Department of Commerce, Utilities Board FY2007

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Department of Commerce, Utilities Board FY2008

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.

Iowa Parole Board, FY 2007

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Iowa Parole Board, FY 2007

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Public Employment Relations Board, FY 2007

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Public Employment Relations Board, FY 2008

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Quantification of glucuronidated and sulfated steroids in human urine by ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

The urinary steroid profile is constituted by anabolic androgenic steroids, including testosterone and its relatives, that are extensively metabolized into phase II sulfated or glucuronidated steroids. The use of liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC-MS) is an issue for the direct analysis of conjugated steroids, which can be used as urinary markers of exogenous steroid administration in doping analysis, without hydrolysis of the conjugated moiety. In this study, a sensitive and selective ultra high-pressure liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer (UHPLC-QTOF-MS) method was developed to quantify major urinary metabolites simultaneously after testosterone intake. The sample preparation of the urine (1 mL) was performed by solid-phase extraction on Oasis HLB sorbent using a 96-well plate format. The conjugated steroids were analyzed by UHPLC-QTOF-MS(E) with a single-gradient elution of 36 min (including re-equilibration time) in the negative electrospray ionization mode. MS(E) analysis involved parallel alternating acquisitions of both low- and high-collision energy functions. The method was validated and applied to samples collected from a clinical study performed with a group of healthy human volunteers who had taken testosterone, which were compared with samples from a placebo group. Quantitative results were also compared to GC-MS and LC-MS/MS measurements, and the correlations between data were found appropriate. The acquisition of full mass spectra over the entire mass range with QTOF mass analyzers gives promise of the opportunity to extend the steroid profile to a higher number of conjugated steroids.

DNA-DNA interactions in bacteriophage capsids are responsible for the observed DNA knotting.

Recent experiments showed that the linear double-stranded DNA in bacteriophage capsids is both highly knotted and neatly structured. What is the physical basis of this organization? Here we show evidence from stochastic simulation techniques that suggests that a key element is the tendency of contacting DNA strands to order, as in cholesteric liquid crystals. This interaction favors their preferential juxtaposition at a small twist angle, thus promoting an approximately nematic (and apolar) local order. The ordering effect dramatically impacts the geometry and topology of DNA inside phages. Accounting for this local potential allows us to reproduce the main experimental data on DNA organization in phages, including the cryo-EM observations and detailed features of the spectrum of DNA knots formed inside viral capsids. The DNA knots we observe are strongly delocalized and, intriguingly, this is shown not to interfere with genome ejection out of the phage.

Iowa Board of Dental Examiners, January 13, 2003, vol 1, no. 1

Newsletter produced by the Iowa Dental Board.

Iowa Board of Dental Examiners, August 5, 2003, Vol 1, no. 2

Newsletter produced by the Iowa Dental Board.

Iowa Board of Dental Examiners, October 27, 2003, Vol 1, no. 3

Newsletter produced by the Iowa Dental Board.

Iowa Board of Dental Examiners, March 29, 2004, Vol 2, no. 1

Newsletter produced by the Iowa Dental Board.

Iowa Board of Dental Examiners, September, 2004, Vol 2, no. 2

Newsletter produced by the Iowa Dental Board.

Iowa Board of Dental Examiners, April 2005, Issue 6

Newsletter produced by the Iowa Dental Board.

Iowa Board of Dental Examiners, January 2006, Issue 7

Newsletter produced by the Iowa Dental Board.