Report on a special investigation of the New Hampton Municipal Light Plant for the period January 1, 2001 through May 31, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the New Hampton Municipal Light Plant for the period January 1, 2001 through May 31, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, for the period December 1, 2002 through January 31, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, for the period December 1, 2002 through January 31, 2012

Hierarchy of interactive functions in father-mother-baby three-way games

In developmental research, the family has mainly been studied through dyadic interaction. Three-way interactions have received less attention, partly because of their complexity. This difficulty may be overcome by distinguishing between four hierarchically embedded functions in three-way interactions: (1) participation (inclusion of all participants), (2) organization (partners keeping to their roles), (3) focalization (sharing a common focus) and (4) affective contact (being in tune). We document this hierarchical model on a sample of 80 families observed in the Lausanne Trilogue Play situation across four different sites. Hierarchy between functions was demonstrated by means of Guttman scalability coefficient. Given the importance of the child's development in a threesome, the pertinence of this model for family assessment is discussed.

Epithelial sodium channel/degenerin family of ion channels: a variety of functions for a shared structure.

The recently discovered epithelial sodium channel (ENaC)/degenerin (DEG) gene family encodes sodium channels involved in various cell functions in metazoans. Subfamilies found in invertebrates or mammals are functionally distinct. The degenerins in Caenorhabditis elegans participate in mechanotransduction in neuronal cells, FaNaC in snails is a ligand-gated channel activated by neuropeptides, and the Drosophila subfamily is expressed in gonads and neurons. In mammals, ENaC mediates Na+ transport in epithelia and is essential for sodium homeostasis. The ASIC genes encode proton-gated cation channels in both the central and peripheral nervous system that could be involved in pain transduction. This review summarizes the physiological roles of the different channels belonging to this family, their biophysical and pharmacological characteristics, and the emerging knowledge of their molecular structure. Although functionally different, the ENaC/DEG family members share functional domains that are involved in the control of channel activity and in the formation of the pore. The functional heterogeneity among the members of the ENaC/DEG channel family provides a unique opportunity to address the molecular basis of basic channel functions such as activation by ligands, mechanotransduction, ionic selectivity, or block by pharmacological ligands.

Report on a special investigation of the Southwest Iowa Transit Agency for the period July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the Southwest Iowa Transit Agency for the period July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the City of Buffalo for the period September 25, 2008 through September 30, 2010

Report on a special investigation of the City of Buffalo for the period September 25, 2008 through September 30, 2010

Special plates report

This report is submitted by the Iowa Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division in compliance with Administrative Rule 761-401.18(3) Discontinuance. This rule requires the department to report to the legislature if 250 paid applications for any of the special registration plates subject to this rule are not submitted within one year after the date the department makes the plate available for application in order to request authority to discontinue any of the special registration plates established under Iowa Code section 321.34, new subsections 20C, 25 and 26 as amended by 2011 Iowa Acts, House File 651, section 2.

Report on a special investigation of the Adair County Engineer’s Office for the period December 5, 2001 through December 31, 2011

Report on a special investigation of the Adair County Engineer’s Office for the period December 5, 2001 through December 31, 2011

Measures of ionicity of alkaline-earth oxides from the analysis of ab initio cluster wave functions

We present an analysis of the M-O chemical bonding in the binary oxides MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and Al2O3 based on ab initio wave functions. The model used to represent the local environment of a metal cation in the bulk oxide is an MO6 cluster which also includes the effect of the lattice Madelung potential. The analysis of the wave functions for these clusters leads to the conclusion that all the alkaline-earth oxides must be regarded as highly ionic oxides; however, the ionic character of the oxides decreases as one goes from MgO, almost perfectly ionic, to BaO. In Al2O3 the ionic character is further reduced; however, even in this case, the departure from the ideal, fully ionic, model of Al3+ is not exceptionally large. These conclusions are based on three measures, a decomposition of the Mq+-Oq- interaction energy, the number of electrons associated to the oxygen ions as obtained from a projection operator technique, and the analysis of the cation core-level binding energies. The increasing covalent character along the series MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO is discussed in view of the existing theoretical models and experimental data.

Report on a special investigation of the City of Masonville for the period of March 18, 2002 to November 30, 2011

Report on a special investigation of the City of Masonville for the period of March 18, 2002 to November 30, 2011

Report on a special investigation of the Coggon Municipal Light Plant for the period July 1, 2004 through August 27, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the Coggon Municipal Light Plant for the period July 1, 2004 through August 27, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the City of Stockport for the period July 1, 2007 through October 31, 2011

Report on a special investigation of the City of Stockport for the period July 1, 2007 through October 31, 2011

Report on a special investigation of the City of Muscatine for the period July 1, 2008 through March 8, 2012

Report on a special investigation of the City of Muscatine for the period July 1, 2008 through March 8, 2012