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The East Texan, 2016-02-18, Texas A&M University-Commerce

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A color copy of The East Texan, a student newspaper published at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Transport Conductivity Of Graphene At Rf And Microwave Frequencies, S. A. Awan, A. Lombardo, A. Colli, G. Privitera, T. S. Kulmala, J. M. Kivioja, M. Koshino, A. C. Ferrari

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Dual Transcriptional-Translational Cascade Permits Cellular Level Tuneable Expression Control, Rosa Morra, Jayendra Shankar, Christopher J. Robinson, Samantha Halliwell, Lisa Butler, Mathew Upton, Sam Hay, Jason Micklefield, Neil Dixon

School of Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

Proteome Based Construction Of The Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen 1 (Lfa-1) Interactome In Human Dendritic Cells, C Eich, E Lasonder, Lj Cruz, I Reinieren-Beeren, Et Al

School of Biomedical Sciences

The β2-integrin lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) plays an important role in the migration, adhesion and intercellular communication of dendritic cells (DCs). During the differentiation of human DCs from monocyte precursors, LFA-1 ligand binding capacity is completely lost, even though its expression levels were remained constant. Yet LFA-1-mediated adhesive capacity on DCs can be regained by exposing DCs to the chemokine CCL21, suggesting a high degree of regulation of LFA-1 activity during the course of DC differentiation. The molecular mechanisms underlying this regulation of LFA-1 function in DCs, however, remain elusive. To get more insight we attempted to identify specific …

Comparing Act And Nln Pax Exams For Preadmission To An Associate's Degree Nursing Program, Tiffany Potter

Journal of Interdisciplinary Graduate Research

Outside of using the ACT exam for admission into the University, a pre-admission exam for the School of Nursing has never been required until recently. A correlational study was completed to determine the relationship between the performance on the ACT and NLN-PAX pre-admission for the students entering the School of Nursing program in January 2015. Additional statistics were calculated comparing gender, ethnicity, and student status (transfer vs. non-transfer) to further validate the student’s performance on the ACT and NLN-PAX exams. Mid-term grades of a fundamentals course were compared to the pre-admission exams to predict success in the nursing program. The …

We Are...Marshall, February 17, 2016, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

A Qualitative Study To Discover And Describe Common Ground Strategies Used By Exemplar Law Enforcement Leaders To Proactively Transform And Resolve Conflict As They Attempt To Shape The Future, Christopher M. Fuzie

Dissertations

The purpose of this thematic, qualitative, phenomenological study was to discover and describe the lived experiences of exemplar Municipal Police Chiefs in the use of six domains of conflict transformation; collaboration, communication, emotional intelligence, ethics, process, and problem solving, in order to find breakthrough results and transform conflict. This study was accomplished through the lived experiences, perceptions and interpretations of exemplar Municipal Police Chiefs, and through these experiences, put forward the commonalities, patterns of behavior, or repetitive themes that are used to find common ground and produce breakthrough results. The findings from this research illustrate how exemplar municipal police chiefs …

The Lumberjack, February 17, 2016, The Lumberjack Staff

2016

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Ultrasound Assisted Extraction Of Phenolic Compounds From Peaches And Pumpkins, Ammar Altemimi, Dennis G. Watson, Ruplal Choudhary, Malika R. Dasari, David A. Lightfoot

Articles

The ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) method was used to optimize the extraction of phenolic compounds from pumpkins and peaches. The response surface methodology (RSM) was used to study the effects of three independent variables each with three treatments. They included extraction temperatures (30, 40 and 50 ̊C), ultrasonic power levels (30, 50 and 70 %) and extraction times (10, 20 and 30 min). The optimal conditions for extractions of total phenolics from pumpkins were inferred to be a temperature of 41.45 ̊C, a power of 44.60 % and a time of 25.67 min. However, an extraction temperature of 40.99 ̊C, power …

Weekly News Digest 02/17/2016, Jenna Ray

Weekly Bulletin Archive

In This Issue:

• Biodiesel Drives Hannah Goemann ’17
• Faculty & Students Present at Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference
• Schmitz ’91 Appears on KARE 11

Rotunda - Vol 94, No. 17 - Feb. 17, 2016, Longwood University

Rotunda

No abstract provided.

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

Preface: Impacts Of Extreme Climate Events And Disturbances On Carbon Dynamics, Jingfeng Xiao, Shuguang Liu, Paul C. Stoy

All Materials

The impacts of extreme climate events and disturbances (ECE&D) on the carbon cycle have received growing attention in recent years. This special issue showcases a collection of recent advances in understanding the impacts of ECE&D on carbon cycling. Notable advances include quantifying how harvesting activities impact forest structure, carbon pool dynamics, and recovery processes; observed drastic increases of the concentrations of dissolved organic carbon and dissolved methane in thermokarst lakes in western Siberia during a summer warming event; disentangling the roles of herbivores and fire on forest carbon dioxide flux; direct and indirect impacts of fire on the global carbon …

Choreography Of Silk Spinning By Webspinners (Insecta: Embioptera) Reflects Lifestyle And Hints At Phylogeny, David Mcmillan, Kyle Hohu, Janice Edgerly-Rooks

Biology

Silk spinning defines the morphologically constrained embiopterans. All individuals spin for protection, including immatures, adult males and the wingless females. Enlarged front tarsi are packed with silk glands and clothed with ejectors. They spin by stepping with their front feet and releasing silk against substrates and onto preexisting silk, often cloth-like. Spinning is stereotypical and appears to differ between species in frequency and probability of transition between two spin-step positions. This spinning choreography was assessed using thousands of spin-steps scored in the laboratory for 22 species to test: (1) the body size hypothesis predicting that spinning would be more complex …

Estrogens Suppress A Behavioral Phenotype In Zebrafish Mutants Of The Autism Risk Gene, Cntnap2, Ellen J. Hoffman, Katherine J. Turner, Joseph M. Fernandez, Daniel Cifuentes, Marcus Ghosh, Sundas Ijaz, Roshan A. Jain, Fumi Kubo, Brent R. Bill, Herwig Baier, Michael Granato, Michael J.F. Barresi, Stephen W. Wilson, Jason Rihel, Matthew W. State, Antonio J. Giraldez

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a group of devastating neurodevelopmental syndromes that affect up to 1 in 68 children. Despite advances in the identification of ASD risk genes, the mechanisms underlying ASDs remain unknown. Homozygous loss-of-function mutations in Contactin Associated Protein-like 2 (CNTNAP2) are strongly linked to ASDs. Here we investigate the function of Cntnap2 and undertake pharmacological screens to identify phenotypic suppressors. We find that zebrafish cntnap2 mutants display GABAergic deficits, particularly in the forebrain, and sensitivity to drug-induced seizures. High-throughput behavioral profiling identifies nighttime hyperactivity in cntnap2 mutants, while pharmacological testing reveals dysregulation of GABAergic and glutamatergic systems. …

Prospectus, February 17, 2016, Parkland College

Prospectus 2016

Parkland hosts discussions about racism; Augmented Reality Sandbox give geography students enhanced perspective; Parkland students receive writing awards; Getting it together at Giertz (Ann Coddington, Jason Peot)

Effects Of High Hydrostatic Pressure On Expression Profiles Of In Vitro Produced Vitrified Bovine Blastocysts, Zongliang Jiang, Patrick Harrington, Ming Zhang, Sadie L. Marjani, Joonghoon Park, Lynn Kuo, Csaba Pribenszky, Xiuchun Tian

Faculty Publications

High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) has been used to pre-condition embryos before essential, yet potentially detrimental procedures such as cryopreservation. However, the mechanisms for HHP are poorly understood. We treated bovine blastocysts with three different HHP (40, 60 and 80 MPa) in combination with three recovery periods (0, 1 h, 2 h post HHP). Re-expansion rates were significantly higher at 40 and 60 but lower at 80 MPa after vitrification-warming in the treated groups than controls. Microarray analysis revealed 399 differentially expressed transcripts, representing 254 unique genes, among different groups. Gene ontology analysis indicated that HHP at 40 and 60 MPa …

Chancellor's Report 2016-02, Richard Caulfield

Chancellor's Report

No abstract provided.

Volume 53, Number 27: February 17, 2016, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Stephen Ahearn, Clarinet, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Costs Of Resistance And Infection By A Generalist Pathogen, Tad Dallas, Mathieu Holtackers, John M. Drake

Faculty Publications

Pathogen infection is typically costly to hosts, resulting in reduced fitness. However, pathogen exposure may also come at a cost even if the host does not become infected. These fitness reductions, referred to as “resistance costs”, are inducible physiological costs expressed as a result of a trade-off between resistance to a pathogen and aspects of host fitness (e.g., reproduction). Here, we examine resistance and infection costs of a generalist fungal pathogen (Metschnikowia bicuspidata) capable of infecting a number of host species. Costs were quantified as reductions in host lifespan, total reproduction, and mean clutch size as a function …

Dynamic Simulation, Optimization, And Control Of Flexible Chemical-Looping Combustion Processes, Lu Han

Doctoral Dissertations

Combustion of hydrocarbon fuels using the concept of chemical-looping combustion (CLC) is a novel approach projected to have higher energy efficiency than conventional CO₂ capture technologies. For CLC technologies to become commercially relevant, it is important to optimize the design of CLC reactor systems for high efficiencies for CO₂capture and power generation. From an engineering point of view, CLC is a complex system with a large number of candidate materials and reactor configurations that need to be considered for process improvement. In this work, a model-based methodology was proposed as a formal framework to guide in developing …

Documents From The February 17, 2015 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

The agenda, minutes, and roll call tally sheet from the February 17, 2016 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM). The following resolutions were discussed at the meeting:

SB35-15/16: Fee Increase Referendum

SB36-15/16: Zero-Based Bail Out

The Parthenon, February 17, 2016, Megan Osborne

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, was published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly on Thursdays during the summer. Due to budgetary constraints, beginning with the 2015 Fall semester, the newspaper is only published four days a week. There is no issue on Mondays, physical issues are printed on Tuesdays and Fridays, and online issues only are published on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

Concentration And Ratio Of Essential Fatty Acids Influences The Inflammatory Response In Lipopolysaccharide Challenged Mice, Korry J. Hintze, J. Tawzer, Robert E. Ward

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

The goal of this study was to evaluate the role of both the % of dietary, 18-carbon PUFA (2.5%, 5% and 10%) and the n-6:n-3 ratio (1:1, 10:1 and 20:1) on the acute inflammatory response. Mice were fed diets for 8 weeks and injected intraperitoneally with LPS to induce acute inflammation. After 24. h mice were sacrificed and plasma cytokines measured. Diets significantly affected the erythrocyte PUFA composition and the effect of PUFA ratio was more prominent than of PUFA concentration. The % dietary PUFA affected feed efficiency (p

Genome-Wide Comparative Analysis Of Chemosensory Gene Families In Five Tsetse Fly Species, Rosaline Macharia, Paul Mireji, Edwin Murungi, Grace Murilla, Alan Christoffels, Serap Aksoy, Daniel Masiga

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

For decades, odour-baited traps have been used for control of tsetse flies (Diptera; Glossinidae), vectors of African trypanosomes. However, differential responses to known attractants have been reported in different Glossina species, hindering establishment of a universal vector control tool. Availability of full genome sequences of five Glossina species offers an opportunity to compare their chemosensory repertoire and enhance our understanding of their biology in relation to chemosensation. Here, we identified and annotated the major chemosensory gene families in Glossina. We identified a total of 118, 115, 124, and 123 chemosensory genes in Glossina austeni, G. brevipalpis, G. f. fuscipes, G. …

Spectator 2016-02-17, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Maturation Of Nav And Kv Channel Topographies In The Auditory Nerve Spike Initiator Before And After Developmental Onset Of Hearing Function, Kyunghee X. Kim, Mark A. Rutherford

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

February 17, 2016 Special Issue, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

Housing Issue

Book Notices, Studia Antiqua

Studia Antiqua

No abstract provided.