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Genetic Models For The Study Of Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Function, Prema Narayan

Articles

The luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor (LHCGR) is essential for fertility in men and women. LHCGR binds luteinizing hormone (LH) as well as the highly homologous chorionic gonadotropin. Signaling from LHCGR is required for steroidogenesis and gametogenesis in males and females and for sexual differentiation in the male. The importance of LHCGR in reproductive physiology is underscored by the large number of naturally occurring inactivating and activating mutations in the receptor that result in reproductive disorders. Consequently, several genetically modified mouse models have been developed for the study of LHCGR function. They include targeted deletion of LH and LHCGR that mimic …

Daily Eastern News: September 29, 2015, Eastern Illinois University

September

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A Phantom Road Experiment Reveals Traffic Noise Is An Invisible Source Of Habitat Degradation, Heidi E. Ware, Christopher J.W. Mcclure, Jay D. Carlisle, Jesse R. Barber

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Decades of research demonstrate that roads impact wildlife and suggest traffic noise as a primary cause of population declines near roads. We created a “phantom road” using an array of speakers to apply traffic noise to a roadless landscape, directly testing the effect of noise alone on an entire songbird community during autumn migration. Thirty-one percent of the bird community avoided the phantom road. For individuals that stayed despite the noise, overall body condition decreased by a full SD and some species showed a change in ability to gain body condition when exposed to traffic noise during migratory stopover. We …

Um Alumna Advancing Mission To Mars, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

Nyla Trumbach is a Space Launch System Program test engineer at NASA's Stennis Space Center

The Sun Star Vol 35, No 5 ( September 29th, 2015), N/A N/A

Sun Star

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The Sun Star, Vol. 35 No. 05 (September 29, 2015), Various Authors

Sun Star

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Targeting The Mrna-Binding Protein Hur Impairs Malignant Characteristics Of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells., Masaya Jimbo, Fernando F Blanco, Yu-Hung Huang, Aristeidis G Telonis, Brad A Screnci, Gabriela L Cosma, Vitali Alexeev, Gregory E Gonye, Charles Yeo, Janet A Sawicki, Jordan M Winter, Jonathan Brody, Md

Computational Medicine Center Faculty Papers

Post-transcriptional regulation is a powerful mediator of gene expression, and can rapidly alter the expression of numerous transcripts involved in tumorigenesis. We have previously shown that the mRNA-binding protein HuR (ELAVL1) is elevated in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) specimens compared to normal pancreatic tissues, and its cytoplasmic localization is associated with increased tumor stage. To gain a better insight into HuR's role in PDA biology and to assess it as a candidate therapeutic target, we altered HuR expression in PDA cell lines and characterized the resulting phenotype in preclinical models. HuR silencing by short hairpin and small interfering RNAs …

Erratum: How Long Is Too Long In Contemporary Peer Review? Perspectives From Authors Publishing In Conservation Biology Journals (Plos One (2015) 10:9 E0139783)), V. M. Nguyen, N. R. Haddaway, L. F.G. Gutowsky, A. D.M. Wilson, A. J. Gallagher, M. R. Donaldson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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Mitochondrial Gene Expression Profiles Are Associated With Maternal Psychosocial Stress In Pregnancy And Infant Temperament, Luca Lambertini, Jia Chen, Yoko Nomura

Publications and Research

Background Gene-environment interactions mediate through the placenta and shape the fetal brain development. Between the environmental determinants of the fetal brain, maternal psychosocial stress in pregnancy has been shown to negatively influence the infant temperament development. This in turn may have adverse consequences on the infant neurodevelopment extending throughout the entire life-span. However little is known about the underlying biological mechanisms of the effects of maternal psychosocial stress in pregnancy on infant temperament. Environmental stressors such as maternal psychosocial stress in pregnancy activate the stress response cascade that in turn drives the increase in the cellular energy demand of vital …

The Prospector, September 29, 2015, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Bring It All Home: UTEP Celebrates Homecoming 2015

Book Reviews, Robert D. Aldridge, Michael B. Thompson, Malorie M. Hayes, Rafael O. De Sá, Christopher G. Lowe

Biology Faculty Publications

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards and Tuatara. J. L. Rheubert, D. S. Siegel, and S. E. Trauth (Eds.). 2014. CRC Press. ISBN 9781466579866. 760 p. $143.96 (hardcover).—

According to the authors, this book was intended to summarize the current knowledge of phylo- geny and reproduction of the Lepidosauria. I believe the authors have achieved their goal. Many of the chapters in this book are derived from presentations that took place at the Symposium on Reproductive Biology of Lizards at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists held in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2014. Although the majority of the authors are …

Exposure Path Perceptions And Protective Actions In Biological Water Contamination Emergencies, Michael K. Lindell, Jeryl L. Mumpower, Shih-Kai Huang, Hao-Che Wu, Charles D. Samuelseon

Research, Publications & Creative Work

This study extends the Protective Action Decision Model, developed to address disaster warning responses in the context of natural hazards, to “boil water” advisories. The study examined 110 Boston residents’ and 203 Texas students’ expectations of getting sick through different exposure paths for contact with contaminated water. In addition, the study assessed respondents’ actual implementation (for residents) or behavioral expectations (for students) of three different protective actions – bottled water, boiled water, and personally chlorinated water – as well as their demo-graphic characteristics and previous experience with water contamination. The results indicate that people distinguish among the exposure paths, but …

Pope Francis, Environmental Anthropologist, John Copeland Nagle

Journal Articles

In June 2015, after much anticipation and a few leaks, Pope Francis released his encyclical entitled “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home. “Laudato si’” means “praise be to you,” a phrase that appears repeatedly in Saint Francis’ Canticle of the Sun poem. The encyclical itself has been widely praised and widely reported, far more than one would expect from an explicitly religious document. The encyclical is breathtakingly ambitious. Much of it is addressed to “every person living on this planet,” while specific parts speak to Catholics and others to religious believers generally. It surveys a sweeping range of …

Commonwealth Times 2015-09-28

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

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Water And Sanitation Hygiene Knowledge, Attitude, And Practices Among Household Members Living In Rural Setting Of India, Anjana Kuberan, Awnish Kumar Singh, Jyoti Bala Kasav, Satish Prasad, Krishna Mohan Surapaneni, Vandana Upadhyay, Ashish Joshi

Publications and Research

Background: Rural population in developing countries face water, sanitation, and hygiene-related health issues. To objectively highlight these issues, we studied the knowledge, attitude, and practices-related to drinking water and sanitation facilities among the rural population of Chennai, India.

Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed involving individuals over 18 years of age living in Thandalam village, Chennai, India. Basic information about sociodemographic profile and existing drinking water and sanitation related knowledge, attitude, and practices was collected using a modified version of previously validated questionnaire and analyzed.

Results: Forty-five percent of the participants were not following any methods of water …

The Statesman, V. 59, I. 5, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 59;i. 5

Current, September 28, 2015, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2010s)

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What Are The Long-Term Affects Of Spaceflight On Human Muscle Tissue? | Biological Engineering, Usu College Of Engineering

College of Engineering News

Sept. 28, 2015 - Biological engineering doctoral candidate Charles Harding wants to know how long-term spaceflight can affect human muscle tissue. It’s an increasingly important topic as scientists and engineers move closer to manned space flights to Mars.

An Evolutionary Vaccination Game In The Modified Activity Driven Network By Considering The Closeness, Dun Han, Mei Sun

Publications and Research

In this paper, we explore an evolutionary vaccination game in the modified activity driven network by considering the closeness. We set a closeness parameter p which is used to describe the way of connection between two individuals. The simulation results show that the closeness p may have an active role in weakening both the spreading of epidemic and the vaccination. Besides, when vaccination is not allowed, the final recovered density increases with the value of the ratio of the infection rate to the recovery rate λ/μ. However, when vaccination is allowed the final density of recovered individual first increases and …

2015 September 28 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

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3d Printed Microtransporters: Compound Micromachines For Spatiotemporally Controlled Delivery Of Therapeutic Agents, Tian-Yun Huang, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Angelo Mao, Andrew Petruska, Xue-Bo Chen, Stephen Kennedy, David Mooney, Bradley J. Nelson

Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications

A design methodology is reported to fabricate functional compound micromachines using 3D direct laser writing and selective physical vapor deposition of magnetic materials. Microtransporters with a wirelessly controlled Archimedes screw pumping mechanism are engineered. Spatiotemporally controlled collection, transport, and delivery of microparticles as well as magnetic nanohelices inside microfluidic channels are demonstrated.

2015 September 28 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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King Crabs Threaten Antarctic Ecosystem Due To Warming Ocean, Staff

Browse All News

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Week Of September 28, 2015, New York Medical College

InTouch

• NYMC Celebrates Wellness Week
• NYMC Welcomes Claudette Killian, M.B.A., as Purchasing Specialist
• Be Part of the Farm-to-Campus Initiative

2015-September-28-Etsu Named A Top 20 Pre-Med School In America, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Meta-Omic Signatures Of Microbial Metal And Nitrogen Cycling In Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones, Jennifer B. Glass, Cecilia B. Kretz, Sangita Ganesh, Piyush Ranjan, Sherry L. Seston, Kristen N. Buck, William M. Landing, Peter L. Morton, James W. Moffett, Stephen J. Giovannoni, Kevin L. Vergin, Frank J. Stewart

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) are essential cofactors for microbial metalloenzymes, but little is known about the metalloenyzme inventory of anaerobic marine microbial communities despite their importance to the nitrogen cycle. We compared dissolved O₂, NO3−" role="presentation">−3, NO2−" role="presentation">−2, Fe and Cu concentrations with nucleic acid sequences encoding Fe and Cu-binding proteins in 21 metagenomes and 9 metatranscriptomes from Eastern Tropical North and South Pacific oxygen minimum zones and 7 metagenomes from the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Station. Dissolved Fe concentrations increased sharply at upper oxic-anoxic transition zones, with the highest Fe:Cu molar ratio (1.8) occurring at …

2015-09-28-Dr. Tom Ecay, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

Accent [newsletter]

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Transfer Tip | What Are Xxl Course Designations?, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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The Spinnaker The Current Vol. 1 No. 25, University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community

The Free Press Vol. 47, Issue No. 04, 09-28-2015, Krysteana Scribner

Free Press, The

USM students weigh in on presidential candidates -- Lewiston-Auburn updates provide students real world experience -- Consolidation set to begin in Luther Bonney lab -- Bill passes the House to defund Planned Parenthood -- UMS faculty to vote on tentative contract