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Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences
Evaluation Of Pre-Spawning Movements Of Anadromous Alewives In The Ipswich River Using Radiotelemetry, Holly J. Frank
Evaluation Of Pre-Spawning Movements Of Anadromous Alewives In The Ipswich River Using Radiotelemetry, Holly J. Frank
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Conserving and restoring anadromous fish populations is an important research and management priority. For conservation to be effective, researchers must understand the behavior of the fish they seek to restore. Telemetry has allowed researchers to understand the upstream migrations of these fish in freshwater, how migration patterns vary, and if there is a relationship between behavior and environmental variables. In the northeastern United States, alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), one of two species collectively referred to as river herring, has historically been an important component of coastal rivers. However, populations of these fish have experienced recent declines, and a commonly used method …
Levels, Enterotoxigenicity, Growth And Physical Characterisitcs Of B. Cereus From U.S Retail Rice, Chandrakant R. Ankolekar
Levels, Enterotoxigenicity, Growth And Physical Characterisitcs Of B. Cereus From U.S Retail Rice, Chandrakant R. Ankolekar
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Bacillus cereus is a ubiquitously found foodborne pathogen that is frequently associated with two types of illness: emesis and diarrhea. Two heat labile enterotoxins have been associated with the diarrheal syndrome whereas a heat stable acid stable peptide toxin has been associated with the emetic syndrome. In the U.S, B. cereus is responsible for 1-2% of the total outbreaks from bacteria. Although there are reports of isolation and characterization of this pathogen from various food stuffs all around the world, there are no reports on the levels, toxin producing ability, or growth characteristics from U.S retail rice. Considering that rice …
Assesment Of Ammonia Volatility From Fall Surface-Applied Liquid Dairy Manure, Katie Campbell-Nelson
Assesment Of Ammonia Volatility From Fall Surface-Applied Liquid Dairy Manure, Katie Campbell-Nelson
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Ammonia emissions from dairy and livestock operations are of significant environmental and human health concern in the United States. Conservation of ammonia from fall surface-applied manure could benefit farmers by retaining nitrogen for use by crops in the spring growing season. The primary goal of this research was to investigate a management strategy for mitigating ammonia volatility from cow manure at the time of field application with no incorporation in the fall before snow fall. The hypothesis is that application of manure in cooler fall temperatures will slow the rate of ammonia volatilization. The objective was achieved by measuring temperature …
Dopamine Controls Locomotion By Modulating The Activity Of The Cholinergic Motor Neurons In C. Elegans, Andrew T. Allen
Dopamine Controls Locomotion By Modulating The Activity Of The Cholinergic Motor Neurons In C. Elegans, Andrew T. Allen
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Dopamine is an important neurotransmitter in the brain, where it plays a regulatory role in the coordination of movement and cognition by acting through two classes of G protein-coupled receptors to modulate synaptic activity. In addition, it has been shown these two receptor classes can exhibit synergistic or antagonistic effects on neurotransmission. However, while the pharmacology of the mammalian dopamine receptors have been characterized in some detail, less is known about the molecular pathways that act downstream of the receptors. As in mammals, the soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans uses two classes of dopamine receptors to control neural activity and thus …
A Phylogenetic Analysis Of Armored Scale Insects, Based Upon Nuclear, Mitochondrial, And Endosymbiont Gene Sequences, Jeremy C. Andersen
A Phylogenetic Analysis Of Armored Scale Insects, Based Upon Nuclear, Mitochondrial, And Endosymbiont Gene Sequences, Jeremy C. Andersen
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) are among the most invasive insects in the world. They have unusual genetic systems, including diverse types of paternal genome elimination (PGE) and parthenogenesis. Intimate relationships with their host plants and bacterial endosymbionts make them potentially important subjects for the study of co- evolution. Also, in some groups, the adult female never sheds the second instars cuticle, and remains within its confines, a habit referred to as the pupillarial habit. Here we expand upon recent phylogenetic work (Morse and Normark 2006) by analyzing a partitioned dataset including armored scale and endoysmbiont DNA from one hundred …
Investigating The Role Of Ysls In Oryza Sativa And Arabidopsis Thaliana Through Rt-Pcr And Yeast Functional Complementation, Jeffrey Chiecko
Investigating The Role Of Ysls In Oryza Sativa And Arabidopsis Thaliana Through Rt-Pcr And Yeast Functional Complementation, Jeffrey Chiecko
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
No abstract provided.
A New Laser Pointer Driven Optical Microheater For Precise Local Heat Shock, Mike Placinta
A New Laser Pointer Driven Optical Microheater For Precise Local Heat Shock, Mike Placinta
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
The zebrafish has emerged as an important genetic model system for the study of vertebrate development. However, while genetics is a powerful tool for the study of early gene functions, the approach is more limited when it comes to understanding later functions of genes that have essential roles in early embryogenesis. There is thus a need to manipulate gene expression at different times, and ideally only in some regions of the developing embryo. Methods for conditional gene regulation have been established in Drosophila, C.elegans and the mouse, utilizing conditional gene activation systems such as the Gal4-UAS system (fly) and the …
Functional Analysis Of Receptor-Like Kinases In Pollen-Pistil Interactions In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Mini Aggarwal
Functional Analysis Of Receptor-Like Kinases In Pollen-Pistil Interactions In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Mini Aggarwal
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Rac/Rop GTPases are molecular switches in plants that control the growth of polarized cells such as pollen tubes and root hairs, differentiation, development, actin dynamics, production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and disease resistance. These small GTPases are activated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) that replace GDP for GTP and are referred to as RopGEFs in plants. To identify upstream components of the RopGEF regulated signaling pathways, GEF1 from Arabidopsis thaliana was used as a bait to screen a seedling cDNA library in a yeast two-hybrid system. This yielded members of a small family of the Catharanthus roseus Receptor-like …
Conservation Implications Of A Marbled Salamander, Ambystoma Opacum, Metapopulation Model, Ethan B. Plunkett
Conservation Implications Of A Marbled Salamander, Ambystoma Opacum, Metapopulation Model, Ethan B. Plunkett
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Amphibians are in decline globally and a significantly greater percentage of ambystomatid salamander species are in decline relative to other species; habitat loss contributes significantly to this decline. The goals of this thesis is to better understand extinction risk in a marbled salamander (ambystoma opacum) population and how forestry effects extinction risk. To achieve this goal we first estimated an important life history parameter (Chapter 1) then used a metapopulation model to estimate population viability and determine what aspects of their life history put them most at risk (Chapter 2) and finally predicted extinction risk in response to hypothetical forestry …
Variation In Winter Estuarine Habitat Use By Bluefish In Northeastern Florida With Implications For Growth And Condition, John S. Murt
Variation In Winter Estuarine Habitat Use By Bluefish In Northeastern Florida With Implications For Growth And Condition, John S. Murt
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Age and growth were determined from otoliths for 181 juvenile bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, collected using a variety of gear in northeast Florida during 2003 and 2005. Three distinct cohorts were identified recruiting to the near shore waters during spring, summer and fall. Growth rates were high regardless of cohort or season. To compare pre- and post-recruitment growth rates, models were fit to individual growth trajectories using change point analysis. Post-estuarine growth rates were generally higher. Growth rates and hatching times were within the range of those obtained in other bluefish studies conducted at higher latitudes. As this is the only …
Identification Of Pmt, Tr1, And H6h Gene Polymorphism And Tropane Alkaloid Chemotypes In Hyoscyamus Niger L. (Black Henbane), Lawrence Kramer
Identification Of Pmt, Tr1, And H6h Gene Polymorphism And Tropane Alkaloid Chemotypes In Hyoscyamus Niger L. (Black Henbane), Lawrence Kramer
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
No abstract provided.
Chemical Information Based Elastic Network Model: A Novel Way To Identification Of Vibration Frequencies In Proteins., Sharad K. Raj
Chemical Information Based Elastic Network Model: A Novel Way To Identification Of Vibration Frequencies In Proteins., Sharad K. Raj
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
A novel method of analysis of macromolecules has been worked upon through this research. In an effort to understand the dynamics of macromolecules and to further our knowledge, pertaining specifically to the low frequency domain and also to elucidate certain important biological functions associated with it, a theoretical technique of chemical information based Normal Mode Analysis has been developed. These simulations render users with the ability to generate animations of modeshapes as well as key insight on the associated vibration frequencies. Harmonic analysis using atomistic details is performed taking into account appropriate values of masses of constituent atoms of a …
Event-Related Potential Indices Of Attentional Gradients Across The Visual Field, John C. Richiedei
Event-Related Potential Indices Of Attentional Gradients Across The Visual Field, John C. Richiedei
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Our lives are dominated by a complex visual world, and spatially selective attention allows us to process only the most relevant information. Previous evidence suggests that if possible locations of stimulus presentation are delineated, attention affects processing in a spatially graded manner. This gradient is seen in both behavioral measures and in visual evoked potentials (VEPs). Stimuli presented close to cued regions elicit faster responses and larger VEPs than those presented farther away. However, both position in the visual field and allocation of attention may contribute to the observed gradients. These relative contributions can be distinguished by comparing responses on …