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Cloning And Spatiotemporal Expression Of Xenopus Laevis Apolipoprotein Ci, Jyotsna Sridharan, Tomomi Haremaki, Daniel C. Weinstein

Publications and Research

Apolipoprotein CI (ApoCI) belongs to the Apolipoprotein superfamily, members of which are involved in lipid transport, uptake and homeostasis. Excessive ApoCI has been implicated in atherosclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease in humans. In this study we report the isolation of Xenopus laevis apoCI and describe the expression pattern of this gene during early development, using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and whole mount in situ hybridization. Xenopus apoCI is enriched in the dorsal ectoderm during gastrulation, and is subsequently expressed in sensory placodes, neural tube and cranial neural crest. These data suggest as yet uncharacterized roles for ApoCI during early vertebrate …

Community-Level Plant–Soil Feedbacks Explain Landscape Distribution Of Native And Non-Native Plants, Andrew Kulmatiski

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Plant–soil feedbacks (PSFs) have gained attention for their potential role in explaining plant growth and invasion. While promising, most PSF research has measured plant monoculture growth on different soils in short-term, greenhouse experiments. Here, five soil types were conditioned by growing one native species, three non-native species, or a mixed plant community in different plots in a common-garden experiment. After 4 years, plants were removed and one native and one non-native plant community were planted into replicate plots of each soil type. After three additional years, the percentage cover of each of the three target species in each community was …

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Variation In Timing And Abundance Of Elfins (Callophrys) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) In Wisconsin During 1987-1999, Ann B. Swengel, Scott R. Swengel

The Great Lakes Entomologist

In Wisconsin during 1987-1999, we recorded elfin (Callophrys) individuals on 154 of 254 observation dates between 2 April and 11 July. The frosted elfin (C. irus) occurred only in central Wisconsin; brown (C. augustinus), hoary (C. polios), and Henry's (c. henrici) elfins in central and northern Wisconsin; and eastern pine elfin (C. niphon) from southern to northern Wisconsin. Most individuals were eastern pine elfins, which occurred at the most sites, while Henry's elfin had the fewest individuals and sites. All five elfins occurred in the most frequently visited subregion (central Wisconsin), where they all had similar median …

First Record Of Tachysphex Pechumani (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) From Indiana, Frank E. Kurczewski

The Great Lakes Entomologist

A nesting population of Tachysphex pechumani is recorded from near Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter County, Indiana. This record is a western extension of the known range of this uncommon species. Nesting biology of T. pechumani at this locality was similar to previously published observations on this species.

Tomicus Piniperda (Coleoptera: Scolytidae): Is Shoot Feeding Required For Reproductive Maturation?, Therese M. Poland, Robert A. Haack

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), is a univoltine pest of pine in its native range of Europe and Asia. Tomicus piniperda is now widely established in the Great Lakes region and poses a potentially significant threat to other pine-producing areas in North America. An unusual aspect of the life history of T. piniperda is the extended period of maturation-feeding that takes place in the shoots of living pine trees and subsequent overwintering before adults reproduce the following year. We investigated the extent to which shoot-feeding is required by newly-emerged T. piniperda before introduction into Scotch pine (Pinus …

Heterospecific Hymenoptera Found Inside The Nests Of Bombus Impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae)., Kelsey K. Graham

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The nests of social Hymenoptera are particularly attractive to species engaging in resource robbing due to their concentration of resources. Here, the identity of heterospecific intruders in Bombus impatiens nests are described, with a particular focus on intrusion by invasive species – Vespula germanica and Anthidium oblongatum. While V. germanica is well known as a resource robber, this is the first time Anthidium spp. have been documented entering the nest of a social heterospecific. Of 16 Bombus impatiens colonies placed in a field in Lansing, MI, eight had heterospecific intruders, including Apis mellifera, A. oblongatum, and V. …

Insect Visitors Of Cirsium Pitcheri, A Threatened And Endemic Dune Species, In Relation To Annual Weather Variation, Jordan M. Marshall

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Cirsium pitcheri (Torr. ex Eaton) Torr. & A. Gray (Pitcher’s thistle) is a threatened herbaceous plant endemic to sand dune ecosystems along Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior in North America. Habitat for this plant is limited to active dunes with moving sand. I observed floral visitors of C. pitcheri in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Indiana Dunes State Park, and calculated frequency and density of visitor families. Additionally, I tested for relationships between visitor counts and previous growing season mean temperature and precipitation. Formicidae, Anthomyiidae, and Cecidomyiidae were the most frequent families. However, Apidae was the only family correlated with …

Water Supply In Developing Countries, Jason K. Hawes, Ernest R. Blatchley Iii, Audrey Caprio, Andrew T. Kanach

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

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Zika, Pregnancy, And The Law, Sam F. Halabi

Arkansas Law Review

The public health emergency surrounding the spread of the Zika virus has resurrected and brought into sharp relief some of the most vexing questions surrounding the relationship between pregnancy and law: the appropriate circumstances, if any, in which fetal tissue research is permissible; when and how the government may sponsor statements intended to influence reproductive decisions; and how to balance the health and rights of both women and their unborn children when health threats target both.

The Imo System As Source For Legal Transplants For A Stm Regime, Kathrin Jirik

Space Traffic Management Conference

Already in 1983, Czech astronomer Luboš Perek suggested to "study general ideas underlying existing traffic regulation with a view to apply them to traffic in [outer space]"[1]. As this proposition is still valid today, the paper chooses to look for 'legal transplants' for a Space Traffic Management (STM) regime in the realm of maritime law. The paper's research turns to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which is the UN specialized organization responsible for the development of global rules for shipping traffic. The IMO is recognized to be "one of the most successful organizations in developing international law for …

We Are...Marshall, January 17, 2018, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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The Collegian: January 17, 2018, The Collegian Staff, South Dakota State University

The Collegian, 2017-2018

Volume 133

Issue 13

Prospectus, January 17, 2018, Parkland College, David Saveanu, Emma Gray, Greg Gancarz

Prospectus 2018

Wesley Food Pantry repacks rice in "day of service" for communities; New Year's resolutions: there's an app for that; Orpheum museum kicks off year with "evening drop-off events"

The Anchor, Volume 131.13: January 17, 2018, Hope College

The Anchor: 2018

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Matthew Jones V. Delaware Health

2018 Decisions

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Darwin Day 2018 Features Cave Art Lecture, Exhibition On Manitou Cave, Shannon Thomason

Browse All News

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Daily Eastern News: January 17, 2018, Eastern Illinois University

January

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January 2018, Yolanda Carr, C.J. Smith

The Source

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Microorganismes Dans Les Fontaines Biologiques De Dégraissage : Évaluation De L’Exposition Professionnelle Dans Les Ateliers D’Entretien Mécanique, Carol-Anne Villeneuve, Geneviève Marchand, Marie Gardette, Jacques Lavoie, Denis Bégin, Maximilien Debia

Rapports de recherche scientifique

Les fontaines biologiques appelées fontaines de biodégradation ou simplement biofontaines contiennent des dégraissants qui renferment des bactéries dont la tâche est de dégrader, par minéralisation, les salissures hydrocarbonées (huiles et graisses). Les fabricants de dégraissants pour biofontaines affirment que les microorganismes utilisés dans leurs préparations sont inoffensifs puisqu’ils se classent dans le groupe de risque 1; ils se référent alors à la classification des microorganismes en quatre groupes de risque infectieux. Cependant, des auteurs ont identifié plusieurs bactéries du groupe 2 (risque infectieux modéré pour la personne, mais faible pour la communauté) dans les liquides des biofontaines, par exemple Pseudomonas …

The Lumberjack, January 17, 2018

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A High Throughput Approach For The Generation Of Orthogonally Interacting Protein Pairs, Justin Lawrie, Xi Song, Wei Niu, Jiantao Guo

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

In contrast to the nearly error-free self-assembly of protein architectures in nature, artificial assembly of protein complexes with pre-defined structure and function in vitro is still challenging. To mimic nature’s strategy to construct pre-defined three-dimensional protein architectures, highly specific proteinprotein interacting pairs are needed. Here we report an effort to create an orthogonally interacting protein pair from its parental pair using a bacteria-based in vivo directed evolution strategy. This high throughput approach features a combination of a negative and a positive selection. The newly developed negative selection from this work was used to remove any protein mutants that retain effective …

A Comparison Of Resveratrol And Other Polyphenolic Compounds On Notch Activation And Endothelial Cell Activity, Bryce Lafoya, Jordan A. Munroe, Allan R. Albig

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Resveratrol is a polyphenolic compound produced by plants which makes its way into the human diet through plant-based foods. It has been shown to provide many health benefits, helping to ward of age-related diseases and promoting cardiovascular health. Additionally, resveratrol is a potent activator of the Notch signaling pathway. While resveratrol receives the most attention as a polyphenolic nutraceutical, other compounds with similar structures may be more potent regulators of specific cellular processes. Here, we compare resveratrol, apigenin, chrysin, genistein, luteolin, myricetin, piceatannol, pterostilbene, and quercetin for their ability to regulate Notch signaling. In addition, we compare the ability of …

Teaching To Learn: Learning Outcomes Following A Student Directed Vocal Health Education Program, Hannah Sons

Graduate Independent Studies - Communication Sciences and Disorders

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Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor And Major Depressive Disorder: Evidence From Meta-Analyses, Taro Kishi, Reiji Yoshimura, Toshikazu Ikuta, Nakao Iwata

Faculty and Student Publications (Open Access)

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Transmission Efficiency, Preference And Behavior Of Bemisia Tabaci Meam1 And Med Under The Influence Of Tomato Chlorosis Virus, Xiaobin Shi, Xin Tang, Xing Zhang, Deyong Zhang, Fan Li, Fei Yan, Youjun Zhang, Xuguo Zhou, Yong Liu

Entomology Faculty Publications

Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV, genus Crinivirus, family Closteroviridae) is an economically important virus in more than 20 countries. In China, ToCV was first detected in 2013 and has already spread throughout the country. ToCV is transmitted in a semi-persistent manner by the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, but not seed. In the past two decades, the most invasive MEAM1 and MED have replaced the indigenous B. tabaci in China, and currently MED is the most dominant cryptic species. To better understand the prevalence of ToCV with their vectors, we tested the hypothesis that the rapid spread of ToCV in …

Morphological Correlates And Behavioral Functions Of Sound Production In Loricariid Catfish, With A Focus On Pterygoplichthys Pardalis (Castelnau, 1855), Monique Renee Slusher

Dissertations and Theses

The Neotropical catfish Pterygoplichthys pardalis produces a harsh stridulation sound upon manual capture. This stridulation sound is made on the abduction of the pectoral fin spine, and is accomplished by friction of a ridged dorsal condyle against a rough spinal fossa of the cleithrum in the pectoral girdle. The sound produced has an average frequency of 121 Hz, and is used with other anti-predator adaptations such as bony subdermal armor and defensive fin-spreading. Pterygoplichthys pardalis does not display behavioral modification in response to conspecific stridulation sound, and therefore it is likely that stridulation sound in P. pardalis is being used …

Translational Systems Pharmacology-Based Predictive Assessment Of Drug-Induced Cardiomyopathy, Dimitris E. Messinis, Ioannis N. Melas, Junguk Hur, Navya Varshney, Leonidas G. Alexopoulos, Jane P. F. Bai

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications

Drug-induced cardiomyopathy contributes to drug attrition. We compared two pipelines of predictive modeling: (1) applying elastic net (EN) to differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of drugs; (2) applying integer linear programming (ILP) to construct each drug’s signaling pathway starting from its targets to downstream proteins, to transcription factors, and to its DEGs in human cardiomyocytes, and then subjecting the genes/proteins in the drugs’ signaling networks to EN regression. We classified 31 drugs with availability of DEGs into 13 toxic and 18 nontoxic drugs based on a clinical cardiomyopathy incidence cutoff of 0.1%. The ILP-augmented modeling increased prediction accuracy from 79% to …

Spectator 2018-01-17, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

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Effectiveness Of Home-Based Exercise In Older Patients With Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A 3-Year Cohort Study, Ritsuko Wakabayashi, Yuji Kusunoki, Kumiko Hattori, Takashi Motegi, Ryuko Furutate, Aki Itoh, Rupert C.M. Jones, Michael E. Hyland, Kozui Kida

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.