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Weekly News Digest 08/14/2013, Jenna Ray

Weekly Bulletin Archive

In this issue:

●Fall Classes Begin August 28

● Morris Students ‘Dig’ Summer Break

● Morris Recognized in “America’s Top Colleges”

● Stephen Burks Quoted in August Issue of Safety + Health

Technique And Considerations In The Use Of 4x1 Ring High-Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (Hd-Tdcs), Mauricio F. Villamar, Magdalena Sarah Volz, Marom Bikson, Abhishek Datta, Alexandre F. Dasilva, Felipe Fregni

Publications and Research

High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) has recently been developed as a noninvasive brain stimulation approach that increases the accuracy of current delivery to the brain by using arrays of smaller "high-definition" electrodes, instead of the larger pad-electrodes of conventional tDCS. Targeting is achieved by energizing electrodes placed in predetermined configurations. One of these is the 4x1-ring configuration. In this approach, a center ring electrode (anode or cathode) overlying the target cortical region is surrounded by four return electrodes, which help circumscribe the area of stimulation. Delivery of 4x1-ring HD-tDCS is capable of inducing significant neurophysiological and clinical effects in …

Contrasted Evolutionary Constraints On Secreted And Non-Secreted Proteomes Of Selected Actinobacteria, Subarna Thakur, Philippe Normand, Vincent Daubin, Louis S. Tisa, Arnab Sen

Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

Background: Actinobacteria have adapted to contrasted ecological niches such as the soil, and among others to plants or animals as pathogens or symbionts. Mycobacterium genus contains mostly pathogens that cause a variety of mammalian diseases, among which the well-known leprosy and tuberculosis, it also has saprophytic relatives. Streptomyces genus is mostly a soil microbe known for its secondary metabolites, it contains also plant pathogens, animal pathogens and symbionts. Frankia, a nitrogen-fixing actinobacterium establishes a root symbiosis with dicotyledonous pionneer plants. Pathogens and symbionts live inside eukaryotic cells and tissues and interact with their cellular environment through secreted proteins and effectors …

July 13, 2013 (Pages 3921-4052), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 43 (2013)

No abstract provided.

Individual And Population Level Resource Selection Patterns Of Mountain Lions Preying On Mule Deer Along An Urban-Wildland Gradient, John F. Benson, Jeff A. Sikich, Seth P. D. Riley

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Understanding population and individual-level behavioral responses of large carnivores to human disturbance is important for conserving top predators in fragmented landscapes. However, previous research has not investigated resource selection at predation sites of mountain lions in highly urbanized areas. We quantified selection of natural and anthropogenic landscape features by mountain lions at sites where they consumed their primary prey, mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), in and adjacent to urban, suburban, and rural areas in greater Los Angeles. We documented intersexual and individual-level variation in the environmental conditions present at mule deer feeding sites relative to their availability across home …

Validation Of Copy Number Variants Associated With Schizophrenia Risk In An Irish Population And Implications To Clinical Practice, Rachel L. Elves

Theses and Dissertations

Schizophrenia is a complex disorder affecting 1% of the population and is highly heritable, but the majority of contributing genetic factors has remained elusive. Current risk estimates for clinical practice are primarily determined by family history and associated empirical risk. Copy number variants (CNVs) may hold the key to explaining the missing heritability in schizophrenia research; schizophrenia risk estimates as high as 30% have been found for the most-studied CNV associated with schizophrenia, 22q11. Currently, there are methods to identify CNVs though previously collected data from SNP microarrays that would facilitate these types of studies. To determine if algorithms that …

Discover Eds: Tales Of Implementation And Use, Audrey Powers, Lily Todorinova, Shannon E. Fox, Athena Hoeppner, Mary Page, Rafal Kasprowski, Elizabeth Kocevar-Weidinger, Alyssa Koclanes, Virginia Polley, Robb M. Waltner

Charleston Library Conference

This paper supplements the panel, which was delivered in a “Lively Lunch” format and included presentations by librarians who have employed EBSCO’s Discovery System (EDS) in their academic institutions. The panelists addressed several important aspects of launching a discovery system in an academic library, such as Implementation; Information Literacy; and Assessment, Usability and Customization. The implementation component included technical aspects, business requirements, enhancing the operability of link resolvers, launch preparation, and implementation success. The information literacy portion addressed how academic reference services and library instruction have been transformed because of EDS. Assessment, Usability and Customization focused on customizing the search …

Freely Flowing: Openly Accessible Sources For Streaming Video, Deg Farrelly

Charleston Library Conference

There is considerable disagreement within the academic and library spheres as to what can be done to make streaming content available. The process of providing streaming content is expensive, labor intensive, and time consuming. This process, however, doesn’t always require prolonged licensing negotiations, expenditure of precious materials budgets, or large investment of personnel time and effort to digitize, upload, and maintain content. There are many websites that provide quality videos that libraries and media centers can both access and provide access to with minimal effort. This paper offers a list of these legal, openly accessible resources, along with a brief …

Integrating Discovery And Access For Scholarly Articles: Successes And Failures, Anurag Acharya

Charleston Library Conference

Discovery has often been tied to access. People learn from the things they have access to, therefore allowing them to discover knowledge. The engineers at Google Scholar have worked hard to integrate and increase discovery and accessibility for people around the world by collaborating with the library and publishing communities to create a successful tool in scholarly research. This presentation provides the steps these engineers have taken to create one place that people can visit to find all scholarly literature, no matter the subject or the language. The wide range of literature can be accessed from a major university in …

Our New Job Description, Annette Thomas

Charleston Library Conference

The evolution of digital technologies has led to many changes in the way the world operates, especially when it comes to publishing. There are a multitude of new approaches that publishers can adopt in order to create a more efficient, creative way to present scientific research. In this presentation, the CEO of Macmillan discusses many of these approaches that the company is taking to establish a more user-centered experience. These projects include the creation of tools to aid scientists in keeping up-to-date with scientific research, tracking and storing their own research and making it available to others, organizing their data …

Understanding Escience: Reflections On A Houston Symposium, Joanne Romano, Allen Lopez, Maianh Phi

Charleston Library Conference

EScience is a data-driven research concept that encompasses the creation of vast data sets on a broad interdisciplinary scale. It is gaining momentum as a venue for librarians to collaborate with researchers and scientists like never before. The data curation necessary for eScience activities will provide librarians with a new platform for demonstrating their expertise in data retrieval, collection, and storage. This paper provides a reflection on the Houston eScience symposium and how it culminated in the creation of the Library’s first eScience Task Force and the Library’s eScience Portal, “Understanding eScience.” As outlined in the paper, this portal benefits …

Keeping The Momentum: Moving Ahead With Research Data Support, Hilary Davis, Steve Morris, Barrie Hayes

Charleston Library Conference

From June 2011 to early 2012 the NCSU Libraries and the UNC Libraries took part in the ARL/DLF E-Science Institute to frame a strategic agenda for supporting research data management and its broader e-science needs at our universities. We conducted an environmental scan, interviewed key researchers and administrators, and participated in capstone meetings with peer institutions. Our two institutions represent two strategies with varying degrees of divergence and convergence. At the NCSU Libraries, with no repository explicitly designed for research data, we are focusing on developing a portfolio of services and partnerships to create a “campus collaborative” of experts, tools, …

Not Your Mother’S Pda: The Transition From Pda Pilot To Full Acquisitions Integration, Bruce Fyfe, Erin Gallagher, Nicole Nolan, Harriet Rykse, Nazi Torabi, Yves Vanier

Charleston Library Conference

Western Libraries and Ingram Content Group worked together to establish a Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) program that has been incorporated into the regular acquisitions workflow at Western. Some features of the program include: all titles selected for addition to the PDA collection are filtered through the approval profiles established by the librarians, the library’s holdings are uploaded to Ingram weekly so that duplicate titles are avoided, invoices for purchased PDA titles are sent weekly, and holdings for un-purchased and purchased PDA records are updated weekly. A PDA Working Group established the program at Western by meeting with collections librarians to …

Proving The Value Of Library Collections, Lea Currie, Amalia Monroe-Gulick

Charleston Library Conference

Proving the value of library collections has always been a concern of collection development librarians. Librarians have devised creative methods of gathering evidence to demonstrate to university administrations the essential role that libraries play in research productivity. In an attempt to demonstrate the value of library collections, the authors from the University of Kansas (KU) Libraries conducted a citation analysis study utilizing KU science faculty publications. Using a random sampling of faculty from the departments of Physics, Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, and Geology, the authors developed lists of the citations in these faculty publications and checked to determine if KU …

Point Of Care Tools And Libraries: 12th Annual Health Sciences Lively Lunch, Deborah D. Blecic, Wendy Bahnsen, Susan Klimley, Ramune K. Kubilius

Charleston Library Conference

This session included a discussion about point of care tools in the health information setting. Klimley provided a presentation on the point of care tools landscape that highlighted the importance and relevance of this topic now, evaluations that have been published about these tools, funding issues, and desirable elements of the tools. The presentation included examples of marketing techniques and product advertisements to portray the various claims and testimonials regarding these products, which provided a critical discussion on the products and their use in health information settings. A lively discussion followed the presentation to allow participants to express some of …

07/12/2013 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 07/12/2013. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Fearless: Christine Serwan And Sam Holmes, Christine M. Serwan, Samuel R. Holmes

SURGE

This week, we’re recognising the fearless work that Christine Serwan ’13 and Sam Holmes ’13 will be doing over the next two years during with the Peace Corps. [excerpt]

If You’D Rather Be Frodo Baggins Or Sam Gamgee…Start Your Dream Here, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Movement And Habitat Use Of The Snapping Turtle In An Urban Landscape, Travis J. Ryan, William A. Peterman, Jessica D. Stephens, Sean C. Sterrett

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

In order to effectively manage urban habitats, it is important to incorporate the spatial ecology and habitat use of the species utilizing them. Our previous studies have shown that the distribution of upland habitats surrounding a highly urbanized wetland habitat, the Central Canal (Indianapolis, IN, USA) influences the distribution of map turtles (Graptemys geographica) and red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta) during both the active season and hibernation. In this study we detail the movements and habitat use of another prominent member of the Central Canal turtle assemblage, the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina. We find the same …

The Impact Of Nitrogen Contamination And River Modification On A Mississippi River Floodplain Lake, Indu Karthic, Richard B. Brugam Ph.D., William A. Retzlaff, Kevin Johnson

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Anthropogenic nitrogen contamination has increased in ecosystems around the world (frequently termed the “nitrogen cascade”). Coke production for steel manufacturing is often overlooked as a source of nitrogen to natural ecosystems. We examined sediment cores from a Horseshoe Lake, a floodplain lake located just East of St. Louis Missouri (USA) to test whether a coking plant effluent could be traced using stable isotopes of nitrogen and diatom microfossils. The distribution of δ¹⁵N values in surface sediment samples from the lake shows the highest values near the coking plant effluent. Analysis stable isotopes of nitrogen from sediment cores using …

Analysis Of Beta-Band Meg Coherence In Asd During Direct Gaze Processing: Relationship To Social Cognition, Aimee Marie Moore

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Gaze-following is a rudimentary behavior that forms the foundation of social communication, where aberrant social orienting is a defining feature of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD; Hoehl et al., 2009; Nummenmaa & Cal der, 2009). Recent neuroimaging research has demonstrated increasing precision at identifying aberrant brain response patterns in individuals with ASD, but no studies have employed a more holistic neural network approach analyzing coherence (i.e., synchrony of neural oscillations) during direct gaze processing. The current study examined coherence between each pair of 54 brain regions and the relationship between average coherence and psychometric measures of social cognition in eleven participants …

Floristics And Above-Ground Biomass (Agb) In Peatlands In Peruvian Lowland Amazonia, Loreto – Peru, Elvis Valderrama

Theses

Amazonian forests comprise almost 10% of stored carbon (C) in the world’s land ecosystems. This C is held both in above-ground biomass (AGB) and in the soil. AGB in an individual plant depends on plant size, often measured in trees as height (H) and diameter (D), and the density of plant tissues, often approximated in trees by wood density (WD). Soil C storage depends on the balance between inputs from AGB due to mortality and senescence and outputs due to decay and erosion. Peatlands, wetlands recently described in northern Peruvian Amazonia, show unusually high rates of soil C accumulation. For …

Her Dark Materials: Conjuring The Feminine Imaginary In Practice, K Parker

School of Art, Design and Architecture

My paper explores film-making ‘as (a) woman’, an audiovisual form of écriture féminine, a term used by Hélène Cixous and others to denote ‘feminine writing’, the transformative practices that come through the body, with reference to Maya Deren’s theorisation of cinema and her ethnographic study of Haitian voodoo belief systems. In creative practice, I take the feminine position through an embodied layering of consciousness, entering a trance or dream state, which for Freud was, "the threshold between life and death ... a space of uncertainty in which boundaries blur between rational and the supernatural, the animate and the inanimate" (Mulvey, …

Identification And Molecular Characterization Of A New Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Locus At 17q21.31, Jennifer Permuth-Wey, Kate Lawrenson, Howard C. Shen, Aneliya Velkova, Jonathan P. Tyrer, Zhihua Chen, Hui-Yi Lin, Y. Ann Chen, Ya-Yu Tsai, Xiaotao Qu, Susan J. Ramus, Rod Karevan, Janet Lee, Nathan Lee, Melissa C. Larson, Katja K. Aben, Hoda Anton-Culver, Natalia Antonenkova, Antonis Antoniou, Sebastian M. Armasu, Australian Cancer Study, Queensland Institute Of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, Queensland Institute Of Medical Research, Brisbane, François Bacot, Laura Baglietto, Elisa V. Bandera, Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Matthias W. Beckmann, Michael J. Birrer, Greg Bloom, Natalia Bogdanova, Louise A. Brinton, Angela Brooks-Wilson, Robert Brown, Ralf Butzow, Qiuyin Cai, Ian Campbell, Jenny Change-Claude, Stephen Chanock, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Jin Q. Cheng, Mine S. Cicek, Gerhard A. Coetzee, Consortium Of Investigators Of Modifiers Of Brca1/2, Linda S. Cook, Fergus J. Couch, Daniel W. Cramer, Julie M. Cunningham, Agnieszka Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Evelyn Despierre, Jennifer Doherty

Dartmouth Scholarship

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) has a heritable component that remains to be fully characterized. Most identified common susceptibility variants lie in non-protein-coding sequences. We hypothesized that variants in the 3 ′ untranslated region at putative microRNA (miRNA) binding sites represent functional targets that influence EOC susceptibility. Here, we evaluate the association between 767 miRNA binding site single nucleotide polymorphisms (miRSNPs) and EOC risk in 18,174 EOC cases and 26,134 controls from 43 studies genotyped through the Collaborative Oncological Gene-environment Study. We identify several miRSNPs associated with invasive serous EOC risk (OR=1.12, P =10⁻⁸ ) mapping to an inversion polymorphism …

Class Notes

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.

An Evening Of Green And Gold, Larry Peña

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Apprentices Become The Masters, Rachel Henry

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.

A Collective Vision Comes To Life, Rachel Henry

Cal Poly Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, July 11, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

July 2013

No abstract provided.

Fadeaway, Leslie Eskeets

Theatre & Dance ETDs

This essay will explore questions related to the role of the supernatural in relation to Navajo identity, the role of magic realism within Navajo storytelling and discuss my approach to Dramatic Writing. I will analyze my play Fadeaway, a Navajo love tragedy that focuses on domestic violence, taboos and witchcraft within the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Nation is located in the Northwest corner of New Mexico spilling across the state lines of Colorado, Utah and taking up one-fourth of Arizona. The outskirts of the Navajo Nation are known as the "checkerboard area", patches of land are owned by State Government …