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Tolerance Of Plant Monoterpenes And Diterpene Acids By Four Species Of Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera) Exhibiting A Range Of Feeding Specificities, Kenneth F. Raffa, Jaimie S. Powell

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera) is a family of leaf-feeding insects that includes some of the most damaging forest pests worldwide. Species within this family vary widely in feeding specificity. We evaluated the ability of four species, Douglas fir tussock moth (Orgyia pseudotsugata McDunnough), nun moth (Lymantria monacha L. ), rusty tussock moth (Orgyia antiqua (L.)), and white- marked tussock moth (Orgyia leucostigma (J. E. Smith)), to contend with one of the most ubiquitous and effective groups of plant defense compounds, terpenoids. We selected these species to provide a range of feeding specificities on conifer hosts, from obligate to …

Preliminary Survey Of The Terrestrial Isopods (Isopoda), Millipedes (Diplopoda), Harvestmen (Opiliones), And Spiders (Araneae) Of Toft Point Natural Area, Door County, Wisconsin, Bruce A. Snyder, Michael L. Draney, John L. Kaspar, Joel Whitehouse

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Toft Point Natural Area is a National Natural Landmark owned and managed by the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay and located on the Lake Michigan shore of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula. With twelve biotic communities on 700 acres, Toft Point contains considerable biological diversity. We conducted a preliminary survey of the arachnids (spiders and harvestmen, excluding mites and pseudoscorpions), millipedes (diplopods), and terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscoidea).

Sampling occurred on three dates in 2001 using leaf litter collection with Berlese extraction and a timed collection by hand that incorporated a variety of techniques. Specimens from a 1992 survey and assorted collecting …

The Orthoptera Of Michigan– Biology, Keys, And Descriptions Of Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets By Roger G. Bland, 2003., Mark O'Brien

The Great Lakes Entomologist

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Michigan has a long history of entomologists interested in the Orthoptera fauna of the state, and T.H. Hubbell and I.J. Cantrall had published several papers on the Orthoptera of various parts of the state, as well as state-wide lists. Later on, R.D. Alexander contributed a paper on the singing insects (primarily Orthoptera).

Coleoptera (Cerambycidae, Cleridae, Languriidae) Overwintering In Stems Of Wisconsin Prairie Plants, Andrew H. Williams

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Stem samples of 20 native species of prairie plants were collected in late September, caged separately and kept outdoors over the Wisconsin winter. The samples were then brought into the lab and animals produced from each plant species were inventoried. Certain of the Coleoptera so produced (Acropteroxys gracilis, Dectes sayi, Enoclerus rosmarus) are reported here.

Behavior And Activity Patterns Of The Black Scavenger Fly, Sepsis Punctum (Diptera: Sepsidae), Near A Permanent Dung Source, Beth E. Leuck

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The behavior of the black scavenger fly Sepsis punctum (L.) (Diptera: Sepsidae) was studied on satellite resource (dung) patches established near a pig pen. Flies were most numerous on the patches when ambient temperature and light conditions were high. Females were commonly found on the patches and males occupied boards surrounding the patches where they displayed vigorously to other males and females. Approximately four times as many females as males occurred on the patches. Females were larger than males, and paired males were larger than unpaired males. Males did not exhibit precopulatory guarding as reported in Sepsis cynipsea (L.) and …

Investigating The Ecology Of The Mound-Building Ant, Acanthomyops Claviger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), In Re-Created Prairie, Chris E. Petersen, Ana Krstic, Judith C. Morgan, Kenneth Mccallum, Renee E. Petersen

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Acanthomyops claviger (Roger) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) forms conspicuous mounds within clumps of big bluestem, Andropogon gerardii, and prairie dropseed, Sporobolus heterolepsis, within a re-created tallgrass prairie in northeastern Illinois. This study explored the ecology of the nesting ant in the recreated prairie regarding the persistence of colonies, soil characteristics, the growth of grass clumps, and the species richness of the surrounding flora. Persistence of nests over one year was positively correlated to the diameters of mounds created by the colonies. Differences in soil moisture at 10 cm depth were significant over a growing season between grass clumps having nests …

A New Bot Fly Species (Diptera: Oestridae) From Central Texas, Stephen W. Taber, Scott B. Fleenor

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The bot fly Cephenemyia albina (Diptera: Oestridae) is described from a relict pine forest in east-central Texas. This species presumably lives as a parasitic larva in the throat of white-tailed deer as do its two close relatives previously reported from both Texas and the Great Lakes region (C. phobifera (Clark) and C. jellisoni Townsend). Only the adult male is currently known.

Resurvey Of The Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) Of The La Rue-Pine Hills Research Natural Area In Union County, Illinois, D. L. Tecic, J. E. Mcpherson

The Great Lakes Entomologist

A resurvey of the Pentatomoidea of the La Rue-Pine Hills Research Natural Area was conducted from September 1992 to June 1995 and the results compared with those of an earlier survey by McPherson and Mohlenbrock (1976). Sampling during the resurvey was limited to the 17 collecting sites of the earlier survey, thus permitting comparisons of the flora and fauna in the two studies. Notes were taken on the times of occurrence of adult and immature stages and on the food plants.

Of the 49 pentatomoid species and subspecies included in the original survey, 36 were collected during the resurvey. Of …

Distribution Of Eutarsopolipus (Acari: Podapolipidae) And Crotalomorpha Camini (Acari: Crotalomorphidae), Ectoparasites Of Stenolophus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) In Michigan, U.S.A., Robert W. Husband, David O. Husband

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Three acarine parasites of Stenolophus spp are described from Michigan. Eutarsopolipus elzingai Husband (Acari: Podapolipidae), previously known from eastern Kansas, Eutarsopolipus brevichelus Husband and Husband, with one Michigan record, and Crotalomorpha camini Lindquist and Krantz (Acari: Crotalomorphidae), previously known from Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas and Oklahoma, are widely distributed in Michigan as subelytral parasites of Stenolophus comma (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Stenolophus lecontei (Chaudoir), the seed corn beetle. Eutarsopolipus elzingai and E. brevichelus may occur occasionally on the same host beetle.

Hanging By A Thread: Enhancing The Forensic Value Of Dyed Cotton Trace Evidence Through The Application Of Novel Techniques In Fiber Discrimination, Rachel M. Russo

The Pegasus Review: UCF Undergraduate Research Journal

This thesis examines the capability of current techniques in fiber classification such as UV-visible microspectrophotometry (MSP) (for dye in situ and/or extracted) to discriminate between fibers from sources known to be different. When these methods fail to adequately distinguish the fibers, novel alternative techniques'such as pulsed pumped laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (LIF) and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)'are utilized to provide definitive forensic evidence.

The FBI Dye Extraction Classification and Chromatography Schemes: Forensic Fiber Examination Guidelines provides the methodology used by the majority of crime labs across the United States (Fong, 1984). In the case of cotton fibers'the most frequently encountered fiber …

Two Decades Of Commercializing Medical Devices Using Nanotechnology, Thomas Weber

Amgen Seminar Series in Chemical Engineering

There is an acute shortage of organs due to disease, trauma, congenital defects, and most importantly, age related maladies. The synthetic materials used in tissue engineering applications today are typically composed of millimeter or micron sized particles and/or fiber dimensions. Although human cells are on the micron scale, their individual components, e.g. proteins, are composed of nanometer features. By modifying only the nanofeatures on material surfaces without changing surface chemistry, it is possible to increase tissue growth of any human tissue by controlling the endogenous adsorption of adhesive proteins onto the material surface. In addition, our group has shown that …

Duality And Dissolution In The Post-Apocalypse: Nietzsche's Cycle Of Morality In Amc's The Walking Dead, Roy John Gonzales

Theses and Dissertations

Throughout his body of work, especially in Beyond Good and Evil (1886), On the Genealogy of Morality (1887), and Twilight of the Idols (1889), German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche details Western civilization’s slow movement towards nihilism. Nietzsche explains that this nihilism is the result of a so-called “slave morality,” a system of inhibitive values that suppress egoistic desires for the sake of the collective. Democracy, Christian charity, and even mass consumerism are all indicative of slave morality. But because this value system relies on absolute morals supported by a “true world” (God, a heavenly afterlife, etc.), the collapse of these systems …

Hispanic Student Perceptions Of College Preparedness, Miranda De La Garza

Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT Hispanic Student Perceptions of College Readiness: December 2015 Miranda Inez de la Garza, Master of Science, Texas A & M International University Chair of Committee: Dr. Maria Lourdes Viloria The educational community deems college and career readiness a crucial issue facing our society. According to recent literature, Texas trails many other states in the United States in college retention and graduation rates. This phenomenon occurs due to inadequate preparation of high school students for post-secondary education. The educational prospects of the Hispanic community in Texas may continue to suffer if Hispanic students graduate from high school ill prepared for …

Pax7 Expression And Color Pattern Development In Two Populations Of Metriaclima ‘Msobo’ From Lake Malawi, Africa, Sonya Anzaldua

Theses and Dissertations

In Lake Malawi, 450-600 species have evolved from one riverine ancestor within the past million years. The dynamic speciation of Lake Malawi’s endemic fauna has coincided with a diversification of color patterns, driven by sexual selection. Little is known about the genes determining male color pattern, despite its importance during population divergence and speciation. This study attempts to identify genes underlying the divergence of male color patterns between two populations of Metriaclima ‘msobo’ from Lake Malawi. Adult males from the Lundo population display blue and black vertical bars, while adult males from the Magunga population have blue and black blotches. …

The Five Hundred And Forty-Fifth Report Of The Curricular Affairs Committee, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

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Curricular Report No. 2017-18-5 From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

No abstract provided.

The Setonian, January 25, 2018, Seton Hall University

2018

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January 25, 2018, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2010-2019

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Amyloid-Beta Solubility In The Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease, Michael Paul Murphy

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

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Relative Abundance Of Bacillus Spp., Surfactant-Associated Bacterium Present In A Natural Sea Slick Observed By Satellite Sar Imagery Over The Gulf Of Mexico, Kathryn Howe, Cayla W. Dean, John Alexander Kluge, Alexander Soloviev, Aurelien Tartar, Mahmood S. Shivji, Susanne Lehner, William Perrie

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

The damping of short gravity-capillary waves (Bragg waves) due to surfactant accumulation under low wind speed conditions results in the formation of natural sea slicks. These slicks are detectable visually and in synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery. Surfactants are produced by natural life processes of many marine organisms, including bacteria, phytoplankton, seaweed, and zooplankton. In this work, samples were collected in the Gulf of Mexico during a research cruise on the R/V F.G. Walton Smith to evaluate the relative abundance of Bacillus spp., surfactant-associated bacteria, in the sea surface microlayer compared to the subsurface water at 0.2 m depth. A …

Curricular Report No. 2017-18-5 From The Graduate Council To The Faculty Senate, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Bills

No abstract provided.

Impacts Of The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Evaluated Using An End-To-End Ecosystem Model, Cameron Ainsworth, Claire B. Paris-Limouzy, Natalie Perlin, Lindsey N. Dornberger, William F. Patterson Iii, Emily Chancellor, Steven Murawski, David J. Hollander, Kendra L. Daly, Isabel Romero, Felicia Coleman, Holly Perryman

C-IMAGE Publications

We use a spatially explicit biogeochemical end-to-end ecosystem model, Atlantis, to simulate impacts from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and subsequent recovery of fish guilds. Dose-response relationships with expected oil concentrations were utilized to estimate the impact on fish growth and mortality rates. We also examine the effects of fisheries closures and impacts on recruitment. We validate predictions of the model by comparing population trends and age structure before and after the oil spill with fisheries independent data. The model suggests that recruitment effects and fishery closures had little influence on biomass dynamics. However, at the assumed level of oil …

Hines Uses Ohio Supercomputer In Research Revolutionizing Drug Discovery With Rna, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Research By Gwu Alumnus, Jeremy Griffin, Published In Top Chemistry Journals, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Laboratory work that is tedious to some students fascinates Jeremy Griffin, a 2013 graduate of Gardner-Webb University. Griffin is a doctoral student in chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He will be speaking about his research and graduate school experiences at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, in Room 117, GWU Laboratory Center.

Allenrolfea Wetland Genetics Data, Paul G. Wolf, Carol A. Rowe, Robert W. Lichvar

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The hydrophyte Allenrolfea occidentalis (S. Watson) Kuntze (iodine bush) is a halophytic shrub of the arid southwest that is listed as a facultative wetland (FACW) species on the National Wetland Plant List. This rating means the species is usually a hydrophyte but occasionally is found in uplands. We tested for genetic (ecotypic) differences between plants sampled from wetlands versus uplands. We used genotyping-by-sequencing (ddRAD-seq) to generate data from 133 plants from 30 locations representing both wetland and upland occurrences for over 1300 loci. Analyses indicated that the strongest signal is differences in geographic distribution: samples that are in close geographic …

The Daily Gamecock, Thursday, January 25, 2018, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

January

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Dietary Overlap Between Jellyfish And Forage Fish In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Isabella D'Ambra, William M. Graham, Ruth H. Carmichael, Frank J. Hernandez Jr.

Faculty Publications

Despite the speculations that jellyfish (hydromedusae, siphonophores, scyphomedusae and ctenophores) may compete with forage fish for prey, there are few direct comparisons of their diets. To determine the dietary overlap between Aurelia sp. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) and Brevoortia patronus (Goode, 1878) (Pisces, Clupeidae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, we collected monthly samples in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal waters (USA) during summer and early fall 2009−2010. We determined carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in predators and their potential prey, including small plankton (<200 µm) and mesozooplankton (200− 2000 µm), and identified prey in the stomachs of adult Aurelia sp. and B. patronus. Trophic niche overlap was defined using the stable isotope Bayesian …

The Ecosystem Baseline For Particle Flux In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, S.L.C. Giering, Beizhan Yan, Vernon Asper, Arne-R. Diercks, Jeff Chanton, Masha Pitiranggon, U. Passow

Faculty Publications

Response management and damage assessment during and after environmental disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill require an ecological baseline and a solid understanding of the main drivers of the ecosystem. During the DWH event, a large fraction of the spilled oil was transported to depth via sinking marine snow, a routing of spilled oil unexpected to emergency response planners. Because baseline knowledge of particle export in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and how it varies spatially and temporally was limited, we conducted a detailed assessment of the potential drivers of deep (~1400 m depth) particle fluxes during …

Higher Ed Is In Need Of Fresh Ideas, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

One common expression in the English language, particularly on this side of the Atlantic, is to refer to unexpected or crazy ideas as coming “out of left field.” The expression originated from baseball, specifically after Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, was built in 1914. In what is today the left field of the stadium, there used to be what was then called a mental asylum. So when something crazy or unforeseen happened it was said to be “out of the left field.”

Some of the greatest ideas in the history of civilization came “out of the left field.” …

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes January 25, 2018, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.