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Pbio Colloquium | Climate Induced Shifts In Flowering Phenology, Dec. 11, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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The Murray Ledger And Times, November 2, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Utah Statesman, November 2, 2015, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Rider (2015-11-02), Jesus Sanchez

The Rider Archives

Vol.1 No.10

Week Of November 2, 2015, New York Medical College

InTouch

• NYMC Supporters Gather at Founder's Dinner
• School of Medicine Hosts Cardiovascular Translational Research Workshop
• Medical Student, Adrian Romero, is the Recipient of 2015 AMA Foundation
• SHSP Hosts Two-Day Asthma Institute
• NYMC Hosts Second Annual Pre-Medical and Pre-Health Mentoring Program
• More NYMC History Adorns Walls of BSB
• Speech-Language Pathology Students Lead Disabilities Awareness Challenge at Local Boy Scout Event
• Peer to Peer Committee Recognizes Role Models at NYMC

Faculty Senate Agenda, November 2, 2015, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Items October 2015
• Faculty Evaluation Committee Annual Report
• 405.8.3(1) Allow for Presidential exceptions to external reviewers when teaching Is the major role assignment (Second Reading)
• 401.4.3(4) and 402.3.1 FS Reapportionment Proposal (First Reading)
• 405.12.1 Review of Faculty annual review procedures
• 405.13 College Faculty Appeals Committee (CFAC)

Chemical-Free Technique To Study The Ultrastructure Of Primary Cilium, Ashraf M. Mohieldin, Wissam A. Aboualaiwi, Min Gao, Surya M. Nauli

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

A primary cilium is a hair-like structure with a width of approximately 200 nm. Over the past few decades, the main challenge in the study of the ultrastructure of cilia has been the high sensitivity of cilia to chemical fixation, which is required for many imaging techniques. In this report, we demonstrate a combined high-pressure freezing (HPF) and freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy (FFTEM) technique to examine the ultrastructure of a cilium. Our objective is to develop an optimal high-resolution imaging approach that preserves cilia structures in their best natural form without alteration of cilia morphology by chemical fixation interference. Our …

Viral Infection Causes A Shift In The Self Peptide Repertoire Presented By Human Mhc Class I Molecules, Charles T. Spencer, Jelena S. Bezbradica, Mireya G. Ramos, Chenoa D. Arico, Stephanie B. Conant, Pavlo Gilchuk, Jennifer J. Gray, Mu Zheng, Xinnan Niu, William Hildebrand, Andrew J. Link, Sebastian Joyce

Chemistry Faculty Research

Purpose

MHC class I presentation of peptides allows T cells to survey the cytoplasmic protein milieu of host cells. During infection, presentation of self peptides is, in part, replaced by presentation of microbial peptides. However, little is known about the self peptides presented during infection, despite the fact that microbial infections alter host cell gene expression patterns and protein metabolism.

Experimental design

The self peptide repertoire presented by HLA-A*01;01, HLA-A*02;01, HLA-B*07;02, HLA-B*35;01, and HLA-B*45;01 (where HLA is human leukocyte antigen) was determined by tandem MS before and after vaccinia virus infection.

Results

We observed a profound alteration in the self …

Pharmacology: The Pharmacodynamics Of Nutrients And Nutrient Interactions In Biological Functions, M. Hasan Mohajeri, Gunter P. Eckert, James R. Pauly, Christopher M. Butt

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

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Natural Sleep And Its Seasonal Variations In Three Pre-Industrial Societies, Gandhi Yetish, Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven, Brian Wood, Herman Pontzer, Paul R. Manger, Charles Wilson, Ronald Mcgregor, Jerome M. Siegel

ESI Publications

How did humans sleep before the modern era? Because the tools to measure sleep under natural conditions were developed long after the invention of the electric devices suspected of delaying and reducing sleep, we investigated sleep in three preindustrial societies[1–3]. We find that all three show similar sleep organization, suggesting that they express core human sleep patterns, likely characteristic of pre-modern era Homo sapiens. Sleep periods, the times from onset to offset, averaged 6.9–8.5-h, with sleep durations of 5.7–7.1-h, amounts near the low end of those industrial societies[4–7]. There was a difference of nearly 1-h between summer and winter sleep. …

Flow And Scour Constrainst On Uprooting Of Pioneer Woody Seedlings, Sharon Bywater-Reyes, Andrew C. Wilcox, John C. Stella, Anne Lightbody

Geosciences Faculty Publications

Scour and uprooting during flood events is a major disturbance agent that affects plant mortality rates and subsequent vegetation composition and density, setting the trajectory of physical-biological interactions in rivers. During flood events, riparian plants may be uprooted if they are subjected to hydraulic drag forces greater than their resisting force. We measured the resisting force of woody seedlings established on river bars with in situ lateral pull tests that simulated flood flows with and without substrate scour. We quantified the influence of seedling sizes, species (Populus and Tamarix), water-table depth, and scour depth on resisting force. Seedling …

Long Non Coding Rna Malat1 Promotes Tumor Growth And Metastasis By Inducing Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition In Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Xuan Zhou, Su Liu, Guoshuai Cai, Lingping Kong, Tingting Zhang, Yu Ren, Yansheng Wu, Mei Mei, Lun Zhang, Xudong Wang

Dartmouth Scholarship

The prognosis of advanced oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients remains dismal, and a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms is critical for identifying effective targets with therapeutic potential to improve the survival of patients with OSCC. This study aims to clarify the clinical and biological significance of metastasis-associated long non-coding RNA, metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) in OSCC. We found that MALAT1 is overexpressed in OSCC tissues compared to normal oral mucosa by real-time PCR. MALAT1 served as a new prognostic factor in OSCC patients. When knockdown by small interfering RNA (siRNA) in OSCC cell lines TSCCA and …

Blood And Privacy: Towards A "Testing-As-Search" Paradigm Under The Fourth Amendment, Andrei Nedelcu

Seattle University Law Review

A vehicle on a public thoroughfare is observed driving erratically and careening across the roadway. After the vehicle strikes another passenger car and comes to a stop, the responding officer notices in the driver the telltale symptoms of intoxication—bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, and a distinct odor of intoxicants. On these facts, a lawfully-procured warrant authorizing the extraction of the driver’s blood is obtained. However, the document fails to circumscribe the manner and variety of testing that may be performed on the sample. Does this lack of particularity render the warrant constitutionally infirm as a mandate for chemical analysis of the …

November 2, 2015

The Gavel Gazette

No abstract provided.

Sialylation Of Igg Fc Domain Impairs Complement-Dependent Cytotoxicity., Isaak Quast, Christian W Keller, Michael A Maurer, John P Giddens, Björn Tackenberg, Lai-Xi Wang, Christian Münz, Falk Nimmerjahn, Marinos Dalakas, Jan D Lünemann

Department of Neurology Faculty Papers

IgG molecules exert both pro- and antiinflammatory effector functions based on the composition of the fragment crystallizable (Fc) domain glycan. Sialylated IgG Fc domains have antiinflammatory properties that are attributed to their ability to increase the activation threshold of innate effector cells to immune complexes by stimulating the upregulation of the inhibitory Fcγ receptor IIB (FcγRIIB). Here, we report that IgG Fc sialylation of human monoclonal IgG1 molecules impairs their efficacy to induce complement-mediated cytotoxicity (CDC). Fc sialylation of a CD20-targeting antibody had no impact on antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and did not change the affinity of the antibody for activating …

Atrazine Exposure And Reproductive Dysfunction Through The Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Gonadal (Hpg) Axis, Sara Wirbisky, Jennifer L. Freeman

School of Health Sciences Faculty Publications

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) are exogenous agents that alter endogenous hormone signaling pathways. These chemicals target the neuroendocrine system which is composed of organs throughout the body that work alongside the central nervous system to regulate biological processes. Of primary importance is the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis which is vital for maintaining proper reproductive function. Atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-1,3,5-triazine) is a pre-emergent herbicide used to prevent the growth of weeds on various crops. This herbicide is reported to widely contaminate potable water supplies everywhere it is applied. As such, the European Union banned the use of atrazine in 2004. Currently the United States …

Influence Of Students' Industrial Work Experience Scheme On Professional Development Of Library And Information Science Students In South-West, Nigeria, Beatrice Yemisi Ojokuku Mrs, Evelyn Nechi Emeahara Mrs, Modupe A. Aboyade Mrs, Helen O. Chris-Israel Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

This study examines the influence of Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme on Professional Development of Library and Information Science Students in South-West, Nigeria. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study and total enumeration sampling technique was used to select 277 respondents covering three institutions; Adeleke University, Ede Osun state, University of Ibadan, Ibadan and Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode, Ogun state. The respondents are students who have gone through student industrial experience scheme. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics and simple percentages. Findings revealed that majority of …

‘The Thing Is Not Knowing’: Patients' Perspectives On Surveillance Of An Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodule, Renda Soylemez Wiener, Michael K. Gould, Steven Woloshin, Lisa M. Schwartz, Jack Clark

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background: The hundreds of thousands of patients found to have a potentially malignant pulmonary nodule each year are faced with tremendous uncertainty regarding what the nodule is and how it should be evaluated.

Objective: To explore patients' responses to the detection and evaluation of a pulmonary nodule.

Evading Miller, Robert S. Chang, David A. Perez, Luke M. Rona, Christopher M. Schafbuch

Seattle University Law Review

Miller v. Alabama appeared to strengthen constitutional protections for juvenile sentencing that the United States Supreme Court recognized in Roper v. Simmons and Graham v. Florida. In Roper, the Court held that executing a person for a crime committed as a juvenile is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. In Graham, the Court held that sentencing a person to life without parole for a nonhomicide offense committed as a juvenile is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. In Miller, the Court held that a mandatory sentence of life without parole for a homicide offense committed by a juvenile is also unconstitutional under …

Organizational Lessons From Social Change Gone Awry, Raymond L. Forbes

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Do big organizations actually learn from their colossal social change mistakes and attempt to profit from them? This paper presents a massive strategic organizational change effort gone astray. It both describes and analyzes the change from the reflective perspective of an insider. Offering a non-traditional description of the various phases of the social change process, this work showcases the counter-cultural nature of the effort. It also discusses the Zeitgeist or situational context, the relevant history of the affected organization, and provides insights into the various parties impacted by the change. Additionally, this piece notes the limits of power, rationality and …

Emergent Insect And Neotropical Migratory Bird Interactions And Responses To Habitat, Hydrology, And Progressive Urbanization In The Tampa Bay Region, Nathaniel Lee Goddard

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The growing human population threatens the many of the earth’s biological systems. In the last 600 years extinction rates risen from 1 extinction per million species per year (E/MSY) in the 1400’s to 50 E/MSY today. During this time period 1.5% of all known birds have gone extinct, because they could not adapt quickly enough to human mediated changes. The goal of this dissertation was to determine how urbanization and anthropogenic services needed to support urban areas impact cypress dome wetland aquatic insect and migratory bird populations that depend on them. In Central Florida cypress dome hydroperiods are driven by …

Research Digest - November 2015, Division Of Public Health Sciences, Department Of Surgery, Washington University School Of Medicine In St. Louis

Newsletters from the Division of Public Health Sciences

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Reveille (Issue 26), Csusb Veterans Success Center

Reveille newsletter

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Women's Tennis Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

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Men's Tennis Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

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Women's Basketball Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

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Men's Basketball Media Guide 2015-16, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

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Daily Announcements November 2015, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

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Diversity Report

University Provost Reports

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Fusion Of Completed Local Binary Pattern Features With Curvelet Features For Mammogram Classification, Syed Jamal Safdar Gardezi, Ibrahima Faye

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

In this paper, fusion of texture features to improve classification accuracy by false positive reduction in mammograms is proposed. The method uses texture features obtained from completed local binary pattern (CLBP) and grey level texture features obtained from the Curvelet sub-bands. In the current experiments, mass and normal patches were obtained from Mammographic image analysis Society (MIAS) and Image retrieval in medical applications (IRMA) datasets for mammograms. Texture features from both methods are combined together to obtain the feature fusion matrix. Then Nearest neighbor classifier was used for classification to evaluate the individual as well as enhanced features obtained from …