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Dynamic Construction Visualizer, Purdue Ect Team

ECT Fact Sheets Archive

The Dynamic Construction Visualizer (DCV) is general-purpose 3D visualization system that allows simulation model developers to animate modeled operations with chronological and spatial accuracy in 3D virtual space. The system is independent of any particular simulation-modeling program or CAD modeling software.

Acoustic Startle At Baseline And During Acute Alcohol Withdrawal In Replicate Mouse Lines Selectively Bred For High Or Low Alcohol Preference, Julia Chester, Gustavo D. Barrenha

Department of Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: Previous data in both rat and mouse genetic models suggest that there is a genetic relationship between acute alcohol withdrawal responses and innate alcohol drinking behavior. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether acute alcohol withdrawal responses, as measured by acoustic startle and prepulse inhibition (PPI) of acoustic startle, may be genetically related to innate differences in alcohol preference in two mouse lines selectively bred for high (HAP1 and HAP2) or low (LAP1 and LAP2) alcohol preference. Line differences in startle responses at baseline, prior to alcohol or saline treatment, were also measured. Methods: Alcohol-naive, male …

Spatial Mosaic Evolution Of Snail Defensive Traits, Steve G. Johnson

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Background:

Recent models suggest that escalating reciprocal selection among antagonistically interacting species is predicted to occur in areas of higher resource productivity. In a putatively coevolved interaction between a freshwater snail (Mexipyrgus churinceanus) and a molluscivorous cichlid (Herichthys minckleyi ), we examined three components of this interaction: 1) spatial variation in two putative defensive traits, crushing resistance and shell pigmentation; 2) whether abiotic variables or frequency of molariform cichlids are associated with spatial patterns of crushing resistance and shell pigmentation and 3) whether variation in primary productivity accounted forsmall-scale variation in these defensive traits.

Results: Using spatial …

Dreadful Pennies, Mary Burroughs

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Piping Potential Of Individual Levee Segments Along The Sacramento And Feather River Levee Systems In California, Joshua A. Bomar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Genetic Diversity, Plant Adaptation Regions, And Gene Pools For Switchgrass, Michael D. Casler, Chad A. Stendal, Ludmila Kapich, Kenneth P. Vogel

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a perennial grass native to the North American tallgrass prairie and broadly adapted to the central and eastern USA. Transfer of germplasm throughout this region creates the potential of contaminating local gene pools with genes that are not native to a locale. The objective of this study was to identify structural patterns and spatial variation for molecular markers of switchgrass populations from the northern and central USA. Forty six prairie-remnant populations and 11 cultivars were analyzed for random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. Although there was significant population differentiation, little of this variation was …

Perception And Degree, Jason Redmon

All NMU Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Quantification And Comparison Of Metallothionein Levels In Crayfish (Orconectes Propinquus) As A Biomarker Of Metal Pollution In The Central Upper Peninsula Of Michigan, Heather Anne Martin

All NMU Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Wilde Love, Benjamin Joseph Schneider

All NMU Master's Theses

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Reverse-Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography Analyses Of Grape (Vitis Vinifera) Seed Extracts For The Presence And Activity Of The Proanthocyanidin Condensing Enzyme, Nagib M. Ward

All NMU Master's Theses

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Racially Restrictive Covenants In The State Of Washington: A Primer For Practitioners, Rajeev Majumdar

Seattle University Law Review

Part II of this Comment will begin by examining the history of racially restrictive covenants, specifically the nature of covenants and the role of the federal government in both spreading and hindering the usage of such covenants. Part III will discuss the legal underpinnings of what makes such covenants unenforceable in Washington, and the best processes an attorney can use to remove them. Part IV will discuss a recent case that has significantly altered the collateral consequences of attempting to destroy racially restrictive covenants upon other associated covenants. As a result, those seeking to retain the benefits of other covenants …

Last Best Place, Jennifer Elaine Malesich

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Feelings Of Guilt As A Moderator Of Attributional Style In Severity Of Post Traumatic / By Amanda Hines Surdock, Amanda Hines Surdock

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Restorative Justice Wager: The Promise And Hope Of A Value-Based, Dialogue-Driven Approach To Conflict Resolution For Social Healing, Howard J. Vogel

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

In this article, I explore the deep assumptions and commitments associated with what I have called the restorative justice wager and the way in which they are embodied in restorative justice dialogue, the heart of restorative justice practice, in order to describe the important contribution that restorative justice has to offer to conventional forms of conflict resolution that have emerged in recent years. For this purpose the article is divided into three parts. Part I explores the definition of restorative justice in a criminal context and beyond in order to set up the discussion of the restorative justice wager and …

Forage Breeding, Kenneth P. Vogel, Joann F.S. Lamb

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Plant breeding is human-directed evolution. This process developed all major crops and their respective races, strains, or cultivars. Although humans have successfully manipulated the genetic resources of plants for several thousand years, the science of genetics and breeding was not developed until the 20th century. Breeding work on a few forage crops began in the early part of the 20th century (Wilkins and Humphreys, 2003) and was focused mainly on developing strains that had improved establishment, persistence, forage yields, and improved insect and disease resistance. These remain essential attributes of cultivated forages (Burton, 1986). In the last 40 yr, objectives …

Mycobacterial Bacilli Are Metabolically Active During Chronic Tuberculosis In Murine Lungs: Insights From Genome-Wide Transcriptional Profiling, Adel M. Talaat, Sarah K. Ward, Chia-Wei Wu, Elizabeth Rondon, Christine Tavano, John Bannantine, Rick Lyons, Stephen A. Johnston

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Chronic tuberculosis represents a major health problem for one-third of the world’s population today. A key question relevant to chronic tuberculosis is the physiological status of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during this important stage of infection. To examine the molecular bases of chronic tuberculosis and the role of host immunity in mycobacterial growth, we determined the mycobacterial transcriptional profiles during chronic and reactivation phases of murine tuberculosis using in vivo microarray analysis (IVMA). Following 28 days of aerosol infection, mycobacterial counts remained stable, although the bacilli were metabolically active with a 50% active transcriptome. The expression of genes involved in lipid and …

Color, Cooking Loss And Textural Properties Of Patties As Affected By Catfish Belly Flap Mince Size And Cooking Method, Jin M. Kim, Bartholomew Green

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Patties were prepared with different sizes of channel catfish belly flap mince. Belly flap meat was minced using four different sizes of openings of plate, mixed with salt, formed, and cooked by two methods, in water and oven. Results indicated no differences (p > 0.05) in Kramer shear break force in the patties cooked by different methods for the same size of mince. As the size of meat particles for patties decreased, hardness and gumminess increased, and color differed from fillet, but Kramer shear break force as well as percent cooking loss decreased (p < 0.05). Patties cooked in an oven showed greater color difference from fillet, percent cooking loss, hardness, and gumminess than those cooked in water for the same size of meat particles (p < 0.05). doi: 10. 1300/J030v 16nO 1_03 [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HA WORTH. E-mail address: Website: .j

Mycotoxin Occurrence And Aspergillus Flavus Soil Propagules In A Corn And Cotton Glyphosate-Resistant Cropping Systems, K. N. Reddy, H. K. Abbas, R. M. Zablotowicz, C. A. Abel, C. H. Koger

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The effects of cotton–corn rotation and glyphosate use on levels of soil-borne Aspergillus flavus, aflatoxin and fumonisin contamination in corn and cotton seed were determined during 2002–2005 in Stoneville, Mississippi (USA). There were four rotation systems (continuous cotton, continuous corn, cotton–corn and corn–cotton) for both glyphosate-resistant (GR) and non-GR cultivars–herbicide system arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Aspergillus flavus populations in surface (5-cm depth) soil, sampled before planting (March/April), mid-season (June) and after harvest (September), ranged from 1.47 to 2.99 log (10) cfu g^-1 soil in the four rotation systems. Propagules of A. flavus …

First Report Of Yersinia Ruckeri Biotype 2 In The Usa, Cova R. Arias, Oscar Olivares-Fuster, Karl Hayden, Craig A. Shoemaker, John M. Grizzle, Phillip H. Klesius

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

A polyphasic characterization of atypical isolates of Yersinia ruckeri (causative agent of enteric redmouth disease in trout) obtained from hatchery-reared brown trout Salmo trutta in South Carolina was performed. The Y. ruckeri isolates were biochemically and genetically distinct from reference cultures, including the type strain, but were unequivocally ascribed to the species Y. ruckeri, based on API 20E, VITEK, fatty acid methyl ester profiles, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis. These isolates were nonmotile and unable to hydrolyze Tween 20/80 and were therefore classified as Y. ruckeri biotype 2. Genetic fingerprint typing of the isolates via enterobacterial repetitive intergenic …

Mineralization Of Nitrogen In Soils Amended With Dairy Manure As Affected By Wetting/Drying Cycles, D. B. Watts, H. A. Torbert, S. A. Prior

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Interest in manure management and its effects on nitrogen (N) mineralization has increased in recent years. The focus of this research was to investigate the N-mineralization rates of different soil types in Coastal Plain soils and compare them to a soil from Illinois. Soils with and without dairy composted manure addition were subjected to different wetting/drying cycles [constant moisture at 60% waterfilled pore space (WFPS) and cycling moisture from 60 to 30% WFPS] under laboratory conditions at three different temperatures (11 °C, 18 °C, and 25 °C). Samples were collected from three different soil types: Catlin (Mollisols), Bama (Ultisols), and …

Non-Composted Municipal Solid Waste Processing Byproduct Effect On Soil Reclamation, H. Allen Torbert, Dick L. Gebhart, Ryan R. Busby, Kenneth N. Potter, Deborah R. Curtain

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

A new garbage processing technology has been developed that sterilizes and separates inorganic and organic components of municipal solid waste. The non-composted byproduct of this process, Fluff ®, has the potential to be utilized as a soil amendment to improve soil conditions in highly degraded soils. A study was initiated to evaluate Fluff as a soil amendment for establishing native grasses on disturbed US Army training lands. The Fluff was incorporated into a sandy loam soil at Fort Benning Military Reservation, GA on two sites: a moderately degraded and a highly degraded soil. The Fluff was incorporated at rates of …

Alkaline Phosphatase Reactivity In The Vagina And Uterovaginal Junctionsperm-Storage Tubules Of Turkeys In Egg Production: Implications Forsperm Storage, M. R. Bakst, V. Akuffo

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

1. Currently there remains contradictory intortliation on the localisation and possible roleof alkaline phosphatase (AP) in the chicken and Japanese quail oviducts.

2.Using turkeys with a hard-shelled egg in their uteri, vaginal and uterovaginal junction mucosae werestretched and fixed as whole mounts prior to the Imistochemical localisation of All activity.

3.Scattered All reactive cells were observed in the vaginal and uteiovaginal junction surface epitheliaand intense All reactivity of the sperm-storage tubule (SST) epithelium, localised to its apical border.

4.We suggest that such All in hens in egg production may reflect cell dif.ftreiitiation andproliferation in the vagina and SST and possibly …

Adrenomedullin (Am) And Adrenomedullin Binding Protein (Am-Bp) In The Bovine Mammary Gland And Milk: Effects Of Stage Of Lactation And Experimental Intramammary E. Coli Infection, Ted H. Elsasser, Anthony V. Capuco, Thomas J. Caperna, Alfredo Martínez, Frank Cuttitta, Stanislaw Kahl

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Adrenomedullin (AM) has been characterized as an endogenous tissue survival factor and modulator of many inflammatory processes. Because of the increased susceptibility of the mammary gland to infection during the time surrounding parturition in the cow, we investigated how milk and tissue content of AM and its binding protein (AM-BP) might be affected by the stage of lactation and the udder health status. Milk and mammary biopsy samples were obtained from Holstein cows 21 days prior to and at various times after calving to represent the dry period and early and midstages of lactation. Additional cows received an intramammary challenge …

Identification And Characterization Of Aquaporin-9 (Aqp9) In Porcine Hepatic Tissue And Hepatocytes In Monolayer Culture, Thomas J. Caperna, Amy E. Shannon, Mark P. Richards, Wesley M. Garrett, Neil C. Talbot

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Aquaporins (AQPs) are members of a large family of integral membrane proteins involved in the rapid movement of water and neutral solutes across cell membranes. In this study, we have prepared an affinity-purified porcine-specific polyclonal antiserum to AQP9 and have investigated the distribution and expression of AQP9 in pig liver tissue and in hepatocytes in primary culture. Immunocytochemical analysis showed that AQP9 was primarily localized in the membrane structures of hepatocytes and was not associated with intrahepatic bile ducts or blood vessels. Western blot analysis indicated that AQP9 ranged in apparent molecular mass between 27 and 38 kD in whole …

Isolation And Characterization Of Porcine Visceral Endoderm Cell Lines Derived From In Vivo 11-Day Blastocysts, Neil C. Talbot, Le Ann Blomberg, Ayesha Mahmood, Thomas J. Caperna, Wesley M. Garrett

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Two porcine cell lines of yolk-sac visceral endoderm, designated as PE-1 and PE-2, were derived from in vivo 11-d porcine blastocysts that were either ovoid (PE-1) or at the early tubular stage of elongation (PE-2). Primary and secondary culture of the cell lines was done on STO feeder cells. The PE-1 and PE-2 cells morphologically resembled visceral endoderm previously cultured from in vivo-derived ovine and equine blastocysts and from in vitro-derived bovine blastocysts. Analysis of the PE-1- and PE-2-conditioned medium by 2D-gel electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flightmass spectrometry demonstrated that they produced serum proteins. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain …

Characterization Of Biological Types Of Cattle (Cycle Vii): Influence Of Postpartum Interval And Estrous Cycle Length On Fertility, R. A. Cushman, M. F. Allan, R. M. Thallman, L. V. Cundiff

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Genetic improvement in reproductive efficiency through selection is difficult because many reproductive traits are binomial and have low heritabilities. Before genetic markers can be generated for fertility in cows, greater characterization of reproductive phenotypes is needed to understand the components of the trait. The current study tested the hypotheses that: 1) breeds vary in postpartum interval to estrus (PPIE) and estrous cycle length, 2) a longer estrous cycle immediately before breeding increased pregnancy rates, and 3) a greater number of cycles before breeding increased conception rates. The postpartum interval to estrus, estrous cycle length, and number of cycles before breeding …

Effects Of Graded Levels Of Sorghum Wet Distiller’S Grains And Degraded Intake Protein Supply On Performance And Carcass Characteristics Of Feedlot Cattle Fed Steam-Flaked Corn-Based Diets, J. T. Vasconcelos, L. M. Shaw, K. A. Lemon, N. A. Cole, M. L. Galyean

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Two experiments evaluated different levels of sorghum wet distiller’s grains plus solubles (SWDG) and effects of increasing the degraded intake protein (DIP) concentration in diets containing SWDG on performance and carcass characteristics of feedlot cattle. In Exp. 1, 200 beef steers (average BW = 404 kg) were fed increasing levels of SWDG (0, 5, 10, and 15% of DM) and one level of corn wet distiller’s grains plus solubles (10% of DM), which replaced steamflaked corn in a high-concentrate diet. Final BW (P = 0.04) and overall ADG (P = 0.01) decreased linearly with increasing levels of SWDG. Increasing SWDG …

Livestock Management During Drought In The Northern Great Plains. I. A Practical Predictor Of Annual Forage Production, R. E. Kruse, M. W. Tess, R. K. Heitschmidt

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

This research addressed the hypothesis that spring precipitation data can be used to detect agricultural drought early in the growing season. The Rangetek range model was used to simulate yearly forage data based on historical precipitation and temperature records from the USDA-ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory (Miles City, MT) and the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Manyberries Substation (Lethbridge, AB, Canada). Monthly total precipitation and monthly average maximum and minimum temperatures were used to develop regression equations predicting growing season forage production at the Fort Keogh Laboratory and Manyberries Substation. At Fort Keogh Laboratory, a combination of fall …

Identification Of Compounds From Etonia Rosemary (Conradina Etonia), Brian P. Quinn, Ulrich R. Bernier, Matthew M. Booth

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Mosquitoes transmit pathogens that result in diseases harmful to human, livestock, and wildlife hosts. Numerous measures can be used to reduce insect-borne disease risk to humans, and one approach is the use of topical repellents to prevent host-seeking arthropods from taking a blood meal. A current emphasis in the development of new repellents is that they be safe. Therefore, natural products sources are increasingly being explored. Compounds from plants of the mint family (Lamiaceae) have been demonstrated to be insect repellents. This study examines compounds from Etonia rosemary (Conradina etonia) to identify compounds for examination as insect repellents. …

Visiting Hour, Richard Morris

English Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.