Dave Strack, UM Men's Basketball coach, Cazzie Russell, Bill Buntin

[with Big Ten championship ball and all-American certificates)

Microduplication of the ICR2 Domain at Chromosome 11p15 and Familial Silver-Russell Syndrome

Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is characterized by severe intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation in association with a typical small triangular face and other variable features. Genetic and epigenetic disturbances are detected in about 50% of the patients. Most frequently, SRS is caused by altered gene expression on chromosome 11p15 due to hypomethylation of the telomeric imprinting center (ICR1) that is present in at least 40% of the patients. Maternally inherited duplications encompassing ICR1 and ICR2 domains at 11p15 were found in a few patients, and a microduplication restricted to ICR2 was described in a single SRS child. We report on a microduplication of the ICR2 domain encompassing the KCNQ1, KCNQ1OT1, and CDKN1C genes in a three-generation family: there were four instances of paternal transmissions of the microduplication from a single male uniformly resulting in normal offspring, and five maternal transmissions, via two clinically normal sisters, with all the children exhibiting SRS. This report provides confirmatory evidence that a microduplication restricted to the ICR2 domain results in SRS when maternally transmitted. (C) 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Spatial distribution of vectors of Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus on Russell Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland

We used a network of 20 carbon dioxide- and octenol-supplemented light traps to sample adult mosquitoes throughout Russell Island in southern Moreton Bay, south-east Queensland. Between February and April 2001, an estimated 1365 564 adult female mosquitoes were collected. In contrast to an average catch of 9754 female mosquitoes per trap night on Russell Island, reference traps set on Macleay Island and on the mainland returned average catches of 3172 and 222, respectively. On Russell Island, Ochlerotatus vigilax (Skuse), Coquillettidia linealis (Skuse), Culex annulirostris Skuse and Verrallina funerea (Theobald), known or suspected vectors of Ross River (RR) and/or Barmah Forest (BF) viruses, comprised 89.6% of the 25 taxa collected. When the spatial distributions of the above species were mapped and analysed using local spatial statistics, all were found to be present in highest numbers towards the southern end of the island during most of the 7 weeks. This indicated the presence of more suitable adult harbourage sites and/or suboptimal larval control efficacy. As immature stages and the breeding habitat of Cq. linealis are as yet undescribed, this species in particular presents a considerable impediment to proposed development scenarios. The method presented here of mapping the numbers of mosquitoes throughout a local government area allows specific areas that have high vector numbers to be defined.

The British Charophyta, by James Groves, F.L.S., and George Russell Bullock-Webster ...

1

Simone Weil i Bertrand Russell : Dues reflexions sobre la pau a l'Europa dels anys trenta

Simone Weil i Bertrand Russell havien defensat posicions pacifistes, però davant del nazisme van justificar la guerra. S'han destacat alguns elements de reflexió en el canvi d'actitud: la importància dels mitjans de comunicació, la del llenguatge i del vessant psicològic del poder, la construcció mediàtica de l'enemic i la transcendència política de l'actuació individual i social davant l'Estat.

Report on a special investigation of the City of Russell for the period February 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008

Report on a special investigation of the City of Russell for the period February 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008