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Better Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Better Medicine

No abstract provided.

Dollar Estimates Of Feral Hog Damage To Agriculture In Louisiana (Research Information Sheet #113), Shaun M. Tangers, Kurt Guidry, Huizhen Nui, Celine Richard, Maristela Abreu

LSU AgCenter Research Information Sheets

A study of feral hog activity and damage in Louisiana. Data were gathered from Louisiana farmers. The study results show that feral hogs caused at least $30 million in damage to crops on Louisiana farms in 2013. The publication includes maps and tables.

Gazetteer And Site-Based History Of The Ornithology Of Sabah. Malaysian Borneo, Frederick H. Sheldon

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University

The gazetteer lists sites in the state of Sabah, Malaysia, where birds have been collected, studied, or watched. Its purpose is to identify locations for research and birding in Sabah and to provide a brief scientific history of the more important sites. Each site description includes latitude, longitude, and general information on location. For many sites, elevation, habitat, scientific or birdwatching importance, historical notes, citations of key papers, specimen records, and records of certain species are also included.

Antarctic Microbial Mats: A Modern Analog For Archean Lacustrine Oxygen Oases, Dawn Y. Sumner, Ian Hawes, Tyler J. Mackey, Anne D. Jungblut, Peter T. Doran

Faculty Publications

© 2015 Geological Society of America. The evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis was the most important geochemical event in Earth history, causing the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) ~2.4 b.y. ago. However, evidence is mixed as to whether O2 production occurred locally as much as 2.8 b.y. ago, creating O2 oases, or initiated just prior to the GOE. The biogeochemical dynamics of possible O2 oases have been poorly constrained due to the absence of modern analogs. However, cyanobacteria in microbial mats in a perennially anoxic region of Lake Fryxell, Antarctica, create a 1-2 mm O2-containing layer in the upper mat during summer, …

Genomic Approaches To Understanding Population Divergence And Speciation In Birds, David P.L. Toews, Leonardo Campagna, Scott A. Taylor, Christopher N. Balakrishnan, Daniel T. Baldassarre, Petra E. Deane-Coe, Michael G. Harvey, Daniel M. Hooper, Darren E. Irwin, Caroline D. Judy, Nicholas A. Mason, John E. Mccormack, Kevin G. Mccracken, Carl H. Oliveros, Rebecca J. Safran, Elizabeth S.C. Scordato, Katherine Faust Stryjewski, Anna Tigano, J. Albert C. Uy, Benjamin M. Winger

Faculty Publications

© 2016 American Ornithologists' Union. The widespread application of high-throughput sequencing in studying evolutionary processes and patterns of diversification has led to many important discoveries. However, the barriers to utilizing these technologies and interpreting the resulting data can be daunting for first-time users. We provide an overview and a brief primer of relevant methods (e.g., whole-genome sequencing, reduced-representation sequencing, sequence-capture methods, and RNA sequencing), as well as important steps in the analysis pipelines (e.g., loci clustering, variant calling, whole-genome and transcriptome assembly). We also review a number of applications in which researchers have used these technologies to address questions related …

Geauxdock: A Novel Approach For Mixed-Resolution Ligand Docking Using A Descriptor-Based Force Field, Yun Ding, Ye Fang, Wei P. Feinstein, Jagannathan Ramanujam, David M. Koppelman, Juana Moreno, Michal Brylinski, Mark Jarrell

Faculty Publications

© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Molecular docking is an important component of computer-aided drug discovery. In this communication, we describe GeauxDock, a new docking approach that builds on the ideas of ligand homology modeling. GeauxDock features a descriptor-based scoring function integrating evolutionary constraints with physics-based energy terms, a mixed-resolution molecular representation of protein-ligand complexes, and an efficient Monte Carlo sampling protocol. To drive docking simulations toward experimental conformations, the scoring function was carefully optimized to produce a correlation between the total pseudoenergy and the native-likeness of binding poses. Indeed, benchmarking calculations demonstrate that GeauxDock has a strong capacity to identify …

Lsu Research Fall 2015, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

Research Magazine

LSU Research is published annually by the Office of Research & Economic Development, Louisiana State University.

Via (Vol. 8), Valparaiso University

VIA

No abstract provided.

2015 Fall Nutshell, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

Fall 2015 issue of the Nutshell.

Wooster Magazine: Fall 2015, Karol Crosbie

Wooster Magazine: 2011-2020

The fall 2015 issue of the Wooster magazine celebrates 100 years of the Wooster Symphony Orchestra. Past conductors mentioned include: Daniel Parmelee, Homer E. Crain, Daniel Parmelee, Alan C. Collins, Stuart Ling, Marshall Haddock, Manuel Prestamo, Nancy Garlick, Dale Moore, Jack Gallagher, and Jeffrey Lindberg. There is also a profile on Don Swegan ’47 as an athlete, educator, and administrator. This issue also includes the 2015 annual report and donor list, a piece on Interim President S. Gloria Nugent and her “One Wooster” campaign, reflections on Ted Celeste ’67, and a piece dedicated to the Holden Annex coming down after …

Lawrence University Annual Report, Fall 2015, Lawrence University

Alumni Magazines

No abstract provided.

Loma Linda University Health - San Bernardino Groundbreaking, Loma Linda University Health

Scope

Table of Contents

Features

2 | New facility in San Bernardino to enhance opportunities
4 | Loma Linda shares its story with world church

Campus news

8 | Historic step taken toward unified governance
9 | Quarter-century milestones celebrated
10 | School of Public Health conferences lead the way

Clinical care

11 | Children’s Hospital receives separate license
11 | Pediatric ICU celebrates 25 years of service
12 | Clinicians train with FEMA for disasters
14 | Woman regains her life through bariatric surgery

Research

15 | Grant enables purchase of next-generation DNA sequencer
16 | Potholes and primordial mysteries: …

Today - October 2015, Loma Linda University Health

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Pro surfer and shark attack survivor Bethany Hamilton speaks at PossAbilities luncheon and fundraiser
-- Murry Brandstater honored by donor through special gift
-- Perryman named administrator for Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
-- Chinnock appointed Children's Hospital chief medical officer
-- Becker named director of Loma Linda University Health office of public relations
-- ENT professors teach vocal and choral students to protect their voices
-- Internal medicine residency program celebrates 50 years
-- Loma Linda University Health awarded $1.4 million grant for San Bernardino Campus
-- Corky's Cookies raises $10,000 for pediatric cancer treatment …

Deleuze, Haraway, And The Radical Democracy Of Desire, Robert Leston

Publications and Research

In response to suggestions that Deleuze and Guattari are the “enemy” of companion species, this essay explores the tension between Donna Haraway’s attacks against Deleuze and Guattari and their philosophy of becoming animal. The essay goes on to contextualize Deleuze and Guattari’s statements against pet owners through a discussion of the psychoanalytical refiguration of desire and shows how their ostensible attack against pet owners fits into their larger critique against capitalism. The essay illustrates why Deleuze and Guattari and Haraway are more in agreement than first meets the eye, finding commensurability through Haraway’s early work on embryology. Becoming animal does …

Creation-Inspired Research, Melodie Roschman

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Serving The Worldwide Community, Melodie Roschman

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Unl Emeriti And Retirees Association Newsletter, Fall 2015

UNL Emeriti and Retirees Association: Newsletters and Other Materials

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Emeriti and Retirees Association Newsletter, Fall 2015

President’S Newsletter, Jean E. Bartels

President's Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Our Liberation And The Liberation Of Our Images: Friedrich Schiller And The Politics Of The Image, Peter W. Rosenberger

Student Publications

In this paper, I will compare the aesthetic philosophies put forward in Friedrich Schiller’s On the Aesthetic Education of Man and Plato's Republic. Using Schiller's more robust aesthetic philosophy and its political import, I will argue that the government of Plato's Republic would not create freedom for its citizens. Then, I will carry Schiller's aesthetics and politics forward to argue, using Freud and a number of thinkers who champion Freud’s work, that economic interests can also limit the freedoms of a nation's citizens. Finally, I will argue that Schiller's aesthetic philosophy can deliver a political freedom free from the state …

A Consensus On The Definition And Knowledge Base For Computer Graphics, Michael Alden Roller

Open Access Dissertations

Despite several decades of historical innovation, measurable impacts, and multiple specializations the existing knowledge base for Computer Graphics (CG) lacks consensus, and numerous definitions for it have been published based on distinct contexts. Disagreement among post-secondary academics has divided CG programs into three contextual areas that emphasize different topics. This division has resulted in the decontextualization of CG education, and CG programs now face several challenges in meeting the needs of industry. Employing the Delphi Method, this investigation explored the perceptions among post-secondary educators and industry professionals about the definition of CG and how it is identified in terms of …

Vol. 40, No. 3: Fall 2015, School Of Medicine & Health Sciences

North Dakota Medicine Archive

No abstract provided.

Scholarly Communication Coaching: Liaison Librarians' Shifting Roles, Todd Bruns, John Stephen Brantley, Kirstin Duffin

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

Two and a half decades into the open access (OA) movement, rapid changes in scholarly communication are creating significant demands on scholars. Today’s scholars must wrestle with meeting funder mandates for providing public access to their research, managing and preserving raw data, establishing/publishing open access journals, understanding the difference between “green OA” and “gold OA,” navigating the complicated issues around copyright and intellectual property, avoiding potentially predatory publishers, adapting their tenure plans to OA, and discovering increasing amounts of OA resources for their research and their curricular materials. These demands present an opportunity and a need for librarians to step …

Etsu Today - Fall 2015, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Today [magazine]

The 1960s were a defining era for East Tennessee State University. In addition to achieving university status in 1963, the decade also saw the institution award its first master’s degree and the arrival of Dr. D.P. Culp as our fourth President. It was also during this time that a major boom in construction took place, as facilities such as Lamb Hall, the Reece Museum, Ross Hall, Hutcheson Hall, Wilson-Wallis Hall, Nicks Hall (then the former Sherrod Library), and many dormitories were erected. Major construction also continued in the 1970s with buildings such as the Culp Center, the Mini-Dome, and our …

Armstrong Magazine, Marketing & Communications Department, Armstrong State University

Armstrong News & Publications: Armstrong Magazine (Archived)

No abstract provided.

A Polynomial Time Algorithm For Computing The Area Under A Gdt Curve, Aleksandar Poleksic

Faculty Work

Background

Progress in the field of protein three-dimensional structure prediction depends on the development of new and improved algorithms for measuring the quality of protein models. Perhaps the best descriptor of the quality of a protein model is the GDT function that maps each distance cutoff θ to the number of atoms in the protein model that can be fit under the distance θ from the corresponding atoms in the experimentally determined structure. It has long been known that the area under the graph of this function (GDT_A) can serve as a reliable, single numerical measure …

An Investigation Into The Biological Responses Induced Following Oral Exposure To Silver Nanoparticles, Anna Murphy

Doctoral

This study aims to investigate the biological responses induced by silver nanoparticles (AgNP) following oral exposure. The commonality of AgNP in consumer goods highlights the need for a thorough investigation into the interaction with and subsequent responses evoked in living systems following exposure. Firstly, the potential interaction with and effect of biofluid components, namely cholic acid (CA), deoxycholic acid (DCA) and ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), on AgNP toxicity was investigated. Two cell lines corresponding to organs related to the biofluid components, HepG-2 a hepatocellular carcinoma derived from liver tissue and Hep2 an epithelial cell line, were employed. Physicochemical and cytotoxic screening …

Social Media In The Dental School Environment, Part A: Benefits, Challenges, And Recommendations For Use, Heiko Spallek, Sharon P. Turner, Evelyn Donate-Bartfield, David Chambers, Maureen Mcandrew, Pamela Zarkowski, Nadeem Karimbux

Oral Health Practice Faculty Publications

Social media consist of powerful tools that impact not only communication but relationships among people, thus posing an inherent challenge to the traditional standards of who we are as dental educators and what we can expect of each other. This article examines how the world of social media has changed dental education. Its goal is to outline the complex issues that social media use presents for academic dental institutions and to examine these issues from personal, professional, and legal perspectives. After providing an update on social media, the article considers the advantages and risks associated with the use of social …

Misdiagnosis: Dysfunction Between Western Health Organizations And Developing Nations, Dannette Smith Cook

Ex-Patt Magazine

Improving the global public health system is no simple task. Find out how Indonesia can help explain a culture of distrust between developing nations and international health organizations.

Allen, Maryrose Reeves, Msrc Staff

Manuscript Division Finding Aids

Title: Papers, 1899-1992 Description: 12 linear ft.

Notes: Educator and administrator. Documents Allen's schooling and teaching in the fields of physical education and health. School notes from The Sargent School of Physical Education for Women and teaching materials from Howard University and Hampton Institute comprise most of the papers. Also contains photographs documenting Allen's life and Howard University activities.

Subjects: Anatomy; Study and teaching Beauty, Personal; Study and teaching Boston University; Curricula Boston University; Sargent School of Physical Education for Women Boston University; Students; Allen, Maryrose Reeves Dancing; Study and teaching Educators; Allen, Maryrose Reeves Hampton Institute; Faculty; Allen, Maryrose …

Drew, Charles, Msrc Staff

Manuscript Division Finding Aids

Title: Papers, 1900-1980s Description: 16 linear ft.

Notes: Afro-American surgeon, author, and pioneer in the storage of human blood. Personal and family papers, writings and research on blood plasma and blood banks, newspaper clippings, and programs relating to Drew's activities; together with materials documenting his work with the Blood Transfusion Betterment Association during World War II. Gifts of Dr. R. Frank Jones, 1973, Mrs. Minnie Lenore Drew, 1974, and James L. Marshall, 1981.

Subjects: Afro-American physicians. lcsh Blood banks. Blood plasma. Blood Transfusion Betterment Association.

Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (Washington, DC). NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.32 NUCMC Number: DCLV96-A410