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The Diamond, January 25, 2017, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Day of Encouragement Seeks to Train and Inspire; Trump Takes Office: Kelly's Inauguration Experience; Georgia Lucas: A Letter to My Campus
• News: Cernan's Death Bookmarks the Final Chapter of NASA Space Program; Hogg Award for Nathan Tintle; Pondering a Proactive, Pro-Choice Protest; Inauguration in New York City; What About King? Campus Days Off Sparks Curiosity; World Journalism Institute Debuts at Dordt College; Recycling Ramps Up at Dordt; Christians in Journalism? More Needed Than Ever Before
• Opinion: Observations from Oxford; RIP, Humanities?; The Lost Art of Arguing
• Sports: Road Tripping with the Dordt Blades; Dordt Writes: Head Coach Penner's …

Effects Of The Social Environment During Adolescence On The Development Of Social Behaviour, Hormones And Morphology In Male Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia Guttata), Stefanie Bölting, N Von Engelhardt

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Tension Between Religion And Democracy, B. Herry-Priyono

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

The growing revival of religious sentiments in the past few decades exposes serious faults in the explanatory power of the so-called modernization theories, urging social scien- tists to seek new avenues in understanding the phenomena. The article focuses on the way the present character of religious fundamentalism needs to be understood not as a form of traditionalism but as one of the springboard effects inseparable from hybrid modernity. In particular, it highlights the tension between religious fundamentalism and democracy as revolving around at least two points. One is the antinomy between diver- sity as the sine-qua-non of democracy and the …

To The Bone, William L. Blizek

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of To the Bone (2017), directed by Marti Noxon.

Academic Senate - Agenda, 1/24/2017, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Mono Quaternary Ammonium Salts And Methods For Modulating Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors, Peter A. Crooks, Linda P. Dwoskin, Guangrong Zheng, Sangeetha Sumithran, Zhenfa Zheng

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

Provided are monoquaternary ammonium compounds which are modulators of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for modulating the function of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, and for the prevention and/or treatment of central nervous system disorders, substance use and/or abuse, and gastrointestinal tract disorders.

January 24, 2017, University Of Mississippi. Faculty Senate

Meeting Minutes

Minutes for the January 24, 2017 meeting of the University of Mississippi Faculty Senate.

Interstitial Inorganic Phosphate As A Tumor Microenvironment Marker For Tumor Progression, Andrey A. Bobko, Timothy D. Eubank, Benoit Driesschaert, Ilirian Dhimitruka, Jason Evans, Rahman Mohammad, Elena E. Tchekneva, Mikhail M. Dikov, Valery V. Khramtsov

Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Noninvasive in vivo assessment of chemical tumor microenvironment (TME) parameters such as oxygen (pO2), extracellular acidosis (pHe), and concentration of interstitial inorganic phosphate (Pi) may provide unique insights into biological processes in solid tumors. In this work, we employ a recently developed multifunctional trityl paramagnetic probe and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) technique for in vivo concurrent assessment of these TME parameters in various mouse models of cancer. While the data support the existence of hypoxic and acidic regions in TME, the most dramatic differences, about 2-fold higher concentrations in tumors vs. normal tissues, were observed for interstitial Pi - the …

Academic Senate - Meeting Minutes, 1/24/2017, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 92, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Board Names Preferred Presidential Candidate – Timothy Caboni
• Kast, Monica. University Senate Calls Meeting for President – Timothy Caboni
• Austin, Emma. Students Join Women’s March on Washington, DC
• Alvey, Rebekah. Topper Grill & Pub Awaits Liquor License Approval
• Alvey, Rebekah. Campus Construction Continues Progress – Hilltopper Hall
• Reigning Regents: Shared Governance Must Be More Than a Concept
• Editorial Cartoon re: President Timothy Caboni
• Potter, Abby. The People United – Donald Trump, Protests
• Harry Potter Fans Pair Up in Magical Speed Dates
• Chavis, Danielle. Social Justice …

Calcium Transient Assays For Compound Screening With Human Ipsc-Derived Cardiomyocytes: Evaluating New Tools, Neil J. Daily, Radleigh Santos, Joseph Vecchi, Pinar Kemanli, Tetsuro Wakatsuki

Mathematics Faculty Articles

Calcium (Ca2+) plays a central role in regulating many biological processes in the cell from muscle contraction to neurotransmitter release. The need for reliable fluorescent calcium indicator dyes is of vast importance for studying many aspects of cell biology as well as screening compounds using phenotypic high throughput assays. We have assessed two of the latest generation of calcium indicator dyes, FLIPR Calcium 6 and Cal-520 AM for studying calcium transients (CaTs) in induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) -derived human cardiomyocytes. FLIPR Calcium 6 and Cal-520 dyes both displayed robust CaTs with a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and were non-toxic …

The Palos Verdes Kelp Restoration Project, Tom Ford

Faculty Pub Night

No abstract provided.

Ladarixin, A Dual Cxcr1/2 Inhibitor, Attenuates Experimental Melanomas Harboring Different Molecular Defects By Affecting Malignant Cells And Tumor Microenvironment., Daria Marley Kemp, Alyson Pidich, Mary Larijani, Rebecca Jonas, Elizabeth Lash, Takami Sato, Mizue Terai, Maria De Pizzol, Marcello Allegretti, Olga Igoucheva, Vitali Alexeev

Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers

CXCR1 and CXCR2 chemokine receptors and their ligands (CXCL1/2/3/7/8) play an important role in tumor progression. Tested to date CXCR1/2 antagonists and chemokine-targeted antibodies were reported to affect malignant cells in vitro and in animal models. Yet, redundancy of chemotactic signals and toxicity hinder further clinical development of these approaches. In this pre-clinical study we investigated the capacity of a novel small molecule dual CXCR1/2 inhibitor, Ladarixin (LDX), to attenuate progression of experimental human melanomas. Our data showed that LDX-mediated inhibition of CXCR1/2 abrogated motility and induced apoptosis in cultured cutaneous and uveal melanoma cells and xenografts independently of the …

Electrowetting Actuation Of Polydisperse Nanofluid Droplets, Crismar Patacsil, Jan Patrick Calupitan, Erwin Enriquez, Raphael A. Guerrero

Physics Faculty Publications

We present results of electrowetting experiments employing droplets formed from aqueous suspensions of Au nanoparticles. A planar electrowetting system, consisting of a Pt wire electrode and a bottom Cu electrode with an insulating silicone layer, is used to observe changes in droplet contact angle when an external electric field is applied. The equilibrium contact angle at 0 V decreases with increasing nanoparticle concentration, dropping from 100.4° for pure deionized water to 94.7° for a 0.5 μM nanofluid. Increasing the nanoparticle content also lowers the required voltage for effective actuation. With actuation at 15 V, contact angle decreases by 9% …

Increased C3 Productivity In Midwestern Lawns Since 1982 Revealed By Carbon Isotopes In Amanita Thiersii, Erik A. Hobbie, Brian A. Schubert, Joseph M. Craine, Ernst Linder, Anne Pringle

Faculty Publications

How climate and rising carbon dioxide concentrations (pCO2) have influenced competition between C3 and C4 plants over the last 50 years is a critical uncertainty in climate change research. Here we used carbon isotope (δ13C) values of the saprotrophic lawn fungus Amanita thiersii to integrate the signal of C3 and C4 carbon in samples collected between 1982 and 2009 from the Midwestern USA. We then calculated 13C fractionation (Δ) to assess the balance between C3 and C4 photosynthesis as influenced by mean annual temperature (MAT), mean annual precipitation over a 30 year period (MAP‐30), and pCO2. Sporocarp Δ correlated negatively …

Compositions And Methods For Modulating Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells, Shyam S. Mohapatra, Srinivas Nagaraj Bharadwaj, Subhra Mohapatra

USF Patents

Provided are methods and compositions for modulating the differentiation of a myeloid derived suppressor cell (MDSC). In particular, described herein are miR-142 polynucleotides and miR-223 polynucleotides that can be used to modulate differentiation of MDSCs. Increased differentiation of a MDSC population, or cells within an MDSC population, can be achieved by increasing the miR-142 and/or miR-223 polynucleotides in a MDSC.

From The Provost 2017-01-24, Karen Carey

From the Provost

No abstract provided.

The Sun Star Vol 70 No 16 (January 24th, 2017), N/A N/A

Sun Star

No abstract provided.

Transforming Growth Factor-Β In Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: Good, Bad, Or Irrelevant?, Alan Daugherty, Zheying Chen, Hisashi Sawada, Debra L. Rateri, Mary B. Sheppard

Physiology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Current Volume 27 : Issue 17, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

State V. Crawford Appellant's Brief Dckt. 44503

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Things Are Getting Hairy: Enterobacteria Bacteriophage Vb_Pcam_Cbb, Colin Buttimer, Hanne Hendrix, Hugo Oliveira, Aidan Casey, Horst Neve, Olivia Mcauliffe, R. Paul Ross, Colin Hill, Jean Paul Noben, Jim O'Mahony, Rob Lavigne, Aidan Coffey

Department of Biological Sciences Publications

© 2017 Buttimer, Hendrix, Oliveira, Casey, Neve, McAuliffe, Ross, Hill, Noben, O'Mahony, Lavigne and Coffey. Enterobacteria phage vB_PcaM_CBB is a "jumbo" phage belonging to the family Myoviridae. It possesses highly atypical whisker-like structures along the length of its contractile tail. It has a broad host range with the capability of infecting species of the genera Erwinia, Pectobacterium, and Cronobacter. With a genome of 355,922 bp, excluding a predicted terminal repeat of 22,456 bp, phage CBB is the third largest phage sequenced to date. Its genome was predicted to encode 554 ORFs with 33 tRNAs. Based on prediction and proteome analysis …

Lindenwood Digest, January 24, 2017, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been an employee newsletter since 2009.

Calsequestrin Depolymerizes When Calcium Is Depleted In The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Of Working Muscle, Carlo Manno, Lourdes Figueroa, Dirk Gillespie, Robert H. Fitts, Chul-Hee Kang, Clara Franzini-Armstrong, Eduardo Rios

Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Calsequestrin, the only known protein with cyclical storage and supply of calcium as main role, is proposed to have other functions, which remain unproven. Voluntary movement and the heart beat require this calcium flow to be massive and fast. How does calsequestrin do it? To bind large amounts of calcium in vitro, calsequestrin must polymerize and then depolymerize to release it. Does this rule apply inside the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of a working cell? We answered using fluorescently tagged calsequestrin expressed in muscles of mice. By FRAP and imaging we monitored mobility of calsequestrin as [Ca²⁺] in the …

The Bg News January 24, 2017, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. January 24, 2017. Volume 96-Issue 37.

A Comparison Of Electronic And Traditional Cigarette Butt Leachate On The Development Of Xenopus Laevis Embryos, Tatiana Tatum Parker, James Rayburn

Research, Publications & Creative Work

Potential developmental toxicities of three different cigarette butt leachates were evaluated using the frog embryo teratogenesis assay–Xenopus (FETAX). Xenopus laevis embryos were exposed to regular cigarette butt (RCB), menthol (MCB) and electronic (ECB) in concentrations ranging from 0 to 4 butts/l for RCB and MCB and 0–10 butts/l for ECB. The embryos were from stage 8 to 11 and were exposed for a 96-h period in static renewal test conditions. Median lethal concentration (LC50), malformation (EC50), non-observed adverse effect concentration (NOAEC), and lowest observed adverse effect concentration (LOAEC) were calculated. Results from these studies suggest that each tested leachate is …

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Infestation Of Shore Crab Gills By A Free-Living Mussel Species, Rowan Poulter, P. Graham Oliver, Chris Hauton, Trystan Sanders, Benjamin J. Ciotti

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Invasive Species In The Northeastern And Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: A Review, Maria Cecilia T.De Castro, Timothy W. Fileman, Jason M. Hall-Spencer

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Ms-Read: Quantitative Measurement Of Amino Acid Incorporation, Kyle Mohler, Hans-Rudolph Aerni, Brandon Gassaway, Jiqiang Ling, Michael Ibba, Jesse Rinehart

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Ribosomal protein synthesis results in the genetically programmed incorporation of amino acids into a growing polypeptide chain. Faithful amino acid incorporation that accurately reflects the genetic code is critical to the structure and function of proteins as well as overall proteome integrity. Errors in protein synthesis are generally detrimental to cellular processes yet emerging evidence suggest that proteome diversity generated through mistranslation may be beneficial under certain conditions. Cumulative translational error rates have been determined at the organismal level, however codon specific error rates and the spectrum of misincorporation errors from system to system remain largely unexplored. In particular, until …