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Masters Of Public Health Overview, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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A Capability Maturity Model For Research Data Management., Jian Qin, Kevin Crowston, Arden Kirkland

School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship

Objective: To support the assessment and improvement of research data management (RDM) practices to increase its reliability, this paper describes the development of a capability maturity model (CMM) for RDM. Improved RDM is now a critical need, but low awareness of – or lack of – data management is still common among research projects.

Methods: A CMM includes four key elements: key practices, key process areas, maturity levels, and generic processes. These elements were determined for RDM by a review and synthesis of the published literature on and best practices for RDM.

Results: The RDM CMM includes …

Intramolecular Arylation Of Benzimidazoles Via Pd(Ii)/Cu(I) Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling, Kyle C. Pereira, Ashley L. Porter, Brenton Deboef

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Electron poor benzimidazole substrates were arylated via an intramolecular cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reaction. These CDC reactions were catalyzed by a Pd(II)/Cu(I) catalyst system, capable of producing moderate yields on a large library of substrates. The substrate scope consisted of tethered arene-benzimidazoles that upon coupling, produced a fused polycyclic motif.

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Disability Awareness : Creating A Better Tomorrow, Marlina Massagli

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Many students in schools do not know that some of their peers in the classroom, or out in the community have or could have a disability. Understanding that their peers may have a disability is extremely important. Some disabilities are visible, however learning disabilities are naked to the eye. It is thus the teacher's responsibility to create a positive environment for all children, by creating a conscious awareness inside the classroom for all students. Through a series of interviews given to special education instructors and regular education teachers several trends emerged. The trend that was stressed most by educators was, …

Meiofauna Community Composition At Three Whale-Fall Sites In Monterey Bay, California, Gillian Louise Rhett

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

There are localized deep-seafloor habitats where there is a much greater input of nutrients than most of the seafloor. These include hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, and sunken whale skeletons called whale-falls. Meiofauna, a taxonomically diverse group of microscopic invertebrates, has been studied in many habitats, though there have been no published studies on meiofauna at whale-falls. The purpose of this study was to test whether the increased energy resources at a whale-fall affected the meiofauna community. To test this hypothesis, I characterized the community of meiofauna living under and around whale-fall at three locations in the Monterey Bay, in terms …

Embedding A Unit On Environmental Education Into A Fourth-Grade Curriculum, James Mimosa

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This research project integrated environmental education into the school curriculum so that elementary school students could learn about the responsible use, protection, and enjoyment of the natural environment. This project utilized four learning stations on campus as outdoor classrooms - a native plant garden, an organic vegetable garden, a vermiculture compost site, and the school ground itself - in order to ascertain the efficacy of embedding this approach in a fourth-grade science curriculum. Students' responses on a post-project open-ended questionnaire revealed that students were interested in appreciative interactions with the natural world as sources of joy and understanding. Students were …

Producing Spider Silk Fibers, Cameron G. Copeland, Chad Christensen, Brianne Bell

Biology Posters

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Spider Silk For Future Scaffolds, Heidi Bringhurst, R. Decker, S. Frisby, C Tucker

Biology Posters

Spider silk, an ancient biomaterial, has many qualities worth replicating. With the use of genetic modification, relatively large amounts of the spider silk protein have been produced through goat milk. With access to this protein we have worked to create spider silk films and hydrogels. Through chemical and mechanical means, we are discovering treatments that maximize cell growth and cell attachment on spider silk films and hydrogels.

Preparatory Assays For Development Of A Mouse Model For Adenovirus D1327, Spencer Skidmore

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

2014-2015 Catalog, College Of The Holy Cross

Course Catalogs

This catalog lists available courses for the 2014-2015 term.

Molecular Characterization And Evolution Of A Gene Family Encoding Both Female-And Male-Specific Reproductive Proteins In Drosophila, Laura K. Sirot, Geoffrey D. Findlay, Jessica L. Sitnik, Dorina Frasheri, Frank W. Avila, Mariana F. Wolfner

Biology Department Faculty Scholarship

Gene duplication is an important mechanism for the evolution of new reproductive proteins. However, in most cases, each resulting paralog continues to function within the same sex. To investigate the possibility that seminal fluid proteins arise through duplicates of female reproductive genes that become "co-opted" by males, we screened female reproductive genes in Drosophila melanogaster for cases of duplication in which one of the resulting paralogs produces a protein in males that is transferred to females during mating. We identified a set of three tandemly duplicated genes that encode secreted serine-type endopeptidase homologs, two of which are expressed primarily in …

Evolutionary Rate Covariation Identifies New Members Of A Protein Network Required For Drosophila Melanogaster Female Post-Mating Responses, Geoffrey D. Findlay, Jessica L. Sitnik, Wenke Wang, Charles F. Aquadro, Nathan L. Clark, Mariana F. Wolfner

Biology Department Faculty Scholarship

Seminal fluid proteins transferred from males to females during copulation are required for full fertility and can exert dramatic effects on female physiology and behavior. In Drosophila melanogaster, the seminal protein sex peptide (SP) affects mated females by increasing egg production and decreasing receptivity to courtship. These behavioral changes persist for several days because SP binds to sperm that are stored in the female. SP is then gradually released, allowing it to interact with its female-expressed receptor. The binding of SP to sperm requires five additional seminal proteins, which act together in a network. Hundreds of uncharacterized male and female …

The Cultural Contexts Of Children’S Prosocial Behaviors, Maria Rosario De Guzman, Kieu-Anh Do, Car Mun Kok

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

In 1976 Beatrice Whiting famously urged researchers to “unpackage” the concept of culture and related constructs. She highlighted the need in social and behavioral research to tease out the complex and often interwoven factors that might underlie superficial culture group differences in child outcomes and suggested looking more closely at the child’s learning environment, the details within which could provide important insight regarding children’s behaviors that could better explain how culture might be manifested in the developmental landscape (Whiting, 1976). Almost 40 years later, the importance of culture in children’s development is widely recognized, nonetheless researchers continue to wrestle with …

Smith Falls State Park Forest Enhancement Project For Aspen, Mike Groenewold

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

A 76-mile stretch of the middle Niobrara River, which includes Smith Falls State Park, is designated as a National Scenic River. This reach of the river is referred to as the biological crossroads of the Midwest as the river’s deeply incised valley is the intersection of a diverse mix of plant communities including several forest and prairie types. The mix of forests supports a rich diversity of species including rare plants such as glacial relict aspen and paper birch.

In recent decades eastern red cedar and ponderosa pine densities have increased substantially in the middle Niobrara River due to fire …

Unraveling The Basal Angiosperm Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase (Cad) Genes That Are Involved In Lignin Biosynthesis, C. Xu, G. Stott, M. Barclay, H. Liang

Focus on Creative Inquiry

Biomass is biological material derived from living organisms that can be used for fuel and energy sources. Given current energy concerns, high yielding biomass production systems are in greater demand than ever. Wood is a natural, high energy and environmentally sound source that has a long history of use as feedstock for energy, chemical extractives, and fiber. A better understanding of wood formation in trees is fundamental to efforts to enhance the production of woody biomass. The overall goal of the project is to identify and investigate the cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) genes that are involved in lignin biosynthesis in …

It's Not Easy Being A Reef: Impacts Of Competition And Corallivory In The Florida Keys, S. Hoffmann, M. Childress

Focus on Creative Inquiry

As coral cover in the Florida Keys continues to decline, understanding the factors driving this trend has become a priority for researchers. Previous studies have shown that macroalgae directly competes with corals for nutrients and space, and that parrotfish herbivory can reduce macroalgae density. However, parrotfish also graze on corals so the net impact of parrotfish on corals is unclear. To estimate the net impact of parrotfish abundance on macroalgae and corals, we measured substrate composition and parrotfish density on 14 reefs in the middle Florida Keys. Parrotfish abundance was not significantly related to macroalgal cover nor was macroalgal cover …

Upic Magazine, Issue 3, Center For Career And Professional Development

UPIC Magazine

Every semester, undergraduate students from every major and staff from every part of Clemson University join together through UPIC internships. These paid internships grant students real, on the job experience in professional fields and offer staff a chance to mentor some of Clemson’s most brilliant students.

To find out more about the UPIC Program, visit career.clemson.edu/internship_programs

UPIC is part of Clemson’s Center for Career and Professional Development

Ada News Convention Daily - 2014 Day 3, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

The ADA News Daily (also called the ADA News Convention Daily) is a special edition of the ADA News published each day during American Dental Association Annual Sessions.

Ada News Convention Daily - 2014 Day 1, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

The ADA News Daily (also called the ADA News Convention Daily) is a special edition of the ADA News published each day during American Dental Association Annual Sessions.

Ada News Convention Daily - 2014 Day 4, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

The ADA News Daily (also called the ADA News Convention Daily) is a special edition of the ADA News published each day during American Dental Association Annual Sessions.

Bartonella Prevalence In Fleas Isolated From Populations Of Uinta Ground Squirrels In Logan Canyon Utah, Raddison Veater, Lise M. Aubry, Susannah S. French, Laine Anderson, Scott A. Bernhardt

Biology Posters

No abstract provided.

Diurnal Arousal In Learning And Memory, Jacob Blotter, Mona Buhusi

Biology Posters

The brain’s ability to learn and remember is a topic of extensive debate and research. Mammals share many similarities, including the way in which information from the outside world is processed and stored. Mammalian circadian rhythms have long been thought to be essentially involved with these processes. This experiment is designed to explore the brain’s ability to process and store information at different times of the day. Changes in or the absence of circadian neurotransmitters lead to serious impairments correlated with sleep and wakefulness [1]. Orexin, one neurochemical that will be examined in this experiment, helps mediate arousal and has …

2014 Fall Library News, Dewitt Wallace Library

Library News

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Aquilegia, Vol. 38 No. 2, Summer 2014, Newsletter Of The Colorado Native Plant Society, Jan Loechell Turner, Rob Pudim, Bernadette Kuhn, Erica Cooper, Gina Glenn, Jennifer Ackerfield, Denise C. Wilson, Peter Lesica, Bob Berwyn, Catherine Kleier, Yinyan Huang, Al Schneider, Elizabeth Cook, Barb Losoff, Sarah Myers, Lenore Mitchell

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

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Aquilegia, Vol. 38 No. 3 - Annual Meeting Special Issue, 2014, Newsletter Of The Colorado Native Plant Society, Jan Loechell Turner

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

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Aquilegia, Vol. 38 No. 5, Winter 2014: Newsletter Of The Colorado Native Plant Society, Jan Loechell Turner, Charlie Turner

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

The Colorado Native Plant Society Newsletter will be published on a bimonthly basis. The contents will consist primarily of a calendar of events, notes of interest, editorials, listings of new members and conservation news. Until there is a Society journal, the Newsletter will include short articles also. The deadline for the Newsletter is one month prior to its release.

Timber Talk, Vol. 52, No. 1, February 1, 2014

Timber Talk: Nebraska Forest Industry Newsletter

Lumber Market News; Hardwood Lumber Price Trends—Green; Hardwood Lumber Price Trends—Kiln Dried; Hardwood Lumber Market History—Green; Lumber Abbreviations; Timber Talk Editor Retiring; North American Pellet Exports Continue to Rise; Wood: Fastest Growing Heating Fuel in America; EAB Quarantine Updates; Chinese Wood Demand Expected to Rise 50% by 2015; Nebraska Forestry Spotlight; The Ancient Art of Cooperage; The Trading Post; Timber Sales

Diatom Milking? A Review And New Approaches, Vandana Vinayak, Kalina M. Manoylov, Hélène Gateau, Vincent Blanckaert, Josiane Hérault, Gaëlle Pencréac'h, Justine Marchand, Richard Gordon, Benoît Schoefs

Faculty and Staff Works

The rise of human populations and the growth of cities contribute to the depletion of natural resources, increase their cost, and create potential climatic changes. To overcome difficulties in supplying populations and reducing the resource cost, a search for alternative pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, and energy sources has begun. Among the alternative sources, microalgae are the most promising because they use carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce biomass and/or valuable compounds. Once produced, the biomass is ordinarily harvested and processed (downstream program). Drying, grinding, and extraction steps are destructive to the microalgal biomass that then needs to be renewed. The extraction and purification …

Ecotypic Variation In Recruitment Of Reintroduced Bighorn Sheep: Implications For Translocation, Brett P. Wiedmann, Glen A. Sargeant

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

European settlement led to extirpation of native Audubon’s bighorn sheep (formerly Ovis canadensis auduboni) from North Dakota during the early 20th century. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department subsequently introduced California bighorn sheep (formerly O. c. californiana) that were indigenous to the Williams Lake region of British Columbia, Canada, and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (O. c. canadensis) that were indigenous to the Sun River region of Montana. Although California bighorn sheep are no longer recognized as a distinct subspecies, they are smaller and adapted to a milder climate than either the native bighorn sheep of …

Establishing Endangered Species Recovery Criteria Using Predictive Simulation Modeling, Conor P. Mcgowan, Daniel H. Catlin, Terry L. Shaffer, Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor, Carol Aron

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Listing a species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and developing a recovery plan requires U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish specific and measurable criteria for delisting. Generally, species are listed because they face (or are perceived to face) elevated risk of extinction due to issues such as habitat loss, invasive species, or other factors. Recovery plans identify recovery criteria that reduce extinction risk to an acceptable level. It logically follows that the recovery criteria, the defined conditions for removing a species from ESA protections, need to be closely related to extinction risk. Extinction probability is a population parameter …