Audit report on the City of Montrose, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of Montrose, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Agreed upon procedures report on the City of Bevington, Iowa for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009

Agreed upon procedures report on the City of Bevington, Iowa for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009

Whose Interest Is Being Served? An Investigation of a Walker City Council Member’s Conflict of Interest, April 15, 2010

The Ombudsman received a complaint concerning Bill Smith, a city council member who is also the Walker Fire Department Chief. The complainant stated that Mr. Smith votes regularly as a city council member on matters before the Walker City Council (Council) pertaining to the Walker Fire Department. These actions were alleged to be conflicts of interest in violation of Iowa law.

Special investigation of the City of Collins Library for the period July 1, 2007 through July 30, 2009

Special investigation of the City of Collins Library for the period July 1, 2007 through July 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of Red Oak, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of Red Oak, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of Cincinnati, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of Cincinnati, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of Guttenberg, Iowa, for the years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008

Audit report on the City of Guttenberg, Iowa, for the years ended June 30, 2009 and 2008

Report of Recommendations to the State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Report on the State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Crescent and star shapes of members of the Chlamydiales order: impact of fixative methods.

Members of the Chlamydiales order all share a biphasic lifecycle alternating between small infectious particles, the elementary bodies (EBs) and larger intracellular forms able to replicate, the reticulate bodies. Whereas the classical Chlamydia usually harbours round-shaped EBs, some members of the Chlamydia-related families display crescent and star-shaped morphologies by electron microscopy. To determine the impact of fixative methods on the shape of the bacterial cells, different buffer and fixative combinations were tested on purified EBs of Criblamydia sequanensis, Estrella lausannensis, Parachlamydia acanthamoebae, and Waddlia chondrophila. A linear discriminant analysis was performed on particle metrics extracted from electron microscopy images to recognize crescent, round, star and intermediary forms. Depending on the buffer and fixatives used, a mixture of alternative shapes were observed in varying proportions with stars and crescents being more frequent in C. sequanensis and P. acanthamoebae, respectively. No tested buffer and chemical fixative preserved ideally the round shape of a majority of bacteria and other methods such as deep-freezing and cryofixation should be applied. Although crescent and star shapes could represent a fixation artifact, they certainly point towards a diverse composition and organization of membrane proteins or intracellular structures rather than being a distinct developmental stage.

Report on a special investigation of the City of Alburnett for the period January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2009

Report on a special investigation of the City of Alburnett for the period January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2009

Audit report on the City of Hiawatha, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on the City of Hiawatha, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on the City of Auburn, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of Auburn, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of Cumming, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of Cumming, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of Griswold, Iowa for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

Audit report on the City of Griswold, Iowa for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

Old Capitol, Iowa City, 1928.

Story of Iowa's Old Capitol and complete record of the state's advancement from the days of the mid-western Indian down to our time