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Factors That Influence Small Mammal Long Bone Morphology: An Analysis Of The Femora, Tibiae, And Humeri Of The Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus Carolinensis), Tyler Everette Blake

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The goal of this study is to examine the effect of urbanization and latitude on bone morphology, specifically limb length and bone density among gray squirrels endemic to the eastern United States. This study’s hypotheses are as follows: gray squirrels occupying lower latitudes will have larger body sizes and longer limbs relative to body size than those at higher latitudes following Bergmann’s and Allen’s rules. Further, squirrels in urban habitats will have greater bone density than those in rural habitats. Results show moderate correlation between body mass and respective proxies and latitude following Bergmann’s rule. Weak correlations were found between …

The Comparison Of Different Wetland Fish Assemblages Over Time, Robert Edward Adelstein

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Wetlands provide essential ecosystem services. Historically, we have drained and filled 73% of wetlands for agricultural use throughout the United States from the 1780s to the 1980s (Dahl, 1990). A nationwide focus on restoring wetlands has since occurred. Literature on restored/mitigated wetlands is rife with examples that do and do not support the same ecosystem services as natural wetlands (Langston, 1997; Meil, 2014). Restoration of wetlands occurred at the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area (GBWMA) over several decades. Various sections of the wetland were classified by age, water depth, and vegetation. One hypothesis was that differences in fish assemblage would …

Creative Technologies: A Conversation With Roy Magnuson, Roy Magnuson, Maureen Russell

Faculty Publications - Music

[In lieu of an abstract, the introduction is provided.] Today I am speaking with Roy Magnuson, Associate Professor Creative Technologies in the School of Music at Illinois State University (ISU). (see Figure 1) His music has been performed throughout the United States and Europe at venues such as the World Saxophone Congress, WASBE, CBDNA, the RED NOTE New Music Festival, and the Robb Composers’ Symposium. Magnuson is also the creator of the virtual reality composition software solsticeVR and the conducting software RibbonsVR. He is a member of ASCAP, and his music is recorded on Albany Records and NAXOS.

Implementing Interdisciplinary Sustainability Education With The Food-Energy-Water (Few) Nexus, C. B. Romulo, S. Venkataraman, S. Caplow, S. Ajgaonkar, C. R. Allen, A. Anandhi, S. W. Anderson, C. B. Azzarello, K. Brundiers, E. Blavascunas, J. M. Dauer, D. L. Druckenbrod, E. Fairchild, L. R. Horne, K. Lee, M. Mwale, J. Mischler, E. Pappo, N. S. Patel, N. D. Sintov, C. S. Ramsdell, S. G. Vincent

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Behaviour And Attitudes Of Non‑Resident Water Fowl Hunters In Saskatchewan, M. P. Gruntarod, M. P. Vrtiska, C. J. Chizinski

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Duck Hunters And Difficulty Complying With Harvest Regulations, M. P. Gruntarod, M. P. Vrtiska, C. J. Chizinski, J. N. Duberstein, D. C. Fulton, H. W. Harshaw, A. H. Raedeke, J. Spaeth

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Nitrate Removal By Floating Treatment Wetlands Under Aerated And Unaerated Conditions: Field And Laboratory Results, J. M. Mccoy, M. Chaffee, A. Mittelstet, T. Messer, S. Comfort

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Cataloguing Minerals, Part One: Historical Cataloguing Practices And The Logics Of Colonialism, Selby Hearth, Carrie Robbins, Marianne Weldon, Aha Anderson, Rosa Bieber-Stanley, April Chernila, Helen Christ, Hannah Cosgrove, Morgan Hanson-Rosenberg, Carly Hill, Maya Hofstetter, Emily Lazo, Izzie Ludlow, Samantha Lyster, Rachel Myers, Jasper Nash, Georgia Reed, Julia Saint- Amour

Geology Faculty Research and Scholarship

Mineral wealth has motivated and funded extractive empires, often at the expense of local communities, workers, natural environments, and public health. Yet those connections are not recorded in traditional mineral catalogues, which divorce specimens from context. This article examines the roots of those omissions and situates mineral cataloguing in the larger body of literature on knowledge organization systems and their relation to power. We examine how colonial ideologies of land and people become entrenched in mineral cataloguing practices, and how this reinforces the ways that contemporary geologists think about their work. We argue that revising mineral cataloguing practices is a …

Prioritization Of Research On Drought Assessment In A Changing Climate, J. Lisonbee, B. Parker, E. Fleishman, T. W. Ford, R. K. Bocinsky, B. Fuchs Et Al.

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Chemical Strategies For Tailoring Properties Of Nanomaterials Produced By Pulsed Laser Interaction In Liquid Environments, Katharine M. Tibbetts

Chemistry Publications

Interactions of intense ultrashort laser pulses with liquid media and at solid-liquid interfaces produce plasmas with high densities of reactive chemical species that promote the formation of nanomaterials. This work discusses the current understanding of laser-induced chemical reactions in aqueous medium involving hydrated electrons and hydroxyl radicals, and the effects of chemical additives on these reactions. Two chemical strategies are presented for controlling the composition of the laser-induced plasma and nanomaterial properties. First, adding chemical scavengers of hydroxyl radicals will be shown to inhibit metal oxidation, enabling the synthesis of ligand-free Ag and Au-Ag alloy nanoparticles by reduction of Au …

Capturing Biomarkers Associated With Alzheimer Disease Subtypes Using Data Distribution Characteristics, Kenneth Smith, Sharlee Climer

Computer Science Faculty Works

Late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) is a highly complex disease with multiple subtypes, as demonstrated by its disparate risk factors, pathological manifestations, and clinical traits. Discovery of biomarkers to diagnose specific AD subtypes is a key step towards understanding biological mechanisms underlying this enigmatic disease, generating candidate drug targets, and selecting participants for drug trials. Popular statistical methods for evaluating candidate biomarkers, fold change (FC) and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), were designed for homogeneous data and we demonstrate the inherent weaknesses of these approaches when used to evaluate subtypes representing less than half of the diseased cases. …

15-Year Biomass Production In Semiarid Nebraska Sandhills Grasslands: Part 1 – Plant Functional Group Analysis, B. Zhao, M. B. Stephenson, Tala Awada, J. D. Volesky, Brian D. Wardlow, Y. Zhou, Y. Shi

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

15-Year Biomass Production In Semiarid Nebraska Sandhills Grasslands: Part 1 – Plant Functional Group Analysis, B. Zhao, M. B. Stephenson, Tala Awada, J. D. Volesky, Brian D. Wardlow, Y. Zhou, Y. Shi

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Topography-Driven Microclimate Gradients Shape Forest Structure, Diversity, And Composition In A Temperate Refugial Forest, B. H. Mcnichol, R. Wang, A. Hefner, C. Helzer, S. M. Mcmahon, S. E. Russo

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Values That Inform Regenerative Ranching In The Northern U.S. Great Plains, T. Pape, G. Meredith, D. Sandal, M. F. Kabir, S. Banerjee, C. R. Allen, E. Dennis, M. Stephenson

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Spatial Variation In Transit Time Distributions Of Groundwater Discharge To A Stream Overlying The Northern High Plains Aquifer, Nebraska, Usa, C. E. Humphrey, D. K. Solomon, T. E. Gilmore, M. R. Macnamara, D. P. Genereux, A. R. Mittelstet Et Al.

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Assessing Multi-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Patterns For Improvements In Sub-Seasonal Precipitation Predictability In The Northern Great Plains, C. M. Carrillo, Francisco Munoz-Arriola

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Method To Estimate Climate Drivers Of Maize Yield Predictability Leveraging Genetic-By-Environment Interactions In The Us And Canada, P. Sarzaeim, Francisco Munoz-Arriola

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Molecular Identification To Verify The Existence Of Helicotylenchus Dihystera In Coffee Plants At East Java, Indonesia, Ankardiansyah Pandu Pradana, Toyoshi Yoshiga

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

Spiral nematodes Helicotylenchus sp. are known to infect a variety of plants, including coffee. This is in line with the studies and surveys of nematodes in Indonesia. However, to date, there has been no study reporting the nematode with molecular analysis. In this study, we surveyed the nematodes in Arabica coffee plantations in Bondowoso regency – Indonesia. These spiral nematodes were collected in DESS solution for morphological, morphometric and molecular analysis. The morphometric analysis was carried out under an Olympus BH-2 compound microscope with an attached calibrated Toupcam M20 camera. The molecular analysis was performed on the total DNA from …

Species Distribution Modelling Using Bioclimatic Variables On Critically Endangered Endemic Species (Macrocephalon Maleo) In Sulawesi, Septianto Aldiansyah, Khalil Abdul Wahid

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

The island of Sulawesi isolates migratory fauna from Asia and Australia and creates animal combinations such as the Maleo (Macrocephalon Maleo). The Maleo population is experiencing a downward trend due to habitat fragmentation, deforestation and threats by humans. This study aims to model the potential distribution of Maleo using several famous current and future models as a result of climate change throughout the island of Sulawesi, not only in its natural habitat, but beyond its natural habitat. Bioclimatic variables and in situ attendance data were used in this study. The method used is Maximum Entropy by evaluating the GLM, SVM …

A New Extinct Species Of Malagodon (Cyprinodontiformes: Pantanodontidae) From Southeastern Coastal Madagascar, With A Discussion Of Its Phylogenetic Relationships And A Redescription Of The Genus., E. M. Carr, R. P. Martin, J. S. Sparks

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

2023 Kentucky River Watershed Watch Annual Report, Steven J. Evans, Malissa Mcalister, Andrea N. Drayer

Kentucky River Watershed Watch

No abstract provided.

Simulation Of Soil Temperature Under Maize: An Inter-Comparison Among 33 Maize Models, B. A. Kimball, K. R. Thorp, K. J. Boote, C. Stockle, Andrew E. Suyker Et Al.

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Post Developmental Mathematics: Experiences In College Algebra For Stem Students, Maria Cruciani

Undergraduate Research (Journal)

Students majoring in a STEM discipline whose sequence of collegiate mathematics begins at the developmental level follow a unique progression towards degree completion. With an elongated sequence of mathematics courses, these students have already had exposure to collegiate mathematics when enrolling in a college algebra course. A structured multiple case study provided a context for understanding students’ perceptions about how their developmental mathematics experiences may have influenced their experiences in college algebra. Qualitative data was gathered through interviews with three students who are majoring in a STEM field of study. The selected students had similar quantitative literacy expectations for their …

Atmospheric And Earth Science 498 Professsional Development, Tess Olten, Robert Griffin

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Whether you're already in the workforce, or you're still in school and haven't yet applied for your first position -- the job application process can be both exciting and demoralizing. Sometimes, finding a new job feels like a full-time job itself -- especially when the competition is steep and the field of candidates is crowded.

How can you help yourself stand out from other applicants and land the job of your dreams? In this course, you'll work through each step of the application process, as well as consider graduate school as an alternative or additional choice. First, you'll explore tips …

A Comparison Of Tag Retention And Mortality From Two Tagging Methods For Internal Tag Placement In Channel Catfish Ictalurus Punctatus, T. C. Durhack, H. A. Simpson, D. A. Watkinson, Mark A. Pegg, E. C. Enders

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Do Nitrogen And Phosphorus Influence Channel Catfish Growth In A Great Plains River?, C. Oathout, Mark A. Pegg

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Progression Magazine, 2023-2024, Coastal Carolina University

Progression Magazine

Magazine of the Gupta College of Science at Coastal Carolina University.

Sustainability Nexus Analytics, Informatics, And Data (Aid): Drought, L. S. Huning, S. M. Bateni, Michael Hayes Et Al.

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Radiation Balance Over Low-Turbidity Water Artificially Cleaned For Irrigation Of Tobacco Grown Under Shading. I. Analysis Of The Shortwave And Longwave Components, T.K.D.S. Borges, A.S.D. Oliveira, R. G. Allen, Ayse Kilic, J.P.C. Couto, C. E. Santana

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.