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Strategies For Commercialization Of Cryopreserved Fish Semen, Terrence R. Tiersch

Faculty Publications

Initial success in sperm cryopreservation occurred at about the same time for aquatic species and livestock. However, in the 50 plus years since then cryopreserved sperm of livestock has grown into a billion-dollar global industry, while cryopreserved sperm of aquatic species remains a research activity with little commercial application despite work in more than 90 species and more than 200 published reports. Most research work has focused on large-bodied culture and sport fishes, such as salmon, trout, carp, and catfish, and mollusks such as commercially important oyster and abalone species. However, only a few studies have addressed sperm cryopreservation in …

Berberine Improves Glucose Metabolism Through Induction Of Glycolysis, Jun Yin, Zhanguo Gao, Dong Liu, Zhijun Liu, Jianping Ye

Faculty Publications

Berberine, a botanical alkaloid used to control blood glucose in type 2 diabetes in China, has recently been reported to activate AMPK. However, it is not clear how AMPK is activated by berberine. In this study, activity and action mechanism of berberine were investigated in vivo and in vitro. In dietary obese rats, berberine increased insulin sensitivity after 5-wk administration. Fasting insulin and HOMA-IR were decreased by 46 and 48%, respectively, in the rats. In cell lines including 3T3-L1 adipocytes, L6 myotubes, C 2C12 myotubes, and H4IIE hepatocytes, berberine was found to increase glucose consumption, 2-deoxyglucose uptake, and to a …

Methods For Pollen Evaluation And Influence Of Gibberellic Acid On Potato Crossing, Roberto Fritsche Neto, Arione Da Silva Pereira, Maria Do Carmo Bassols Raseira, Giovani Olegário Da Silva, Velci Queiroz De Souza

Faculty Publications

The aims of this work were to compare evaluation methods of pollen quality and to evaluate the influence of giberellic acid (GA3) on the efficiency of crossing potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) genotypes. Both studies were carried out at Embrapa Clima Temperado headquarters, Pelotas-RS. The first study was accomplished in the Plant Breeding Laboratory, in the spring of 2003 and autumn-winter of 2004. The carmin propionic and the pollen fertility of two agar, sugar and boro media (culture medium 1 and culture medium 2) were evaluated, using five potato genotypes. The second study was carried out at greenhouse, in the autumn-winter …

Retinal Tissue Engineering Using Mouse Retinal Progenitor Cells And A Novel Biodegradable, Thin-Film Poly(E-Caprolactone) Nanowire Scaffold, Stephen Redenti, Sarah Tao, Jing Yang, Ping Gu, Henry Klassen, Sunita Saigal, Tejal Desai, Michael J. Young

Publications and Research

Retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) can be combined with nanostructured polymer scaffolds to generate compos- ite grafts in culture. One strategy for repair of diseased retinal tissue involves implantation of composite grafts of this type in the subretinal space. In the present study, mouse retinal progenitor cells (RPCs) were cultured on laminin- coated novel nanowire poly(e-caprolactone)(PCL) scaf- folds, and the survival, differentiation, and migration of these cells into the retina of C57bl/6 and rhodospsin −/−mouse retinal explants and transplant recipients were analyzed. RPCs were cultured on smooth PCL and both short (2.5μm) and long (27μ m) nanowire PCL scaffolds. Scaffolds with …

Asbestos Achievements, Anita Bernstein

Faculty Scholarship

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Technological Introductions And Social Change: European Technology On The Great Plains, Andrew Labounty

Nebraska Anthropologist

This paper will explore the changing structure of American Indian society with the introduction of Euro-American technology and practices on the Plains. I intend to compare and contrast social aspects of Indian culture before and after contact, including the presence and intensity of marriage exchanges, levels of exogamy, the intensity of polygyny, and degree of stratification among native groups. These comparisons will shed light on the mechanisms of culture change, showing the entire process to be gradual and often due to conscious, immediately beneficial decisions.

The Words Of The Lord Are Flawless, David A. Dewitt

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Faculty Excellence, University Of New Hampshire

Faculty Excellence Awards

Each year, the University of New Hampshire selects a small number of its outstanding faculty for special recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship and service. Awards for Excellence in Teaching are given in each college and school, and university-wide awards recognize public service, research, teaching and engagement. This booklet details the year's award winners' accomplishments in short profiles with photographs and text.

Wake, Jacob Frye

The Laureate

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Salt Marshes As A Source Of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (Cdom) To Southern California Coastal Waters, Catherine D. Clark, Liannea P. Litz, Stanley B. Grant

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

To determine chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) sources in Southern California coastal waters, optical properties of a river outlet and adjacent tidally flushed salt marshes were monitored (dry season; June July 2001). Average absorption coefficients doubled at ebb vs. flood tides (4.8 +/- 1.5 vs. 2.1 +/- 0.9 m(-1); 300 nm), suggesting significant salt marsh CDOM inputs into coastal waters. Average spectral slopes were not statistically different for any sites or tides (0.010 +/- 0.002 nm(-1)), consistent with salt marsh CDOM dominating coastal waters. Three-dimensional fluorescence excitation-emission matrices (EEMs) at ebb tide showed contributions from terrestrial, protein, and marine humic-like …

Fort Offers Students In-Depth Clinical, Research Experience, Cary Jordan

Furman Magazine

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Furman Alumni News, Furman University

Furman Magazine

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Sarah Manly, 1927-2007, Furman University

Furman Magazine

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Fort Offers Students In-Depth Clinical, Research Experience, Cary Jordan

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

Furman Alumni News, Furman University

Furman Magazine

No abstract provided.

Sarah Manly, 1927-2007, Furman University

Furman Magazine

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New Legal Rights In The Legal System Of The United States Of America, Roberto Rosas, Bill Piatt

Faculty Articles

Currently, there exist an extensive variety of individual rights recognized both nationally and internationally. With the course of time, however, they change; therefore, governments occasionally consider it necessary to create additional protections for their citizens. Generally, these propositions are made possible through the creation and approval of new rights. Even though these new rights are based on other previously established rights, they do offer society the opportunity to protect and defend itself as well as allowing it to continue making progress.

Only a few of the new legal rights that have been recognized within the last few years will be …

How The Turtle Gets Its Shell, Scott F. Gilbert, J. A. Cebra-Thomas, A. C. Burke

Biology Faculty Works

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City Of Sioux Falls Anaerobic Digester Mixing Study, Brian R. Knadle

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The feasibility of utilizing the existing anaerobic digester feeding pumps to effectively mix the three primary anaerobic digesters at the Sioux Falls Water Reclamation Plant (SFWRP) was investigated. The digesters were originally designed to be mixed by the recirculation of sludge and the recirculation of biogas through gas compressors. The gas compressors are currently at the end of their useful life and are scheduled to be replaced in the next 3-4 years. The effectiveness of mixing the primary digesters strictly through hydraulic recirculation was measured by computing the active volume of the anaerobic digesters with various mixing schemes. The analysis …

An Efficient O(N) Algorithm For Computer Simulation Of Rigid Body Molecular Dynamics, Andy Ries

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An efficient working model for the computer simulation of motion behaviors associated with molecular dynamics is presented. This model has been developed through a seamless integration between computational molecular dynamics, multibody dynamics, mathematical numerics, and computer science. Thus an efficient and effective rigid molecular modeling technique and O(n) simulation procedure has been produced as result of the integration. As computer simulation of molecular dynamics emerges as an effective method for nano phenomenon analysis, an efficient means to perform these simulations would greatly ease any computational burdens that may be presented for a researcher. Traditional methods for molecular dynamics simulations rely …

The Current State Of Evangelical Apologetics: Advances, Future Prospects, And Concerns, Gary Habermas

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Insertion Of The Enzyme Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase Into Plastids Through Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation, Jason L. Rush

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Under natural conditions, Agrobacterium is a plant pathogen that infects plants by inserting genes into the plant's genome that are desirable to the bacterium itself. A tumor is then formed and the infected plant tissue makes molecules that the bacterium uses as food.

Investigation Of Kalanchoe Homeobox 1 (Kh1) Gene In Apical Meristems Of Kalanchoe Pinnatum, Jessica Lynn Kirkpatrick

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection

Kalanchoe pinnatum (syn. Bryophyllum pinnatum) is a succulent plant that is notable for developing small plantlets on the outer edges of its leaves, when its leaves are detached (Kulka 2006). These plantlets eventually drop off and root, which is a unique way for the plant to asexually reproduce. In most other plants, leaves exhibit determinate growth, meaning once they reach their maturity, they do not continue to grow.

Effects Of A Neem Sample On Protein Patterns Of Bactrocera Cucurbitae, Nikhat Yasmin, Mohammad Farhanullah Khan, Muhammad Samiullah Channa, Zeeshan Ali

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) adults were reared with 5% honey solution, sugar, and protein-hydrolysate. Females were provided to lay eggs on larval rearing media in a bottle gourd. Twenty third-instar larvae of the same size and age were exposed to filter papers treated with varying doses of a neem sample in 90 mm diameter petri dishes for 24 h. A probit-mortality curve was drawn to determine the LC_{50} of the sample. LC_{50} dose of the sample was calculated as 5.6%. Thin layer chromatography was used to determine the effects of neem sample on the protein patterns of the treated insect. The …

Complying With Export Laws Without Importing Discrimination Liability: An Attempt To Integrate Employment Discrimination Laws And The Deemed Export Rules, Sandra F. Sperino

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Overriding Mental Health Treatment Refusals: How Much Process Is “Due”?, Samuel Jan Brakel, John M. Davis M.D.

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Getting mental health treatment to patients who need it is today a much belegaled enterprise. This is in part because lawmakers have a skewed view of the enterprise, in particular regarding the treatment of patients with antipsychotic medications. The properties and uses of these medications are misunderstood by many in the legal community, with the drugs’ undesirable side effects typically overstated and the remedial effects undersold when not outright ignored. One specific legal effect has been to accord to mental patients a substantively outsized right to refuse treatment that comes with a correspondingly action-stifling dose of procedural safeguards, this despite …

The Definition Of “Family” In Missouri Local Zoning Ordinances: An Analysis Of The Justifications For Restrictive Definitions, Kent W. Bartholomew

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Teaching Current Trends And Future Developments In Intellectual Property, Charles R. Mcmanis

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Teaching International Intellectual Property Law, Peter K. Yu

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Rethinking Indivisibility: Towards A Theory Of Supporting Relations Between Human Rights, James W. Nickel

Articles

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