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N-Terminal Lipid Modification Is Required For The Stable Accumulation Of Cyanoq In Synechocystis Sp. Pcc 6803, Andrea D. Juneau, Laurie K. Frankel, Terry M. Bricker, Johnna L. Roose

Faculty Publications

© 2016 Juneau et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The CyanoQ protein has been demonstrated to be a component of cyanobacterial Photosystem II (PS II), but there exist a number of outstanding questions concerning its physical association with the complex. CyanoQ is a lipoprotein; upon cleavage of its transit peptide by Signal Peptidase II, which targets delivery of the mature protein to the thylakoid lumenal space, the N-terminal cysteinyl residue …

The Bridging Model: Exploring The Roles Of Trust And Enforcement In Banking, Bitcoin, And The Blockchain, Catherine Martin Christopher

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Need A Ride? Uber: The Trendy Choice That Could Turn Threatening, Emily L. Dyer

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Portland State Magazine, Portland State University. Office Of University Communications

Portland State Magazine

PSU’s alumni magazine, published 2-3 times a year. In this issue: Chemist Niles Lehman searches for the spark of life; for Korean immigrant parents, supporting their children in American schools can be a confusing and difficult task; Viking yearbooks from 1947 to 1978 and 1989 to 1995 are available on the PSU Library website; Dr. David Bangsberg is leading the new OHSU-PSU School of Public Health; for 30 years, Enid Traisman has counseled people through the grief of losing their pets; and more.

Ensc 501.01: Scientific Approaches To Environmental Problems, Len Broberg

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2016-2020

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Ensc 360.01: Applied Ecology, Vicki Watson, Len Broberg

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2016-2020

No abstract provided.

Soci 220s.01: Race, Gender And Class, Rayna Sage

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 2016-2020

No abstract provided.

Multidimensional Solid-State Nmr Spectroscopy Of Plant Cell Walls, Tuo Wang, Pyae Phyo, Mei Hong

Faculty Publications

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. Plant biomass has become an important source of bio-renewable energy in modern society. The molecular structure of plant cell walls is difficult to characterize by most atomic-resolution techniques due to the insoluble and disordered nature of the cell wall. Solid-state NMR (SSNMR) spectroscopy is uniquely suited for studying native hydrated plant cell walls at the molecular level with chemical resolution. Significant progress has been made in the last five years to elucidate the molecular structures and interactions of cellulose and matrix polysaccharides in plant cell walls. These studies have focused on primary cell walls of growing …

Is Exposure To Macondo Oil Reflected In The Otolith Chemistry Of Marsh-Resident Fish?, Paola C. López-Duarte, F. Joel Fodrie, Olaf P. Jensen, Andrew Whitehead, Fernando Galvez, Benjamin Dubansky, Kenneth W. Able

Faculty Publications

© 2016 López-Duarte et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Genomic and physiological responses in Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) in the northern Gulf of Mexico have confirmed oil exposure of resident marsh fish following the Macondo blowout in 2010. Using these same fish, we evaluated otolith microchemistry as a method for assessing oil exposure history. Laser-ablation inductively-coupled-plasma mass spectrometry was used to analyze the chemical composition of sagittal otoliths to assess …

Do Ploidy Level And Nuclear Genome Size And Latitude Of Origin Modify The Expression Of Phragmites Australis Traits And Interactions With Herbivores?, Laura A. Meyerson, James T. Cronin, Ganesh P. Bhattarai, Hans Brix, Carla Lambertini, Magdalena Lučanová, Shelby Rinehart, Jan Suda, Petr Pyšek

Faculty Publications

© 2016, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. We studied the relationship between genome size and ploidy level variation and plant traits for the reed grass Phragmites australis. Using a common garden approach on a global collection of populations in Aarhus, Denmark, we investigated the influence of monoploid genome size and ploidy level on the expression of P. australis growth, nutrition and herbivore-defense traits and whether monoploid genome size and ploidy level play different roles in plant trait expression. We found that both monoploid genome size and latitude of origin contributed to variation in traits that we studied for P. australis, with …

The Macroecology Of Infectious Diseases: A New Perspective On Global-Scale Drivers Of Pathogen Distributions And Impacts, Patrick R. Stephens, Sonia Altizer, Katherine F. Smith, A. Alonso Aguirre, James H. Brown, Sarah A. Budischak, James E. Byers, Tad A. Dallas, T. Jonathan Davies, John M. Drake, Vanessa O. Ezenwa, Maxwell J. Farrell, John L. Gittleman, Barbara A. Han, Shan Huang, Rebecca A. Hutchinson, Pieter Johnson, Charles L. Nunn, David Onstad, Andrew Park, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, John P. Schmidt, Robert Poulin

Faculty Publications

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd/CNRS. Identifying drivers of infectious disease patterns and impacts at the broadest scales of organisation is one of the most crucial challenges for modern science, yet answers to many fundamental questions remain elusive. These include what factors commonly facilitate transmission of pathogens to novel host species, what drives variation in immune investment among host species, and more generally what drives global patterns of parasite diversity and distribution? Here we consider how the perspectives and tools of macroecology, a field that investigates patterns and processes at broad spatial, temporal and taxonomic scales, are expanding scientific …

Host-Induced Silencing Of Fusarium Culmorum Genes Protects Wheat From Infection, Wanxin Chen, Christine Kastner, Daniela Nowara, Ely Oliveira-Garcia, Twan Rutten, Yusheng Zhao, Holger B. Deising, Jochen Kumlehn, Patrick Schweizer

Faculty Publications

Plants producing antisense or double-stranded RNA molecules that target specific genes of eukaryotic pests or pathogens can become protected from their attack. This beneficial effect was also reported for plant-fungus interactions and is believed to reflect uptake of the RNAs by the fungus via an as yet unknown mechanism, followed by target gene silencing. Here we report that wheat plants pre-infected with Barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV) strains containing antisense sequences against target genes of the Fusarium head blight (FHB) fungus F. culmorum caused a reduction of corresponding transcript levels in the pathogen and reduced disease symptoms. Stable transgenic wheat …

Impact Of Ground-Applied Termiticides On The Above-Ground Foraging Behavior Of The Formosan Subterranean Termite, Gregg Henderson, Bal K. Gautam, Cai Wang

Faculty Publications

We conducted a laboratory study to determine the impact of ground-applied termiticides on the above-ground foraging behavior of Coptotermes formosanus. Two concentrations (1 and 10 ppm) each of three termiticides, viz. fipronil, imidacloprid and chlorantraniliprole, were tested. After one month post-treatment (fipronil 10 ppm was run for 12 days only and all other treatments were run for one month), fipronil had the lowest percentage of survival (3%-4%) at both concentrations. Termite survival ranged from 31% to 40% in the case of imidacloprid treatments and 10 ppm chlorantraniliprole. However, 1 ppm chlorantraniliprole did not cause significant mortality compared to the controls. …

Altered Developmental Trajectories For Impulsivity And Sensation Seeking Among Adolescent Substance Users, Nora E. Charles, Stacy R. Ryan, Bethany C. Bray, Charles W. Mathias, Ashley Acheson, Donald M. Doherty

Faculty Publications

A number of studies have associated impulsivity and sensation seeking with level of substance use and risk for developing a substance use disorder. These relationships may be particularly apparent during adolescence, when developmental changes in impulsivity and sensation seeking occur at the same time as increased opportunities for substance use. To examine this, the current study measured impulsivity and sensation seeking from pre-adolescence to mid-adolescence in a sample of youth, the majority of whom were identified as being at risk for developing a substance use disorder based on their family history of substance use disorders. Youth were separated into those …

Sequence Capture Versus Restriction Site Associated Dna Sequencing For Shallow Systematics, Michael G. Harvey, Brian Tilston Smith, Travis C. Glenn, Brant C. Faircloth, Robb T. Brumfield

Faculty Publications

© 2016 The Author(s). Sequence capture and restriction site associated DNA sequencing (RAD-Seq) are two genomic enrichment strategies for applying next-generation sequencing technologies to systematics studies. At shallow timescales, such as within species, RAD-Seq has been widely adopted among researchers, although there has been little discussion of the potential limitations and benefits of RAD-Seq and sequence capture. We discuss a series of issues that may impact the utility of sequence capture and RAD-Seq data for shallow systematics in non-model species. We review prior studies that used both methods, and investigate differences between the methods by re-analyzing existing RAD-Seq and sequence …

Population Genetic Structure Of Apple Scab (Venturia Inaequalis (Cooke) G. Winter) In Iran, Leila Ebrahimi, Khalil Berdi Fotuhifar, Mohammad Javan Nikkhah, Mohammad Reza Naghavi, Niranjan Baisakh

Faculty Publications

The population genetic structure of 278 Venturia inaequalis isolates, collected from different apple cultivars of eighteen different provinces in Iran, was investigated using 22 polymorphic microsatellite markers. Analysis of molecular variation, Bayesian clustering and Nei's genetic distance analyses based on 88 microsatellite alleles indicated substantial levels of gene flow among the collection sites. Ninety three percent of the variation was observed among the individuals within the populations and only 7% variation was observed among the populations. Structure analysis grouped the isolates into two populations. Maximum number of pathogen genotypes (44) was observed in the North of Iran that grows various …

Task- And Treatment Length–Dependent Effects Of Vortioxetine On Scopolamine-Induced Cognitive Dysfunction And Hippocampal Extracellular Acetylcholine In Rats, Alan Pehrson, Todd M. Hillhouse, Nasser Haddjeri, Renaud Rovera, Joseph H. Porter, Arne Mørk, Gennady Smagin, Dekun Song, David Budac, Manuel Cajina, Connie Sanchez

Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common psychiatric disorder that often features impairments in cognitive function, and these cognitive symptoms can be important determinants of functional ability. Vortioxetine is a multimodal antidepressant that may improve some aspects of cognitive function in patients with MDD, including attention, processing speed, executive function, and memory. However, the cause of these effects is unclear, and there are several competing theories on the underlying mechanism, notably including regionally-selective downstream enhancement of glutamate neurotransmission and increased acetylcholine (ACh) neurotransmission. The current work sought to evaluate the ACh hypothesis by examining vortioxetine's ability to reverse scopolamine-induced impairments …

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Journal of STEM Teacher Education

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Comparing High School Students' And Adults' Perceptions Of Technology, Henry L. (Hal) Harrison Iii, Philip A. Reed

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

This study compared high school student’s perceptions of technology and technological literacy to those perceptions of the general public. Additionally, individual student groups were compared statistically to determine significant differences between the groups. The ITEA/Gallup Poll instrument was used to survey high school student’s perceptions of technology in the study. The student population in question consisted of three subgroups: students enrolled in a standards-based technology education courses, students enrolled in a Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Principles of Engineering pre-engineering course, and students enrolled in a general education course (language arts, mathematics, or science). In addition, each student group’s perceptions …

Principles And Practices Fostering Inclusive Excellence: Lessons From The Howard Hughes Medical Institute’S Capstone Institutions, Patricia Marten Dibartolo, Leslie Gregg-Jolly, Deborah Gross, Cathryn A. Manduca, Ellen Iverson, David B. Cooke, Iii, Gregory K. Davis, Cameron Davidson, Paul E. Hertz, Lisa Hibbard, Shubha K. Ireland, Catherine Mader, Aditi Pai, Shirley Raps, Kathleen Siwicki, Jim E. Swartz

Psychology: Faculty Publications

Best-practices pedagogy in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) aims for inclusive excellence that fosters student persistence. This paper describes prin- ciples of inclusivity across 11 primarily undergraduate institutions designated as Capstone Awardees in Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) 2012 competition. The Capstones represent a range of institutional missions, student profiles, and geographical locations. Each successfully directed activities toward persistence of STEM students, especially those from traditionally underrepresented groups, through a set of common elements: men- toring programs to build community; research experiences to strengthen scientific skill/ identity; attention to quantitative skills; and outreach/bridge programs to broaden the stu- dent …

Defense Support Of Civil Authorities: An Examination Of Trends Impacting Upon Police Militarization, Kevin H. Govern

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Stimulation Of Transforming Growth Factor-Β1-Induced Endothelial-To-Mesenchymal Transition And Tissue Fibrosis By Endothelin-1 (Et-1): A Novel Profibrotic Effect Of Et-1., Peter J. Wermuth, Zhaodong Li, Fabian A. Mendoza, Sergio A. Jimenez

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

TGF-β-induced endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndoMT) is a newly recognized source of profibrotic activated myofibroblasts and has been suggested to play a role in the pathogenesis of various fibrotic processes. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) has been implicated in the development of tissue fibrosis but its participation in TGF-β-induced EndoMT has not been studied. Here we evaluated the role of ET-1 on TGF-β1-induced EndoMT in immunopurified CD31+/CD102+ murine lung microvascular endothelial cells. The expression levels of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), of relevant profibrotic genes, and of various transcription factors involved in the EndoMT process were assessed employing quantitative RT-PCR, immunofluorescence histology and Western blot analysis. …

A Mainly Circum-Mediterranean Origin For West Eurasian And North African Mtdnas In Puerto Rico With Strong Contributions From The Canary Islands And West Africa, Héctor J. Díaz-Zabala, María A. Nieves-Colón, Juan C. Martínez-Cruzado

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Maternal lineages of West Eurasian and North African origin account for 11.5% of total mitochondrial ancestry in Puerto Rico. Historical sources suggest that this ancestry arrived mostly from European migrations that took place during the four centuries of the Spanish colonization of Puerto Rico. This study analyzed 101 mitochondrial control region sequences and diagnostic coding region variants from a sample set randomly and systematically selected using a census-based sampling frame to be representative of the Puerto Rican population, with the goal of defining West Eurasian-North African maternal clades and estimating their possible geographical origin. Median-joining haplotype networks were constructed using …

Colsa Students Excel In Telling The Story Of Science, Lori Tyler Gula

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Unh Alumna Honored With Presidential Award For Outstanding Math And Science Teachers, Susan Dumais

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Database Spotlight: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences Fall 2016, The University Of Alabama In Huntsville

Database Spotlight

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Black Boys Matter: Developmental Equality, Nancy E. Dowd

Hofstra Law Review

The life course of Black boys is a stark reminder of the realities of inequality. While recent attention to policing and high profile deaths of Black youth and adults has raised consciousness of life-threatening situations, this focus exposes the most visceral and deadly aspect of a much larger set of issues. Those issues begin at birth, and are powerfully framed before adulthood, creating inequality particularly when the individual is most vulnerable, in childhood. This Article confronts the inequalities of Black boys and their subordination, as a vehicle to expose inequalities more generally based on children’s identities. The life course of …

Vulnerable And Inadequately Protected: Solitary Confinement, Individuals With Mental Illness, And The Laws That Fail To Protect, Melanie Campbell

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

Epilogue: Open Education, Social Practices, And Ecologies Of Hope, Steven L. Thorne

World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations

For more than a decade, some of the world's top-ranked universities have invited the global public to freely access the very curricular content that previously had only been available to a privileged few. Under the umbrella term Open Education (OE), which refers to the advancement of education through "open technology, open content and open knowledge" (Iiyoshi & Kumar, 2007), this movement encourages universities, as well as educators at other institutional levels, to serve the greater public good through the sharing of topical and thematic learning objects as well as intact course materials and curricula.

Oncolog, Volume 61, Number 09, September 2016, Jill Delsigne-Russell, Brandon C. Strubberg, E Nielsen

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• Transport Oncophysics Could Guide Pancreatic Cancer Treatment: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas respond poorly to standard treatments. Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are applying the principles of physics to characterize the tumors, and these analyses could lead to individualized therapy.
• Nivolumab Shows Potential in Treating Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal: Currently, there are no standard therapy options for patients with treatment-refractory metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCCA), but early results of a multi-institutional clinical trial (No. NCI9673) led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center show that the …