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A New Approach Tomolecular Plant Breeding, Dennis O’Brien, Jean-Luc Jannink

Agricultural Research Magazine

An ARS scientist in Ithaca, New York, is using a new statistical approach to help speed the development of improved varieties of crops.

Plant breeders constantly strive to breed new varieties that yield more, resist emerging pests and pathogens, tolerate heat and drought, and grow in marginal soils and environments. Increasingly, molecular tools are used to speed those efforts. By identifying genes associated with desirable traits, scientists don’t have to wait for timeconsuming field observations.

“To grow wheat and evaluate it for traits in the field takes 5 to 9 years. Using genomic data, we can do it in about …

What's In Your Blood? The Ongoing Hunt For Metabolites, Marcia Wood, John W. Newman

Agricultural Research Magazine

At any given time, blood circulating through your body carries thousands of small molecules known as “metabolites.” Medical and nutrition researchers are eager to discover more about these compounds—amino acids, sugars, fats, and more—that are formed in and by our bodies.

Metabolites are of interest because the presence and concentrations of some of them can provide meaningful profiles, sometimes referred to as “metabolic signatures” or “fingerprints.”

In the future, for instance, yourmetabolic fingerprint—detected in a small sample of blood taken for your annual physical examination—might prove to be a reliable indicator of your health and a predictor of certain diseases. …

Health Law Outlook - Volume 5, Issue 2 (Spring 2012)

Health Law Outlook (archive)

Inside this issue:

• Improving Health Outcomes and Reintegration for Reentering Offenders: Healthcare Reform and Coordinated Care Through Targeted Holistic Services, Jessica Huening
• Regulating Health: Should Regulations on the Publication of Recent Avian Flu Research be Imposed?, Melissa Rifai
• Flynn v. Holder: A Slippery Slope Towards Organ Compensation?, Ryan Upchurch

Uv-C Treatment Of Soymilk In Coiled Tube Uv Reactors For Inactivation Of Escherichia Coli W1485 And Bacillus Cereus Endospores, Srinivasarao Bandla, Ruplal Choudhary, Dennis G. Watson, John Haddock

Articles

Coiled tube UV reactors were used to investigate the influence of tube diameter (1.6 mmID, and 3.2 mmID) and Reynolds number (Re) to inactivate Escherichia coli W1485 and Bacillus cereus spores in raw soymilk (RSM). Four levels of Re (343, 686, 1029 and 1372) were tested in RSM inoculated separately with each bacterium and treated in the UV reactors at a constant residence time of 11.3 s with UV-C dose of 11.187 mJ/ cm2 at 253.7 nm. Inactivation efficiency of both microorganisms increased with Re. Maximumreductions of 5.6 log10 CFU/ml of E. coli and 3.29 log10 CFU/ml of B. cereus …

Intergenerational Transmission Of Reproductive Behavior During The Demographic Transition, Julia Jennings, Allison R. Sullivan, J. David Hacker

Anthropology Faculty Scholarship

New evidence from the Utah Population Database (updp) reveals that at the onset of the fertility transition, reproductive behavior was transmitted across generations—between women and their mothers, as well as between women and their husbands' family of origin. Age at marriage, age at last birth, and the number of children ever born are positively correlated in the data, most strongly among first-born daughters and among cohorts born later in the fertility transition. Intergenerational ties, including the presence of mothers and mothers-in-law, influenced the hazard of progressing to a next birth. The findings suggest that the practice of parity-dependent marital fertility …

Integrative Health Studies Newsletter, Ciis

Integrative Health Studies Newsletter

This is the Spring 2012 issue of the Integrative Health Studies Newsletter at CIIS.

An Environmental Analysis Corroborating Pda And The Winthrop Example, Antje Mays

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

Libraries seek active ways to innovate amidst macroeconomic shifts, growing online education to help alleviate ever-growing schedule conflicts as students juggle jobs and course schedules, as well as changing business models in publishing and evolving information technologies. Patron-driven acquisition (PDA), also known as demand-driven acquisition (DDA), offers numerous strengths in supporting university curricula in the context of these significant shifts. PDA is a business model centered on short-term loans and subsequent purchases of ebooks resulting directly from patrons' natural use stemming from their discovery of the ebooks in library catalogs where the ebooks' bibliographic records are loaded at regular intervals …

Hr E-Source, April 2012, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Human Resources Department

HR e-Source

"Newsletter for staff and faculty at the University of Arkansas."

In Translation V.2:No.3 (2012:Spring), Matthew J. Cook

UCHC Articles - Research

In This Issue

CICATS Spring Update

Why CICATS is Important to Dr. Andemariam…

CICATS Welcomes New Staff

Partners Collaborate in Clinical Trial

Ykl-40 Genetic Polymorphisms And The Risk Of Liver Disease Progression In Patients With Advanced Fibrosis Due To Chronic Hepatitis C, Herbert L. Bonkovsky

UCHC Articles - Research

Abstract

Background/Aims

The aim of this study was to explore the association of a functional YKL-40 promoter polymorphism (rs4950928) with baseline disease stage, response to antiviral therapy, and risk of liver disease progression in a group of patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC).

Methods

YKL-40 promoter polymorphisms were determined in 456 HALT-C Trial patients with bridging fibrosis or cirrhosis entering a prerandomization lead-in peginterferon/ribavirin 24-week treatment phase and in 462 patients followed for a mean of 3.8 years after randomization to maintenance peginterferon or observation.

RESULTS

Mean patient age was 49.5 years, 70.4% were male, and 71.2% were Caucasian. The …

Predictors Of Weight Loss Success: Exercise Vs. Dietary Self-Efficacy And Treatment Attendance, Shannon Byrne, Danielle Barry, Nancy M. Petry

UCHC Articles - Research

Pre-treatment diet and exercise self-efficacies can predict weight loss success. Changes in diet self-efficacy across treatment appear to be even stronger predictors than baseline levels, but research on changes in exercise self-efficacy is lacking. Using data from a pilot study evaluating tangible reinforcement for weight loss (N = 30), we examined the impact of changes in diet and exercise self-efficacy on outcomes. Multiple regression analyses indicated that treatment attendance and changes in exercise self-efficacy during treatment were the strongest predictors of weight loss. Developing weight loss programs that foster the development of exercise self-efficacy may enhance participants’ success.

Multivitamin Therapy For Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis, Rajesh V. Lalla, Linda E. Choquette, Richard S. Feinn, Harriet Zawistowski, Marie C. Latortue, Edward T. Kelly

UCHC Articles - Research

Background

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a painful condition of unknown etiology, affecting more than 2.5 billion people worldwide. Vitamin deficiencies have been implicated as a possible cause.

Methods

The authors conducted a single-center, randomized, parallel-arm, double-masked, placebo-controlled study to examine the effect of daily multivitamin supplementation on the number and duration of RAS episodes. The authors randomly assigned 160 adults who had a validated history of at least three episodes of idiopathic minor RAS within the previous 12 months to one of two groups: the first group (n = 83) received a once-daily multivitamin containing 100 percent of the …

2011-2012 Ugr Bibliography Of Ccu Student Research, Coastal Carolina University

Student Research Bibliographies

No abstract provided.

Researchfanshawe Magazine Issue 6, Dana Morningstar, Robert Haaf, Ramon Delgado, Elanor Fullick, John Bennett, John Huff, Leslie Mcintosh, Simone Graham, Dan Douglas

ResearchFanshawe Magazine

No abstract provided.

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Spring 2012

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Com Outlook Spring 2012, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

No abstract provided.

Use Of Cti Grinders For Sorghum Flour Production And Utilization: Final Report, Vilma Ruth Calderón De Zacatares, Lily Marisol López, Kris Emillee Duville, Carla Elizabeth Bermúdez

INTSORMIL Scientific Publications

The use of sorghum for human consumption to add value to the crop and increase its profitability, especially for small and medium producers, has contributed to food security and nutrition in El Salvador. CENTA is promoting the cultivation of sorghum as an alternative to food production in rural and urban areas. Since 2010 when wheat prices lower again, sorghum was no more an alternative to replace wheat in certain types of food, but is being used in more stable markets, as people allergic to gluten, people with diabetes and to correct nutritional deficiencies such as iron deficiency anemia because of …

Sorghum Flour Production Manual For Compatible Technology International (Cti) Burr Grinders, Kris Emillee Duville

INTSORMIL Scientific Publications

The importance of sorghum in human nutrition and food security

The grinders of Compatible Technology International (CTI) were brought to El Salvador in 2009, for a project of CENTA-INTSORMIL/USAID to promote the grinding of sorghum for human nutrition. In 2011, ten of these grinders had been installed in small bakers associations, individual bakers, or persons producing ethnic drinks based on roasted and ground cereals. These people had been trained in sorghum use for human nutrition at the food technology laboratory of CENTA. The grinders are being used in areas were the access to other foods is limited and were sorghum …

Nota Bene: News From The Yale Library, Yale University Library

Nota Bene

Nota Bene is published during the academic year to acquaint the Yale community and others with the resources of the Yale Library.

Healthy Horizons, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Healthy Horizons

No abstract provided.

Progress Notes, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Progress Notes

No abstract provided.

Qualitative Study Of The Relationship Between The Employee Engagement Of Certain Employees And The Emotional Intelligence Of Their Respective Leaders, Ann Kulow

Professional Projects

The purpose of this ethnographic qualitative study was to explore the relationships between an employee’s engagement and the emotional and social intelligence of the employee’s manager. The participants were certain employees of a Midwest manufacturer who were chosen by purposeful, criterion sampling. Direct reports of the chosen and consenting leaders were asked to complete a survey designed to measure the employee’s assessment of the social and emotional intelligence of their leaders. A total of 42 reports and 21 managers participated in this portion of the study. The emotional intelligence survey results were coded, reviewed and compared with the engagement survey …

Aging Our Way: Lessons For Living From 85 And Beyond, Meghan R. Lehembre

Adultspan Journal

No abstract provided.

Regulation Of Iron-Related Molecules In The Rat Hippocampus: Sex- And Age-Associated Differences, Srinivasarao Thulluri, Miaozong Wu, Eric R. Blough, Nandini D.P.K. Manne, Ashley B. Litchfield, Bin Wang

MIIR Faculty Research

Iron accumulation, especially that of free oxidized ferrous iron, has been shown to induce tissue oxidative damage and contribute to brain aging and the development of neurodegenerative disease. Here we examine whether sex and advanced age affect the expression of iron-related molecules that participate in regulating free iron levels (heme oxygenase I (HOI), iron-regulatory protein I (IRPI), and ferritin heavy chain (FTH)) and whether changes in the expression of these molecules are associated with differences in the expression of alpha-synuclein (ASN) which is thought to be a critical regulator in the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration. Using a well-established aging animal model, …

Communicator, April 2012, San Jose State University, Department Of Kinesiology

Communicator (Kinesiology)

Volume 24, Issue 4

Critical Reflections On Experiential Learning For Food Justice, Leslie C. Gray, Joanna Johnson, Nicole Latham, Michelle Tang, Ann Thomas

Environmental Studies and Sciences

This essay will reflect on Santa Clara University's (SCU) forays into experiential learning around food justice through the Bronco Urban Gardens (BUG) program. BUG works with urban schools and a community center in San José, California, using a garden-based education approach. This program emerged out of our student garden, The Forge. University student farms and gardens provide opportunities for students to learn how to grow, manage, and market food. At Santa Clara University, our half-acre (0.2 hectare) garden plays that role. However, because of our institution's commitment to social justice and a strong network of community partners, our campus garden …

Philosophically Thinking Through Nihilism: The Reclamation Of Embodied Thought For Enhancing Cultural Practices, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Past To Present: School Of Allied Health Professions To College Of Health Sciences And Contributions To Health Improvement In The Local Community And Beyond, Mohamed Kanu, Ronald Barredo, Elizabeth Williams, Revlon Briggs

The Journal of Tennessee State University

No abstract provided.

Tennessee State University: A Synopsis Of “A Touch Of Greatness,” 1912-2012, Bobby L. Lovett

The Journal of Tennessee State University

No abstract provided.

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter, Department Of Chemistry & Biochemistry, South Dakota State University

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter: 2002-2015

Inside:

Page 2 NSF Grant Challenges Traditional Teaching Strategies

Page 3 Economic Development Important CBC Research Outcome

Page 4 High-Tech Equipment Helps Department Study Molecules

Page 5 Chemistry Education Joins Western Regional Graduate Student Exchange; Alum Jared L. Anderson Joins LCGC’s Editorial Advisory board; Adam Hoppe Wins Berg Award for Research Excellence

Page 6 CBC Doctoral Candidate is SDSU’s Grad Student of the Year; The Robert and Katherine Burris Distinguished Lecture Series

Page 7 Universities & K-12 Schools Partner Up to Improve Math and Science; Recent Graduates

Page 8 Alum Update; Recent Grants; Another CBC Student Featured on SDSU’s Web …