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Wireless Remote Animal Monitoring (Wram) - A New International Database E-Infrastructure For Management And Sharing Of Telemetry Sensor Data From Fish And Wildlife, Holger Dettki, Michel Brode, Timothy Giles, Jerry Hallgren

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

New tracking technologies have become available to ecologists, allowing remote real-time data capture from an increasing number of taxa, species and animals. To realize the potential of the data, researchers must be able to share data and collaborate with the global research community. The Wireless Remote Animal Monitoring (WRAM) database system, started in 2003, contains 96.5 million positions and other sensor data and is used to date by 32 user groups from 8 countries, tracking 16 species and 2179 individual animals. The infrastructure represents the Swedish national data node and data sharing portal for real-time telemetry sensor data from fish …

Cal Poly To Host Sausage-Making Workshop June 28, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

The Cord (June 18, 2014)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

The Graceling Realm Series, Maggie Mason Smith

Publications

No abstract provided.

We Are...Marshall, June 18, 2014, Office Of Marshall University Communications

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

No abstract provided.

Overt Responses During Covert Orienting., Brian D Corneil, Douglas P Munoz

Brain and Mind Institute Researchers' Publications

A distributed network of cortical and subcortical brain areas controls our oculomotor behavior. This network includes the superior colliculus (SC), which coordinates an ancient visual grasp reflex via outputs that ramify widely within the brainstem and spinal cord, accessing saccadic and other premotor and autonomic circuits. In this Review, we discuss recent results correlating subliminal SC activity in the absence of saccades with diverse components of the visual grasp reflex, including neck and limb muscle recruitment, pupil dilation, and microsaccade propensity. Such subtle manifestations of covert orienting are accessible in the motor periphery and may provide the next generation of …

Motor Cortex Electrical Stimulation Augments Sprouting Of The Corticospinal Tract And Promotes Recovery Of Motor Function, Jason B. Carmel, John H. Martin

Publications and Research

The corticospinal system—with its direct spinal pathway, the corticospinal tract (CST) – is the primary system for controlling voluntary movement. Our approach to CST repair after injury in mature animals was informed by our finding that activity drives establishment of connections with spinal cord circuits during postnatal development. After incomplete injury in maturity, spared CST circuits sprout, and partially restore lost function. Our approach harnesses activity to augment this injury-dependent CST sprouting and to promote function. Lesion of the medullary pyramid unilaterally eliminates all CST axons from one hemisphere and allows examination of CST sprouting from the unaffected hemisphere. We …

Genetic Variations Affecting Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Levels And Status Of Regional Lymph Nodes In Patients With Sporadic Colorectal Cancer From Southern China, Yu Liang, Weizhong Tang, Tiquiang Huang, Yong Gao, Aihua Tan, Xiaobo Yang, Haiying Zhang, Yanling Hu, Xue Qin, Shan Li, Shijun Zhang, Linjian Mo, Zhenjia Liang, Deyi Shi, Zhang Huang, Yingyong Guan, Jicheng Zhou, Cheryl Winkler, Stephen J. O'Brien, Jianfeng Xu, Zengnan Mo, Tao Peng

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Background:  Serum carcinoembryonic antigen (sCEA) level might be an indicator of disease. Indeed, an elevated sCEA level is a prognostic factor in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. However, the genetic determinants of sCEA level in healthy and CRC population remains unclear. Thus we investigated the genetic markers associated with elevated serum sCEA level in these two populations and its clinical implications.

Methods and Findings:  Genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted in a cohort study with 4,346 healthy male adults using the Illumina Omni 1 M chip. Candidate SNPs associated with elevated sCEA levels were validated in 194 CRC patients on ABI …

Elaborate Visual And Acoustic Signals Evolve Independently In A Large, Phenotypically Diverse Radiation Of Songbirds, Nicholas A. Mason, Allison J. Shultz, Kevin J. Burns

Faculty Publications

The concept of a macroevolutionary trade-off among sexual signals has a storied history in evolutionary biology. Theory predicts that if multiple sexual signals are costly for males to produce or maintain and females prefer a single, sexually selected trait, then an inverse correlation between sexual signal elaborations is expected among species. However, empirical evidence for what has been termed the 'transfer hypothesis' is mixed, which may reflect different selective pressures among lineages, evolutionary covariates or methodological differences among studies. Here,we examine interspecific correlations between song and plumage elaboration in a phenotypically diverse, widespread radiation of songbirds, the tanagers. The tanagers …

What's New In Spine Surgery., Keith H Bridwell, Paul A Anderson, Scott D Boden, Han Jo Kim, Alexander Vaccaro, Md, Phd, Jeffrey C Wang

Rothman Institute Papers

No abstract provided.

Intrinsic Innate Immunity Fails To Control Herpes Simplex Virus And Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Replication In Sensory Neurons And Fibroblasts, Pamela C. Rosato, David A. Leib

Dartmouth Scholarship

Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) establishes lifelong latent infections in the sensory neurons of the trigeminal ganglia (TG), wherein it retains the capacity to reactivate. The interferon (IFN)-driven antiviral response is critical for the control of HSV-1 acute replication. We therefore sought to further investigate this response in TG neurons cultured from adult mice deficient in a variety of IFN signaling components. Parallel experiments were also performed in fibroblasts isolated concurrently. We showed that HSV-1 replication was comparable in wild-type (WT) and IFN signaling-deficient neurons and fibroblasts. Unexpectedly, a similar pattern was observed for the IFN-sensitive vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). …

Acupuncture And Multiple Sclerosis: A Review Of The Evidence, H. I. Karpatkin, D. Napolione, B. Siminovich-Blok

Publications and Research

Use of acupuncture to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) is fairly common, but little literature exists which studies its effectiveness. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the use of acupuncture to treat MS. A literature search resulted in twelve peer-reviewed articles on the subject that examined the use of acupuncture to treat MS related quality of life (QoL), fatigue, spasticity, and pain. The majority of the studies were poorly designed—without control, randomization, or blinding. Description of the subjects, interventions, and outcome measures as well as statistical analysis was often lacking or minimal. Although many of the …

Targeting The Wnt/Β-Catenin Signaling Pathway In Liver Cancer Stem Cells And Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Lines With Fh535, Roberto Gedaly, Roberto Galuppo, Michael F. Daily, Malay B. Shah, Erin Colleen Maynard, Changguo Chen, Xiping Zhang, Karyn A. Esser, Donald A. Cohen, B. Mark Evers, Jieyun Jiang, Brett T. Spear

Surgery Faculty Publications

Activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway has been observed in at least 1/3 of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), and a significant number of these have mutations in the β-catenin gene. Therefore, effective inhibition of this pathway could provide a novel method to treat HCC. The purposed of this study was to determine whether FH535, which was previously shown to block the β-catenin pathway, could inhibit β-catenin activation of target genes and inhibit proliferation of Liver Cancer Stem Cells (LCSC) and HCC cell lines. Using β-catenin responsive reporter genes, our data indicates that FH535 can inhibit target gene activation by endogenous and exogenously …

The Bg News June 18, 2014, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. June 18, 2014. Volume 93-Issue 104.

Hotline Press Newspaper June, 2014 Vol 30 No 6, Hotline Press Newspaper

Hotline Press Newspaper 2014

No abstract provided.

Skpa Restrains Synaptic Terminal Growth During Development And Promotes Axonal Degeneration Following Injury, E. J. Brace, Chunlai Wu, Vera Valakh, Aaron Diantonio

Open Access Publications

The Wallenda (Wnd)/dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK)-Jnk pathway is an evolutionarily conserved MAPK signaling pathway that functions during neuronal development and following axonal injury. Improper pathway activation causes defects in axonal guidance and synaptic growth, whereas loss-of-function mutations in pathway components impairs axonal regeneration and degeneration after injury. Regulation of this pathway is in part through the E3 ubiquitin ligase Highwire (Hiw), which targets Wnd/DLK for degradation to limit MAPK signaling. To explore mechanisms controlling Wnd/DLK signaling, we performed a large-scale genetic screen in Drosophila to identify negative regulators of the pathway. Here we describe the identification and characterization of …

Mixed Waste Landfill Annual Long-Term Monitoring & Maintenance Report, January-March 2014 For Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico, Epa Id Number Nm5890110518, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm, U.S. Department Of Energy

Facilities-Units

The Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Sandia Corporation submitted the Mixed Waste Landfill (MWL) Annual Long-Term Monitoring and Maintenance (LTMM) Report for the January -- March 2014 reporting period to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED). This report satisfies the requirements of Section 4.8.1 of the MWL Long-Term Monitoring and Maintenance Plan (LTMMP) for documentation of all monitoring, inspection, and maintenance/repair activities conducted during each reporting period. The annual reporting periods run from April 1 to March 31. The MWL is a 2.6-acre Solid Waste Management Unit (SWMU 76) which has undergone corrective action. The MWL is …

Purification And Biological Activity Of Serine Lipids Of Porphyromonas Endodontalis, Joseph M. Blondin

Master's Theses

Porphymonas endodontalis has been shown to populate necrotic root canal systems and may contribute to apical bone loss. Recent work has shown that P. endodontalis synthesizes a novel serine lipid class (Lipid 654) similar to that produced by P. gingivalis. Objective: The purpose of this study was to isolate P. endodontalis Lipid 654 in very high purity and characterize its structure and biological activity
 in RAW 264.7 cells and HEK293 cells. Methods: P. endodontalis (ATCC 35406, type strain) was grown under anaerobic conditions and centrifuged. P. endodontalis total lipids were recovered using the Bligh and Dyer phospholipid extraction procedure and …

Why Do People Use Social Networks?, Marcelo Perez, Juan M. Gomez

Communications of the IIMA

Online social networking (OSN) sites such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are among the most popular sites around the World. In the case of Mexico, these sites are considered to be in the top. Users have different tools for reading and sharing information with his friends and/or contacts and for searching for new users that might have common interests. These sites have changed the way people get connected to each other on the web. The popularity of these sites is represented on its registered users: as today Facebook has about 500 million, and Twitter about 175 million. As these numbers …

Knowledge Management For Nonprofits: A Strategy For Organizational Sustainability, Charmayne Cullom, Richard S. Cullom

Communications of the IIMA

The purpose of this paper is to describe knowledge management strategies for nonprofits to promote and support sustainability of the organization. The paper frames knowledge management for a nonprofit within the context of the unique business model employed in the nonprofit domain. This business model sets the stage for the knowledge management strategy by identifying needs particular to nonprofits. Strategies are presented on the basis of identified concepts of sustainability for nonprofit organizations and the types of knowledge pertinent to meet the information needs. Additionally, the paper focuses on the roles of key stakeholders/players for nonprofits in knowledge management. The …

Towards A Conceptual Framework Of An Educational Web Portal, Lara Preiser-Houy, Margaret Russell

Communications of the IIMA

Technology plays an important role in everyday life of K-6 students born in the digital age. In the past several decades, educational institutions have made substantial investments in technology infrastructure with the aim of enhancing student learning, increasing student achievement, and helping students acquire digital literacy skills early on in their education. However, to fully leverage web-based technologies for student learning and communication inside and outside of school, teachers must be prepared to effectively plan, develop, and integrate technology into the curriculum-based activities of their classrooms. Educational web portals with resources for teaching, learning and communicating, can help teachers create …

Voluntary And Involuntary Self-Disclosure In Decision-Making Virtual Teams, Shoshana Altschuller, Raquel Benbunan-Fich

Communications of the IIMA

This study investigates the roles of visual representation and verbal self-disclosure in decision making virtual teams via a content analysis of group discussions. Findings indicate that visual representation encourages increased self-disclosure in the form of personal and universal revelations of facts and thoughts during virtual group communication. Increased revelations are in turn found to impact the nature of group decisions. These results theoretical and practical implications for virtual decision making.

The Challenges Of Incorporating Urine And Dung Patches In Process-Based Modelling Of Grazed Agricultural Systems, Val O. Snow, Richard J. Eckard, C. Alan Rotz, Ian R. Johnson, Nicholas J. Hutchings

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Animals are well known to be important in lateral transfers of nitrogen within the farm boundary. Those transfers can be categorised into those that are: (a) primarily random and small- scale dung and urine patches within a grazed paddock, (b) larger and systematic transfers resulting from preferred grazing and resting areas and (c) those that are additionally mediated by management actions such as manure management from housing systems. We review how key simulation models treat the random category of nitrogen transfers and develop recommendations for usage and further development. While urine patches are clearly understood to be important in N …

The World Court And The Anschluss, Maurice Finkelstein

St. John's Law Review

No abstract provided.

Physiological And Behavioural Responses To Noxious Stimuli In The Atlantic Cod (Gadus Morhua), Jared R. Eckroth, Øyvind Aas-Hansen, Lynne U. Sneddon, Helena Bichão, Kjell B. Døving

Aquaculture Collection

In the present study, our aim was to compare physiological and behavioural responses to different noxious stimuli to those of a standardized innocuous stimulus, to possibly identify aversive responses indicative of injury detection in a commercially important marine teleost fish, the Atlantic cod. Individual fish were administered with a noxious stimulus to the lip under short-term general anaesthesia (MS-222). The noxious treatments included injection of 0.1% or 2% acetic acid, 0.005% or 0.1% capsaicin, or piercing the lip with a commercial fishing hook. Counts of opercular beat rate (OBR) at 10, 30, 60, 90 and 120 min and observations of …

Methamphetamines, The Crystal Method And The War On Drugs, Bernard J. Hughes

ExpressO

Illegal methamphetamines and their clandestine production is a growing threat to the nation and the war on drugs. States such as Missouri, Oregon, Washington, Iowa, Ohio and Kansas have been devastated by the the drug. Is this a problem that the criminalized drug war can effectively deal with? Was the meth epidemic a direct result of the war on drugs? The current war on drugs will be challenged by meth as well as by the abuse of pharmaceuticals, can it remain tenable? Should we continue to keep drugs such as cocaine and marijuana illegal or should we consider legalization? The …

A Comparative Study Of Commercially Available Comfort Fabrics, Melinda Elizabeth Finnie

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The comfort fabric market continues to grow and become more competitive. Consumers expect their active wear to deliver performance beyond simply being a barrier between their body and the environment. Textile manufacturers have taken notice, and there is a wide range of comfort fabrics on the market. This research tests fabric samples from leading comfort fabric technologies: phase change materials, nanotechnology, modified fiber structure and blends, as well as the original comfort fiber, cotton. The most widely recognized comfort fabric properties concern the thermal and moisture management of a fabric. Using a guarded sweating hot plate, standardized test methods, and …

Overcoming The Obstacles Of Motion Capture, Matthew Asanuma, Brent Adams

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Facial motion capture is used to capture the intimate and subtle motions of the facial features and apply them to a digital character’s face. Animation for the character, Davy Jones, in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies was achieved using this technique. In Overcoming the Obstacles of Motion Capture, I’ve tried to develop a relatively low-cost, yet high-performing technique suitable for a target market of students and independent artists.

Increasing Exposure At Home To Improve Literacy Skills At School, Patricia A. Gormley

Education

The focus of this project was to help the home literacy environment by supplying materials for families that are an expansion on what students are learning in the classroom with weekly take-home book bags. Research shows that students who become good readers stay good readers. The bags include a selection of books for families to read together along with audio recordings of each of the books to allow the student to make full use of the books without assistance. For families for whom English is not a first language or for families who have limited time for parent-child interactions, the …

Emotion Displays In Media: A Comparison Between American, Romanian, And Turkish Children’S Storybooks, Briana Vander Wege, Mayra L. Sánchez González, Wolfgang Friedlmeier, Linda M. Mihalca, Erica Goodrich, Feyza Corapci

Open Access Publishing Support Funded Articles

Children's books may provide an important resource of culturally appropriate emotions. This study investigates emotion displays in children's storybooks for preschoolers from Romania, Turkey, and the US in order to analyze culture norms of emotions. We derived some hypotheses by referring to cross-cultural studies about emotion and emotion socialization. For such media analyses, the frequency rate of certain emotion displays can be seen as an indicator for the salience of the specific emotion. We expected that all children's storybooks would highlight dominantly positive emotions and that US children's storybooks would display negative powerful emotions (e.g., anger) more often and negative …