Report of recommendations of the Public Employment Relations Board for the year ended June 30, 2007

Report of recommendations of the Public Employment Relations Board for the year ended June 30, 2007

Public Employment Relations Board Performance Plan, FY 2009

Agency Performance Plan, Public Employment Relations Board

Role of Go/i subgroup of G proteins in olfactory signaling of Drosophila melanogaster.

Intracellular signaling in insect olfactory receptor neurons remains unclear, with both metabotropic and ionotropic components being discussed. Here, we investigated the role of heterotrimeric Go and Gi proteins using a combined behavioral, in vivo and in vitro approach. Specifically, we show that inhibiting Go in sensory neurons by pertussis toxin leads to behavioral deficits. We heterologously expressed the olfactory receptor dOr22a in human embryonic kidney cells (HEK293T). Stimulation with an odor led to calcium influx, which was amplified via calcium release from intracellular stores. Subsequent experiments indicated that the signaling was mediated by the Gβγ subunits of the heterotrimeric Go/i proteins. Finally, using in vivo calcium imaging, we show that Go and Gi contribute to odor responses both for the fast (phasic) as for the slow (tonic) response component. We propose a transduction cascade model involving several parallel processes, in which the metabotropic component is activated by Go and Gi , and uses Gβγ.

Carte de la mer Méditerranée pour servir à l'intelligence des événements politiques et des relations commerciales / A. M. Perrot géographe

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Development and cross-amplification of thirty microsatellite loci in five diploid and polyploid Central Asian species of Palearctic green toads (Bufo viridis subgroup)

We report 30 polymorphic microsatellite markers for five species of Palearctic green toads (Bufo viridis subgroup): 23 in the diploid B. latastii, 19 in diploid B. turanensis, 20 in diploid B. shaartusiensis, 27 in tetraploid B. pewzowi, and 30 in triploid B. baturae. Genetic diversity at these loci, measured for 10-18 individuals per species, ranged from 2 to 19 alleles. These microsatellite loci will be useful for conservation plans (genetic diversity, population structure, evolutionary units), inheritance patterns, and evolution of green toads.

Can sibling species of the Drosophila willistoni subgroup be recognized through combined microscopy techniques?

ABSTRACT In several arthropod groups, male genitalia is the most important feature for species identification, especially in cryptic species. Cryptic species are very common in the Drosophila genus, and the Neotropical Drosophila willistoni species group is a good example. This group currently includes 24 species divided into three subgroups: alagitans, bocainensis and willistoni. There are six sibling species in the willistoni subgroup – D. willistoni, D. insularis, D. tropicalis, D. equinoxialis, D. pavlovskiana and D. paulistorum, which is a species complex composed of six semispecies – Amazonian, Andean-Brazilian, Centroamerican, Interior, Orinocan and Transitional. The objective of this study was to characterize male genitalia of the willistoni subgroup, including the D. paulistorum species complex, using scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy. We also tried to contribute to the identification of these cryptic species and to add some comments about evolutionary history, based on male genitalia characters. Despite being cryptic species, some differences were found among the siblings, including the Drosophila paulistorum semispecies.

Finland and the United States, 1917-1919 : early years of mutual relations

Doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki

Public Employment Relations Board, FY 2007

These Facts sheets have been developed to provide a multitude of information about executive branch agencies/departments on a single sheet of paper. The Facts provides general information, contact information, workforce data, leave & benefits information, and affirmative action data. This is the most recent update of information for the fiscal year 2007.

Public Employment Relations Board, FY 2008

These Facts sheets have been developed to provide a multitude of information about executive branch agencies/departments on a single sheet of paper. The Facts provides general information, contact information, workforce data, leave & benefits information, and affirmative action data. This is the most recent update of information for the fiscal year 2007.

Pure monoparesis: a particular stroke subgroup?

BACKGROUND: Acute stroke presenting as monoparesis is rare, with a pure motor deficit in the arm or leg extending to an isolated facial paresis. OBJECTIVE: To raise the question if acute stroke presenting as monoparesis is a different entity from stroke with a more extensive motor deficit. PATIENTS: In the Lausanne Stroke Registry (1979-2000), 195 (4.1%) of 4802 patients met the clinical criteria for pure monoparesis involving the face (22%), arm (63%), or leg (15%). RESULTS: In the vast majority of cases (> 95%), monoparesis corresponded to ischemic stroke with a favorable outcome, with initial computed tomography scans or magnetic resonance images showing no signs of hemorrhage. The lesion for a facial deficit was most frequently located subcortically (internal capsule); for an arm deficit, in the superficial middle cerebral artery; and for a leg deficit, in the anterior cerebral artery territory. In pure monoparesis, only 17% of the patients had more than 1 risk factor as compared with 26% of those with bimodal and trimodal hemiparesis and with 46% of all patients with stroke other than those with pure motor stroke. The only frequent risk factor was hypertension (53%); however, this frequency was no different from that in other patients with stroke. No major stroke etiology could be identified in any of the 3 subgroups of monoparesis. CONCLUSION: Our finding of a wide range of stroke localization and etiology in monoparesis without any particular subgroup suggests that no specific plan of investigation can be recommended for these patients.

The mechanisms of agglomeration: Evidence from the effect of inter-industry relations on the location of new firms

The objective of this paper is to explore the relative importance of each of Marshall's agglomeration mechanisms by examining the location of new manufacturing firms in Spain. In particular, we estimate the count of new firms by industry and location as a function of (pre-determined) local employment levels in industries that: 1) use similar workers (labor market pooling); 2) have a customer- supplier relationship (input sharing); and 3) use similar technologies (knowledge spillovers). We examine the variation in the creation of new firms across cities and across municipalities within large cities to shed light on the geographical scope of each of the three agglomeration mechanisms. We find evidence of all three agglomeration mechanisms, although their incidence differs depending on the geographical scale of the analysis.