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February 16, 2015 Armstrong Faculty Senate Minutes, Armstrong State University

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February 16, 2015 Armstrong Faculty Senate Minutes

Illinois Teacher Evaluation Student Growth Component: A Predecision-Making Policy Analysis, Joshua Robert Olsen

Theses and Dissertations

ILLINOIS TEACHER EVALUATION STUDENT GROWTH COMPONENT:

A PREDECISION-MAKING POLICY ANALYSIS

Joshua R. Olsen

122 Pages May 2015

Public school districts in Illinois are going to face massive changes to their evaluation systems in the coming years. Thanks to the adoption of the Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010 and Senate Bill 7 of 2011, teacher evaluation must contain student growth as a significant factor, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year. Not only must student performance on tests become part of the evaluation of teachers, but, moreover, teacher evaluation will play a greater role in the hiring, retention, and release of …

Information Behavior Of Scholarly Community With E-Resources: A Case Study Of Sher-E-Kashmir University Of Agricultural Sciences And Technology Of Kashmir, Nazir Ahmad Bhat, Shabir Ahmad Ganaie, Mudasir Khazer Rather

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study of faculty members and PhD scholars of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) was conducted to bring about current image about some core issues related to use of both online and offline e-resources. Attempt has also been made to ascertain some significant facts about their search strategy/skills and level of satisfaction. The constituent faculties of the University under study were surveyed through a structured questionnaire distributed among 90 subjects in proportion with their number. The study reveals that majority of the faculty members and PhD scholars of SKUAST-Kashmir are familiar about e-resources like CDROM …

Cultivating The Uncultured: Growing The Recalcitrant Cluster-2 Frankia Strains, Maher Gtari, Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari, Imen Nouioui, Amir Ktari, Karima Hezbri, Wajdi Mimouni, Imed Sbissi, Amani Ayari, Takashi Yamanaka, Philippe Normand, Louis S. Tisa, Abdellatif Boudabous

New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Publications

The repeated failures reported in cultivating some microbial lineages are a major challenge in microbial ecology and probably linked, in the case of Frankia microsymbionts to atypical patterns of auxotrophy. Comparative genomics of the so far uncultured cluster-2 Candidatus Frankia datiscae Dg1, with cultivated Frankiae has revealed genome reduction, but no obvious physiological impairments. A direct physiological assay on nodule tissues from Coriaria myrtifolia infected with a closely-related strain permitted the identification of a requirement for alkaline conditions. A high pH growth medium permitted the recovery of a slow-growing actinobacterium. The strain obtained, called BMG5.1, has short hyphae, produced diazovesicles …

Molecular Docking And Inhibition Of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 By Novel Difluorinatedbenzylidene Curcumin Analog, Aamir Ahmad, Afreen Sayed, Kevin R. Ginnebaugh, Vivek Sharma, Anita Suri, Arundhati Saraph, Subhash Padhye, Fazlul H. Sarkar

Department of Pathology

We recently described the synthesis and characterization of a novel difluorinatedbenzylidene analog of curcumin, commonly referred as CDF, which demonstrated significantly enhanced bioavailability and in vivo anticancer activity. CDF targets many factors similar to curcumin, albeit with more potency, as reported previously. To further highlight this differential behavior of CDF, we chose matrix metalloproteinase protein MMP-2 which is involved in the processes of invasion and metastasis of human tumors. Both curcumin and CDF were characterized for their binding characteristics using in silico docking studies; they were also evaluated via biological assays involving gelatin zymography, miRNA analysis, invasion assays and ELISA. …

The Effect Of Active Video Games On The Heart Rate Of Older Adults, Yeon Bai, Shahla M. Wunderlich, Diane M. Hanel

Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Scholarship and Creative Works

Background: Heart rate is used as a health biomarker. This aim of this study was to investigate the effects of playing active video games on the heart rate of older adults, in comparison to the heart rate after common table recreational activity.

Methods: An experimental study with 40 participants was conducted: a control group (n=20) participated in common Pokeno® card games; an experimental group (n=20) played WiiTM bowling. The participants’ pre- and post-activity heart rates were measured and compared between and within groups using t-tests.

Results: The findings signified an 11.9% increase (p

Conclusions: The inclusion of active video games …

Novel Actions Of Next-Generation Taxanes Benefit Advanced Stages Of Prostate Cancer., Renée De Leeuw, Lisa D. Berman-Booty, Matthew J. Schiewer, Stephen J Ciment, Robert Den, Adam P. Dicker, William Kelly, Edouard J. Trabulsi, Costas D. Lallas, Leonard G. Gomella, Karen E. Knudsen

Department of Cancer Biology Faculty Papers

PURPOSE: To improve the outcomes of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), there is an urgent need for more effective therapies and approaches that individualize specific treatments for patients with CRPC. These studies compared the novel taxane cabazitaxel with the previous generation docetaxel, and aimed to determine which tumors are most likely to respond.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Cabazitaxel and docetaxel were compared via in vitro modeling to determine the molecular mechanism, biochemical and cell biologic impact, and cell proliferation, which was further assessed ex vivo in human tumor explants. Isogenic pairs of RB knockdown and control cells were interrogated in vitro …

Portland Spectrum, February 2015, Portland State University. Student Publications Board

Portland Spectrum

Editor: Corinne Hutfilz

Articles in this issue include: Why the 2014 Flu Vaccine Fell Short; Student Efforts to Eradicate Sexual Assault on campus; Book Reviews by Spectrum Editors; and Death With Dignity

The Exchanged Ef-Hands In Calmodulin And Troponin C Chimeras Impair The Ca2+-Induced Hydrophobicity And Alter The Interaction With Orai1: A Spectroscopic, Thermodynamic And Kinetic Study, Drake Jensen, Nicole Reynolds, Ya-Ping Yang, Shubha Shakya, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Dennis J. Stuehr, Chin-Chuan Wei

Chemistry Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Background

Calmodulin (CaM) plays an important role in Ca²⁺-dependent signal transduction. Ca²⁺ binding to CaM triggers a conformational change, forming a hydrophobic patch that is important for target protein recognition. CaM regulates a Ca²⁺-dependent inactivation process in store-operated Ca²⁺entry, by interacting Orai1. To understand the relationship between Ca²⁺-induced hydrophobicity and CaM/Orai interaction, chimera proteins constructed by exchanging EF-hands of CaM with those of Troponin C (TnC) are used as an informative probe to better understand the functionality of each EF-hand.

Results

ANS was used to assess the context of the induced …

Binding Of Cxcl8/Il-8 To Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Modulates The Innate Immune Response, Agnieszka Krupa, Marek Fol, Bozena R. Dziadek, Ewa Kepka, Dominika Wojciechowska, Anna Brzostek, Agnieszka Torzewska, Jaroslaw Dziadek, Robert P. Baughman, David Griffith, Anna K. Kurdowska

Cellular and Molecular Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Interleukin-8 (IL-8) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several human respiratory diseases, including tuberculosis (TB). Importantly and in direct relevance to the objectives of this report quite a few findings suggest that the presence of IL-8 may be beneficial for the host. IL-8 may aid with mounting an adequate response during infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb); however, the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. The major goal of our study was to investigate the contribution of IL-8 to the inflammatory processes that are typically elicited in patients with TB. We have shown for the first time that IL-8 can …

Anti-Tumoral Effects Of Mir-3189-3p In Glioblastoma, Duane Jeansonne, Mariacristina Deluca, Luis Marrero, Adam Lassak, Marco Pacifici, Dorota Wyczechowska, Anna Wilk, Krzysztof Reiss, Francesca Peruzzi

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive brain tumors. We have previously found up-regulation of growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) in glioblastoma cells treated with the anticancer agent fenofibrate. Sequence analysis of GDF15 revealed the presence of a microRNA, miR-3189, in the single intron. We then asked whether miR-3189 was expressed in clinical samples and whether it was functional in glioblastoma cells. We found that expression of miR-3189-3p was down-regulated in astrocytoma and glioblastoma clinical samples compared with control brain tissue. In vitro, the functionality of miR-3189-3p was tested by RNA-binding protein immunoprecipitation, and miR-3189-3p coimmunoprecipitated with Argonaute 2 together …

Gamma-Aapeptides As A New Class Of Peptidomimetics: Synthesis, Structures, And Functions, Haifan Wu

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Peptidomimetics are synthetic oligomers that resemble the activities of peptides. Their advantages over peptides include high stability towards proteolysis and enormous chemical diversity. Over the past two decades, there have been extensive efforts to develop peptide mimics, such as beta-peptides, peptoids, D-peptides, etc. The research on peptidomimetics have led to many important applications in both medicinal and material science. In order to explore new functions, the discovery of peptidomimetics with novel frameworks is essential. We reported the synthesis and evaluation of a new class of peptidomimetics, termed as gamma-AApeptides. Previous studies of gamma-AApeptides have revealed that gamma-AApeptides are highly resistant …

Seasonal And Diel Changes Of The Fish Assemblage Employing The Fyke Nets In A Subtropical Mangrove Estuary Of Puzih River, Taiwan, Chun-Hsin Tsai, Yi-Kuang Wang, Shang-Te Tsai, Sheng-Hai Wu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Fish utilization of an Avicennia marina mangrove forest in the estuary of Puzih River, in Chiayi County, Taiwan, was investigated based on quarterly sampling surveys in 2008. Fishes were sampled during four ebbing tides on two consecutive days using fyke nets. A total of 1375 individuals weighting 19.2 kg were caught, belonging to 23 families and 37 species. The fish community was dominated by juvenile individuals of estuarine transient species and exhibited significant seasonal variations. The most numerous species were the spotted catfish (Arius maculatus, representing 40% of the total biomass) and the shortnose ponyfish (Leiognathus brevirostris, representing 33% of …

Advertising Coral Reefs With Underwater Panoramas: An Application Study On Presenting Information To Prospective Divers, Tsen-Chien Chen, Ta-Chung Ying, Kuo-Cheng Ku

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This paper describes the development and empirical practice of the underwater panorama system at two landmark dive spots at Green Island, Taiwan. Recreational scuba diving has become popular on coral reefs. Information highlighting dive spots can assist prospective customers with selecting their dive destinations. Underwater panoramas are a new approach for presenting such tourist attractions. The system's hardware includes a tailored cylindrical housing containing a spherical digital video camera. Its panoramic images enable people to come closer to the real underwater world. Footage can be viewed using PCs, laptops, tablets, and other common digital viewing appliances. The imagery streams give …

Buzzkill: How The Epa’S Inaction Is Killing America’S Bees, Kelsey Ott

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Lessons From China’S Carbon Markets For U.S. Climate Change Policy, Susan Vermillion

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Epigenetic Regulation Of Lncrna Connects Ubiquitin-Proteasome System With Infection-Inflammation In Preterm Births And Preterm Premature Rupture Of Membranes, Xiucui Luo, Jing Pan, Leilei Wang, Peirong Wang, Meijiao Zhang, Meilin Liu, Ziqing Dong, Qian Meng, Xuguang Tao, Xinliang Zhao, Julia Zhong, Weina Ju, Yang Gu, Edmund C. Jenkins, W Ted Brown, Qingxi Shi, Nanbert Zhong

Publications and Research

Background Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) is responsible for one third of all preterm births (PTBs). We have recently demonstrated that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are differentially expressed in human placentas derived from PPROM, PTB, premature rupture of the membranes (PROM), and full-term birth (FTB), and determined the major biological pathways involved in PPROM. Methods Here, we further investigated the relationship of lncRNAs, which are differentially expressed in spontaneous PTB (sPTB) and PPROM placentas and are found to overlap a coding locus, with the differential expression of transcribed mRNAs at the same locus. Ten lncRNAs (five up-regulated and five …

2014 Annual Report, Joseph A. Cook

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Diversification Of Importin-Α Isoforms In Cellular Trafficking And Disease States., Ruth A. Pumroy, Gino Cingolani

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

The human genome encodes seven isoforms of importin α which are grouped into three subfamilies known as α1, α2 and α3. All isoforms share a fundamentally conserved architecture that consists of an N-terminal, autoinhibitory, importin-β-binding (IBB) domain and a C-terminal Arm (Armadillo)-core that associates with nuclear localization signal (NLS) cargoes. Despite striking similarity in amino acid sequence and 3D structure, importin-α isoforms display remarkable substrate specificity in vivo. In the present review, we look at key differences among importin-α isoforms and provide a comprehensive inventory of known viral and cellular cargoes that have been shown to associate preferentially with specific …

The Parasite Ichthyophonus Sp. In Pacific Herring From The Coastal Ne Pacific, P K. Hershberger, J L. Gregg, L M. Hart, S Moffitt, R Brenner, K Stick, E Coonradt, E O. Otis, J J. Vollenweider, K A. Garver, J Lovy, T R. Meyers

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

The protistan parasite Ichthyophonus occurred in populations of Pacific herring Clupea pallasii Valenciennes throughout coastal areas of the NE Pacific, ranging from Puget Sound, WA north to the Gulf of Alaska, AK. Infection prevalence in local Pacific herring stocks varied seasonally and annually, and a general pattern of increasing prevalence with host size and/or age persisted throughout the NE Pacific. An exception to this zoographic pattern occurred among a group of juvenile, age 1+ year Pacific herring from Cordova Harbor, AK in June 2010, which demonstrated an unusually high infection prevalence of 35%. Reasons for this anomaly were hypothesized to …

Blood Ivory: The Story Of Illegal Poaching And Its Global Influence, Alanna Demers

Africana Studies Student Research Conference (2013-2019)

Illegal animal product trade such as the trade of ivory and rhinoceros horn has become a problem that influences the entire world. Throughout history, from pre-colonial times to modern day, illicit trade in ivory and rhino horn have drastically affected Africa’s development, eco-system, and society. The decline in the rhinoceros and elephant populations on the African continent drastically effect vegetation, which directly correlates with agriculture and the health of people and animals. The history of the illegal ivory and rhino horn trade is complicated, and provides an essential context in order to understand the modern day situation. Scholarly works and …

Between Scylla And Charybdis: Patentability And Morality Related To Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Li Jiang

Intellectual Property Brief

No abstract provided.

02-13-2015 Cochlear Implant Technology Focus Of Swosu Biology Seminar This Wednesday, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2015

Dr. R. Stanley Baker of the Hough Ear Institute will be guest speaker at the SWOSU Department of Biology seminar series this Wednesday, February 18, on the Weatherford campus.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Nrs 543 Public Engagement With Science, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for NRS 543 Public Engagement with Science. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty member: Michael Cerbo. Requesting faculty member: Caroline Gottschalk Druschke.

Brief For Professor Albert E. Scherr As Amicus Curiae In Support Of Petitioner, Albert E. Scherr

Law Faculty Scholarship

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT Professor Scherr agrees with petitioner that review is warranted because the Maryland Court of Appeals decision is erroneous. The Fourth Amendment does not sanction police harvesting of DNA without probable cause and a warrant and without the subject’s knowledge or consent, to be used however the authorities deem appropriate and without restriction. The Maryland Court of Appeals’ decision is contrary to the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence as articulated in the Riley v. California – Maryland v. King – United States v. Jones trilogy. This case fits squarely in the center of the triangle formed by that …

Ceas E-News 02.13.2015, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences News

• 18th TAPPI Student Summit in Savannah, Georgia
• CCE Student Receives Sharon D. Banks Award
• Research Initiation Initiative Grant to Fund Big Data Research
• Upcoming Events

Biology Prof Talks To Anthropology Students About Antibiotic Resistant Mrsa, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Ucc Minutes Feb 13, 2015, Undergraduate Curriculum Council

Undergraduate Currirculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Factors Affecting Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Survival In Adult Patients, Farid Khan, Abdul Rehman, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Muhammad Ehsan Bari

Section of Neurosurgery

Background: Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt insertion remains the mainstay of treatment for hydrocephalus despite a high rate of complications. The predictors of shunt malfunction have been studied mostly in pediatric patients. In this study, we report our 11-year experience with VP shunts in adult patients with hydrocephalus. We also assess the various factors affecting shunt survival in a developing country setting.
Methods: A retrospective chart analysis was conducted for all adult patients who had undergone shunt placement between the years 2001 and 2011. Kaplan-Meier curves were used to determine the duration from shunt placement to first malfunction and log-rank (Cox-Mantel) tests …