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The Composite Effect For Inverted Faces Is Reliable At Large Sample Sizes And Requires The Basic Face Configuration, Tirta Susilo, Constantin Rezlescu, Bradley Duchaine Nov 2013

The Composite Effect For Inverted Faces Is Reliable At Large Sample Sizes And Requires The Basic Face Configuration, Tirta Susilo, Constantin Rezlescu, Bradley Duchaine

Dartmouth Scholarship

Abstract The absence of the face composite effect (FCE) for inverted faces is often considered evidence that holistic processing operates only on upright faces. However, such absence might be explained by power issues: Most studies that have failed to find the inverted FCE tested 24 participants or less. Here we find that the inverted FCE exists reliably when we tested at least 60 participants. The inverted FCE was ∼ 18% the size of the upright FCE, and it was unaffected by testing order: It did not matter whether participants did the upright condition first (Experiment 1, n = 64) or …


Predictive Value Of Nuclear Excision Repair Genes For Cancer Survival, George R. Simon, Gerold Bepler Nov 2013

Predictive Value Of Nuclear Excision Repair Genes For Cancer Survival, George R. Simon, Gerold Bepler

USF Patents

Patients who have their cancer surgically removed are at risk for recurrence, even though currently free of disease. Lung cancer patients with higher activity of a nuclear excision repair gene called ERCC1 were at a lower risk for recurrence than patients with lower activity of ERCC1. Hence, it is possible to predict which patients are at a higher risk for recurrence after resection. This information can be used to design treatment strategies for patients determined to be at a higher risk for recurrence. Additionally, patients who are lower risk for recurrence can be saved the morbidity of further treatment.


Silica-Based Material For Detection And Isolation Of Chitin And Chitin-Containing Microorganisms, My Lien Dao Nov 2013

Silica-Based Material For Detection And Isolation Of Chitin And Chitin-Containing Microorganisms, My Lien Dao

USF Patents

The subject invention provides silica-based material that has high affinity to chitin, chitin derivatives and chitin-containing microorganisms at an acidic pH. In an embodiment, the silica-based material surface comprises glass. Also provided are methods for preparing the subject silica-based chitin-binding material. In addition, the subject invention provides rapid, specific, sensitive, accurate and convenient methods for detection, isolation and purification of chitin, chitin derivatives and chitin-containing microorganisms.


Mech/Engr 371 Space Systems Design And Engineering: Introduction To Systems Engineering, Christopher Kitts Nov 2013

Mech/Engr 371 Space Systems Design And Engineering: Introduction To Systems Engineering, Christopher Kitts

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A  PowerPoint presentation created by Professor Christopher Kitts of Santa Clara University on "MECH/ENGR 371 Space Systems Design and Engineering: Introduction to Systems Engineering" on November 12, 2013.


The Effect Of Media Selection On The Membrane Characteristics And Fatty Acid Composition Of Staphylococcus Aureus, Seth Russell Johnson Nov 2013

The Effect Of Media Selection On The Membrane Characteristics And Fatty Acid Composition Of Staphylococcus Aureus, Seth Russell Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

The cellular membrane is a vital structure to a microorganism and impacts important aspects of environmental regulation and growth. The physical structure of cellular membranes plays a key role in bacterial growth at low temperatures, membrane permeability and susceptibility to membrane active molecules as well as broader aspects of bacterial physiology and pathogenesis. Mueller Hinton medium is the required medium for antimicrobial susceptibility testing in the US, but there are many other types of media used in staphylococcal research. Different media vary in their nutrient compositions, and the effect of media composition on bacterial physiology is incompletely understood. The aim …


Um, Usda And Dod Join Forces To Protect Troops Deployed Abroad, Barbara Lago Nov 2013

Um, Usda And Dod Join Forces To Protect Troops Deployed Abroad, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

Their mission: Neutralize threats posed by blood-feeding, disease-carrying insects


Independent - Nov. 12, 2013, Jacklyn Nowotnik Nov 2013

Independent - Nov. 12, 2013, Jacklyn Nowotnik

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.


Troika Of Single Particle Tracking Programing: Snr Enhancement, Particle Identification, And Mapping, Lydia Kisley Nov 2013

Troika Of Single Particle Tracking Programing: Snr Enhancement, Particle Identification, And Mapping, Lydia Kisley

Faculty Scholarship

Single particle tracking (SPT) techniques provide a microscopic approach to probe in vivo and in vitro structure and reactions. Automatic analysis of SPT data with high efficiency and accuracy spurs the development of SPT algorithms. In this perspective, we review a range of available techniques used in SPT analysis programs. In addition, we present an example SPT program step-by-step to provide a guide so that researchers can use, modify, and/or write a SPT program for their own purposes. © 2014 the Owner Societies.


Roles Of Jnrap2.6-Like From The Transition Zone Of Black Walnut In Hormone Signaling, Zhonglian Huang, Peng Zhao, Jose Medina, Richard Meilan, Keith E. Woeste Nov 2013

Roles Of Jnrap2.6-Like From The Transition Zone Of Black Walnut In Hormone Signaling, Zhonglian Huang, Peng Zhao, Jose Medina, Richard Meilan, Keith E. Woeste

Department of Forestry & Natural Resources Faculty Publications

An EST sequence, designated JnRAP2-like, was isolated from tissue at the heartwood/sapwood transition zone (TZ) in black walnut (Juglans nigra L). The deduced amino acid sequence of JnRAP2-like protein consists of a single AP2-containing domain with significant similarity to conserved AP2/ERF DNA-binding domains in other species. Based on multiple sequence alignment, JnRAP2-like appears to be an ortholog of RAP2.6L (At5g13330), which encodes an ethylene response element binding protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. Real-time PCR revealed that the JnRAP2-like was expressed most abundantly in TZ of trees harvested in fall when compared with other xylem tissues harvested in the …


Microbes In Nature Are Limited By Carbon And Energy: The Starving-Survival Lifestyle In Soil And Consequences For Estimating Microbial Rates, John E. Hobbie, Erik A. Hobbie Nov 2013

Microbes In Nature Are Limited By Carbon And Energy: The Starving-Survival Lifestyle In Soil And Consequences For Estimating Microbial Rates, John E. Hobbie, Erik A. Hobbie

Faculty Publications

Understanding microbial transformations in soils is important for predicting future carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling. This review questions some methods of assessing one key microbial process, the uptake of labile organic compounds. First, soil microbes have a starving-survival life style of dormancy, arrested activity, and low activity. Yet they are very abundant and remain poised to completely take up all substrates that become available. As a result, dilution assays with the addition of labeled substrates cannot be used. When labeled substrates are transformed into 14CO2, the first part of the biphasic release follows metabolic rules and is not affected by …


Showcasing The Geology Of American’S National Parks And Monuments, Larry E. Davis Nov 2013

Showcasing The Geology Of American’S National Parks And Monuments, Larry E. Davis

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

Among America’s great treasures are its national parks, monuments, nature preserves, and historical sites. Many of America’s national parks feature unique and spectacular geology. Sigma Gamma Epsilon chapters, geology clubs, and individuals are encouraged to organize and submit a photo array featuring the geology of a particular national park or monument.


Volume 111, Number 11 - Tuesday, November 12, 2013, Saint Mary's College Of California Nov 2013

Volume 111, Number 11 - Tuesday, November 12, 2013, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Collegian

No abstract provided.


Glial Pathology In Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy, Kumiko Ijichi Nov 2013

Glial Pathology In Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy, Kumiko Ijichi

Doctoral Dissertations

The goal of this dissertation was to examine the pathogenic potential of microglia in globoid cell leukodystrophy (GLD). We determined that psychosine, the pathogenic lipid toxin that accumulates in GLD, induced microglial transformation to globoid cells in vitro. Psychosine also induced matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 in cultured glia. This mirrored the elevated expression of MMP-3 in the central nervous system (CNS) of twitcher mice, a murine model of GLD. Pharmacological inhibition or genetic ablation of MMP-3 blocked psychosine-induced globoid cell formation in vitro. These findings indicate that MMP-3 mediated psychosine-induced globoid cell formation. These findings were the first to …


High Throughput Data Framework Based Characterization And Evaluations Of Thermobifida Fusca For Industrial Applications, Niti Vanee Nov 2013

High Throughput Data Framework Based Characterization And Evaluations Of Thermobifida Fusca For Industrial Applications, Niti Vanee

Theses and Dissertations

Cellulolytic organisms are being heavily studied for the production of biofuels, given that lignocellulosic biomass would be a cheap, abundant, and renewable starting material for chemical production. A challenge with cellulolytic microorganisms is that they are typically poorly characterized and often difficult to genetically manipulate. Our group focuses characterization and engineering of a thermophilic aerobic, cellulolytic actinobacterium, Thermobifida fusca. The wider range of optimal temperature and pH for the growth condition, besides the secretion of several group of cellulases, have made this microbe a potentially efficient host system for industrially application. After the development of first ever successful genetic manipulation …


A Unique Support For Sexual-Minority Identity Development: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Of A Long-Term Formal Mentoring Relationship Between An Adult And A Youth From The Gay Community, Christian L. Rummell Nov 2013

A Unique Support For Sexual-Minority Identity Development: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Of A Long-Term Formal Mentoring Relationship Between An Adult And A Youth From The Gay Community, Christian L. Rummell

Dissertations and Theses

An important need exists to build a baseline understanding of the phenomenon of formal mentoring relationships involving adults and youth from the gay community. During the formative years when gay adolescents navigate through the process of understanding, defining, accepting, and sharing their identity as a sexual minority, they are often faced with high levels of environmental risks, including victimization, stress, and negative social sanctions by others. Formal mentoring has been recommended as a potential strategy to offer unique one-to-one support to gay youth that can help to foster resilience and a range of positive outcomes, including strengthening processes involved in …


Understanding Long-Term Changes In Species Abundance Using A Niche-Based Approach, P Helaouët, G Beaugrand, M Edwards Nov 2013

Understanding Long-Term Changes In Species Abundance Using A Niche-Based Approach, P Helaouët, G Beaugrand, M Edwards

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

One of the major challenges to understanding population changes in ecology for assessment purposes is the difficulty in evaluating the suitability of an area for a given species. Here we used a new simple approach able to faithfully predict through time the abundance of two key zooplanktonic species by focusing on the relationship between the species' environmental preferences and their observed abundances. The approach is applied to the marine copepods Calanus finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus as a case study characterising the multidecadal dynamics of the North Sea ecosystem. We removed all North Sea data from the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) …


Why Scalia Should Have Voted To Overturn Doma, Andrew Koppelman Nov 2013

Why Scalia Should Have Voted To Overturn Doma, Andrew Koppelman

NULR Online

No abstract provided.


Middle Mississippi River Islands: Historical Distribution, Restoration Planning, And Biological Importance, Teresa Cecilia Allen Nov 2013

Middle Mississippi River Islands: Historical Distribution, Restoration Planning, And Biological Importance, Teresa Cecilia Allen

Dissertations

The Middle Mississippi River’s (MMR’s) hydrology and sedimentation patterns have been altered. These activities contribute to loss of backwaters, islands, secondary channels, and reduced biodiversity. The Fish and Wildlife Service included reasonable and prudent alternatives (RPAs) in its Biological Opinion for the Operation and Maintenance of the Nine-Foot Channel Navigation Project. These RPAs mandate dike notching and island building to increase habitat diversity. My first goal was to examine changes in the number and relative location of islands from 1797 to 2003. I found that the total number of islands increased, the number of central islands decreased, and the number …


2013 November 11 Nov 2013

2013 November 11

Minutes

No abstract provided.


11-11-2013 Fundraiser For Agape Health Clinic Planned Sunday In Weatherford, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Nov 2013

11-11-2013 Fundraiser For Agape Health Clinic Planned Sunday In Weatherford, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

The Agape Health Clinic will have a fundraising meal this Sunday, November 17, from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Weatherford Pioneer Center, and three Southwestern Oklahoma State University organizations are helping to make it happen.


Grand Valley Forum, Volume 038, Number 12, November 11, 2013, Grand Valley State University Nov 2013

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 038, Number 12, November 11, 2013, Grand Valley State University

2013-2014, Volume 38

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.


Mixed-Level Response Surface Designs Via A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm, P. Angelopoulos, C. Koukouvinos, D. E. Simos, A. Skountzou Nov 2013

Mixed-Level Response Surface Designs Via A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm, P. Angelopoulos, C. Koukouvinos, D. E. Simos, A. Skountzou

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

Response surface methodology is widely used for developing, improving and optimizing processes in various fields. In this paper, we present a general algorithmic method for constructing 2q14q2 mixed-level designs in order to explore and optimize response surfaces with respect to D-efficiency, where the predictor variables are at two and four equally spaced levels, by utilizing a hybrid genetic algorithm. Emphasis is given on various properties that arise from the implementation of the genetic algorithm, such as using genetic operators as local optimizers and the representation of the four levels of the design with a 2-bit Gray Code. We applied the …


Bayesian Inference And Prediction Using Progressive First-Failure Censored From Generalized Pareto Distribution, M. A. W. Mahmoud, Ahmed A. Soliman, Ahmed H. Abd-Ellah, Rashad M. El-Sagheer Nov 2013

Bayesian Inference And Prediction Using Progressive First-Failure Censored From Generalized Pareto Distribution, M. A. W. Mahmoud, Ahmed A. Soliman, Ahmed H. Abd-Ellah, Rashad M. El-Sagheer

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

This paper describes the Bayesian inference and prediction of the generalized Pareto (GP) distribution for progressive firstfailure censored data. We consider the Bayesian inference under a squared error loss function. We propose to apply Gibbs sampling procedure to drawMarkov ChianMonte Carlo (MCMC) samples, and they have in turn, been used to compute the Bayes estimates with the help of importance sampling technique. We have performed a simulation study in order to compare the proposed Bayes estimators with the maximum likelihood estimators. We further consider two sample Bayes prediction to predicting future order statistics and upper record values from generalized Pareto …


Commonwealth Times 2013-11-11 Nov 2013

Commonwealth Times 2013-11-11

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.


November 11, 2013, James Madison University Nov 2013

November 11, 2013, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.


Current, November 11, 2013, University Of Missouri-St. Louis Nov 2013

Current, November 11, 2013, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

No abstract provided.


In-Situ Quantification Of The Interfacial Rheological Response Of Bacterial Biofilms To Environmental Stimuli, Patrick Rühs, Lukas Böni, Gerald Fuller, R. Inglis, Peter Fischer Nov 2013

In-Situ Quantification Of The Interfacial Rheological Response Of Bacterial Biofilms To Environmental Stimuli, Patrick Rühs, Lukas Böni, Gerald Fuller, R. Inglis, Peter Fischer

Biology Department Faculty Works

Understanding the numerous factors that can affect biofilm formation and stability remain poorly understood. One of the major limitations is the accurate measurement of biofilm stability and cohesiveness in real-time when exposed to changing environmental conditions. Here we present a novel method to measure biofilm strength: interfacial rheology. By culturing a range of bacterial biofilms on an air-liquid interface we were able to measure their viscoelastic growth profile during and after biofilm formation and subsequently alter growth conditions by adding surfactants or changing the nutrient composition of the growth medium. We found that different bacterial species had unique viscoelastic growth …


Sabbatical Leave Proposal, Toni Burkhalter Nov 2013

Sabbatical Leave Proposal, Toni Burkhalter

Sabbaticals

Wellness is commonly defined as the "absence of disease." However, wellness actually consists of six separate dimensions, each a vital component to the health of an individual. The dimension of wellness that most closely relates to my passions and position at Parkland College is physical wellness. The goal of the anticipated sabbatical is to investigate and experience the three dimensions of physical wellness: medical system, nutrition and fitness. The proposed sabbatical will allow me to experience personal/professional rejuvenation and improved physical wellness.


Edwardsiella Andrillae, A New Species Of Sea Anemone From Antarctic Ice, Marymegan Daly, Frank Rack, Robert Zook Nov 2013

Edwardsiella Andrillae, A New Species Of Sea Anemone From Antarctic Ice, Marymegan Daly, Frank Rack, Robert Zook

ANDRILL Research and Publications

Exploration of the lower surface of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica by the Submersible Capable of under-Ice Navigation and Imaging (SCINI) remotely operated vehicle discovered a new species of sea anemone living in this previously undocumented ecosystem. This discovery was a significant outcome of the Coulman High Project’s geophysical and environmental fieldwork in 2010-2011 as part of the ANDRILL (ANtarctic geologic DRILLing) program. Edwardsiella andrillae n. sp., lives with most of its column in the ice shelf, with only the tentacle crown extending into the seawater below. In addition to being the only Antarctic representative of the genus, Edwardsiella …


The Collegian (2013-11-11), Cleiri Quezada Nov 2013

The Collegian (2013-11-11), Cleiri Quezada

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

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