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Proceedings Of The Seventeenth Wildlife Damage Management Conference, Orange Beach, Al, February 26-March 1, 2017, Dana J. Morin, Michael J. Cherry

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Proceedings full document.

Understanding The Association Between Nutrition And Depression By Assessing Diet Quality, Omega-3, Cholesterol, And Sleep Quality In College Students, Kandice H. Abramson

Theses and Dissertations

Background: Depression is one of the most common health problems in college students. Understanding the associations between diet quality, total blood cholesterol, sleep quality, and depressive symptoms could aide in improving the mental health of this population.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between diet quality, omega-3 fatty acid intake, total blood cholesterol levels, sleep quality, and depressive symptoms in college students.

Design: Data were collected from a convenience sampling of participants in a general physical fitness course at Illinois State University. The Healthy Eating Index 2010 (HEI), a composite measure to assess adherence to …

Isom Center To Host Sarah Talks Series, Christina Steube

University of Mississippi News

Discussions highlight UM scholars and community members

Healthcare Access, Disability Rights, And Olmstead Advocacy, Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, Susan Jamieson, Talley Wells, Leslie Lipson, Ezra Young

Working in the Public Interest Conferences

An overview of the past, present, and future of healthcare access and disability rights law. Panelists will cover topics ranging from deinstitutionalization to the intersection of transgender rights, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Olmstead decision. This panel was organized in conjunction with the University of Georgia Institute on Human Development and Disability (IHDD). Moderated by Elizabeth Weeks.

Expanding Access Through Community Lawyering, Christine M. Scartz, Morgan Kauffman, Tirien Steinbach, Diane Park

Working in the Public Interest Conferences

Community lawyering can lead to expanded access to justice. Panelists who have successfully used community lawyering to get results will explain their work and demonstrate what determined, creative public interest lawyers can accomplish. Moderated by Christine Scartz.

Vulnerable Persons In Custody, Russell C. Gabriel, Jamie Roberts, Rachel Grossman, Leanne Purdum

Working in the Public Interest Conferences

Vulnerable persons face numerous issues when they enter custody. Panelists will cover prison, jail, and detention center issues with a focus on individuals who may be particularly vulnerable in these settings, including LGBTQ persons, undocumented persons, and those living in poverty. Moderated by Russell Gabriel.

The Impact Of Base Stacking On The Conformations And Electrostatics Of Single-Stranded Dna, Alex Plumridge, Steve P. Meisburger, Kurt Andresen, Lois Pollack

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is notable for its interactions with ssDNA binding proteins (SSBs) during fundamentally important biological processes including DNA repair and replication. Previous work has begun to characterize the conformational and electrostatic properties of ssDNA in association with SSBs. However, the conformational distributions of free ssDNA have been difficult to determine. To capture the vast array of ssDNA conformations in solution, we pair small angle X-ray scattering with novel ensemble fitting methods, obtaining key parameters such as the size, shape and stacking character of strands with different sequences. Complementary ion counting measurements using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 40 No. 21, February 25, 2008

Central Florida Future

Voyeur films women on campus; Leaving others in their wake; Dance contest to unify students; New dean wants students involved.

February 25, 2017 (Pages 1115-1268), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 47 (2017)

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The Significant Surface-Water Connectivity Of “Geographically Isolated Wetlands", Aram J.K. Calhoun, David M. Mushet, Laurie C. Alexander, Edward S. Dekeyser, Laurie Fowler, Megan W. Lang, Mark C. Rains, Stephen C. Richter, Susan C. Walls

EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship

We evaluated the current literature, coupled with our collective research expertise, on surface-water connectivity of wetlands considered to be “geographically isolated” (sensu Tiner Wetlands 23:494–516, 2003a) to critically assess the scientific foundation of grouping wetlands based on the singular condition of being surrounded by uplands. The most recent research on wetlands considered to be “geographically isolated” shows the difficulties in grouping an ecological resource that does not reliably indicate lack of surface water connectivity in order to meet legal, regulatory, or scientific needs. Additionally, the practice of identifying “geographically isolated wetlands” based on distance from a stream can …

Hadoop-Based Replica Exchange Over Heterogeneous Distributed Cyberinfrastructures, Richard Platania, Shayan Shams, Chui Hui Chiu, Nayong Kim, Joohyun Kim, Seung Jong Park

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

We present Hadoop-based replica exchange (HaRE), a Hadoop-based implementation of the replica exchange scheme developed primarily for replica exchange statistical temperature molecular dynamics, an example of a large-scale, advanced sampling molecular dynamics simulation. By using Hadoop as a framework and the MapReduce model for driving replica exchange, an efficient task-level parallelism is introduced to replica exchange statistical temperature molecular dynamics simulations. In order to demonstrate this, we investigate the performance of our application over various distributed cyberinfrastructures (DCI), including several high-performance computing systems, our cyberinfrastructure for reconfigurable optical networks testbed, the global environment for network innovations testbed, and the CloudLab …

Deciphering The Routes Of Invasion Of Drosophila Suzukii By Means Of Abc Random Forest, Antoine Fraimout, Vincent Debat, Simon Fellous, Ruth A. Hufbauer, Julien Foucaud, Pierre Pudlo, Jean-Michel Marin, Donald K. Price, Julien Cattel, Xiao Chen, Marindia Deprá, Pierre François Duyck, Christelle Guedot, Marc Kenis, Masahito T. Kimura, Gregory Loeb, Anne Loiseau, Isabel Martinez-Sañudo, Marta Pascual, Maxi Polihronakis Richmond, Peter Shearer, Nadia Singh, Koichiro Tamura, Anne Xuéreb, Jinping Zhang, Arnaud Estoup

Life Sciences Faculty Research

Deciphering invasion routes from molecular data is crucial to understanding biological invasions, including identifying bottlenecks in population size and admixture among distinct populations. Here, we unravel the invasion routes of the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii using a multi-locus microsatellite dataset (25 loci on 23 worldwide sampling locations). To do this, we use approximate Bayesian computation (ABC), which has improved the reconstruction of invasion routes, but can be computationally expensive. We use our study to illustrate the use of a new, more efficient, ABC method, ABC random forest (ABC-RF) and compare it to a standard ABC method (ABC-LDA). We find that …

What Makes Water Policy Sustainable? An Analysis Of Water Policy In Us Cities, Rebecca Brady David

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation works to create a clearer understanding of sustainability in water policy. Current water policy in four US cities was compared to a matrix of recommended sustainability themes that have been presented in the literature to determine the extent of which these themes have been implemented into water policy. To best analyze policy for sustainability it is necessary to look at the policy of cities that are considered sustainable. This was determined by a city’s inclusion in “Most Sustainable US Cities” lists. The two cities that best represented sustainability were Austin, TX and San Francisco, CA. The research also …

Fibronectin: How Its Aberrant Expression In Tumors May Improve Therapeutic Targeting, Jennifer Peyling Wang, Abigail Hielscher

PCOM Scholarly Works

Fibronectin is a matrix glycoprotein which has not only been found to be over-expressed in several cancers, but has been shown to participate in several steps of tumorigenesis. The purpose of this review is to illustrate how aberrant fibronectin expression influences tumor growth, invasion, metastasis and therapy resistance. In particular, this review will focus on the interactions between cell receptor ligands and fibronectin and how this interaction influences downstream signaling events that aid tumor progression. This review will further discuss the possible implications of therapeutic drugs directed against fibronectin and/or cellular interactions with fibronectin and will additionally discuss novel approaches …

Welcome To Spora, Editorial Board

Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics

This report provides a brief introduction to Spora and what you can expect from the articles included in this volume.

Abstracts And Program For The Annual Meeting Of The Georgia Academy Of Science, 2017

Georgia Journal of Science

The annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science took place March 24–25, 2017, at Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia. The keynote speaker was Dr. Bill Newsome, investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. His presentation was entitled “Understanding the Brain: the Path Forward.” Additional presentations were provided by members of the Academy who represented the following sections: I. Biological Sciences, II. Chemistry, III. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, IV. Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering & Technology, V. Biomedical Sciences, VI. Philosophy & History of Science, VII. Science …

Program For The Annual Meeting Of The Georgia Academy Of Science, 2017

Georgia Journal of Science

The annual meeting of the Georgia Academy of Science took place March 24–25, 2017, at Young Harris College in Young Harris, Georgia. The keynote speaker was Dr. Bill Newsome, investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. His presentation was entitled Understanding the Brain: the Path Forward. Additional presentations were provided by members of the Academy who represented the following sections: I. Biological Sciences, II. Chemistry, III. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, IV. Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering & Technology, V. Biomedical Sciences, VI. Philosophy & History of Science, VII. Science Education, …

Flamingo Vol. Ii N 5, Wentworth Mckee Potter, Grayce Williams

Flamingo

Anonymous. Cover. Picture. 0.

Chaparral. The Horn of Plenty. Prose. 1.

Boston Transcript. SHAKESPEARE AS A SPORT WRITER. Prose. 4.

Humbug. Untitled. Prose. 4.

Widow. More Important. Prose. 4.

Purple Cow. Untitled. Poem. 4.

Record. Diagram Follows. Prose. 4.

ES. Football's Hall of Blame. Picture and Prose. 5.

Clyde. "WHO IS THAT MAN THEY'RE QUARRELING WITH?" "WHY HE'S KEEPING THE SCORE." "WHAT'S THE MATTER, WON'T HE GIVE IT UP?". Picture. 6.

Mather, W.G. Jr. When He Meets the Woman. Prose. 7.

Keeler, Clyde. We'd been lounging in the parlor. Picture. 7.

Keeler, Clyde. The Picture. Picture. 8.

C.E.K. Creation. Poem. …

02-24-2017 Grazing Lands Pollinator Ecologist To Speak Wednesday At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2017

Ray Moranz, grazing lands pollinator ecologist with the Xerces Society, will be the featured speaker at this Wednesday’s (March 1) Southwestern Oklahoma State University Department of Biological Sciences Joseph D. Maness Seminar Series on the Weatherford campus.

Sr-16-17-27 Apc, Marshall University

Recommendations

No abstract provided.

Association Of Ifih1 And Pro-Inflammatory Mediators: Potential New Clues In Sle-Associated Pathogenesis, Melissa E. Munroe, Nathan Pezant, Michael A. Brown, Dustin A. Fife, Joel M. Guthridge, Jennifer A. Kelly, Graham Wiley, Patrick M. Gaffney, Judith A. James, Courtney G. Montgomery

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

Antiviral defenses are inappropriately activated in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and association between SLE and the antiviral helicase gene, IFIH1, is well established. We sought to extend the previously reported association of pathogenic soluble mediators and autoantibodies with mouse Mda5 to its human ortholog, IFIH1. To better understand the role this gene plays in human lupus, we assessed association of IFIH1 variants with soluble mediators and autoantibodies in 357 European-American SLE patients, first-degree relatives, and unrelated, unaffected healthy controls. Association between each of 135 genotyped SNPs in IFIH1 and four lupus-associated plasma mediators, IL-6, TNF-α, IFN-β, and IP-10, …

2017 Furman University Faculty Scholarship Reception Program, Kathy Hamlin

Libraries Institutional Records

On February 24, the Libraries and the Office of the Provost hosted Furman’s first Faculty Scholarship Reception to recognize and celebrate the scholarly publications and creative works of Furman faculty members. The reception, held in the Blackwell Atrium of the James B. Duke Library, showcased over 170 examples of scholarship published by 87 faculty members during the 2015 and 2016 calendar years. The following faculty provided four-minute presentations on their scholarly or creative works:

• Gil Allen, Faculty Emeritus, English
• Tami Blumenfield, Assistant Professor, Asian Studies
• Akan Malici, Associate Professor, Politics and International Affairs
• John Quinn, Assistant Professor, Biology
• Erin Wamsley, …

Binding Of Nitric Oxide In Cdgsh-Type [2fe-2s] Clusters Of The Human Mitochondrial Protein Miner2, Zishuo Cheng, Aaron P. Landry, Yiming Wang, Huangen Ding

Faculty Publications

© 2017 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. Iron-sulfur proteins are among the primary targets of nitric oxide in cells. Previous studies have shown that iron-sulfur clusters hosted by cysteine residues in proteins are readily disrupted by nitric oxide forming a protein-bound dinitrosyl iron complex, thiolate-bridged di-iron tetranitrosyl complex, or octanitrosyl cluster. Here we report that human mitochondrial protein Miner2 [2Fe-2S] clusters can bind nitric oxide without disruption of the clusters. Miner2 is a member of a new CDGSH ironsulfur protein family that also includes two mitochondrial proteins: the type II diabetes-related mitoNEET and the Wolfram …

Daily Eastern News: February 24, 2017, Eastern Illinois University

February

No abstract provided.

Kenyon Collegiate - February 24, 2017

Kenyon Collegiate

No abstract provided.

The Scarlet - Volume Xcvi, No. 14 (February 24, 2017), Scarlet Staff

The Scarlet (Student Newspaper) (2011-present)

The February 24, 2017 edition of The Scarlet (est. 1939), Clark University's student-run newspaper. The Scarlet is intellectually and editorially independent of the University.

Evaluation Of [14c] And [13c]Sucrose As Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability Markers, Mohammad K. Miah, Ekram A. Chowdhury, Ulrich Bickel, Reza Mehvar

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Non-specific quantitation of [¹⁴C]sucrose in blood and brain has been routinely used as a quantitative measure of the in vivo blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity. However, the reported apparent brain uptake clearance (K_in) of the marker varies widely (∼100 fold). We investigated the accuracy of the use of the marker in comparison with a stable isotope of sucrose ([¹³C]sucrose) measured by a specific LC-MS/MS method. Rats received single doses of each marker, and the K_in values were determined. Surprisingly, the K_in value of [¹³C]sucrose was 6-7 fold lower than that …

Invasive Species Control And Perennial Plant Establishment In Antelope Pasture, Pocatello, Blm, Kari E. Veblen

Funded Research Records

No abstract provided.

Functional Transformation Of C-Reactive Protein By Hydrogen Peroxide, Sanjay K. Singh, Avinash Thirumalai, Asmita Pathak, Donald N. Ngwa, Alok Agrawal

ETSU Faculty Works

C-reactive protein (CRP) is present at sites of inflammation including amyloid plaques, atherosclerotic lesions, and arthritic joints. CRP, in its native pentameric structural conformation, binds to cells and molecules that have exposed phosphocholine (PCh) groups. CRP, in its non-native pentameric structural conformation, binds to a variety of deposited, denatured, and aggregated proteins, in addition to binding to PCh-containing substances. In this study, we investigated the effects of H2O2, a prototypical reactive oxygen species that is also present at sites of inflammation, on the ligand recognition function of CRP. Controlled H2O2 treatment of native CRP did not monomerize CRP and did …

Genome Resources For Climate‐Resilient Cowpea, An Essential Crop For Food Security, Maria Munoz-Amatriain, Hamid Mirebrahim, Pei Xu, Steve Wanamaker, Ming-Cheng Luo, Hind Alhakami, Matthew Alpert, Ibrahim Atokple, Benoit J. Batieno, Ousmane Boukar, Serdar Bozdag, Ndiaga Cisse, Issa Drabo, Jeffrey D. Ehlers, Andrew Farmer, Christian Fatokun, Yong Q. Gu, Yi-Ning Guo, Bao-Lam Huynh, Scott A. Jackson, Francis Kusi, Cynthia T. Lawley, Mitchell R. Lucas, Yaqin Ma, Michael P. Timko, Jiajie Wu, Frank You, Noelle A. Barkley, Philip A. Roberts, Stefano Lonardi, Timothy J. Close

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) is a legume crop that is resilient to hot and drought‐prone climates, and a primary source of protein in sub‐Saharan Africa and other parts of the developing world. However, genome resources for cowpea have lagged behind most other major crops. Here we describe foundational genome resources and their application to the analysis of germplasm currently in use in West African breeding programs. Resources developed from the African cultivar IT97K‐499‐35 include a whole‐genome shotgun (WGS) assembly, a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) physical map, and assembled sequences from 4355 BACs. These resources and WGS sequences of …