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Characterization Of Pfiesteria Ichthyocidal Activity, Andrew S. Gordon, Harold G. Marshall, Sandra E. Shumway, Kathryn J. Coyne, Alan J. Lewitus, Michael A. Mallin, Parke A. Rublee

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Letter to the Editor regarding article: Drgon, T., et al. 2005. Characterization of ichthyocidal activity of Pfiesteria piscicida: Dependence on the dinospore cell density. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:519–529

Managing Glyphosate-Resistant Horseweed In Arkansas Cotton 2004, Ronald E. Talbert, Marilyn R. Mcclelland, James L. Barrentine, Kenneth L. Smith, Monica B. Kelley

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Series

No abstract provided.

Relationships Of Intercropped Maize, Stem Borer Damage To Maize Yield And Land-Use Efficiency In The Humid Forest Of Cameroon, A. Chabi-Olaye, C. Nolte, F. Schulthess, C. Borgemeister

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Stem borers are the most important maize pests in the humid forest zone of Cameroon. Field trials were conducted in the long and short rainy seasons of 2002 and 2003 to assess the level of damage and yield reductions caused by stem borers in monocropped maize and in maize intercropped with non-host plants such as cassava, cowpea and soybean. The intercrops were planted in two spatial arrangements, i.e. alternating hills or alternating rows. All intercrops and the maize monocrop were grown with and without insecticide treatment for assessment of maize yield loss due to borer attacks. The land-use efficiency of …

The Voucher Specimens Served To Document The Existence Of The Host-Parasite Relationship Between Vertebrates And Its Associated Parasites At A Certain Geographic Locality At A Specific Date In Rakuno Gakuen University, Mitsuhiko Asakawa, Scott Lyell Gardner, Hitoshi Sasaki, Noriyuki Ontaishi

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

The voucher specimens serve to document the existence of the species of mammal and its associated parasites at a certain geographic locality at a specific time and date in history. In this paper, a case report was conducted with status quo of host voucher specimens including terrestrial vertebrates kept in Rakuno Gakuen University.

Orientation To Nutrition Care Process Standards Improves Nutrition Care Documentation By Nutrition Practitioners, Nancy Hakel-Smith, Nancy M. Lewis, Kent M. Eskridge

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Objective — To compare documentation of two groups of clinical nutrition practitioners for evidence of the nutrition care process.

Design — This study used a comparative descriptive design. A retrospective chart review was conducted on all nutrition documentation in closed patient records. Documentation of two groups of nutrition practitioners (institution A = practitioners who received initial orientation and routine reinforcement in use of nutrition care process standards; institution B = practitioners who received orientation in use of a further assessment and medical nutrition therapy intervention procedure) was compared for evidence of a six-step nutrition care process.

Sample/Setting — The sample …

Educational Programming In Exeter And Dover On Board The Gundalow Captain Edward H. Adams, Molly Bolster

PREP Reports & Publications

The Gundalow Company (a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization) sponsors maritime history and environmental education programs for school groups and the public onboard the replica gundalow Captain Edward Adams from May through November in 12-15 riverfront locations in the Piscataqua Region. Funding from the NHEP in 2005 supported the Gundalow Company’s efforts to successfully add Dover and Exeter to the towns visited by the gundalow between May and November. While the gundalow was in Dover and Exeter, collaborative educational programs were offered onboard to a total of nearly 3,000 people including youth and teen groups as well as the public during community …

Public Outreach And Education Initiative, Joyce El Kouarti

PREP Reports & Publications

Moose Mountains Regional Greenways (MMRG) undertook a comprehensive public outreach campaign designed to educate landowners, community leaders and the public about the importance of and tools for preserving critical natural resources within the MMRG region. In the process, MMRG also hoped to enhance regional awareness of and appreciation for our organization and its mission. The initiative included workshops, mailings, media outreach, information delivered online, and printed brochures and handouts. This comprehensive, targeted strategy was implemented in four MMRG communities: New Durham, Middleton, Brookfield, and Wakefield.

Candia Land Conservation And Well Survey Project, Amanda Stone

PREP Reports & Publications

Candia’s concern over local development, its rapid growth and encroaching sprawl, and the resulting negative impacts on the natural environment led them to consider taking more serious steps towards environmental protection. This resulted in a two-pronged initiative: a land conservation program, and a survey to collect baseline data about their groundwater resources. With many of the lands overlying identified aquifers not permanently protected, conservation of these lands is critical for preserving the integrity of Candia’s current and future water supplies. The Candia Open Space Committee was a direct outgrowth of the NROC program. With NROC staff assistance, the group formulated …

Feature-Specific Penalized Latent Class Analysis For Genomic Data, E. Andres Houseman, Brent A. Coull, Rebecca A. Betensky

Harvard University Biostatistics Working Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Lysimachia Ciliata L., Loy R. Phillippe, Connie Carroll, Dan Busemeyer, Brenda Molano-Flores

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Structure Of Human Thymidylate Synthase Under Low-Salt Conditions, Leslie L. Lovelace, Wladek Minor, Lukasz Lebioda

Faculty Publications

Human thymidylate synthase, a target in cancer chemotherapy, was crystallized from PEG 3350 with 30 mM ammonium sulfate (AS) in the crystallization medium. The crystals are isomorphous with the high-salt crystals (~2.0 M AS) and the structure has been solved and refined (R = 22.6%, Rfree = 24.3%) at 1.8 Å resolution. The high- and low-AS-concentration structures are quite similar, with loop 181-197 is in the inactive conformation. Also, residues 95-106 and 129-135 (eukaryotic inserts region) show high mobility as assessed by poor electron density and high values of crystallographic temperature factors (residues 1-25 and 108-129 are disordered in both …

Corallorhiza Odontorhiza Nutt., Gordon C. Tucker, Aquatic Plants Class

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Mammalogy At Texas Tech University: A Historical Perspective, Lisa C. Bradley, John R. Suchecki, Brian R. Amman, Joel G. Brant, Hugh H. Genoways, L. Rex Mcaliley, Robert J. Baker, Francisca Mendez-Harclerode, Robert D. Bradley

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The mammalogy program at Texas Tech University officially was established in 1962, when Robert L. Packard joined the faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences. As the institution's first mammalogist, Packard took the initiative to develop a strong program of mammalian research and education. Influenced by the successful program built by his mentor, E. Raymond Hall, at the University of Kansas, Packard modeled similar goals for Texas Tech University. Those goals included a strong emphasis on both undergraduate and graduate education and research, with several mammalogy faculty members, and the establishment and growth of a large and active mammal collection.

A Facile Synthesis Of (Tert-Alkoxy)Amines, Hasan Palandoken, Chris M. Bocian, Michelle R. Mccombs, Michael H. Nantz

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Tertiary alcohols react with stoichiometric BF₃·Et₂O and N-hydroxyphthalimide to yield N-alkoxyphthalimides. Subsequent hydrazinolyses afford the title compounds.

Evolutionary Conservation Suggests A Regulatory Function Of Aug Triplets In 50 -Utrs Of Eukaryotic Genes, Alexander Churbanov, Igor B. Rogozin, Vladimir N. Babenko, Hesham Ali, Eugene V. Koonin

Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Publications

By comparing sequences of human, mouse and rat orthologous genes, we show that in 50 -untranslated regions (50 -UTRs) of mammalian cDNAs but not in 30 - UTRs or coding sequences, AUG is conserved to a significantly greater extent than any of the other 63 nt triplets. This effect is likely to reflect, primarily, bona fide evolutionary conservation, rather than cDNA annotation artifacts, because the excess of conserved upstream AUGs (uAUGs) is seen in 50 -UTRs containing stop codons in-frame with the start AUG and many of the conserved AUGs are found in different frames, consistent with the location in …

A Pseudolikelihood Approach For Simultaneous Analysis Of Array Comparative Genomic Hybridizations (Acgh), David A. Engler, Gayatry Mohapatra, David N. Louis, Rebecca Betensky

Harvard University Biostatistics Working Paper Series

DNA sequence copy number has been shown to be associated with cancer development and progression. Array-based Comparative Genomic Hybridization (aCGH) is a recent development that seeks to identify the copy number ratio at large numbers of markers across the genome. Due to experimental and biological variations across chromosomes and across hybridizations, current methods are limited to analyses of single chromosomes. We propose a more powerful approach that borrows strength across chromosomes and across hybridizations. We assume a Gaussian mixture model, with a hidden Markov dependence structure, and with random effects to allow for intertumoral variation, as well as intratumoral clonal …

Verbena Stricta Vent., Gordon C. Tucker

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Polymer Microchips For Capillary Electrophoresis And Electric Field Gradient Focusing Of Biomolecules, Ryan Thomas Kelly

Theses and Dissertations

Polymeric materials have seen increasing use as microfluidic device substrates due to their low cost and the simplicity of templated fabrication procedures. I showed that poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) microdevices could be enclosed in a boiling water bath, which allowed the seal to form more quickly than in conventional approaches, and enabled microchannels to remain hydrated throughout the bonding process. Microchip capillary electrophoresis (µ-CE) devices were fabricated using water-based enclosure, and a mixture of fluorescently labeled amino acids was separated in 30 s in these microchips. To create more robust capillary electrophoresis (CE) microdevices with improved separation performance, phase-changing sacrificial materials …

Phyla Lanceolata (Michx.) Greene, Loy R. Phillipe, Connie Carroll, Brenda Molano-Flores

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

Red Rock Desert Learning Center Core Group Meeting: September 20, 2005, Red Rock Desert Learning Center

Reports (RRLC)

1. Introductions & Announcements (5 min.)
2. Approval of Minutes from August 16, 2005 Meeting (5 min.)
3. Discussion of Scope/Design Issues –Michael Reiland/David Frommer (30 min.)
4. Cost Update – Michael Reiland (15 min.)
5. Schedule Update – Michael Reiland (15 min.)
6. Standing Reports (15 minutes)
   A. Line and Space Architects – Les Wallach/Henry Tom
   B. BLM Capital Improvements – Michael Reiland
   C. Community Outreach – Nancy Flagg
7. Committee Reports (5 min.)
   A. Building Committee – Angie Lara
   B. Design Oversight – David Frommer
   C. Educational Programs – Paul Buck
   D. Fund-raising and Partnerships – Blaine Benedict
   E. NEPA – Michael Johnson
   F. Operations …

Fitness Consequences Of Anopheles Gambiae Population Hybridization, David M. Menge, Tom Guda, Daibin Zhong, Aditi Pai, Goufa Zhou, John C. Beier, Louis Gouagna, Guiyun Yan

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background: The use of transgenic mosquitoes with parasite inhibiting genes has been proposed as an integral strategy to control malaria transmission. However, release of exotic transgenic mosquitoes will bring in novel alleles along with parasite-inhibiting genes that may have unknown effects on native populations. Thus it is necessary to study the effects and dynamics of fitness traits in native mosquito populations in response to the introduction of novel genes. This study was designed to evaluate the dynamics of fitness traits in a simulation of introduction of novel alleles under laboratory conditions using two strains of Anopheles gambiae: Mbita strain from …

Online Dictionary Of Invertebrate Zoology: F, Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti, Armand R. Maggenti, Scott L. Gardner

Armand R. Maggenti Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology

face facet facette facetted facial facialium facies facio-orbital factor facultative faeces Fahrenholz's falcate falces falciform falciger falcis falculate falsadentes false falx famulus fan fang farctate farinaceous fascia fasciate fascicle fasciculus fasciole fascio-maculata fascio-punctate fastening fastigiate fastigium fat fate fauces fauna faunal faveolate feces fecula fecundate fecundity feedback feeder feeding feeler feet felt female femoro-alary femorogenu femorotibial femur fenestra fenestrate fenestration fenestrella fenestrule fente feral ferment fermentation ferreous ferruginous ferrule fertile fertility fertilization fertilizin festivus festoon festoons fetid fiber fibril fibrillar fibrin fibrinogen fibrocyte fibroin fibroplasm fibrous fibula fide filament filamentary filaria filariform filate filator file filial filiation filibranch filicornia filiform …

Online Dictionary Of Invertebrate Zoology: B, Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti, Armand R. Maggenti, Scott L. Gardner

Armand R. Maggenti Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology

baccate bacillary bacilliform back-cross back-mutation bacteremia bacteriophagous baculiform baculite baenomere baenopoda baenosome Baer's bailer balanced balancers balanoid balantin balantine Balbiani Balbiani's bald Baldwin ballonets ballooning band barb barbate, barbatus barbula bark baroceptor, baroreceptor barotropism barrier basad basal basalar basalia basalis base basement bases basicarnal basicerite basiconic basicosta basicostal basicoxite basifemoral basifemur basilaire basilar basilateral basilemma basimandibula basimaxilla basimetrical basinym basioccludent basiophthalmite basiperiphallus basipharynx basipod basipodite basiproboscis basipulvilli basirostral basis basiscopic basiscutal basisternum basistylus basitarsal basitarsus basitergal basitibial basitrich basitrichous basivalvula basket basopinacocytes batatiform Batesian bathmis bathyal bathylimnetic bathymetric bathypelagic battery batumen bave B-chromosome, bdelloid bead beaded beak beaked bean beard …

Online Dictionary Of Invertebrate Zoology: A, Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti, Armand R. Maggenti, Scott L. Gardner

Armand R. Maggenti Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology

abactinal abambulacral A-band abapertural abapical abaxial abbreviate abcauline abdomen abduct aberrant abient abiocoen abiogenesis abiology abiotic abjugal ablation aboral aboriginal abortion abranchiate abreptor abscission absorption abterminal abullate abyssal abyssobenthos abyssopelagic acanthaceous acanthella acanthocephalans acanthocyst acanthodion acanthodrilin acanthoparia acanthophore acanthophorites acanthopod acanthosphenote acanthostegous acanthostyle acanthozooid acariasis Acarina acarinarium acarocecidium acarology acarophily acaryote acaudal acclimation acclivous accretion acelomate acentric Acephala acephalocyst acephalous acerata acervate acescence acetabulum achaetous achlamydate achroacyte achroglobin achroic achromasia achromatic A-chromosome achroous acia acicle aciculiform acidic acidobiontic acidophilic acidophobic acidotheca aciduric acies aciform acinacicate acinaciform acinarious aciniform acinose aclid acline aclitellate acme Acoelomata acoelous acone acontioids acraein Acraspeda acrembolic …

Online Dictionary Of Invertebrate Zoology: C, Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti, Armand R. Maggenti, Scott L. Gardner

Armand R. Maggenti Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology

cadavericole caddis cadre caducous caecum Caenogaea caespitose Cainogea caisson calabar calamistrum calamus calathiform Calcarea calces calciferous calcipala calcospherites calice calicle calicoblastic caliology callous callow callus calobiosis calomus caloric calorigenic calorimetry calotte caltrop calva calx calyciform calycine calycle calyoptis calypto calyptra Calyptratae calyptron calyx camarodont camera camerostome campaniform campestral campi campodeiform campus Canadian canal canalaria canali cancellate cancrisocial cancroid cane canella canines canities cannibalism cannula canthariasis canthus capillary capillitium capita caprification capsule capuliform caput capylus caraboid carapace carbohydrates carcinoid carcinology cardate cardiac cardines cardinosternal cardinostipital cardioblasts cardiocoelomic cardo cardosubmental caria caridean caridoid carina carious carmine carnivore carnose Carolinian carolites carotene carotin …

Online Dictionary Of Invertebrate Zoology: D, Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti, Armand R. Maggenti, Scott L. Gardner

Armand R. Maggenti Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology

dacryoid dactyl dactylethra dactylognathite dactyloid dactylopodite dactylopore dactylozooid dactylus dance daphnid dart dart sac Darwinism dauer larvae dauermodification daughter daughter cells daughter cyst day-eye De Vriesianism dealate dealation death deaurate decacanth decalcification decamerous decapodid larvae decathecal decephalic deciduous deck declinate declivitous declivous deconjugation decorticate decumbent decurved decussated dedetermination dedifferentiation defaunate defecate deferent deficiency definition definitive host deflected deflected front deflexed defoliator deformed degenerate degenerate code degeneration dehiscence dehiscent deirids delamination delimitation, diagnosis, differential diagnosis delthyrial delthyrium deltidial deltidium deltoid demanian demarcation deme demersal demibranchs demiplate demiprovinculum Demospongiae denatant dendriform dendrite dendritic thickening dendrobranch dendrogram dendroid dendron dendrophagous dendrophilous denematize denizen …

Online Dictionary Of Invertebrate Zoology: E, Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti, Armand R. Maggenti, Scott L. Gardner

Armand R. Maggenti Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology

ear eave eaves eburnean ecalcarate ecarinate ecaudate ecbolic eccentric ecdemic ecdysial ecdysis ecdysone ecdysotrophic ecesis echinate echinating Echinodermata echinoderms echinopaedium echinostome echiopluteus Echiura echiurans ecitophile ecium eclectic eclipsed eclosion ecoclimate ecocline ecogeographical ecological ecology ecomorph ecomorphic economic ecoparasite ecophene ecophenotype eco¬phenotypic ecosite ecospecies ecosystem ecotone ecotype ecsoma ectad ectadenia ectal ectally ectoblast ectochone ectocochleate ectocommensal ectocrine ectocyst ectoderm ectodermal ectognathous ectohormones ectolecithal ectomere ectomesenchyme ectomesoderm ectoneural ectooecium ectoparasite ectopara¬sitic ectophagous ectophallus ectopic ectoplasm ectoproct Ectoprocta ectoprocts ectoptygma ectosomal ectosome ectospermalege ectostracum ectosymbion ectosymbi¬ont ectothermal ectotrophous ectozoon ecumenical edaphic edaphic factors edaphon edeagus edentate edentulous edge editum edoeagus effect effector efferent …

Online Dictionary Of Invertebrate Zoology: G, Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti, Armand R. Maggenti, Scott L. Gardner

Armand R. Maggenti Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology

galea gallery gallicola gallicolae gallicolous galliphagous galvanotaxis galvanotropism gametangiogamy gametangium gamete gametocyte gametogamy gametogenesis gametogenetic gametogeny gametogonium gametogony gametotoky gamma gamobium gamodeme gamogenesis gamogonic gamogony gamones gamophase ganglia gangliate ganglion ganglionic gap gaper gaping gas gaseous gaster gasterostome gasterotheca gastraea gastraeum gastral gastralia gastric gastrilegous gastrocoele gastrocoelus gastrodermis gastro-ileal gastrolith gastroorbital Gastropoda gastropods gastropores Gastrotricha gastrotrichs gastrovascular gastrozooid gastrula gastrular gathering Gause's gelatigenous gelatin gelatine gelatinous geminate gemma gemmate gemmation gemmipara gemmipares gemmule gemmulostasin gena genacerore genae genal genaponta genatasinus gene genera generalized generation generative generitype generotype Gene's genesiology genetic genetics genic genicular geniculate genital genitalia genitointestinal genocline genocopy genodeme …

Maclura Pomifera (Raf.) Schneid., Loy R. Phillippe, John E. Ebinger

Specimens by Name

No abstract provided.

A Peptide Core Motif For Binding To Heterotrimeric G Protein Alpha Subunits, William W. Ja, Anirban Adhikari, Ryan J. Austin, Stephen R. Sprang, Richard W. Roberts

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Recently, in vitro selection using mRNA display was used to identify a novel peptide sequence that binds with high affinity to Galpha(i1). The peptide was minimized to a 9-residue sequence (R6A-1) that retains high affinity and specificity for the GDP-bound state of Galpha(i1) and acts as a guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor (GDI). Here we demonstrate that the R6A-1 peptide interacts with Galpha subunits representing all four G protein classes, acting as a core motif for Galpha interaction. This contrasts with the consensus G protein regulatory(GPR) sequence, a 28-mer peptide GDI derived from the GoLoco (Galpha(i/0)-Loco interaction)/GPR motif that shares no …