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From Cosmetic To Metabolized Change: Promoting Paradigm Shifts In A Dominant Culture University, Linda L. Samek, Anna A. Berardi, Amy Lynn Dee, Debra S. Espinor, Brenda M. Morton, Stephen R. Bearden, Steve Song, Waneen Aden White

Faculty Publications - College of Education

The authors provide three case examples modeling the implementation of the Diversity agenda in a school of education within a private Christian university. The second article in a series, the case studies demonstrate contextual application of confronting privilege as it manifests itself in a seemingly homogeneous environment. As the authors document programmatic, personal, and pedagogical methods informed by principles of social justice and equity, the intent is to move beyond cosmetic compliance with accreditation obligations towards a metabolized second order change within students and faculty.

Spectator 2013-05-22, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Search: Spatially Explicit Animal Response To Composition Of Habitat., Benjamin P. Pauli, Nicholas P. Mccann, Patrick A. Zollner, Robert Cummings, Jonathan H. Gilbert, Eric J. Gustafson

Department of Forestry & Natural Resources Faculty Publications

Complex decisions dramatically affect animal dispersal and space use. Dispersing individuals respond to a combination of fine-scale environmental stimuli and internal attributes. Individual-based modeling offers a valuable approach for the investigation of such interactions because it combines the heterogeneity of animal behaviors with spatial detail. Most individual-based models (IBMs), however, vastly oversimplify animal behavior and such behavioral minimalism diminishes the value of these models. We present program SEARCH (Spatially Explicit Animal Response to Composition of Habitat), a spatially explicit, individual-based, population model of animal dispersal through realistic landscapes. SEARCH uses values in Geographic Information System (GIS) maps to apply rules …

Species Boundaries And Biogeography Of East African Torrent Frogs Of The Genus Petropedetes (Amphibia: Anura: Petropeditidae), Simon P. Loader, F. Sara Ceccarelli, Mark Wilkinson, Michele Menegon, Jean Mariaux, Rafael O. De Sá, Et Al.

Biology Faculty Publications

Based on morphology there are currently three described East African species of torrent frogs belonging to the tropical African genus Petropedetes (P. dutoiti, P. martiennseni and P. yakusini). Taxonomic uncertainties are evident within this group: a putative new species reported from the Nguru Mountains and the species P. yakusini have a fragmented distribution across the Southern Tanzanian highlands. We conducted a molecular systematic study, sampling populations of East African petropedetids occurring in the mountains of Tanzania (P. martiennseni and P. yakusini), to investigate species boundaries and biogeography. Data provide evidence for the recognition of …

Significant Sequelae After Bacterial Meningitis In Niger: A Cohort Study, Jean-François Jusot, Zilahatou Tohon, Abdoul Aziz Yazi, Jean-Marc Collard

Epidemiology and Environmental Health Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Beside high mortality, acute bacterial meningitis may lead to a high frequency of neuropsychological sequelae. The Sahelian countries belonging to the meningitis belt experience approximately 50% of the meningitis cases occurring in the world. Studies in Africa have shown that N. meningitidis could cause hearing loss in up to 30% of the cases, exceeding sometimes measles. The situation is similar in Niger which experiences yearly meningitis epidemics and where rehabilitation wards are rare and hearing aids remain unaffordable. The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of neuropsychological sequelae after acute bacterial meningitis in four of the …

Partial Ovary Development Is Widespread In Honey Bees And Comparable To Other Eusocial Bees And Wasps, Michael L. Smith, Heather R. Mattila

Faculty Research and Scholarship

Honey bee workers have few opportunities for direct reproduction because their ovary development is chemically suppressed by queens and worker-laid eggs are destroyed by workers. While workers with fully developed ovaries are rare in honey bee colonies, we show that partial ovary development is common. Across nine studies, an average of 6% to 43% of workers had partially developed ovaries in queenright colonies with naturally mated queens. This shift by workers toward potential future reproduction is linked to lower productivity, which suggests that even small investments in reproductive physiology by selfish workers reduce cooperation below a theoretical maximum. Furthermore, comparisons …

2013 May 21 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University

Medical Student Education Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

As-761-13 Resolution On Change Of Administrative Status For Wine And Viticulture Program, Wine And Viticulture Program

Academic Senate Resolutions

Endorses the change in status and name from “Wine and Viticulture program” to “Wine and Viticulture Department.”

As Mourns Loss Of Biology Student In Accident, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

2013 Freeman Fund Scholarship Recipients Named On May 21 In Uptown Shelby, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

The dream of leaving high school to enter college is about to become reality for nine local students thanks to the Joseph B. Freeman Jr. Educational Fund. Gardner-Webb University announced the names of this year’s recipients, all Cleveland County high school seniors, during a presentation held in front of the Cleveland County Chamber in uptown Shelby, N.C., on May 21. Established in 1991 by area business leaders, the Freeman Fund was named for the late Joseph B. Freeman, who was head of the Interstate Johnson Lane office in Shelby.

Youtube: Freeman Scholarship 2013

7 A&S Faculty Honored With Emeriti Association Induction, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Senate Meeting Minutes 05/21/13, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

No abstract provided.

Cytochrome P450s And Uses Thereof, Joe Chappell, Lyle F. Ralston

Plant and Soil Sciences Faculty Patents

The invention features isolated cytochrome P450 polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules, as well as expression vectors and transgenic plants containing these molecules. In addition, the invention features uses of such molecules in methods of increasing the level of resistance against a disease caused by a plant pathogen in a transgenic plant, in methods for producing altered compounds, for example, hydroxylated compounds, and in methods of producing isoprenoid compounds.

Academic Senate - Agenda, 5/21/2013, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

The Predicted Relative Risk Of Premature Ovarian Failure For Three Radiotherapy Modalities In A Girl Receiving Craniospinal Irradiation, A. Pérez-Andújar, W. D. Newhauser, P. J. Taddei, A. Mahajan, R. M. Howell

Faculty Publications

In girls and young women, irradiation of the ovaries can reduce the number of viable ovarian primordial follicles, which may lead to premature ovarian failure (POF) and subsequently to sterility. One strategy to minimize this late effect is to reduce the radiation dose to the ovaries. A primary means of reducing dose is to choose a radiotherapy technique that avoids irradiating nearby normal tissue; however, the relative risk of POF (RRPOF) due to the various therapeutic options has not been assessed. This study compared the predicted RRPOF after craniospinal proton radiotherapy, conventional photon radiotherapy (CRT) and intensity-modulated photon radiotherapy (IMRT). …

Multitissue Molecular, Genomic, And Developmental Effects Of The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill On Resident Gulf Killifish (Fundulus Grandis), Benjamin Dubansky, Andrew Whitehead, Jeffrey T. Miller, Charles D. Rice, Fernando Galvez

Faculty Publications

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster resulted in crude oil contamination along the Gulf coast in sensitive estuaries. Toxicity from exposure to crude oil can affect populations of fish that live or breed in oiled habitats as seen following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. In an ongoing study of the effects of Deepwater Horizon crude oil on fish, Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) were collected from an oiled site (Grande Terre, LA) and two reference locations (coastal MS and AL) and monitored for measures of exposure to crude oil. Killifish collected from Grande Terre had divergent gene expression in the liver …

May 21, 2013 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Sixteen And Pregnant: Minors' Consent In Abortion And Adoption, Malinda L. Seymore

Faculty Scholarship

A minor girl’s decision about how to handle an unplanned pregnancy is a highly contested issue. Especially contentious is the minor’s ability to consent to an abortion independently of an adult such as her parents or a judge. That issue has received substantial attention from policy makers, scholars, judges, and legislators. Almost no attention has been paid, however, to the decision of a pregnant minor to continue her pregnancy, relinquish her constitutionally protected parental rights, and place a child for adoption. In 37 states, a minor’s abortion decision is regulated differently than an adult’s, while in only 15 states is …

History Of Nutrient Inputs To The Northeastern United States, 1930–2000, Rebecca L. Hale, Joseph H. Hoover, Wilfred M. Wollheim, Charles J. Vorosmarty

Faculty Publications

Humans have dramatically altered nutrient cycles at local to global scales. We examined changes in anthropogenic nutrient inputs to the northeastern United States (NE) from 1930 to 2000. We created a comprehensive time series of anthropogenic N and P inputs to 437 counties in the NE at 5 year intervals. Inputs included atmospheric N deposition, biological N2 fixation, fertilizer, detergent P, livestock feed, and human food. Exports included exports of feed and food and volatilization of ammonia. N inputs to the NE increased throughout the study period, primarily due to increases in atmospheric deposition and fertilizer. P inputs increased until …

Human Prostatic Acid Phosphatase: Structure, Function And Regulation., Sakthivel Muniyan, Nagendra K. Chaturvedi, Jennifer G. Dwyer, Chad A. Lagrange, William G. Chaney, Ming-Fong Lin

Journal Articles: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Human prostatic acid phosphatase (PAcP) is a 100 kDa glycoprotein composed of two subunits. Recent advances demonstrate that cellular PAcP (cPAcP) functions as a protein tyrosine phosphatase by dephosphorylating ErbB-2/Neu/HER-2 at the phosphotyrosine residues in prostate cancer (PCa) cells, which results in reduced tumorigenicity. Further, the interaction of cPAcP and ErbB-2 regulates androgen sensitivity of PCa cells. Knockdown of cPAcP expression allows androgen-sensitive PCa cells to develop the castration-resistant phenotype, where cells proliferate under an androgen-reduced condition. Thus, cPAcP has a significant influence on PCa cell growth. Interestingly, promoter analysis suggests that PAcP expression can be regulated by NF-κB, via …

Multi-Institutional Library Collaboration And The Future Of Scholarly Collections, Steven R. Harris

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Academic libraries face a number of challenges in managing large collections of periodicals and books. Stewardship of these collections must balance the need to preserve older parts of the scholarly record with the constant space demands of the ongoing acquisitions, without also impinging upon other uses the library needs to support, including student study space. Shared preservation of print collections is one way to address these issues. Collectively, libraries may be able to more effectively preserve the scholarly record.

The Neural Ring: An Algebraic Tool For Analyzing The Intrinsic Structure Of Neural Codes, Carina Curto, Vladimir Itskov, Alan Veliz-Cuba, Nora Youngs

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

Neurons in the brain represent external stimuli via neural codes. These codes often arise from stereotyped stimulus-response maps, associating to each neuron a convex receptive field. An important problem confronted by the brain is to infer properties of a represented stimulus space without knowledge of the receptive fields, using only the intrinsic structure of the neural code. How does the brain do this? To address this question, it is important to determine what stimulus space features can - in principle - be extracted from neural codes. This motivates us to define the neural ring and a related neural ideal, …

Long-Term Low Do Enriches And Shifts Nitrifier Community In Activated Sludge, Guoqiang Liu, Jianmin Wang

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In the activated sludge process, reducing the operational dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration can improve oxygen transfer efficiency, thereby reducing energy use. The low DO, however, may result in incomplete nitrification. This research investigated the long-term effect of low DO on the nitrification performance of activated sludge. Results indicated that, for reactors with 10- and 40-day solids retention times (SRTs), complete nitrification was accomplished after a long-term operation with a DO of 0.37 and 0.16 mg/L, respectively. Under long-term low DO conditions, nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) became a better oxygen competitor than ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and, as a result, no …

Targeting Udp-Galactopyranose Mutases From Eukaryotic Human Pathogens, Karina Kizjakina, John J. Tanner, Pablo Sobrado

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

UDP-Galactopyranose mutase (UGM) is a unique flavin-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of UDPgalactopyranose (UDP-Galp) to UDP-galactofuranose (UDP-Galf). The product of this reaction is the precursor to Galf, a major component of the cell wall and of cell surface glycoproteins and glycolipids in many eukaryotic and prokaryotic human pathogens. The function of UGM is important in the virulence of fungi, parasites, and bacteria. Its role in virulence and its absence in humans suggest that UGM is an ideal drug target. Significant structural and mechanistic information has been accumulated on the prokaryotic UGMs; however, in the past few years the research …

Label-Free Chemically Specific Imaging In Planta With Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy, Jessica C. Mansfield, George R. Littlejohn, Mark P. Seymour, Rob J. Lind, Sarah Perfect, Julian Moger

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Workplace Integrated Learning, Environmental Volunteering Or Service Learning?, Rowena H. Scott, Eddie Van Etten

eCULTURE

This discussion paper introduces the concept and practice of environmental volunteering as part of the process of Workplace Integrated Learning (WIL) at Edith Cowan University. As well as introducing the theoretical background and definitions of both volunteering and WIL, this paper describes examples from Natural Sciences domain of students doing environmental voluntary work with community groups as a practicum which is a core unit within their course. Literature suggests that these examples should neither be defined as volunteering nor WIL so their definitions and classifications are debated. Review of these examples in light of the literature suggests the conclusion that …

05-20-2013 Swosu Receives $15,000 For National Pilot Program Tech Trek, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Tech Trek at Southwestern Oklahoma State University recently received $15,000 from the Oklahoma Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) to assist in funding the week-long math and science camp for girls this summer.

Oral Cancer Risk And Vitamin D Status, Intake And Supplementation: A Review, Karl Kingsley, C. Bergman, M. Keiserman

Dental Medicine Faculty Research

No abstract provided.

Maryland V. King: The Fourth Amendment Spirals Down The Double Helix, Sitara V. Witanachchi

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

This commentary previews an upcoming Supreme Court case, Maryland v. King, in which the Court may decide whether requiring an arrestee to submit to a buccal swab for identification purposes violates the arrestee's privacy interests under the Fourth Amendment.

C-Terminal Low-Complexity Sequence Repeats Of Mycobacterium Smegmatis Ku Modulate Dna Binding, Ambuj K. Kushwaha, Anne Grove

Faculty Publications

Ku protein is an integral component of the NHEJ (non-homologous end-joining) pathway of DSB (double-strand break) repair. Both eukaryotic and prokaryotic Ku homologues have been characterized and shown to bind DNA ends. A unique feature of Mycobacterium smegmatis Ku is its basic C-terminal tail that contains several lysine-rich low-complexity PAKKA repeats that are absent from homologues encoded by obligate parasitic mycobacteria. Such PAKKA repeats are also characteristic of mycobacterial Hlp (histone-like protein) for which they have been shown to confer the ability to appose DNA ends. Unexpectedly, removal of the lysine-rich extension enhances DNA-binding affinity, but an interaction between DNA …