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Genetic Data Suggest Multiple Introductions Of The Lionfish (Pterois Miles) Into The Mediterranean Sea, Andreas C. Dimitriou, Niki Chartosia, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Periklis Kleitou, Carlos Jimenez, Charalampos Antoniou, Louis Hadjioannou, Demetris Kletou, Spyros Sfenthourakis

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Widespread reports over the last six years confirm the establishment of lionfish (Pterois miles) populations in the eastern Mediterranean. Accumulated knowledge on lionfish invasions in the western Atlantic Ocean has shown that it is a successful invader and can have negative impacts on native species, indirect ecological repercussions and economic effects on local human societies. Here we analysed genetic sequences of lionfish from Cyprus as well as data from the whole distribution of the species, targeting the mtDNA markers cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) and the control region (CR). Our results reflect a pattern of repeated introductions into the …

A Novel Cys2his2 Zinc Finger Homolog Of Azf1 Modulates Holocellulase Expression In Trichoderma Reesei, Amanda Cristina Campos Antonieto, Karoline Maria Vieira Nogueira, Paula Rg De, Luísa Czamanski Nora, Murilo Henrique Anzolini Cassiano, Maria Eugenia Guazzaroni, Fausto Almeida, Silva Ta Da, Laure Nicolas Annick Ries, Assis Lj De, Gustavo Henrique Goldman, Roberto Nascimento Silva, Rafael Silva-Rocha

School of Biomedical Sciences

In this work, we used a systems biology approach to map new regulatory interactions in Trichoderma reesei controlling the expression of genes encoding cellulase and hemicellulase. By integrating transcriptomics related to complex biomass degradation, we were able to identify a novel transcriptional regulator which is able to activate the expression of these genes in response to two different cellulose sources. In vivo experimental validation confirmed the role of this new regulator in several other processes related to carbon source utilization and nutrient transport. Therefore, this work revealed novel forms of regulatory interaction in this model system for plant biomass deconstruction …

Language Nutrition For Language Health In Children With Disorders: A Scoping Review, Janet Y. Bang, Aubrey S. Adiao, Virginia A. Marchman, Heidi M. Feldman

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The quantity and quality of child-directed speech—language nutrition—provided to typically-developing children is associated with language outcomes—language health. Limited information is available about child-directed speech to children at biological risk of language impairments. We conducted a scoping review on caregiver child-directed speech for children with three clinical conditions associated with language impairments—preterm birth, intellectual disability, and autism—addressing three questions: (1) How does child-directed speech to these children differ from speech to typically-developing children? (2) What are the associations between child-directed speech and child language outcomes? (3) How convincing are intervention studies that aim to improve child-directed speech and thereby facilitate children’s …

Public Speaking Tasks Across The University Curriculum, Gina Iberri-Shea

Communication and Theater Association of Minnesota Journal

Oral communication proficiency is often highlighted as an outcome of U.S. university curriculum, yet it is often unclear how it manifests in the classroom. This paper presents a series of surveys investigating oral communication tasks across the university. The focus of the analysis is on public speaking tasks occurring across disciplines. Results demonstrate that there is a wide range of tasks found in university syllabi, that group and individual presentations are the most prominent, and that communication studies incorporates task types unique to the discipline. Descriptions of the task types found within disciplines are provided, along with an analysis of …

Humans Of Gsu - Aaron West, Office Of Marketing And Communications

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Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, Positive Airway Pressure Treatment And Postoperative Delirium: Protocol For A Retrospective Observational Study, Christopher R King, Krisztina E Escallier, Yo-El S Ju, Nan Lin, Ben Julian Palanca, Sherry Lynn Mckinnon, Michael Simon Avidan

Open Access Publications

INTRODUCTION: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is common among older surgical patients, and delirium is a frequent and serious postoperative complication. Emerging evidence suggests that OSA increases the risk for postoperative delirium. We hypothesise that OSA is an independent risk factor for postoperative delirium, and that in patients with OSA, perioperative adherence to positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy decreases the incidence of postoperative delirium and its sequelae. The proposed retrospective cohort analysis study will use existing datasets to: (i) describe and compare the incidence of postoperative delirium in surgical patients based on OSA diagnosis and treatment with PAP; (ii) assess whether …

Home Range And Habitat Use Of West Virginia Canis Latrans (Coyote), Lauren L. Mastro, Dana J. Morin, Eric M. Gese

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Canis latrans (Coyote) has undergone a range expansion in the United States over the last century. As a highly opportunistic species, its home range and habitat use changes with ecological context. Coyotes were first reported in West Virginia in 1950 but were not commonly observed until the 1990s, and there is scant information on Coyotes in the region. We used telemetry data from 8 radiocollared Coyotes in West Virginia to estimate home-range size and third-order habitat selection. Home-range areas (95% utilization distributions; UDs) varied from 5.22 to 27.79 km² (mean = 12.48 ± 2.61 km²), with highly …

The Free Press Vol 51, Issue 1, 08-26-2019, Alyson Peabody

Free Press, The

Welcome from President Cummings--Welcome from Dean of Students--Letter from the Student Body President--New student parking permits--Useful resources for new and returning students--Letter from Health & Counseling Services--Supportive recovery community on campus--Welcome back from TRIO--“Are my academic habits working for me?”--Learning: It’s what you DO that matters

Achieving The Promise Of Educational Opportunity: Graduate Student Debt For Stem Vs. Non-Stem Students, 2012, Rachel Burns, Karen L. Webber

Journal of Student Financial Aid

Using NPSAS 2012 data, this study examines graduate student debt for STEM versus non-STEM students who were enrolled in a master’s or doctoral degree program in 2012. Findings showed significantly higher debt for those in non-STEM programs as well as differences by amount of undergraduate debt, race, and full- or part-time enrollment status. These differences may encourage more STEM participation, but may restrict some students from enrolling in graduate-level programs, particularly in non-STEM fields. The loss of a new generation of citizens with graduate level training may affect our national economy and productivity, and urges institution officials to consider means …

$3 Million Grant Will Fund Search For Biological Basis Of Major Depressive Disorder, Jeff Hansen

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Liquid Biopsy-Based Single-Cell Metabolic Phenotyping Of Lung Cancer Patients For Informative Diagnostics., Ziming Li, Zhuo Wang, Yin Tang, Xiang Lu, Jie Chen, Yu Dong, Baojun Wu, Chunying Wang, Liu Yang, Zhili Guo, Min Xue, Shun Lu, Wei Wei, Qihui Shi

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

Accurate prediction of chemo- or targeted therapy responses for patients with similar driver oncogenes through a simple and least-invasive assay represents an unmet need in the clinical diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer. Using a single-cell on-chip metabolic cytometry and fluorescent metabolic probes, we show metabolic phenotyping on the rare disseminated tumor cells in pleural effusions across a panel of 32 lung adenocarcinoma patients. Our results reveal extensive metabolic heterogeneity of tumor cells that differentially engage in glycolysis and mitochondrial oxidation. The cell number ratio of the two metabolic phenotypes is found to be predictive for patient therapy response, physiological …

Effects Of Anxiety Reducing Interventions On Performance Anxiety In Graduate Nurses, Georgita L. Tolbert Washington

Dissertations

Every new nursing graduate is challenged to successfully transition from student to professional nurse. The stress involved in that transition can manifest itself as performance anxiety, a type of anxiety occurring when someone is the focus of attention and is fearful of interactions or of being humiliated or embarrassed. It occurs only in specific situations. The new graduate's performance is the focus of attention and evaluation. Further, the need to interact with other professionals, patients, and families can create anxiety about performance. No studies have examined performance anxiety in graduate nurses. Use of cognitive behavioral therapy, progressive muscle relaxation, and …

Crow's Nest, August 26, 2019, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The August 26, 2019, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Daily Eastern News: August 26,2019, Eastern Illinois University

August

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The Guardian, Week Of August 26, 2019, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of August 26, 2019. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Cislunar Trajectory Generation With Sun-Exclusion Zone Constraints Using A Genetic Algorithm And Direct Method Hybridization, Joshua A. Ostman

Theses and Dissertations

Space missions to the Moon have received renewed interest in recent decades. Science missions continue to be sent to the Moon, and several space agencies have aspirations of establishing a human presence on the Moon. With the increased number of artificial objects in cislunar space, the problem of tracking these objects arises. Optical sensors are able to track these objects in deep space. However, optical sensors cannot track objects that are close to the Sun as viewed from the observer. This unobservable region is the Sun-exclusion zone (SEZ). This research attempts to create optimal Moon-Earth transfers which are completely in …

Week Of August 26, 2019, New York Medical College

InTouch

• Join NYMC at the Founder's Dinner
• Lisa Tronzano Is Named Director of Human Resources
• SOM Students Complete Inaugural Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship at CareMount Medical, P.C.
• Touro Dental Health to Offer Free Valet Parking for Patients

Dna Recovery From Handwritten Documents Using A Novel Vacuum Technique, Patrick M. Mclaughlin

Student Theses

Investigations of many crimes such as robberies, kidnappings, and terrorism are often associated with the recovery of a paper document which has been written by the perpetrator. Paper can provide a variety of forensic evidence such as DNA, latent fingermarks, and indented writing. The focus of this study was the collection of probative DNA profiles from the text region of a handwritten note through a vacuum suction device without altering or destroying the document. Collection of DNA evidence was carried out in two separate groups. The first group involved 11 volunteers providing a handwritten note sample with unwashed hands. The …

The Rider (2019-08-26), Victor G. Ramirez

The Rider Archives

Vol.5 No.1

External And Internal Grouping Characteristics Of Juvenile Walleye Pollock In The Eastern Bering Sea, Sarah C. Stienessen, Christopher D. Wilson, Thomas C. Weber, Julia K. Parrish

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Size and shape patterns of fish groups are collective outcomes of interactions among members. Consequently, group-level patterns are often affected when any member responds to changes in their internal state, external state, and environment. To determine how groups of fish respond to components of their physical and ecological environment, and whether the response is influenced by a component of their external state (i.e., fish age), we used a multibeam system to collect three-dimensional grouping characteristics of 5 age categories of juvenile walleye pollock (age 1, age 2, age 3, mixed ages 1 and 2, and mixed ages 2 and 3) …

August 26, 2019, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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My News, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• Georgia Southern's annual economic impact continues to grow, topping more than $1 billion
• Georgia Southern's free shuttle further connects Statesboro and Savannah campuses
• Georgia Southern's i2STEMe receives 2019 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity
• Georgia Southern graduate student conducts research as snake specialist in Honduras
• Georgia Southern school psychology students work with special needs children in Ecuador, experience is life-changing
• Georgia Southern launches new online IT degree
• Women's Soccer celebrates Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day

Influence Of Biological Sex On Social Behavior, Individual Recognition, And Non-Associative Learning In The Adult Gray Short-Tailed Opossum (Monodelphis Domestica), Mario Gil, Annelyn Torres-Reveron, Ana C. Ramirez, Oscar Maldonado, John L. Vandeberg, Gabriel A. De Erausquin

School of Medicine Publications

Social behavior is critical for relationship formation and is influenced by myriad environmental and individual factors. Basic and preclinical research typically relies on rodent models to identify the mechanisms that underlie behavior; however, it is important to use non-rodent models as well. A major objective of the present study was to test the hypothesis that biological sex and social experience modulate the expression of social behavior in the adult gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica), a non-traditional model. We also investigated the non-associative learning abilities of these animals. Following a period of social isolation, animals of both sexes were …

Sju Convocation 2019, Corey Shouse

Administration Lectures and Events

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The Invasion Ecology Of Ivy (Hedera Spp.) In Portland's Forest Park, Eric Paul Butler

Dissertations and Theses

Invasive ivy (Hedera spp.) has extensive impacts on Pacific Northwest urban forests, many of which are not yet fully understood. In this study of Forest Park, Portland, Oregon, I evaluated several environmental variables obtained or derived from monitoring datasets at three spatial scales to determine the following: how ivy is spatially distributed; what factors are most correlated with ivy abundance; and how ivy abundance influences shrub community composition. I found that ivy is significantly clustered at all scales with multiple apparent epicenters along the park's urban periphery. Using NMDS ordination, I determined that ivy is a significant factor in …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - August 25, 2019, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the August 25, 2019 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's Newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

USA medical students named to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Macaluso named professor and chair of microbiology and immunology at USA College of Medicine

Clyde G. Huggins Award for Summer Research winners announced

Mark Your Calendar: Randall W. Powell Endowed Memorial Lectureship

Block party for a cause: increasing vaccination rates in rural Alabama

USA Health welcomes new interventional cardiologist

Compensation For Marine Environmental Damage From Ship-Source Pollution, Sinhyok Pak

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

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Analysis Of The Impact Of International Maritime Laws And Regulations On China's Ocean Fisheries, Canyang Gao

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

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Pollution Causes And Prevention Measures In Bohai Sea, Yiqiao Wang

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

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Switching Infections Off Hines Bergmeier Receive Nih Award For Antibacterial Drug Discovery Research, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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