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The Sun Star Vol 35 No 6 ( October 6th, 2015), N/A N/A

Sun Star

No abstract provided.

The Sun Star, Vol. 35 No. 06 (October 06, 2015), Various Artists

Sun Star

No abstract provided.

Assessing Shoreline Exposure And Oyster Habitat Suitability Maximizes Potential Success For Sustainable Shoreline Protection Using Restored Oyster Reefs, Megan K. La Peyre, Kayla Serra, T. Andrew Joyner, Austin T. Humphries

Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Faculty Publications

Oyster reefs provide valuable ecosystem services that contribute to coastal resilience. Unfortunately, many reefs have been degraded or removed completely, and there are increased efforts to restore oysters in many coastal areas. In particular, much attention has recently been given to the restoration of shellfish reefs along eroding shorelines to reduce erosion. Such fringing reef approaches, however, often lack empirical data to identify locations where reefs are most effective in reducing marsh erosion, or fully take into account habitat suitability. Using monitoring data from 5 separate fringing reef projects across coastal Louisiana, we quantify shoreline exposure (fetch + wind direction …

The Current Volume 26 : Issue 7, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Gene Loss, Adaptive Evolution And The Co-Evolution Of Plumage Coloration Genes With Opsins In Birds, Rui Borges, Imran Khan, Warren E. Johnson, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Guojie Zhang, Erich D. Jarvis, Stephen J. O'Brien, Agostinho Antunes

Biology Faculty Articles

Background: The wide range of complex photic systems observed in birds exemplifies one of their key evolutionary adaptions, a well-developed visual system. However, genomic approaches have yet to be used to disentangle the evolutionary mechanisms that govern evolution of avian visual systems.

Results: We performed comparative genomic analyses across 48 avian genomes that span extant bird phylogenetic diversity to assess evolutionary changes in the 17 representatives of the opsin gene family and five plumage coloration genes. Our analyses suggest modern birds have maintained a repertoire of up to 15 opsins. Synteny analyses indicate that PARA and PARIE pineal …

The Foot Of Homo Naledi, W. E.H Harcourt-Smith, Z. Throckmorton, K. A. Congdon, B. Zipfel, A. S. Deane, M. S.M. Drapeau, S. E. Churchill, L. R. Berger, J. M. Desilva

Dartmouth Scholarship

Modern humans are characterized by a highly specialized foot that reflects our obligate bipedalism. Our understanding of hominin foot evolution is, although, hindered by a paucity of well-associated remains. Here we describe the foot of Homo naledi from Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa, using 107 pedal elements, including one nearly-complete adult foot. The H. naledi foot is predominantly modern human-like in morphology and inferred function, with an adducted hallux, an elongated tarsus, and derived ankle and calcaneocuboid joints. In combination, these features indicate a foot well adapted for striding bipedalism. However, the H. naledi foot differs from modern humans in having …

October 6, 2015, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

The Parthenon, October 6, 2015, Jocelyn Gibson

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, was published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly on Thursdays during the summer. Due to budgetary constraints, beginning with the 2015 Fall semester, the newspaper is only published four days a week. There is no issue on Mondays, physical issues are printed on Tuesdays and Fridays, and online issues only are published on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

Segment And Fit Thresholding: A New Method For Image Analysis Applied To Microarray And Immunofluorescence Data., Elliot Ensink, Jessica Sinha, Arkadeep Sinha, Huiyuan Tang, Heather M. Calderone, Galen Hostetter, Jordan M. Winter, David Cherba, Randall E. Brand, Peter J. Allen, Lorenzo F. Sempere, Brian B. Haab

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

Experiments involving the high-throughput quantification of image data require algorithms for automation. A challenge in the development of such algorithms is to properly interpret signals over a broad range of image characteristics, without the need for manual adjustment of parameters. Here we present a new approach for locating signals in image data, called Segment and Fit Thresholding (SFT). The method assesses statistical characteristics of small segments of the image and determines the best-fit trends between the statistics. Based on the relationships, SFT identifies segments belonging to background regions; analyzes the background to determine optimal thresholds; and analyzes all segments to …

“Principal Component Analysis And The Cumulative Gait Index: Translational Tools To Assess Gait Impairments In Rats With Olivocerebellar Ataxia”, Chase Lambert

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Numerous studies suggest that modulation of the cholinergic system through the use of nicotinic agonists can improve motor function in humans or animals with motor disorders. Specifically, although there are no approved therapeutics for patients with ataxia, the nicotinic receptor agonist varenicline has demonstrated efficacy to improve coordination and gait in several groups of patients with different subtypes of ataxia. Importantly, the mechanism underlying the varenicline’s mechanism of action to improve motor function remains to be elucidated. Thus, the purpose of these experiments was to first quantify gait impairments in rats with olivocerebellar ataxia utilizing an objective treadmill-based system to …

4-H 401 Water Riches For Youth : Developer Workbook

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H 401: Water riches for youth developer workbook with learning activities.

4-H 402 Water Riches For Youth : Educator Workbook

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H 402: Water riches for youth educator workbook with learning activities.

4-H 403 Water Riches For Youth : Elected Official Workbook

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H 403: Water Riches for Youth elected official workbook with learning activities.

4-H 405 Water Riches For Youth : Technical Expert Workbook

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H 405: Water Riches for Youth technical expert workbook with learning activities.

4-H 425 Citizen Safety

Nebraska 4-H Clubs: Historical Materials and Publications

4-H 425: How to participate in your community as a safe citizen.

L.E.G.O.: Leave Everyone's Gender Out, Kristen Baker, Marta Vucci

Lexia: Undergraduate Journal in Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication

"...by providing full walls and already assembled objects in these sets[,] Lego assumes that girls do not want to build their own worlds and thus takes away that essential element from Lego Friends completely, inhibiting girls’ creativity and sense of 'self-discovery'..."

Oblong, Tommy Sheffield

Lexia: Undergraduate Journal in Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication

Tommy Sheffield offers a glimpse into a day in the life of Fort Cabral, a rather unfortunate individual who experiences a very bad day.

Existentialism: Its Evolution And How It Applies Today, Daniel Vieth

Lexia: Undergraduate Journal in Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication

Daniel Vieth explores the meaning of existentialism, accomplished through discussion of philosophy and modern examples, such as The Matrix.

A Crocodile's Touch: Tactile Communication In Humans And Crocodiles, Mackenzie Kelley

Lexia: Undergraduate Journal in Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication

Mackenzie Kelley takes a deeper look into a distinct biological feature of crocodiles, the ridges and bumps on their skin, and concludes that these reptiles may be more like humans than we would ever suppose.

Fluctuating Fire Regimes And Their Historical Effects On Genetic Variation In An Endangered Shrubland Specialist, Hernan Vázquez-Miranda, Kelly R. Barr, C. Craig Farquhar, Robert M. Zink

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

The Pleistocene was characterized by worldwide shifts in community compositions. Some of these shifts were a result of changes in fire regimes, which influenced the distribution of species belonging to fire-dependent communities. We studied an endangered juniper–oak shrubland specialist, the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla). This species was locally extirpated in parts of Texas and Oklahoma by the end of the 1980s as a result of habitat change and loss, predation, brood parasitism, and anthropogenic fire suppression. We sequenced multiple nuclear loci and used coalescence methods to obtain a deeper understanding of historical population trends than that typically available …

Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Treatment Ameliorates Peritonitis-Induced Diaphragm Dysfunction, Shinichi Asano, Ravikumar Arvapalli, Nandini D. Manne, Mani Maheshwari, Bing Ma, Kevin M. Rice, Vellaisamy Selvaraj, Eric Blough

MIIR Faculty Research

The severe inflammation observed during sepsis is thought to cause diaphragm dysfunction, which is associated with poor patient prognosis. Cerium oxide (CeO₂) nanoparticles have been posited to exhibit anti-inflammatory and antioxidative activities suggesting that these particles may be of potential use for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. To investigate this possibility, Sprague Dawley rats were randomly assigned to the following groups: sham control, CeO₂ nanoparticle treatment only (0.5 mg/kg iv), sepsis, and sepsis+CeO₂ nanoparticles. Sepsis was induced by the introduction of cecal material (600 mg/kg) directly into the peritoneal cavity. Nanoparticle treatment decreased sepsis-associated impairments in …

Mary Blair, Emma Brooks

Communication Design: Design Pioneers

Mary Blair was one of the few women who played an important role in the history of animation. In the 1950’s, she was in a field dominated by men, but one man in particular saw great promise and potential in Blair’s whimsical and unique style, Walt Disney. Blair work on three Disney classics, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. She maintained a professional relationship with Walt Disney after she left to pursue freelance endeavors. Blair worked with him again for one last time with the It’s a Small World attraction at Disneyland. Mary Blair’s illustrations created fantasy environments that …

Current, October 05, 2015, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

No abstract provided.

10/05/2015 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 10/05/2015. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Columbia Chronicle (10/05/2015)

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from October 5, 2015, 2015 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 40 pages and is listed as Volume 51, Issue 5. Cover story: "College addresses enrollment decline" Editor-in-Chief: Kyra Senese

Colonization Of Lutzomyia Verrucarum And Lutzomyia Longipalpis Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) By Bartonella Bacilliformis, The Etiologic Agent Of Carrion's Disease, James M. Battisti, Phillip G. Lawyer, Michael F. Minnick

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Bartonella bacilliformis is a pathogenic bacterium transmitted to humans presumably by bites of phlebotomine sand flies, infection with which results in a bi-phasic syndrome termed Carrion's disease. After constructing a low-passage GFP-labeled strain of B. bacilliformis, we artificially infected Lutzomyia verrucarum and L. longipalpis populations, and subsequently monitored colonization of sand flies by fluorescence microscopy. Initially, colonization of the two fly species was indistinguishable, with bacteria exhibiting a high degree of motility, yet still confined to the abdominal midgut. After 48h, B. bacilliformis transitioned from bacillus-shape to a non-motile, small coccoid form and appeared to be digested along with …

The New Hampshire, Vol. 105 [106], No. 09 (Oct. 5, 2015), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 105, but it is the 106th volume in the series.

The Rider (2015-10-05), Jesus Sanchez

The Rider Archives

Vol.1 No.6

Testing The Concurrent Validity Of A Naturalistic Upper Extremity Reaching Task, Sydney Y. Schaefer, C. R. Hennge

Kinesiology and Health Science Faculty Publications

Point-to-point reaching has been widely used to study upper extremity motor control. We have been developing a naturalistic reaching task that adds tool manipulation and object transport to this established paradigm. The purpose of this study was to determine the concurrent validity of a naturalistic reaching task in a sample of healthy adults.This task was compared to the criterion measure of standard point-to-point reaching. Twenty-eight adults performed unconstrained out-and-back movements in three different directions relative to constant start location along midline using their nondominant arm. In the naturalistic task, participants manipulated a tool to transport objects sequentially between physical targets …

Mmu: 10/05/15–10/11/15, Student Bar Association

Monday Morning Update

The Monday Morning Update, or MMU as it is referred to by students, is a weekly email newsletter of news, events, and opportunities of special interest to Notre Dame Law School students.