Southern Illinois University Carbondale

About: Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a education organization based out in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 13570 authors who have published 24819 publications receiving 667385 citations. The organization is also known as: SIU Carbondale & SIUC.

Productivity growth in apec countries

Abstract: . This paper introduces a new technique for measuring productivity growth and applies it to a sample of APEC countries. The technique is based on a version of Luenberger's shortage function which generalizes Shephard's input and output distance functions.

Sustainable Floodplains Through Large-Scale Reconnection to Rivers

Abstract: Flooding is the most damaging natural disaster worldwide, and the flood-vulnerable population is expected to grow in coming decades ( 1 ). Flood risks will likely increase because of both climate change ( 1 ) and shifting land uses, such as filling of wetlands and expansion of impervious surfaces, that lead to more rapid precipitation runoff into rivers. In the United States, annual river flood losses continue to rise ( 2 ), punctuated by major events in the Midwest (1993, $30 billion in total costs; 2008, $15 billion) and California's Central Valley (1995 and 1997; $4 billion each event) ( 3 ). Meanwhile, pressure to develop new housing in floodprone areas near rivers (floodplains) continues ( 4 ), even as levee-system maintenance is chronically underfunded ( 5 ).

A Predicted Interactome for Arabidopsis

Abstract: The complex cellular functions of an organism frequently rely on physical interactions between proteins. A map of all protein-protein interactions, an interactome, is thus an invaluable tool. We present an interactome for Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) predicted from interacting orthologs in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), nematode worm (Caenorhabditis elegans), fruitfly (Drosophila melanogaster), and human (Homo sapiens). As an internal quality control, a confidence value was generated based on the amount of supporting evidence for each interaction. A total of 1,159 high confidence, 5,913 medium confidence, and 12,907 low confidence interactions were identified for 3,617 conserved Arabidopsis proteins. There was significant coexpression of genes whose proteins were predicted to interact, even among low confidence interactions. Interacting proteins were also significantly more likely to be found within the same subcellular location, and significantly less likely to be found in conflicting localizations than randomly paired proteins. A notable exception was that proteins located in the Golgi were more likely to interact with Golgi, vacuolar, or endoplasmic reticulum sorted proteins, indicating possible docking or trafficking interactions. These predictions can aid researchers by extending known complexes and pathways with candidate proteins. In addition we have predicted interactions for many previously unknown proteins in known pathways and complexes. We present this interactome, and an online Web interface the Arabidopsis Interactions Viewer, as a first step toward understanding global signaling in Arabidopsis, and to whet the appetite for those who are awaiting results from high-throughput experimental approaches.

Layoff Announcements and Stockholder Wealth

Abstract: Researchers have largely ignored the strategic implications of layoffs. With the passage of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, many managers are anguishing about the consequence...