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Long-Term Effects Of Childhood Risk Factors On Cardiovascular Health During Adulthood, Roman Shrestha, Michael Copenhaver

UCHC Articles - Research

The primary purpose of this article is to provide a broad overview of the research on the long-term effects of childhood risk factors on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) during adulthood and to outline recommendations for prevention of CVDs based on evidence-based interventions (EBIs). CVDs are the leading cause of death and a major cause of disability in the United States and globally. Risk factors for CVDs are already identifiable in children and youth, and include both modifiable factors (e.g., unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco smoking), and factors that cannot be changed (e.g., age, heredity, sex). A fundamental issue has been the …

2015 Fall Convocation Program, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Communications and Marketing Publications Archive

Fall convocation program held on August 12, 2015.

An Analysis Of Overstory Tree Canopy Cover In Sites Occupied By Native And Introduced Cottontails In The Northeastern United States With Recommendations For Habitat Management For New England Cottontail, Bill Buffum, Thomas J. Mcgreevy Jr., Amy E. Gottfried, Mary E. Sullivan, Thomas P. Husband

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

The New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) is a high conservation priority in the Northeastern United States and has been listed as a candidate species under the Endangered Species Act. Loss of early successional habitat is the most common explanation for the decline of the species, which is considered to require habitat with dense low vegetation and limited overstory tree canopy. Federal and state wildlife agencies actively encourage landowners to create this habitat type by clearcutting blocks of forest. However, there are recent indications that the species also occupies sites with moderate overstory tree canopy cover. This is important …

Testing Factors Influencing Identification Rates Of Similar Species During Abundance Surveys, Anne Louise Schaefer, Paul Lukacs, Michelle L. Kissling

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

Most abundance estimation methods assume that all sampled individuals are identified correctly. In practice, this assumption may be difficult to meet and can bias abundance estimates, especially when morphologically similar species overlap in range. Over the past 2 decades, Kittlitz's Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) populations appear to have declined across parts of their Alaskan range, where they co-occur with the Marbled Murrelet (B. marmoratus). Recently, the reliability of Kittlitz's Murrelet declines have been questioned due to variability and uncertainty in species identification between the 2 species. We conduced a field experiment to quantify misidentification and partial identification …

Biomass Burning Emissions And Potential Air Quality Impacts Of Volatile Organic Compounds And Other Trace Gases From Temperate Fuels Common In The United States, J. B. Gilman, B. M. Lerner, W. C. Kuster, P. D. Goldan, C. Warneke, P. R. Veres, J. M. Roberts, J. A. De Gouw, I. R. Burling, Robert Yokelson

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

A comprehensive suite of instruments was used to quantify the emissions of over 200 organic gases, including methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and 9 inorganic gases from 56 laboratory burns of 18 different biomass fuel types common in the southeastern, southwestern, or northern United States. A gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) provided extensive chemical detail of discrete air samples collected during a laboratory burn and was complemented by real-time measurements of organic and inorganic species via an open-path Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (OP-FTIR) and 3 different chemical ionization-mass spectrometers. These measurements were conducted in February 2009 at the U.S. Department …

The Origin And Evolution Of Phototropins, Fay Wei Li, Carl J. Rothfels, Michael Melkonian, Juan C. Villarreal, Dennis W. Stevenson, Sean W. Graham, Gane K.S. Wong, Sarah Mathews, Kathleen M. Pryer

Faculty Publications

© 2015 Li, Rothfels, Melkonian, Villarreal, Stevenson, Graham, Wong, Mathews and Pryer. Plant phototropism, the ability to bend toward or away from light, is predominantly controlled by blue-light photoreceptors, the phototropins. Although phototropins have been well-characterized in Arabidopsis thaliana, their evolutionary history is largely unknown. In this study, we complete an in-depth survey of phototropin homologs across land plants and algae using newly available transcriptomic and genomic data. We show that phototropins originated in an ancestor of Viridiplantae (land plants + green algae). Phototropins repeatedly underwent independent duplications in most major land-plant lineages (mosses, lycophytes, ferns, and seed plants), but …

Fabrication And Characterization Silicon Nanowires Based Heterostructure Solar Cell Devices, Alaa Abdul-Halim Al-Hilo

Theses and Dissertations

Silicon nanostructures are good semiconductor materials candidates for replacing bulk silicon because the nanostructure may act as antireflective layer on Si wafer when used in a solar cell device. Silicon nanostructures, whether nanowires or nanorods, has a direct path for charge transport to enhance the efficiency of solar cell devices depends on the nanostructure size and quality. It also has some properties different from that of bulk silicon. For example, the thermal conductivity of silicon nanostructures is lower than that of the bulk silicon because the diameter of the silicon nanowires is smaller in size than the bulk sample. In …

Investigation In To The Effect Of Spin Locking On Contrast Agent Relaxivity, Julian Saunders Haigh

Dissertations and Theses

The current trend in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is towards higher external magnetic field strengths (B₀) to take advantage of increased sensitivity and signal to noise ratio (SNR). Unfortunately, as (B₀) increases the effectiveness (relaxivity) of clinical gadolinium (Gd³⁺⁾-based contrast agents (CAs) administered to enhance image contrast is significantly reduced. Excellent soft tissue contrast can be generated with current agents despite their non-optimum relaxivities but necessitates large doses. The limits of detection of a CA at high B₀ fields can be lowered by recovering the lost relaxivity and is a pre-requisite to the …

Large Wildlife Removal Drives Immune Defence Increases In Rodents, Hillary S. Young, Rodolfo Dirzo, Kristofer M. Helgen, Douglas J. Mccauley, Charles L. Nunn, Paul Snyder, Kari E. Veblen, Serena Zhao, Vanessa O. Ezenwa

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

1. Anthropogenic disturbances involving land use change, climate disruption, pollution and invasive species have been shown to impact immune function of wild animals. These immune changes have direct impacts on the fitness of impacted animals and, also, potentially indirect effects on other species and on ecological processes, notably involving the spread of infectious disease. Here, we investigate whether the selective loss of large wildlife can also drive changes in immune function of other consumer species.
2. Using a long-standing large-scale exclosure experiment in East Africa, we investigated the effects of selective removal of large wildlife on multiple measures of immune function in …

Dynamic Characteristics Of Biologically Inspired Hair Receptors For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Manohar Chidurala

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The highly optimized performance of nature’s creations and biological assemblies has inspired the development of their engineered counter parts that can potentially outperform conventional systems. In particular, bat wings are populated with air flow hair receptors which feedback the information about airflow over their surfaces for enhanced stability and maneuverability during their flight. The hairs in the bat wing membrane play a role in the maneuverability tasks, especially during low-speed flight. The developments of artificial hair sensors (AHS) are inspired by biological hair cells in aerodynamic feedback control designs. Current mathematical models for hair receptors are limited by strict simplifying …

Characterizing Demographicparameters Across Environmental Gradients: A Case Study With Ontario Moose, Garrett M. Street, Tal Avgar, Arthur R. Rodgers, John M. Fryxell

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

Population-level demographic characteristics as estimated by standard logistic growth models (i.e., carrying capacity and intrinsic growth rate) should vary with changes in habitat quality and availability of resources. However, few published studies have tested this hypothesis by comparing population growth rates across broad bioclimatic gradients, and fewer still the carrying capacities of those populations. We used time series data on moose (Alces alces) population densities based on aerial census and hunter harvest data for 34 management units across Ontario to estimate local carrying capacities and intrinsic growth rates. These population parameters were then regressed against associated habitat covariates for each …

Nanoparticle Interaction At Cellular And Subcellular Levels As Analyzed By Electron Microscopy For Biomedical Application, Thikra Mustafa

Theses and Dissertations

Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary field of science. The merger of nanotechnology and biotechnology has led to the introduction of a new field of science called bionanotechnology. Bionanotechnology employs extremely small, engineered materials to perform tasks within biological systems. This new technology has benefits in many different sectors, including cancer fighting, disease detection, and medical imaging. The application of nanotechnology in biology and medicine offers exciting new possibilities. A nanoparticle (NP) --an extremely small, two- or three -dimensional object having a size ranging from 1-100nm--is the type of nanomaterial utilized in bionanotechnology applications. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) …

Understanding The Interactions Of Carbon Nanotubes With Environmentally-Relevant Ions And Hydrogen Peroxide For Optical Sensing, Azhar Abdul Kareem Kamel

Theses and Dissertations

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have drawn great attention in chemical and biological optical sensor applications due to their novel near infrared (NIR) optical properties that are extremely sensitive to the surrounding environment. This dissertation is devoted to four research areas: 1) Redox chemistry of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-encased SWNTs with mercuric ions in an aqueous environment for optical sensing: Various factors including SDS and SWNT concentrations, different pH levels, and buffer constituents, have been systematically examined. SWNTs show high selectivity and sensitivity to Hg2+ over eleven other metal ions. The determined detection limit is 0.6 nM, lower than 10.0 nM, …

Mathematical Inference And Control Of Molecular Networks From Perturbation Experiments, Mohammed Mohammed-Rasheed

Theses and Dissertations

One of the main challenges facing biologists and mathematicians in the post genomic era is to understand the behavior of molecular networks and harness this understanding into an educated intervention of the cell. The cell maintains its function via an elaborate network of interconnecting positive and negative feedback loops of genes, RNA and proteins that send different signals to a large number of pathways and molecules. These structures are referred to as genetic regulatory networks (GRNs) or molecular networks. GRNs can be viewed as dynamical systems with inherent properties and mechanisms, such as steady-state equilibriums and stability, that determine the …

Senyawa Steroid Dari Kulit Batang Dysoxylum Alliaceum Dan Aktivitasnya Terhadap Sel Kanker Payudara Mcf-7, Ois Nurcahyanti, Euis Julaeha, Tri Mayanti

Chimica et Natura Acta

Dysoxylum merupakan salah satu genus yang memiliki metabolit sekunder dan aktivitas yang beragam, salah satu aktivitas yang menarik adalah mampu bertindak sebagai agen P-gp pada sel kanker payudara MCF-7. Kulit batang D.alliaceum dimaserasi berturut–turut dengan n-heksana, etil asetat dan metanol. Ekstrak n-heksan dipisahkan dan dimurnikan dengan berbagai teknik kromatografi dipandu dengan analisis kromatografi lapis tipis diperoleh dua senyawa stigmast-5-en-3β-ol (1), stigmasterol (2). Struktur kimia senyawa tersebut telah ditetapkan berdasarkan intrepretasi data-data spektroskopi dan dibandingkan dengan data spektra dari penelitian sebelumnya. Semua isolat senyawa dievaluasi aktivitas sitotoksiknya terhadap sel kanker payudara MCF-7. Senyawa 1 dan 2 dirujuk dari literatur menunjukkan aktivitas …

Penentuan Pengaruh Pemanasan Dan Waktu Penyimpanan Garam Beriodium Terhadap Kalium Iodat, Hena Sugiani, Popy Previanti, Sukrido Sukrido, Uji Pratomo

Chimica et Natura Acta

Iodium merupakan mineral yang diperlukan oleh tubuh dalam jumlah yang relatif sangat kecil, tetapi mempunyai peranan yang sangat penting untuk pembentukan hormon tiroksin. Iodium selain dapat diperoleh dari garam beriodium, juga dapat diperoleh dari air minum, sayuran dan bahan makanan dari laut. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kadar air dalam garam beriodium yang telah beredar dipasaran, untuk mengetahui identifikasi ion-ion mineral yang terdapat dalam garam yang telah direkristalisasi dengan penambahan bahan pengikat, dan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penyimpanan dan pemanasan terhadap kadar iodium dalam garam beriodium. Hasil penelitian kadar iodium diperoleh dari minggu pertama sebesar 62,86 ppm, minggu kedua sebesar …

Kualitas Yoghurt Yang Dibuat Dengan Kultur Dua (Lactobacillus Bulgaricus Dan Streptococcus Thermophilus) Dan Tiga Bakteri (Lactobacillus Bulgaricus, Streptococcus Thermophilus Dan Lactobacillus Acidophilus), Saadah D. Rachman, Sadiah Djajasoepena, Dian S. Kamara, Idar Idar, Roni Sutrisna, Agus Safari, O. Suprijana, Safri Ishmayana

Chimica et Natura Acta

Yoghurt merupakan produk susu terfermentasi yang dibuat dengan menambahkan kultur bakteri asam laktat (BAL) ke dalam susu. Kultur BAL yang ditambahkan dapat berupa kultur bakteri tunggal ataupun campuran. Pada umumnya, kultur campuran yang biasa digunakan untuk membuat yoghurt adalah campuran antara Lactobacilus bulgaricus (Lb) dan Streptococcus thermophilus (St). Namun berdasarkan beberapa penelitian kedua bakteri ini tidak bertahan lama pada saluran pencernaan. Oleh karena itu pada penelitian ini dilakukan penambahan Lactobacillus acidophilus (La) untuk memperbaiki sifat probiotik dari produk yoghurt. Pada pembuatan kultur starter, kultur tunggal bakteri ditumbuhkan pada media susu skim 10%. Kemudian susu sapi hasil pasteurisasi diinokulasi dengan kultur …

Freeform Extrusion Fabrication Of Titanium Fiber Reinforced Bioactive Glass Scaffolds, Albin Thomas, Krishna C. R. Kolan, Ming-Chuan Leu, Greg Hilmas

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Although implants made with bioactive glass have shown promising results for bone repair, their application in repairing load-bearing long bones is limited due to their low fracture toughness and fairly fast degradation response in vivo. In this paper, we describe our investigation of freeform extrusion fabrication of silicate based 13-93 bioactive glass scaffolds reinforced with titanium fibers. A composite paste was prepared with 13-93 bioactive glass filled with titanium fibers (~16 µm in diameter and aspect ratio of ~250) having a volume fraction of 0.4 vol. %. This paste was then extruded to fabricate scaffolds with an extrudate diameter …

Prediction Of The Gene Expression In Normal Lung Tissue By The Gene Expression In Blood, Justin W. Halloran, Dakai Zhu, David C. Qian, Jinyoung Byun, Olga Y. Gorlova, Christopher I. I. Amos, Ivan P. Gorlov

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background:

Comparative analysis of gene expression in human tissues is important for understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying tissue-specific control of gene expression. It can also open an avenue for using gene expression in blood (which is the most easily accessible human tissue) to predict gene expression in other (less accessible) tissues, which would facilitate the development of novel gene expression based models for assessing disease risk and progression. Until recently, direct comparative analysis across different tissues was not possible due to the scarcity of paired tissue samples from the same individuals.

Methods:

In this study we used paired whole blood/lung …

Hiring The Strength Of Weak Ties: Building A Team For Innovation, Jeff A. Steely

Re-think it: Libraries for a New Age

Network theory demonstrates the importance of “weak ties” for diffusion of innovation. Weak ties are the agents who bridge the gap between two otherwise distinct communities or cultures. Librarians often find themselves in this role, serving as conveners of interdisciplinary groups or interpreters of cultural practices. I believe we can strengthen our libraries’ ability to serve this connecting role if we apply some theory in both how we make hiring decisions and how we utilize professional development funding.

In this presentation I plan to bring together several concepts for understanding culture and connection to create a model for hiring and …

Transfabing: Taking The Library From A Place Of Consumption To Creation, Peace Ossom Williamson, Katie Musick Peery

Re-think it: Libraries for a New Age

The presenters will discuss the conceptualization and creation of the University of Texas at Arlington FabLab in the Central Library. A fab lab, or a fabrication laboratory, is a space providing software and equipment to be used in digital fabrication. These spaces provide users the opportunity to work with other creative and inventive individuals and provide them with open access to technology. The UTA FabLab is a teaching facility focused on the application of cutting-edge technology in the development of professional skills, including teamwork and iterative design knowledge as well as specific technical knowledge.

The University of Texas at Arlington …

The Rapid Response Radiation Survey (R3s) Mission Using The Hisat Conformal Satellite Architecture, Nathanael A. Miller, Ryan B. Norman, Hector L. Soto, Victor A. Stewart, Mark L. Jones, Matthew C. Kowalski, Adam Ben Shabat, Kerry M. Gough, Rebecca L. Stavely, Alex C. Shim, Gene T. K. Jaeger

Small Satellite Conference

The Rapid Response Radiation Survey (R3S) experiment, designed as a quick turnaround mission to make radiation measurements in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), will fly as a hosted payload in partnership with NovaWurks using their Hyper-integrated Satlet (HISat) architecture. The need for the mission arises as the Nowcast of Atmospheric Ionization Radiation for Aviation Safety (NAIRAS) model moves from a research effort into an operational radiation assessment tool. Currently, airline professionals are the second largest demographic of radiation workers and to date their radiation exposure is undocumented in the USA. The NAIRAS model seeks to fill this information gap. The data …

2013 Southeastern Fishes Council State Reports

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

State reports of research, activities, and events of interest to the membership.

August 11, 2015 Finance & Facilities (F&F) Committee Meeting, Evp For Administration

Finance and Facilities Committee

Documents related to the August 11, 2015 Board of Regents' Finance and Facilities Committee Meeting. (Agenda, Minutes, eBook, Notice)

Role Of Cdc37 In The Structural Proofreading Of Erbb Receptor Tyrosine Kinases, Wenjun Liu

Open Access Dissertations

Folding and maturation of most protein kinases require chaperone assistance. In higher eukaryotes, CDC37 is the predominant cochaperone that facilitates the transfer of kinase clients to Hsp90. Kinase recognition is thought to occur through the N-terminal domain, which has, thus far, eluded structure determination. Client processing requires phosphorylation of the N-terminal tail at Ser13 by the protein kinase, CK2 (casein kinase 2). How phosphorylation alters the molecular properties of CDC37 is not understood. We show that phosphorylation at Ser13 induces a large shift towards a more compact structure, based on ANS fluorescence, while modestly increasing the secondary structure. Moreover, this …

Gsu View, 2015-08-11, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

A Method For Visualizing Poetic Texts Using L-Systems (L-Sisŭt'em Ŭl Iyonghan Si T'Eksŭtŭ Sikakhwa Pangbŏp L시스템을 이용한 시 텍스트 시각화 방법), Wayne De Fremery, Jusub Kim

Barowsky School of Business | Faculty Patents

본 발명은 시 텍스트 시각화 방법에 관한 것으로, (a) 시각화 장치에 입력된 시의 텍스트를 순서대로 스캐닝하는 단계; (b) L 시스템 모델을 통해 상기 시의 구조를 식물의 구조와 매칭시키고, 상기 텍스트의 형태소 및 모음을 식물의 채도와 명도와 매칭시켜 컴파일링 하는 단계; (c) 컴파일된 상기 텍스트의 명령어에 따라 렌더링하여 페인팅하고, 상기 식물의 그림을 생성하는 단계; 및 (d) 생성된 상기 그림을 상기 시각화 장치의 표시창에 표시하는 단계를 포함한다.이와 같이 본 발명은 시 텍스트의 시각화에 정보 전달 기능 외에 심미성을 부가하여 시각화 결과 자체가 엔터테인먼트적인 요소를 가지고 가며 직관적인 영감까지 줄 수 있는 창작물이 되도록 하는 새로운 시각화 방법을 제공한다.

The invention relates to …

Budget Fy 2015-2016, Swosu Administration

SWOSU Fiscal Year Budgets

The Southwestern Oklahoma State University Budget FY 2016.

Submitted August, 11, 2015.

Host Promiscuity In Symbiont Associations Can Influence Exotic Legume Establishment And Colonization Of Novel Ranges, Metha M. Klock, Luke G. Barrett, Peter H. Thrall, Kyle E. Harms

Faculty Publications, Environmental Studies

Aim
Invasive Acacia species have negatively impacted natural areas in multiple regions around the globe. Almost 400 Acacia species have been introduced outside their native ranges in Australia; approximately 6% have become invasive, 12% are naturalized, and 82% have no record of naturalization or invasion. This variation in invasiveness provides a comparative framework in which to examine mechanisms that either promote or constrain establishment and colonization of species in novel regions. Here, we experimentally examine the role that the legume–rhizobia symbiosis plays in the differential invasiveness of acacias introduced outside their native Australian ranges.
Location
Canberra, Australia.
Methods
We paired …

Malinski Wins Prestigious Grande Medaille D'Or In Paris, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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