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Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, March 7, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Diary and Veterinary Sciences

• Delete Course

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Title Change, Course Description Change

School of Applied Sciences and Technology Education

• New Course
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change

Department of Music

• Credit Hour Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Dual List Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Dual List Change

School of Accountancy

• Delete Course

Department of Management

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• New Course …

The Pan American (2013-03-07), Karen Antonacci, Daniella Diaz

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

Vol. 69, No. 21

Iron Binding Activity Is Essential For The Function Of Isca In Iron-Sulphur Cluster Biogenesis, Aaron P. Landry, Zishuo Cheng, Huangen Ding

Faculty Publications

Iron-sulphur cluster biogenesis requires coordinated delivery of iron and sulphur to scaffold proteins, followed by transfer of the assembled clusters from scaffold proteins to target proteins. This complex process is accomplished by a group of dedicated iron-sulphur cluster assembly proteins that are conserved from bacteria to humans. While sulphur in iron-sulphur clusters is provided by l-cysteine via cysteine desulfurase, the iron donor(s) for iron-sulphur cluster assembly remains largely elusive. Here we report that among the primary iron-sulphur cluster assembly proteins, IscA has a unique and strong binding activity for mononuclear iron in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, the ferric iron …

Daily Eastern News: March 07, 2013, Eastern Illinois University

March

No abstract provided.

Emu Today, March 7, 2013, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

Mtor Pathway Activation Following Resistance Exercise With Vibration In Human Subjects, Michael G. Leavitt

Theses and Dissertations

Functional adaptations in human skeletal muscle following a period of resistance exercise are the result of regular activation of cellular signaling pathways that elevate muscle protein synthesis. It has been reported that the addition of whole body vibration (WBV) to a resistance exercise program enhances performance. Such improvements in muscle function may be the result of increased activation of cellular signaling pathways associated with muscle growth. Purpose: We have investigated whether an acute bout of resistance exercise in combination with WBV results in a greater activation of the mTOR signaling pathway compared to resistance exercise alone. Methods: Eight untrained college-age …

Shattered By War: The Huber Family, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

The tale of Sergent Frederick Huber is relatively well known. The young man, fighting at the battle of Fair Oaks, was struck by three rounds, the final a bullet through his breast that quickly sapped him of his life. The Adams Sentinel reported the incident in the early summer days of 1862, underlining Frederick's bravery in the face of the great beyond. "Tell Father," he reportedly said with his dying breath, according to the Sentinel, "I have died for my country." [excerpt]

Two Biochemically Distinct Lipophosphoglycans From Leishmania Braziliensis And Leishmania Infantum Trigger Different Innate Immune Responses In Murine Macrophages, Izabela Coimbra Ibraim, Rafael Ramiro De Assis, Natália Lima Pessoa, Marco Antônio Campos, Maria Norma Melo, Salvatore Joseph Turco, Rodrigo Pedro Soares

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: The dominant, cell surface lipophosphoglycan (LPG) of Leishmania is a multifunctional molecule involved in the interaction with vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. Although the role of LPG on infection has been extensively studied, it is not known if LPG interspecies variations contribute to the different immunopathologies of leishmaniases. To investigate the issue of interspecies polymorphisms, two Leishmania species from the New World that express structural variations of side chains of LPG repeat units were examined. In this context, the procyclic form of L. braziliensis LPG (strain M2903), is devoid of side chains, while the L. infantum LPG (strain BH46) has …

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for March 7-April 3, 2013. Vol. 93, No. 9.

Functional Analysis Of The Aspergillus Nidulans Kinome, Colin P. De Souza, Shahr B. Hashmi, Aysha H. Osmani, Peter Andrews, Carol S. Ringelberg, Jay C. Dunlap, Stephen A. Osmani

Dartmouth Scholarship

The filamentous fungi are an ecologically important group of organisms which also have important industrial applications but devastating effects as pathogens and agents of food spoilage. Protein kinases have been implicated in the regulation of virtually all biological processes but how they regulate filamentous fungal specific processes is not understood. The filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans has long been utilized as a powerful molecular genetic system and recent technical advances have made systematic approaches to study large gene sets possible. To enhance A. nidulans functional genomics we have created gene deletion constructs for 9851 genes representing 93.3% of the encoding genome. …

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, March 7, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Diary and Veterinary Sciences

• Delete Course

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Title Change, Course Description Change

School of Applied Sciences and Technology Education

• New Course
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change

Department of Music

• Credit Hour Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Dual List Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Dual List Change

School of Accountancy

• Delete Course

Department of Management

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• New Course …

Vista: March 7, 2013, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

High-Throughput Phenotyping Of Uropathogenic E. Coli Isolates With Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy., Haitham Alrabiah, Elon Correa, Mathew Upton, Royston Goodacre

School of Biomedical Sciences

Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy is an established rapid whole-organism fingerprinting method that generates metabolic fingerprints from bacteria that reflect the phenotype of the microorganism under investigation. However, whilst FT-IR spectroscopy is fast (typically 10 s to 1 min per sample), the approaches for microbial sample preparation can be time consuming as plate culture or shake flasks are used for growth of the organism. We report a new approach that allows micro-cultivation of bacteria from low volumes (typically 200 μL) to be coupled with FT-IR spectroscopy. This approach is fast and easy to perform and gives equivalent data to the …

The Missouri Miner, March 7, 2013

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

An Experimental Investigation Of Nest Reuse And Nest Site Selection In An Open-Cup Nesting Passerine, Sarah A. Cancellieri

Dissertations and Theses

Eastern Kingbirds (Tyrannus tyrannus) breed from coast to coast in North America and build open-cup nests in trees. They have been extensively studied across most of their range and have only on occasion been documented to reuse a nest from a previous season. However, at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR), located in southeastern Oregon, ~10 % of female Eastern Kingbirds reuse old nests of mainly American Robins (Turdus migratorius). In an attempt to address why nest reuse is so common at MNWR, I used artificial nests to evaluate two hypotheses as to why nest reuse is common in this breeding …

Status Of Nutria (Myocastor Coypus) Populations In The Pacific Northwest And Development Of Associated Control And Management Strategies, With An Emphasis On Metropolitan Habitats, Trevor Robert Sheffels

Dissertations and Theses

The nutria (Myocastor coypus) is a semi-aquatic rodent native to South America that was introduced to the Pacific Northwest, USA, in the 1930s. Primary damage categories from this invasive species include burrowing and herbivory, resulting in habitat degradation. Nutria have become well-established in metropolitan habitats, and anecdotal information suggests the problem has increased in recent years. However, little regional research on the species has been conducted. The scope of this research, which emphasizes metropolitan habitats, includes three primary foci in relation to nutria populations in the Pacific Northwest: modeling habitat suitability, assessing activity and movement patterns, and identifying and managing …

March 6, 2013 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Phoenix, 2013-03-06, Student Life

Phoenix

The Phoenix is a student newspaper published at Governors State University since August 2002. The newspaper features student reporting, opinions, news, and photos.

Privacy And Missing Persons After Natural Disasters, Joel Reidenberg, Robert Gellman, Jamela Debelak, Adam Elewa, Nancy Liu

Center on Law and Information Policy

When a natural disaster occurs, government agencies, humanitarian organizations, private companies, volunteers, and others collect information about missing persons to aid the search effort. Often this processing of information about missing persons exacerbates the complexities and uncertainties of privacy rules. This report offers a road map to the legal and policy issues surrounding privacy and missing persons following natural disasters. The report first identifies the privacy challenges in the disaster context and provides some recent examples that demonstrate how disaster relief information sharing raises unique privacy concerns and issues. It then outlines current missing persons information sharing activities in the …

Phenotyping Common Beans For Adaptation To Drought, Stephen E. Beebe, Idupulapati M. Rao, Matthew W. Blair, Jorge A. Acosta-Gallegos

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) originated in the New World and are the grain legume of greatest production for direct human consumption. Common bean production is subject to frequent droughts in highland Mexico, in the Pacific coast of Central America, in northeast Brazil, and in eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. This article reviews efforts to improve common bean for drought tolerance, referring to genetic diversity for drought response, the physiology of drought tolerance mechanisms, and breeding strategies. Different races of common bean respond differently to drought, with race Durango of highland Mexico being a major …

The Bates Student - Volume 142 Number 13 - March 6, 2013, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper, March 6, 2012, George Fox University Archives

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of George Fox University.

Determination Of Dosage Compensation Of The Mammalian X Chromosome By Rna-Seq Is Dependent On Analytical Approach, Nathaniel K. Jue, Michael B. Murphy, Seth D. Kasowitz, Sohaib M. Qureshi, Craig J. Obergfell, Sahar Elsisi, Robert J. Foley, Rachel J. O’Neill, Michael J. O’Neill

Open Access Author Fund Awardees' Articles

Background

An enduring question surrounding sex chromosome evolution is whether effective hemizygosity in the heterogametic sex leads inevitably to dosage compensation of sex-linked genes, and whether this compensation has been observed in a variety of organisms. Incongruence in the conclusions reached in some recent reports has been attributed to different high-throughput approaches to transcriptome analysis. However, recent reports each utilizing RNA-seq to gauge X-linked gene expression relative to autosomal gene expression also arrived at diametrically opposed conclusions regarding X chromosome dosage compensation in mammals.

Results

Here we analyze RNA-seq data from X-monosomic female human and mouse tissues, which are uncomplicated …

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (3/6/2013), 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.

We Are...Marshall, March 6, 2013, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

The Work Environment Disability-Adjusted Life Year For Use With Life Cycle Assessment: A Methodological Approach, Kelly A. Scanlon, George M. Gray, Royce A. Francis, Shannon M. Lloyd, Peter Lapuma

Environmental and Occupational Health Faculty Publications

Background

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a systems-based method used to determine potential impacts to the environment associated with a product throughout its life cycle. Conclusions from LCA studies can be applied to support decisions regarding product design or public policy, therefore, all relevant inputs (e.g., raw materials, energy) and outputs (e.g., emissions, waste) to the product system should be evaluated to estimate impacts. Currently, work-related impacts are not routinely considered in LCA. The objectives of this paper are: 1) introduce the work environment disability-adjusted life year (WE-DALY), one portion of a characterization factor used to express the magnitude of …

The Brain Activity Map Project: Short- And Long-Term Prospects For Huntington's Disease Research, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 03/06/13, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the 03/06/13 meeting.

Mood And Memory: An Association Between Pattern Separation And Depression, Don J. Shelton

Theses and Dissertations

Depression is associated with reduced declarative memory performance and decreased hippocampal volume. Depression has also been associated with decreased levels of adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus. Computational models propose that neurogenesis is critical for the computational process of pattern separation, whereby distinct memory representations are created for very similar stimuli and events. It has been proposed that depression negatively impacts pattern separation abilities; however, a link between depression and performance in pattern separation memory tasks has yet to be investigated. Accordingly, we designed a study to investigate the relationship between pattern separation performance and the severity of depression symptoms. …