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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 20 2016-03-24, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 19 2016-03-21, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 18 2016-03-10, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 16 2016-03-03, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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A Ph Sensor For Non-Invasive In Vivo Detection And Imaging Of Implant Associated Infection, Unaiza Uzair, Donald Benza, Fenglin Wang, Yash Raval, Tzuen-Rong J. Tzeng, Jeffrey N. Anker

Chemistry Annual Research Symposium

We develop a pH sensor based on use of X-ray Excited Luminescence Chemical Imaging (XELCI) to non-invasively detect and image changes in pH of a surface with high spatial and pH resolution while minimizing tissue scattering effects. Diagnosis and treatment of infections associated with implanted medical devices is a challenge, as clinical symptoms of implant associated infection are often delayed and can sometimes be completely absent till infection reaches a later stage. Early diagnosis of implant associated infection and non-invasive continuous monitoring of infection to evaluate eradication and success of treatment has not been established yet. Treatment of implant infection …

A Smart Polymer Hydrogel As A Chemical Sensor On Biomedical Implant, Md Arifuzzaman, Caleb Behrend, John Desjardins, Jeffrey N. Anker

Chemistry Annual Research Symposium

Orthopedic implants are manufactured to support on healing fractured bones. In United States, over 2 million fracture fixation devices, including intra-medullary nails, external fixation pins, plates, and screws, and over 600 thousands joint prostheses, are implanted in patients annually. While fairly common, these fixation surgeries (5%) sometimes lead to unavoidable infection, which only amplifies health care costs accumulated from the initial procedures. In most cases, bacterial biofilms acutely causes infection which is a major reason of medical device failure. In order to obtain proper infections detection around biomedical implants a non-invasive chemical sensor is required. In vivo detection of low …

Factors Associated With Anaplasma Spp. Seroprevalence Among Dogs In The United States, Christopher S. Mcmahan, Dongmei Wang, Melissa J. Beall, Dwight D. Bowman, Susan E. Little, Patrick O. Pithua, Julia L. Sharp, Roger W. Stich, Michael J. Yabsley, Robert B. Lund

Publications

Background

Dogs in the United States are hosts to a diverse range of ticks and tick-borne pathogens, including A. phagocytophilum, an important emerging canine and human pathogen. Previously, a Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC)-sponsored workshop proposed factors purported to be associated with the infection risk for tick-transmitted pathogens in dogs in the United States, including climate conditions, socioeconomic characteristics, local topography, and vector distribution.

Methods

Approximately four million test results from routine veterinary diagnostic tests from 2011–2013, which were collected on a county level across the contiguous United States, are statistically analyzed with the proposed factors via logistic regression …

The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 15 2016-02-29, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 14 2016-02-25, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 13 2016-02-22, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 10 2016-02-11, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 7 2016-02-01, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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Preservation Of Three-Dimensional Anatomy In Phosphatized Fossil Arthropods Enriches Evolutionary Inference, Achim H. Schwermann, Tomy Dos Santos Rolo, Michael S. Caterino, Gunter Bechly, Heiko Schmied, Tilo Baumbach, Thomas Van De Kamp

Publications

External and internal morphological characters of extant and fossil organisms are crucial to establishing their systematic position, ecological role and evolutionary trends. The lack of internal characters and soft-tissue preservation in many arthropod fossils, however, impedes comprehensive phylogenetic analyses and species descriptions according to taxonomic standards for Recent organisms. We found well-preserved three-dimensional anatomy in mineralized arthropods from Paleogene fissure fillings and demonstrate the value of these fossils by utilizing digitally reconstructed anatomical structure of a hister beetle. The new anatomical data facilitate a refinement of the species diagnosis and allowed us to reject a previous hypothesis of close phylogenetic …

23 Minutes, Maggie Mason Smith

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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 5 2016-01-25, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 3 2016-01-14, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 2 2016-01-12, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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The Tiger Vol. 110 Issue 1 2016-01-07, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers 2016

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Groundwater Recharge Rates In Isolated And Riverine Wetlands: Influencing Factors, Chenille Williams, Dan Tufford

Journal of South Carolina Water Resources

Isolated wetlands and riverine wetlands have been shown to have similar groundwater hydrology despite their difference in topography and surface water hydrology. The current study aimed to address the impact of topography and surface water hydrology on groundwater hydrologic behavior by comparing the groundwater recharge rates of several isolated and riverine wetlands in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. Study sites contained an isolated wetland, a riverine wetland, and an upland that bisected the two wetland types. Shallow water tables and sandy soils, allowed a rapid response to precipitation to be clearly visible. Soil characteristics, water table fluctuations, and precipitation …

Watershed-Based Planning For Murrells Inlet: Source Assessment Of Fecal Bacteria Using Volunteer And Shellfish Sanitation Program Data, Susan Libes, Heather Young, Daniel Newquist, Sue Sledz

Journal of South Carolina Water Resources

A watershed-based plan was recently developed for Murrells Inlet, a moderately tidal, euhaline estuary located on the northern coast of South Carolina. One of the goals of this planning effort was to collate and analyze existing data to refine assessments of the sources of fecal coliform detected by SC DHEC’s shellfish monitoring program. Coastal Carolina University’s Waccamaw Watershed Academy (WWA) was engaged to lead this data analysis effort. The most important sources identified were urbanized wildlife and canines. Results from the data analyses were used to prioritize subwatersheds for remediation. This has led to proposed strategies that focus on interception …

Watershed Plan Implementation Challenges For Sms4s In Murrells Inlet, Dave Fuss, Dan Newquist, Sue Sledz, Tracy Jones, Daniel R. Hitchcock

Journal of South Carolina Water Resources

This case study describes the plan development process, implementation strategies and initial and future challenges to implementation for the Murrells Inlet Watershed Plan (WRCOG, 2014). The Plan was crafted by a group of key stakeholders with community support and guidance to address fecal coliform bacteria loading in shellfish harvesting waters in the Murrells Inlet Estuary along the northeastern South Carolina coast. Stakeholders debated the interpretation of the data analysis and ultimately concluded that the primary pollutant sources were non-human, namely wildlife and domestic animals. Stakeholders also concluded that the loads from these sources were being delivered to the estuary via …

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For The Year Ended June 30, 2015, Clemson University

Annual Comprehensive Financial Report

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Supplemental Schedules For The Year Ended June 30, 2016, Clemson University Controller's Office

Supplemental Schedules

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Supplemental Schedules For The Year Ended June 30,2015, Clemson University

Annual Comprehensive Financial Report

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Research Support Services In Agriculture, Megan Sheffield

Publications

In 2016, Clemson University Libraries (CUL) participated in a study through Ithaka S+R about research support services in the field on agricultural research. Eight researchers in Clemson University’s Department of Agricultural Sciences participated in a semi-structured interview (see Appendix) with the library liaison to the life sciences. Responses were transcribed and coded to identify themes and ways the library can further support agricultural research at CU.

The first major theme identified was that agricultural research overlaps with a stunning variety of subject areas and, as such, the research methods vary extensively. The projects are also widely collaborative with other departments …

Bleeding Earth, Maggie Mason Smith

Publications

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Stem Learning In Your Own Backyard, Brooke A. Whitworth, Stephanie Beyea, Melora Purell

Publications

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Avs Corner, December 2015, Casey Wheeler, Emily Cook, Alexandra Johnson, Jamison Lynch, Kim Hill, Hayley Boyd, April Jeffcoat, Johanna Johnson

AVS Corner

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Chadbourn Mill, Michael O. Lee, Robert Hayes, Brandon Yarusi, Lin "Kevin" Liu

Master of Real Estate Development

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Entrepreneurship, Creativity, And Local Food Systems: Essays On Regional Economic Development In South Carolina, Kristen Lientz

All Dissertations

Within the existing economic development literature, there is a well-established linkage between the presence of skilled human capital and economic growth. A subset of this literature has focused on the role that a specific type of skilled human capital, known as the “creative class,” may play in facilitating regional economic development. This dissertation builds upon the existing creative class literature by examining the factors that have attracted the creative class to the state of South Carolina. In addition, this research gives special attention to the entrepreneurial activities of creative class professionals who engage in small-scale farming. Recent interest surrounding the …