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Nathan Perlmutter (1923-1987) papers, 1934-1989, 1949-1987.
No full textThis collection consists of the papers of Nathan Perlmutter, a lawyer, lecturer, author, political activist, and a long-time leader of the American Jewish community. It contains certificates, newspaper clippings, correspondence—including numerous condolence cards and letters sent to his family after his death—manuscripts and drafts of Perlmutter’s writings, obituaries, printed materials, programs, and subject files relating to topics he was interested in and that he wrote about.Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Nathan Perlmutter (1923-1987) Papers; P-1012; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY, and Boston, MA.Donated by Ruth Ann Perlmutter
Coniocarpon rubrocinctum Perlmutter, R. Miranda & Bungartz 2023, comb. nov.
No full textConiocarpon rubrocinctum (G. Merr. ex Grube & Lendemer) Perlmutter, R. Miranda & Bungartz comb. nov. (Fig 1) MycoBank No. MB 847702 Basionym: — Arthonia rubrocincta G. Merr. ex Grube & Lendemer (2009: 9). Type: — UNITED STATES. Florida: Collier County, Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, vicinity of Ranger Station, disturbed roadside vegetation and shaded swampy hardwood forest, on petioles of Sabal palmetto, 4 March 2009, J.C. Lendemer 15506 (holotype NY 01133735, n.v.; isotypes distributed as Lichens of Eastern North America Exsiccati #351, DUKE!). Description: — Life form lichenized fungus. Thallus endoperidermal to epiperidermal, thin, effuse; surface whitish or greenish gray, in older specimens pale tan, smooth, occasionally with reddish or orange pigment crystals and areas of pinkish staining; prothallus brown, often as contact lines. Photobiont trentepohlioid alga, endoperidermal; cells (7.8–) 11.7 (–18.2) × (5.2–) 8.3 (–15.6) µm (n = 39), in short branched chains. Ascomata dispersed, sessile, elongate to furcate, lirellate with ±straight branches and acute tips, (0.4–) 1.0 (–1.6) × (0.2–) 0.3 (–0.5) mm (n = 60); disk flat, brown, often covered with whitish pruina; margin thick, coated with red or orange pruina. In section ascoma (104–) 139 (–208) µm high (n = 6). Excipuloid layer lateral, (26–) 56 (–130) µm (n = 12) wide, dark brownish and infused with reddish pigment crystals. Epithecium (13–) 21 (–26) µm (n = 8) thick, brownish; hymenium hyaline, yellowish in thick sections, (52–) 64 (–91) µm high (n = 10); hypothecium pale brownish, (22–) 42 (–104) µm thick (n = 8). Asci abundant, clavate, (39.0–) 53.3 (–78.0) × (10.5–) 17.0 (–34.0) µm (n = 60), 8-spored, stipe short or indistinct, tholus (4.0–) 8.5 (–15.0) µm thick (n = 10); ascospores narrowly obovate, hyaline, smooth, faintly verrucose and appearing grayish and granular when postmature, macrocephalic, (4–)5-celled, (15.5–) 22.0 (–26.0) × (4.0–) 5.5 (–8.0) µm (n = 60). Pycnidia frequent, ±globose, partly immersed, (52–) 80 (–140) µm in diameter (n = 9), wall brown; conidia bacilliform, mostly straight, hyaline, (4–) 6.4 (–9) × ~1 µm (n = 10). Chemistry: —Thallus UV–, K–, C–, KC–, PD+ golden yellow (psoromic acid); excipular pigment K+ magenta then fading; epithecium pigment dissolving in K. AMYLOIDITY: epithecium I+ blue, K/I+ dark blue; hymenium I+ blue or turning red, K/I+ dark blue or green in high concentrations; ascus protoplasm I–, K/I+ yellow-orange; ascus wall I–, K/I–. A hemiamyloid ring in the tholus of the asci not seen. Substrate, ecology and distribution: —Found on woody palm frond bases in coastal, subtropical environments in southeastern North America (Florida to North Carolina) and the Caribbean (Bahamas). Additional specimens examined: — BAHAMAS. Cat Island. On leaf stem of thatch palm [Coccothrinax argentata], 9 July 1903, Anonymous s.n. (NCU). UNITED STATES. Florida: Collier County, off James Scenic Drive 6.5 mi NNW of Ranger Station at Gate 12 along Tram Rd, 26°0.69’N, 81°24.35’W, on palmetto leaf sheath, 02 March 2009, M.P. Nelsen 4010 (F); Orange County, Sanford, on palmetto shafts, May 1908, S. Rapp 31 (FH); North Carolina: Brunswick County, Bald Head Island State Natural Area, behind East Beach in dune swale on palmetto frond base, 20 December 2022, G.B. Perlmutter 4307 (NCU); South Carolina: Horry County, North Myrtle Beach, Hilton Hotel, behind strand on base of palmetto frond, 18 October 2010, G.B. Perlmutter 182-a (NCU).Published as part of Perlmutter, Gary B., Miranda-González, Ricardo & Bungartz, Frank, 2023, Placement of Arthonia rubrocincta in Coniocarpon (lichenized Ascomycota: Arthoniaceae), with an extended range for the species in southeastern North America and the Caribbean, pp. 278-282 in Phytotaxa 589 (3) on pages 279-280, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.589.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/777700
FIGURE 1. Coniocarpon rubrocinctum. A in Placement of Arthonia rubrocincta in Coniocarpon (lichenized Ascomycota: Arthoniaceae), with an extended range for the species in southeastern North America and the Caribbean
No full textFIGURE 1. Coniocarpon rubrocinctum. A. Coastal habitat with phorophyte Sabal palmetto on right (Bald Head Island, North Carolina). B. Thallus from South Carolina showing prothallus, ascomata and pycnidia (Perlmutter 182a). C. Ascomatal section in water (Perlmutter 4307). D. Asci with spores in K/I (Anonymous s.n.). E. Ascospore in water (Perlmutter 4307). Scale bars: B = 2.0 mm; C = 50 μm; D = 20 μm; E = 10 μm.Published as part of Perlmutter, Gary B., Miranda-González, Ricardo & Bungartz, Frank, 2023, Placement of Arthonia rubrocincta in Coniocarpon (lichenized Ascomycota: Arthoniaceae), with an extended range for the species in southeastern North America and the Caribbean, pp. 278-282 in Phytotaxa 589 (3) on page 280, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.589.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/777700
Placement of Arthonia rubrocincta in Coniocarpon (lichenized Ascomycota: Arthoniaceae), with an extended range for the species in southeastern North America and the Caribbean
No full textPerlmutter, Gary B., Miranda-González, Ricardo, Bungartz, Frank (2023): Placement of Arthonia rubrocincta in Coniocarpon (lichenized Ascomycota: Arthoniaceae), with an extended range for the species in southeastern North America and the Caribbean. Phytotaxa 589 (3): 278-282, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.589.3.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.589.3.
From Paralysis to Progress: The (Useful) Art of Copyright Pragmatism
No full textAmericans want the nation’s copyright laws to make sense, be fair, and reflect the technologies in use, argued Shira Perlmutter, chief policy officer and director for international affairs, United States Patent and Trademark Office. Her April 15 lecture at Catholic University’s law school noted that for some reason, Congress and regulatory oversight bodies have historically had a hard time meeting that reasonable expectation. Her remarks were presented as the 2014 Dean William Callyhan Robinson Intellectual Property Lecture, a series named after the author the founding dean of the law school at The Catholic University of America
Identifying Communication Behaviors That Promote Interprofessional Teamwork Among Health Care Profession Students
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 4/1/2017
The purpose of this study was to identify communication behaviors of students on an interprofessional team that impact patient and team satisfaction. Findings can be used to develop interprofessional educational experiences designed to foster team performance and quality of care.
Primary Author and Speaker: Monica Perlmutter
Additional Authors and Speakers: Susan Tucker
Contributing Authors: Dehra Harris, Gloria R. Grice</jats:p
Assessing Highway Pollution Effects on Forest Lichen Communities in Western Wake County, North Carolina, USA.
No full textThe Lichen Connections of Black Fungi
No full textMany black meristematic fungi persist on
rock surfaces—hostile and exposed habitats where
high doses of radiation and periods of desiccation
alternate with rain and temperature extremes. To cope
with these extremes, rock-inhabiting black fungi show
phenotypic plasticity and produce melanin as cell wall
pigments. The rather slow growth rate seems to be an
additional prerequisite to oligotrophic conditions. At
least some of these fungi can undergo facultative,
lichen-like associations with photoautotrophs. Certain
genera presenting different lifestyles are phylogenetic
related among the superclass Dothideomyceta. In this
paper, we focus on the genus Lichenothelia, which
includes border-line lichens, that is, associations of
melanised fungi with algae without forming proper
lichen thalli. We provide a first phylogenetic hypothesis
to show that Lichenothelia belongs to the superclass
Dothideomyceta. Further, culture experiments
revealed the presence of co-occurring fungi in Lichenothelia
thalli. These fungi are related to plant
pathogenic fungi (Mycosphaerellaceae) and to other
rock-inhabiting lineages (Teratosphaeriaceae). The
Lichenothelia thallus-forming fungi represent therefore
consortia of different black fungal strains. Our
results suggest a common link between rock-inhabiting
meristematic and lichen-forming lifestyles of
ascomycetous fungi
Rethinking the value of initial claims as a forecasting tool
No full textThe weekly numbers on initial claims for unemployment insurance convey key information about the labor market. But how reliable are claims in predicting changes in the much anticipated monthly employment report? According to a simple forecasting model, claims consistently send an accurate signal about employment during recessions but not during expansions.Unemployment insurance ; Forecasting ; Employment (Economic theory)
The influence of positively charged nitrogen species on compound accumulation and activity in gram-negative bacteria
No full textMultidrug resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections are on the rise, and with no FDA approvals for new classes of broad-spectrum antibiotics in over 50 years, these infections constitute a major threat to human health. A significant challenge is the inability of most compounds to accumulate in Gram-negative bacteria. Recently developed predictive guidelines called the eNTRy rules show that appending a primary amine to an appropriately shaped compound can enhance Gram-negative accumulation and antibacterial activity. However, in certain cases addition of a primary amine resulted in the disruption of target engagement. Therefore, it would be advantageous to have alternate functional groups that facilitate accumulation in Gram-negative bacteria but offer different interactions with a given target protein.
Here we report that other positively charged nitrogen functional groups, namely N-alkyl guanidiniums and pyridiniums, can also facilitate compound uptake into Gram-negative bacteria. Accumulation of a set of 60 non-antibiotic compounds, consisting of 20 primary amines derived from the Complexity-to-Diversity strategy and their corresponding guanidiniums and pyridiniums, was assessed in Escherichia coli. We also installed these alternate functional groups onto six antibiotic scaffolds and assessed their accumulation and antibacterial activity in Gram-negative bacteria. In addition, computational studies were performed to predict whether additional charged functional groups will be able to facilitate Gram-negative uptake. The results suggest that other positively charged, nitrogen-containing functional groups should be considered when designing antibiotics with Gram-negative activity.
Finally, retrospective analysis of commercial screening libraries showed a lack of compounds containing primary amines. This is likely a major reason for the failures within the pharmaceutical industry to find lead compounds with whole cell activity from high throughput screening campaigns. Here strategies for addressing this problem through efficient amine installation strategies are discussed and applied to compounds from the CtD collection and their antimicrobial activity assessed.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2022-12-01The student, Sarah Perlmutter, accepted the attached license on 2020-11-23 at 12:13.The student, Sarah Perlmutter, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2020-11-23 at 13:00.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2020-11-25 at 11:56.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #15939 on 2021-03-04 at 16:19:47Made available in DSpace on 2021-03-05T21:42:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 7
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