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Academic Freedom And Tenure Committee Minutes, December 7, 2015, Utah State University

Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee

• Old Business
• New Business
• Other Items From Committee

Restoration Handbook For Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems With Emphasis On Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat—Part 2. Landscape Level Restoration Decisions, David A. Pyke, Steven T. Knick, Jeanne C. Chambers, Mike Pellant, Richard F. Miller, Jeffrey L. Beck, Paul S. Doescher, Eugene W. Schupp, Bruce A. Roundy, Mark W. Brunson, James D. Mclver

Reports

Sagebrush steppe ecosystems in the United States currently (2015) occur on only about one-half of their historical land area because of changes in land use, urban growth, and degradation of land, including invasions of non-native plants. The existence of many animal species depends on the existence of sagebrush steppe habitat. The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is a landscape-dependent bird that requires intact habitat and combinations of sagebrush and perennial grasses to exist. In addition, other sagebrush-obligate animals also have similar requirements and restoration of landscapes for greater sage-grouse also will benefit these animals. Once sagebrush lands are degraded, they may …

Firearms. Ammunition Sales. Initiative Statute

Initiatives

Prohibits possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines, and requires their disposal by sale to dealer, destruction, or removal from state. Requires most individuals to pass background check and obtain Department of Justice authorization to purchase ammunition. Requires most ammunition sales be made through licensed ammunition vendors and reported to Department of Justice. Requires lost or stolen firearms and ammunition be reported to law enforcement. Prohibits persons convicted of stealing a firearm from possessing firearms. Establishes new procedures for enforcing laws prohibiting firearm possession by felons and violent criminals. Requires Department of Justice to provide information about prohibited persons to federal National …

Marijuana Legalization. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Legalizes marijuana under state law. Creates office and commission to license and regulate marijuana industry. Imposes state taxes of $2 per square foot of marijuana cultivation, $1 to $15 per ounce of marijuana production, 10% of retail sales price for edible marijuana products and concentrated extracts, and 5% for other retail sales. Imposes additional 5% local tax on retail sales. Exempts medical marijuana from some taxation. Provides for collection of taxes by State Board of Equalization. Authorizes resentencing and destruction of records for prior marijuana convictions. Allows limited local regulation of marijuana. Eases state restrictions on industrial hemp farming. Summary …

Marijuana Legalization. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Legalizes marijuana and hemp under state law. Designates state agencies to license and regulate marijuana industry. Imposes state excise tax on retail sales of marijuana equal to 15% of sales price, and state cultivation taxes on marijuana of $9.25 per ounce of flowers and $2.75 per ounce of leaves. Exempts medical marijuana from some taxation. Establishes packaging, labeling, advertising, and marketing standards and restrictions for marijuana products. Allows local regulation and taxation of marijuana. Prohibits marketing and advertising marijuana to minors. Authorizes resentencing and destruction of records for prior marijuana convictions. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of …

Yas Foundation Grant To Unh Will Support Broadband Center Of Excellence, Erika Mantz

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Before Maize Relative Of Quinoa Fed Ohio Valley 3000 Years Ago, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Agenda, December 7, 2015, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Items November 2015
• USUSA Report
• Retention and Student Success
• Athletic Council
• 401.4.3(4) and 402.3.1 FS Reapportionment Proposal (Second Reading)
• 405.6.2(2) and 405.8.2 Promotion Advisory Committee (PAC) - Improve clarity and specificity (to be sent to PRPC)

Usu Faculty Senate Minutes, December 7, 2015, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• USU Safety and Health Policy 337 – Mark McLellan
• EPC November Report – Larry Smith
• USUSA Report – Trevor Olsen
• Retention and Student Services – Heidi Kesler
• Athletic Council – Ed Heath
• 401.4.3(4) and 402.3.1 FS Reapportionment Proposal (Second Reading) – Ronda Callister
• 405.6.2(2) and 405.8.2 Promotion Advisory Committee (PAC) - Improve clarity And specificity (to be sent to PRPC) – Ronda Callister

Effect Of Diabetes Self-Management Education On Glycemic Control, Compared To Usual Care In Type 2 Diabetic Patients At The Family Medicine Clinic, Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Catherine Wanjiku Gathu

Master of Medicine in Family Medicine

Background: Globally, the magnitude of disease burden associated with diabetes is high. Poor glycemic control contributes greatly to this burden, especially in the occurrence of related complications. The value of Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) is evident in literature, and has been recommended as a way of optimizing glycemic and metabolic control and averting early onset of diabetes complications. Usual care involves spontaneous sharing of information during medical consultations without planned structure or defined time frame. In the African setting, the effect of DSME, and how it compares to usual care, is yet to be fully explored. Objective: To compare the …

The Utah Statesman, December 7, 2015, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Physician Executive Leadership: Student-Led Curriculum To Fill Gaps In Traditional Medical Education, Anuj Shah, Ronuk Modi, Jessica Downing, Angela Ugorets, Kathryn Linder, Michael Jacobs, Graham Hale, Jeffrey Fitch, Nicholas Kurtzman, Paul Rosen, Md

Physician Executive Leadership

Students at Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) have identified a gap in the traditional medical curriculum surrounding topics such as telehealth, the patient experience, health policy, medical malpractice, and health care entrepreneurship and innovation, and in response have initiated a student-centered, student-led, student-driven program called Physician Executive Leadership (PEL). PEL provides students with a variety of avenues to engage with these topics, such as lectures from leaders in each of these fields, easy access to weekly news articles on current events in health care, targeted review sessions on the US health care system, and the opportunity to voice and develop …

Chronic Ethanol Exposure Enhances The Aggressiveness Of Breast Cancer: The Role Of P38Γ, Mei Xu, Siying Wang, Zhenhua Ren, Jacqueline A. Frank, Xiuwei H. Yang, Zhuo Zhang, Zun-Ji Ke, Xianglin Shi, Jia Luo

Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications

Both epidemiological and experimental studies suggest that ethanol may enhance aggressiveness of breast cancer. We have previously demonstrated that short term exposure to ethanol (12–48 hours) increased migration/invasion in breast cancer cells overexpressing ErbB2, but not in breast cancer cells with low expression of ErbB2, such as MCF7, BT20 and T47D breast cancer cells. In this study, we showed that chronic ethanol exposure transformed breast cancer cells that were not responsive to short term ethanol treatment to a more aggressive phenotype. Chronic ethanol exposure (10 days - 2 months) at 100 (22 mM) or 200 mg/dl (44 mM) caused the …

The Clean Power Plan Needs To Be A Law, Mitchell Frischmeyer

Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies

The Clean Power Plan (CPP) is a long overdue policy which is necessary to direct national investment in emerging markets and create an intelligent energy infrastructure that strives to operate at max efficiency. To this point, the US has develOp-ed using inefficient and dirty fuels, a method which allowed for cheap and reliable energy generation, but is largely responsible for the change in global climate. If we expect to prevent climate change, our energy infrastructure must be reformed. Countries like Denmark have led the way in energy reform by creating policies set to reach 100% renewable generation by 2050 (8). …

Are A State And Its Agencies Immune From Lawsuits In The Courts Of Another State?, Richard Henry Seamon

Articles

No abstract provided.

Ada News - 12/07/2015, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Tyrell Hines V. Joseph Stauffer

2015 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Wayne Prater V. John Wetzel

2015 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Steven D'Agostino V. Appliances Buy Phone Inc

2015 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Commonwealth Times 2015-12-07

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Unh Faculty Senate Motion # Xx-M7 On Approving University Policy Revision On Start-Up Companies, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Motions

No abstract provided.

Mrna Levels Of Imprinted Genes In Bovine In Vivo Oocytes, Embryos And Cross Species Comparisons With Humans, Mice And Pigs, Zongliang Jiang, Hong Dong, Xinbao Zheng, Sadie L. Marjani, David M. Donovan, Jingbo Chen, Xiuchun Cindy Tian

Faculty Publications

Twenty-six imprinted genes were quantified in bovine in vivo produced oocytes and embryos using RNA-seq. Eighteen were detectable and their transcriptional patterns were: largely decreased (MEST and PLAGL1); first decreased and then increased (CDKN1C and IGF2R); peaked at a specific stage (PHLDA2, SGCE, PEG10, PEG3, GNAS, MEG3, DGAT1, ASCL2, NNAT, and NAP1L5); or constantly low (DIRAS3, IGF2, H19 and RTL1). These patterns reflect mRNAs that are primarily degraded, important at a specific stage, or only required at low quantities. The mRNAs for several genes were surprisingly abundant. For instance, transcripts for the maternally imprinted MEST and PLAGL1, were high in …

Screening And Prevalence Of The Novel Cariogenic Pathogen Scardovia Wiggsiae Among Adult Orthodontic And Non-Orthodontic Patient Saliva Samples, Brandon J. Streiff, M. Seneviratne, Karl Kingsley

Dental Medicine Faculty Research

No abstract provided.

Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy Of Douglas County, Kansas: Glacioeustatically Modulated Cyclic Deposition On A Remarkably Smooth Shelf, Anthony W. Walton

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

The Middle and Late Pennsylvanian succession of Kansas consists of two types of cyclothems, lithologic successions that consist of several members that repeat in a particular order. Cyclothems are a few meters to a few tens of meters thick. One type of cyclothem, the Kansas cyclothem, or here the limestone-rich cyclothem, consists of interbeds of limestone and shale, where the amounts of limestone are approximately equal to the amount of shale or dominate the succession. This trip will study one such cyclothem in the Oread Limestone at Stop 3 and possibly another cyclothem at the optional Stop 4. Siliciclastic cyclothems …

Stiles V. Amundson Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 43289

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Criterion: A Journal Of Literary Criticism

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.

Criterion: A Journal Of Literary Criticism, Vol. 8: Iss. 2, Criterion: A Journal Of Literary Criticism

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.

2015-16 Faculty Senate Xx - December 7, 2015 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.

Optical Approach To Resin Formulation For 3d Printed Microfluidics, Hua Gong, Michael Beauchamp, Steven Perry, Adam T. Woolley, Gregory P. Nordin

Faculty Publications

Microfluidics imposes different requirements on 3D printing compared to many applications because the critical features for microfluidics consist of internal microvoids. Resins for general 3D printing applications, however, are not necessarily formulated to meet the requirements of microfluidics and minimize the size of fabricated voids. In this paper we use an optical approach to guide custom formulation of resins to minimize the cross sectional size of fabricated flow channels as exemplars of such voids. We focus on stereolithgraphy (SL) 3D printing with Digital Light Processing (DLP) based on a micromirror array and use a commercially available 3D printer. We develop …

Daily Eastern News: December 07, 2015, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.