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Civil War Book Review

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Faces Of The Civil War Navies: An Album Of Union And Confederate Sailors, Joseph-James Ahern

Civil War Book Review

Humanizing the Fleet: A Look at the Men Who Crewed the Navy Faces of the Civil War Navies: An Album of Union and Confederate Sailors by Ronald S. Coddington offers an interesting insight into the lives of those who served at sea during the Civil War through the use of photographic portraits.....

The Latino Nineteenth Century, James Wilkey

Civil War Book Review

The Latino Nineteenth Century, presents itself as less a "revision of literary history per se as it is a return to the circuits of texts, print cultures, artists, and institutes [that form] in real and imaginary ways the Latino nineteenth century." The collection of essays assembled here pres....

Institutional Slavery: Slaveholding Churches, Schools, Colleges, And Businesses In Virginia, 1680-1860, Katherine Mooney

Civil War Book Review

The Institutions of a Slave Society In the summer of 1835, it came to the attention of the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors that a slave was living in the Rotunda. The university owned or rented several slaves, one of whom had evidently decided to settle in a room near the chemistry lab.....

Vínculos Históricos Entre Nueva Orleans, Luisiana Y Cuba, Andrew Sluyter, Annie Mcneill Gibson, Case Watkins, James Chaney

Faculty Publications

This paper examines the historical ties between Cuba and New Orleans. It makes a summary of the economic relationships between this country and this U. S. city from the 18th century until the present day. Additionally, potentially positive effects these ties could have on New Orleans and Cuba’s culture and economy when US-Cuba relations are completely normalized in the future are examined as well.

Pomegranate Juice And Extract Extended Lifespan And Reduced Intestinal Fat Deposition In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Jolene Zheng, David Heber, Mingming Wang, Chenfei Gao, Steven B. Heymsfield, Roy J. Martin, Frank L. Greenway, John W. Finley, Jeffrey H. Burton, William D. Johnson, Frederick M. Enright, Michael J. Keenan, Zhaoping Li

Faculty Publications

© 2019 Hogrefe. Pomegranate juice with a high content of polyphenols, pomegranate extract, ellagic acid, and urolithin A, have anti-oxidant and anti-obesity effects in humans. Pomegranate juice extends lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster. Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) (n = 6) compared to the control group in each treatment, lifespan was increased by pomegranate juice in wild type (N2, 56 %, P < 0.001) and daf-16 mutant (daf-16(mgDf50)I) (18 %, P = 0.00012), by pomegranate extract in N2 (28 %, P = 0.00004) and in daf-16(mgDf50)I (10 %, P < 0.05), or by ellagic acid (11 %, P < 0.05). Pomegranate juice reduced intestinal fat deposition (IFD) in C. elegans (n = 10) N2 (–68 %, P = 0.0003) or in the daf-16(mgDf50)I (–33 %, P = 0.0034). The intestinal fat deposition was increased by pomegranate extract in N2 (137 %, P < 0.0138) and in daf-16(mgDf50)I (26 %, P = 0.0225), by ellagic acid in N2 (66 %, P < 0.0001) and in daf-16(mgDf50)I (74 %, P < 0.0001), or by urolithin A in N2 (57 %, P = 0.0039) and in daf-16(mgDf50)I (43 %, P = 0.0001). These effects were partially mediated by the daf-16 pathway. The data may offer insights to human aging and obesity due to homology with C. elegans.

St. John Publishing Business Plan, Nicholas Leo

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Louisiana Agriculture Winter, 2017, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Louisiana Survey 2017, Lsu Reilly Center For Media & Public Affairs

Reilly Center Louisiana Surveys

The 2017 Louisiana Survey is the sixteenth in an annual series sponsored by the Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs at Louisiana State University’s Manship School of Mass Communication. In addition to the core barometers of public opinion included annually in the LA Survey, the 2017 LA Survey included measures of support for:

• current fiscal reform proposals as well as potential changes to the state’s gasoline tax
• support for changing the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS)
• public opinion on criminal justice reform proposals
• beliefs about gender discrimination and equal pay
• attitudes toward Medicaid expansion and the federal Affordable …

Prince Rogers Nelson: From "Dirty Mind" To Devout Jehovah's Witness, Cassandra Chaney Phd

Faculty Publications

Prince Rogers Nelson (born: June 7, 1958) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He was a musical innovator and known for his eclectic work, flamboyant stage presence, extravagant dress and makeup, and wide vocal range. When he passed unexpectedly on April 21, 2016, he had built an immensely successful career that spanned over 30 years. Although Prince is widely known for his highly sexual behavior, we know less about his spiritual beliefs as well as how these beliefs influenced his public persona and private life. Through the lens of social identity theory, this manuscript will examine …

The Double Abcx Model, Family Stress Theory, Risk, Protection, And Resilience In The Movie “Precious”, Cassandra Chaney Phd

Faculty Publications

The critically acclaimed movie Precious [1] highlights the multiple stressors and crises experienced by an abused Black teen female living in poverty. Given its introduction to the screen, scholars have yet to make critical connections between the family dynamics portrayed in this movie and a particular family theory. The purpose of this paper is to help scholars who teach family stress courses apply the experiences of this young woman and her family to McCubbin and Patterson’s [2] Double ABCX Model. Furthermore, this paper will examine the risk factors, the protective factors, and the resilience demonstrated by the movie’s protagonist, Claireece …

Metabolic Responses To Arsenite In Rice Seedlings That Differed In Grain Arsenic Concentration, D. Jo Heuschele, Shannon R.M. Pinson, Aaron P. Smith

Faculty Publications

© Crop Science Society of America. Arsenic (As) occurs naturally in the environment, and is present in all edible and nonedible plant tissues. Plants have multiple mechanisms to prevent plant injury by heavy metals such as As. These same mechanisms could be used to reduce accumulation of As in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains. From previous study of 1765 international rice accessions, specific accessions were identified as having exceptionally high grain As concentrations (grain As accumulators) and others low grain As (grain As excluders). This study investigated As uptake, transport, and metabolism in six previously identified lines to determine which …

2-Deoxyglucose Inhibits Induction Of Chemokine Expression In 3t3-L1 Adipocytes And Adipose Tissue Explants, Ryan W. Grant, Jacqueline I. Boudreaux, Jacqueline M. Stephens

Faculty Publications

© 2016 The Obesity Society Objective: To determine the influence of glycolytic inhibition on the adipocyte inflammatory response. Methods: To determine the effect of 2-deoxyglucose (2-DOG) on the inflammatory response, mature 3T3-L1 adipocytes were co-treated with 2-DOG and LPS or TNF. To determine the effect of endoplasmic reticulum stress on TNF-induced induction of chemokines, adipocytes were pretreated with thapsigargin or salubrinal. Chemokine mRNA levels were determined using quantitative real-time PCR, and secretion of CCL2 was determined by Western blot. Results: 2-DOG treatment reduced the ability of LPS and TNF to induce CCL2 mRNA levels and reduced secreted CCL2 protein levels …

Oncostatin M Impairs Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenic Function And The Browning Of Subcutaneous White Adipose Tissue, David Sánchez-Infantes, Rubén Cereijo, Marion Peyrou, Irene Piquer-Garcia, Jacqueline M. Stephens, Francesc Villarroya

Faculty Publications

© 2016 The Obesity Society Objective: Since oncostatin m (OSM) is elevated in adipose tissue in conditions of obesity and type 2 diabetes in mice and humans, the aim of this study was to determine whether this cytokine plays a crucial role in the impairment of brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity and browning capacity that has been observed in people with obesity. Methods: C57BL/6J mice rendered obese by high-fat diet, their lean controls, and C57BL/6J mice fed a standard diet and implanted subcutaneously with a mini pump through a surgical procedure to deliver OSM or placebo were used. Preadipocytes or …

Local Alignment Of Ligand Binding Sites In Proteins For Polypharmacology And Drug Repositioning, Michal Brylinski

Faculty Publications

© Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2017. The administration of drugs is a key strategy in pharmacotherapy to treat diseases. Drugs are typically developed to modulate the function of specific proteins, which are directly associated with particular disease states. Nonetheless, recent studies suggest that protein-drug interactions are rather promiscuous and the majority of pharmaceuticals exhibit activity against multiple, often unrelated proteins. Certainly, the lack of selectivity often leads to drug side effects; on the other hand, these polypharmacological attributes can be used to develop drugs acting on multiple targets within a unique disease pathway, as well as to identify new targets …

Characterizing The Pyrenophora Teres F. Maculata-Barley Interaction Using Pathogen Genetics, Steven A. Carlsen, Anjan Neupane, Nathan A. Wyatt, Jonathan K. Richards, Justin D. Faris, Steven S. Xu, Robert S. Brueggeman, Timothy L. Friesen

Faculty Publications

Pyrenophora teres f. maculata is the cause of the foliar disease spot form net blotch (SFNB) on barley. To evaluate pathogen genetics underlying the P. teres f. maculata-barley interaction, we developed a 105-progeny population by crossing two globally diverse isolates, one from North Dakota and the other from Western Australia. Progeny were phenotyped on a set of four barley genotypes showing a differential reaction to the parental isolates, then genotyped using a restriction site-associated-genotype-by-sequencing (RAD-GBS) approach. Genetic maps were developed for use in quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis to identify virulence-associated QTL. Six QTL were identified on five different linkage …

Sentiment Analysis Of Tweets Including Emoji Data, Travis Lecompte

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Utilizing This New Medium Of Mass-Communication: The Regional Film Distribution Program At The Cleveland Public Library, 1948-1951., Suzanne Marie Stauffer

Faculty Publications

In 1948, the Carnegie Corporation made grants of $25,000 to the Cleveland Public Library and $15,000 to the Missouri State Library to set up 3-year regional educational film distribution programs in northern Ohio and in Missouri. In Cleveland, films were distributed among a consortium of 10 library systems in the region; twenty library systems participated in Missouri. These successful programs served as models for other library systems, and lasted well into the last quarter of the twentieth century, when films in libraries were replaced with videocassettes and later DVDs. This paper explores the antecedents of the program at the Cleveland …

Libraries Are The Homes Of Books: Whiteness In The Construction Of School Libraries, Suzanne Marie Stauffer

Faculty Publications

The bibliographic instructional work, The Children’s Book on How to Use Books and Libraries, issued seven times between 1937 and 1973, utilized the metaphor of the library as the “home of books.” That “home” was constructed as a private, white, middle- class space in which children, who are invited guests, not residents, were expected to behave according to white, middle-class social norms and cultural values. The children depicted were uniformly white, able-bodied, and middle class as well. American cultural values such as individualism, competition, and pragmatism and utilitarianism were celebrated. This work critically analyzes the whiteness of the presentation, including …

Biomarkers Of Aryl-Hydrocarbon Receptor Activity In Gulf Killifish (Fundulus Grandis) From Northern Gulf Of Mexico Marshes Following The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Benjamin Dubansky, Charles D. Rice, Lester F. Barrois, Fernando Galvez

Faculty Publications

© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, shorelines throughout the Barataria Basin of the northern Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana were heavily oiled for months with Macondo-252 oil, potentially impacting estuarine species. The Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) has been identified as a sentinel species for the study of site-specific effects of crude oil contamination on biological function. In November and December 2010, 4–5 months after the Macondo well was plugged and new oil was no longer spilling into the Gulf waters, Gulf killifish were collected across the Barataria Basin from 14 sites with varying …

Creating Band Gaps In Periodic Media, Robert Lipton, Robert Viator

Faculty Publications

We identify explicit conditions on geometry and material contrast for creating band gaps in two-dimensional photonic and three-dimensional acoustic crystals. This approach is novel and makes use of the electrostatic and quasi-periodic source free resonances of the crystal. The source free modes deliver a spectral representation for solution operators associated with propagation of electromagnetic and acoustic waves inside periodic high contrast media. An accurate characterization of the quasi-periodic and electrostatic resonance spectrum in terms of the shape and geometry of the scatters is possible. This information together with the Dirichlet and a Neumann-like spectra associated with the inclusions deliver conditions …

Geochemical Markers In Shale-Co2 Experiment At Core Scale, Abiola Olabode, Mileva Radonjic

Faculty Publications

Most sedimentary rock formations (tight or highly porous) have geochemical characteristics that can lead to significant reactive ion exchange processes in aqueous media in the presence of carbon dioxide. The injection of carbon dioxide (CO ) in large scale as obtainable in carbon sequestration programs and in environmentally friendly hydraulic fracturing processes (using supercritical CO ), long term rock-fluid interaction can affect reservoir and seal rocks properties. The mineralogical components of sedimentary rocks are geochemically active particularly under enormous earth stresses, which generate high pressure and temperature conditions in the subsurface. It has been postulated that the effect of mineralization …

Research Matters Spring 2017, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

Research Matters & RNR Newsletters

Research Matters is a publication which highlights ongoing research, international travel experiences, classroom happenings and degree program developments of and for the School of Renewable Natural Resources' students and faculty.

Effect Of Fungicide Applications On Grain Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L.) Growth And Yield, Dan D. Fromme, Trey Price, Josh Lofton, Tom Isakeit, Ronnie Schnell, Syam Dodla, Daniel Stephenson, W. James Grichar, Keith Shannon

Faculty Publications

Field studies were conducted in the upper Texas Gulf Coast and in central Louisiana during the 2013 through 2015 growing seasons to evaluate the effects of fungicides on grain sorghum growth and development when disease pressure was low or nonexistent. Azoxystrobin and flutriafol at 1.0 L/ha and pyraclostrobin at 0.78 L/ha were applied to the plants of two grain sorghum hybrids (DKS 54-00, DKS 53-67) at 25% bloom and compared with the nontreated check for leaf chlorophyll content, leaf temperature, and plant lodging during the growing season as well as grain mold, test weight, yield, and nitrogen and protein content …

A Before–After Control–Impact Assessment To Understand The Potential Impacts Of Highway Construction Noise And Activity On An Endangered Songbird, Ashley M. Long, Melanie R. Colón, Jessica L. Bosman, Dianne H. Robinson, Hannah L. Pruett, Tiffany M. Mcfarland, Heather A. Mathewson, Joseph M. Szewczak, J. Cal Newnam, Michael L. Morrison

Faculty Publications

Anthropogenic noise associated with highway construction and operation can have individual- and population-level consequences for wildlife (e.g., reduced densities, decreased reproductive success, behavioral changes). We used a before–after control–impact study design to examine the potential impacts of highway construction and traffic noise on endangered golden-cheeked warblers (Setophaga chrysoparia; hereafter warbler) in urban Texas. We mapped and monitored warbler territories before (2009–2011), during (2012–2013), and after (2014) highway construction at three study sites: a treatment site exposed to highway construction and traffic noise, a control site exposed only to traffic noise, and a second control site exposed to neither highway construction …

Understanding The Uterine Environment In Early Pregnancy In Cattle: How Have The Omics Enhanced Our Knowledge?, Constantine A. Simintiras, Niamh Forde

Faculty Publications

Early pregnancy loss in cattle can be attributed to a myriad of sources. One key factor that can influence early pregnancy success or loss is the influence and interactions between the maternal environment and the developing embryo/conceptus. Recent advances in high-throughput 'omics' technologies coupled with improved bioinformatics capabilities represent a promising avenue for enhancing our understanding of fundamental developmental events - which would have direct agricultural, veterinary, and economic benefits. Thusly this review revolves around recent applications of advanced transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic analyses within a bovine uterine secretomic and interactomic context, with an overriding aim to highlight the advantages …

Modelling Aspects Of Oviduct Fluid Formation In Vitro, Constantine A. Simintiras, Thomas Fröhlich, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Georg J. Arnold, Susanne E. Ulbrich, Henry J. Leese, Roger G. Sturmey

Faculty Publications

Oviduct fluid is the microenvironment that supports early reproductive processes including fertilisation, embryo cleavage and genome activation. However, the composition and regulation of this critical environment remain rather poorly defined. This study uses an in vitro preparation of the bovine oviduct epithelium to investigate the formation and composition of in vitro-derived oviduct fluid (ivDOF) within a controlled environment. We confirm the presence of oviduct-specific glycoprotein 1 in ivDOF and show that the amino acid and carbohydrate content resembles that of previously reported in vivo data. In parallel, using a different culture system, a panel of oviduct epithelial solute carrier genes …

Poultry Litter Ash Reduces Phosphorus Losses During Greenhouse Production Of Lantana Camara L. ‘New Gold’, Daniel E. Wells, Jeffrey S. Beasley, Lewis A. Gaston, Edward W. Bush, Maureen E. Thiessen

Faculty Publications

Phosphorus (P) fertilizers with high water-solubility are often applied in excessive amounts to porous horticultural substrates to produce high-quality plants. As a result, high P losses during containerized plant production have presented an environmental challenge to responsible growers. Poultry litter ash (PLA), a byproduct of bioenergy production, contains P concentrations comparable to conventional P fertilizers but is characterized as having lower water-solubility. Therefore, a series of experiments were conducted to characterize effects of PLA on container-plant growth and P leaching. PLA was compared with superphosphate (SP), a highly water-soluble P source, in ratios of 0:100, 25:75, 50:50, 75:25, and 100:0 …

The Subcritical Phase For A Homopolymer Model, Iddo Ben-Ari, Hugo Panzo

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

Continuous Description Of Grain Boundaries Using Crystal Defect Fields: The Example Of A {3 1 0}/[0 0 1] Tilt Boundary In Mgo, Xiao Yu Sun, Patrick Cordier, Vincent Taupin, Claude Fressengeas, Bijaya B. Karki

Faculty Publications

Continuum dislocation/generalized-disclination modelling of a MgO {3 1 0}/[0 0 1] tilt boundary is proposed by using an atomistic-to-continuum crossover method. Using the relaxed and un-relaxed atomic positions obtained from first-principles simulations, calculation of the displacement, distortion (strain and rotation), curvature and second-order distortion fields is performed in the boundary area. The dislocation and disclination density fields are used to smoothly describe the discontinuities in the displacement and rotation fields across the boundary. In addition, a generalized-disclination density tensor field is introduced to reflect shear and stretch discontinuities across the boundary. This continuous model provides new mechanical insights into the …