Penobscot River Habitat Focus Area 2016 Annual Report

1 Penobscot River Habitat Focus Area 2016 Annual Report The Penobscot River is New England’s second largest river, draining nearly one-third of the state of Maine with a watershed area of 8,570 square miles not including tributaries to Penobscot Bay. The watershed is home to 11 migratory fish species, including three listed under the Endangered Species Act, and represents the largest run of Atlantic salmon in the United States. It has a rich cultural history of commercial, recreational, and sustenance fishing. It is also home to the Penobscot Indian Nation and includes the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. The Penobscot HFA includes work in three areas: • Habitat Protection & Restoration • Research & Science • Communications & Outreac

Investigations of the Fragmentation Spectra of Peptides Containing Lysine and its Non-Protein Amino Acid Homologs

In this study, we investigated the fragmentation spectra of dipeptides containing lysine or ornithine and pentapeptides containing lysine, ornithine, Daba, or Dapa. Lysine is one of the 20 protein amino acids whereas ornithine, Daba, and Dapa are non-protein amino acids that resemble lysine. Each of these homologs has an amine side chain that is consecutively shorter than lysine\u27s, making their differing effects on fragmentation interesting to observe. By looking at the fragments created by each peptide upon collision-induced dissociation (CID) in an ESI ion trap mass spectrometer, we could compare the fragments between the peptides and interpret those differences as a result of structural differences. Performing CID on lysine containing peptides, produced many more significant fragments than ornithine, and to similar extent, Daba, and Dapa containing peptides. Ornithine-containing pentapeptides consistently gave a dominant b fragment in which ornithine was the C-terminal of that fragment. Dapa and Daba-containing pentapeptides seemed to favor the loss of water from the parent in fragmentation, yet they also produced peaks that were in good agreements with the lysine containing pentapeptides. The amount of peaks for each amino acid did not follow a set pattern from lysine to Dapa, as the Daba-containing did at times contain more significant peaks than the ornithine. These comparisons are only a preliminary investigation into better understanding the mechanism with which amine side chains can affect fragmentation of the peptide backbone during CID

Puppetry as an art therapy technique with emotionally disturbed children

Puppetry has long been used as a diagnostic and therapeutic technique with emotionally disturbed children and has been well documented in the literature. Limited research has been done on the creation of puppets in therapy or on the use of puppetry in art therapy. This thesis outlines methods of using puppetry as a group art therapy technique with emotionally disturbed children. The technique includes both diagnostic and therapeutic uses of puppetry. The psycholo-oical rationale of puppetry is reviewed. Two art therapy qroups of emotionally disturbed children were treated for ten weeks using puppetry. The children made various types of puppets and spontaneous puppet play was encouraged. Material from these sessions is examined in terms of psychodynamics in relation to individual case histories. This thesis proposes that puppetry is a valuable art therapy technique with emotionally disturbed children. Recommendations for further research in this area are included.M.A., Art Therapy -- Hahnemann University, 198

Identification of compounds from Etonia rosemary \u3ci\u3e(Conradina etonia)\u3c/i\u3e

Mosquitoes transmit pathogens that result in diseases harmful to human, livestock, and wildlife hosts. Numerous measures can be used to reduce insect-borne disease risk to humans, and one approach is the use of topical repellents to prevent host-seeking arthropods from taking a blood meal. A current emphasis in the development of new repellents is that they be safe. Therefore, natural products sources are increasingly being explored. Compounds from plants of the mint family (Lamiaceae) have been demonstrated to be insect repellents. This study examines compounds from Etonia rosemary (Conradina etonia) to identify compounds for examination as insect repellents. Samples of Etonia rosemary were passively extracted with hexane, dichloromethane, and methanol and analyzed by GC/MS. This extraction method was chosen to eliminate thermal degradation of plant components that can occur during the distillation procedure. Additional headspace volatile compounds from this plant were identified using microscale purge-and-trap GC/MS. A variety of terpenes, terpenic alcohols, ketones, and aldehydes were identified in the extracts with terpenes and short-chained aldehydes detected in greatest abundance