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Evidence-Based Multifactorial Assessment Of Preschool-Age Children Who Stutter., Victoria Tumanova, Chagit E. Clark, Dahye Choi

Communication Sciences and Disorders - All Scholarship

This review summarizes extant findings supporting multifactorial models of stuttering within the context of preschool-age stuttering assessment. Evidence is given for a number of speech-language and associated factors/domains to consider when evaluating young children who stutter. Selected factors are presented in two parts: (1) Caregiver Interview and (2) Direct Child Assessment. Factors addressed during caregiver interviews include: gender, time since and age at stuttering onset, family history of stuttering, caregivers’ perception/concerns about stuttering, and temperament. Factors addressed during direct child assessments include: stuttering behaviors, speech-associated attitudes/awareness, speech rate, as well as speech sound and language development. Interactions/relations among factors are …

Is Male Androphilia A Context-Dependent Cross-Cultural Universal?, Raymond B. Hames, Zachary H. Garfield, Melissa J. Garfield

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

The cross-cultural ethnographic literature has traditionally used the label male “homosexuality” to describe sexual relationships between biological males without considering whether or not the concept encompasses primary sexual attraction to adult males. Although male androphilia seems to be found in all national populations, its universal existence in tribal populations has been questioned. Our goal is to review previous cross-cultural classifications and surveys of male same sex behavior to present a system that does justice to its varied expressions, especially as it is informed by contemporary sexuality research. Previous comparative research does not effectively distinguish male same sex behavior from male …

Harbor Notes, January 13, 2017, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Department Of Marketing And Communications

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Coastal Ecosystem Processing Of Nitrogen Rich High Explosives, Mark L. Ballentine

Doctoral Dissertations

2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5 (RDX) have been used extensively by the world’s militaries for more than a century. Millions of tons of these compounds have been released into marine environments globally. Contamination levels and biological accumulation of TNT and RDX in marine systems from both legacy and new environmental exposures are neither well documented nor understood.

TNT and RDX synthesized with a stable nitrogen isotope (¹⁵N) label were used to trace the uptake, biotransformation, and retention of, both parent compounds, their primary organic derivatives, and associated nitrogen-containing breakdown products in coastal marine biota. The experimental approach consisted of …

Local Diurnal Wind‐Driven Variability And Upwelling In A Small Coastal Embayment, Ryan K. Walter, Emma C. Reid, Kristen A. Davis, Kevin Armenta, Kevin Merhoff, Nicholas J. Nidzieko

Physics

The oceanic response to high‐frequency local diurnal wind forcing is examined in a small coastal embayment located along an understudied stretch of the central California coast. We show that local diurnal wind forcing is the dominant control on nearshore temperature variability and circulation patterns. A complex empirical orthogonal function (CEOF) analysis of velocities in San Luis Obispo Bay reveals that the first‐mode CEOF amplitude time series, which accounts for 47.9% of the variance, is significantly coherent with the local wind signal at the diurnal frequency and aligns with periods of weak and strong wind forcing. The diurnal evolution of the …

The Paucity Of Frugivores In Madagascar May Not Be Due To Unpredictable Temperatures Or Fruit Resources, Sarah Federman, Miranda Sinnott-Armstrong, Andrea L. Baden, Colin A. Chapman, Douglas C. Daly, Alison R. Richard, Kim Valenta, Michael J. Donoghue

Publications and Research

The evolution of ecological idiosyncrasies in Madagascar has often been attributed to selective pressures stemming from extreme unpredictability in climate and resource availability compared to other tropical areas. With the exception of rainfall, few studies have investigated these assumptions. To assess the hypothesis that Madagascar's paucity of frugivores is due to unreliability in fruiting resources, we use statistical modeling to analyze phenology datasets and their environmental correlates from two tropical wet forests, the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale Betampona in Madagascar, and Kibale National Park in Uganda. At each site we found that temperature is a good environmental predictor of fruit availability. …

Future Of Nanomedicine Topic Of January Science Cafe, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

Previous TEDxUM presenter is first lecturer for spring semester

Hyperbolic Metamaterials-Based Plasmonic Biosensor For Fluid Biopsy With Single Molecule Sensitivity, Kandammathe Valiyaveedu Sreekanth, Mohamed Elkabbash, Yunus Alapan, Efe Ilker Ilker, Michael Hinczewski, Umut A. Gurkan, Giuseppe Strangi

Faculty Scholarship

Plasmonic sensors are one of the most powerful optical biosensors, which can be used for the detection of small numbers of molecules at ultra-low concentrations. However, the detection of dilute analytes of low molecular weight (Da) is still a challenging task using currently available plasmonic biosensors. Here, we demonstrate the detection of both lower and heavier molecular weight biomolecules close to single molecule level using a novel plasmonic biosensor platform based on hyperbolic metamaterials. We show experimentally the extraordinary spectral and angular sensitivities of the biosensor platform, from visible to near infrared (NIR) wavelengths, by exciting the bulk plasmon polaritons …

Novel Interconnections In Lipid Metabolism Revealed By Overexpression Of Sphingomyelin Synthase-1, Gergana M. Deevska, Patrick P. Dotson Ii, Alexander A. Karakashian, Giorgis Isaac, Mark Wrona, Samuel B. Kelly, Alfred H. Merrill Jr., Mariana N. Nikolova‑Karakashian

Physiology Faculty Publications

This study investigates the consequences of elevating sphingomyelin synthase 1 (SMS1) activity, which generates the main mammalian sphingolipid, sphingomyelin. HepG2 cells stably transfected with SMS1 (HepG2-SMS1) exhibit elevated enzyme activity in vitro and increased sphingomyelin content (mainly C22:0- and C24:0-sphingomyelin) but lower hexosylceramide (Hex-Cer) levels. HepG2-SMS1 cells have fewer triacylglycerols than controls but similar diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity, triacylglycerol secretion, and mitochondrial function. Treatment with 1 mm palmitate increases de novo ceramide synthesis in both cell lines to a similar degree, causing accumulation of C16:0-ceramide (and some C18:0-, C20:0-, and C22:0-ceramides) as well as C16:0- and C18:0-Hex-Cers. In these experiments, the …

Kari L. Baumann, Plaintiff/ Appel Lant, Vs. The Kroger Company Dba Smith's Pharmacy #40063; And Gregory P. Tayler, M.D., Defendants/ Appellees., Utah Supreme Court

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APPEAL FROM UTAH COURT QF APPEALS AFFIRMING ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND ORDER OF FINAL JUDGMENT ENTERED IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT COURT, WASATCH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH, THE HONORABLE FRED D. HOWARD PRESIDING ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED

When Our Moral Courage Is Tested, Rachel Barnett

University Libraries Blog Archive

Rachel Barnett, chair of the Libraries diversity and inclusion committee, writes in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Read on to learn more about events in Roesch Library throughout the month of January.

Loss Of Myod Promotes Fate Transdifferentiation Of Myoblasts Into Brown Adipocytes, Chao Wang, Weiyi Liu, Yaohui Nie, Mulan Qaher, Hannah Elizabeth Horton, Feng Yue, Atsushi Asakura, Shihuan Kuang

Department of Animal Sciences Faculty Publications

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) represents a promising agent to ameliorate obesity and other metabolic disorders. How- ever, the abundance of BAT decreases with age and BAT paucity is a common feature of obese subjects. As brown adipocytes and myoblasts share a common Myf5 lineage origin, elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying the fate choices of brown adipocytes versus myoblasts may lead to novel approaches to expand BAT mass. Here we identify MyoD as a key negative regulator of brown adipocyte development. CRISPR/CAS9-mediated deletion of MyoD in C2C12 myoblasts facilitates their adipogenic transdifferentiation. MyoD knockout downregulates miR- 133 and upregulates the miR-133 …

In Silico Cd4+, Cd8+ T-Cell And B-Cell Immunity Associated Immunogenic Epitope Prediction And Hla Distribution Analysis Of Zika Virus, Essam Mohammed Janahi, Anupam Dhasmana, Vandana Srivastava, Aditya Narayan Sarangi, Sana Raza, Jamal M. Arif, Madan Lal Brahma Bhatt, Mohtashim Lohani, Mohammaed Y. Areeshi, Anand Murari Saxena, Shafiul Haque

School of Medicine Publications

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus distributed all over Africa, South America and Asia. The infection with the virus may cause acute febrile sickness that clinically resembles dengue fever, yet there is no vaccine, no satisfactory treatment, and no means of evaluating the risk of the disease or prognosis in the infected people. In the present study, the efficacy of the host's immune response in reducing the risk of infectious diseases was taken into account to carry out immuno-informatics driven epitope screening strategy of vaccine candidates against ZIKV. In this study, HLA distribution analysis was done to ensure the …

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Divergent Demographic Strategies Of Plants In Variable Environments, Jenni L. Mcdonald, Miguel Franco, Stuart Townley, Thomas H.G. Ezard, Kim Jelbert, Dave J. Hodgson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

One of the best-supported patterns in life history evolution is that organisms cope with environmental fluctuations by buffering their most important vital rates against them. This demographic buffering hypothesis is evidenced by a tendency for temporal variation in rates of survival and reproduction to correlate negatively with their contribution to fitness. Here, we show that widespread evidence for demographic buffering can be artefactual, resulting from natural relationships between the mean and variance of vital rates. Following statistical scaling, we find no significant tendency for plant life histories to be buffered demographically. Instead, some species are buffered, whereas others have labile …

Маиший-Коммунал Оқова Сувларини Микроскопик Сув Ўтлари Ёрдамида Тозалашни Ўрганиш (Тошкент Шаҳар Салар Станцияси Мисолида), Б Ш. Исмаилхўжаев, М. Н. Абдуқодирова, Д. Юлчиев

Irrigation and Melioration

The article shows the effectiveness of biological treatment of municipal wastewater using algae in laboratory conditions and poluproizvodstvennyh Salar treatment plant in Tashkent. The strain Chlorella vulgarius UA-1-6 proved to be resilient to these wastewater among several strains of algae. Defined in full digestion 1/5 of various substances in waste water, high yield, good algae in their development wastewater dilution twice for growing algae in wastewater with different concentrations. The cleaning efficiency poluproizvodstvennyh conditions of cultivation of algae in the wastewater is 90%, ie observed reduction of biochemical oxygen demand, which is to 275 mg / L to 27 mg …

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Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, January 12, 2017, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Program Proposals

• Offering a Master of Science in Data Science
• Offering a Computer Science Teaching Minor
• Offering a Bachelor of Science in Technology Systems
• Offering a Minor in Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies
• Changing the name of the Master of Learning Technology and Instructional Design to Master of Arts in Instruction Technology and Learning
• Restructuring the EAPS specialization into four new specializations: Behavior Analysis, Brain and Cognition, Quantitative Psychology and Sociobehavioral Epidemiology
• Offering a Master’s Degree in Data Analytics

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From Galapagos Doves To Passerines: Spillover Of Haemoproteus Multipigmentatus, Maricruz Jaramillo, Sage Rohrer, Patricia Parker

Biology Department Faculty Works

Haemoproteus (Haemoproteus) multipigmentatus, a haemosporidian parasite thought to be specific to columbiform birds, was detected in passeriform birds on Santiago Island in the Galapagos archipelago. We surveyed birds along an altitudinal gradient on the islands of Santa Cruz, Isabela and Santiago between June 2013 and July 2015. Molecular screening of 2254 individuals from 25 species of endemic and introduced birds revealed clusters of passerine birds positive for H. multipigmentatus on Santiago Island that coincide with captures of Galapagos doves at sampled sites. Of 507 individuals from 10 species of endemic passerines sampled on Santiago, 58 individuals from 6 species were …

Genomics Of Parallel Experimental Evolution In Drosophila, J. L. Graves, Jr., K. L. Hertweck, M. A. Phillips, M. V. Han, L. G. Cabral, T. T. Barter, L. F. Greer, M. K. Burke, L. D. Mueller, M. R. Rose

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Research

What are the genomic foundations of adaptation in sexual populations? We address this question using fitness-character and whole-genome sequence data from 30 Drosophila laboratory populations. These 30 populations are part of a nearly 40-year laboratory radiation featuring 3 selection regimes, each shared by 10 populations for up to 837 generations, with moderately large effective population sizes. Each of 3 sets of the 10 populations that shared a selection regime consists of 5 populations that have long been maintained under that selection regime, paired with 5 populations that had only recently been subjected to that selection regime. We find a high …

Uab Opens New Integrative Medicine Clinic, Staff

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Radiation Induced Apoptosis Of Murine Bone Marrow Cells Is Independent Of Early Growth Response 1 (Egr1), Karine Z. Oben, Beth W. Gachuki, Sara S. Alhakeem, Mary Kathryn Mckenna, Ying Liang, Daret K. St. Clair, Vivek M. Rangnekar, Subbarao Bondada

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications

An understanding of how each individual 5q chromosome critical deleted region (CDR) gene contributes to malignant transformation would foster the development of much needed targeted therapies for the treatment of therapy related myeloid neoplasms (t-MNs). Early Growth Response 1 (EGR1) is a key transcriptional regulator of myeloid differentiation located within the 5q chromosome CDR that has been shown to regulate HSC (hematopoietic stem cell) quiescence as well as the master regulator of apoptosis—p53. Since resistance to apoptosis is a hallmark of malignant transformation, we investigated the role of EGR1 in apoptosis of bone marrow cells; a cell population from which …

Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering-Based Immunoassay Technologies For Detection Of Disease Biomarkers, Joseph Smolsky, Sukhwinder Kaur, Chihiro Hayashi, Surinder K. Batra, Alexey Krasnoslobodtsev

Physics Faculty Publications

Detection of biomarkers is of vital importance in disease detection, management, and monitoring of therapeutic efficacy. Extensive efforts have been devoted to the development of novel diagnostic methods that detect and quantify biomarkers with higher sensitivity and reliability, contributing to better disease diagnosis and prognosis. When it comes to such devastating diseases as cancer, these novel powerful methods allow for disease staging as well as detection of cancer at very early stages. Over the past decade, there have been some advances in the development of platforms for biomarker detection of diseases. The main focus has recently shifted to the development …

Longitudinal Measurement And Hierarchical Classification Framework For The Prediction Of Alzheimer's Disease, Meiyan Huang, Wei Yang, Qianjin Feng, Wufan Chen, Michael Weiner, Paul Aisen, Ronald Petersen, Clifford R. Jack Jr., William Jagust, John Trojanowki, Arthur W. Toga, Laurel Beckett, Robert C. Green, Andrew Saykin, John Morris, Leslie M. Shaw, Jeffrey Kaye, Joseph Quinn, Lisa Silbert, Betty Lind, Raina Carter, Sara Dolen, Lon S. Schneider, Sonia Pawluczyk, Mauricio Beccera, Liberty Teodoro, Bryan Spann, James Brewer, Helen Vanderswag, Adam Fleisher, Charles D. Smith, Greg A. Jicha, Peter A. Hardy, Partha Sinha, Elizabeth Oates, Gary Conrad

Neurology Faculty Publications

Accurate prediction of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is important for the early diagnosis and treatment of this condition. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an early stage of AD. Therefore, patients with MCI who are at high risk of fully developing AD should be identified to accurately predict AD. However, the relationship between brain images and AD is difficult to construct because of the complex characteristics of neuroimaging data. To address this problem, we present a longitudinal measurement of MCI brain images and a hierarchical classification method for AD prediction. Longitudinal images obtained from individuals with MCI were investigated to acquire important …

Omecamtiv Mecarbil Enhances The Duty Ratio Of Human Β-Cardiac Myosin Resulting In Increased Calcium Sensitivity And Slowed Force Development In Cardiac Muscle, Anja M. Swenson, Wanjian Tang, Cheavar A. Blair, Christopher M. Fetrow, William C. Unrath, Michael J. Previs, Kenneth S. Campbell, Christopher M. Yengo

Physiology Faculty Publications

The small molecule drug omecamtiv mecarbil (OM) specifically targets cardiac muscle myosin and is known to enhance cardiac muscle performance, yet its impact on human cardiac myosin motor function is unclear. We expressed and purified human β-cardiac myosin subfragment 1 (M2β-S1) containing a C-terminal Avi tag. We demonstrate that the maximum actin-activated ATPase activity of M2β-S1 is slowed more than 4-fold in the presence of OM, whereas the actin concentration required for half-maximal ATPase was reduced dramatically (30-fold). We find OM does not change the overall actin affinity. Transient kinetic experiments suggest that there are …

Understanding The Goals Of Everyday Instrumental Actions Is Primarily Linked To Object, Not Motor-Kinematic, Information: Evidence From Fmri, Toby Nicholson, Matt Roser, Patric Bach

School of Psychology

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