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Emu Today, February 18, 2014, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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State V. Vaughn Appellant's Brief 1 Dckt. 41599

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Minutes, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Undergraduate Council Meeting, February 18, 2014, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Faculty Senate. Undergraduate Council

USF St. Petersburg Undergraduate Council

Minutes from the February 18, 2014, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Undergraduate Council.

Predictive Radiosensitivity Network Model, Javier F. Torres-Roca, Steven Eschrich

USF Patents

This invention is a model that simulates the complexity of biological signaling in a cell in response to radiation therapy. Using gene expression profiles and radiation survival assays in an algorithm, a systems model was generated of the radiosensitivity network. The network consists of ten highly interconnected genetic hubs with significant signal redundancy. The model was validated with in vitro tests perturbing network components, correctly predicting radiation sensitivity ⅔ times. The model's clinical relevance was shown by linking clinical radiosensitivity targets to the model network. Clinical applications were confirmed by testing model predictions against clinical response to preoperative radiochemotherapy in …

Minutes, College Of Education Curriculum And Program Committee Meeting, February 18, 2014, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Education. Curriculum And Program Committee

College of Education: Curriculum and Program Committee

Minutes of the February 18, 2014, meeting of the Curriculum and Program Committee of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's College of Education.

Single Molecule Fret Reveals Pore Size And Opening Mechanism Of A Mechano-Sensitive Ion Channel, Yong Wang, Yanxin Liu, Hannah A. Deberg, Takeshi Nomura, Melinda Tonks Hoffman, Paul R. Rohde, Klaus Schulten, Boris Martinac, Paul R. Selvin

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

The mechanosensitive channel of large conductance, which serves as a model system for mechanosensitive channels, has previously been crystallized in the closed form, but not in the open form. Ensemble measurements and electrophysiological sieving experiments show that the open-diameter of the channel pore is >25 Å, but the exact size and whether the conformational change follows a helix-tilt or barrel-stave model are unclear. Here we report measurements of the distance changes on liposome-reconstituted MscL transmembrane α-helices, using a ‘virtual sorting’ single-molecule fluorescence energy transfer. We observed directly that the channel opens via the helix-tilt model and the open pore reaches …

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Executive Committee - Agenda, 2/18/2014, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 103 [104], No. 30 (Feb. 18, 2014), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 103, but it is the 104th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Independent - Feb. 18. 2014, Jacklyn Nowotnik

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

Hydroxocobalamin Treatment For Carbon Monoxide Exposures: Characterizing Hemoglobin Changes And Testing For Neurological Sequelae, Leonardo Somera

Theses and Dissertations

Prior work in our lab has indicated that reduced Hydroxocobalamin (B12r) can be added to human blood and is able to convert carbon monoxide (CO) into carbon dioxide. This has great potential as a direct antidote to mitigate the toxic effects of CO poisoning which is a public health risk. In the first part of our work, we use highly specific wavelengths of light and Raman spectroscopy to study changes in Carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) between blood treated with oxygen and blood treated with oxygen and B12r in a flowing circuit of blood. Using Raman spectroscopy, we found that the addition of …

Anthropomorphic Breast Phantoms With Physiological Water, Lipid, And Hemoglobin Content For Near-Infrared Spectral Tomography, Kelly E. Michaelsen, Venkataramanan Krishnaswamy, Adele Shenoy, Emily Jordan, Brian W. Pogue, Keith D. Paulsen

Dartmouth Scholarship

Breast mimicking tissue optical phantoms with sufficient structural integrity to be deployed as stand-alone imaging targets are developed and successfully constructed with biologically relevant concentrations of water, lipid, and blood. The results show excellent material homogeneity and reproducibility with inter- and intraphantom variability of 3.5 and 3.8%, respectively, for water and lipid concentrations ranging from 15 to 85%. The phantoms were long-lasting and exhibited water and lipid fractions that were consistent to within 5% of their original content when measured 2 weeks after creation. A breast-shaped three-compartment model of adipose, fibroglandular, and malignant tissues was created with water content ranging …

Brain Aromatase And 5a-Reductase, Regulatory Behaviors And Testosterone Levels In Adult Rats On Phytoestrogen Diets, Scott Weber, Dr. Edwin Lephart

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In certain brain regions, brain cell differentiation is influenced by hormones present at the time of development. Two hormones, estrogen (estradiol) and testosterone, play significant roles in male and female brain structure differentiation. The major androgen (testosterone) metabolizing enzymes, aromatase cytochrome P450 and 5a-reductase, play critical roles in the conversion of testosterone into estradiol and 5a-dihydrotestosterone, respectively.1

The Current Volume 24 : Issue 20, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Damage Spreading In Spatial And Small-World Random Boolean Networks, Qiming Lu, Christof Teuscher

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

The study of the response of complex dynamical social, biological, or technological networks to external perturbations has numerous applications. Random Boolean networks (RBNs) are commonly used as a simple generic model for certain dynamics of complex systems. Traditionally, RBNs are interconnected randomly and without considering any spatial extension and arrangement of the links and nodes. However, most real-world networks are spatially extended and arranged with regular, power-law, small-world, or other nonrandom connections. Here we explore the RBN network topology between extreme local connections, random small-world, and pure random networks, and study the damage spreading with small perturbations. We find that …

Archaeological Data Provide Alternative Hypotheses On Pacific Herring (Clupea Pallasii) Distribution, Abundance, And Variability, Iain Mckechnie, Dana Lepofsky, Madonna L. Moss, Virginia L. Butler, Trevor J. Orchard, Gary Coupland, Frederick Foster, Megan Caldwell, Ken Lertzman

Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Over the last century, Pacific herring, a forage fish of tremendous cultural, economic, and ecological importance, has declined in abundance over much of its range. We synthesize archaeological fisheries data spanning the past 10,000 y from Puget Sound in Washington to southeast Alaska to extend the ecological baseline for herring and contextualize the dynamics of modern industrial fisheries. While modern herring populations can be erratic and exhibit catastrophic declines, the archaeological record indicates a pattern of consistent abundance, providing an example of long-term sustainability and resilience in a fishery known for its modern variability. The most parsimonious explanation for the …

Drosophila Embryos As Model To Assess Cellular And Developmental Toxicity Of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (Mwcnt) In Living Organisms, Boyin Liu, Eva M. Campo, Torsten Bossing

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Review Of Arnfred, Signe. Sexuality And Gender Politics In Mozambique: Rethinking Gender In Africa. Suffolk, United Kingdom: James Currey, 2011, Ix + 310 Pp., Aje-Ori Agbese

Journal of Retracing Africa

No abstract provided.

Water Current, Volume 46, No. 1, Winter 2014

Water Current Newsletter

Planning Continues on July 2014 NU Water and Natural Resources Tour

Neale Joins DWFI as Director of Research

Meet the Faculty: Dr. Sathaporn (Tong) Onanong

From the Director, Chittaranjan Ray: Progress in Moving the Ball Forward

WRAP Meets in January

Water Center Hosts January Faculty Retreat

Annual NU Water Lectures Run Through April

Third Edition Groundwater Atlas Available

Sixth Annual Global Water for Food Conference Travels to Seattle

UNL Research Raises Concerns About Future Global Crop Yield Projections

January Scouting and Set-up Trip for the July 15-18 Summer Water and Natural Resources Tour

Water Leaders Academy Project Yields VideoGage Pages …

Management Of The Great Salt Lake Ecosystem: Water, Economic Values And Competing Interests, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Current, February 17, 2014, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

No abstract provided.

February 17, 2014, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

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

2014-02-17 Library Impact Statement For Bio 444 Insect Ecology, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

This is the Library Impact statement for BIO 444 Insect Ecology. No new library resources are required for this proposal.

Consistency Between Research And Clinical Diagnoses Of Autism Among Boys And Girls With Fragile X Syndrome, Jessica Klusek, G E. Martin, M Losh

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Plastid Phylogenomics And Green Plant Phylogeny: Almost Full Circle But Not Quite There, Charles C. Davis, Zhenxiang Xi, Sarah Mathews

Faculty Publications

A study in BMC Evolutionary Biology represents the most comprehensive effort to clarify the phylogeny of green plants using sequences from the plastid genome. This study highlights the strengths and limitations of plastome data for resolving the green plant phylogeny, and points toward an exciting future for plant phylogenetics, during which the vast and largely untapped territory of nuclear genomes will be explored. © 2014 Davis et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

River Of Hope, Elizabeth Gritter

Civil Rights

One of the largest southern cities and a hub for the cotton industry, Memphis, Tennessee, was at the forefront of black political empowerment during the Jim Crow era. Compared to other cities in the South, Memphis had an unusually large number of African American voters. Black Memphians sought reform at the ballot box, formed clubs, ran for office, and engaged in voter registration and education activities from the end of the Civil War through the Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954.

In this groundbreaking book, Elizabeth Gritter examines how and why black Memphians mobilized politically in the period …

Emu Today, February 17, 2014, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

Crow's Nest, February 17, 2014, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The February 17, 2014, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Chancellor's Report 2014-02, John Pugh

Chancellor's Report

No abstract provided.

Nonlinearities, Scale-Dependence, And Individualism Of Boreal Forest Trees To Climate Forcing, J. M. Wolken, D. H. Mann, A. H. Loyd, T. Scott Rupp, T. N. Hollingsworth, T. A. Grant

Research Posters

Changes in climate are affecting tree growth, fire regimes and the geographic ranges of species (Beck et al. 2011; Kelly et al. 2013). Increasing our understanding of how boreal tree species respond to climate warming is critical for predicting the future states of the boreal forest and assessing the global impacts of these changes. Black spruce (Picea mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.) is the most abundant tree species in the Interior Alaskan boreal forest. Although it grows in a variety of community types (Hollingsworth et al. 2006), it is the only tree species found at the coldest, wettest sites on the landscape. …