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Probing The Effects Of Tbhk2 On Trypanosoma Brucei Growth, Social Growth, And Inhibitor Response, Amber Hackler, William Mcalpine, Yijian Qiu, James Morris Apr 2014

Probing The Effects Of Tbhk2 On Trypanosoma Brucei Growth, Social Growth, And Inhibitor Response, Amber Hackler, William Mcalpine, Yijian Qiu, James Morris

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In sub-Saharan Africa the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma brucei, continues to be of major concern for the health and economic development of the region. This parasite is known to cause human African trypanosomiasis (HAT or African sleeping sickness) and nagana in livestock such as cattle. Social behaviors, such as colonization and migration, are important in the study of T. brucei because of the way the parasite infects its mammalian host. During the fly bloodmeal, the parasite first passes into the gut but then eventually migrates to the fly salivary glands where it will continue to develop before transmission as a parasitic …


Fabrication And Analysis Of Soy Flour Filled Polyethylene Fibers, Ozgun Ozdemir, Sam Lukubira, Amod Ogale, Paul Dawson Apr 2014

Fabrication And Analysis Of Soy Flour Filled Polyethylene Fibers, Ozgun Ozdemir, Sam Lukubira, Amod Ogale, Paul Dawson

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Fibers composed of soy flour (soy) and linear low density polyethylene (PE) were produced by melt spinning method. The mixing time of soy flour and PE was adjusted to get better dispersion of soy flour inside the matrix. The inclusion of soy decreased tensile modulus by 35% and tensile strength by 30% of the fibers compared with 950 MPa and 43 MPa, respectively, for PE fibers. Strain to failure for soy-PE fibers was 292% where PE fibers have strain to failure at 513%. Tensile properties of soy-PE fibers are comparable to those of pure PE. Even washing did not deteriorated …


Water For Electricity In The Upper Savannah Basin: Impacts On Freshwater Mussels, Alan Johnson, Snehal Mhatre Apr 2014

Water For Electricity In The Upper Savannah Basin: Impacts On Freshwater Mussels, Alan Johnson, Snehal Mhatre

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The water resources of the Upper Savannah River Basin are subjected to extensive water withdrawals for production of electricity for the region. The use of Savannah River Basin water resources for electricity production and the associated impact on reservoir levels, streamflows, and thermal regimes is in conflict with the requirements of in-stream biota particularly freshwater mussels. The Savannah River Basin contains atleast 26 unionid species, most of which are listed as endangered, threatened, or of special concern at the state level. Populations of these species have experienced significant declines and extirpations in the recent decades. Of these unionid species, brook …


Clemson Biological Sciences 6th Annual Student Symposium, Clemson University Apr 2014

Clemson Biological Sciences 6th Annual Student Symposium, Clemson University

Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium (GRADS)

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