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John Langworthy Fuller (1901-1992) Papers, The Jackson Laboratory

Personal Papers Collection

No abstract provided.

Momentum: Research & Innovation For Spring 2017, University Of Rhode Island

Publications (Research and Economic Development)

The Spring 2017 issue of Momentum: Research & Innovation, a periodical focused on research at the University of Rhode Island.

2 Theory For A Bioarchaeology Of Community: Potentials, Practices, And Pitfalls, Ann M. Kakaliouras

Anthropology

This chapter is an exploration of theory and practice that could be useful for the articulation of a “bioarchaeology of community.” “Community” is a more complex and vexing concept than meets the eye, and its meaning has changed significantly over the past few centuries. This chapter reviews the varied meanings of community in the recent past, evaluates archaeological understandings of community, and explores current uses of social theory in bioarchaeology. Lastly, I lay out a potential theoretical and ethical roadmap for bioarchaeologists who wish to investigate past communities.

Northern Spotted Owl (Strix Occidentalis Caurina) Genome: Divergence With The Barred Owl (Strix Varia) And Characterization Of Light-Associated Genes, Christopher A. Emerling, Zachary R. Hanna, James B. Henderson, Jeffrey D. Wall, Jérôme Fuchs, Charles Runckel, David P. Mindell, Rauri C. K. Bowie, Joseph L. Derisi, John P. Dumbacher

Biology

We report here the assembly of a northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) genome. We generated Illumina paired-end sequence data at 90× coverage using nine libraries with insert lengths ranging from ∼250 to 9,600 nt and read lengths from 100 to 375 nt. The genome assembly is comprised of 8,108 scaffolds totaling 1.26 × 109 nt in length with an N50 length of 3.98 × 106 nt. We calculated the genome-wide fixation index (F_ST) of S. o. caurina with the closely related barred owl (Strix varia) as 0.819. We examined 19 genes that …

Diet, Gonadal Sex, And Sex Chromosome Complement Influence White Adipose Tissue Mirna Expression, Jenny C. Link, Yehudit Hasin-Brumshtei, Rita M. Cantor, Xuqi Chen, Arthur P. Arnold, Aldons J. Lusis, Karen Reue

Biology

Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression by targeting specific mRNA species for degradation or interfering with translation. Specific miRNAs are key regulators of adipogenesis, and are expressed at different levels in adipose tissue from lean and obese mice. The degree of lipid accumulation and distribution of white adipose tissue differs between males and females, and it is unknown whether sex differences in adipose tissue-specific miRNA expression may contribute to this dimorphism. Typically, sex differences are attributed to hormones secreted from ovaries or testes. However, the sex chromosome complement (XX versus XY) is also a …

Greater Sage-Grouse Population Trends Across Wyoming, David R. Edmunds, Cameron L. Aldridge, Michael S. O'Donnell, Adrian P. Monroe

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

The scale at which analyses are performed can have an effect on model results and often one scale does not accurately describe the ecological phenomena of interest (e.g., population trends) for wide-ranging species: yet, most ecological studies are performed at a single, arbitrary scale. To best determine local and regional trends for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Wyoming, USA, we modeled density-independent and -dependent population growth across multiple spatial scales relevant to management and conservation (Core Areas [habitat encompassing approximately 83% of the sage-grouse population on ~24% of surface area in Wyoming], local Working Groups [7 regional areas for …

Mckee Library Annual Report 2016-2017, Southern Adventist University

Annual Reports

The 2016-2017 Annual Report includes statistics on library usage, updates on the tutoring and writing centers, information about campus research day, and updates on special collections and art in the library.

College Of Optometry Overview 2017, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Osteopathic Medicine Program 2017, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

Lithium Salt Effects On Silicon Electrode Performance And Solid Electrolyte Interphase (Sei) Structure, Role Of Solution Structure On Sei Formation, Taeho Yoon, Navid Chapman, Daniel M. Seo, Brett L. Lucht

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Silicon electrodes were cycled with electrolytes containing different salts to investigate the effect of salt on the electrochemical performance and SEI structure. Comparable capacity retention were observed for the 1.2 M LiPF₆, LiTFSI and LiClO₄ electrolytes in ethylene carbonate (EC):dimethyl carbonate (DEC), 1:1, but severe fading was observed for the 1.2 M LiBF₄ electrolyte. The differential capacity plots and EIS analysis reveals that failure of the 1.2 M LiBF₄ electrolyte is attributed to large surface resistance and increasing polarization upon cycling. However, when LiBF₄ was added as an electrolyte additive (10% LiBF₄ and …

Flipped Learning In Synchronously-Delivered, Geographically-Dispersed General Chemistry Classrooms, Michael A. Christiansen, Louis Nadelson, Lianna K. Etchberger, Marilyn M. Cuch, Trish A. Kingsford, Leslie O. Woodward

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

In synchronously-delivered, multi-site classrooms, the physical separation between distance students and instructors may create a perceived divide that negatively affects learning. Building on prior experience in flipping organic chemistry in single-site face-to-face (F2F) classes, we decided to extend our approach to multi-site, synchronously-delivered general chemistry courses. Our thought was to narrow the perceived instructor-student divide in distance teaching by using the flexible in-class time that flipping affords to increase the number of positive teacher/distance-student interactions. In this effort, we gradually developed a technique called “bridging questions,” through which the instructor becomes more familiar with student interests and then connects those …

Tectonic Land Level Changes And Their Contribution To Sea-Level Rise, Humboldt Bay Region, Northern California, Jason Patton, Todd Williams, Jeff Anderson, Tom Leroy

Local Reports and Publications

Land subsidence in and around Humboldt Bay, California contributes to sea-level rise up to 2-3 times greater than anywhere else in California. Sea-level observations and highway level surveys confirm that land is subsiding in Humboldt Bay, in contrast to Crescent City where the land is rising. Rates of sea-level rise are 5.84 mm/yr in South Humboldt Bay (Hookton Slough), 3.76 mm/yr at Fields Landing, 4.61 mm/yr at the North Spit, 2.53 mm/yr at Samoa, and 3.39 mm/yr in Arcata Bay (Mad River Slough). Rates of land subsidence are -3.56 mm/yr in South Humboldt Bay (Hookton Slough), -1.48 mm/yr at Fields …

Preschool Children’S Biophilia And Attitudes Toward Nature: The Effect Of Personal Experiences, Ruddy E. Yanez, Bronwyn S. Fees, Julia C. Torquati

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Regular engagement outside may promote healthy physical and psychological development as well as a respect and appreciation for nature. This exploratory study compared biophilia and attitudes toward nature between young children living in an urban area to those in a rural area. Urban and rural areas may offer different opportunities for exposure and engagement with elements such as water, plants, and animals. A comparison between young children in these settings may determine if experience in these different environments affects their attitudes and biophilia. Thirty-six children (urban n = 27; rural n = 9) participated in one-on-one structured interviews about their …

Supplemental Schedules For The Year Ended June 30, 2017, Clemson University Controller's Office

Supplemental Schedules

No abstract provided.

Upic Magazine, Issue 6, Center For Career And Professional Development

UPIC Magazine

Every semester, undergraduate students from every major and staff from every part of Clemson University join together through UPIC internships. These paid internships grant students real, on the job experience in professional fields and offer staff a chance to mentor some of Clemson’s most brilliant students.

To find out more about the UPIC Program, visit career.clemson.edu/internship_programs

UPIC is part of Clemson’s Center for Career and Professional Development

First Passage Statistics For The Capture Of A Brownian Particle By A Structured Spherical Target With Multiple Surface Traps, Alan E. Lindsay, Andrew Bernoff, Michael J. Ward

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

We study the first passage time problem for a diffusing molecule in an enclosed region to hit a small spherical target whose surface contains many small absorbing traps. This study is motivated by two examples of cellular transport. The first is the intracellular process through which proteins transit from the cytosol to the interior of the nucleus through nuclear pore complexes that are distributed on the nuclear surface. The second is the problem of chemoreception, in which cells sense their surroundings through diffusive contact with receptors distributed on the cell exterior. Using a matched asymptotic analysis in terms of small …

Scholarworks Statistics - January 2017, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

For the month of January 2017, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 30,651 full-text and additional file downloads and 10,193 page views.

Aquilegia Volume 41 No.1 Winter 2017, Jan Loechell Turner, Rob Pudim, Linda Smith, Nan Daniels, Sophia Warsh, Charlie Turner

Aquilegia - Colorado Native Plant Society

IN THIS ISSUE:
Forty Years of Progress in Pollination Biology
Return of the Native: Colorado Natives in Horticulture
Climate Change and Columbines
The Ute Learning and Ethnobotany Garden
The Urban Prairies Project Book Reviews

Fostering Curiosity, Inquiry, And Scientific Thinking In Elementary School Students: Impact Of The Ne Stem 4u Intervention, Heather Leas, Kari L. Nelson, Neal Grandgenett, William E. Tapprich, Christine E. Cutucache

Biology Faculty Publications

In this qualitative study, we assessed the impact of the NE STEM 4U intervention on elementary school youth in terms of excitement, curiosity, and STEM concepts. The NE STEM 4U intervention incorporates a problem-based learning theoretical framework in an after-school time, weekly or twice-weekly intervention. We assessed student performance over two academic years of participation in the intervention using the Dimensions of Success observational tool. Ultimately, we link this mentor-led program with increases in curiosity, inquiry, and STEM concept gains. Taken together, these findings support after-school interventions in STEM areas as key encouraging excitement in youth and motivation to pursue …

Miconia Vincentiana (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), A Curious Endemic To St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles, Walter S. Judd, Gretchen M. Ionta

Faculty and Staff Works

The new combination Miconia vincentiana and a detailed description are provided for the species previously known as Clidemia vincentiana, a member of Miconia sect. Sagraea endemic to the island of St. Vincent in the Lesser Antilles. In addition, the curious supernumerary leaflets often borne on the distal portion of the petiole are described. Such structures have not been recorded from any other species of Miconieae.

Sparrow Nest Survival In Relation To Prescribed Fire And Woody Plant Invasion In A Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie, Robert K. Murphy, Terry L. Shaffer, Todd A. Grant, James L. Derrig, Cory S. Rubin, Courtney K. Kerns

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Prescribed fire is used to reverse invasion by woody vegetation on grasslands, but managers often are uncertain whether influences of shrub and tree reduction outweigh potential effects of fire on nest survival of grassland birds. During the 2001–2003 breeding seasons, we examined relationships of prescribed fire and woody vegetation to nest survival of clay-colored sparrow (Spizella pallida) and Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) in mixed-grass prairie at Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern North Dakota, USA.We assessed relationships of nest survival to 1) recent fire history, in terms of number of breeding seasons (2, 3, or …

Where Can Wolves Live And How Can We Live With Them?, L. David Mech

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

In the contiguous 48 United States, southern Canada, and in Europe, wolves (Canis lupus) have greatly increased and expanded their range during the past few decades.They are prolific, disperse long distances, readily recolonize new areas where humans allow them, and are difficult to control when populations become established.Because wolves originally lived nearly everywhere throughout North America and Eurasia, and food in the form of wild and domestic prey is abundant there, many conservation-minded people favor wolves inhabiting even more areas.On the other hand, wolves conflict in several ways with rural residents who prefer fewer wolves. This article discusses …

A Photosynthesis-Based Two-Leaf Canopy Stomatal Conductance Model For Meteorology And Air Quality Modeling With Wrf/Cmaq Px Lsm, Limei Ran, Jonathan Pleim, Conghe Song, Larry Band, John T. Walker, Francis S. Binkowski

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

A coupled photosynthesis-stomatal conductance model with single-layer sunlit and shaded leaf canopy scaling is implemented and evaluated in a diagnostic box model with the Pleim-Xiu land surface model (PX LSM) and ozone deposition model components taken directly from the meteorology and air quality modeling system—WRF/CMAQ (Weather Research and Forecast model and Community Multiscale Air Quality model). The photosynthesis-based model for PX LSM (PX PSN) is evaluated at a FLUXNET site for implementation against different parameterizations and the current PX LSM approach with a simple Jarvis function (PX Jarvis). Latent heat flux (LH) from PX PSN is further evaluated at five …

Influence Of Reproduction Cutting Methods On Structure, Growth And Regeneration Of Longleaf Pine Forests In Flatwoods And Uplands, Dale G. Brockway, Kenneth W. Outcalt

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Though longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) forests have been primarily managed with even-aged methods, interest is increasing in uneven-aged systems, as a means of achieving a wider range of stewardship goals. Selection silviculture has been practiced on a limited scale in longleaf pine, but difficulty with using traditional approaches and absence of an evaluation across a range of site types has left managers in doubt concerning its suitability. This study was conducted to quantify the effects on stand dynamics of applying single-tree selection, group selection, irregular shelterwood and uniform shelterwood in longleaf pine forests on flatwoods and uplands of …

Rapid Analysis Of Forensic-Related Samples Using Two Ambient Ionization Techniques Coupled To High-Resolution Mass Spectrometers, Eshwar Jagerdeo, Amanda Wriston

United States Department of Justice: Publications

RATIONALE: This paper highlights the versatility of interfacing two ambient ionization techniques, Laser Diode Thermal Desorption (LDTD) and Atmospheric Solids Analysis Probe (ASAP), to high-resolution mass spectrometers and demonstrate the method’s capability to rapidly generate high-quality data from multiple sample types with minimal, if any, sample preparation.

METHODS: For ASAP-MS analysis of solid and liquid samples, the material was transferred to a capillary surface before being introduced into the mass spectrometer. For LDTD-MS analysis, samples were solvent extracted, spotted in a 96-well plate, and the solvent was evaporated before being introduced into the mass spectrometer. All analyses were performed using …

Microbial Electrochemical Energy Storage And Recovery In A Combined Electrotrophic And Electrogenic Biofilm, Matthew D. Yates, Li Ma, Joshua Sack, Joel P. Golden, Sarah M. Strycharz-Glaven, Scott R. Yates, Leonard M. Tender

United States Navy: Publications

Here we report enrichment from a marine-derived inoculum of a nonphotosynthetic electroactive biofilm that is capable of both consuming electricity (electrotrophy) and producing electricity (electrogenesis) from a single electrode. With the alternation of the electrode potential between −0.4 and 0.0 V_SHE every 10 min, alternating anodic and cathodic currents increased in lock step (maximum current density of ±1.4 ± 0.4 A/m² in both modes, Coulombic efficiency of ∼98% per charge−discharge cycle), which is consistent with alternating between generation and consumption of energy storage compounds by the biofilm. Cyclic voltammetry exhibited a single sigmoid-shaped feature spanning anodic and cathodic …

How Well Do Rheumatology Fellows Manage Acute Infusion Reactions? A Pilot Curricular Intervention, Jason J. Weiner, Amanda M. Eudy, Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber

United States Navy: Publications

Background Infusible DMARDs are commonly prescribed in rheumatology and other fields. There are no published formal educational curricula rheumatology fellowship programs can use to teach infusion reaction management skills to fellows. We aimed to better understand this educational gap, and implement and assess the effectiveness of an experiential curriculum on acute infusion reaction management.

Methods We included current rheumatology fellows and recent graduates from five fellowship programs. Using a novel behavioral checklist we assessed fellows’ performance managing an infusion reaction in a simulation, followed by a didactic focused on infusion reactions. Pre and post-surveys assessed experiences to determine relevance, as …

Microfabricated Blood Vessels Undergo Neoangiogenesis, Kyle A. Divito, Michael A. Daniele, Steven A. Roberts, Frances S. Ligler, Andre A. Adams

United States Navy: Publications

The greatest ambition and promise of tissue engineering is to manufacture human organs. Before “made-to- measure” tissues can become a reality [1-3], however, three-dimensional tissues must be reconstructed and characterized. The current inability to manufacture operational vasculature has limited the growth of engineered tissues. Here, free-standing, small diameter blood vessels with organized cell layers that recapitulate normal biological functionality are fabricated using microfluidic technology. Over time in culture, the endothelial cells form a monolayer on the luminal wall and remodel the scaffold with human extracellular matrix proteins. After integration into three-dimensional gels containing fibroblasts, the microvessels sprout and generate extended …

Comparison Between The Wintertime And Summertime Dynamics Of The Misa River Estuary, Maurizio Brocchini, Joseph Calantoni, Matteo Postacchini, Alex Sheremet, Tracy Staples, Joseph Smith, Allen H. Reed, Edward F. Braithwaite Iii, Carlo Lorenzoni, Aniello Russo, Sara Corvaro, Alessandro Mancinelli, Luciano Soldini

United States Navy: Publications

The Misa River on the Italian Adriatic coast is typical of the rivers that drain the Apennine Mountain range. The focus of this study, conducted in the late summer of 2013 and mid-winter of 2014, was to contrast the general wintertime-summertime dynamics in the Misa River estuarine system rather than investigate specific dynamical features (e.g. offshore sediment transport, channel seiche, and flocculation mechanisms). Summertime conditions of the Misa River estuary are characterized by low freshwater discharge and net sediment deposition whereas, in the wintertime, the Misa River and estuary is characterized by high episodic freshwater discharge and net erosion and …

Passive Delivery Of Mixed Explosives Vapor From Separated Components, Lauryn E. Degreeff, Michael Malito, Christopher J. Katilie, Andrew Brandon, Michael W. Conroy, Kimberly Peranich, Ramagopal Ananth, Susan L. Rose-Pehrsson

United States Navy: Publications

Homemade explosive (HME) materials commonly take the form of binary, ammonium nitrate-based explosives, and are a challenge to detect due to the low volatility of ammonium nitrate, the great variation in fuel sources, and the complex environment in which detection takes place. Vapor detection in the form of detector canines overcomes these and other obstacles, and has proven to be a highly effective mode of detection. Due to inherent safety precautions associated with working with HMEs, experienced detector canines often lack the frequency of training on HME material necessary to remain proficient. For this reason, the Mixed Odor Delivery Device …