and elicit a stress response. The genotoxic agent, sodium dichromate oxidizes guanines resulting in OxoG bases, induces double strand breaks, or generates abasic sites. Therefore, an oxidative stress response is crucial to maintain proper cellular function. In response to stress, cells control gene expression by repressing translation. Repressed mRNA may localize to P-bodies or stress granules; cytoplasmic structures where non-translating mRNA are found. While P-bodies contain mRNA degradation factors, stress granules contain translation initiation factors, allowing for …

Phytoplankton Chlorophyll Concentration Among Riverine Habitat Patches During Different Stages Of Hydrological Connection, Gary Snorek, Michael Delong

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Influence Of Ecosystem Size On Community Trophic Composition In Slackwater Patches Of A Large River, Benjamin Troop, Michael Delong

Student Research and Creative Projects 2012-2013

No abstract provided.

Closing The Regulatory Gap In Michigan's Public Trust Doctrine: Saving Michigan Millions With Statutory Reform, Kelsey Breck

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The Great Lakes are some of Michigan's most valuable and important environmental resources. The public trust doctrine requires Michigan to protect and preserve the lands along the shores of the Great Lakes for the use of future generations. Unfortunately, the public trust doctrine in Michigan is in disarray and as a result, public and private rights to the lands along the Great Lakes are poorly delineated. This Note presents an economic argument for why the public trust doctrine should be reformed to better define public and private rights to the land along Michigan's Great Lakes. It also suggests a statutory …

Small-Scale Mapping Of Indeterminate Arborescent Acroporid Coral (Acropora Cervicornis) Patches, Brian K. Walker, E. A. Larson, Alison L. Moulding, David S. Gilliam

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Western Atlantic populations of the staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis have drastically declined over the past few decades. Hence, interest in its ecology and spatial extent has increased. Acroporid corals with indeterminate arborescent growth like A.cervicornis primarily reproduce asexually by fragmentation, which can lead to extensive monotypic patches. Since fragmentation is a major component in indeterminate acroporid reproduction, these patches may expand or move over time. Periodic perimeter mapping facilitates comparison of patch areas to determine movement or expansion. A repeatable, low-cost method using a differential GPS carried by a snorkeler was employed to map the perimeter of A.cervicornis …