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The Effects Of Caffeine On Health: The Benefits Outweigh The Risks, Danielle Ennis

Perspectives

This literature review examines the relationship between caffeine and various health effects. This paper will review the research on health risks related to caffeine consumption and weigh the balance between the risks and benefits that caffeine can provide. Although there are several risks correlated with caffeine consumption, this literature review highlights how the benefits may offset any potentials risks. The main benefits that will be discussed are enhancing physical performance, alertness, pain relief, reducing cognitive impairment, hydration, and reducing the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Reducing United States Military Involvement, Nicolas Pacheco

Perspectives

This paper addresses the effect that a tactical reduction of United States military personnel could potentially have on the threat of terrorism against the American homeland. While terrorist factions employ varying strategies to further their causes of opposition to western society and occupation, the United States continues to discreetly carry out policies that support incumbent governments and pursue high-risk targets at the risk of civilian casualties. The impact of this hostility can be derived from historical perspectives of neocolonialism and hegemony, but it is crucial to continue to maintain global security interests to prevent international terrorism. This paper explains the …

Draft Genome Sequence Of Frankia Sp. Strain Bmg5.23, A Salt-Tolerant Nitrogen-Fixing Actinobacterium Isolated From The Root Nodules Of Casuarina Glauca Grown In Tunisia, Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari, Sheldon G. Hurst Iv, Rediet Oshone, Krystalynne Morris, Feseha Abebe-Akele, Amir Ktari, Karima Salem, Maher Gtari, Louis S. Tisa

New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Publications

Nitrogen-fixing actinobacteria of the genus Frankia are symbionts of woody dicotyledonous plants termed actinorhizal plants. We report here a 5.27-Mbp draft genome sequence for Frankia sp. strain BMG5.23, a salt-tolerant nitrogen-fixing actinobacterium isolated from root nodules of Casuarina glauca collected in Tunisia.

Results Of 2013 Macroalgal Monitoring And Recommendations For Future Monitoring In Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire, Elisabeth Cianciola, David M. Burdick

PREP Reports & Publications

We undertook this study in an effort to quantify the abundance of macroalgae in Great Bay Estuary and to describe the dominant species composition and distribution in the Estuary. Based on previous research in the Estuary, we developed a three-part research approach. In the first approach, percent cover and biomass data were collected by species/genus on permanent transects at four intertidal sites at four different times of year. The second approach tested the possibility of using random sampling to collect data that were more representative of the entire Estuary over a 1-month time period. In the third research approach, isotope …

A Multiscale Analysis Of Gene Flow For The New England Cottontail, An Imperiled Habitat Specialist In A Fragmented Landscape, Lindsey E. Fenderson, Adrienne I. Kovach, John A. Litvaitis, Kathleen M. O'Brien, Kelly M. Boland, Walter J. Jakubas

New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Publications

Landscape features of anthropogenic or natural origin can influence organisms' dispersal patterns and the connectivity of populations. Understanding these relationships is of broad interest in ecology and evolutionary biology and provides key insights for habitat conservation planning at the landscape scale. This knowledge is germane to restoration efforts for the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis), an early successional habitat specialist of conservation concern. We evaluated local population structure and measures of genetic diversity of a geographically isolated population of cottontails in the northeastern United States. We also conducted a multiscale landscape genetic analysis, in which we assessed genetic discontinuities relative …

Results Of 2013 Macroalgal Monitoring And Recommendations For Future Monitoring In Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire, Elisabeth Cianciola, David M. Burdick

PREP Reports & Publications

The recently designated nitrogen impairment and reports of elevated macroalgal growth in Great Bay Estuary indicate ecological imbalance. However, reversing the Estuary’s ecological decline will require commitment of considerable resources and is complicated by the variety of sources that deliver nitrogen to the Estuary and the intermittent nature of historic macroalgal monitoring. To advance our understanding of the macroalgal and nitrogen dynamics of the Estuary, data were collected via three approaches: 1) assessing plant cover and biomass along transects; 2) assessing plant cover at randomly selected points; and 3) comparing the nitrogen isotope ratios of macroalgae collected from different habitats. …

Acoustic Estimates Of Methane Gas Flux From The Seabed In A 6000 Km2 Region In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico, Thomas C. Weber, Larry A. Mayer, Kevin W. Jerram, Jonathan Beaudoin, Yuri Rzhanov

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Seeps of free methane gas escaping the seabed can be found throughout the ocean basins. To understand the role of methane gas seeps in the global carbon cycle—including both gas added to the atmosphere and that which is dissolved and potentially oxidized in the ocean volume—it is important to quantify the amount of methane escaping the seabed. Few large-scale mapping projects of natural methane seeps have been undertaken, however, and even among these, quantitative estimates of flux are rare. Here we use acoustic mapping techniques to survey 357 natural methane seeps in a large region (6000 km2) of the northern …

2013-14 Faculty Senate - April 28, 2014 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Exercise On Heart Rate And Blood Pressure Were Tested By Second Graders-Phun Week Poster Session Eb 2014, Patricia A. Halpin

Life Sciences Faculty Scholarship

Meeting a physiologist and performing a science experiment can help K-12 students develop a personal connection to science and the scientific method while improving their observational skills. By learning about and understanding their own body processes they can begin to take responsibility for their personal health and well-being. The goal of this activity during PhUn (Physiology Understanding) Week was to demonstrate to second grade students that heart rate and blood pressure increase with exercise. The physiologist came into the classroom and gave an introduction on the cardiovascular system. Heart rate and blood pressure were defined. The experimental design of the …

In His Father’S Footsteps, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Strawberry Fields Forever, Lori Tyler Gula

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 103 [104], No. 45 (Apr. 22, 2014), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 103, but it is the 104th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Changing Forest Water Yields In Response To Climate Warming: Results From Long-Term Experimental Watershed Sites Across North America, Irena F. Creed, Adam T. Spargo, Julia A. Jones, Jim M. Buttle, Mary B. Adams, Fred D. Beall, Eric G. Booth, John L. Campbell, Dave Clow, Kelly Elder, Mark B. Green, Nancy B. Grimm, Chelcy Miniat, Patricia Ramlal, Amartya Saha, Stephen Sebestyen, Dave Spittlehouse, Shannon Sterling, Mark W. Williams, Rita Winkler, Huaxia Yao

New Hampshire EPSCoR

Climate warming is projected to affect forest water yields but the effects are expected to vary. We investigated how forest type and age affect water yield resilience to climate warming. To answer this question, we examined the variability in historical water yields at long-term experimental catchments across Canada and the United States over 5-year cool and warm periods. Using the theoretical framework of the Budyko curve, we calculated the effects of climate warming on the annual partitioning of precipitation (P) into evapotranspiration (ET) and water yield. Deviation (d) was defined as a catchment's change in actual ET divided by P …

The New Hampshire, Vol. 103 [104], No. 44 (Apr. 18, 2014), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 103, but it is the 104th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Spring 2014, International Educator: Table Of Contents, Center For International Education

UNH International Educator Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Rates Of Sustainable Forest Harvest Depend On Rotation Length And Weathering Of Soil Minerals, Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur, Steven P. Hamburg, Ruth D. Yanai, Joel D. Blum

All Materials

Abstract

Removals of forest biomass in the northeastern US may intensify over the coming decades due to increased demand for renewable energy. For forests to regenerate successfully following intensified harvests, the nutrients removed from the ecosystem in the harvested biomass (including N, P, Ca, Mg, and K) must be replenished through a combination of plant-available nutrients in the soil rooting zone, atmospheric inputs, weathering of primary minerals, biological N fixation, and fertilizer additions. Few previous studies (especially in North America) have measured soil nutrient pools beyond exchangeable cations, but over the long rotations common in this region, other pools which …

2013-14 Faculty Senate - April 14, 2014 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 103 [104], No. 42 (Apr. 11, 2014), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 103, but it is the 104th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

New Hampshire Water Resources Research Center: Program Evaluation Report Fiscal Years 2008 - 2010, Michelle Daley

NH Water Resources Research Center Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 103 [104], No. 41 (Apr. 8, 2014), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 103, but it is the 104th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

2014 Granite State Award And Honorary Degree Recipients Announced, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Spring 2014, Subhash Minocha Receives Excellence In International Engagement Award, Center For International Education

UNH International Educator Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Unh: The Magazine Of The University Of New Hampshire, Spring 2014, Unh Magazine

UNH Magazine

No abstract provided.

Interviewing Adults With Intellectual Disabilities About Oral Health In Brisbane, Australia, Meghan Maguire

Inquiry Journal 2014

No abstract provided.

Unh Faculty Abroad Series; Spring 2014, Center For International Education

NH International Seminar

UNH Faculty Abroad Series: Spring 2014

Peter Pekins
UNH, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

February 25, 2014
""Climate Change: Tick, Tick, Tick....Not Amoosing"
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Subash Minocha
UNH, Department of Biological Sciences

March 20, 2014
"BIOtechnology and Agriculture: Challenges Ahead for Jordan and Kazakhstan"
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Tom Safford
UNH, Department of Sociology

April 15, 20134
"Oil, Development and the Environment: Coastal Brazil at a Crossroads"
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Settlement Agreement And Release, New Hampshire Department Of Environmental Services, State Of New Hampshire, City Of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, City Of Dover, New Hampshire, City Of Rochester, New Hampshire

Additional Regional Technical Reports & Resources

Legal settlement and agreement discharging pending lawsuit State of New Hampshire Supreme Court, No. 2013-0119.

Nitrogen, Phosphorus, And Suspended Solids Concentrations In Tributaries To The Great Bay Estuary Watershed In 2013, Matt A. Wood, Philip Trowbridge

PREP Reports & Publications

Nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loads to the Great Bay Estuary are a growing concern. The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) calculates the nitrogen load from tributaries to the Great Bay Estuary for its State of Our Estuaries reports. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to collect representative data on nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment concentrations in tributaries to the Great Bay Estuary in 2013. The study design followed the tributary sampling design which was implemented by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services between 2001 and 2007 and by the University of New Hampshire between 2008 and 2012, so …

The New Hampshire, Vol. 103 [104], No. 37 (Mar. 25, 2014), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 103, but it is the 104th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 103 [104], No. 36 (Mar. 21, 2014), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 103, but it is the 104th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Mapping Crop Cycles In China Using Modis-Evi Time Series, Le Li, Mark A. Friedl, Qinchuan Xin, Josh M. Gray, Yaozhong Pan, Steve Frolking

Earth Sciences

As the Earth’s population continues to grow and demand for food increases, the need for improved and timely information related to the properties and dynamics of global agricultural systems is becoming increasingly important. Global land cover maps derived from satellite data provide indispensable information regarding the geographic distribution and areal extent of global croplands. However, land use information, such as cropping intensity (defined here as the number of cropping cycles per year), is not routinely available over large areas because mapping this information from remote sensing is challenging. In this study, we present a simple but efficient algorithm for automated …