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15. The three-legged stool: the Federal Circuit's review of the PTAB under the Administrative Procedure Act

Author

Rooney, Thomas

Subjects
United States. Patent Trial and Appeal Board -- Standards, Judicial review of administrative acts -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Law, Meiresonne v. Google, Inc. (849 F.3d 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2017)), Administrative Procedure Act
Abstract

Recent decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit provide a timely reminder that an appellant may have three distinct avenues to challenge a final written decision [...]

Published
2017

25. Humanities (A Case Study). Focus on Fine Arts.

Author

National Education Association, Washington, DC. and Rooney, Thomas

Abstract

Few U.S. high school students know art or music history, but the languages of the arts should not be foreign to anyone. History should be taught as an exploration of human endeavors and expressions. History provides the framework to help people learn the changing forms, styles, and functions of the arts, religion, philosophy, and other humanistic endeavors. The study of history enhances the study of the arts and vice versa. A curriculum should impose an order that will help students find patterns in the categories and chronologies of the humanities without sacrificing their own emotional, aesthetic, and intellectual responses to each work they encounter. By viewing history as a pattern, as a series of interrelated cycles repeated in a variety of ways, educators help to prepare students for new experiences and equip them to understand the past and the present and to be ready for the future. Chapter 1 presents a rationale for integrating the arts into secondary education. Chapter 2 discusses teaching students how to respond to the arts through subject, function, and form. Chapter 3 is a case study of an interdisciplinary humanities course for high school seniors taught in Needham High School (Massachusetts). The organization of the course is discussed and sample activities are presented. Chapter 4 discusses student reactions to the course. A 10-item bibliography concludes the document. (JB)

Published
1989

33. Towards Tactile Sensing Applied to Underwater Autonomous Vehicles for Near Shore Survey and De-mining

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Rooney, Thomas, Pipe, A. G., Dogramadzi, Sanja, Pearson, Martin J., Hutchison, David, editor, Kanade, Takeo, editor, Kittler, Josef, editor, Kleinberg, Jon M., editor, Mattern, Friedemann, editor, Mitchell, John C., editor, Naor, Moni, editor, Nierstrasz, Oscar, editor, Pandu Rangan, C., editor, Steffen, Bernhard, editor, Sudan, Madhu, editor, Terzopoulos, Demetri, editor, Tygar, Doug, editor, Vardi, Moshe Y., editor, Weikum, Gerhard, editor, Goebel, Randy, editor, Siekmann, Jörg, editor, Wahlster, Wolfgang, editor, Herrmann, Guido, editor, Studley, Matthew, editor, Pearson, Martin, editor, Conn, Andrew, editor, Melhuish, Chris, editor, Witkowski, Mark, editor, Kim, Jong-Hwan, editor, and Vadakkepat, Prahlad, editor

Published
2012
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35. Ecological impacts of deer overabundance

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Tremblay, Jean-Pierre, Rooney, Thomas P., Dussault, Christian, Côté, Steeve D., Waller, Donald M., Tremblay, Jean-Pierre, Rooney, Thomas P., Dussault, Christian, Côté, Steeve D., and Waller, Donald M.

Abstract

Deer have expanded their range and increased dramatically in abundance worldwide in recent decades. They inflict major economic losses in forestry, agriculture, and transportation and contribute to the transmission of several animal and human diseases. Their impact on natural ecosystems is also dramatic but less quantified. By foraging selectively, deer affect the growth and survival of many herb, shrub, and tree species, modifying patterns of relative abundance and vegetation dynamics. Cascading effects on other species extend to insects, birds, and other mammals. In forests, sustained overbrowsing reduces plant cover and diversity, alters nutrient and carbon cycling, and redirects succession to shift future overstory composition. Many of these simplified alternative states appear to be stable and difficult to reverse. Given the influence of deer on other organisms and natural processes, ecologists should actively participate in efforts to understand, monitor, and reduce the impact of deer on ecosystems.

Published
2021

38. Replacing hay-mowing with prescribed fire restores species diversity and conservation value in a tallgrass prairie sampled thrice: a 59-year study

Author

Rooney, Thomas P. and Leach, Mark K.

Subjects
Plant conservation -- Methods -- Research -- Protection and preservation, Plants -- Varieties -- Research -- Protection and preservation -- Methods, Prairies -- Natural history -- Research -- Methods -- Protection and preservation, Biological diversity conservation -- Methods -- Protection and preservation -- Research, Endangered species -- Protection and preservation -- Research -- Methods, Biological sciences, Earth sciences
Abstract

We examined changes in plant species composition at Faville Prairie in southeastern Wisconsin, based on surveys in permanently-marked, 2 X 2 m quadrats in 1946-1948, 1976-1978 and 9005. Permanent quadrats were distributed across a wide soil moisture gradient. During settlement the site was never cultivated but was mowed for hay for several decades prior to 1946, and burned most years during the dormant season after 1946. Total species richness increased 47% between 1946-1948 and 2005, while species density per quadrat doubled. Only nine non-native species were present in 2005 and most were uncommon. Species density of habitat generalists increased nearly fourfold; moderate specialists increased 43%; and remnant specialists increased nearly twofold. Species density of endangered, threatened and special concern species (collectively conservation-dependent species) increased ninefold. Species density of C3 graminoids, C4 grasses, legumes, woody plants and forbs all increased through time. The majority of species density increases were attained by the 1976-1978 sampling period and remained high since. Elsewhere in Wisconsin, prairie habitat specialists have been declining. Our findings run counter to general trends throughout the state. It is likely that the change from annual mowing to annual prescribed burns accounts for the increases in species density., INTRODUCTION The tallgrass prairie has experienced more destruction and fragmentation than any other major ecosystem in North America (Samson and Knopf, 1994). Less than 0.1% of the original prairie within [...]

Published
2010

44. Development of a novel NURR1/NOT agonist from hit to lead and candidate for the potential treatment of Parkinson's disease

Author

Lesuisse, Dominique, Malanda, André, Peyronel, Jean-François, Evanno, Yannick, Lardenois, Patrick, De-Peretti, Danielle, Abécassis, Pierre-Yves, Barnéoud, Pascal, Brunel, Pascale, Burgevin, Marie-Claude, Cegarra, Céline, Auger, Florian, Dommergue, Amélie, Lafon, Corinne, Even, Luc, Tsi, Joanna, Luc, Thy Phuong Hieu, Almario, Antonio, Olivier, Anne, Castel, Marie-Noëlle, Taupin, Véronique, Rooney, Thomas, and Vigé, Xavier

Published
2019
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48. Inositol phospholipid metabolism in rat brain

Author

Rooney, Thomas A.

Subjects
611, Rat brain neurochemistry
Abstract

In the studies described in this thesis the ability of muscarinic and ?1-adrenoceptor, as well as depolarising stimuli to initiate phosphoinositide metabolism in various regions of rat brain were examined. Furthermore, the ability of these stimuli to initiate phosphoinositide hydrolysis in developing brain was observed. Both muscarinic and ?1-adrenoceptor-induced phosphoinositide hydrolysis have marked regional distributions in rat brain. This regional distribution of functional responsiveness seems to correlate reasonably well with measurements of known receptor density. It is also clear that there is no variability in the coupling of both of these receptors in rat brain, thus implying a relationship between the functional responses and receptor occupancy. Pirenzepine appears to be able to differentiate between muscarinic receptor-induced phosphoinositide responses in the hindbrain from those in the forebrain regions. Both elevated K+ and veratrine can initiate phosphoinositide hydrolysis in rat brain. The regional responses to elevated K+ seem, at least, in part to be due to transmitter release, although a role for voltage-sensitive Ca++ channels in such responses is indicated by the effects produced by dihydropyridine Ca++ channel antagonists and activators. Muscarinic and ?1-adrenoceptors show different developmental patterns of phosphoinositide responsiveness. The ?1-adrenoceptor seems to be more efficiently coupled during the first two weeks of postnatal development whereas the muscarinic receptor shows no variability in coupling. Instead, carbachol produces supramaximal responses in young rats. Lithium also potentiates [3H]-InsP1 and [3H]-InsP2 accumulations more in young rats. Moreover lithium produces a time-dependent inhibition of [3H]-InsP3 and [3H]-InsP4 in both young and adult rats. Physostigmine produces no enhancement of the response to elevated K+ in young rats. Furthermore, brain slices from young rats seem to be more sensitive to the Ca++ channel activator BAY-K8644. The significance of these results are discussed in the text.

Published
1987

49. Does balsam fir (Abies balsamea) facilitate the recruitment of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)?

Author

Borgmann, Kathi L., Waller, Donald M., and Rooney, Thomas P.

Subjects
Forest conservation -- Research, Evergreens -- Research, Conifers -- Research, Trees (Plants) -- Research, Eastern hemlock -- Research, Pinaceae -- Research, Biological sciences, Earth sciences, Research
Abstract

Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) was a major component of mesic forests in the Upper Great Lakes region, but presently persists in only a few locations. Many of these stands experience poor regeneration due to herbivory by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), suggesting that hemlock will become progressively less common in these stands. We tested the hypothesis that balsam fir (Abies balsamea) facilitates establishment of eastern hemlock at 11 sites in northern Wisconsin. Hemlock saplings are three times as dense and twice as tall when growing within patches of balsam fir compared to growing outside such patches. Hemlock saplings growing outside balsam fir patches are also four times as likely to exhibit deer browsing damage as those growing inside. These results suggest that patches of balsam fir create a physical or visual barrier to deer and thus provide a refuge for hemlock saplings from white-tailed deer browsing. Because balsam fir saplings are much more abundant than hemlock in northern Wisconsin forests and establish on a wider range of sites, foresters could use patches of balsam fir to facilitate local hemlock establishment and so promote restoration of this important forest type., INTRODUCTION Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is a long-lived, shade-tolerant conifer. In presettlement forests, it was a canopy dominant on mesic sites in the Upper Great Lakes states (Curtis, 1959). It [...]

Published
1999

50. Privilege and patents in a consolidating industry

Author

Jacobs, Kevin, Riddle, Robert, and Rooney, Thomas

Subjects
Confidential communications -- Attorneys, Patent infringement -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pharmaceutical industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Government regulation, Company acquisition/merger, Insurance, Law
Abstract

THE PAST two years have brought unprecedented consolidation to the pharmaceutical industry. Within the first few months of 2009, Merck acquired Schering-Plough for a reported $41 billion, Pfizer acquired Wyeth [...]

Published
2010

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