Iowa DOT Library Services, Collection, & Technology Assessment, TR-670, 2014

Assesses the impact of library services on research projects, proposes methods to improve the impact of library services on research projects, assesses current library technology systems and proposes upgrades, assesses current library collection infrastructure and propose upgrades, especially in regards to collection damage from water or fire; ascertains patron interest in mobile technologies and suggest development based on interest.

Multi-Purpose ESS/ITS Data Collection Sites, SPR72-00-0003-042, 2014

This document presents the results of a state-of-practice survey of transportation agencies that are installing intelligent transportation sensors (ITS) and other devices along with their environmental sensing stations (ESS) also referred to as roadway weather information system (RWIS) assets.

Consumer Advisory: Debt Collections & Debt Collection Scams, February 2015

The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division receives hundreds of calls and consumer complaints every year. Follow these tips to avoid unexpected expense and disappointments. This record is about: Tax Time Scams & Tips

Issue review : court debt collection.

This issue review provides background regarding the collection of outstanding court debt and highlights changes made in Senate File 2428, Delinquent Debt Collection Act, beginning in fiscal year 2009.

Isozymic variability in a Brazilian collection of annatto (Bixa orellana L.)

The objectives of this work were to optimize the isozyme electrophoresis technique for Bixa orellana, and use isozyme markers for a preliminary survey on the genetic variability in Brazilian annatto germplasm accessions. Collection consisted of seed samples from sixty open pollinated trees, representing two Northern and four Southern geographic provenances. The extraction, electrophoresis, and interpretation of annatto isozymes are described. Three out of the twenty-one identified isozyme loci were polymorphic in the collection. The percentage of polymorphic loci (P = 21.05) and the expected heterozygosity in annatto (H T = 0.064) were low, compared to other tropical woody species. A UPGMA phenogram, constructed with Nei's genetic distances, clearly separated the germplasm provenant from North and Central Brazil. Variability was significantly higher among the accessions from Maranhão. A sharp genetic differentiation was detected between accessions from Maranhão and Pará States, despite their geographical proximity. The distinctive isozyme polymorphism, observed in the accessions from Maranhão, together with reports on local morphological heterogeneity in annatto fruit shape, color, and pubescence, calls for more detailed genetic and taxonomic investigation.

Collection de copies de pièces sur l'histoire de France, formée par François DE CAMPS, abbé de Signy (1723). II PROVINCES. 57 Lyon et Lyonnais.

« De la souveraineté des rois de France sur la ville et le comté de Lion » (fol. 2, 93, 120) : pièces justificatives, 942-1320 (132, 183). — Lettre critique sur l'Histoire civile ou consulaire de la ville de Lyon du P. Menestrier (90). — Primatie de Lyon (186). Extraits « ex cartulario episcopatus Diensis, quod est conventus fratrum Minimorum Parisiensium, » 1158-1229 (193). Diplômes de l'empereur Frédéric II, copies extraites des archives du Domaine royal en Languedoc, arm. B (196). Inventaire des chartes du Trésor relatives au Lyonnais (218).

Collection de copies de pièces sur l'histoire de France, connue sous le nom de Portefeuilles de Fontanieu, formée par Gaspard-Moyse DE FONTANIEU (1767). PREMIÈRE PARTIE — Histoire par règnes. 149-150 Charles VIII (1494-1498).

Contient : Lettre de Louis, duc d'Orléans [Louis XII] sur la mort de Jean Galéas, duc de Milan (1497) ; copie du temps

Sensory response of the egg parasitoid Telenomus podisi to stimuli from the bug Euschistus heros

The objective of this work was to study the foraging behavior of Telenomus podisi Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in the presence of stimuli from its host, Euschistus heros (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). The stimuli selected were: egg mass; virgin males and females; volatile extracts of sexually mature males and females; components of male sex pheromone; a component of the alarm pheromone, hexane and an empty cage as control. In a closed arena, the parasitoids were given the choice between single and combined stimuli presented to them simultaneously. To find the host egg, T. podisi primarily uses the sensory cues released from the male insects. The orientation toward odors of male chemical extract indicates that a source of kairomone was detected. Gas chromatographic analyses of this substance showed peak of methyl 2,6,10-trimethyltridecanoate, the main component of male sexual pheromone. The sensory response to methyl 2,6,10-trimethyltridecanoate confirms that this compound may act as a kairomone to find host eggs. Females and egg mass stimuli were weakly attractive to the parasitoid.

Effects of parental larval diet on egg size and offspring traits in Drosophila.

If a mother's nutritional status predicts the nutritional environment of the offspring, it would be adaptive for mothers experiencing nutritional stress to prime their offspring for a better tolerance to poor nutrition. We report that in Drosophila melanogaster, parents raised on poor larval food laid 3-6% heavier eggs than parents raised on standard food, despite being 30 per cent smaller. Their offspring developed 14 h (4%) faster on the poor food than offspring of well-fed parents. However, they were slightly smaller as adults. Thus, the effects of parental diet on offspring performance under malnutrition apparently involve both adaptive plasticity and maladaptive effects of parental stress.

Audit report on the Iowa Egg Council for the years ended June 30, 2014 and 2013

Audit report on the Iowa Egg Council for the years ended June 30, 2014 and 2013