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Potential Repercussions Of Offshore Wind Energy Development In The Northeast United States For The Atlantic Surfclam Survey And Population Assessment, Sarah Borsetti, Daphne M. Munroe, Andrew M. Scheld, Eric N. Powell, John M. Klinck, Eileen E. Hofmann Feb 2023

Potential Repercussions Of Offshore Wind Energy Development In The Northeast United States For The Atlantic Surfclam Survey And Population Assessment, Sarah Borsetti, Daphne M. Munroe, Andrew M. Scheld, Eric N. Powell, John M. Klinck, Eileen E. Hofmann

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The Atlantic surfclam Spisula solidissima fishery, which spans the U.S. Northeast continental shelf, is among the most exposed to offshore wind energy development impacts because of the overlap of fishing grounds with wind energy lease areas, the hydraulic dredges used by the fishing vessels, and the location of vessel home ports relative to the fishing grounds. The Atlantic surfclam federal assessment survey is conducted using a commercial fishing vessel in locations that overlap with the offshore wind energy development. Once wind energy turbines, cables, and scour protection are installed, survey operations within wind energy lease areas may be curtailed or …

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African American Perceptions Of Service Provided By Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education: A Qualitative Exploration, Matthew Greene, Denise Holston, Jamila Freightman, Chiquita Briley Feb 2023

African American Perceptions Of Service Provided By Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education: A Qualitative Exploration, Matthew Greene, Denise Holston, Jamila Freightman, Chiquita Briley

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Objective: To assess African Americans’ satisfaction with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) in Louisiana. Methods: African American facilitators conducted 5 focus group discussions with 25 African American SNAP-Ed participants according to issues identified by African American SNAP-Ed implementers in Louisiana. Focus group discussion transcripts were coded independently using inductive and in vivo coding by 2 members of the research team. Results: Participants viewed lessons as race-neutral and thought they should include more information about African American history and culture. Participants also noted a lack of engagement with the African American community and stressed the need for the program to employ …

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Influence Of Soldiers On Exploratory Foraging Behavior In The Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes Formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae), Joseph Mccarthy, Arjun Khadka, Hasim Hakanoglu, Qian Sun Feb 2023

Influence Of Soldiers On Exploratory Foraging Behavior In The Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes Formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae), Joseph Mccarthy, Arjun Khadka, Hasim Hakanoglu, Qian Sun

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Termites are eusocial insects that live in organized colonies consisting of reproductives, workers, and soldiers. Soldiers are specialized for defense but are expensive to maintain, as they are incapable of husbandry and must be fed and groomed by workers. The soldiers of several species influence foraging behavior by acting as scouts that initiate foraging or by mediating worker behavioral plasticity during food exploration. These behaviors imply that soldiers may play a keystone role in termite colony function, apart from defense. Subterranean termite workers tunnel through soil in search of food while accompanied by varying proportions of soldiers, depending on the …

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Informe Tecnico De Los Trabajos De Campo Del Proyecto De Investigación Arqueológica Cerro San Isidro, Valle De Nepeña, Costa De Ancash -- Temporada 2022, David Chicoine, Jeisen Navarro Feb 2023

Informe Tecnico De Los Trabajos De Campo Del Proyecto De Investigación Arqueológica Cerro San Isidro, Valle De Nepeña, Costa De Ancash -- Temporada 2022, David Chicoine, Jeisen Navarro

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Genetic Characterization Of The Partial Disease Resistance Of Rice To Bacterial Panicle Blight And Sheath Blight By Combined Qtl Linkage And Qtl-Seq Analyses, John Christian Ontoy, Bishnu Shrestha, Hari Sharan Karki, Inderjit Barphagha, Brijesh Angira, Adam Famoso, Jong Hyun Ham Feb 2023

Genetic Characterization Of The Partial Disease Resistance Of Rice To Bacterial Panicle Blight And Sheath Blight By Combined Qtl Linkage And Qtl-Seq Analyses, John Christian Ontoy, Bishnu Shrestha, Hari Sharan Karki, Inderjit Barphagha, Brijesh Angira, Adam Famoso, Jong Hyun Ham

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Bacterial panicle blight (BPB) and sheath blight (SB) are major diseases of rice and few cultivars have shown a high level of resistance to these diseases. A recombinant inbred line (RIL) population developed from the U.S. cultivars Jupiter (moderately resistant) and Trenasse (susceptible) was investigated to identify loci associated with the partial disease resistance to BPB and SB. Disease phenotypes in BPB and SB, as well as the days-to-heading (DTH) trait, were evaluated in the field. DTH was correlated to BPB and SB diseases, while BPB was positively correlated to SB in the field trials with this RIL population. Genotyping …

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Wheat Long Noncoding Rnas From Organelle And Nuclear Genomes Carry Conserved Microrna Precursors Which May Together Comprise Intricate Networks In Insect Responses, Bala Ani Akpinar, Tugdem Muslu, Gadi V.P. Reddy, Munevver Dogramaci, Hikmet Budak Feb 2023

Wheat Long Noncoding Rnas From Organelle And Nuclear Genomes Carry Conserved Microrna Precursors Which May Together Comprise Intricate Networks In Insect Responses, Bala Ani Akpinar, Tugdem Muslu, Gadi V.P. Reddy, Munevver Dogramaci, Hikmet Budak

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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a diverse class of noncoding RNAs that are typically longer than 200 nucleotides but lack coding potentials. Advances in deep sequencing technologies enabled a better exploration of this type of noncoding transcripts. The poor sequence conservation, however, complicates the identification and annotation of lncRNAs at a large scale. Wheat is among the leading food staples worldwide whose production is threatened by both biotic and abiotic stressors. Here, we identified putative lncRNAs from durum wheat varieties that differ in stem solidness, a major source of defense against wheat stem sawfly, a devastating insect pest. We also …

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Temporal Features Of Concepts Are Grounded In Time Perception Neural Networks: An Eeg Study, Karim Johari, Vicky T. Lai, Nicholas Riccardi, Rutvik H. Desai Feb 2023

Temporal Features Of Concepts Are Grounded In Time Perception Neural Networks: An Eeg Study, Karim Johari, Vicky T. Lai, Nicholas Riccardi, Rutvik H. Desai

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Experimental evidence suggests that modality-specific concept features such as action, motion, and sound partially rely on corresponding action/perception neural networks in the human brain. Little is known, however, about time-related features of concepts. We examined whether temporal features of concepts recruit networks that subserve time perception in the brain in an EEG study using event and object nouns. Results showed significantly larger ERPs for event duration vs object size judgments over right parietal electrodes, a region associated with temporal processing. Additionally, alpha/beta (10–15 Hz) neural oscillation showed a stronger desynchronization for event duration compared to object size in the right …

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Wetland Mitigation Functions On Hydrological Droughts: From Drought Characteristics To Propagation Of Meteorological Droughts To Hydrological Droughts, Yanfeng Wu, Jingxuan Sun, Marianne Blanchette, Alain N. Rousseau, Y. Jun Xu, Boting Hu, Guangxin Zhang Feb 2023

Wetland Mitigation Functions On Hydrological Droughts: From Drought Characteristics To Propagation Of Meteorological Droughts To Hydrological Droughts, Yanfeng Wu, Jingxuan Sun, Marianne Blanchette, Alain N. Rousseau, Y. Jun Xu, Boting Hu, Guangxin Zhang

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Wetlands have been singled out as a potential nature-based solution for improving the resilience and reducing the risks of hydrometeorological extremes. However, whether and to what extent wetlands can affect hydrological droughts is not well understood. To fill this gap, we proposed a general framework to discern the effect of wetlands on: (i) the characteristics (duration, severity, development and recovery processes) of hydrological droughts, and (ii) the propagation of meteorological droughts to hydrological droughts. First, hydrological modeling was conducted with a spatially-explicit model integrated with wetland modules. Then, the run theory and pooling method were selected to recognize hydrological drought …

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Opioid And Cannabis Co-Use: The Role Of Opioid Use To Cope With Negative Affect, Julia D. Buckner, Caroline R. Scherzer, Andrew H. Rogers, Michael J. Zvolensky Feb 2023

Opioid And Cannabis Co-Use: The Role Of Opioid Use To Cope With Negative Affect, Julia D. Buckner, Caroline R. Scherzer, Andrew H. Rogers, Michael J. Zvolensky

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Introduction: The opioid epidemic is a significant public health concern, particularly among adults with chronic pain. There are high rates of cannabis co-use among these individuals and co-use is related to worse opioid-related outcomes. Yet, little work has examined mechanisms underlying this relationship. In line with affective processing models of substance use, it is possible that those who use multiple substances do so in a maladaptive attempt to cope with psychological distress. Method: We tested whether, among adults with chronic lower back pain (CLBP), the relation between co-use and more severe opioid-related problems would occur via the serial effects of …

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Wetland Occupancy By Duck Broods In Cropland-Dominated Landscapes Of The United States Prairie Pothole Region, Blake J. Mitchell, Catrina V. Terry, Kevin M. Ringelman, Kaylan M. Kemink, Michael J. Anteau, Adam K. Janke Feb 2023

Wetland Occupancy By Duck Broods In Cropland-Dominated Landscapes Of The United States Prairie Pothole Region, Blake J. Mitchell, Catrina V. Terry, Kevin M. Ringelman, Kaylan M. Kemink, Michael J. Anteau, Adam K. Janke

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The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) is globally important for breeding waterfowl but has been altered via wetland drainage and grassland conversion to accommodate agricultural land use. Thus, understanding the ecology of waterfowl in these highly modified landscapes is essential for their conservation. Brood occurrence is the cumulative outcome of key life-history events including pair formation and territory establishment, nest success, and early brood survival. We applied new technological advances in brood surveying methods to understand brood use of wetlands and how land use and wetland-specific factors influenced brood use of 413 wetlands in crop-dominated landscapes in the PPR of Iowa, …

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Evaluation Of The Peer Leadership For Physical Literacy Intervention: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, Ryan M. Hulteen, David R. Lubans, Ryan E. Rhodes, Guy Faulkner, Yan Liu, Patti Jean Naylor, Nicole Nathan, Katrina J. Waldhauser, Colin M. Wierts, Mark R. Beauchamp Feb 2023

Evaluation Of The Peer Leadership For Physical Literacy Intervention: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, Ryan M. Hulteen, David R. Lubans, Ryan E. Rhodes, Guy Faulkner, Yan Liu, Patti Jean Naylor, Nicole Nathan, Katrina J. Waldhauser, Colin M. Wierts, Mark R. Beauchamp

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Purpose The purpose of this research was to develop, implement, and test the efficacy of a theory-driven, evidence-informed peer leadership program for elementary school students (Grade 6 and 7; age 11–12 years) and the Grade 3/4 students with whom they were partnered. The primary outcome was teacher ratings of their Grade 6/7 students’ transformational leadership behaviors. Secondary outcomes included: Grade 6/7 students’ leadership self-efficacy, as well as Grade 3/4 motivation, perceived competence, general self-concept, fundamental movement skills, school-day physical activity, and program adherence, and program evaluation. Methods We conducted a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. In 2019, 6 schools comprising …

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Framework Of The Alu Subfamily Evolution In The Platyrrhine Three-Family Clade Of Cebidae, Callithrichidae, And Aotidae, Jessica M. Storer, Jerilyn A. Walker, Jasmine N. Baker, Shifat Hossain, Christian Roos, Travis J. Wheeler, Mark A. Batzer Feb 2023

Framework Of The Alu Subfamily Evolution In The Platyrrhine Three-Family Clade Of Cebidae, Callithrichidae, And Aotidae, Jessica M. Storer, Jerilyn A. Walker, Jasmine N. Baker, Shifat Hossain, Christian Roos, Travis J. Wheeler, Mark A. Batzer

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The history of Alu retroposons has been choreographed by the systematic accumulation of inherited diagnostic nucleotide substitutions to form discrete subfamilies, each having a distinct nucleotide consensus sequence. The oldest subfamily, AluJ, gave rise to AluS after the split between Strepsirrhini and what would become Catarrhini and Platyrrhini. The AluS lineage gave rise to AluY in catarrhines and to AluTa in platyrrhines. Platyrrhine Alu subfamilies Ta7, Ta10, and Ta15 were assigned names based on a standardized nomenclature. However, with the subsequent intensification of whole genome sequencing (WGS), large scale analyses to characterize Alu subfamilies using the program COSEG identified entire …

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Effects Of Covid-19 On Sensory And Cognitive Perception Of Mild And Severe Diagnosed And Recovered Patients Versus Healthy Consumers, Adan Cabal-Prieto, Lucía Sánchez-Arellano, José Andrés Herrera-Corredor, Jesús Rodríguez-Miranda, Witoon Prinyawiwatkul, Lorena Guadalupe Ramón-Canul, Filiberto Toledano-Toledano, Ingrid Mayanin Rodríguez-Buenfil, Manuel Octavio Ramírez-Sucre, Gregorio Hernández-Salinas, Emmanuel De Jesús De Ramírez-Rivera Feb 2023

Effects Of Covid-19 On Sensory And Cognitive Perception Of Mild And Severe Diagnosed And Recovered Patients Versus Healthy Consumers, Adan Cabal-Prieto, Lucía Sánchez-Arellano, José Andrés Herrera-Corredor, Jesús Rodríguez-Miranda, Witoon Prinyawiwatkul, Lorena Guadalupe Ramón-Canul, Filiberto Toledano-Toledano, Ingrid Mayanin Rodríguez-Buenfil, Manuel Octavio Ramírez-Sucre, Gregorio Hernández-Salinas, Emmanuel De Jesús De Ramírez-Rivera

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The objective of this research was to analyze the effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the sensory and cognitive perception of mild and severe COVID-19 diagnosed and recovered consumers versus healthy consumers. Three groups of 50 consumers each (healthy vs. mild and severe COVID-19 diagnosed with 30 days after recovery) were used for the evaluation of instant coffee stimuli in concentrations: 4.40, 2.93, 2.20, 1.76, and 1.47% weight (w)/volume (v) and determine their discriminating power, emotions, and memories. Sensory tests were performed remotely. Results indicated that healthy consumers perceived higher intensities in most of the sensory attributes (with the exception …

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Identification Of Differential-Expressed Genes In Banana-Biostimulant Interaction Using Suppression Subtractive Hybridization, Tatiana Chavez-Navarrete, Luis Sanchez-Timm, Ricardo Pacheco-Coello, Niranjan Baisakh, Efrén Santos-Ordóñez Feb 2023

Identification Of Differential-Expressed Genes In Banana-Biostimulant Interaction Using Suppression Subtractive Hybridization, Tatiana Chavez-Navarrete, Luis Sanchez-Timm, Ricardo Pacheco-Coello, Niranjan Baisakh, Efrén Santos-Ordóñez

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The use of environmental-friendly agricultural inputs to increase yield in crops could reduce environmental contamination and alleviate (a)biotic stress. In this study, we applied a foliar liquid biostimulant to banana plants, which was developed from the anaerobic fermentation of microorganisms with organic remains (manure and plant waste) and minerals to use as environmental-friendly product. To determine the effect of this biostimulant in the plants, a Suppression Subtractive Hybridization (SSH) library was developed from banana leaves in greenhouse conditions. Furthermore, salicylic and jasmonic pathways activation was evaluated by gene expression analysis. First, the application of the biostimulant to banana leaves increased …

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Causes And Characteristics Of Electrical Resistivity Variability In Shallow (<4 M) Soils In Taylor Valley, East Antarctica, W. S. Gutterman, P. T. Doran, R. A. Virginia, J. E. Barrett, K. F. Myers, S. M. Tulaczyk, N. T. Foley, J. A. Mikucki, H. A. Dugan, D. J. Grombacher, T. S. Bording, E. Auken Feb 2023

Causes And Characteristics Of Electrical Resistivity Variability In Shallow (<4 M) Soils In Taylor Valley, East Antarctica, W. S. Gutterman, P. T. Doran, R. A. Virginia, J. E. Barrett, K. F. Myers, S. M. Tulaczyk, N. T. Foley, J. A. Mikucki, H. A. Dugan, D. J. Grombacher, T. S. Bording, E. Auken

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Airborne electromagnetic surveys collected in December 2011 and November 2018 and three soil sampling transects were used to analyze the spatial heterogeneity of shallow (< 4 m) soil properties in lower Taylor Valley (TV), East Antarctica. Soil resistivities from 2011 to 2018 ranged from ∼33 Ωm to ∼3,500 Ωm with 200 Ωm assigned as an upper boundary for brine-saturated sediments. Elevations below ∼50 m above sea level (masl) typically exhibit the lowest resistivities with resistivity increasing at high elevations on steeper slopes. Soil water content was empirically estimated from electrical resistivities using Archie's Law and range from ∼< 1% to ∼68% by volume. An increase in silt- and clay-sized particles at low elevations increases soil porosity but decreases hydraulic conductivity, promoting greater residence times of soil water at low elevations near Lake Fryxell. Soil resistivity variability between 2011 and 2018 shows soils at different stages of soil freeze-thaw cycles, which are caused predominantly by solar warming of soils as opposed to air temperature. This study furthers the understanding of the hydrogeologic structure of the shallow subsurface in TV and identifies locations of soils that are potentially prone to greater rates of thaw and resulting ecosystem homogenization of soil properties from projected increases in hydrological connectivity across the region over the coming decades.

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Neutron Detection And Application With A Novel 3d-Projection Scintillator Tracker In The Future Long-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiments, S. Gwon, P. Granger, G. Yang, S. Bolognesi, T. Cai, M. Danilov, A. Delbart, A. De Roeck, S. Dolan, G. Eurin, R. F. Razakamiandra, S. Fedotov, G. Fiorentini Aguirre, R. Flight, R. Gran, C. Ha, C. K. Jung, K. Y. Jung, S. Kettell, M. Khabibullin, A. Khotjantsev, M. Kordosky, Y. Kudenko, T. Kutter, J. Maneira, S. Manly, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, C. Mauger, K. Mcfarland, C. Mcgrew, A. Mefodev, O. Mineev, D. Naples Feb 2023

Neutron Detection And Application With A Novel 3d-Projection Scintillator Tracker In The Future Long-Baseline Neutrino Oscillation Experiments, S. Gwon, P. Granger, G. Yang, S. Bolognesi, T. Cai, M. Danilov, A. Delbart, A. De Roeck, S. Dolan, G. Eurin, R. F. Razakamiandra, S. Fedotov, G. Fiorentini Aguirre, R. Flight, R. Gran, C. Ha, C. K. Jung, K. Y. Jung, S. Kettell, M. Khabibullin, A. Khotjantsev, M. Kordosky, Y. Kudenko, T. Kutter, J. Maneira, S. Manly, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, C. Mauger, K. Mcfarland, C. Mcgrew, A. Mefodev, O. Mineev, D. Naples

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Neutrino oscillation experiments require a precise measurement of the neutrino energy. However, the kinematic detection of the final-state neutron in the neutrino interaction is missing in current neutrino oscillation experiments. The missing neutron kinematic detection results in a smaller detected neutrino energy than the true neutrino energy. A novel 3D-projection scintillator tracker, which consists of roughly ten million active cubes covered with an optical reflector, is capable of measuring the neutron kinetic energy and direction on an event-by-event basis using the time-of-flight technique thanks to the fast timing, fine granularity, and high light yield. The ν¯μ interactions tend to produce …

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Correction To: Parametrized Topological Complexity Of Collision-Free Motion Planning In The Plane (Annals Of Mathematics And Artificial Intelligence, (2022), 90, 10, (999-1015), 10.1007/S10472-022-09801-6), Daniel C. Cohen, Michael Farber, Shmuel Weinberger Feb 2023

Correction To: Parametrized Topological Complexity Of Collision-Free Motion Planning In The Plane (Annals Of Mathematics And Artificial Intelligence, (2022), 90, 10, (999-1015), 10.1007/S10472-022-09801-6), Daniel C. Cohen, Michael Farber, Shmuel Weinberger

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The article “Parametrized topological complexity of collision-free motion planning in the plane”, written by Daniel C. Cohen, was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal on 07 October 2022 without open access. With the author(s)’ decision to opt for Open Choice the copyright of the article changed on 30 May 2022 to © The Author(s) 2022 and the article is forthwith distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a …

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Non-Quasiconvex Subgroups Of Hyperbolic Groups Via Stallings-Like Techniques, Pallavi Dani, Ivan Levcovitz Feb 2023

Non-Quasiconvex Subgroups Of Hyperbolic Groups Via Stallings-Like Techniques, Pallavi Dani, Ivan Levcovitz

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We provide a new method of constructing non-quasiconvex subgroups of hyperbolic groups by utilizing techniques inspired by Stallings’ foldings. The hyperbolic groups constructed are in the natural class of right-angled Coxeter groups (RACGs for short) and can be chosen to be 2-dimensional. More specifically, given a non-quasiconvex subgroup of a (possibly non-hyperbolic) RACG, our construction gives a corresponding non-quasiconvex subgroup of a hyperbolic RACG. We use this to construct explicit examples of non-quasiconvex subgroups of hyperbolic RACGs including subgroups whose generators are as short as possible (length two words), finitely generated free subgroups, non-finitely presentable subgroups, and subgroups of fundamental …

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Envirome-Wide Associations Enhance Multi-Year Genome-Based Prediction Of Historical Wheat Breeding Data, Germano Costa-Neto, Leonardo Crespo-Herrera, Nick Fradgley, Keith Gardner, Alison R. Bentley, Susanne Dreisigacker, Roberto Fritsche-Neto, Osval A. Montesinos-López, Jose Crossa Feb 2023

Envirome-Wide Associations Enhance Multi-Year Genome-Based Prediction Of Historical Wheat Breeding Data, Germano Costa-Neto, Leonardo Crespo-Herrera, Nick Fradgley, Keith Gardner, Alison R. Bentley, Susanne Dreisigacker, Roberto Fritsche-Neto, Osval A. Montesinos-López, Jose Crossa

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Linking high-throughput environmental data (enviromics) to genomic prediction (GP) is a cost-effective strategy for increasing selection intensity under genotype-by-environment interactions (G × E). This study developed a data-driven approach based on Environment–Phenotype Association (EPA) aimed at recycling important G × E information from historical breeding data. EPA was developed in two applications: (1) scanning a secondary source of genetic variation, weighted from the shared reaction-norms of past-evaluated genotypes and (2) pinpointing weights of the similarity among trial-sites (locations), given the historical impact of each envirotyping data variable for a given site. These results were then used as a dimensionality reduction …

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Discovery Of Novel Bioactive Tanshinones And Carnosol Analogues Against Breast Cancer, Miguel A. González-Cardenete, Natalia González-Zapata, Lucinda Boyd, Fatima Rivas Feb 2023

Discovery Of Novel Bioactive Tanshinones And Carnosol Analogues Against Breast Cancer, Miguel A. González-Cardenete, Natalia González-Zapata, Lucinda Boyd, Fatima Rivas

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The abietane diterpenoids ferruginol (1), tanshinone IIA (3), and carnosol (4) are well-known for their interesting pharmacological properties, including antitumor, similar to other natural and semisynthetic abietanes. In this study, a pair of semisynthetic C18-functionalized analogues of 3 and 4 were prepared from the commercially available (+)-dehydroabietylamine or readily obtained methyl dehydroabietate. Semisynthetic ferruginol (1) and some selected analogues, together with the synthesized analogues, were tested in vitro for the inhibition of proliferation in four breast cancer cell lines, SUM149, MDA-MB231, T47D, and MCF07. As a result, several tested abietane analogues decreased cell proliferation and enhanced cell death, with IC50 …

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Teaching Narrative Interviewing: Reflecting, Narrating, And Becoming-In-Action, Brett H. Bodily, Sherri R. Colby Feb 2023

Teaching Narrative Interviewing: Reflecting, Narrating, And Becoming-In-Action, Brett H. Bodily, Sherri R. Colby

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Qualitative inquiry teachers often seek powerful pedagogies to improve their students’ understandings. Using our experience leading a doctoral workshop, we share our method for teaching narrative interviewing using Schön’s (1983) “reflection-in-action,” meaning teachers and students reflect in the moment. We also root our pedagogy in Jerome Bruner’s (1986, 1990) narrative as a mode of thinking and a mode of being, a philosophy exploring the ways learners story their own and others’ lives. Describing our doctoral workshop, we highlight Laura, a recent graduate, narrating and becoming a qualitative inquirer. We conclude with a sample teaching lesson, designed to enhance students’ reflective …

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Inactivation Of The Ul37 Deamidase Enhances Virus Replication And Spread Of The Hsv-1(Vc2) Oncolytic Vaccine Strain And Secretion Of Gm-Csf, Carolyn M. Clark, Nithya Jambunathan, Therese M.A. Collantes, Konstantin G. Kousoulas Feb 2023

Inactivation Of The Ul37 Deamidase Enhances Virus Replication And Spread Of The Hsv-1(Vc2) Oncolytic Vaccine Strain And Secretion Of Gm-Csf, Carolyn M. Clark, Nithya Jambunathan, Therese M.A. Collantes, Konstantin G. Kousoulas

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The HSV-1 (VC2) live-attenuated vaccine strain was engineered with specific deletions in the amino termini of glycoprotein K (gK) and membrane protein UL20, rendering the virus unable to enter neurons and establish latency. VC2 replicates efficiently in epithelial cell culture but produces lower viral titers and smaller viral plaques than its parental HSV-1 (F) wild-type virus. VC2 is an effective live-attenuated vaccine against HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections in mice and guinea pigs and an anti-tumor immunotherapeutic and oncolytic virus against melanoma and breast cancer in mouse models. Previously, we reported that the gK/UL20 complex interacts with the UL37 tegument protein, …

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Total Utilization-Upcycling Of Mushroom Protein By-Product: Characterization And Assessment As An Alternative Batter Ingredient For Fried Shrimp, Diego Garcia, Seung Woon You, Ricardo S. Aleman, Joan M. King, Slavko Komarnytsky, Roberta Targino Hoskin, Marvin Moncada Feb 2023

Total Utilization-Upcycling Of Mushroom Protein By-Product: Characterization And Assessment As An Alternative Batter Ingredient For Fried Shrimp, Diego Garcia, Seung Woon You, Ricardo S. Aleman, Joan M. King, Slavko Komarnytsky, Roberta Targino Hoskin, Marvin Moncada

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Mushroom by-products are economical and eco-friendly raw materials with bioactive and functional characteristics that allow for potential uses as food ingredients. However, mushroom upcycling has yet to be fully exploited, despite the many opportunities that mushrooms may offer. The mushroom protein by-product (MPBP) resulting from mushroom protein production was characterized (chemical composition, physicochemical attributes, and functional properties) and incorporated into plant-based batter formulations to prepare four experimental groups with different ratios (w/w, %) of wheat flour (W) to MPBP (100 W, 75 W/25 MPBP, 25 W/75 MPBP, and 100 MPBP). Subsequently, the batter was used for frying batter-coated shrimp, which …

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The Effect Of Watermelon Juice Supplementation On Heart Rate Variability And Metabolic Response During An Oral Glucose Challenge: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial, Rachel Matthews, Kate S. Early, Cullen M. Vincellette, Jack Losso, Guillaume Spielmann, Brian A. Irving, Timothy D. Allerton Feb 2023

The Effect Of Watermelon Juice Supplementation On Heart Rate Variability And Metabolic Response During An Oral Glucose Challenge: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial, Rachel Matthews, Kate S. Early, Cullen M. Vincellette, Jack Losso, Guillaume Spielmann, Brian A. Irving, Timothy D. Allerton

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Heart rate variability (HRV) provides a simple method to evaluate autonomic function in health and disease. A reduction in HRV may indicate autonomic dysfunction and is strongly associated with aspects of cardiometabolic disease, including hyperglycemia. Reduced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability is also implicated in the development of cardiometabolic disease and autonomic dysfunction. Watermelons are natural sources of L-arginine and L-citrulline, substrates used for NO synthesis. Watermelon consumption can improve NO bioavailability. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial to test the effects of 2 weeks of daily watermelon juice (WMJ) supplementation on HRV in response to an oral glucose …

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Classification Analysis Of Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Intensity Changes Prior To Landfall, Rupsa Bhowmick, Jill C. Trepanier, Alex M. Haberlie Feb 2023

Classification Analysis Of Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Intensity Changes Prior To Landfall, Rupsa Bhowmick, Jill C. Trepanier, Alex M. Haberlie

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This study evaluates the ability of a random forest classifier to identify tropical cyclone (TC) intensification or weakening prior to landfall over the western region of the Southwest Pacific Ocean (SWPO) basin. For both Australia mainland and SWPO island cases, when a TC first crosses land after spending ≥24 h over the ocean, the closest hour prior to the intersection is considered as the landfall hour. If the maximum wind speed (Vmax) at the landfall hour increased or remained the same from the 24-h mark prior to landfall, the TC is labeled as intensifying and if the Vmax at the …

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Clues From The Paint A Picture Of Earth’S Water Cycle, Kristine L. Delong, Alyssa Atwood, Andrea Moore, Sara Sanchez Feb 2023

Clues From The Paint A Picture Of Earth’S Water Cycle, Kristine L. Delong, Alyssa Atwood, Andrea Moore, Sara Sanchez

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Editorial Introduction: Contributing To The Policy Process Literatures, Geoboo Song, Michael D. Jones, Melissa K. Merry, Holly L. Peterson, Aaron Smith-Walter, Gwen Arnold, Rachael Moyer, Creed Tumlison Feb 2023

Editorial Introduction: Contributing To The Policy Process Literatures, Geoboo Song, Michael D. Jones, Melissa K. Merry, Holly L. Peterson, Aaron Smith-Walter, Gwen Arnold, Rachael Moyer, Creed Tumlison

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Soil Organic Matter Diagenetic State Informs Boreal Forest Ecosystem Feedbacks To Climate Change, Allison N. Myers-Pigg, Karl Kaiser, Ronald Benner, Susan E. Ziegler Feb 2023

Soil Organic Matter Diagenetic State Informs Boreal Forest Ecosystem Feedbacks To Climate Change, Allison N. Myers-Pigg, Karl Kaiser, Ronald Benner, Susan E. Ziegler

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The fate of soil organic carbon (SOC) in boreal forests is dependent on the integrative ecosystem response to climate change. For example, boreal forest productivity is often nitrogen (N) limited, and climate warming can enhance N cycling and primary productivity. However, the net effect of this feedback on the SOC reservoir and its longevity with climate change remain unclear due to difficulty in detecting small differences between large and variable carbon (C) fluxes needed to determine net changes in soil reservoirs. The diagenetic state of SOC – resulting from the physicochemical and biological transformations that alter the original biomolecular composition …

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Drone Detection Using Yolov5, Burchan Aydin, Subroto Singha Feb 2023

Drone Detection Using Yolov5, Burchan Aydin, Subroto Singha

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The rapidly increasing number of drones in the national airspace, including those for recreational and commercial applications, has raised concerns regarding misuse. Autonomous drone detection systems offer a probable solution to overcoming the issue of potential drone misuse, such as drug smuggling, violating people’s privacy, etc. Detecting drones can be difficult, due to similar objects in the sky, such as airplanes and birds. In addition, automated drone detection systems need to be trained with ample amounts of data to provide high accuracy. Real-time detection is also necessary, but this requires highly configured devices such as a graphical processing unit (GPU). …

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Fluvial Flood Losses In The Contiguous United States Under Climate Change, M.M. Rashid, T. Wahl, G. Villarini, A. Sharma Feb 2023

Fluvial Flood Losses In The Contiguous United States Under Climate Change, M.M. Rashid, T. Wahl, G. Villarini, A. Sharma

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Flooding is one of the most devastating natural disasters causing significant economic losses. One of the dominant drivers of flood losses is heavy precipitation, with other contributing factors such as built environments and socio-economic conditions superimposed to it. To better understand the risk profile associated with this hazard, we develop probabilistic models to quantify the future likelihood of fluvial flood-related property damage exceeding a critical threshold (i.e., high property damage) at the state level across the conterminous United States. The model is conditioned on indicators representing heavy precipitation amount and frequency derived from observed and downscaled precipitation. The likelihood of …

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