Wisconsin Schizotypy Scales are one of the most used measuring instruments for the assessment of psychometric risk for psychosis. The main goal of the present study was to analyze the internal structure of the Wisconsin Schizotypy Scales-Brief (WSS-B) forms and the reliability of the scores in a large sample of college students. The final sample was comprised by a total of 1349 students, 288 ma...

In implementing the integrated pest management mango (Mangifera indica L.) program using weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina F.) as a major component in the Northern Territory of Australia, we received a number of questions from farmers and extension officers asking whether weaver ant marks reduce internal fruit quality and induce fruit rot, which is economically important. However, this issue h...

The weaver mutation impairs migration of the cerebellar granular neurons and induces neuronal death during the first two weeks of postnatal life. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms for the impaired neuronal migration, we investigated the rescue mechanisms of the weaver (wv/wv) granule neurons in vitro. We found that Fab2 fragments of antibodies against a neurite outgrowth domain of the B2 ch...

Reno, Cathy, "Telling arguments : a Weaverian analysis of Supreme Court cases regarding civil rights and affirmative action" (2007). This paper is part of the requirements for honors in rhetoric and communication studies. The signatures below, by the advisor, a departmental reader, and a representative of the departmental honors committee, demonstrate that Cathy Reno has met all the requirement...

We report here that the pattern of loss of dopamine that occurs in the brains of adult mice carrying the autosomal recessive weaver gene is the consequence both of failed postnatal development of the dopamine-containing mesostriatal innervation and of the disappearance of the early forming dopamine-island system. For these studies, we compared the contents of dopamine extracted from 3 divisions...

Weaver syndrome, first described in 1974, is characterized by tall stature, a typical facial appearance, and variable intellectual disability. In 2011, mutations in the histone methyltransferase, EZH2, were shown to cause Weaver syndrome. To date, we have identified 48 individuals with EZH2 mutations. The mutations were primarily missense mutations occurring throughout the gene, with some clust...