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Intense Piano Training On Self-Efficacy And Physiological Stress In Aging, Jennifer A. Bugos, Simran Kochar, Nathan Maxfield

Music Education Faculty Publications

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of an intense piano training program on general self-efficacy, musical self-efficacy, and physiological stress in older adults. Self-efficacy refers to perceived beliefs regarding the performance of domain-specific tasks or activities, which contribute to psychological and physical health. A key challenge is to identify activities that promote self-efficacy in the aging population. Seventeen healthy community-dwelling older adults (60–85 years) with little to no previous musical training participated in a within subjects experimental design. Measures of self-efficacy and cortisol levels were administered over three time points: an initial pre-testing session, a second …

Louisiana Agriculture Summer, 2016, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

A Single Amino-Acid Substitution In The Sodium Transporter Hkt1 Associated With Plant Salt Tolerance, Akhtar Ali, Natalia Raddatz, Rashid Aman, Songmi Kim, Hyeong Cheol Park, Masood Jan, Dongwon Baek, Irfan Ullah Khan, Dong Ha Oh, Sang Yeol Lee, Ray A. Bressan, Keun Woo Lee, Albino Maggio, Jose M. Pardo, Hans J. Bohnert, Dae Jin Yun

Faculty Publications

© 2016 American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved. A crucial prerequisite for plant growth and survival is the maintenance of potassium uptake, especially when high sodium surrounds the root zone. The Arabidopsis HIGH-AFFINITY K+ TRANSPORTER1 (HKT1), and its homologs in other salt-sensitive dicots, contributes to salinity tolerance by removing Na+ from the transpiration stream. However, TsHKT1;2, one of three HKT1 copies in Thellungiella salsuginea, a halophytic Arabidopsis relative, acts as a K+transporter in the presence of Na+ in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Amino-acid sequence comparisons indicated differences between TsHKT1;2 and most other published HKT1 sequences with respect to an …

Perchlorate And Volatiles Of The Brine Of Lake Vida (Antarctica): Implication For The In Situ Analysis Of Mars Sediments, Fabien Kenig, Luoth Chou, Christopher P. Mckay, W. Andrew Jackson, Peter T. Doran, Alison E. Murray, Christian H. Fritsen

Faculty Publications

©2016. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. The cold (−13.4°C), cryoencapsulated, anoxic, interstitial brine of the >27 m thick ice of Lake Vida (Victoria Valley, Antarctica) contains 49 µg · L−1of perchlorate and 11 µg · L−1of chlorate. Lake Vida brine (LVBr) may provide an analog for potential oxychlorine-rich subsurface brine on Mars. LVBr volatiles were analyzed by solid-phase microextraction (SPME) gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) with two different SPME fibers. With the exception of volatile organic sulfur compounds, most other volatiles observed were artifacts produced in the GC injector when the thermal decomposition products of oxychlorines reacted with reduced carbon …

Cobalt Chloride Treatment Used To Ablate The Lateral Line System Also Impairs The Olfactory System In Three Freshwater Fishes, Julie M. Butler, Karen E. Field, Karen P. Maruska

Faculty Publications

© 2016 Butler 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. Fishes use multimodal signals during both inter- and intra-sexual displays to convey information about their sex, reproductive state, and social status. These complex behavioral displays can include visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and hydrodynamic signals, and the relative role of each sensory channel in these complex multi-sensory interactions is a common focus of neuroethology. The mechanosensory lateral line system of fishes detects …

Mitogen-Dependent Regulation Of Dusp1 Governs Erk And P38 Signaling During Early 3t3-L1 Adipocyte Differentiation, Bradley S. Ferguson, Heesun Nam, Jacqueline M. Stephens, Ron F. Morrison

Faculty Publications

© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Knowledge concerning mechanisms that control proliferation and differentiation of preadipocytes is essential to our understanding of adipocyte hyperplasia and the development of obesity. Evidence has shown that temporal regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphorylation and dephosphorylation is critical for coupling extracellular stimuli to cellular growth and differentiation. Using differentiating 3T3-L1 preadipocytes as a model of adipocyte hyperplasia, we examined a role for dual-specificity phosphatase 1 (DUSP1) on the timely modulation of MAPK signaling during states of growth arrest, proliferation, and differentiation. Using real-time reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR), we report that DUSP1 is induced during …

Geauxdock: Accelerating Structure-Based Virtual Screening With Heterogeneous Computing, Ye Fang, Yun Ding, Wei P. Feinstein, David M. Koppelman, Juana Moreno, Mark Jarrell, J. Ramanujam, Michal Brylinski

Faculty Publications

© 2016 Fang 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. Computational modeling of drug binding to proteins is an integral component of direct drug design. Particularly, structure-based virtual screening is often used to perform large-scale modeling of putative associations between small organic molecules and their pharmacologically relevant protein targets. Because of a large number of drug candidates to be evaluated, an accurate and fast docking engine is a critical element of …

Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Of Resistant And Susceptible Common Bean Genotypes In Response To Soybean Cyst Nematode Infection, Shalu Jain, Kishore Chittem, Robert Brueggeman, Juan M. Osorno, Jonathan Richards, Berlin D. Nelson

Faculty Publications

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN; Heterodera glycines Ichinohe) reproduces on the roots of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and can cause reductions in plant growth and seed yield. The molecular changes in common bean roots caused by SCN infection are unknown. Identification of genetic factors associated with SCN resistance could help in development of improved bean varieties with high SCN resistance. Gene expression profiling was conducted on common bean roots infected by SCN HG type 0 using next generation RNA sequencing technology. Two pinto bean genotypes, PI533561 and GTS-900, resistant and susceptible to SCN infection, respectively, were used as RNA sources …

Fine Mapping Of The Barley Chromosome 6h Net Form Net Blotch Susceptibility Locus, Jonathan Richards, Shiaoman Chao, Timothy Friesen, Robert Brueggeman

Faculty Publications

Net form net blotch, caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Pyrenophora teres f. teres, is a destructive foliar disease of barley with the potential to cause significant yield loss in major production regions throughout the world. The complexity of the host-parasite genetic interactions in this pathosystem hinders the deployment of effective resistance in barley cultivars, warranting a deeper understanding of the interactions. Here, we report on the high-resolution mapping of the dominant susceptibility locus near the centromere of chromosome 6H in the barley cultivars Rika and Kombar, which are putatively targeted by necrotrophic effectors from P. teres f. teres isolates …

Meta-Analysis Of 49 549 Individuals Imputed With The 1000 Genomes Project Reveals An Exonic Damaging Variant In Angptl4 Determining Fasting Tg Levels, Elisabeth M. Van Leeuwen, Aniko Sabo, Joshua C. Bis, Jennifer E. Huffman, Ani Manichaikul, Albert V. Smith, Mary F. Feitosa, Serkalem Demissie, Peter K. Joshi, Qing Duan, Jonathan Marten, Jan B. Van Klinken, Ida Surakka, Ilja M. Nolte, Weihua Zhang, Hamdi Mbarek, Ruifang Li-Gao, Stella Trompet, Niek Verweij, Evangelos Evangelou, Leo Pekka Lyytikäinen, Bamidele O. Tayo, Joris Deelen, Peter J. Van Der Most, Sander W. Van Der Laan, Dan E. Arking, Alanna Morrison, Abbas Dehghan, Oscar H. Franco, Albert Hofman, Fernando Rivadeneira, Eric J. Sijbrands, Andre G. Uitterlinden

Faculty Publications

Background So far, more than 170 loci have been associated with circulating lipid levels through genomewide association studies (GWAS). These associations are largely driven by common variants, their function is often not known, and many are likely to be markers for the causal variants. In this study we aimed to identify more new rare and low-frequency functional variants associated with circulating lipid levels. Methods We used the 1000 Genomes Project as a reference panel for the imputations of GWAS data from ~60 000 individuals in the discovery stage and ~90 000 samples in the replication stage. Results Our study resulted …

Quantifying The Spatiotemporal Dynamics In A Chorus Frog (Pseudacris) Hybrid Zone Over 30 Years, Kristin N. Engebretsen, Lisa N. Barrow, Eric N. Rittmeyer, Jeremy M. Brown, Emily Moriarty Lemmon

Faculty Publications

© 2016 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Although theory suggests that hybrid zones can move or change structure over time, studies supported by direct empirical evidence for these changes are relatively limited. We present a spatiotemporal genetic study of a hybrid zone between Pseudacris nigrita and P. fouquettei across the Pearl River between Louisiana and Mississippi. This hybrid zone was initially characterized in 1980 as a narrow and steep “tension zone,” in which hybrid populations were inferior to parentals and were maintained through a balance between selection and dispersal. We reanalyzed historical tissue …

Identiication Of Essential Arginine Residues Of Escherichia Coli Deda/Tvp38 Family Membrane Proteins Yqja And Yghb, Sujeet Kumar, Cersten L. Bradley, Patience Mukashyaka, William T. Doerrler

Faculty Publications

© 2016 FEMS. Escherichia coli DedA/Tvp38 family proteins YghB and YqjA are putative membrane transporters with 62% amino acid identity and overlapping functions. An E. coli strain (BC202) with nonpolar ΔyghB and ΔyqjA mutations displays cell-division defects and temperature sensitivity and is sensitive to antibiotics and alkaline pH. In this study, we performed site-directed mutagenesis on conserved, charged amino acids of YqjA and YghB. We discovered two conserved predicted membrane-embedded arginines (R130 and R136) that are critical for function in both proteins as deined by their ability to complement BC202 phenotypes, when expressed from a plasmid. Lysine can substitute for …

Be-Breeder - Learning: A New Tool For Teaching And Learning Plant Breeding Principles, Roberto Fritsche-Neto, Filipe Inácio Matias

Faculty Publications

The Be-Breeder application is an on-line tool constructed through the R software for the purpose of assisting in some of the main genetic and statistical analyses related to the area of plant breeding. In addition, Be-Breeder provides a section called “Learning”, which in a simple click-point manner allows explanation of theories related to the effect of inbreeding, population structure, qualitative and quantitative traits, heterosis, population size, effect of selection, and composition of hybrids. Be-Breeder is available for network use on the website of the Allogamous Plant Breeding Laboratory (Laboratório de Melhoramento de Plantas Alógamas) of ESALQ-USP through the link: http:// …

Population Genomics Related To Adaptation In Elite Oat Germplasm, Kathy Esvelt Klos, Yung Fen Huang, Wubishet A. Bekele, Don E. Obert, Ebrahiem Babiker, Aaron D. Beattie, Åsmund Bjørnstad, J. Michael Bonman, Martin L. Carson, Shiaoman Chao, Belaghihalli N. Gnanesh, Irene Griffiths, Stephen A. Harrison, Catherine J. Howarth, Gongshe Hu, Amir Ibrahim, Emir Islamovic, Eric W. Jackson, Jean Luc Jannink, Frederic L. Kolb, Michael S. Mcmullen, Jennifer Mitchell Fetch, J. Paul Murphy, Herbert W. Ohm, Howard W. Rines, Brian G. Rossnagel, Jessica A. Schlueter, Mark E. Sorrells, Charlene P. Wight, Weikai Yan, Nicholas A. Tinker

Faculty Publications

Six hundred thirty five oat (Avena sativa L.) lines and 4561 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci were used to evaluate population structure, linkage disequilibrium (LD), and genotype-phenotype association with heading date. The first five principal components (PCs) accounted for 25.3% of genetic variation. Neither the eigenvalues of the first 25 PCs nor the cross-validation errors from K = 1 to 20 model-based analyses suggested a structured population. However, the PC and K = 2 model-based analyses supported clustering of lines on spring oat vs. southern United States origin, accounting for 16% of genetic variation (p < 0.0001). Single-locus F-statistic (FST) in the highest 1% of the distribution suggested linkage groups that may be differentiated between the two population subgroups. Population structure and kinship-corrected LD of r2 = 0.10 was observed at an average pairwise distance of 0.44 cM (0.71 and 2.64 cM within spring and southern oat, respectively). On most linkage groups LD decay was slower within southern lines than within the spring lines. A notable exception was found on linkage group Mrg28, where LD decay was substantially slower in the spring subpopulation. It is speculated that this may be caused by a heterogeneous translocation event on this chromosome. Association with heading date was most consistent across location-years on linkage groups Mrg02, Mrg12, Mrg13, and Mrg24.

Population Genomics Related To Adaptation In Elite Oat Germplasm, Kathy Esvelt Klos, Yung Fen Huang, Wubishet A. Bekele, Don E. Obert, Ebrahiem Babiker, Aaron D. Beattie, Åsmund Bjørnstad, J. Michael Bonman, Martin L. Carson, Shiaoman Chao, Belaghihalli N. Gnanesh, Irene Griffiths, Stephen A. Harrison, Catherine J. Howarth, Gongshe Hu, Amir Ibrahim, Emir Islamovic, Eric W. Jackson, Jean Luc Jannink, Frederic L. Kolb, Michael S. Mcmullen, Jennifer Mitchell Fetch, J. Paul Murphy, Herbert W. Ohm, Howard W. Rines, Brian G. Rossnagel, Jessica A. Schlueter, Mark E. Sorrells, Charlene P. Wight, Weikai Yan, Nicholas A. Tinker

Faculty Publications

Six hundred thirty five oat ( L.) lines and 4561 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci were used to evaluate population structure, linkage disequilibrium (LD), and genotype-phenotype association with heading date. The first five principal components (PCs) accounted for 25.3% of genetic variation. Neither the eigenvalues of the first 25 PCs nor the cross-validation errors from = 1 to 20 model-based analyses suggested a structured population. However, the PC and = 2 model-based analyses supported clustering of lines on spring oat vs. southern United States origin, accounting for 16% of genetic variation ( < 0.0001). Single-locus -statistic () in the highest 1% of the distribution suggested linkage groups that may be differentiated between the two population subgroups. Population structure and kinship-corrected LD of = 0.10 was observed at an average pairwise distance of 0.44 cM (0.71 and 2.64 cM within spring and southern oat, respectively). On most linkage groups LD decay was slower within southern lines than within the spring lines. A notable exception was found on linkage group Mrg28, where LD decay was substantially slower in the spring subpopulation. It is speculated that this may be caused by a heterogeneous translocation event on this chromosome. Association with heading date was most consistent across location-years on linkage groups Mrg02, Mrg12, Mrg13, and Mrg24.

2015-2016 Profile, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

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2015-2016 issue of Profile Magazine.

Today - July 2016, Loma Linda University Health

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Loma Linda University Health– San Bernardino celebrates history, relationships, and future
-- New vice president/administrator named for East Campus and Surgical Hospital
-- $2.4 million grant will integrate psychological and medical care for low-income population
-- The bird song legacy of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
-- Pediatric patients treated to bundles of toys from Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
-- Finding sea turtles: a green sea turtle’s view
-- LLUCH mascot celebrates birthday construction style
-- Innerweave: A sense of self, a syllabus toward
-- School of Nursing receives $2 million HRSA …

2016 - 2017 University Catalog, Loma Linda University

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This is a one-year Catalog, effective beginning Summer Quarter 2016.

Volume 105, Number 1, July 2016

Innovation Heuristics: Experiments On Sequential Creativity In Intellectual Property, Stefan Bechtold, Christopher Buccafusco, Christopher Jon Sprigman

Indiana Law Journal

All creativity and innovation build on existing ideas. Authors and inventors copy, adapt, improve, interpret, and refine the ideas that have come before them. The central task of intellectual property (IP) law is regulating this sequential innovation to ensure that initial creators and subsequent creators receive the appropriate sets of incentives. Although many scholars have applied the tools of economic analysis to consider whether IP law is successful in encouraging cumulative innovation, that work has rested on a set of untested assumptions about creators’ behavior. This Article reports four novel creativity experiments that begin to test those assumptions. In particular, …

Title Ix, Sexual Assault, And The Issue Of Effective Consent: Blurred Lines—When Should “Yes” Mean “No”?, Lori E. Shaw

Indiana Law Journal

This Article is intended to set the process in motion by providing the DOE and the educational institutions governed by Title IX with a proposed standard for “effective consent.” Part I provides an overview of the realities of campus life in the 2010s, delving into the root causes of sexual assault and other forms of unwanted sexual contact. Sexual hookups and binge drinking, two aspects of campus life inextricably linked to one another and to unwanted sexual contact, are explored in depth.

Part II presents an overview of the traditional role, structures, and processes of the student-conduct system. It then …

The Sons Of Indiana: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity And The Fight For Civil Rights, Gregory S. Parks, Wendy Marie Laybourn

Indiana Law Journal

The common narrative about African Americans’ quest for social justice and civil rights during the twentieth century consists, largely, of men and women working through organizations to bring about change. The typical list of organizations includes, inter alia, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Urban League, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. What are almost never included in this list are African American collegiate-based fraternities. However, at the turn of the twentieth century, a small group of organizations emerged founded on personal excellence, the development and sustainment of fictive-kinship ties, …

Red-Shifted Aequorin Variants Incorporating Non-Canonical Amino Acids: Applications In In Vivo Imaging, Kristen M. Grinstead, Laura Rowe, Mark Ensor, Smita Joel, Pirouz Daftarian, Emre Dikici, Jean-Marc Zingg, Sylvia Daunert

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

The increased importance of in vivo diagnostics has posed new demands for imaging technologies. In that regard, there is a need for imaging molecules capable of expanding the applications of current state-of-the-art imaging in vivo diagnostics. To that end, there is a desire for new reporter molecules capable of providing strong signals, are non-toxic, and can be tailored to diagnose or monitor the progression of a number of diseases. Aequorin is a non-toxic photoprotein that can be used as a sensitive marker for bioluminescence in vivo imaging. The sensitivity of aequorin is due to the fact that bioluminescence is a …

Effectuation, Not Being Pragmatic Or Process Theorizing, Remains Ineffectual: Responding To The Commentaries, Richard J. Arend, Hessam Sarooghi, Andrew C. Burkemper

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the provocative Dialogue pieces of Read, Sarasvathy, Dew, and Wiltbank (2016; henceforth, “RSDW”); Reuber, Fischer, and Coviello (2016; henceforth, “RFC”); Gupta, Chiles, and McMullen (2016; henceforth, “GCM”); and Garud and Gehman (2016; henceforth, “GG”), each of which makes several claims in defense of effectuation, as well as describes several ways forward in entrepreneurship- and process-related theorizing. We respond in a manner consistent with the traditional perspective in management theorizing that “good theory is practical” (Lewin, 1945), where “theory is theory” (Simon, 1967; Van de Ven, 1989) based on our discipline’s collective commitment to …

Precision Medicine Informatics, Lewis J Frey, Elmer V Bernstam, Joshua C Denny

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

No abstract provided.

Exploiting Heterogeneity In Networks Of Aerial And Ground Robotic Agents, Patricio J. Cruz Davalos

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

By taking advantage of complementary communication technologies, distinct sensing functionalities and varied motion dynamics present in a heterogeneous multi-robotic network, it is possible to accomplish a main mission objective by assigning specialized sub-tasks to specific members of a robotic team. An adequate selection of the team members and an effective coordination are some of the challenges to fully exploit the unique capabilities that these types of systems can offer. Motivated by real world applications, we focus on a multi-robotic network consisting off aerial and ground agents which has the potential to provide critical support to humans in complex settings. For …

Taking To The Sea: The Modern Seasteading Movement In The Context Of Other Historical Intentional Communities, Megan Binder

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Though its mission may seem to belong to the realm of science fiction-establishing self-sufficient, floating cities on the high seas-the modern seasteading movement is simply the next iteration of mankind's long quest to establish more perfect societies. If they wish to accomplish their goals, seasteaders must be prepared to confront and overcome serious obstacles on technological, social, and legal fronts. Reviewing other historical examples of intentional communities offers a glimpse of the potential challenges that are common across all such movements and suggests that, to ensure long-term success, seasteaders may benefit longterm from pursuing international recognition of sovereignty for their …

Dealing With Ocean Acidification: The Problem, The Clean Water Act, And State And Regional Approaches, Robin Kundis Craig

Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy

Ocean acidification is often referred to as climate change’s “evil twin.” As the global ocean continually absorbs much of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide produced through the burning of fossil fuels, its pH is dropping, causing a plethora of chemical, biological, and ecological impacts. These impacts immediately threaten local and regional fisheries and marine aquaculture; over the long term, they pose the risk of a global mass extinction event. As with climate change itself, the ultimate solution to ocean acidification is a worldwide reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. In the interim, however, environmental groups such as the Center for Biological Diversity …

Twenty-First Century Woodland Archaeology In The Lower Illinois River Valley: A Regional Model, Jason Louis King

Anthropology ETDs

The Lower Illinois River Valley (LIV) has been the subject of over a century of focused archaeological inquiry, resulting in robust body of data with which to investigate the lifeways of ancient indigenous peoples of midcontinental North America. Among the most visible components of this record are the Middle Woodland (50 cal BC-cal AD 400) and Late Woodland (cal 400-1000) assemblages that document an extended period of significant social and demographic transformation of the valley, marked by highly visible monumental architecture, e.g. mounds, and often complex mortuary practices culminating in the disposal of the dead with these monuments. Research reported …

Ici, Sprayseed And The W.A. Department Of Agriculture, Geoff Pearce

All other publications

The story which follows tells how the systems for planting cereals, developed on research stations over a period of about 40 years, has been changed by a Commercial Chemical Company using newly developed herbicides to replace cultivation.

A Comparison Of Managerial And Leadership Effectiveness Of Veteran And Civilian Developed Leaders In A Civilian Context, John C. Dexter

Human Resource Development Theses and Dissertations

Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, there has been an increase in American patriotism that has facilitated a strong commitment of U.S. employers to actively recruit and hire military veterans. These highly publicized employer veteran hiring commitments easily number in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions. However, the commitments to employ veterans does not specify how these veterans will be employed. In fact, there is wide-spread difficulty in translating military training and experience to civilian applications, and there is virtually no empirical support as to whether veterans will be more of less successful in civilian employment than …