Factors Influencing Largemouth Bass Recruitment: Implications for the Illinois Management and Stocking Program

Annual Progress Report issued August 2002; NOTE: Two different reports numbered 02/06 were issued from the CAE.Report issued on: August 2002INHS Technical Report prepared for Division of Fisheries Illinois Department of Natural Resource

RASSF1A and the rs2073498 Cancer Associated SNP

RASSF1A is one of the most frequently inactivated tumor suppressors yet identified in human cancer. It is pro-apoptotic and appears to function as a scaffolding protein that interacts with a variety of other tumor suppressors to modulate their function. It can also complex with the Ras oncoprotein and may serve to integrate pro-growth and pro-death signaling pathways. A SNP has been identified that is present in approximately 29% of European populations [rs2073498, A(133)S]. Several studies have now presented evidence that this SNP is associated with an enhanced risk of developing breast cancer. We have used a proteomics based approach to identify multiple differences in the pattern of protein/protein interactions mediated by the wild type compared to the SNP variant protein. We have also identified a significant difference in biological activity between wild type and SNP variant protein. However, we have found only a very modest association of the SNP with breast cancer predisposition

Stoics against stoics in Cudworth's "A Treatise of Freewill"

In his 'A Treatise of Freewill', Ralph Cudworth argues against Stoic determinism by drawing on what he takes to be other concepts found in Stoicism, notably the claim that some things are ‘up to us’ and that these things are the product of our choice. These concepts are central to the late Stoic Epictetus and it appears at first glance as if Cudworth is opposing late Stoic voluntarism against early Stoic determinism. This paper argues that in fact, despite his claim to be drawing on Stoic doctrine, Cudworth uses these terms with a meaning first articulated only later, by the Peripatetic commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias

Yellow Perch Population Assessment in Southwestern Lake Michigan, Including Evaluation of Sampling Techniques April 1, 1995 - March 31, 1996

issued June 1996INHS Technical Report prepared for Illinois Department of Natural Resource

Yellow Perch Population Assessment in Southwestern Lake Michigan, Including Evaluation of Sampling Techniques April 1, 1994 - March 31, 1995

issued June 1995INHS Technical Report prepared for Illinois Department of Conservatio

Database Management and Analysis of Fisheries in Illinois Lakes (Volume 1 & 2): 1 March 1998-28 February 1999, Final Report Segments 10-12

Report issued on: April 1, 1999F-69-R; Volume 1: Optimizing Fisheries Management. Volume 2: Effects of Environmental Factors and Sport Fisheries Management Practices on Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) Fluctuations in Abundance in Illinois Inland Lakes (Ph.D. Dissertation of Ralf Peter Riedel.)The project was supported through Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration (Dingell-Johnson) by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Division of Fisheries, and the Illinois Natural History Survey

Factors Influencing Largemouth Bass Recruitment: Implications for the Illinois Management and Stocking Program

Report issued on: August 2000INHS Technical Report prepared for Division of Fisheries, Illinois Department of Natural Resource

Database Management and Analysis of Fisheries in Illinois Lakes (Volumes 1 & 2): 1 March 1997 - 28 February 1998

F-69-R-11; issued in 2 volumes. Volume 1: Annual Report, Segment 11; Volume 2: Appendix B, Fox River, Kankakee River, and Rock River Creel Reports, 1997Report issued on: May 1998Annual Report to Division of Fisheries, Illinois Department of Natural Resource

Cognitive Multi-Radio Mesh Networks on ISM Bands: A Cross-Layer Architecture

A wireless mesh network (WMN) has been popularly researched as a wireless backbone for Internet access with off-the-shelf and inexpensive equipments. Nowadays, several applications like contents sharing, multicast video streaming, vehicular networks encourage to build mesh networks in urban areas. However, the deployment of WMNs in unlicensed bands of dense urban areas imposes many challenges. While previous research has mostly focused on optimal channel allocation under inter or intra-flow interferences within mesh nodes, the practical deployment of WMNs also requires to consider the interference caused by external entities such as residential access points that do not belong to the WMN. To address this issue, we propose Urban-X which is a first attempt towards a new architecture for Multi-Radio Cognitive Mesh Networks. Based on a cross-layer scheme, we develop novel routing and forwarding schemes reflecting the residential traffic state of external users. Through an extensive simulation analysis using the ns-2 simulator, we demonstrate the feasibility of our routing scheme and we show its robustness to the variations of channel environment and external traffics