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Economic Values Of Potential Regulation Changes For The Southern Flounder Fishery In Louisiana, David R. Smith, Stephen R. Midway, Rex H. Caffey, Jerrod M. Penn

Faculty Publications

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Development And Structural Organization Of Mexico’S Mangrove Monitoring System (Smmm) As A Foundation For Conservation And Restoration Initiatives: A Hierarchical Approach, María Teresa Rodríguez-Zúñiga, Carlos Troche-Souza, María Isabel Cruz-López, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy

Faculty Publications

Mangroves provide ecosystem services worth billions of dollars worldwide. Although countries with extensive mangrove areas implemented management and conservation programs since the 1980s, the global area is still decreasing. To recuperate this lost area, both restoration and rehabilitation (R/R) projects have been implemented but with limited success, especially at spatial scales needed to restore functional properties. Monitoring mangroves at different spatial scales in the long term (decades) is critical to detect potential threats and select cost-effective management criteria and performance measures to improve R/R program success. Here, we analyze the origin, development, implementation, and outcomes of a country-level mangrove monitoring …

What Is Working To Reduce Violent Crime? Evidence-Based Solutions, Elizabeth Winchester, Timothy T. Reling, Kristina Little, Leanna Cupit, Melanie Fields, Judith F. Rhodes

Reports

The purpose of this review is to examine and evaluate current approaches to reducing violent crime. The review reports on supportive techniques, strategies, programs, and practices that are evidence-informed to combat criminal activity, delinquency, and community disorder. Ineffective techniques, strategies, and programs are also included. The review provides potential strategies and programs that require additional empirical research to show whether they work. This review includes the integration of education, employment, social services, and public health services into efforts to reduce crime and ease the burden on law enforcement and justice systems. Recommendations for reducing violent crime are included.

S22rs Sgr No. 26 (Divestment), Lyric Mandell, Harris Quadir, Cooper Ferguson

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request that Louisiana State University divests its stocks, funds, and endowments from companies and institutions that profit from or engage in human rights violations in US prisons, at the US-Mexico Border, in Occupied Palestine, and environmentally

S22rs Sgr No. 17 (Letterman Jacket), Lyric Mandell, Andrew Hardee

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request Louisiana State University athletics to award letterman jackets to members of the Golden Band from Tiger Land.

S22rs Sgr No. 25 (Scr 6), Adam Dohrenwend, Lyric Mandell

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To urge and request that Senate Concurrent Resolution 6 of the 2022 Regular Session of the Louisiana State Legislature not be enacted

S22rs Sgr No. 19 (Union Lot), Devin Meche, Harris Quadir

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request LSU Parking and Transportation to allow the parking lot behind the Student Union remain a parking lot after 6:00 pm when the Park N Go ends, until construction of the Bus Depot begins

S22rs Sgr No. 16 (Group Billing), Angel Puder, Amelie Chadwick, Karrisa Chen, Matthew Delatte, Adam Dohrenwend, Jahi Palmer-Davis, Gigi Powers, Zadian Rolland, Michael Wilcher

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request LSU Residential Life to Cease Group Billing for Residents Who are Not at Fault of Suspected Miscellaneous Damages

S22rs Sgr No. 15 (Mental Health Professionals), Saachi Chugh

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Resolution

To Urge and Request Student Health Center to recruit a higher number of diverse Mental Health professionals

Central- Spring 2022, Lsu Agcenter

Horticulture Hints

No abstract provided.

Northeast- Spring 2022, Lsu Agcenter

Horticulture Hints

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Northwest- Spring 2022, Lsu Agcenter

Horticulture Hints

No abstract provided.

Southeast- Spring 2022, Lsu Agcenter

Horticulture Hints

No abstract provided.

Search For Gravitational Waves Associated With Gamma-Ray Bursts Detected By Fermi And Swift During The Ligo-Virgo Run O3b, R. Abbott

Faculty Publications

We search for gravitational-wave signals associated with gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the Fermi and Swift satellites during the second half of the third observing run of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo (2019 November 1 15:00 UTC-2020 March 27 17:00 UTC). We conduct two independent searches: a generic gravitational-wave transients search to analyze 86 GRBs and an analysis to target binary mergers with at least one neutron star as short GRB progenitors for 17 events. We find no significant evidence for gravitational-wave signals associated with any of these GRBs. A weighted binomial test of the combined results finds no evidence …

Artificial Intelligence For The Discovery Of Novel Antimicrobial Agents For Emerging Infectious Diseases, A Bess, F Berglind, S Mukhopadhyay, M Brylinski, A Bess, T F. Cho, C Galliano, K M. Wasan

Faculty Publications

The search for effective drugs to treat new and existing diseases is a laborious one requiring a large investment of capital, resources, and time. The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a painful reminder of the lack of development of new antimicrobial agents to treat emerging infectious diseases. Artificial intelligence (AI) and other in silico techniques can drive a more efficient, cost friendly approach to drug discovery by helping move potential candidates with better clinical tolerance forward in the pipeline. Several research teams have developed successful AI platforms for hit identification, lead generation, and lead optimization. In this review, we …

Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2022, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

LSU AgCenter researchers and extension agents are well known for their contributions to rice breeding, horticulture and helping the seafood industry, and examples of this important work are featured in the Louisiana Agriculture spring issue. Another AgCenter program, the Healthy Communities initiative, works throughout the state to improve the healthfulness and well-being of Louisiana residents. The initiative aims to make Louisiana towns healthier places to live, work, learn and play. Three articles in this issue of the magazine detail the activities of the researchers and agents involved in this important work.

The Effects Of Microtubule Stabilizing And Recovery Agents On Vitrified Bovine Oocytes, Emily Girka, Lauren Gatenby, Emilio J. Gutierrez, Kenneth R. Bondioli

Faculty Publications

Oocyte vitrification, while beneficial for research and species conservation applications, has limited success due to cryoinjury to the meiotic spindle. This study aimed to improve meiotic spindle recovery in vitrified bovine oocytes by investigating the effects of treatment with either a microtubule stabilizing agent, or a microtubule recovery agent. In the first two experiments, either paclitaxel or epothilone B were used to treat bovine oocytes before vitrification. Both compounds have microtubule stabilizing properties and are known antimitotic compounds used to disrupt microtubule dynamics in rapidly proliferating cancer cells. Paclitaxel treatment at 2.0 μM significantly increased the proportion of oocytes with …

The Adult Horn Fly Transcriptome And Its Complement Of Transcripts Encoding Cytochrome P450s, Glutathione S-Transferases, And Esterases, Kylie G. Bendele, Deanna M. Bodine, Qiang Xu, Lane D. Foil, Connor Cameron, Adalberto Perez De Leon, Andrew Farmer, Ernie Retzel, Victoria Moore, Kimberly H. Lohmeyer, Felix D. Guerrero

Faculty Publications

The horn fly, Haematobia irritans, is a blood-feeding parasitic fly with a global distribution that includes Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The fly has a major detrimental economic impact upon cattle production, with losses estimated at over $800 million annually in the United States and $2.5 billion in Brazil alone. Insecticide resistance in specific horn fly populations has been a problem for many years and there are several mechanisms whereby resistance develops. Little is known about the complement of metabolic enzymes encoded by the horn fly's genome that might provide the fly with detoxification or sequestration pathways to survive …

Flattening Filter-Free Volumetric-Modulated Arc Radiotherapy For Left-Sided Whole-Breast, Partial-Breast, And Postmastectomy Irradiations, Rui Zhang, Yibo Xie, Chloe Ditusa, Raymond Ohler, David Heins, Daniel Bourgeois, Beibei Guo

Faculty Publications

Purpose: Unflattened photon beams exhibit many benefits over traditional flattened beams for radiotherapy (RT), but comprehensive evaluations of dosimetric results and beam-on time using flattening filter-free (FFF) beams for all types of breast irradiations are still lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate if FFF RT can maintain equal or better dose coverage than standard flattened-beam RT while reducing doses to organs at risk (OARs) and beam-on time for various types of breast cancer irradiations. Methods and Materials: FFF volumetric-modulated arc therapy (FFF-VMAT) and standard VMAT (STD-VMAT) treatment plans were created for 15 whole-breast irradiation (WBI) patients with …

Molecular Characterization And Expression Variation Of The Odorant Receptor Co-Receptor In The Formosan Subterranean Termite, Paula Castillo, Claudia Husseneder, Qian Sun

Faculty Publications

Subterranean termites live in underground colonies with a division of labor among castes (i.e., queens and kings, workers, and soldiers). The function of social colonies relies on sophisticated chemical communication. Olfaction, the sense of smell from food, pathogens, and colony members, plays an important role in their social life. Olfactory plasticity in insects can be induced by long- and short-term environmental perturbations, allowing adaptive responses to the chemical environment according to their physiological and behavioral state. However, there is a paucity of information on the molecular basis of olfaction in termites. In this study, we identified an ortholog encoding the …

“The Lord Is The Maker Of Them All” Black Membership In White Baptist Churches In Antebellum Louisiana, Alison Foster

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Thermal Simulation Of Additive Manufacturing From G-Code, Noah Foster

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Sub-Chronic Olanzapine Treatment On Sucrose Preference In Mice, Mia Goodson

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Trump’S Trade War: An Economic And Diplomatic Analysis From A Louisianan’S Perspective, Logan P. Berthelot

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Louisiana Social Studies: A Look Into The Culture, History And Business Of Our State, Ava Borksey

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Opers On The Projective Line, Wronskian Relations, And The Bethe Ansatz, Ty J. Brinson

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Phylogenetic Placement Of Owl Monkey, Genus Aotus, Using Alu Retrotransposons, Morgan Brown

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Analytical, Numerical, And Computational Simulation Of The Free Convection Cooling Of An Electronics Enclosure For Assistive Painting Device, Jack Clement

Honors Capstones

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Gone With The Wedding: The Historical Evolution Of Southern Plantation Weddings And Subsequent Cultural Implications, Madeline May Holmes

Honors Capstones

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Whole Blood Transcriptome Analysis Of Insulin Sensitive And Insulin Dysregulated Mares, Sarah Lackey

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.