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Effect Of Silicon On Plant Growth And Drought Stress Tolerance, Kaerlek W. Janislampi

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Silicone is a silicon-containing synthetic polymer. Silicon is a metalloid chemical element. Silicon is not considered an essential nutrient for plants, but it is typically abundant in soils and can be taken up in large amounts by plant roots. Silicon is known to have beneficial effects when added to the soil in which rice and several other plants are cultivated. These beneficial effects include disease and insect resistance, plant structural fortification, and regulation of the uptake of other plant nutrients. Silicic acid is the form of silicon in soils that is available to plants. In this study, the effect of …

Design And Construction Of A Tunable Light Source With Light Emitting Diodes For Photosynthetic Organisms, Nathan Phillipps

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This thesis describes and documents the design and construction of a light source which is tunable and has the ability to mimic the spectral output of the sun in the photosynthetic active radiation range (400 - 700 nm). To adjust the spectral output at different wavelengths different types of LEDs were chosen and combined. This thesis describes the design, construction, testing, and suggestions for further improvements to this light source. The light source is comprised of 900 LEDs with 26 different peak wavelengths within the photosynthetically active radiation range. The light source is made tunable through the use of a …

Population Dynamics And Movements Of Translocated And Resident Greater Sage-Grouse On Anthro Mountain, Utah, Natasha W. Gruber

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations have declined range-wide. Species translocations have been identified as a conservation strategy to augment declining populations in restored habitats. I evaluated protocols previously used to successfully translocate greater sage-grouse in Utah by comparing annual production, survival, habitat use, integration and seasonal movements of translocated birds and their chicks to the resident population. To conduct this study, I translocated 60 greater sagegrouse hens captured and radio-collared on Parker Mountain to Anthro Mountain in the spring of 2009 and 2010. I also captured and radio-collared 19 resident hens to serve as my control group. All …

Curriculum Design For An Integrated Language Arts Class At The High School Level Utilizing A Multi-Genre American Studies Approach, Susan K. Biddulph

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Curriculum integration and multi-genre approaches to education are acknowledged to be beneficial to both student learning styles and skill development; however, due to time and budget constraints, many teachers do not implen1ent these approaches. This language arts curriculum utilizes a theme-centered approach that smoothly integrates many subject areas and encourages skill development while adhering to the Utah Common Core Curriculum and incorporating multiple lean1ing styles. The theme of the curriculum is gender role expectations throughout history. While the units primarily rely on primary texts, they also incorporate numerous secondary texts in multiple subject areas and require both formal and informal …

Dissociation Of The Role Of The Prelimbic Cortex In Interval Timing And Resource Allocation: Beneficial Effect Of Norepinephrine And Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitor Nomifensine On Anxiety-Inducing Distraction, Alexander R. Matthews, Olivia H. He, Mona Buhusi, Catalin V. Buhusi

Psychology Faculty Publications

Emotional distracters impair cognitive function. Emotional processing is dysregulated in affective disorders such as depression, phobias, schizophrenia, and PTSD. Among the processes impaired by emotional distracters, and whose dysregulation is documented in affective disorders, is the ability to time in the seconds-to-minutes range, i.e. interval timing. Presentation of task-irrelevant distracters during a timing task results in a delay in responding suggesting a failure to maintain subjective time in working memory, possibly due to attentional and working memory resources being diverted away from timing, as proposed by the Relative Time-Sharing model. We investigated the role of the prelimbic cortex in the …

Structure, Quality, And Skills Interact To Influence Forage Intake, Beth Burritt

All Current Publications

In general, the more livestock eat, the more weight they gain or milk they produce. Thus, forage intake is key to animal performance. Agronomists manage for plant density and height to ensure livestock maximize intake.

Meat-Wise Eating Habits, Jenna Haycock, Kelly Anderson, Roslynn Brain

All Current Publications

No abstract provided.

Early Experience Can Change The Structure Of The Body, Beth Burritt

All Current Publications

Why do animals eat certain foods and live in certain locations? Your first thought might be that they are born that way or it’s in their genes. While it is true that every animal is born with a set of genes that helps determine how it looks and what it needs to survive, genetics are only part of the story.

The Utah Statesman, November 8, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, November 1, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

College of Agriculture

• New Course

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• New Course
• Add Multiple List
• Add Multiple List, Title Change

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

• University Studies Request, Prerequisite Change

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change
• Course Number Change
• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• New Course
• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• Title Change

School of Veterinary Medicine

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, November 1, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

College of Agriculture

• New Course

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• New Course
• Add Multiple List
• Add Multiple List, Title Change

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

• University Studies Request, Prerequisite Change

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change
• Course Number Change
• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate

• New Course
• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• Title Change

School of Veterinary Medicine

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change …

The Utah Statesman, October 25, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Urlend, Idasl Trainees Attend Conference, Center For Persons With Disabilities

Blog Posts

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, October 23, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, October 15, 2012, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Honors Program Annual Report – Amber Summers-Graham for Michelle Larson
• Faculty Evaluation Committee Annual Report – Arthur Caplan for Karen Mock
• Athletic Council Report – Marie Walsh and Rob Rusnack for Ken White
• EPC Items – Larry Smith

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, October 4, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, October 4, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, October 4, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• University Studies Request

School of Veterinary Medicine

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change
• Delete Course

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Reactivate Course, Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Art and Design

• New Course
• University Studies Request

Department of Music

• Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change
• Title Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Grade Mode Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change, Add Dual List

Department of Economics …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 4, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• University Studies Request

School of Veterinary Medicine

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change
• Delete Course

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Reactivate Course, Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Art and Design

• New Course
• University Studies Request

Department of Music

• Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change
• Title Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Theatre Arts

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Grade Mode Change
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change, Prerequisite Change, Add Dual List

Department of Economics …

The Utah Statesman, September 25, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Utah Statesman, September 27, 2012, Utah State Univesity

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Cucumbers, Jillian Fox, Amanda Spackman, Alanna Nafziger, Mary Louise Whitfield

USU Student Organic Farm Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, September 17, 2012, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Education Policies Committee Annual Report
• Library Advisory Council Report
• Parking Committee Report
• EPC Items
• Code change for clarification Section 402 dealing with committee membership

The Utah Statesman, September 13, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Growth And Physiological Responses Of Maize And Sorghum Genotypes To Salt Stress, Youping Sun, Wenwei Xu, Denise Rodriguez, Youping Sun

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

The growth and physiological responses of four maize inbred lines (CUBA1, B73, B5C2, and BR1) and four sorghum hybrids (SS304, NK7829, Sordan 79, and KS585) to salinity were determined. Fifteen days after sowing, seedlings were irrigated with nutrient solution (control) at electrical conductivity (EC) of 1.5 dS m−1 or saline solution at EC of 8.0 dS m−1 (salt treatment) for 40 days. Dry weight of shoots in maize was reduced by 58%, 65%, 62%, and 69% in CUBA1, B73, B5C2, and BR1, respectively, while that of sorghum was reduced by 51%, 56%, 56%, and 76% in SS304, NK7829, Sordan79, and …

The Utah Statesman, September 6, 2012, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, September 6, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

• New Course
• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change
• Credit Hour Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

Department of Art and Design

• University Studies Request

Department of Management

• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Course Description Change

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• Course Description Change

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description …

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, September 6, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, September 6, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, September 6, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

• New Course
• Title Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change
• Credit Hour Change
• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change

Department of Art and Design

• University Studies Request

Department of Management

• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• Course Description Change

Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• Course Description Change

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description …