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Methods For Increasing Renewable Oil Productions, David Hildebrand, Runzhi Li, Tomoko Hatanaka

Plant and Soil Sciences Faculty Patents

Methods of increasing renewable oil production are provided and include transforming a plant cell with an isolated nucleic acid encoding a Vernonia galamensis diacylglycerol acyltransferase (V gDGAT) polypeptide, where the expression of the V gDGAT polypeptide increases an amount of renewable oil in the plant. Transgenic plant cells comprising an isolated nucleic acid encoding a Vernonia galamensis diacylglycerol acyl transferase 1 (V gDGATl) polypeptide are further provided.

Stem Stories, September 2015, #3, Daniel Vorwerk

STEM Stories

Organization Spotlight - Pre-Professional Clubs

Conservation Of Inner Nuclear Membrane Targeting Sequences In Mammalian Pom121 And Yeast Heh2 Membrane Proteins., Annemarie Kralt, Noorjahan B Jagalur, Vincent Van Den Boom, Ravi K Lokareddy, Anton Steen, Gino Cingolani, Maarten Fornerod, Liesbeth M Veenhoff

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Papers

Endoplasmic reticulum-synthesized membrane proteins traffic through the nuclear pore complex (NPC) en route to the inner nuclear membrane (INM). Although many membrane proteins pass the NPC by simple diffusion, two yeast proteins, ScSrc1/ScHeh1 and ScHeh2, are actively imported. In these proteins, a nuclear localization signal (NLS) and an intrinsically disordered linker encode the sorting signal for recruiting the transport factors for FG-Nup and RanGTP-dependent transport through the NPC. Here we address whether a similar import mechanism applies in metazoans. We show that the (putative) NLSs of metazoan HsSun2, MmLem2, HsLBR, and HsLap2β are not sufficient to drive nuclear accumulation of …

Beating The Odds: Teaching Italian Online In The Community College Environment, Giulia Guarnieri

Publications and Research

This study analyzes data collected from Italian language online classes during the course of four consecutive semesters at Bronx Community College in order to measure the impact that distance learning has on students’ retention and success rates in elementary courses. The results reveal that reconfiguring the online meetings to a lower percentage and implementing social pedagogies reduce course abandonment and favor the creation of strong learning communities. Furthermore, the data relative to the grade distribution shows no substantial difference between online courses and face-to-face instruction.

The Current Volume 26 : Issue 4, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Hemostatic Compositions, Assemblies, Systems, And Methods Employing Particulate Hemostatic U.S. Patent Documents Agents Formed From Hydrophilic Polymer Foam Such As Chitosan, Hemcon Medical Technologies, Inc., Simon Mccarthy

Technology Transfer - Patents

No abstract provided.

Translational Training For Tomorrow’S Environmental Scientists, Mark W. Brunson, Michelle A. Baker

Biology Faculty Publications

Environmental science exists to seek solutions to problems related to human-nature interactions. Unfortunately, in many cases, environmental research findings are not effectively used because scientists are not able to convey their knowledge effectively to policy makers and the public, and/or because the questions they address are not directly linked to the answers stakeholders need. To address this issue, Schlesinger (2010) called for development of a “translational ecology” that would be understandable and usable by decision-makers, interest groups, and citizens. A barrier to usable science is that researchers are not usually trained to be translational. We convened a multi-disciplinary group of …

09-15-2015 Swosu Celebrating Constitution Week, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2015

Southwestern Oklahoma State University students and faculty are participating in a Constitution Week celebration through September 18 on the Weatherford campus.

General Education Subcommittee Agenda, September 15, 2015, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Business

• Introductions
• Connections Update
• Gen Ed Course Enrollments
• Educated Persons’ Conference
• Curriculog Updates

The Source Newsletter, Yolanda Carr, Nikki Nickels

The Source

No abstract provided.

Stilbene Analogs And Methods Of Treating Cancer, David Watt, Chunming Liu, Vitaliy M. Sviripa, Wen Zhang

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

Stilbene analogs and pharmaceutical compositions that are useful for the treatment of various cancers, including without limitation, colorectal cancer (CRC) and breast cancer are disclosed. The halogenated stilbene analogs include nitrogen heteroaryl groups and/or amino groups on the stilbene ring.

Monitoring The Photocleaving Dynamics Of Colloidal Microrna-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Using Second Harmonic Generation, Raju R. Kumal, Corey R. Landry, Mohammad Abu-Laban, Daniel J. Hayes, Louis H. Haber

Faculty Publications

© 2015 American Chemical Society. Photoactivated drug delivery systems using gold nanoparticles provide the promise of spatiotemporal control of delivery that is crucial for applications ranging from regenerative medicine to cancer therapy. In this study, we use second harmonic generation (SHG) spectroscopy to monitor the light-activated controlled release of oligonucleotides from the surface of colloidal gold nanoparticles. MicroRNA is functionalized to spherical gold nanoparticles using a nitrobenzyl linker that undergoes photocleaving upon ultraviolet irradiation. The SHG signal generated from the colloidal nanoparticle sample is shown to be a sensitive probe for monitoring the photocleaving dynamics in real time. The photocleaving …

Multi-Target Therapeutic Evaluation Of Phytochemicals To Analyze The Ethnobotanical Applications In Current Medical Therapy Using Computational And Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Approaches, Venkata Kiran Kumar Melapu

Theses and Dissertations

Traditional medicinal knowledge originated when ancient humans began treating their ailments and those of their livestock by systematically using plants and/or plant extracts. This knowledge has been transmitted across generations by verbal testimony and in writing through Vedic manuscripts. This study was undertaken to conserve the traditional medicinal knowledge and to evaluate the applications of traditional treatments on current systems of medical practice. Medicinal plant inventory was prepared with plants collected from five different states of southern India: Telangana, Andhrapradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, and Kerala. The collected medicinal plants were classified and segregated based on the ailments these plants treat. Further, …

Implementation Of Web 2.0 As An Instructional Tool: Experiences Of Language Arts Teachers, Elizabeth Wyatt

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the integration of Web 2.0 tools in language arts classrooms and teachers’ beliefs about the value of Web 2.0 tools as well as their beliefs about the effectiveness of technology-based professional development. Cross-sectional surveys were administered to language arts teachers to identify how they were using Web 2.0 tools in their classrooms, their beliefs in the value of Web 2.0 tools to enhance instruction and student learning, and to provide a better understanding of the effectiveness of technology-based professional development. The major findings in the study were that the majority of teachers …

Applications And Comparison Of Continuous Wavelets Transforms On Analysis Of A-Wave Impulse Noise, Jun Qin, Pengfei Sun

Articles

Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a serious occupational related health problem worldwide. The A-wave impulse noise could cause severe hearing loss, and characteristics of such kind of impulse noise in the joint time-frequency (T-F) domain are critical for evaluation of auditory hazard level. This study focuses on the analysis of A-wave impulse noise in the T-F domain using continual wavelet transforms. Three different wavelets, referring to Morlet, Mexican hat, and Meyer wavelets, were investigated and compared based on theoretical analysis and applications to experimental generated A-wave impulse noise signals. The underlying theory of continuous wavelet transform was given and …

Effect Of Electrode Placement On Delivered Energy For Internal Atrial Defibrillation, Gabriel Onyeabor Okpah

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Numerous clinical studies indicate the feasibility and safety of the use of internal atrial defibrillators to successfully treat atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the delivered energy to successfully defibrillate the atria is often painful for patients. This study aims to show the effects of small shifts in electrode placement on the defibrillation threshold (DFT) by computational simulations employing the use of an anatomically realistic human torso model. Electric fields were computed using COMSOL Multiphysics 5.1 for 10 electrode placement variations of 2 clinically relevant placements. The percent difference comparison between the two standard clinical configurations used show that a significantly higher …

September 15, 2015, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Physiological Roles Of Pyruvate Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase And Pyruvate Formate-Lyase In Thermoanaerobacterium Saccharolyticum Jw/Sl-Ys485, Jilai Zhou, Daniel G. Olson, Anthony A. Lanahan, Liang Tian, Sean Jean-Loup Murphy, Jonathan Lo, Lee R. Lynd

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background:

Thermoanaerobacter saccharolyticum is a thermophilic microorganism that has been engineered to produce ethanol at high titer (30–70 g/L) and greater than 90 % theoretical yield. However, few genes involved in pyruvate to ethanol production pathway have been unambiguously identified. In T. saccharolyticum, the products of six putative pfor gene clusters and one pfl gene may be responsible for the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA. To gain insights into the physiological roles of PFOR and PFL, we studied the effect of deletions of several genes thought to encode these activities.

Results:

It was found that pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase enzyme …

Word Index From Deposition Of Annette Klimka, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Other Depositions

No abstract provided.

Supporting Probation Youth : An Examination Of Services And Access To Services Provided : A Project Based Upon An Independent Investigation Of San Francisco Bay Mental Health Agencies, Marjorie R. Gomez

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This study explored a sample of the San Francisco Bay Area agencies providing mental health services to probation youth in hopes of looking at best practices and what barriers and facilitators there are for youth to access services. This study surveyed 19 program leads of agencies that have among their clients, youth on probation. The mixed methods survey included 28 questions covering topics such as services provided, funding sources, client demographics, program structure, coordination with other support services, post-program evaluation and barriers and facilitators to accessing services. The findings demonstrated that these agencies were mostly funded through MediCal contracts and …

Metazoan Endoparasites Of The Gray Fox, Urocyon Cinereoargenteus From New Mexico, John E. Ubelaker, Bretton S. Griffin, Genevieve M. Konicke, Nora Abdullah, Aya Mouhaffel, Donald W. Duszynski, Robert L. Harrison

MANTER: Journal of Parasite Biodiversity

Metazoan gastrointestinal endoparasites were recovered from 10 of 14 (71.4%) gray foxes [Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber, 1775)] collected in New Mexico from 1996 -1998. They include a pentastome Porocephalus sp., (n=1, 7.1%), a trematode: Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 (n=1, 7.1%), the nematodes: Physaloptera rara Hall and Wigdor, 1918 (n=3, 14.3%), Physaloptera praeputialis Linstow, 1899 (n=2, 14.3%), an unidentified female Physaloptera sp. (n=1, 7.1%), Toxocara mystax (Zeder, 1800) (n=2, 14.3%), Toxocara canis (Werner, 1782) (n=1, 7.1%), Spirocerca lupi (Rudolphi, 1809) (n=6, 42.9%), and cestodes: Taenia pisiformis (Bloch, 1780) n=3, n=3, (21.4%), Taenia serialis (Gervais, 1847) (n=3, 21.4%), and Mesocestoides …

Mirnas Regulated Overexpression Of Ryanodine Receptor Is Involved In Chlorantraniliprole Resistance In Plutella Xylostella (L.), Xiuxia Li, Lei Guo, Xuguo Zhou, Xiwu Gao, Pei Liang

Entomology Faculty Publications

The amino acid mutations in ryanodine receptor (RyR) and elevated activity of detoxification enzymes have been associated with the diamide insecticide resistance in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.). The up-regulation of P. xylostella RyR mRNA (PxRyR) expression has also been reported in field populations of different graphical origin. However, whether the up-regulation of PxRyR is involved in diamide resistance remains unknown. In this paper, 2.28- to 4.14-fold higher expression of PxRyR was detected in five field collected resistant populations, compared to that in a susceptible population. The expression of PxRyR was up-regulated 5.0- and 7.2-fold, respectively, after …

Gm1 Ganglioside In Parkinson's Disease: Pilot Study Of Effects On Dopamine Transporter Binding., Jay S. Schneider, Franca Cambi, Stephen M. Gollomp, Hiroto Kuwabara, James R. Brašić, Benjamin E. Leiby, Stephanie Sendek, Dean F. Wong

Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Faculty Papers

OBJECTIVE: GM1 ganglioside has been suggested as a treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD), potentially having symptomatic and disease modifying effects. The current pilot imaging study was performed to examine effects of GM1 on dopamine transporter binding, as a surrogate measure of disease progression, studied longitudinally.

METHODS: Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging data were obtained from a subset of subjects enrolled in a delayed start clinical trial of GM1 in PD [1]: 15 Early-start (ES) subjects, 14 Delayed-start (DS) subjects, and 11 Comparison (standard-of-care) subjects. Treatment subjects were studied over a 2.5 year period while Comparison subjects were studied over 2 …

The Use Of Language To Scaffold Students’ Meaning-Making Process During Literature Discussions, Kayla D. Lewis

Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative case study with multiple-case design was conducted to determine how language was used to scaffold students’ thinking during literature discussions in order to facilitate the meaning-making process. Participants included three fifth-grade teachers and their literature discussion groups. Two research questions guided the research process: 1) How do teachers use language to scaffold students’ meaning-making process during literature discussions? 2) How do students internalize mediation provided by the teacher and use language to support the meaning-making process of their peers during literature discussion? From a sociocultural standpoint, Vygotsky’s (1978) theory of assisted performance, along with Wood, Bruner, and Ross’ …

Interview With Steve Moore, California State University, Monterey Bay

Founding Faculty Oral History Interviews

Interview with Steve Moore, Professor of Marine Science, College of Science

Development And Validation Of An Epitope Prediction Tool For Swine (Pigmatrix) Based On The Pocket Profile Method, Andres H. Gutiérrez, William D. Martin, Chris Bailey-Kellogg, Frances Terry, Leonard Moise, Anee S. De Groot

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background: T cell epitope prediction tools and associated vaccine design algorithms have accelerated the development of vaccines for humans. Predictive tools for swine and other food animals are not as well developed, primarily because the data required to develop the tools are lacking. Here, we overcome a lack of T cell epitope data to construct swine epitope predictors by systematically leveraging available human information. Applying the “pocket profile method ”, we use sequence and structural similarities in the binding pockets of human and swine major histocompatibility complex proteins to infer Swine Leukocyte Antigen (SLA) peptide binding preferences. We developed epitope-prediction …

A Multiscale Mapping Assessment Of Lake Champlain Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms, Nathan Torbick, Megan Corbiere, Yu-Pin Lin

Dartmouth Scholarship

Lake Champlain has bays undergoing chronic cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms that pose a public health threat. Monitoring and assessment tools need to be developed to support risk decision making and to gain a thorough understanding of bloom scales and intensities. In this research application, Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI), Rapid Eye, and Proba Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS) images were obtained while a corresponding field campaign collected in situ measurements of water quality. Models including empirical band ratio regressions were applied to map chlorophylla and phycocyanin concentrations; all sensors performed well with R² and root-mean-square error (RMSE) ranging …

Relationships Between Positive Psychological Constructs And Health Outcomes In Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review, Christina M. Dubois, Oriana Vesga Lopez, Eleanor E. Beale, Brian C. Healy, Julia K. Boehm, Jeff C. Huffman

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

Depression and anxiety are well-known to be associated with adverse health outcomes in cardiac patients. However, there has been less work synthesizing the effects of positive psychological constructs (e.g., optimism) on health-related outcomes in cardiac patients. We completed a systematic review of prospective observational studies using established guidelines. A search of PubMed and PsycINFO databases from inception to January 2014 was used to identify articles. To be eligible, studies were required to assess effects of a positive psychological construct on subsequent health-related outcomes (including mortality, rehospitalizations, self-reported health status) in patients with established heart disease. Exploratory random effects' meta-analyses were …

Evaluation Of Reproductive Strategies In Captive California Yellowtail (Seriola Dorsalis) Using Genetic Parentage Analyses, Elizabeth K. Smith, Mark Drawbridge Ms, John Hyde Phd, Geoffrey Morse Phd

Theses

A good understanding of spawning dynamics of species in aquaculture is vital in order to maximize egg production and quality as well as efficient allocation of food and space resources. The breeding program of California yellowtail (CYT; Seriola dorsalis previously Seriola lalandi) at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI) is set up such that up to 30 wild caught brood fish can broadcast spawn in a group setting, just as CYT reproduce in the wild. The population of brood fish were originally caught offshore from Southern California, and are maintained under ambient sea water and natural lighting conditions. The spawning season …

When One Door Opens, Another Closes: Parentage Law After Obergefell V. Hodges, Joanna L. Grossman

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

There is no question that the Supreme Court’s June 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges in which it declared a constitutional right to marry a person of the same sex, changed the legal landscape dramatically. The patchwork of laws either embracing or prohibiting such marriages had become increasingly hard to reconcile as couples moved or traveled from one state to the next and faced uncertainty about their marital status.

With a single wave of its constitutional wand, the Supreme Court ended those conflicts. Same-sex married couples can marry anywhere—and, importantly, divorce anywhere. And wherever they go, they are just as …