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Joshua Davis: Author of Spare Parts
No full textCitation: K-State First (2016). Joshua Davis: Author of Spare Parts [Flier]. Manhattan, Kansas: K-State First.Flyer advertising Joshua Davis's author talk at Kansas State University
Steven Johnson Author Talk Poster
No full textK-State Book NetworkA poster advertising an author talk by Steven Johnson at Kansas State University on September 3, 2014. Steven Johnson's book "The Ghost Map" was the 2014-2015 common book
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No full textPhase II study of epirubicin, cisplatin and continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil (ECF) for carcinoma of unknown primary site
No full textF. X. Parnis, I. N. Olver, D. Kotasek, J. Norman, A. Taylor, J. Russell, K. Patterson, D. Keefe & T. Marafiot
New technique for determining the optical constants of liquids
No full textThe traditional techniques of transmission and attenuated total reflectance (ATR) spectroscopy for determining the optical constants of liquids are not practical or reliable for very strong absorption bands. Specular reflectance can be used in these cases, but for volatile liquids it is impossible to separate the reflectance spectrum of the liquid from the absorption spectrum of the vapor above the liquid. Methods using special cells have been described in the literature to prevent the liquid from evaporating. In this paper, a similar technique that makes use of traditional transmission cells is presented. It is shown that this new technique generates k(νtilde) spectra for strong absorption bands that are accurate to approximately 2%
Mitochondrial modulation of calcium signaling at the initiation of development
No full textFertilization triggers cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations that activate mammalian eggs and initiate development. Extensive evidence demonstrates that Ca2+ is released from endoplasmic reticulum stores; however, less is known about how the increased Ca2+ is restored to its resting level, forming the Ca2+ oscillations. We investigated whether mitochondria also play a role in activation-associated Ca2+ signaling. Mitochondrial dysfunction induced by the mitochondrial uncoupler FCCP or antimycin A disrupted cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations, resulting in sustained increase in cytosolic Ca2+, followed by apoptotic cell death. This suggests that functional mitochondria may participate in sequestering the released Ca2+, contributing to cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations and preventing cell death. By centrifugation, mouse eggs were stratified and separated into fractions containing both endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria and fractions containing endoplasmic reticulum with no mitochondria. The former showed Ca2+ oscillations by activation, whereasthe latter exhibited sustained elevation in cytosolic Ca2+ but no Ca2+ oscillations, suggesting that mitochondria take up released cytosolic Ca2+. Further, using Rhod-2 for detection of mitochondrial Ca2+, we found that mitochondria exhibited Ca2+ oscillations, the frequency of which was not different from that of cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations, indicatingthat mitochondria are involved in Ca2+ signaling during egg activation. Therefore, we propose that mitochondria play a crucial role in Ca2+ signaling that mediates egg activation and development, and apoptotic cell death. <br/
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Transmembrane regulation of intracellular calcium by a plasma membrane sodium/calcium exchanger in mouse ova
No full textRegulation of cytoplasmic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+)]i) is a key factor for maintenance of viability of cells, including oocytes. Indeed, during fertilization of an ovum, [Ca2+]i is known to undergo oscillations, but it is unknown how basal [Ca2+]i or calcium oscillations are regulated. In the present study we investigated the role of the plasma membrane in regulating [Ca2+]i of metaphase II-arrested mouse oocytes (ova). Ova were collected from B6C3F1 mice treated with eCG (10 IU) and hCG (5 IU), and intracellular calcium was determined by means of fura-2. Extracellular calcium flux across the zona pellucida was detected noninvasively by a calcium ion-selective, self-referencing microelectrode that was positioned by a computer-controlled micromanipulator. Under basal conditions ova exhibited a calcium net efflux of 20.6 +/- 5.2 fmol/cm2 per sec (n = 69). Treatment of ova with ethanol (7%) or thapsigargin (25 nM-2.5 microM) transiently increased intracellular calcium and stimulated calcium efflux that paralleled levels of [Ca2+]i. The presence of a Na+/Ca2+ exchanger was indicated by experiments employing both bepridil, an inhibitor of Na+/Ca2+ exchange, and sodium-depleted media. In the presence of bepridil, a net influx of calcium was revealed across the zona pellucida, which was reflected by an increase in the [Ca2+]i. In addition, replenishment of extracellular sodium to ova that had been incubated in sodium-depleted media induced a large calcium efflux, consistent with the actions of Na+/Ca2+ exchange. Sodium/calcium exchange in mouse ova may be an important mechanism that regulates [Ca2+]i
Use of project teams in preclinical development
No full textDorothy M.K. Keefe, Joanne M. Bowen, and Rachel J. Gibsonhttp://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470248467,descCd-description.htm
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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