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Speed Kills : Effects Of Vehicle Speed On Avian Escape Behavior, Travis L. Devault, Bradley F. Blackwell, Thomas W. Seamans, Steven L. Lima, Esteban Fernandez-Juricic

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Review Of Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Techniques On General Aviation Airports, Robert J. Lewis, Joe N. Caudell

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

No abstract provided.

Linear Models For S-Shaped Growth Curves, Alok Kumar Shukla, Subhash Kumar Yadav, Vishwas Tiwari

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

The S-shaped or sigmoidal models have two important members as Logistic model and Gompertz model. These models are very useful in studies of medical science, actuarial science and biological sciences. The proposed linear models are the alternative of Logistic model and Gompertz model respectively. Linear models satisfy the property of best linear unbiased estimator (BLUE) and removed the problem of nonlinear least squares estimation mentioned by Ratkowsky (1983, 1989) and Bates & Watts (1980). The goodness of fit for the proposed linear models have been verified with the help of several published data sets.

Development Modeling Of Lucilia Sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Amanda Roe, Leon G. Higley

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

The relationship between insect development and temperature has been well established and has a wide range of uses, including the use of blow flies for postmortem (PMI) interval estimations in death investigations. To use insects in estimating PMI, we must be able to determine the insect age at the time of discovery and backtrack to time of oviposition. Unfortunately, existing development models of forensically important insects are only linear approximations and do not take into account the curvilinear properties experienced at extreme temperatures. A series of experiments were conducted with Lucilia sericata, a forensically important blow fly species, that met …

Joint Control Of Terrestrial Gross Primary Productivity By Plant Phenology And Physiology, Jianyang Xia, Shuli Niu, Philippe Ciais, Ivan A. Janssens, Jiquan Chen, Christof Ammann, Altaf Arain, Peter D. Blanken, Alessandro Cescatti, Damien Bonal, Nina Buchmann, Peter S. Curtis, Shiping Chen, Jinwei Dong, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Christian Frankenberg, Teodoro Georgiadis, Christopher M. Gough, Dafeng Hui, Gerard Kiely, Jianwei Li, Magnus Lund, Vincenzo Magliulo, Barbara Marcolla, Lutz Merbold, Leonardo Montagnani, Eddy J. Moors, Jorgen E. Olesen, Shilong Piao, Antonio Raschi, Oliver Roupsard, Andrew E. Suyker, Marek Urbaniak, Francesco P. Vaccari, Andrej Varlagin, Timo Vesala, Matthew Wilkinson, Ensheng Weng, Georg Wohlfahrt, Liming Yan, Yiqi Luo

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Terrestrial gross primary productivity (GPP) varies greatly over time and space. A better understanding of this variability is necessary for more accurate predictions of the future climate–carbon cycle feedback. Recent studies have suggested that variability in GPP is driven by a broad range of biotic and abiotic factors operating mainly through changes in vegetation phenology and physiological processes. However, it is still unclear how plant phenology and physiology can be integrated to explain the spatiotemporal variability of terrestrial GPP. Based on analyses of eddy–covariance and satellite-derived data, we decomposed annual terrestrial GPP into the length of the CO2 uptake period …

Inference Of Progressively Censored Data From The Generalized Exponential Distribution, M. A. W. Mahmoud, N. M. Yhiea, M. Moshref, N. M. Mohamed

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

In this paper, we derive approximate moments of progressively type-II right censored order statistics from the generalized exponential distribution . Also, using these moments to derive the best linear unbiased estimates and maximum likelihood estimates of the location and scale parameters from the generalized exponential distribution. In addition, we use Monte-Carlo simulation method to obtain the mean square error of the best linear unbiased estimates and maximum likelihood estimates and make comparison between them. Finally, we will present numerical example to illustrate the inference procedures developed in this distribution.

The Legacy, March 3, 2015, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

The Tiger Vol. 109 Issue 12 2015-03-03, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2015

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 36, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Crumbie, Trey. Several WKU Employees Report Tax Returns Filed Fraudulently – Anthem, Computer Hacking, Identity Theft
• Wright, Samantha. Deadly Disease Found in Bat Population at WKU’s Research Cave – White Nose Syndrome, Crumps Cave
• Voorhees, Jessica. Limited Smoking Resolution to be Implemented at WKU – Tobacco
• Pettway, Shantel. Parking & Transportation Services Seeks to Increase Parking Permit Fee for Next Year
• Pettway, Shantel. Gatton Academy of Mathematics & Science Renovation Bidding Process to Begin This Week – Schneider Hall
• Lawson, Anna. Student Government Association Resolution for $10 Million Parking …

2015 March 3 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University

Medical Student Education Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Reply To Kjartansdóttir Et Al.: Chlorovirus Atcv-1 Findings Not Explained By Contamination, Robert H. Yolken, Lorraine Jones-Brando, David Dunigan, Geetha Kannan, Faith Dickerson, Emily Severance, Sarven Sabunciyan, C. Conover Talbot Jr., Emese Prandovszky, James Gurnon, Irina Agarkova, Flora Leister, Kristin L. Gressitt, Ou Chen, Bryan Deuber, Fangrui Ma, Mikhail V. Pletnikov, James L. Van Etten

James Van Etten Publications

We agree with Kjartansdóttir et al. (1) that extreme caution must be used when interpreting high-throughput sequencing results in new hosts. The situation demands thorough investigation and validation beyond the identification of a few sequencing reads. However, we believe it is unlikely that random laboratory contamination explains the results reported in Yolken et al. (2) for the following reasons. ...

Therefore, the conclusions in our report are based not only on “a few sequence reads” (1), but on confirmatory assays, as well as a highly controlled animal model of oral exposure and subsequent measurement of immune response and behavior. We …

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

March

No abstract provided.

Council For Iwu Women Awards Four Scholarships, Tia Patsavas ’16

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

The Comment, March 3, 2015, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Gordon V. Hedrick Augmentation Record Dckt. 42191

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Tnfα Transport Induced By Dynamic Loading Alters Biomechanics Of Intact Intervertebral Discs, Benjamin A. Walter, Morakot Likhitpanichkul, Svenja Illien-Junger, Peter J. Roughley, Andrew C. Hecht, James C. Iatridis

Publications and Research

Objective Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is an important contributor to the development of back pain, and a key factor relating pain and degeneration are the presence of pro-inflammatory cytokines and IVD motion. There is surprisingly limited understanding of how mechanics and inflammation interact in the IVD. This study investigated interactions between mechanical loading and pro-inflammatory cytokines in a large animal organ culture model to address fundamental questions regarding (i.) how inflammatory mediators arise within the IVD, (ii.) how long inflammatory mediators persist, and (iii.) how inflammatory mediators influence IVD biomechanics. Methods Bovine caudal IVDs were cultured for 6 or 20-days …

Concerted Motions Networking Pores And Distant Ferroxidase Centers Enable Bacterioferritin Function And Iron Traffic, Huili Yao, Huan Rui, Ritesh Kumar, Kate Eshelman, Scott Lovell, Kevin P. Battaile, Wonpil Im, Mario Rivera

Faculty Publications

© 2015 American Chemical Society. X-ray crystallography, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, and biochemistry were utilized to investigate the effect of introducing hydrophobic interactions in the 4-fold (N148L and Q151L) and B-pores (D34F) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterioferritin B (BfrB) on BfrB function. The structures show only local structural perturbations and confirm the anticipated hydrophobic interactions. Surprisingly, structures obtained after soaking crystals in Fe2+-containing crystallization solution revealed that although iron loads into the ferroxidase centers of the mutants, the side chains of ferroxidase ligands E51 and H130 do not reorganize to bind the iron ions, as is seen in the wt BfrB …

Performance Of Cement Stabilised Peat Bricks / Syed Mofachirul Islam, Islam Syed Mofachirul

Student Works (2010-2019)

The popularity of low cost, lightweight and environmentally affable masonry unit in building industry carries the need to investigate more flexible and adaptable brick components as well as to retain the requirements of building standards. This thesis presents a study on peat used in building materials, as well as the effect of peat on bricks with regard to durability and thermal transmittance. The physical and mechanical properties of peat added bricks are discusses on this study. In this regard, it considered influence of peat on the brick composites and their role in various types of constructional applications. The durability of …

Unlocking The Mysteries Of Tdp-43, Keith A. Josephs, Peter T. Nelson

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Spectral Gene Set Enrichment (Sgse), H Robert Frost, Zhigang Li, Jason H. Moore

Dartmouth Scholarship

Gene set testing is typically performed in a supervised context to quantify the association between groups of genes and a clinical phenotype. In many cases, however, a gene set-based interpretation of genomic data is desired in the absence of a phenotype variable. Although methods exist for unsupervised gene set testing, they predominantly compute enrichment relative to clusters of the genomic variables with performance strongly dependent on the clustering algorithm and number of clusters. We propose a novel method, spectral gene set enrichment (SGSE), for unsupervised competitive testing of the association between gene sets and empirical data sources. SGSE first computes …

The Death Of Fair Use In Cyberspace: Youtube And The Problem With Content Id, Taylor B. Bartholomew

Duke Law & Technology Review

YouTube has grown exponentially over the past several years. With that growth came unprecedented levels of copyright infringement by uploaders on the site, forcing YouTube’s parent company, Google Inc., to introduce a new technology known as Content ID. This tool allows YouTube to automatically scan and identify potential cases of copyright infringement on an unparalleled scale. However, Content ID is overbroad in its identification of copyright infringement, often singling out legitimate uses of content. Every potential case of copyright infringement identified by Content ID triggers an automatic copyright claim on behalf of the copyright holder on YouTube and subsequently freezes …

Metabolic Reprogramming Of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts By Idh3Α Downregulation, Daoxiang Zhang, Yongbin Wang, Zhimin Shi, Jingyi Liu, Pan Sun, Xiaodan Hou, Jian Zhang, Shimin Zhao, Binhua P. Zhou, Jun Mi

Markey Cancer Center Faculty Publications

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) provide critical metabolites for tumor growth and undergo metabolic reprogramming to support glycolysis. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for this change remain unclear. Here, we report that TGF-β1- or PDGF-induced CAFs switch from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis. We identify downregulation of isocitrate dehydrogenase 3α (IDH3α) as a marker for this switch. Furthermore, miR-424 downregulates IDH3α during CAF formation. Downregulation of IDH3α decreases the effective level of α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) by reducing the ratio of α-KG to fumarate and succinate, resulting in PHD2 inhibition and HIF-1α protein stabilization. The accumulation of HIF-1α, in turn, promotes glycolysis by increasing …

Identification Of A Family Of Fatty Acid-Speciated Sonic Hedgehog Proteins, Whose Members Display Differential Biological Properties, Jun Long, Robert Tokhunts, William M. Old, Stephane Houel, Jezabel Rodgriguez-Blanco, Samer Singh, Neal Schilling, Anthony J. Capobianco, Natalie G. Ahn, David J. Robbins

Dartmouth Scholarship

Hedgehog (HH) proteins are proteolytically processed into a biologically active form that is covalently modified by cholesterol and palmitate. However, most studies of HH biogenesis have characterized protein from cells in which HH is overexpressed. We purified Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) from cells expressing physiologically relevant levels and showed that it was more potent than SHH isolated from overexpressing cells. Furthermore, the SHH in our preparations was modified with a diverse spectrum of fatty acids on its amino termini, and this spectrum of fatty acids varied dramatically depending on the growth conditions of the cells. The fatty acid composition of SHH …

Wyoming Supreme Court Ruling Reveals Continued Controversy Over De Facto Parentage Doctrine, Joanna L. Grossman

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

A recent decision from the Wyoming Supreme Court, L.P. v. L.F. arises in a more idiosyncratic scenario, but nonetheless raises familiar issues about whether courts or legislatures should recognize the doctrine; whether functional parentage should ever be a sufficient basis for the acquisition of parental rights; and whether de facto parentage can be reconciled with the constitutionally protected parental rights of the child’s legal parent.

Methods And Systems For Handling Or Delivering Materials For Natural Orifice Surgery, Carl Nelson, Jeff Midday, Dimitry Oleynikov, Alan Goyzueta

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Faculty Publications

The embodiments disclosed herein relate to various medical systems, including systems that can be used in conjunction with medical devices used in endoscopic surgery. Certain embodiments include various material handling devices that can transport materials between the inside and the outside of an endoscopic surgery patient.

Is Metabolic Syndrome Predictive Of Prevalence, Extent, And Risk Of Coronary Artery Disease Beyond Its Components? Results From The Multinational Coronary Ct Angiography Evaluation For Clinical Outcome: An International Multicenter Registry (Confirm), Ricardo Cury

All Publications

No abstract provided.

Purine-Based Triazoles, Prakash Reddy, Nanditha G. Nair, Mark A. Smith, Wataru Kudo

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

A pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting at least protein kinase in a cell of a subject includes a purine based triazole.

Environmental Impacts On Life History In Container Breeding Mosquitoes, Kathleen May Westby

Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation I explore different ways that the environment impacts life history in mosquitoes in ways that may alter vectorial capacity. In chapter I, I tested if short-term sugar deprivation experienced after exposure to La Crosse virus altered infection rates in Aedes albopictus and if sugar treatment and virus infection status altered blood feeding behavior and fecundity. I found no evidence that sugar deprivation impacted infection rates or fecundity. Sugar deprivation did increase blood feeding. There was no effect of infection status on blood feeding or fecundity. In chapter II, I tested for effects of seasonal cues (temperature and …

In Vivo Modulation Of Rhythmically Active Neural Networks In The Crustacean Stomatogastric Ganglion, Alexandra Mead Yarger

Theses and Dissertations

Rhythmic motor patterns are found throughout all living organisms and are responsible for maintaining some of our most fundamental behaviors. The motor circuits producing these behaviors are flexible and able to adapt to changing internal and environmental conditions, yet stable enough to maintain function within certain boundaries. Central pattern generators (CPGs), which are the primary source of this stability, reliably maintain activity patterns and thus the behaviors they drive. The crab stomatogastric nervous system contains the well-characterized gastric mill (chewing) and pyloric (filtering of food) CPGs. In vitro, the pyloric rhythm is stereotyped with little variation over time. Temperature, inter-circuit …

Signed Peer Reviews As A Means To Improve Scholarly Publishing, Linwood H. Pendleton

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

Peer review is a necessary process with a long history of complaints, including over-solicitation of a small number of reviewers, delays, inadequate numbers of reviewers, and a lack of incentives to provide strong reviews or avoid reviews with little helpful information for the author. In the era of Web-based distribution of research, through working paper or project reports, anonymous peer reviews are much less likely. The Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics will use signed peer reviews and an open communication process among authors, reviewers, and editors. This approach, to be developed over time, should lead to stronger communication of …