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Stem And Branches: Update On The Columbus State University Stem-Ii Initiative, Cindy Ticknor, Tim Howard, Kimberly Shaw

Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019) (Archived)

Two USG STEM Initiative awards to Columbus State University have spawned the growth of several STEM and STEM education programs and nearly $2.6 million in grants. We provide an update on STEM-II Initiative projects including a peer leader program for core math and science courses, a faculty mini-grants program to promote scholarship on teaching and learning and awareness of best practices models, and a service learning course. The infrastructure that emerged through the first STEM Initiative and continued to develop with the STEM-II Initiative paved the way for a $1.4 million UTeach replication grant and a $1.2 million Robert Noyce …

Building, Refining & Defining Stem Learning Outcomes: K-16 Implications, Richard A. Duschl

Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019) (Archived)

The July 2012 release of the National Research Council Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts and Core Ideas heralds ‘a new vision of science in education.’ The Framework sets out a comprehensive agenda for the reform of science and engineering education coordinated around 3 Dimensions: Science & Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. While the Framework’s central mission is to impact K-12 education through implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards, there are important but less understood implications for higher education, informal science education and publics’ understandings of science communication efforts. In this talk, I will provide …

Computational Vaccinology And The Icovax 2012 Workshop, Yongqun He, Zhiwei Cao, Anne S. De Groot, Vladimir Brusic, Christian Schönbach, Nikolai Petrovsky

Institute for Immunology and Informatics Faculty Publications

Computational vaccinology or vaccine informatics is an interdisciplinary field that addresses scientific and clinical questions in vaccinology using computational and informatics approaches. Computational vaccinology overlaps with many other fields such as immunoinformatics, reverse vaccinology, postlicensure vaccine research, vaccinomics, literature mining, and systems vaccinology. The second ISV Pre-conference Computational Vaccinology Workshop (ICoVax 2012) was held on October 13, 2013 in Shanghai, China. A number of topics were presented in the workshop, including allergen predictions, prediction of linear T cell epitopes and functional conformational epitopes, prediction of protein-ligand binding regions, vaccine design using reverse vaccinology, and case studies in computational vaccinology. Although …

The Tiger Vol. 107 Issue 8 2013-03-08, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

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Campus Report, Vol. 40, No. 6, University Of Dayton

Campus Report

The publication for faculty and staff of the University of Dayton. Our voices on the Vatican; I Love UD month; NCAA First Four comes to Dayton.

Common Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms In Genes Related To Immune Function And Risk Of Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Alina V. Brenner, Gila Neta, Erich M. Sturgis, Ruth M. Pheiffer, Amy Hutchinson, Meredith Yeager, Li Xu, Cindy Zhou, William Wheeler, Margaret A. Tucker, Stephen J. Chanock, Alice J. Sigurdson

GW Biostatistics Center

No abstract provided.

2013 April 8 - Faculty Senate Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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Neurobiology Becomes Joint Department To Expand, Enrich Opportunities, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

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A Revision Of The Species Of Anogdus Leconte Of The United States And Canada (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini), Stewart B. Peck, Joyce Cook

Insecta Mundi

A review of the genus Anogdus LeConte (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae: Leiodini) of North America finds 16 species. Ten of these were previously described and there are no new synonyms. Six are named as new species: A. alachua n. sp., of Florida; A. cochise, n. sp., of Arizona; A. huachuca n. sp., of Arizona; A. rileyi n. sp, of Texas; A. texanus n. sp., of Texas and Oklahoma; and A. tridens n. sp, of Arkansas, Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. A key is provided to aid identification of the species.

A Hierarchical Multi-Output Nearest Neighbor Model For Multi-Output Dependence Learning, Richard Glenn Morris

Theses and Dissertations

Multi-Output Dependence (MOD) learning is a generalization of standard classification problems that allows for multiple outputs that are dependent on each other. A primary issue that arises in the context of MOD learning is that for any given input pattern there can be multiple correct output patterns. This changes the learning task from function approximation to relation approximation. Previous algorithms do not consider this problem, and thus cannot be readily applied to MOD problems. To perform MOD learning, we introduce the Hierarchical Multi-Output Nearest Neighbor model (HMONN) that employs a basic learning model for each output and a modified nearest …

Sustainable, Affordable Housing For Older Adults: A Case Study Of Factors That Affect Development In Portland, Oregon, Alan Kenneth Delatorre

Dissertations and Theses

Portland, Oregon, is considered to be a leader in sustainable development. Government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and businesses have been innovators in policymaking and practice that is aimed at creating a more sustainable city. Despite population aging, little is known about how or whether planners and developers consider older persons in terms of sustainable development. Thus, this study examined the case of sustainable, affordable housing developed for low-income adults aged 55 and older. Interviews with 31 key informants were conducted in order to answer three research questions: What is the meaning of sustainable development in Portland, Oregon, as it pertains to …

Flyer News, Vol. 60, No. 31 (March 8, 2013), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Emu Today, March 8, 2013, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: March 08, 2013, Eastern Illinois University

March

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Soundings 2013-03-08, N/A N/A

Soundings

No abstract provided.

Analyzing Reading Specialization Using Fmri, Rs-Fcmri, And Development, Alecia Cristen Vogel-Hammen

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

Reading is an important, phylogenetically new skill. While neuroimaging studies have identified brain regions used in reading, it is unclear to what extent these regions become specialized for use predominantly in reading versus other tasks. The goal of this dissertation is to investigate the extent to which reading specialization exists at the region and network level, with a focus on orthography, the visual processing of words and letters.

I used task-based and resting state functional connectivity: rs-fcMRI) studies to investigate the specialization of orthographic processing, purportedly localized to a left occipito-temporal fusiform cortex region. In Chapter 2, we find no …

Taxonomic Clarification And Phylogeography Of Fluminicola Coloradensis Morrison, A Widely Ranging Western North American Pebblesnail, Hsiu-Ping Liu, Jessica Walsh, Robert Hershler

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

Herein we clarify the taxonomy of Fluminicola coloradensis Morrison (1940), which was described for populations in the Green River and Bonneville basins but has also been treated as restricted to the former watershed and conspecific with (currently unassigned) Snake River basin populations of Fluminicola hindsi sensu Taylor (1966). Bayesian analyses of DNA sequences from 2 mitochondrial genes congruently resolved F. coloradensis and Snake River basin populations of F. hindsi sensu Taylor as a strongly supported, shallowly structured clade. Haplotypes were extensively shared by Bonneville, Snake River and Green River populations; AMOVA did not detect significant variation among basins for either …

Toward Scalable Human Interaction With Bio-Inspired Robot Teams, Daniel Sundquist Brown

Theses and Dissertations

Bio-inspired swarming behaviors provide an effective decentralized way of coordinating robot teams. However, as robot swarms increase in size, bandwidth and time constraints limit the number of agents a human can communicate with and control. To facilitate scalable human interaction with large robot swarms it is desirable to monitor and influence the collective behavior of the entire swarm through limited interactions with a small subset of agents. However, it is also desirable to avoid situations where a small number of agent failures can adversely affect the collective behavior of the swarm. We present a bio-inspired model of swarming that exhibits …

The Parthenon, March 8, 2013, John Gibb, Tyler Kes

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.

A Review Of The Genus Alurnus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), C. L. Staines

Insecta Mundi

The species of the genus Alurnus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) are reviewed. Twenty-three species are recognized as valid. Alurnus bicolor from Colombia and A. crenatus from Bolivia are described as new species. Alurnus costalis dallieri Pic is elevated to full species status. Lectotypes are designated for A. humeralis Rosenberg, A. mutabilis Waterhouse, and A. salvini Baly. The species are redescribed and illustrated, and a key to the species is presented.

Nanoparticle Film Assemblies As Platforms For Electrochemical Biosensing – Factors Affecting Amperometric Signal Enhancement Of Hydrogen Peroxide, Adrienne R. Schmidt, Natalie D. T. Nguyen, Michael C. Leopold

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Factors affecting the enhanced amperometric signal observed at electrodes modified with polyelectrolyte–gold nanoparticle (Au-NP) composite films, which are potential interfaces for first-generation biosensors, were systematically investigated and optimized for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) detection. Polyelectrolyte multilayer films embedded with citrate-stabilized gold nanoparticles exhibited high sensitivity toward the oxidation of H2O2. From this Au-NP film assembly, the importance of Au-NP ligand protection, film permeability, the density of Au-NPs within the film, and electronic coupling between Au-NPs (interparticle) and between the film and the electrode (interfacial) were evaluated. Using alternative Au-NPs, including those stabilized with thiols, polymers, and bulky ligands, suggests that the …

Monolayer-Protected Nanoparticle Doped Xerogels As Functional Components Of Amperometric Glucose Biosensors, Michael Hartley Freeman, Jackson R. Hall, Michael C. Leopold

Chemistry Faculty Publications

First-generation amperometric glucose biosensors incorporating alkanethiolate-protected gold nanoparticles, monolayer protected clusters (MPCs), within a xerogel matrix are investigated as model systems for nanomaterial-assisted electrochemical sensing strategies. The xerogel biosensors are comprised of platinum electrodes modified with composite films of (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxy silane xerogel embedded with glucose oxidase enzyme, doped with Au225(C6)75 MPCs, and coated with an outer polyurethane layer. Electrochemistry and scanning/transmission electron microscopy, including cross-sectional TEM, show sensor construction, humidity effects on xerogel structure, and successful incorporation of MPCs. Analytical performance of the biosensor scheme with and without MPC doping of the xerogel is determined from direct glucose injection during …

Neurobiology Becomes Joint Department To Expand, Enrich Opportunities, Clinton Colmenares

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Environmental Implications And Applications Of Engineered Nanomaterials: Fullerene And Magnetite Case Studies, John Fornter

Amgen Seminar Series in Chemical Engineering

Industrial scale production, coupled with unique material properties, underpin rising concerns of engineered, nanoscale materials inadvertently affecting the health and function of natural systems. Conversely, novel material properties may be utilized to uniquely address current environmental issues. Key to both sides of the ‘nano-envi’ paradigm is the fundamental understanding of the material(s) behavior and properties in both natural and engineered systems. I will discuss both sides of the issue using two model systems as examples:

First, nanoscale material implications will be discussed for carbon fullerenes. Fullerenes, C₆₀ in particular, have been proposed for a variety of applications and will …

03-07-2013 Plant Ecologist To Speak Wednesday At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Plant ecologist Dr. Lara Souza will speak this Wednesday, March 13, on the Southwestern Oklahoma State University campus as part of the Department of Biological Sciences’ series of seminars.

The Utah Statesman, March 7, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

How Does Your Brain Work?, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Thursday, March 7, 2013, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

March

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Reproductive Isolation In The Elegans-Group Of Caenorhabditis, Scott Everet Baird, Sara Rose Seibert

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Reproductive isolation is the basis of the Biological Species Definition and can be a driving force of speciation. Theoretical studies have provided models of how reproductive isolation can arise within individual species. Genetic tests of these models are limited to populations in which reproductive isolation is present but not complete. Here, reproductive isolation in the Elgans-Group of the nematode genus Caenorhabditis is reviewed. Pre-mating barriers, assortative fertilization and post-zygotic barriers all have been observed in this clade. In some combinations of species, fertile F1 hybrids can be obtained. Therefore, the Elegans-Group of Caenorhabditis is poised to become an important experimental …

The Comment, March 7, 2013, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

No abstract provided.