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Martellia And Associated Middle Ordovician Brachiopods From The Katkoyeh Formation, East-Central Iran, Ian G. Percival, Anthony J. Wright, Robert S. Nicoll, Mir Alireza Hamedi

Anthony Wright

The palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Ordovician if Iran has been the subject of considerable research over the past 15 years, revealing biogeographically significant faunas whose affinities are shared both with peri-Gondwanian terranes and continental blocks. Documentation of the composition and ages of these faunas, many of which are still poorly known, is critical to constraining palaeogeographic reconstructions of the time.

Septal Architecture And Palaeoecology Of Calceola (Cnidaria, Calceolidae), With Comments On The Phylogeny Of Devonian Operculate Tetracorals, Anthony J. Wright

Anthony Wright

In Calceola sandalina the full complement of counter major septa was established very low in the calyx, extending from the counter septum across to the edge of the counter face. At about mid-height of the calyx, a counter-lateral major septum was generated on either side of and from the counter septum. Serial minor septal insertion was initiated adjacent to the counter-lateral septa at a slightly later stage and continued throughout the subsequent ontogeny of the corallite, with minor septa (schizosepta?) arising on the median side of major septa and bifurcating from them. Alar fossulae are seen in the calyx of …

The Asaphid Trilobite Ogygites Collingwoodensis Reed, 1926 From The Late Ordovician Of New Zealand, Anthony J. Wright

Anthony Wright

The New Zealand asaphid trilobite Ogygites collingwoodensis is redescribed on the basis of the type material and new collections, and its assignment to Basiliella is confirmed. The species occurs with the trinucleid trilobite Incaia bishopi and graptolites indicative of the Nemagraptus gracilis zone (early Late Ordovician, early Sandbian/Gisbornian), mostly as disarticulated material in intensely bioturbated siltstone of the Douglas Formation. Comparison with coeval faunas is limited due to the low diversity of this fauna, but B. collingwoodensis shows some limited similarity to contemporaneous eastern Australian faunas, whereas Incaia also occurs in South America and South China.

Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) Conodonts From Thompson Creek, Nelson Province, New Zealand, Yong Yi Zhen, Ian G. Percival, Roger A. Cooper, John E. Simes, Anthony J. Wright

Anthony Wright

A well preserved Middle Ordovician conodont fauna of 24 species has been recovered from seven samples of a small limestone lens exposed in Thompson Creek, northwest of Nelson, on the South Island of New Zealand. The presence of Histiodella holodentata, Baltoniodus? sp., Paroistodus originalis, P. horridus, Periodon macrodentatus, Protopanderodus sp. cf. P. varicostatus, Costiconus ethingtoni and Venoistodus balticus in the fauna indicates a Darriwilian (late Da2 to mid Da3) age. The occurrence of Ansella jemtlandica, Baltoniodus? sp., Periodon macrodentatus, Spinodus sp., Spinodus? sp. and Histiodella holodentata suggests a relatively deeper water (outer shelf to slope) setting, comparable with contemporaneous faunas, …

Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) Brachiopods And Trilobites From Thompson Creek, Northwest Nelson, New Zealand, Ian G. Percival, Anthony J. Wright, Roger A. Cooper, John E. Simes, Yong Yi Zhen

Anthony Wright

A well preserved Middle Ordovician shelly fauna, represented by twelve species of lingulate brachiopods and one trilobite genus, was recovered from an allochthonous limestone lens exposed in Thompson Creek, northwest of Nelson, on the South Island of New Zealand. The stratigraphic setting is unclear as the limestone is situated in the Takaka Terrane adjacent to the Anatoki Fault, separating this terrane from the Buller Terrane. The original depositional environment of the limestone is interpreted as relatively deep water (outer shelf to upper slope). Lingulate brachiopods described include the new species Hyperobolus? thompsonensis sp. nov., Cyrtonotreta robusta sp. nov., Scaphelasma paturauensis …

Study Targets Striped Bass, Catherine V. Schmitt

Catherine Schmitt

This article in the Bangor Daily News profiles the Sea Grant-funded research of Dr. Joe Zydlewski, who is studying the striped bass population in the Penobscot River. A must read for all striper fans.

Alewives: Feast Of The Season, Catherine V. Schmitt

Catherine Schmitt

Alewives are sea-run, or diadromous, fish that spend most of their lives in the Atlantic Ocean but return as adults to coastal rivers in spring to spawn in freshwater streams and ponds. This article in Maine Boats, Homes, & Harbors magazine discusses the natural and cultural history of Maine's native runs of alewives and other sea-run fish.

The Salters Of Stanley Brook, Catherine V. Schmitt

Catherine Schmitt

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Editor's Note, Catherine Schmitt

Catherine Schmitt

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Structural Insights Into The Interaction Between A Potent Anti-Inflammatory Protein, Viral Cc Chemokine Inhibitor (Vcci), And The Human Cc Chemokine, Eotaxin-1, Nai-Wei Kuo, Yong-Guang Gao, Megan S. Schill, Nancy Isern, Cynthia M. Dupureur, Patricia J. Liwang

Cynthia Dupureur

Massively Parallel Nonparametric Regression, With An Application To Developmental Brain Mapping, Philip T. Reiss, Lei Huang, Yin-Hsiu Chen, Lan Huo, Thaddeus Tarpey, Maarten Mennes

Lei Huang

We propose a penalized spline approach to performing large numbers of parallel nonparametric analyses of either of two types: restricted likelihood ratio tests of a parametric regression model versus a general smooth alternative, and nonparametric regression. Compared with naively performing each analysis in turn, our techniques reduce computation time dramatically. Viewing the large collection of scatterplot smooths produced by our methods as functional data, we develop a clustering approach to summarize and visualize these results. Our approach is applicable to ultra-high-dimensional data, particularly data acquired by neuroimaging; we illustrate it with an analysis of developmental trajectories of functional connectivity at …

20 Things You Can Do To Conserve Energy In 2015, Lissa Coffey

LissaCoffey

Energy is lost when air conditioners and hot-air furnaces have to work harder to draw air through dirty filters. Cleaning/replacing a dirty air conditioner filter can save 5 percent of the energy used. That could save 175 pounds of CO2.air filters can save your company up to 30% of your total HVAC energy spend and last twice as long as traditional air filters. Also your company will benefit from significantly reduced installation labor costs and waste disposal costs. In the average commercial building, 50% of the energy bill is for the HVAC system and 30% of that is directly related …

Sweet Sorghum As A Bioenergy Crop: Literature Review, Teshome Regassa

Teshome H. Regassa

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Tsu Faculty Research Interest Database, David Owerbach

David Owerbach

The TSU faculty research interest database was constructed by the Office of Research and was last updated on November 20, 2014.

Opportunities For Energy Crop Production Based On Subfield Scale Distribution Of Profitability, Ian J. Bonner, Kara G. Cafferty, David J. Muth, Mark D. Tomer, David E. James, Sarah A. Porter, Douglas L. Karlen

Douglas L Karlen

Incorporation of dedicated herbaceous energy crops into row crop landscapes is a promising means to supply an expanding biofuel industry while benefiting soil and water quality and increasing biodiversity. Despite these positive traits, energy crops remain largely unaccepted due to concerns over their practicality and cost of implementation. This paper presents a case study for Hardin County, Iowa, to demonstrate how subfield decision making can be used to target candidate areas for conversion to energy crop production. Estimates of variability in row crop production at a subfield level are used to model the economic performance of corn (Zea mays L.) …

Tsu Faculty Publication Database, David Owerbach

David Owerbach

THE TSU faculty publication database is for the years 2012-2014. The database was constructed by the Office of Research and was last updated on November 20, 2014.

Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry Reveals That Ceriporiopsis Subvermispora Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase Is Inhibited By Nitric Oxide, Ellen W. Moomaw, Richard Uberto, Chingkuang Tu

Ellen Moomaw

No abstract provided.

Boundaries Of A Complex World, Isbn 978-3-662-49078-5 (2016), Andrei Ludu

Andrei Ludu

Intrinsic Delocalization During The Decay Of Excitons In Polymeric Solar Cells, Thomas F. George, W. Chen, D. Jiang, R. Chen, S. Li

Thomas George