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Rapid Removal Of Fine Particles From Mine Water Using Sequential Processes Of Coagulation And Flocculation, M. Jang, H.J. Lee, Y. Shim Jan 2010

Rapid Removal Of Fine Particles From Mine Water Using Sequential Processes Of Coagulation And Flocculation, M. Jang, H.J. Lee, Y. Shim

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

The processes of coagulation and flocculation using high molecular weight long-chain polymers were applied to treat mine water having fine flocs of which about 93 of the total mass was less than 3.02 m, representing the size distribution of fine particles. Six different combinations of acryl-type anionic flocculants and polyamine-type cationic coagulants were selected to conduct kinetic tests on turbidity removal in mine water. Optimization studies on the types and concentrations of the coagulant and flocculant showed that the highest rate of turbidity removal was obtained with 10 mg L-1 FL-2949 (coagulant) and 12 mg L-1 A333E (flocculant), which was …

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Reexamination Of Risk Criteria In Dengue Patients Using The Self-Organizing Map, T. Faisal, M.N. Taib, F. Ibrahim Jan 2010

Reexamination Of Risk Criteria In Dengue Patients Using The Self-Organizing Map, T. Faisal, M.N. Taib, F. Ibrahim

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Even though the World Health Organization criteria's for classifying the dengue infection have been used for long time, recent studies declare that several difficulties have been faced by the clinicians to apply these criteria. Accordingly, many studies have proposed modified criteria to identify the risk in dengue patients based on statistical analysis techniques. None of these studies utilized the powerfulness of the self-organized map (SOM) in visualizing, understanding, and exploring the complexity in multivariable data. Therefore, this study utilized the clustering of the SOM technique to identify the risk criteria in 195 dengue patients. The new risk criteria were defined …

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Research, Casuistry And Psychiatry: An Asian Perspective, Noor Zurani Robson, Stephen Jambunathan, Jesjeet Singh Gill, Ahmad Hatim Sulaiman, Mohammad Hussain Habil Jan 2010

Research, Casuistry And Psychiatry: An Asian Perspective, Noor Zurani Robson, Stephen Jambunathan, Jesjeet Singh Gill, Ahmad Hatim Sulaiman, Mohammad Hussain Habil

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

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Review Paper Plasmodium Knowlesi In Humans: A Review On The Role Of Its Vectors In Malaysia, I. Vythilingam Jan 2010

Review Paper Plasmodium Knowlesi In Humans: A Review On The Role Of Its Vectors In Malaysia, I. Vythilingam

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Plasmodium knowlesi in humans is life threatening, is on the increase and has been reported from most states in Malaysia. Anopheles latens and Anopheles cracens have been incriminated as vectors. Malaria is now a zoonoses and is occurring in malaria free areas of Malaysia. It is also a threat to eco-tourism. The importance of the vectors and possible control measures is reviewed here.

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Solvent Free Enzymatic Transesterification Of Crude Jatropha Oil In Packed Bed Reactor, H. Veny, M.K. Aroua, N.M.N. Sulaiman Jan 2010

Solvent Free Enzymatic Transesterification Of Crude Jatropha Oil In Packed Bed Reactor, H. Veny, M.K. Aroua, N.M.N. Sulaiman

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

In this study, we produce biodiesel from jatropha oil through enzymatic synthesis in a re circulated packed bed reactor (PBR). A solvent free system by three stepwise addition of one equivalent molar methanol in each step was chosen for this study. The enzyme was Lipozyme IM, a 1,3 regiospecific immobilized lipase from Mucor miehei. Initially, we scrutinized the appropriate amount of lipase by varied the lipase dosage from 5 to 20 based on Jatropha oil weight. Constant operating condition for all experiment was set to temperature of 45o C, PBR flow rate of 5 ml/min and 3 molar equivalent of …

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Susceptibility Of Field-Collected Aedes Aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) To Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis And Temephos, S.R. Loke, W.A. Andy-Tan, S. Benjamin, H.L. Lee, Mohd Sofian-Azirun Jan 2010

Susceptibility Of Field-Collected Aedes Aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) To Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis And Temephos, S.R. Loke, W.A. Andy-Tan, S. Benjamin, H.L. Lee, Mohd Sofian-Azirun

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

The susceptibility status of field-collected Aedes aegypti (L.) from a dengue endemic area to Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) and temephos was determined. Since August 2007, biweekly ovitrap surveillance (OS) was conducted for 12 mo in 2 sites, A & B, in Shah Alam, Selangor. Site A was treated with a Bti formulation, VectoBac® WG at 500 g/ha, from December 2007 - June 2008 while Site B was subjected to routine dengue vector control activities conducted by the local municipality. Aedes aegypti larvae collected from OS in both sites were bred until F3 and evaluated for their susceptibility. The larvae were …

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Swietenolide Diacetate From The Seeds Of Swietenia Macrophylla, B.H. Goh, H. Abdul Kadir, S.N. Abdul Malek, S.W. Ng Jan 2010

Swietenolide Diacetate From The Seeds Of Swietenia Macrophylla, B.H. Goh, H. Abdul Kadir, S.N. Abdul Malek, S.W. Ng

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

The title compound, C31H38O10 [systematic name: (�R,4R,4aR,6aS,7R,8S,10R,11S)-methyl �,10-diacetoxy-4-(3- furyl)-4a,7,9,9-tetramethyl-2,13-dioxo 1,4,4a,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,- 11,12-dodecahydro-7,11-methano-2H-cycloocta[f][2]benzopyran-8-acetate], was isolated from the seeds of Swietenia macrophylla. The molecule contains four six-membered rings connected together in the shape of a bowl; one of the inner rings adopts a twisted chair conformation owing to the carbon–carbon double bond. The furyl substitutent is connected to an outer ring, and it points away from the bowl cavity.

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Techniques Of Network Reconfiguration For Service Restoration In Shipboard Power System: A Review, Wardiah Mohd Dahalan, Hazlie Mokhlis Jan 2010

Techniques Of Network Reconfiguration For Service Restoration In Shipboard Power System: A Review, Wardiah Mohd Dahalan, Hazlie Mokhlis

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

The shipboard power system supplies energy to sophisticated systems for weapons, communications, navigation, and operation. After a fault is encountered, reconfiguration of a shipboard power system becomes a critical activity that is required to either restore service to a lost load or to meet some operational requirements of the ship. Reconfiguration refers to changing the topology of the power system in order to isolate system damage and/or optimize certain characteristics of the system related to power efficiency. When finding the optimal state, it is important to have a method that finds the desired state within a short amount of time, …

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Training Of Occupational Safety And Health: Knowledge Among Healthcare Professionals In Malaysia, V. Lugah, B. Ganesh, A. Darus, M. Retneswari, M.R. Rosnawati, D. Sujatha Jan 2010

Training Of Occupational Safety And Health: Knowledge Among Healthcare Professionals In Malaysia, V. Lugah, B. Ganesh, A. Darus, M. Retneswari, M.R. Rosnawati, D. Sujatha

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Introduction: Awareness of occupational safety and health (OSH) plays an important role in the prevention of occupational injuries and diseases. Following the enactment of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) in 1994, various programmes have been implemented by different agencies to increase awareness and knowledge of OSH in the workplace, including among healthcare workers. The objective of this study was to determine the level of OSH awareness and knowledge among healthcare professionals in Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a 21-item self-administered questionnaire addressing information on demographics, general OSH issues, OSH legislations, occupational hazards in the healthcare …

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Type 2 Diabetes And Vascular Complications: A Pathophysiologic View, K.A.A. Ahmed, S. Muniandy, I.S. Ismail Jan 2010

Type 2 Diabetes And Vascular Complications: A Pathophysiologic View, K.A.A. Ahmed, S. Muniandy, I.S. Ismail

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents a range of metabolic disorders characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from insulin deficiency or insulin resistance or both. Hyperglycemia, the primary clinical manifestation of diabetes, is strongly associated with development of the diabetic complications. Complications caused by hyperglycaemia involve damage to the small vessels such as in neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy, and large blood vessels as in cardiovascular diseases. It is well known established that in diabetes, long-term complications ensue from abnormal regulation of glucose metabolism. In fact, all manifestations of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease are substantially more common in patients …

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Standardization Of Cassia Spectabilis With Respect To Authenticity, Assay And Chemical Constituent Analysis, A. Torey, S. Sasidharan, C. Yeng, L.Y. Latha Jan 2010

Standardization Of Cassia Spectabilis With Respect To Authenticity, Assay And Chemical Constituent Analysis, A. Torey, S. Sasidharan, C. Yeng, L.Y. Latha

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

Quality control standardizations of the various medicinal plants used in traditional medicine is becoming more important today in view of the commercialization of formulations based on these plants. An attempt at standardization of Cassia spectabilis leaf has been carried out with respect to authenticity, assay and chemical constituent analysis. The authentication involved many parameters, including gross morphology, microscopy of the leaves and functional group analysis by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The assay part of standardization involved determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the extract which could help assess the chemical effects and establish curative values. The MIC …

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Cyber Names: Constructing Individual And Cultural Identities, K.K.Y. Cheng Jan 2010

Cyber Names: Constructing Individual And Cultural Identities, K.K.Y. Cheng

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

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Analysis Of Bacterial Diversity In Arctic Soil And Sediment Samples From Ny-Alesund, Norway Using Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis., Yew Wen Chyin Jan 2010

Analysis Of Bacterial Diversity In Arctic Soil And Sediment Samples From Ny-Alesund, Norway Using Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis., Yew Wen Chyin

Student Works (2010-2019)

Bacterial diversity in soil and sediment samples from eighteen sites in and around Dasan Station, Ny-Ålesund, Norway was analyzed using Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE), and was correlated with the environmental variables. Samples analysed included terrestrial soils, beach soil, periglacier soils, inland lake bank sediments, melt lake sediments, and marine sediments. Spearman rank order correlation showed significant correlations (P = 0.001) between conductivity (r = 0.470) and pH (r = 0.294) with the bacterial diversity. Soil from the tundra site (sample 17) appeared to have the most diverse bacterial community while inland lake bank sediment from the …

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2010 - 2011, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University Jan 2010

2010 - 2011, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2010 - 2011, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.

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Off-Label Drug Promotion Is Lost In Translation: A Prescription For A Public Health Approach To Regulating The Pharmaceutical Industry's Right To Market And Sell Its Products, Mariestela Buhay Jan 2010

Off-Label Drug Promotion Is Lost In Translation: A Prescription For A Public Health Approach To Regulating The Pharmaceutical Industry's Right To Market And Sell Its Products, Mariestela Buhay

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

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Gardner-Webb, The Magazine 2010, Winter (Volume 44 No. 1), Noel T. Manning Ii Jan 2010

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine 2010, Winter (Volume 44 No. 1), Noel T. Manning Ii

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine, previously titled The Webb Magazine, focuses on alumni news and campus events from Gardner-Webb College; now Gardner-Webb University.This issue begins by looking back on a survivor's story on U.S. Airways flight 1549. The magazine then moves on to recognize the new opening of an apartment style residence hall and the new distinguished alumni. One of the big stories in this issue is the one entitled "Drivers Education" and how alternative ideas fueled a class project. GWU also honors Jordan Boyd Traylor, a fallen soccer player by retiring his jersey.

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National Cave And Karst Research Institute 2009-2010 Annual Report, National Cave And Karst Research Institute Jan 2010

National Cave And Karst Research Institute 2009-2010 Annual Report, National Cave And Karst Research Institute

KIP Articles

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Nutritional And Management Methods To Decrease Nitrogen Losses From Beef Feedlots, Galen Erickson, Terry Klopfenstein Jan 2010

Nutritional And Management Methods To Decrease Nitrogen Losses From Beef Feedlots, Galen Erickson, Terry Klopfenstein

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Nitrogen losses from open beef feedlots are a concern. Methods that decrease volatilization losses will lead to greater manure N, which is likely to be beneficial in open lot beef operations. Twelve or more pens were dedicated to N research whereby N intake, retention, and excretion were quantified and a mass balance conducted using manure, runoff, soil balance, and loss quantities. The objective was to decrease N volatilization losses or increase manure N or both. Dietary CP affects N excretion and N volatilization losses. Four experiments across 2 yr compared industry average CP (13%) to diets that were phase-fed to …

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Evaluation Of In Vitro Gas Production And Rumen Bacterial Populations Fermenting Corn Milling (Co)Products, W. L. Williams, L. O. Tedeschi, Paul J. Kononoff, T. R. Callaway, S. E. Dowd, K. Karges, M. L. Gibson Jan 2010

Evaluation Of In Vitro Gas Production And Rumen Bacterial Populations Fermenting Corn Milling (Co)Products, W. L. Williams, L. O. Tedeschi, Paul J. Kononoff, T. R. Callaway, S. E. Dowd, K. Karges, M. L. Gibson

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

The objective of this study was to evaluate the fermentation dynamics of 2 commonly fed corn (co)products in their intact and defatted forms, using the in vitro gas production (IVGP) technique, and to investigate the shifts of the predominant rumen bacterial populations using the 16S rDNA bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP) technique. The bTEFAP technique was used to determine the bacterial profile of each fermentation time at 24 and 48 h. Bacterial populations were identified at the species level. Species were grouped by substrate affinities (guilds) for cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, starch, sugars, protein, lipids, and lactate. The 2 (co)products …

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Prediction Of Genetic Values For Feed Intake From Individual Body Weight Gain And Total Feed Intake Of The Pen, A. J. Cooper, Calvin Ferrell, Larry V. Cundiff, L. D. Van Vleck Jan 2010

Prediction Of Genetic Values For Feed Intake From Individual Body Weight Gain And Total Feed Intake Of The Pen, A. J. Cooper, Calvin Ferrell, Larry V. Cundiff, L. D. Van Vleck

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Records of individual feed intake (FI) and BW gain (GN) were obtained from the Germ Plasm Evaluation (GPE) program at US Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC). Animals were randomly assigned to pens. Only pens with 6 to 9 steers (n = 289) were used for this study (data set 1). Variance components and genetic parameters were estimated using data set 1. Estimated genetic values (EGV) for FI were calculated by 5 methods using single and 2-trait analyses: 1) individual FI and individual GN, 2) individual FI alone, 3) 2-trait with individual GN but with FI missing, 4) individual GN and …

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The Economic Effects Of Sorting Cattle By Weight And Time Of Year Into Different Production Systems1, D. R. Adams, T. J. Klopfenstein, G. E. Erickson, D. R. Mark, Matt K. Luebbe, W. A. Griffin Jan 2010

The Economic Effects Of Sorting Cattle By Weight And Time Of Year Into Different Production Systems1, D. R. Adams, T. J. Klopfenstein, G. E. Erickson, D. R. Mark, Matt K. Luebbe, W. A. Griffin

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

A 2-yr study using 288 steers each year was conducted to determine the economic effects of sorting and feeding genetically similar cattle in different production systems. Steers were purchased at weaning in November and assigned randomly into sorted or unsorted groups. Unsorted steers were assigned randomly to 1 of 3 production systems: calf-fed steers (enter feedlot after weaning), summer yearling, or fall yearling; n = 48 steers per system yearly. For sorted steers, the heaviest third were calf fed and the remaining steers grazed cornstalks during winter. After winter grazing, the heaviest half of those steers were fed as summer …

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Multi-Robot System Control Architecture (Mrsca) For Agricultural Production, Santosh Pitla, Joe D. Luck, Scott A. Shearer Jan 2010

Multi-Robot System Control Architecture (Mrsca) For Agricultural Production, Santosh Pitla, Joe D. Luck, Scott A. Shearer

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

Coordinating multiple autonomous robots for achieving an assigned collective task presents a complex engineering challenge. In this paper multi robot system control architecture (MRSCA) for the coordination of multiple agricultural robots is developed. The two important aspects of MRSCA; coordination strategy and inter-robot communication were discussed with typical agricultural tasks as examples. Classification of MRS into homogeneous and heterogeneous robots was done to identify appropriate form of cooperative behavior and inter-robot communication. The framework developed, proposes that inter-robot communication is not always required for a MRS. Three types of cooperative behaviors; No-cooperation, modest cooperation and absolute cooperation for a MRS …

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Dynamics Of Protein Damage In Yeast Frataxin Mutant Exposed To Oxidative Stress, Jin-Hee Kim, Miroslav Sedlak, Qiang Gao, Catherine P. Riley, Fred E. Regnier, Jiri Adamec Jan 2010

Dynamics Of Protein Damage In Yeast Frataxin Mutant Exposed To Oxidative Stress, Jin-Hee Kim, Miroslav Sedlak, Qiang Gao, Catherine P. Riley, Fred E. Regnier, Jiri Adamec

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Oxidative stress and protein carbonylation is implicated in aging and various diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders, diabetes, and cancer. Therefore, the accurate identification and quantification of protein carbonylation may lead to the discovery of new biomarkers. We have developed a new method that combines avidin affinity selection of carbonylated proteins with iTRAQ labeling and LC fractionation of intact proteins. This simple LC-based workflow is an effective technique to reduce sample complexity, minimize technical variation, and enable simultaneous quantification of four samples. This method was used to determine protein oxidation in an iron accumulating mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to oxidative …

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University Of New Hampshire R+30 Headcounts Of Majors By College And Gender Unh - Durham Degree Candidates Only Fall 2009, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment Jan 2010

University Of New Hampshire R+30 Headcounts Of Majors By College And Gender Unh - Durham Degree Candidates Only Fall 2009, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment

UNH Factbooks

University of New Hampshire factbook data from the 2009-2010 academic year

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University Of New Hampshire Graduate School Catalog, 2010-2011, University Of New Hampshire Jan 2010

University Of New Hampshire Graduate School Catalog, 2010-2011, University Of New Hampshire

Graduate Catalog

No abstract provided.

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Long-Term Fish Oil Supplementation Induces Cardiac Electrical Remodeling By Changing Channel Protein Expression In The Rabbit Model, Xulin Xu, Min Jiang, Yuhong Wang, Timothy Smith, Clive M. Baumgarten, Mark A. Wood, Gea-Ny Tseng Jan 2010

Long-Term Fish Oil Supplementation Induces Cardiac Electrical Remodeling By Changing Channel Protein Expression In The Rabbit Model, Xulin Xu, Min Jiang, Yuhong Wang, Timothy Smith, Clive M. Baumgarten, Mark A. Wood, Gea-Ny Tseng

Physiology and Biophysics Publications and Presentations

Clinical trials and epidemiological studies have suggested that dietary fish oil (FO) supplementation can provide an anti-arrhythmic benefit in some patient populations. The underlying mechanisms are not entirely clear. We wanted to understand how FO supplementation (for 4 weeks) affected the action potential configuration/duration of ventricular myocytes, and the ionic mechanism(s)/molecular basis for these effects. The experiments were conducted on adult rabbits, a widely used animal model for cardiac electrophysiology and pathophysiology. We used gas chromatography - mass spectroscopy to confirm that FO feeding produced a marked increase in the content of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the phospholipids of …

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Uri Undergraduate And Graduate Course Catalog 2010-2011, University Of Rhode Island Jan 2010

Uri Undergraduate And Graduate Course Catalog 2010-2011, University Of Rhode Island

URI Course Catalogs Archive

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the University of Rhode Island course catalog.

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2009-2010 Annual Student Assessment Report, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jan 2010

2009-2010 Annual Student Assessment Report, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Assessment Center Reports

Annual Student Assessment Report produced by the SWOSU Assessment Center

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2010 Caap, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jan 2010

2010 Caap, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Assessment Center Reports

Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) reports produced by the SWOSU Assessment Center

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2009-2010 Survey Of Student Opinion, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jan 2010

2009-2010 Survey Of Student Opinion, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Assessment Center Reports

Survey of Student Opinion produced by the SWOSU Assessment Center.

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