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First Record Of The Beetle Family Throscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), A New Species Of I>Aulonothroscus Horn, And New Species Records To The Fauna Of Peru / Primer Registro De La Familia De Escarabajos Throscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), Una Nueva Especie De Aulonothroscus Horn Y Tres Nuevos Registros De Especies Para La Fauna De Perú, Paul J. Johnson, Caroline S. Chaboo

University of Nebraska State Museum: Staff and Affiliates, Publications

The beetle family Throscidae is documented from Peru for the first time, based on specimens collected in the regions of Cajamarca, Junín, Loreto and Madre de Dios. Aulonothroscus tambopata new species is descri­bed from Madre de Dios. Also, three additional species of Aulonothroscus are reported from Peru for the first time – A. alvarengai Cobos new country record, A. freudi Cobos new country record, and A. oculatissimus Cobos new country record. A key separating these four species is given. This report is part of the “Beetles of Peru” project.

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Using Caregiver Strain To Predict Participation In A Peer-Support Intervention For Parents Of Children With Emotional Or Behavioral Needs, Kristin Duppong-Hurley, Stacy-Ann A. January, Matthew C. Lambert

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications

Children receiving services for severe emotional and behavioral difficulties are less likely to have parents who are involved in their education and support services. Peer-to-peer family support programs are one approach to increasing the self-efficacy and empowerment of parents’ engagement in the treatment of a child’s mental health conditions. Furthermore, programs providing parental support may reduce the strain and negative consequences caregivers may experience due to the stress of caring for a child with emotional and behavioral needs. Although much is known about the relation between caregivers’ strain and children’s use of mental health services, less is known about caregiver …

Using Motor Imagery To Control Brain-Computer Interfaces For Communication, Jonathan S. Brumberg, Jeremy D. Burnison, Kevin M. Pitt

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) as assistive devices are designed to provide access to communication, navigation, locomotion and environmental interaction to individuals with severe motor impairment. In the present paper, we discuss two approaches to communication using a non-invasive BCI via recording of neurological activity related to motor imagery. The first approach uses modulations of the sensorimotor rhythm related to limb movement imagery to continuously modify the output of an artificial speech synthesizer. The second approach detects event-related changes to neurological activity during single trial motor imagery attempts to control a commercial augmentative and alternative communication device. These two approaches represent two …

Panther First Recipients Of 2016, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Panther First Awards

The Panther First Award identifies and rewards employees who have provided excellent customer service to customers, co-workers, or other members of the UNI community. This is the list of recipients from 2016.

A Rejection Of Skeptical Theism, Mike Thousand

Conspectus Borealis

No abstract provided.

Planning For Density In A Driverless World, Sarah J. Fox

IPR Papers & Reports

Automobile-centered, low-density development was the defining feature of population growth in the United States for decades. This development pattern displaced wildlife, destroyed habitat, and contributed to a national loss of biodiversity. It also meant, eventually, that commutes and air quality worsened, a sense of local character was lost in many places, and the negative consequences of sprawl impacted an increasing percentage of the population. Those impacts led to something of a shift in the national attitude toward sprawl. More people than ever are fluent in concepts of “smart growth,” “new urbanism,” and “green building,” and with these tools and others, …

Directly Measured Denitrification Reveals Oyster Aquaculture And Restored Oyster Reefs Remove Nitrogen At Comparable High Rates, Austin T. Humphries, Suzanne G. Ayvazian, Joanna C. Carey, Boze T. Hancock, Sinead Grabbert, Donald Cobb, Charles J. Strobel, Robinson W. Futweiler

Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Faculty Publications

Coastal systems are increasingly impacted by over-enrichment of nutrients, which has cascading effects for ecosystem functioning. Oyster restoration and aquaculture are both hypothesized to mitigate excessive nitrogen (N) loads via benthic denitrification. The degree to which these management activities perform similar functions for removing N, however, has not been extensively examined in New England, a place where nutrient runoff is high and increasing oyster (Crassostrea virginica) restoration and aquaculture activity is taking place. Here, we use a novel in situ methodology to directly measure net N₂ and O₂ fluxes across the sediment-water interface in a shallow …

Undergraduate Catalog, 2016-2017, Valparaiso University

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Fish Species Associated With Shipwreck And Natural Hard-Bottom Habitats From The Middle To Outer Continental Shelf Of The Middle Atlantic Bight Near Norfolk Canyon, Steve W. Ross, Mike Rhode, Stephen T. Viada, Ian Roderick Mather

History Faculty Publications

Fish species of the Middle Atlantic Bight (MAB) continental shelf are well known; however, species occupying hard-bottom habitats, particularly on the outer shelf, are poorly documented. Reef-like habitats are relatively uncommon on the MAB shelf; therefore, shipwrecks may represent a significant habitat resource. During fall 2012 and spring 2013, 9 sites (depths: 42–126 m) near Norfolk Canyon were surveyed by using remotely operated vehicles. One site consisted of sand bottom, one consisted of predominantly natural hard bottom, and 7 sites included 8 large shipwrecks. Of 38 fish taxa identified, 33 occurred on hard bottom and 25 occurred on soft substrata. …

D-Serine Is A Substrate For Neutral Amino Acid Transporters Asct1/Slc1a4 And Asct2/Slc1a5, And Is Transported By Both Subtypes In Rat Hippocampal Astrocyte Cultures, Alan C. Foster, Jill Farnsworth, Genevieve Lind, Yong-Xin Lin, Jia-Ying Yang, Van Dang, Mahmud Penjwini, Veena Viswanath, Ursula Staubli, Michael Kavanaugh

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors play critical roles in synaptic transmission and plasticity. Activation of NMDA receptors by synaptically released L-glutamate also requires occupancy of co-agonist binding sites in the tetrameric receptor by either glycine or D-serine. Although D-serine appears to be the predominant co-agonist at synaptic NMDA receptors, the transport mechanisms involved in D-serine homeostasis in brain are poorly understood. In this work we show that the SLC1 amino acid transporter family members SLC1A4 (ASCT1) and SLC1A5 (ASCT2) mediate homo- and hetero-exchange of D-serine with physiologically relevant kinetic parameters. In addition, the selectivity profile of D-serine uptake in cultured rat hippocampal …

Sullivan County, New Hampshire Annual Report For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2016., Sullivan County Representatives

Sullivan County, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a county in the state of New Hampshire.

Scanning The Future Of Wildfire: Resilience Ahead…Whether We Like It Or Not?, Rachel Clark

Joint Fire Science Program Digests

The field of so-called “futures research” provides researchers and stakeholders in a given subject area or system a way to map out and plan for alternate possible scenarios of the future. A recent research project supported by the Joint Fire Science Program brought together futures researchers and wildfire specialists to envision what the future holds for wildfire impacts and how the wildfire community may respond to the complex suite of emerging challenges. The consensus of the project’s foresight panel suggests that an era of resilience is ahead: but that this resilience may come either with a very high cost (after …

Why And How Teachers Transform Their Instruction, Barbara J. Light

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

In his 2011 book The highly qualified teacher: What is teacher quality and how do we measure it? Strong argues that as a profession, education has struggled to measure teacher quality and therefore cannot provide a proven system to consistently develop high-quality teachers. In order to move toward an operational definition of teacher quality, Kennedy, in her 2008 journal article entitled “Contributions of qualitative research to research on teacher qualifications” suggests that the causal mechanisms of the development of teachers who are identified as high-quality teachers must be researched, documented, and then used in teacher preparation and development. Instructional ability …

See Me Smoke-Free: Protocol For A Research Study To Develop And Test The Feasibility Of An Mhealth App For Women To Address Smoking, Diet, And Physical Activity, Peter Giacobbi Jr, Melanie Hingle, Thienne Johnson, James K. Cunningham, Julie Armin, Judith S. Gordon

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background: This paper presents the protocol for an ongoing research study to develop and test the feasibility of a multi-behavioral mHealth app. Approximately 27 million women smoke in the US, and more than 180,000 women die of illnesses linked to smoking annually. Women report greater difficulties quitting smoking. Concerns about weight gain, negative body image, and low self-efficacy may be key factors affecting smoking cessation among women. Recent studies suggest that a multi-behavioral approach, including diet and physical activity, may be more effective at helping women quit. Guided imagery has been successfully used to address body image concerns and self-efficacy …

Unique Footprint In The Scl1.3 Locus Affects Adhesion And Biofilm Formation Of The Invasive M3-Type Group A Streptococcus, Beth A. Bachert, Soo J. Choi, Paul R. Lasala, Tiffany I. Harper, Dudley H. Mcnitt, Dylan T. Boehm, Clayton C. Caswell, Pawel Ciborowski, Douglas R. Keene, Anthony R. Flores, James M. Musser, Flavia Squeglia, Daniela Marasco, Rita Berisio, Slawomir Lukomski

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The streptococcal collagen-like proteins 1 and 2 (Scl1 and Scl2) are major surface adhesins that are ubiquitous among group A Streptococcus (GAS). Invasive M3-type strains, however, have evolved two unique conserved features in the scl1 locus: (i) an IS1548 element insertion in the scl1 promoter region and (ii) a nonsense mutation within the scl1 coding sequence. The scl1 transcript is drastically reduced in M3-type GAS, contrasting with a high transcription level of scl1 allele in invasive M1-type GAS. This leads to a lack of Scl1 expression in M3 strains. In contrast, while scl2 transcription and Scl2 production are elevated in …

Machine Learning In Manufacturing: Advantages, Challenges, And Applications, Thorsten Wuest, Daniel Weimer, Christopher Irgens, Klaus-Dieter Thoben

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The nature of manufacturing systems faces ever more complex, dynamic and at times even chaotic behaviors. In order to being able to satisfy the demand for high-quality products in an efficient manner, it is essential to utilize all means available. One area, which saw fast pace developments in terms of not only promising results but also usability, is machine learning. Promising an answer to many of the old and new challenges of manufacturing, machine learning is widely discussed by researchers and practitioners alike. However, the field is very broad and even confusing which presents a challenge and a barrier hindering …

Hypertrophy-Promoting Effects Of Leucine Supplementation And Moderate Intensity Aerobic Exercise In Pre-Senescent Mice, Zhi Xia, Jason Cholewa, Yan Zhao, Yue-Qin Yang, Hua-Yu Shang, Lucas Guimaraes-Ferreira, Marshall Alan Naimo, Quan-Sheng Su, Nelo Eidy Zanchi

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Several studies have indicated a positive influence of leucine supplementation and aerobic training on the aging skeletal muscle signaling pathways that control muscle protein balance and muscle remodeling. However, the effect of a combined intervention requires further clarification. Thirteen month old CD-1® mice were subjected to moderate aerobic exercise (45 min swimming per day with 3% body weight workload) and fed a chow diet with 5% leucine or 3.4% alanine for 8 weeks. Serum and plasma were prepared for glucose, urea nitrogen, insulin and amino acid profile analysis. The white gastrocnemius muscles were used for determination of muscle size and …

Integrated Analysis Of Dysregulated Ncrna And Mrna Expression Profiles In Humans Exposed To Carbon Nanotubes, Anna A. Shvedova, Naveena Yanamala, Elena R. Kisin, Timur O. Khailullin, M. Eileen Birch, Liliya M. Fatkhutdinova

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Background As the application of carbon nanotubes (CNT) in consumer products continues to rise, studies have expanded to determine the associated risks of exposure on human and environmental health. In particular, several lines of evidence indicate that exposure to multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) could pose a carcinogenic risk similar to asbestos fibers. However, to date the potential markers of MWCNT exposure are not yet explored in humans.

Methods In the present study, global mRNA and ncRNA expression profiles in the blood of exposed workers, having direct contact with MWCNT aerosol for at least 6 months (n = 8), were compared …

Bachelor Of Health Science Curriculum, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Reproductive Labor Or Trafficking: The Effect Of Disparate Power On Consent In Transnational Surrogacy Agreements, Amy Parker

Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Biochemical Characterization Of Wild-Type And Mutant (Q9f And S21y/V22d)Iron Oxidases Isolated From Acidithiobacillus Ferrooxidans M1, Di̇lşat Ni̇gar Çolak, Hali̇l İbrahi̇m Güler, Sabri̇ye Çanakçi, Ali̇ Osman Beldüz

Turkish Journal of Biology

Iron oxidase, a member of the high potential iron-sulfur protein (HiPIP) family within the iron-sulfur cluster, was thought to be involved in the iron respiratory electron transport chain in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. A. ferrooxidans M1 strain was isolated from Murgul copper mine. The iro gene of this bacterium encoding iron oxidase was cloned, and the complete nucleotide sequence was disclosed. The gene was cloned and overexpressed successfully. The highly conserved amino acid residues within the iron oxidase enzyme sequence were determined, and their Q9F and S21Y/V22D recombinants were created through site-directed mutagenesis. Wild-type and recombinant iron oxidase enzymes were purified and …

The Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans Heat Shock Protein Groel Interacts Directly With Human Peripheral Blood T Cells, Ayten Nalbant, Tahsi̇n Saygili

Turkish Journal of Biology

Heat shock family protein GroEL of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) has antigenic properties. We previously demonstrated that A. actinomycetemcomitans GroEL-like protein affects human CD4 T cells by converting them into IL-10 and IFNg double cytokine producing Tbet+ Th1 cells. The objective of this study was to investigate whether or not AaGroEL communicates with T cells directly. To do this, sorted cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells were stimulated with AaGroEL for 48 h. Flow cytometry was used to measure soluble and intracellular cytokine expression in the cell cultures and detect TLR2 expression on the surface of T cells. Expression of six …

"Insect Flight Has Garnered A Lot Of Attention From Both The Engineering And Biology Communities In The Recent Decades, Often Driven By An Interest In Bioinspired Or Bio-Mimicked Design Of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Called Micro-Air Vehicles (Mavs)...", Chanh-Kwon Kang

Summer Community of Scholars (RCEU and HCR) Project Proposals

No abstract provided.

How People Think About Distributing Aid, Nicole Hassoun, Emir Malikov, Nathan Lubchenco

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

This paper examines how people think about aiding others in a way that can inform both theory and practice. It uses data gathered from Kiva, an online, non-profit organization that allows individuals to aid other individuals around the world, to isolate intuitions that people find broadly compelling. The central result of the paper is that people seem to give more priority to aiding those in greater need at least below some threshold. That is, the data strongly suggest incorporating both a threshold and a prioritarian principle into the analysis of what principles for aid distribution people accept. This conclusion should …

Conserving Nature; Preserving Identity, Nicole Hassoun, D. Wong

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

Fundamental approaches to environmental ethics currently seem polarized between two broad varieties: the “conservationist” approach on which we should conserve the environment when it is in our interest to do so and the “preservationist” approach on which we should preserve the environment even when it is not in our interest to do so. The first approach obviously has a broader potential audience and is invoked even by preservationists when they seek to marshal the broadest possible support for environmental protection. For preservationists, however, the conservationist approach has obvious limitations. It permits damage to the environment whenever required by the balance …

Reforestation In Southern China: Revisiting Soil N Mineralization And Nitrification After 8 Years Restoration, Qifeng F. Mo, Zhi'an A. Li, Weixing X. Zhu, Bi Zou, Yingwen W. Li, Shiqin Q. Yu, Yongzhen Z. Ding, Yao Chen, Xiaobo B. Li, Faming M. Wang

Biological Sciences Faculty Scholarship

Nitrogen availability and tree species selection play important roles in reforestation. However, long-term field studies on the effects and mechanisms of tree species composition on N transformation are very limited. Eight years after tree seedlings were planted in a field experiment, we revisited the site and tested how tree species composition affects the dynamics of N mineralization and nitrification. Both tree species composition and season significantly influenced the soil dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON). N-fixing Acacia crassicarpa monoculture had the highest DON, and 10-mixed species plantation had the highest DOC. The lowest DOC and DON concentrations were both …

Navigating The Currents Of Seascape Genomics: How Spatial Analyses Can Augment Population Genomic Studies, Cynthia Riginos, Eric D. Crandall, Libby Liggins, Pim Bongaerts, Eric A. Treml

School of Natural Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Population genomic approaches are making rapid inroads in the study of non-model organisms, including marine taxa. To date, these marine studies have predominantly focused on rudimentary metrics describing the spatial and environmental context of their study region (e.g., geographical distance, average sea surface temperature, average salinity). We contend that a more nuanced and considered approach to quantifying seascape dynamics and patterns can strengthen population genomic investigations and help identify spatial, temporal, and environmental factors associated with differing selective regimes or demographic histories. Nevertheless, approaches for quantifying marine landscapes are complicated. Characteristic features of the marine environment, including pelagic living in …

Teaching Climate Change Concepts And The Nature Of Science: A Library Activity To Identify Sources Of Climate Change Misconceptions, Charity Flener Lovitt, Kristen S. Shuyler

Libraries

A library activity was developed in which students found information about climate science misconceptions from popular and scientific literatures. As part of the activity, students developed a rubric to evaluate the credibility and type of literature sources they found. The activity prepared students to produce an annotated bibliography of articles, which they then used to create a training document about a climate science misconception for staff at a local science center. Evaluation of annotated bibliographies showed that students were able to distinguish between popular and scholarly literature but struggled to identify primary and secondary sources within the scholarly literature. In …

Leaf Growth Rates (Thalassia Testudinum, Banks Ex Koning) As An Indi, Eric C. Milbrandt, Jeff Siwicke

Gulf of Mexico Science

In southwest Florida, changes in hydrology have fundamentally changed the timing and amount of freshwater delivered to the estuarine ecosystem. Biological indicators such as oyster and submerged aquatic vegetation distribution and abundance have been used to establish minimum and maximum discharges to the estuary. These indicators are robust long-term indicators for comparing interannual and climatological changes; however, they lack sensitivity to variable freshwater flows that occur over the course of months or seasons. Seagrass leaf growth rates could provide an integrated biological response for evaluating events caused by climatological shifts (e.g., El Niño) or to evaluate the biological responses to …

An Overview Of The Northern Gulf Of Mexico Ecosystem, Robert B. Spies, Stanley Senner, Christopher S. Robbins

Gulf of Mexico Science

The Gulf of Mexico is a large marine ecosystem (LME) bordered by the southern United States, Mexico, and Cuba. This general overview of its northern portion covers physiography, significant oceanographic features, the influence of major rivers and freshwater, biological productivity, and food web characteristics. It then describes the pelagic and benthic components of the major habitats: oceanic (continental slope and abyssal plain), continental shelf and bays, estuaries, and marshes, with descriptions of prominent processes and some dominant organisms. For each habitat several species from a variety of trophic levels are introduced and their general role in the ecosystem discussed. In …