Appointments

Christopher Ellison has been appointed chair of the Department of Surgery.

Book

William J. Mitsch, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, and J.G. Bosselink, Louisiana State University, Wetlands, (New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, 2000).

Grants

Lucia Costigan, Spanish and Portuguese, $177,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to work on "The Invisible Giant: The Place of Brazil in (Latin) American Studies."

A.H. Goldstein, Surgery, $20,000 Department of Surgery Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery Grant for a heart failure model to be used to evaluate minimally invasive cardiothoracic procedures in high-risk patients, 1999-2000; $70,000 American Heart Association Beginning Grant-in-Aid, for myocardial oxygen utilization and heart failure responses to partial mechanical bypass with a centrifugal pump, 2000-02; and $10,000 Department of Surgery Seed Grant for the use of ventricular assist devices in heart failure, 2000.

John N. King, English, and James Bracken, University Libraries, $113,105 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for the summer seminar for college and university teachers on "Foxe's Book of Martyrs: A Paradigm for Early Modern English Print Culture,"June-July 2001.

Presentations

David Allen, Technology Partnerships, presented "Integrating an Incubator into a University Campus"at the Association of University Technology Managers Conference, Cincinnati, Aug. 6-8.

Valerie Bogacz, Animal Sciences, presented "Effect of Estradiol Benzoate in Combination with Progesterone to Induce Follicular Turnover at Varying Stages of the Estrous Cycle"at the 2000 American Dairy Science Association and American Society of Animal Science Joint Annual Conference, Baltimore, Md., July 24-28.

Chris Burke, Animal Sciences, presented "Effects of Estradiol Benzoate (EB) on Ovulation of Newly Emerged or Mature Dominant Ovarian Follicles in Prepubertal Heifers"at the 2000 American Dairy Science Association and American Society of Animal Science Joint Annual Conference, Baltimore, Md., July 24-28.

D.A. Caniano, Surgery, presented "Ethical considerations in Prenatal Surgical Consultation"at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kan., April 14 and at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital, Denver, May 12-13.

Matt Cannon, Animal Sciences, presented "Presence and Steady State Amounts of mRNA Encoding Class II MHC Antigen Processing Proteins in Bovine Luteal Tissue During the Estrous Cycle and PGF2-alpha Induced Regression"at the 33rd Annual Society for the Study of Reproduction Conference, Madison, Wis., July 2000; and "Expression of LMP7 and LMP20 Proteasome Sugunits in Bovine Luteal Tissue Throughout the Estrous Cycle and During PGF2-alpha Induced Luteal Regression"at the American Society of Reproductive Immunology Conference, Jacksonville, Fla., June 2000.

Li Cheng-Ta, Animal Sciences and Food Science, presented "Improvement of the Physicochemical Properties of Pal Soft and Exudative (PSE) Meat Products with an Extract from Mechanically Deboned Turkey Meat (MDTM)" and "Spectrophotometric Determination of Lab Tissue Peroxide Value"at the Institute Food Technologists Annual Conference, Dallas, June 10-14 and at the 53rd Reciprocal Meat Conference, Columbus, June 18-21.

Burk Dehority, OARDC and Animal Sciences, presented "Digestion and Microbial Interactions in the Rumen Ecosystem"at the Oceanic Institute's 2000 Aquaculture Interchange Program Conference, Honolulu, Aug. 19-26.

Rebecca Emnett, Animal Sciences, presented "Physical Assignment of Adipocyte Determination and Differentiation Factor-1 (ADD1) and Pyruvate Dehydrogenase e1-alpha (PDHA1) in the Pig"at the 27th International Conference on Animal Genetics, Minneapolis, July 22-26, co-presenters were S.J. Moeller, M.F. Rothschild, E. Grindflek, K.M. Irvin and D.L. Meeker.

A.H. Goldstein, Surgery, presented "Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support,""In vivo Hemodynamics of Nonpulsatile Ventricular Assist Devices,""Creation of a Large Animal Model of Stable, Ischemic, Congestive Heart Failure"and "In vitro Thrombogenesis Evaluation of a Ventricular Assist Device"at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 46th Annual Conference, New York, June 28-July 1; and "Worldwide Experience with the AB-180 Implantable Centrifugal Ventricular Assist Device"at the Wester Thoracic Surgical Association Conference, Hawaii, June 22.

J.S. Hill, A.M. Dietrich, J.I. Groner, W.D. Brown, J. Davis and E.E. Gilles, Surgery, presented "Neuron Specific Enolase Predicts Injury Severity After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Young Children"at the Pediatric Academic Societies and American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Conference, Boston, May 13.

Bradley J. Isler, Animal Sciences, presented "Association Between the Prolactin Receptor Gene and Reproductive Components in Swine"at the 27th International Conference on Animal Genetics, Minneapolis, July 22-26, co-presenters were K.M. Irvin, M.F. Rothschild and G.J. Evans.

J. Johnson, W.S. Melvin and B.J. Needleman, Surgery, presented "Medical Video Conferencing Over Internet2"at the University of North Dakota College of Medicine, Grand Forks, N.D., April 18.

Mike Lilburn, OARDC and Animal Sciences, presented "Embryonic and Early Post-hatch Intestinal Development of Poults"at the 2000 Turkeys Technical Conference, Cheshire, England, April 2000; "A Current Look at the Nutrition Needs of Broilers"and "An Update on Broiler Research at The Ohio State University"at the Broiler Breeder Workshop for Producers, Alberta, Canada, June 2000.

Steven J. Moeller, Animal Sciences, presented "Genetic Trends for Reproductive Traits in Hampshire Swine"at the 2000 International Conference on Animal Reproduction, Stockholm, Sweden, July 4, co-presenters were J.W. Mabry, University of Georgia, T.J. Baas, Iowa State University, K.J. Stalder, University of Tennessee, and M.T. See, North Carolina State University.

B.J. Needleman, and W.S. Melvin, Surgery, presented "Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (Video Abstract)"at the American Society for Bariatric Surgery Conference, Memphis, Tenn., June 14-17.

M.C. Nikokirakis, J.I. Groner, W.B. Zipf, J. Davis, R. Burke and E.E. Gilles, Surgery, presented "Corisol Levels after Moderate-Severe TBI in Young Children Predict Early Posttraumatic Seizures and Acute Outcome"at the Academic Societies and American Academy of Pediatrics Joint Conference, Boston, May 13.

C.G. Orosz, Surgery, presented "Looking for Answers in all the 'Wrong' Places -- How the Fibrinolytic Pathway May Promote Allograft Acceptance" at the John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, May 1; "Evidence for Two Independent Mechanisms of Immune Counter-Regulation in Allograph Acceptor Mice,"co-presenter was A.A. Bickerstaff; and "DTH as a Surrogate Market of Immune Counter-Regulation in Allograft Acceptor Mice,"co-presenters were A.A. Bickerstaff and D. Xia, at the Transplant 2000 Conference, Chicago, May 13-17.

Donald L. Palmquist, OARDC and Animal Sciences, presented "Milk Fat -- It's Good for You"at the Patton Symposium, Penn State University, Aug. 11-12; "Endogenous Synthesis of CLA"at the CLA Conference, Oslo, Norway, Sept. 3-4; "Environmental and Dietary Aspects"at the 15th Symposium on Energy Metabolism in Animals, Helsingor, Denmark, Sept. 10-15; and "Ruminal and Endogenous Synthesis of CLA in Dairy Cows"at the Minnesota Nutrition Conference, St. Paul, Sept. 20.

R.P. Pelletier, Surgery, presented "Cytokine Genotype Impacts Clinical Outcome in Transplant Recipients"and "Randomized, Prospective Trial of Prednisone Withdrawal in Stable Renal Transplant Recipients" at the Transplant 2000 Conference, Chicago, May 13-17.

J.W. Pratt, D.A. Brown and R.E. Michler, Surgery, presented "Robotically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,"co-presenters are R.K. Wolf and E.W. Schneeberger; and "Current Applications for the Left Thoracotomy in Coronary Revascularization and Valvular Procedures," co-presenter is T.E. Williams, at the 47th Annual Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons Conference, Biloxi, Miss., April 4-6.

K. Larry Smit, OARDC and Animal Sciences, presented "Nutritional Factors Affecting Immunity and Resistance to Mastitis in Dairy Cows"at the 2000 International Symposium of Immunology of Ruminant Mammary Gland, Stesa, Italy, June 3-15.

A.M. VanBuskirk, presented "DTH and DTH Suppression -- Mediated by Soluble Donor Antigens"at the Symposium on Soluble MHC, Immunoregulation, and Tolerance, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., May 11-12 and "Gene Polymorphism Associated with Early-Onset Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD)"at the Transplant 2000 Conference, Chicago, May 13-17, co-presenters were V. Malik, D. Xia and R.P. Pelletier.

The following members of the School of Natural Resources made presentations at the Society of Wetland Scientists/INTECOL International Wetlands Symposium, Quebec City, Canada, Aug. 7-11: V. Bouchard, "A Long-Term Study to Measure the Effect of Natural and Human Disturbances on Salt Marsh Vegetation"and "Potential Success for the Hydrologic Restoration of a Bottomland Forest;"C. Ahn, "Scaling Considerations of Mesocosm Wetlands in Simulating Full-Scale Wetlands;"W.J. Mitsch, "Wastewater and Nonpoint Source Treatment with Wetlands: Ecosystem Services in the Watershed,""Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, and Wetland Restoration," "The Effects of Wetland Structure on Water Quality and Water Quality on Wetland Structure: Experiments with Freshwater Marshes,"and "Wetland and Watershed Restoration: What the New Millennium Will Bring."

Publications

C.J. Becker and H.L. Keller, OARDC/Animal Sciences and Biology, and W.P. Weiss and L.B. Willett, OARDC/Animal Sciences, "Responses of Newborn Calves to Oral Fructose, Sorbitol or Lactose Supplements," Journal of Applied Animal Research, Vol. 17 (2000), pp. 185-96.

A.A. Bickerstaff, A.M. VanBuskirk, E. Wakely and C.G. Orosz, Surgery, "Transforming Growth Factor-b and Interleukin-10 Subvert Alloreactive Delayed Type Hypersensitivity in Cardiac Allograft Acceptor Mice,"Transplantation, Vol. 69 (2000), pp. 1517-20.

M. Bromberg, A. Bickerstaff and C. Orosz, Surgery, "Life-Extension in Nematode Simuloids by Nil Reapin,"Graph, Vol. 52 (2000), pp. 126-29.

D.H. Brown, T.T. Wagner and R.R. Bahnson, Surgery, "Interferons and Bladder Cancer,"Clin. North Am., Vol. 27 (2000), pp. 171-78.

C.R. Burke, M.L. Mussard and M.L. Day, Animal Sciences, "Effects of Estradiol Benzoate (EB) on Ovulation of Newly Emerged or Mature Dominant Ovarian Follicles in Prepubertal Heifers,"Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 78 (2000), Abstract 921.

David Citino, English, "Poet Evokes Powerful Sense of Place," The Columbus Dispatch, Aug. 6.

J.J. Glover, and D.A. Caniano, Surgery, "Ethical Issues in Treating Very Low Birth Weight Infants,"Semin. Pediatr. Surg., Vol. 9 (2000), pp. 56-60.

J.B. Heistein, J.E. Mangino, R. L. Ruberg and J.J. Bergese, Surgery, "A Prosthetic Breast Implant Infected with mycobacterium fortuitum,"Ann. Plast. Surg, Vol. 44 (2000), pp. 330-33.

C.T. Li, Animal Sciences and Food Science, "Sensory and Microbial Attributes of a Dehydrated Pork Product (Shredded Pork),"Journal of Muscle Foods, Vol. 11 (2000), pp. 143-56, co-authors are H.W. Ockerman, Animal Sciences, and N.G. Marriott, VPISU Food Science Technology,

Z. Li, K.E. Nestor, and J.W. Anderson, OARDC and Animal Sciences, and Y.M. Saif, OARDC and Food Animal Health, "Antibody Responses to Sheep Red Blood Cell and Brucella Abortus Antigens in a Turkey Line Selected for Increased Body Weight and Its Random Bred Control," Poultry Science, Vol. 79 (2000), pp. 804-09.

D.W. McCarthy, K.H. Mutabagani, J.D. Mahan, D.A. Caniano and D.R. Cooney, Surgery, "Infarction of the Choledochus, Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas: A Unique Complication of the Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome,"Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Vol. 35 (2000), pp. 502-04.

K.E. McClure and S.C. Loerch, OARDC and Animal Sciences, and M.B. Solomon, USDA, "Body Weight and Tissue Gain in Lambs Fed an All-Concentrate Diet and Implanted and Trenbolone Acetate or Grazed on Alfalfa,"Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 78 (2000), pp. 1117-24.

B.J. Needleman, L.J. Damore and W.S. Melvin, Surgery, "Laparoscopic Treatment of Peritonitis Results in Less Inflammation than Open Surgery in a Pig Model,"Surg. Endosc., Vol. 14 (2000), p. 157, co-authors are K. Carle, D. Galloway and D. Dunn; and "Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Safe Alternative in Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery,"Surg. Endosc., Vol. 14 (2000), p. 158, co-authors are E.C. Ellison, C.H. Cook and E. Dominguez.

K.E. Nestor, John W. Anderson and Ruthi A. Patterson, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "The Effect of Selection for Increased Body Weight, Egg Production and Shank Width on Developmental Stability in Turkeys," Poultry Science, Vol. 79 (2000), pp. 935-45.

C.G. Orosz, Surgery, "Complexity and Transplantation,"Organ Transplantation, edited by F.P. Stuart, M. Abecassis and K.B. Kaufmann (Georgetown, Texas: Landes Bioscience, 2000), pp. 418-32.

S. Rahnema and R. Borton, Agricultural Technical Institute, "Effect of Consumption of Potato Chip Scraps on the Performance of Pigs," Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 78 (2000), pp. 2021-25.

N.R. St-Pierre, Animal Sciences, "The Next $120,000: A Case Study to Illustrate Analysis of Alternative Farm Investments in Fixed Assets," Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 83 (2000), pp. 1159-69, co-authors are D. Shoemaker, Northeast District Extension, and L.R. Jones, FARME Institute Inc.; and "Estimating Unit Costs of Nutrients from Market Prices of Feedstuffs,"Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 83 (2000), pp. 1402-11, co-author is D. Glamocic, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.

Sandra Velleman, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "The Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Skeletal Development,"Poultry Science, Vol. 79 (2000), pp. 985-89; and "Heterogeneity in Growth and Differentiation Characteristics in Male and Female Satellite Cells Isolated from Turkey Lines with Different Growth Rates,"Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol. 125, Part A (2000), pp. 503-09, co-authors are Liu Xiaosong and Karle E. Nestor, Animal Sciences, and Douglas C. McFarland, South Dakota State University.

S.G. Vellerman, C.S. Coy, L. Gannon and M. Wick, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "B1 Integrin Expression During Normal and Low Score Normal Avian Myogenesis,"Poultry Science, Vol. 79 (2000), pp. 1179-82, co-author is D.C. McFarland, South Dakota University.

N. Wang and W.J. Mitsch, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, "A Detailed Ecosystem Model of Phosphorus Dynamics in Created Riparian Wetlands,"Ecological Modeling, Vol. 126 (2000), pp. 101-30.

Recognition

William J. Mitsch, Natural Resources and Environmental Science, received the INTECOL Wetland Working Group Award for chairing the 1992 International Wetland Symposium.

Service

Todd Guttman, Legal counsel, served on a panel on "Courseware/Distance Learning"at the Association of University Technology Managers Conference, Cincinnati, Aug. 6-8.

Robin Rasor, Technology Licensing, moderated a session on "Now That Your TTO Has Its Web Site Up, Is Anyone Using It at Your University?" at the Association of University Technology Managers Conference, Cincinnati, Aug. 6-8.

Ellen Thompson, Byrd Polar Research Center and Geography, is editor for the Atmospheric Sciences section of AGU's publication, EOS; on the Office of Polar Programs' Advisory Committee; and on the U.S. National Committee for INQUA.

Robert H. Wagoner, Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, is vice presidentelect of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers.

Richard Young, Accounting and Management Information Systems, is on the American Accounting Association's Competitive Manuscript Award Committee and chairs its Notable Contributions to Managerial Accounting Research Committee and the Management Accounting Section Doctoral Colloquium.