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Updates In Academic Affairs - 10/19/15, Office Of The Provost And Vice President Of Academic Affairs

Updates in Academic Affairs

• College Of Arts And Sciences Dean Candidates To Be On Campus This Fall
• Veterans, Military Personnel Honored During Slate Of Events
• University Libraries, Engineering College Partner In Embedded Tech Venture

Current, October 19, 2015, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

No abstract provided.

Two-Ply Channels For Faster Wicking In Paper-Based Microfluidic Devices, Conor K. Camplisson, Kevin M. Schilling, William L. Pedrotti, Howard A. Stone, Andres W. Martinez

Chemistry and Biochemistry

This article describes the development of porous two-ply channels for paper-based microfluidic devices that wick fluids significantly faster than conventional, porous, single-ply channels. The two-ply channels were made by stacking two single-ply channels on top of each other and were fabricated entirely out of paper, wax and toner using two commercially available printers, a convection oven and a thermal laminator. The wicking in paper-based channels was studied and modeled using a modified Lucas–Washburn equation to account for the effect of evaporation, and a paper-based titration device incorporating two-ply channels was demonstrated.

Polyolefins And Their Influence On Single Use Technology For Bioprocessing, Amy Plancon, Marnik Vaes

Single-Use Technologies: Bridging Polymer Science to Biotechnology Applications

The presentation will focus on polyolefins and their use in single use systems for bioprocessing and the manufacture of biologic drugs. The nature of polyethylene and polypropylene will be explored, as well as material properties and how those properties can be influenced by the polymer manufacturer to meet specific needs in the market. This influence might include the introduction of additives, the substitution of specific ingredients, and the promotion/development of particular processing conditions. The impact of antioxidants will be presented, along with an overview of extractables and leachables protocol as they relate to the polyolefin family.

Feasibility Study Of Inversely-Optimized Intensity Modulated Grid-Therapy For Bulky Lung Tumors, M Macfarlane, J Lam, R Dar, E Yu, K Jordan, Jz Chen

Data and Test Instruments

Purpose/Objective(s): Grid therapy with megavoltage photon beams has been clinically shown to improve local control of bulky tumors. The purpose of this study is to develop intensity modulated grid therapy (IMGT) with multiple beams. We hypothesize that when compared to conventional single-field grid therapy, IMGT will provide lower spatially fractionated doses to the surrounding organs at risk (OAR) while increasing the minimum dose to the whole tumor volume and thus improve tumor control probability as supported by conventionalradiobiology. Materials/Methods: IMGT was developed with multiple photon beams using dynamic MLC segments and orthogonal blocks. Spatially fractionated fluence patterns for all beams …

The Murray Ledger And Times, October 19, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Food Studies Courses Spring 2016 Spring Break Summer Study Abroad, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, October 19, 2015, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• USU Safety and Health Policy 337 – Mark McLellan
• Retirement Policy 361 – Ronda Callister
• EPC Items for April – Larry Smith
• Faculty Evaluation Committee Annual Report – Tom Lachmar
• 401.4.2(4) Proposal to change code to include State with Federal Cooperators (Second Reading) – Ronda Callister
• 405.8.3(1) Allow for Presidential exceptions to external reviewers when teaching is the major role assignment (Second Reading) – Ronda Callister
• 401.4.3(4) and 402.3.1 FS Reapportionment Proposal (First Reading) – Jerry Goodspeed
• 405.12.1 Review of Faculty Annual Review Procedures – Charles Waug
• 405.13 College Faculty Appeals Committee (CFAC) – Ronda Callister

The Rider (2015-10-19), Jesus Sanchez

The Rider Archives

Vol.1 No.8

Shrimp May Grow Faster, Bigger, Healthier And Tastier On Sea Urchin Droppings Diet, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Week Of October 19, 2015, New York Medical College

InTouch

• NYMC Set to Honor Three at 2015 Founder's Dinner
• School of Medicine Announces New Administrative Appointments
• School of Medicine Retreat Highlights Quality Improvement, Patient Safety and the Education of Medical Learners
• NYMC Mourns the Death of Former Chancellor Rev. Msgr. James P. Cassidy, Ph.D.
• NYMC Steps Out to Fight Heart Disease
• NYMC Hosts 8th Annual Community Health Fair
• Good Food Farmers Network Deliveries to Campus Begin

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, October 19, 2015, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Items October 2015
• Faculty Evaluation Committee Annual Report
• 401.4.2(4) Proposal to change code to include State with Federal Cooperators(Second Reading)
• 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)

Interaction Of Isoflavones And Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue Seed Extract On Vasoactivity Of Bovine Mesenteric Vasculature, Yang Jia, David L. Harmon, Michael D. Flythe, James L. Klotz

Animal and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

It was hypothesized that isoflavones may attenuate ergot alkaloid-induced vasoconstriction and possibly alleviate diminished contractility of vasculature after exposure to ergot alkaloids. The objective of this study was to determine if prior incubation of bovine mesenteric vasculature with the isoflavones formononetin (F), biochanin A (B), or an ergovaline-containing tall fescue seed extract (EXT) and their combinations affect ergotamine (ERT)-induced contractility. Multiple segments of mesenteric artery and vein supporting the ileal flange of the small intestine were collected from Angus heifers at slaughter (n = 5, bodyweight = 639 ± 39 kg). Duplicates of each vessel …

Multiple Detector Wireless Fnirs Sensor To Detect Hemodynamic Activity, Sivaram Karra

Theses and Dissertations

An established, non-invasive and flexible technique, "functional Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy" (fNIRS), has opened new opportunities for the study of brain functionality. This powerful method uses the optical properties of a tissue at multiple near infra-red wavelengths to dynamically determine the levels of both oxygenated hemoglobin (HbO2) and deoxygenated hemoglobin (Hbr). Traditional techniques such as functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Electroencephalography (EEG) and Event Related brain Potentials (ERP) have increased our understanding of brain functionality, however, the basic limitations of these technologies such as high cost of equipment, difficulty of operation and levels of radiation make access …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 040, Number 08, October 19, 2015, Grand Valley State University

2015-2016, Volume 40

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Crow's Nest, October 19, 2015, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The October 19, 2015, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Odorant Receptor-Based Discovery Of Natural Repellents Of Human Lice, Julien Pelletier, Pingxi Xu, Kyong-Sup Yoon, John M. Clark, Walter S. Leal

SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

The body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus, is an obligate blood-feeding ectoparasite and an important insect vector that mediates the transmission of diseases to humans. The analysis of the body louse genome revealed a drastic reduction of the chemosensory gene repertoires when compared to other insects, suggesting specific olfactory adaptations to host specialization and permanent parasitic lifestyle. Here, we present for the first time functional evidence for the role of odorant receptors (ORs) in this insect, with the objective to gain insight into the chemical ecology of this vector. We identified seven putative full-length ORs, in addition to the odorant receptor …

Experimental Evidence Of Bark Beetle Adaptation To A Fungal Symbiont, Bracewell R. Ryan, Diana Six

Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences Faculty Publications

The importance of symbiotic microbes to insects cannot be overstated; however, we have a poor understanding of the evolutionary processes that shape most insect–microbe interactions. Many bark beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) species are involved in what have been described as obligate mutualisms with symbiotic fungi. Beetles benefit through supplementing their nutrient- poor diet with fungi and the fungi benefit through gaining transportation to resources. However, only a few beetle–fungal symbioses have been experimentally manipulated to test whether the relationship is obligate. Furthermore, none have tested for adaptation of beetles to their specific symbionts, one of the requirements for coevolution. We …

Community Seed Banks: Origins, Evolution, And Prospects, Charles A. Francis

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

As a survey of contemporary community-level seed banks, this is an excellent compilation and instructive guide. The first section provides an overview of how seed banks originated, their varied goals and activities, several contrasting forms of management, and how they organize and perform to meet these goals. An intriguing claim in the book is that the concept of “seed banks is only some three decades old,” while in fact the practice of saving, preserving, and exchanging seed within a community is probably as old as human communities themselves.

Organized seed banks often serve specific functions: preserving seeds, providing seed access …

Board Of Trustees Names Preferred Candidate For Um Chancellor, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Adding Genetically Distant Individuals To Training Populations Reduces Genomic Prediction Accuracy In Barley, Aaron Lorenz, Kevin P. Smith

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

One of the most important factors affecting genomic prediction accuracy appears to be training population (TP) composition. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of genomic relationship on genomic prediction accuracy and determine if adding increasingly unrelated individuals to a TP can reduce prediction accuracy. To accomplish this, a population of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) lines from the University of Minnesota (lines denoted as MN) and North Dakota State University (lines denoted as ND) breeding programs were used for model training. Predictions were validated using two independent sets of progenies derived from MN  MN crosses …

October 19, 2015 Armstrong Faculty Senate Minutes, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Minutes (Archived)

October 19, 2015 Armstrong Faculty Senate Minutes

The New Hampshire, Vol. 105 [106], No. 13 (Oct. 19, 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.

Switchgrass Germplasm Resources, Michael D. Casler, Kenneth P. Vogel, Melanie Harrison

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is an important native grass and dominant member of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem. It is used for conservation, restoration, livestock feed production, and bioenergy feedstock production. The purpose of this review is to describe the biological and geographical basis for switchgrass germplasm diversity and to provide a resource for scientists and outreach personnel to find switchgrass germplasm to meet their needs. Upland and lowland ecotypes represent the most important polymorphism in switchgrass, with distinct but overlapping geographic distributions. Variation in ploidy exists within both ecotypes, with 2n = 4x = 36 the dominant ploidy …

October 19, 2015: Women In Science Videos, Loma Prieta Memories, Brother Dominic's Anniversary, Saint Mary's College Of California

SMC Bulletin 2013-2020

No abstract provided.

Tobramycin-Treated Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pa14 Enhances Streptococcus Constellatus 7155 Biofilm Formation In A Cystic Fibrosis Model System, Katherine E. E. Price, Amanda A. Naimie, Edward F. Griffin, Charles Bay, George A. O'Toole

Dartmouth Scholarship

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a human genetic disorder which results in a lung environment that is highly conducive to chronic microbial infection. Over the past decade, deep-sequencing studies have demonstrated that the CF lung can harbor a highly diverse polymicrobial community. We expanded our existing in vitro model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation on CF-derived airway cells to include this broader set of CF airway colonizers to investigate their contributions to CF lung disease, particularly as they relate to the antibiotic response of the population. Using this system, we identified an interspecies interaction between P. aeruginosa, a bacterium associated with …

The Eastern Echo, October 19, 2015, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Methods For The Analysis Of Real-Time Data: Exploring Peak Clustering In A Secondhand Smoke Exposure Intervention, Vincent Berardi, R. Carretero-González, N. E. Klepeis, A. Palacios, J. Belletierre, S. Hughes, S. Obayashi, M. F. Hovell

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

This work explores a method for classifying peaks appearing within a data-intensive time-series. We summarize a case study from a clinical trial aimed at reducing secondhand smoke exposure via the installation of air particle monitors in households. Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) in conjunction with a k-means clustering algorithm assigns each data peak to one of two clusters. Aversive feedback from the monitors increased the proportion of short-duration, attenuated peaks from 38.8% to 96.6%. For each cluster, a distribution of parameters from a physics-based model of airborne particles is estimated. Peaks generated from these distributions are correctly identified by POD/clustering …

Lanthorn, Vol. 50, No. 16, October 19, 2015, Grand Valley State University

Volume 50, July 13, 2015 - June 6, 2016

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Faculty Senate Bill Fsb-2015-10-19-01: University Curriculum Committee, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Bills, Motions & Resolutions (Archived)

Faculty Senate Bill FSB-2015-10-19-01: University Curriculum Committee