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Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 11.1, April 2016, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for Spring 2016.

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 10.1, November 2015, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for Fall 2015.

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 9.1, May 2015, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for Spring 2015.

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 8.1, November 2014, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for Fall 2014.

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 7.1, May 2014, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for Spring 2014.

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 7, November 2013, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for Fall 2013.

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 6.2, May 2013, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for Spring 2013.

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 6, December 2012, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for Fall 2012.

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 5.2, May 2012, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for Spring 2012.

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 5, December 2011, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for Fall 2011.

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 4, December 2010, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for 2010.

Bio Buzz Newsletter, Issue 3, December 2009, Department Of Biology

Biology Buzz Newsletter

Denison University, Department of Biology newsletter for 2009.

Inventory Of Gulf Oceanic Fauna Data Including Species, Weight, And Measurements. Cruises Dp01 May 1-8, 2015 And Dp02 August 9-21, 2015 R/V On The Point Sur In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, April Cook, Tracey Sutton

DEEPEND Datasets

This data set includes the biological and environmental data for all of the species collected during the DP01 (May 2015) and DP02 cruises (August 2015). The main gear type used was a 10-m2 Multiple Opening Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS). The MOCNESS was fitted with 6 nets which were opened according to the following depth scheme: net 0 from the surface to 1500m, net 1 from 1500-1200m, net 2 from 1200-1000m, net 3 from 1000-600m, net 4 from 600-200m, and net 5 from 200m to the surface. Two trawls were conducted at each station sampled to capture diel …

Hendra Virus Fusion Protein Transmembrane Domain Contributes To Pre-Fusion Protein Stability, Stacy Webb, Tamas Nagy, Hunter Moseley, Michael G. Fried, Rebecca Ellis Dutch

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Enveloped viruses utilize fusion (F) proteins studding the surface of the virus to facilitate membrane fusion with a target cell membrane. Fusion of the viral envelope with a cellular membrane is required for release of viral genomic material, so the virus can ultimately reproduce and spread. To drive fusion, the F protein undergoes an irreversible conformational change, transitioning from a metastable pre-fusion conformation to a more thermodynamically stable post-fusion structure. Understanding the elements that control stability of the pre-fusion state and triggering to the post-fusion conformation is important for understanding F protein function. Mutations in F protein transmembrane (TM) domains …

Hyclasss: A Hybrid Classifier For Automatic Sleep Stage Scoring, Xiaojin Li, Licong Cui, Shiqiang Tao, Jing Chen, Xiang Zhang, Guo-Qiang Zhang

Institute for Biomedical Informatics Faculty Publications

Automatic identification of sleep stage is an important step in a sleep study. In this paper, we propose a hybrid automatic sleep stage scoring approach, named HyCLASSS, based on single channel electroencephalogram (EEG). HyCLASSS, for the first time, leverages both signal and stage transition features of human sleep for automatic identification of sleep stages. HyCLASSS consists of two parts: A random forest classifier and correction rules. Random forest classifier is trained using 30 EEG signal features, including temporal, frequency, and nonlinear features. The correction rules are constructed based on stage transition feature, importing the continuity property of sleep, and characteristic …

2003, April – Land Use History And Mapping In California’S Central Coast Region; Report No. Wi-2003-03; Newman, W. B, Watson, F.G.R,

Miscellaneous Monterey and San Luis Obispo County Documents and Reports

Land use change has a long history in the region, which once held the State Capitol at Monterey. The region been transformed several times, following the introduction of Europeans and their grain crops in the 1800s, the development of groundwater-based irrigation in the late 1920s, and the expansion of vineyards and urban areas in more recent years.

Land management must be aware of the history of the land, and of its current spatial state. The early chapters of this report review the major land use systems of the region and their history. The latter chapter presents a new remotely sensed …

Expression, Purification, And Monitoring Of Conformational Changes Of Hcb2 Tmh67h8 In Different Membrane-Mimetic Lipid Mixtures Using Circular Dichroism And Nmr Techniques, Elvis K. Tiburu, Jianqin Zhuang, Heidimarie N. A. Fleischer, Patrick K. Arthur, Gordon A. Awandare

Publications and Research

This work was intended to develop self-assembly lipids for incorporating G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) in order to improve the success rate for nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) structural elucidation. We hereby report the expression and purification of uniformly 15N-labeled human cannabinoid receptor-2 domain in insect cell media. The domain was refolded by screening several membrane mimetic environments. Different q ratios of isotropic bicelles were screened for solubilizing transmembrane helix 6, 7 and 8 (TMH67H8). As the concentration of dimyristoylphosphocholine (DMPC) was increased such that the q ratio was between 0.16 and 0.42, there was less crowding in the cross peaks …

Ecological Pleiotropy Suppresses The Dynamic Feedback Generated By A Rapidly Changing Trait, John Delong

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Population dynamics may carry a signature of an ecology- evolution-ecology feedback, known as eco-evolutionary dynamics, when functionally important traits change. Given current theory, the absence of a feedback from a trait with strong links to species interactions should not occur. In a previous study with the Didinium-Paramecium predator-prey system, however, rapid and large-magnitude changes in predator cell volume occurred without any noticeable effect on the population dynamics. Here I resolve this theory-data conflict by showing that ecological pleiotropy—when a trait has more than one functional effect on an ecological process—suppresses shifts in dynamics that would arise, given the links between …

Distribution And Abundance Of Key Vectors Of Rift Valley Fever And Other Arboviruses In Two Ecologically Distinct Counties In Kenya, Rosemary Sang, Samwel Arum, Edith Chepkorir, Gladys Mosomtai, Caroline Tigoi, Faith Sigei, Olivia Wesula Lwande, Tobias Landmann, Hippolyte Affognon, Clas Ahlm, Magnus Evander

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background: Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis of ruminants and humans that causes outbreaks in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula with significant public health and economic consequences. Humans become infected through mosquito bites and contact with infected livestock. The virus is maintained between outbreaks through vertically infected eggs of the primary vectors of Aedes species which emerge following rains with extensive flooding. Infected female mosquitoes initiate transmission among nearby animals, which amplifies virus, thereby infecting more mosquitoes and moving the virus beyond the initial point of emergence. With each successive outbreak, RVF has been found to expand …

Is Biomass A Reliable Estimate Of Plant Fitness?, Brett Steven Younginger, Dagmara Sirova, Mitchell B. Cruzan, Daniel J. Ballhorn

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

The measurement of fitness is critical to biological research. Although the determination of fitness for some organisms may be relatively straightforward under controlled conditions, it is often a difficult or nearly impossible task in nature. Plants are no exception. The potential for long-distance pollen dispersal, likelihood of multiple reproductive events per inflorescence, varying degrees of reproductive growth in perennials, and asexual reproduction all confound accurate fitness measurements. For these reasons, biomass is frequently used as a proxy for plant fitness. However, the suitability of indirect fitness measurements such as plant size is rarely evaluated. This review outlines the important associations …

Bioaccumulation Of Metallic Trace Elements And Antioxidant Enzyme Activities In Apfelbeckia Insculpta (L. Koch, 1867) (Diplopoda: Callipodida) From The Cave Hadži-Prodanova Pećina (Serbia), Jelena Vranković, Slavica Borković-Mitić, Bojan Ilić, Milanka Radulović, Slaviša Milošević, Slobodan Makarov, Bojan Mitić

International Journal of Speleology

The concentration of 10 metallic trace elements or MTE (Cu, Fe, Zn, Mn, As, Hg, Pb, Cd, Ni, and Cr) was measured in specimens of the troglophilic millipede Apfelbeckia insculpta (L. Koch, 1867) and sediment of the cave Hadži-Prodanova Pećina in western Serbia. Some MTE, like Fe and Mn, displayed much higher concentrations compared to other elements, both in the sediment and in the body of A. insculpta. On the other hand, estimation of the bioaccumulation factor (BAF) in both males and females of A. insculpta showed values greater than 1 for xenobiotic elements compared to those that are essential. …

1933 - Material Results At Mission San Luis Obispo, Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1777-1832, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

Drivers Of Redistribution Of Fishing And Non-Fishing Effort After The Implementation Of A Marine Protected Area Network, Reniel B. Cabral, Steven D. Gaines, Brett A. Johnson, Tom W. Bell, Crow White

Biological Sciences

Marine spatial planning (MSP) is increasingly utilized to sustainably manage ocean uses. Marine protected areas (MPAs), a form of spatial management in which parts of the ocean are regulated to fishing, are now a common tool in MSP for conserving marine biodiversity and managing fisheries. However, the use of MPAs in MSP often neglects, or simplifies, the redistribution of fishing and non-fishing activities inside and outside of MPAs following their implementation. This redistribution of effort can have important implications for effective MSP. Using long-term (14 yr) aerial surveys of boats at the California Channel Islands, we examined the spatial redistribution …

1932 - Material Results At Mission Santa Ines, Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1804-1834, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

1929 - Material Results At Mission San Antonio De Padua, Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1773-1833, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

1934 - Material Results At Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmelo), Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1772-1832, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

1929 - Material Results At Mission Nuestra Senora De La Soledad, Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1791-1834, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

1932 - Material Results At Mission La Concepcion Purisima, Agricultural Products And Livestock, 1788-1834, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

1931 - Material Results At Mission San Juan Bautista, Agricultural Products And Livestock Tables, 1797-1832, Engelhardt (Courtesy Of The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library)

Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish

The annual reports for each California mission were required to include an accounting of the agricultural products (wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas) and livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules, horses). The content of the tables compiled by Zephyrin Engelhardt came from official mission records.

Physiology And Behavior Of Marine Mammals Avs 442x, Michael Cerbo

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