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Mvapack: A Complete Data Handling Package For Nmr Metabolomics, Bradley Worley, Robert Powers

Robert Powers Publications

Data handling in the field of NMR metabolomics has historically been reliant on either in-house mathematical routines or long chains of expensive commercial software. Thus, while the relatively simple biochemical protocols of metabolomics maintain a low barrier to entry, new practitioners of metabolomics experiments are forced to either purchase expensive software packages or craft their own data handling solutions from scratch. This inevitably complicates the standardization and communication of data handling protocols in the field. We report a newly developed open-source platform for complete NMR metabolomics data handling, MVAPACK, and describe its application on an example metabolic fingerprinting data set.

Great Britain's Welfare Reform Act Of 2012 - Implementation Overview, Preliminary Impact, And Future Implications, Barbara Makowiecki

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

After Partition: The Perils Of South Sudan, Mario Silva

University of Baltimore Journal of International Law

The partition of South Sudan from the largest country on the African continent – Sudan, took place on July 9, 2011.1 The northern portion retained the name Sudan while the newly formed southern state would be known as South Sudan. South Sudan became the newest member of the United Nations (UN) with comparatively little infrastructure and limited arrangements for shared sovereignty by the international community. The partition process was undertaken with oversight from the United Nations and the African Union. It was rather idealistically considered a prelude to an enduring peace within this traditionally troubled African region. The former unitary …

Interim Measures In Inter-State Proceedings Before The European Court Of Human Rights: Ukraine V. Russia, Stefan Kirchner

University of Baltimore Journal of International Law

Over the course of the year 2014, the situation in Ukraine has turned from a domestic political issue involving protests, killings, and the ouster of the former president, into a military confrontation with Russia. At the time of writing (August 2014), Russia has annexed Crimea and is supporting separatists, who are in a state of civil war against the Ukrainian state, in Eastern parts of the country. This conflict is ongoing and an unknown number of civilians have been killed, notably the passengers of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which is thought to have been shot down over the conflict …

Bat Rabies In Guatemala, James E. Ellison, Amy T. Gilbert, Sergio Recuenco, David Moran, Danilo A. Alvarez, Natalia Kuzmina, Daniel L. Garcia, Leonard F. Peruski, Mary T. Mendonca, Kim A. Lindblade, Charles E. Rupprecht

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Rabies in bats is considered enzootic throughout the New World, but few comparative data are available for most countries in the region. As part of a larger pathogen detection program, enhanced bat rabies surveillance was conducted in Guatemala, between 2009 and 2011. A total of 672 bats of 31 species were sampled and tested for rabies. The prevalence of rabies virus (RABV) detection among all collected bats was low (0.3%). Viral antigens were detected and infectious virus was isolated from the brains of two common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus). RABV was also isolated from oral swabs, lungs and …

Evaluating The Effect Of Short-Term Capture And Handling On Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels In Mourning Doves, D. S. Jachowski, T. W. Wong, B. E. Washburn, J. H. Schulz, J. J. Millspaugh

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The measurement of stress hormones (i.e., glucocorticoids) has greatly advanced animal conservation. Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite assays are valuable because they are noninvasive, but their ability to detect responses to short-term (<30 >min) stressors in a way similar to blood serum assays is comparatively less well understood. We evaluated whether fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGMs) increased in captive wild mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) exposed to either a brief (<2 >min) capture, handling and release (CHR) or capture stress protocol (CSP; i.e., capture, hold for 30 min, release) treatment. Previous studies have shown that mourning doves exhibit elevated FGMs within 2-3 …

The Socioecology Of Monk Parakeets: Insights Into Parrot Social Complexity, Elizabeth A. Hobson, Michael L. Avery, Timonthy F. Wright

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

In many species, individuals benefit from social associations, but they must balance these benefits with the costs of competition for resources. Understanding how these competing factors generate diversity in social systems is a major goal of behavioral ecology, but one that has been hampered by a lack of basic data quantifying many aspects of social structure and associations. Although parrots are generally assumed to have complex social groups, few studies have quantitatively examined these assumptions about parrot social structure. We critically assessed 4 assumptions about parrot socioecology using data from captive and wild groups of Monk Parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus …

Surveillance Of Feral Swine For Trichinella Spp. And Toxoplasmagondii In The Usa And Host-Related Factors Associatedwith Infection, D. E. Hill, J. P. Dubey, J. A. Baroch, S. R. Swafford, V. F. Fournet, D. Hawkins-Cooper, D. G. Pyburn, B. S. Schmit, H. R. Gamble, K. Pedersen, L. R. Ferreira, S. K. Verma, Y. Ying, O. C. H. Kwok, H. Feidas, G. Theodoropoulos

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Trichinella spp. and Toxoplasma gondii are important zoonotic parasites that infect warmblooded animals and humans worldwide. Among domesticated food animals, pigs are themain host for Trichinella spiralis. Pigs, chickens, sheep, and goats are known to be infectedwith T. gondii at varying rates, depending on husbandry. Infections in wildlife with theseparasites are generally higher than in domesticated species. Feral swine act as reservoirsof infection in the sylvatic ecosystem for Trichinella spp. and T. gondii, acting as sourcesof infection for peridomestic carnivores whose home ranges overlap with domestic pigs.Feral swine can have direct contact with non-biosecure domestic pigs, presenting oppor-tunity …

Ecological Routes Of Avian Influenza Virus Transmission To A Common Mesopredator: An Experimental Evaluation Of Alternatives, J. Jeffrey Root, Kevin T. Bentler, Susan A. Shriner, Nicole L. Mooers, Kaci K. Vandalen, Heather J. Sullivan, Alan B. Franklin

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Background: Wild raccoons have been shown to be naturally exposed to avian influenza viruses (AIV). However, the mechanisms associated with these natural exposures are not well-understood.

Methodology/Principal Findings: We experimentally tested three alternative routes (water, eggs, and scavenged waterfowl carcasses) of AIV transmission that may explain how raccoons in the wild are exposed to AIV. Raccoons were exposed to 1) water and 2) eggs spiked with an AIV (H4N6), as well as 3) mallard carcasses experimentally inoculated with the same virus. Three of four raccoons exposed to the high dose water treatment yielded apparent nasal shedding of >10^2.0 PCR …

Assessing Satellite-Based Start-Of-Season Trends In The U.S High Plains, Rezaul Mahmood

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Accordion Effect In Plasma Channels: Generation Of Tunable Comb-Like Electron Beams, Serguei Y. Kalmykov, Bradley Allan Shadwick, I. Ghebregziabher, X. Davoine, R. Lehe, A. F. Lifschitz, Victor Malka

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

Propagating a short, relativistically intense laser pulse in a plasma channel makes it possible to generate comb-like electron beams for advanced radiation sources. The ponderomotive force of the leading edge of the pulse expels all electrons facing the pulse. The bare ions attract the ambient plasma electrons, forming a closed bubble of electron density confining the pulse tail. The cavity of electron density evolves slowly, in lock-step with the optical driver, and readily traps background electrons. The combination of a bubble (a self-consistently maintained, “soft” hollow channel) and a preformed channel forces transverse flapping of the laser pulse tail, causing …

Event Activity Dependence Of ϒ(Ns) Production In √Snn = 5.02 Tev Ppb And √S = 2.76 Tev Pp Collisions, S. Chatrchyan, The Cms Collaboration, Ekaterina Avdeeva, Kenneth A. Bloom, S. Bose, Daniel R. Claes, Aaron Dominguez, Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez, J. Keller, Ilya Kravchenko, Jose Lazo-Flores, Sudhir Malik, F. Meier, Gregory Snow

Gregory Snow Publications

The production of ϒ(1S), ϒ(2S), and ϒ(3S) is investigated in pFb and pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies per nucleon pair of 5.02TeV and 2.76TeV, respectively. The datasets correspond to integrated luminosities of about 31 nb⁻¹ (pPb) and 5.4 pb⁻¹ (pp), collected in 2013 by the CMS experiment at the LHC. Upsilons that decay into muons are reconstructed within the rapidity interval |yCM| < 1.93 in the nucleonnucleon centre-of-mass frame. Their production is studied as a function of two measures of event activity, namely the charged-particle multiplicity measured in the pseudorapidity interval | ƞ | < 2.4, and the sum of transverse energy deposited at forward pseudorapidity, 4.0 < |ƞ| < 5.2. The ϒ cross sections normalized by their event activity integrated values, ϒ (nS)/h ϒ (nS)i, are found to rise with both measures of the event activity in pp and pPb. In both collision systems, the ratios of the excited to the ground state cross sections, ϒ (nS)/ ϒ (1S), are found to decrease with the charged-particle multiplicity, while as a function of the transverse energy the variation is less pronounced. The event activity integrated double ratios, [ϒ (nS)/ ϒ (1S)]pPb/[ ϒ (nS)/ ϒ (1S)]pp, are also measured and found to be 0.83 ± 0.05 (stat.) ± 0.05 (syst.) and 0.71 ± 0.08 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) for ϒ (2S) and ϒ (3S), respectively.

Downhill Domination In Graphs, Teresa W. Haynes, Stephen T. Hedetniemi, Jessie D. Jamieson, William B. Jamieson

Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications

A path π = (v₁, v₂, . . . , v_k+1) iun a graph G = (V, E) is a downhill path if for every i, 1 ≤ i ≤ k, deg(v_i) ≥ deg(v_i+1), where deg(vi) denotes the degree of vertex v_i ∈ V. The downhill domination number equals the minimum cardinality of a set S ⊆ V having the property that every vertex v ∈ V lies on a downhill path originating from some vertex in S …

Canada V. United States Of America, Chios Carmody

Canada-United States Law Journal

The article focuses on the legal issues related to the 2014 Niagara Problem provided to judges in Niagara Moot Court Competition. Topics discussed include right to protect from terrorism by freezing the sale of a yacht where the proceeds were intended to pay a ransom to pirates, obligation exists under international law to recognize same-sex marriage and customary international law.

The Law Of Native American Hunting, Fishing And Gathering Outside Of Reservation Boundaries In The United States And Canada, Guy Charlton

Canada-United States Law Journal

This article examines and compares the law of Native American/Aboriginal hunting, fishing and gathering rights in those areas which are located outside of reserved land area in Canada and the United States. The article argues that despite the differing statutory and constitutional traditions, both states' law and policy towards the Native American continues to reflect the underlying premises of the colonial project. While indigenous peoples have significant use rights, national, state and provincial power remains the primary locus of regulatory authority.

Letter From The Editors, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.

Regulation 55 And The Rights Of The Accused At The International Criminal Court, Susana Sácouto, Katherine Cleary Thompson

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.

Building A Dangerous Precedent In The Americas: Revoking Fundamental Rights Of Dominicans, Marselha Gonçalves Margerin, Monika Kalra Varma, Salvador Sarmiento

Human Rights Brief

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The International Human Rights Treaty System: Impact At The Domestic And International Levels, Claudio Grossman

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.

Selected Coverage Of The 149th Session Of The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Brittany West, Whitney-Ann Mulhauser, Jason Cowin

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.

Judgment Summaries: International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda, Jacqueline Niba, Davina Ugochukwu

Human Rights Brief

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Regions, Austin Shangraw, Ross Boone, Angela Chen, Shereen Kajouee, Jason Cowin, Whitney-Ann Mulhauser, James Toliver, Min Jung Kim, Ada Lacevic

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.

Criminal Courts And Tribunals, Chris Keeler

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.

Center News And Faculty Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

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Human Rights Violations By Peacekeeping Forces In Somalia, Richard J. Wilson, Emily Singer Hurvitz

Human Rights Brief

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State Obligations To Protect The Lives And Health Of Women After Abortion Or Miscarriage, Angie Mccarthy

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.

The International Human Rights Treaty System: Impact At The Domestic And International Levels, Navi Pillay

Human Rights Brief

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A Jail By Any Other Name: Labor Camp Abolition In The Context Of Arbitrary Detention In China, Harry Wu, Cole Goodrich

Human Rights Brief

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El Testimonio Ixil Pesa Mas: Reflections On The Guatemalan Genocide Trial One Year Later, Christina M. Fetterhoff

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.

Center News And Faculty Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.