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Applications Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles For Conducting Mesocarnivore And Breeding Waterfowl Surveys In Southern Manitoba, Jacob Bushaw

LSU Master's Theses

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming an increasingly important tool for wildlife surveys and equipping UAVs with thermal imaging cameras could make these surveys even more effective. In my thesis I examined the feasibility of using a UAV equipped with a thermal imaging camera to conduct mesocarnivore surveys, search for duck nests built over water, and conduct duck brood surveys in southern Manitoba.

For my first objective, I conducted nighttime mesocarnivore surveys with the UAV and thermal camera. I used a modified point-count survey from six waypoints and surveyed 29.5 ha in each replicate. I conducted a total of 200 …

Influence Of Health Beneficial Monk Fruit Sweetener On Microbial And Physicochemical Characteristics Of Camel Milk Yogurt, Alina Buchilina

LSU Master's Theses

Camel milk contains all the essential nutrients found in cow’s milk and has potentially health beneficial compounds such as anti-carcinogenic, anti-hypertensive, anti-inflammatory, and insulin and insulin-like substances. Camel milk has been reported as a treatment for diseases such as diabetes and autism. Camel milk favorably alters gut microbiota to a higher abundance of bifidobacteria.

Sweetness is one of the most desirable tastes in people’s diet; however, the surplus consumption of sugar has a negative effect on human health. Monk fruit sweetener is a natural zero caloric sweetener with many health beneficial properties, namely, prevention of asthma, prevention of oxidation, liver …

How Cypress Tress Become Mangroves: An Analysis Of The Works Of Amitav Ghosh And Climate Change, Alyssa D. Dobson

Honors Capstones

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Advances In The Neurophysiology Of Magnocellular Neuroendocrine Cells, Jeffrey G. Tasker, Masha Prager-Khoutorsky, Ryoichi Teruyama, José R. Lemos, William E. Amstrong

Faculty Publications

© 2020 British Society for Neuroendocrinology Hypothalamic magnocellular neuroendocrine cells have unique electrical properties and a remarkable capacity for morphological and synaptic plasticity. Their large somatic size, their relatively uniform and dense clustering in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei, and their large axon terminals in the neurohypophysis make them an attractive target for direct electrophysiological interrogation. Here, we provide a brief review of significant recent findings in the neuroplasticity and neurophysiological properties of these neurones that were presented at the symposium “Electrophysiology of Magnocellular Neurons” during the 13th World Congress on Neurohypophysial Hormones in Ein Gedi, Israel in April 2019. …

Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2020, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

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Northwest- Spring 2020, Lsu Agcenter

Horticulture Hints

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Exploring Possible Lifespan-Extending Effects Of Botanical Extracts, Hayden Guidry

Honors Capstones

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Flood, Elizabeth Haley

Honors Capstones

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Investigating Antiviral Rnai Pathways In Caenorhabditis Elegans Through The Context Of The Nsl Complex And Its Subunits Sumv-1, Mys-2, And Ogt-1, Alexandre Van Biersel

Honors Capstones

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Generating Transgenic Animals To Understand The Role Of The Huckebein (Hkb) Transcription Factor In Positioning Tissue Invagination, Samantha Leigh Vercher

Honors Capstones

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An Investigation Of The Proline Biosynthesis Pathway In Response To Osmotic Stress In Tigriopus Californicus, Yasmeen Kawji

Honors Capstones

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Racial Differences In Body Composition And Cardiometabolic Risk During The Menopause Transition: A Prospective, Observational Cohort Study, Kara L. Marlatt, Leanne M. Redman, Robbie A. Beyl, Steve R. Smith, Catherine M. Champagne, Fanchao Yi, Jennifer C. Lovejoy

Clinical Research Faculty Publications

Background: Obesity disproportionately affects more women than men. The loss of ovarian function during the menopause transition coincides with weight gain, increases in abdominal adiposity, and impaired metabolic health. Racial differences in obesity prevalence that results from the menopause transition are not well understood. Objective: The purpose of the study was to assess longitudinal changes in body composition and cardiometabolic risk among black and white women during the menopausal transition. Study Design: In a secondary analysis of a prospective, observational cohort study (the Healthy Transitions study), 161 women ≥43 years old with a body mass index of 20–40 kg/m2 and …

Circulating Lysophosphatidylcholines In Early Pregnancy And Risk Of Gestational Diabetes In Chinese Women, Jinnan Liu, Jing Li, Sainan Li, Junhong Leng, Weiqin Li, Wen Yang, Xiaoxu Huo, Liwei Chen, Ronald C.W. Ma, Gang Hu, Zhongze Fang, Xilin Yang

Population and Public Health Science Faculty Publications

Objectives: This study aimed to explore associations of lysophosphatidylcholines (LPCs) in early pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and whether LPCs mediated the associations of bile acids with GDM risk or had interactive effects with bile acids on GDM risk. Design: We conducted a 1:1 nested case-control study (n = 486) from a large prospective pregnant women cohort in urban Tianjin, China. Blood samples were collected at their first antenatal care visit (median at 10th gestational week). LPCs were measured by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis. Conditional binary logistic regression and restricted cubic spline analysis were used to identify cutoff …

Joint International Consensus Statement For Ending Stigma Of Obesity, Francesco Rubino, Rebecca M. Puhl, David E. Cummings, Robert H. Eckel, Donna H. Ryan, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Joe Nadglowski, Ximena Ramos Salas, Phillip R. Schauer, Douglas Twenefour, Caroline M. Apovian, Louis J. Aronne, Rachel L. Batterham, Hans Rudolph Berthoud, Camilo Boza, Luca Busetto, Dror Dicker, Mary De Groot, Daniel Eisenberg, Stuart W. Flint, Terry T. Huang, Lee M. Kaplan, John P. Kirwan, Judith Korner, Ted K. Kyle, Blandine Laferrère, Carel W. Le Roux, La Shawn Mciver, Geltrude Mingrone, Patricia Nece, Tirissa J. Reid, Ann M. Rogers, Michael Rosenbaum, Randy J. Seeley

Division of Basic Science Faculty Publications

People with obesity commonly face a pervasive, resilient form of social stigma. They are often subject to discrimination in the workplace as well as in educational and healthcare settings. Research indicates that weight stigma can cause physical and psychological harm, and that affected individuals are less likely to receive adequate care. For these reasons, weight stigma damages health, undermines human and social rights, and is unacceptable in modern societies. To inform healthcare professionals, policymakers, and the public about this issue, a multidisciplinary group of international experts, including representatives of scientific organizations, reviewed available evidence on the causes and harms of …

Effects Of Sea-Level Rise On Physiological Ecology Of Populations Of A Ground-Dwelling Ant, L. M. Hooper-Bùi, R. M. Strecker-Lau, D. M. Stewart, M. J. Landry, A. M. Papillion, S. N. Peterson, R. A. Daniel

Faculty Publications

Introduction Sea-level rise is a consequence of climate change that can impact the ecological and physiological changes of coastal, ground-dwelling species. Sea-level rise has a potential to inundate birds, rodents, spiders, and insects that live on the ground in coastal areas. Yet, there is still much to be learned concerning the specifics of these impacts. The red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Buren) excavates soil for its home and is capable of surviving flooding. Because of their ground-dwelling life history and rapid reproduction, fire ants make an ideal model for discovery and prediction of changes that may be due to …

Nucleolar Stress In Drosophila Neuroblasts, A Model For Human Ribosomopathies, Sonu Shrestha Baral, Molly E. Lieux, Patrick J. Dimario

Faculty Publications

Different stem cells or progenitor cells display variable threshold requirements for functional ribosomes. This is particularly true for several human ribosomopathies in which select embryonic neural crest cells or adult bone marrow stem cells, but not others, show lethality due to failures in ribosome biogenesis or function (now known as nucleolar stress). To determine if various Drosophila neuroblasts display differential sensitivities to nucleolar stress, we used CRISPR-Cas9 to disrupt the Nopp140 gene that encodes two splice variant ribosome biogenesis factors (RBFs). Disruption of Nopp140 induced nucleolar stress that arrested larvae in the second instar stage. While the majority of larval …

Environmental Control On The Distribution Of Metabolic Strategies Of Benthic Microbial Mats In Lake Fryxell, Antarctica, Megan L. Dillon, Ian Hawes, Anne D. Jungblut, Tyler J. Mackey, Jonathan A. Eisen, Peter T. Doran, Dawn Y. Sumner

Faculty Publications

© 2020 Dillon et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Ecological theories posit that heterogeneity in environmental conditions greatly affects community structure and function. However, the degree to which ecological theory developed using plant- and animal-dominated systems applies to microbiomes is unclear. Investigating the metabolic strategies found in microbiomes are particularly informative for testing the universality of ecological theories because microorganisms have far wider metabolic capacity than plants and animals. We …

The Visualization And Quantification Of Adipose Tissue Innervation, Sanjeev Samuel Gummadi

Honors Capstones

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Diversity Of The Eastern Oyster Microbiome Across Tissue, Secretion, Space, And Time In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Megan E. Guidry

Honors Capstones

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The Effect Of Head Trauma On Survivorship And Climbing Ability Of Wild-Type And Svip- Overexpressing Drosophila Melanogaster, Sarah Myers

Honors Capstones

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Understanding How Human Lipoxygenases Bind Molecular Oxygen And Arachidonic Acid Substrate, Austin Paul Primeaux

Honors Capstones

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Quantitative Phenotypic Analysis Of A Functional Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor From Klebsormidium Flaccidum In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Jaeyeon Kweon

Honors Capstones

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Neuron Morphology And Behavioral Correlates Of Attaining Dominant And Subordinate Status, Ian Hill

Honors Capstones

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Shifts Between Maternal Care And Infanticide Behaviors In Female Mouthbrooding Astatotilapia Burtoni Are Associated With Activation Of Galanin Neurons, Erandi Madushani Herath

Honors Capstones

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Intergenerational Effects Of Crude Oil Exposure On The Morphology And Fitness Of Gulf Killifish (Fundulus Grandis), Lauren Little

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Temperature Of Freezing Impacts Liposome Stability With And Without Lea Proteins From Artemia Franciscana, Jane Ainsley Rothschild

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The Effects Of Transgenic Alterations Of Bicarbonate-Utilizing Enzymes In Escherichia Coli On The Activity Of Acetyl-Coa Carboxylase, Aniko Alicia Nowakowski

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Protein Expression And Characterization Of A Mitochondrial Group 3 Lea Protein, Afrlea3m29, From Embryos Of Artemia Franciscana, Caretia Jelayne Washington

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The Effects Of A Blueberry-Enriched Diet On Particulate Matter-Induced Lung Injury, Oxidative Stress, And Inflammation In An Adult Mouse Model, Jimmy Taylor

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Spaces Of Exile: A Study Of The Ever Shifting Social And Cultural Conditions Of Tibetans In Exile, Claire Duncan

Honors Capstones

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