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Assessment Of X-Salt Characterization: A Salt-Based Construction Material Using Natural Adhesives For Additive Manufacturing, Deena El-Mahdy, Hisham S. Gabr, Sherif Abdelmohsen

Faculty Journal Articles

Purpose – Despite the dramatic increase in construction toward additive manufacturing, several challenges are faced using natural materials such as Earth and salt compared to the most market-useable materials in 3D printing as concrete which consumes high carbon emission. Design/methodology/approach – Characterization and mechanical tests were conducted on 19 samples for three natural binders in dry and wet tests to mimic the additive manufacturing process in order to reach an efficient extrudable and printable mixture that fits the 3D printer. Findings – Upon testing compressive strength against grain size, compaction, cohesion, shape, heat and water content, X-Salt was shown to …

Concordia Seminary Magazine Summer 2022, Vicki Biggs

Concordia Seminary Magazine

Proclaim His Name

Wendell Hawken, Wendell Hawken

Virginia Poets Database: A Literary and Educational Resource

No abstract provided.

Walk Of Wild Things: A Cross-Grade Collaboration Teaches First- And Third-Grade Students Research Skills., Melinda Hammerschmidt, Rebecca Crowder Dischner, Dea Borneman

College of Education

Next, the classroom teachers provided a list of animals that the students could explore, and then the research partners ranked their top five choices. In closing, we found that multi-age collaboration was an enjoyable teaching tool that increased teacher efficacy, built student knowledge, and strengthened students' ability to work cooperatively with others. TEACHER COLLABORATION AND EFFICACY This cross-grade collaboration provided time for the teachers to work together in facilitating learning and increased teacher efficacy.

A Pruritic Eyelid Lesion Followed By Conjunctival Swelling, Eun Young Choi, A D. Proia, Kyle Kirkland

Osteopathic Medicine, Jerry M. Wallace School of

No abstract provided.

Diverse Responses Of Multiple Satellite-Derived Vegetation Greenup Onsets To Dry Periods In The Amazon, Xiaoyang Zhang, Yu Shen, Shuai Gao, Weile Wang, Crystal Schaaf

Global Land Surface Season Data Sets

The data is for the paper of Diverse Responses of Multiple Satellite-derived Vegetation Greenup Onsets to Dry Periods in the Amazon, which is submitted to “Geophysical Research Letters”

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Planning And Implementing A Virtual Open House, 2021-2022, Holly M. Surbaugh, Adrienne Warner

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Outreach and instruction librarians at the University of New Mexico, Main Campus launched the asynchronous, online Virtual Open House program during the 2021 lockdown in order to transition from “before-times” in-person tours to the paradigm of fully remote services. After a successful pilot, the program has continued as a sustainable, longer-term solution to staffing constraints even after University Libraries reopened to the public. This file collection captures planning documents and other program artifacts that will prove useful in replicating this event at other libraries.

Interviewed For Law And Other Things Podcast, Gauri Pillai, S Atrey

Popular Media

In this episode, our legal editor Eeshan Sonak is in conversation with Shreya Atrey and Gauri Pillai discussing their rewriting of Nergesh Meerza, which dealt with the constitutionality of Air India Employee Service Regulations. So without further delay, let’s dive right in.

Permeable Curbs For Storm Water Pollution, Aldo Hernandez, Drew Johnson, Marcio Giacomoni

Data

One of the problems that increased urbanization poses is storm water pollution. Several control measures exist that are used to treat and reduce pollution in our waterways, one of those being permeable concretes; but these have not been widely adopted. The goal of this project was to develop a permeable curb apparatus that could be used in retrofitting conventional streets. The permeable curb is comprised of a permeable concrete mix with a perforated pipe running through its center, this allows for water to filter through the porous concrete and continue downstream through the perforated pipe which would eventually lead to …

Coupled Situational Awareness System To Improve Transportation Infrastructure Performance During Extreme Events, Hatim Sharif, Samer Dessouky, Md Jobair Bin Alam, Raghava Kommalapati, Hongbo Du Ph.D

Data

The dense road networks and numerous low water crossings throughout Texas may be contributing to the higher recurrence rates of floods that pose a danger to vehicles. A timely issue that should be addressed by researchers is the compounding of disaster. Flooding can be combined with other life-threatening occurrences such as power loss and interruptions of health and emergency services. During these events, rescue requests from the stranded communities overwhelm the emergency response facilities; impassable roadways and the paucity of reliable information on the affected areas and their accessibility hamper emergency response operations, causing several detours and delays that put …

[Tilapia (Oreochromis)] Neurocranium, Kaylee J. Czachorowski, Mackenzie S. Magyar, Haley Minne, David William Kerstetter

All Scans: Kerstetter Fisheries and Avian Ecology 3D Scan Series

Neurocranium [Oreochromis] by Kaylee Czachorowski, Haley Minne, Mackenzie Magyar

Application Of Nanodisc Technology To A Membrane-Bound P450: Functional Studies And Resonance Raman Studies On Cyp51a1, Yuanqi Jing

Dissertations (1934 -)

Membrane-bound cytochrome P450s are highly insoluble and tend to form aggregations in aqueous solution due to its hydrophobic N-terminal transmembrane anchor. The traditional methodology of studying membrane-bound proteins depends on the use of detergent; however, detergent solubilization of membrane P450s does not satisfy many criteria of biochemical and biophysical studies on membrane proteins. A well-developed Nanodisc technology has been proven to be an extraordinarily efficient method of studying membrane-bound P450s. The human sterol 14-demethylases (CYP51A1) are membrane-bound P450 enzymes that catalyze oxidative removal of the C32 methyl group of lanosterol by first forming an alcohol, then an aldehyde, and finally …

Postdigital Ecopedagogies: Genealogies, Contradictions, And Possible Futures, Petar Jandrić, Derek R. Ford

Education Studies Faculty publications

This paper charts some genealogies, challenges, and directions for experimenting with the utopic postdigital ecopedagogies demanded by our present (post)pandemic reality. These are messianic—rather than prophetic—utopias that exist not as proclamations or programmes for a distant future but as potentialities immanent in the irreducible excess of the present. While their roots most clearly emanate from the Freirean-inspired ecopedagogy movement, we conceptualize ecopedagogies instead as educational forms that emerge from, negotiate, debate, produce, resist, and/or overcome the shifting and expansive postdigital ecosystems from and to which we write and think. These are expansive ecosystems of humans, postdigital machines, nonhuman animals, minerals, …

From Black Lives Matter To Covid-19: Daily News Podcasts And The Reinvention Of Audio Reporting, Kyle J. Miller, Kim Fox, David O. Dowling

Faculty Journal Articles

Globally daily news podcasts have exponentially grown in popularity. To build on the increased interest in this podcast format, this study examines three distinct programmes in this genre. The focus of our research specifically highlights the significant news events during the summer of 2020: the killing of George Floyd, and subsequent Black Lives Matter protests, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a set of genre conventions adapted and expanded from previous podcast and radio news scholarship, this research analyses the impact podcasting has on daily audio news production. Our findings indicate the podcast host’s empathy and intimacy, coalesced into powerful, immersive …

Occurrence And Density Of The Stink Bug Antestiopsis Thunbergii Gmelin 1790 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) And Related Egg-Parasitoids In Burundi Coffee Agroecosystems, Jean Mugishawimana, Lucy Kananu Murungi, Soter Ndihokubwayo, Anaclet Nibasumba, Julien Haran, Guillaume David

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Antestiopsis thunbergii is the most important coffee pest in Burundi causing yield losses of up to 30%. The aim of this study was to estimate its occurrence and density and to assess the species diversity of native egg-parasitoids associated to this pest in coffee agroecosystems. Our study was carried out in four coffee growing agro-ecological zones of Burundi namely; the humid west escarpments, the humid central highlands, the sub-humid central highlands and the sub-humid southeastern and northern depressions. In total, 600 coffee trees, randomly selected in 40 coffee plots of 20 communes were investigated at three phenological stages of the …

Phylogenetic Resolution Of The Fly Superfamily Ephydroidea–Molecular Systematics Of The Enigmatic And Diverse Relatives Of Drosophilidae, Isaac S. Winkler, Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs, Keith M. Bayless, John Soghigian, Rudolf Meier, Thomas Pape, David K. Yeates, A. Bernardo Carvalho, Robert S. Copeland, Brian M. Wiegmann

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The schizophoran superfamily Ephydroidea (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) includes eight families, ranging from the well-known vinegar flies (Drosophilidae) and shore flies (Ephydridae), to several small, relatively unusual groups, the phylogenetic placement of which has been particularly challenging for systematists. An extraordinary diversity in life histories, feeding habits and morphology are a hallmark of fly biology, and the Ephydroidea are no exception. Extreme specialization can lead to “orphaned” taxa with no clear evidence for their phylogenetic position. To resolve relationships among a diverse sample of Ephydroidea, including the highly modified flies in the families Braulidae and Mormotomyiidae, we conducted phylogenomic sampling. Using exon …

Synthesis Of 1,2,3-Triazole-Thymol Derivatives As Potential Antimicrobial Agents, Justice Kwaku Addo, Ernest Owusu-Ansah, Nicholas T.K.D. Dayie, Xavier Cheseto, Baldwyn Torto

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background: Thymol as a natural biological template can be modified chemically since the hydroxyl group makes it a candidate for structural modification. Thus, this study incorporated the triazole moiety on thymol and the chlorination of thymol moiety to help improve its biological potency. Materials and methods: A series of ten 1,2,3-triazole-thymol derivatives 1–10 were synthesized from thymol, by a click reaction between O-propargyl terminal alkyne of thymol and its chlorothymol with benzyl azide and substituted benzyl azides. Their structures were confirmed by spectroscopic methods (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, IR, GC-MS-EI/CI and LC-ESI-QTOF-MS). The Well diffusion method using Müeller-Hinton agar plates was used …

Evolving Dynamics Of Aedes-Borne Diseases In Africa: A Cause For Concern, Rosemary Sang, Joel Lutomiah, Edith Chepkorir, David P. Tchouassi

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Aedes-borne viruses, yellow fever (YF), dengue, Chikungunya and Zika are taking a huge toll on global health as Africa faces re-emergence with potential for massive human catastrophe. Transmission driven by diverse vectors in ecological settings that range from urban to rural and sylvatic habitats with human and nonhuman primate/reservoir activities across such habitats has facilitated virus movement and spillover to susceptible human populations. Approved vaccine exists for YF, although availability for routine and mass vaccination is often constrained. Integrating vector surveillance, understanding disease ecology with rationalised vaccination in high-risk areas (YF) remains important in disease prevention and control. We review …

Effects Of Expanding Cassava Planting And Harvesting Windows On Root Yield, Starch Content And Revenue In Southwestern Nigeria, Rebecca Oiza Enesi, Pieter Pypers, Christine Kreye, Meklit Tariku, Johan Six, Stefan Hauser

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important staple crop in Nigeria. It provides approximately 80 % of the caloric intake in Nigeria. High starch content and fresh root yields are important for the commercialization of cassava. Cassava is a perennial crop, and it can be produced all year round. However, cassava fresh root yield and starch content are strongly influenced by environmental conditions such as rainfall. Therefore, it is important to identify planting and harvest periods to attain maximum yields and starch content and to increase profitability. The present study aimed at (i) comparing changes in fresh root yields and …

The Dynamics And Role Of Gender In High-Value Avocado Farming In Kenya, Beatrice Muriithi, Jane Kabubo-Mariara

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

We used two-wave panel data obtained from avocado growers in Murang’a County in Kenya to examine, through the perspective of gender, the dynamics of farmers’ participation in avocado production and marketing organizations (PMOs), and test whether understanding group dynamics is important for analyzing contract farming. Using a multinomial logit (MNL) model, we identify the characteristics of men and women participating in PMOs categorized as early adopters, dis-adopters, late adopters, and non-adopters. We focus on dis-adopters and late adopters because these categories are most often ignored in the literature. Moreover, without considering the dynamics, we verify the influencing factors of PMOs …

Classical Biological Of Key Horticultural Pests In Africa: Successes, Challenges, And Opportunities, Samira A. Mohamed, Thomas Dubois, Abdelmutalab Ga Azrag, Shepard Ndlela, Peter Neuenschwander

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Classical biological control (CBC) is considered a safer and more sustainable alternative for management of alien-invasive species. This review presents recent advances in CBC of key horticultural insect pests using parasitoids in Africa. Several CBC programs have been undertaken targeting different insect pests of both fruits and vegetables, largely yielding outstanding success. Key obstacles impeding CBC and opportunities that could promote CBC in Africa are outlined. Also, very brief highlights on recent scientific and technological advances in modeling, integrative taxonomy and molecular tools, and endosymbionts that relate to CBC are provided.

Immersion In Hot Water As A Phytosanitary Treatment For Thaumatotibia Leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) In Bell Pepper (Capsicum Annuum L.), Nelson L. Mwando, Shepard Ndlela, Rainer Meyhöfer, Sevgan Subramanian, Samira A. Mohamed

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The False codling moth (FCM), Thaumatotibia leucotreta is a major quarantine pest that hampers Capsicum production and trade in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and may need a postharvest treatment to meet quarantine standards of lucrative overseas markets. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of hot water treatment (HWT) as a potential nonchemical quarantine control option against T. leucotreta in bell pepper and its effect on the quality parameters of the peppers. Infested bell pepper harboring different immature stages of T. leucotreta were subjected to a hot water treatment of 50 ± 0.2 °C for eight different time-points to determine heat …

Talking In The Library: "Imagining The Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting", Kevin Blackistone, Brian Hendickson

Talking in the Library Lecture Series

No abstract provided.

Feasibility Of Low-Enriched Uranium Fueled Nuclear Thermal Propulsion In The Low-Thrust Region Below 16klbf, Samantha B. Rawlins, Dale L. Thomas

PRC-Affiliated Research

No abstract provided.

Deliberations Before Running Another Wikipedia Editing Assignment, Laurel Smith Stvan

Linguistics & TESOL Faculty Publications & Presentations - Archive

In assessing a popular Open Educational Resource that instructs and is shaped by students, I weigh the costs for both instructors and students in using classroom Wikipedia editing assignments. Based on experiences from before and during the Covid era, I assess the ROI in instructor time and attention, reviewing what has worked best or been a struggle for editing projects aimed at expanding linguistics stubs. Successfully launching these engaged learning tasks encompasses two areas: filling Wikipedia content gaps and building student skills. Content gap concerns include finding relevant page topics for students to work with; recognizing constraints on biography pages …

Flex File Backup Of The Mutsun Text Collection, Natasha Warner, Lynnika Butler, Heather Van Volkinburg, Quirina Geary

Mutsun Text Collection: mutsun riicakma hummen

FieldWorks Explorer (FLEx) file backup of the Mutsun Text Collection. The FieldWorks Language Explorer is an open source desktop application designed for managing cultural and linguistic data.

Comparing The Competition Law Regimes Of The United States And India, Richard J. Pierce Jr.

National Law School of India Review

The aim of this article is to engage in a critical comparison of the legal regimes that the United States and India use to implement and enforce their competition laws. In Part I, the author describes the U.S. institutions that play major roles in implementing and enforcing competition law, including their powers, their staffing, and the procedures they use to announce policies and to adjudicate disputes. In Part II, the author seeks to critically evaluate the working of competition law in the United States. In Part III, the author describes the Indian institutions that implement and enforce competition law, including …

Consumer Internet Standard Form Contracts In India: A Proposal, Robert A. Hillman

National Law School of India Review

India's burgeoning Internet commerce sector has made consumers susceptible to standard-form contracts. Due to the slim likelihood of consumers reading the terms, vendors may often draft heavy-handed terms in the contracts, thereby adversely impacting consumer interests. The Indian legal framework in this regard is inadequate. This article evaluates the existing suggestions on standard-form contracts and argues that none of them safeguard consumer interests sufficiently. Instead, based on the American Law Institutes' Principles of the Law of Software Contracts, the article proposes a disclosure approach that would benefit the interests of Indian consumers engaged in commerce on the internet.

Penal Code Defences: Lessons From Sri Lanka, Stanley Yeo

National Law School of India Review

This article discusses a selection of cases from Sri Lanka that have dealt with certain defences under the Indian Penal Code. The defences that will be covered are private defence, consent and necessity, automatism and insanity, intoxication, provocation, and sudden fight. An analysis of cases sheds light on problems in these defence provisions. Practitioners and students of criminal law in India and elsewhere would benefit significantly from studying the solutions to these problems developed by the Sri Lankan courts. Where these solutions are inadequate, the author suggests alternative solutions including legislative reform.

What Would An Ambedkarite Jurisprudence Look Like, Aravind Narain

National Law School of India Review

Dr. Ambedkar is famously known as the father of the Indian Constitution. This article goes beyond this epithet and explores Ambedkar's jurisprudential contributions to Indian law. The article argues that Ambedkar saw the rules of caste as law and in the state's legal intervention to combat caste-based discrimination articulated the importance of both norm creation and having a procedure for enforcement-ideas that continue to influence law-making till date. Further, the article identifies "fraternity" and "constitutional morality" from the Ambedkarite corpus as key legal concepts, and stresses upon their relevance in finding solutions to problems that India faces today