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Design And Monitoring Of A Small Living Shoreline Scaled For Private Properties On Exposed, Rapidly-Eroding Coasts, D. D. Mcgehee

International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures

Living shorelines on the scale of individual private lots are almost exclusively built at sites with reduced wave exposure. This paper describes the design and post construction monitoring of a residential-property-scale living shoreline project on a rapidly eroding, exposed shoreline. The project site is on the north-eastern side of Mobile Bay, AL with a maximum fetch of 129 km. Pre-construction shoreline retreat locally has averaged -80 cm/year since 1997. The final design was modelled on the award-winning (and much larger) Project Greenshores Phase II built in 2007 in nearby Pensacola Bay, FL. The novel feature for both projects is a …

Confined Disposal Facility Improved Weir Designs, C. K. Maglio, B. M. Scully

International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures

One of the initial constraints of any dredging project is deciding where to place dredged material. When placed upland, materials can be used beneficially, as beach nourishment or for habitat restoration, or can be placed in an upland confined disposal facility (CDF). Several times the solids volume in water is required to fluidized and hydraulically pump the materials. Once in the CDF, materials settle out of suspension, with clarified water decanted. This paper describes in general a current weir design used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and illustrates the innovations of the new Jacksonville District standard weir. …

Learning Naturally: An Inquiry Study Of Streams In Hawaii, Becca Kesler

Occasional Paper Series

Describes a teacher-guided, place-based inquiry curriculum.

"I anticipated that it would give my students opportunities for exploration, critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and collaboration, while developing a relationship with the natural world. This is the story I would like to share. My hope is that it will provide other teachers with the inspiration to consider the rich learning opportunities available in their local environments." -- Author

Baffle Designs To Facilitate Fish Passage In Box Culverts: A Preliminary Study, H. Chanson, W. Uys

International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures

Waterway culverts and road crossings are very common design in water systems, ranging from rural roads to national highways and urban drainage networks. Engineers and biologists need better, more reliable prediction 'tools' during the design stages to compare the bio-engineering performances of a range of design options. Present expertise in environmental hydraulics of culverts is deficient because of the many empirically-based design guidelines which are sometimes outdated and often inadequate for fish passage. In all the cases, the turbulence of the flowing waters must be optimised efficiently to maximise fish migration. This project focused on the development of simple solutions …

Propensity Score Prediction For Electronic Healthcare Databases Using Super Learner And High-Dimensional Propensity Score Methods, Cheng Ju, Mary Combs, Samuel D. Lendle, Jessica M. Franklin, Richard Wyss, Sebastian Schneeweiss, Mark J. Van Der Laan

U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

The optimal learner for prediction modeling varies depending on the underlying data-generating distribution. Super Learner (SL) is a generic ensemble learning algorithm that uses cross-validation to select among a "library" of candidate prediction models. The SL is not restricted to a single prediction model, but uses the strengths of a variety of learning algorithms to adapt to different databases. While the SL has been shown to perform well in a number of settings, it has not been thoroughly evaluated in large electronic healthcare databases that are common in pharmacoepidemiology and comparative effectiveness research. In this study, we applied and evaluated …

An Overview Of Increasing Incidents Of Bottlenose Dolphin Harassment In The Gulf Of Mexico And Possible Solutions, Courtney S. Vail

Human-Animal Interactions Collection

The panhandle region of the Gulf of Mexico is known by scientists, regulatory agencies and conservation organizations as a “hotbed” area of dolphin harassment. Interactions between humans and wild dolphins routinely occur through close vessel approaches or through direct contact associated with commercial or recreational fisheries, swimwith, or feeding activities. Such interactions are of serious concern for wild dolphin welfare and conservation under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, as well as for human safety. In recent years, an alarming number of dolphins in this region have been fatally wounded by gunshot, hunting arrows, or sharp tools (i.e., screwdriver). The …

Carbonylation Modification Regulates Na/K-At Pasesignaling And Salt Sensitivity: A Review And A Hypothesis, Preeya Shah Phd, Rebecca Martin, Yanling Yan, Joseph I. Shapiro Md, Jiang Liu

Biochemistry and Microbiology

Na/K-ATPase signaling has been implicated in different physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Accumulating evidence indicates that oxidative stress not only regulates the Na/K-ATPase enzymatic activity, but also regulates its signaling and other functions. While cardiotonic steroids (CTS)-induced increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation is an intermediate step in CTS-mediated Na/K-ATPase signaling, increase in ROS alone also stimulates Na/K-ATPase signaling. Based on literature and our observations, we hypothesize that ROS have biphasic effects on Na/K-ATPase signaling, transcellular sodium transport, and urinary sodium excretion. Oxidative modulation, in particular site specific carbonylation of the Na/K-ATPase α1 subunit, is a critical step in proximal …

An Association Between A Cusk Eel (Bassozetus Sp.) And A Black Coral (Schizopathes Sp.) In The Deep Western Indian Ocean, Andrew R. Gates, Kirsty J. Morris, Daniel O. Jones, Kenneth J. Sulak

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Detailed observations in the deep sea can reveal previously unknown behaviour, species interactions and fine-scale habitat heterogeneity. Here, the first in situ images of the black coral Schizopathes sp. (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in the deep western Indian Ocean have been obtained from remotely operated vehicle video footage and time-lapse photography. In these images, there appears to be an association with the cusk eel Bassozetus (Family: Ophidiidae). In the primary observation, chance encounters revealed the fish interacted with the anitpatharian on multiple occasions over several days. Subsequent time-lapse camera footage showed the fish remained almost exclusively underneath the antipatharian for the duration …

On-Farm Integrated High-Solids Processing System For Biomass, Sue E. Nokes, Bert C. Lynn, Stephen E. Rankin, Barbara L. Knutson, Michael D. Montross, Michael D. Flythe

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Patents

A method for on-farm processing a biomass feedstock into a useful industrial chemicals includes the steps of (a) delignifying the biomass feedstock to produce a delignified biomass, (b) subjecting the deliguified biomass to cellulase production, (c) subjecting the deliguified biomass with attached cellulase to simultaneous cellulolytic and solventogenic reactions to produce useful industrial chemicals (d) collecting and separating the useful industrial chemical from the fermentation broth and (e) collecting the fermentation residues.

Combining Real-Time Fmri Neurofeedback Training Of The Dlpfc With N-Back Practice Results In Neuroplastic Effects Confined To The Neurofeedback Target Region, Matthew Sherwood, Michael P. Weisend, Jessica H. Kane, Jason G. Parker

Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology Faculty Publications

In traditional fMRI, individuals respond to exogenous stimuli and are naïve to the effects of the stimuli on their neural activity patterns. Changes arising in the fMRI signal are analyzed post-hoc to elucidate the spatial and temporal activation of brain regions associated with the tasks performed. The advent of real-time fMRI has enabled a new method to systematically alter brain activity across space and time using neurofeedback training (NFT), providing a new tool to study internally-driven processes such as neuroplasticity. In this work, we combined n-back practice with fMRI-NFT of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) to better understand the …

Factors Affecting Antioxidant Activities Of Proteins, Zhu Zhenbao, Wang Yanfei, Yi Jianhua

Food and Machinery

The effects of protein concentration, temperature, heating time, salt ions and their concentration, and pH on the antioxidant activities of proteins including peach kernel protein isolates(PKPI), soy protein isolates (SPI), whey protein isolates (WPI), casein(CA) were investigated by deterrnining their DPPH free radical scavenging capacities, and taking 6-Hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid (Trolox) as the control. The results showed that at the concentrations of 0.05～2.00 g/100 mL, the antioxidant activities of these proteins increased with the increase in the concentration; Temperature had different effects on proteins’ antioxidant capacities with PKPI, WPI, CA, and SPI obtaining the best antioxidant activities at 40, 40, 30 …

Detecting Chewiness Of Apple By Near Infrared Spectroscopy Technology Combined Artificial Neural Network, Zeng Xiangyuan, Zhao Wuqi, Qiao Yaoyao, Yin Yiran, Pei Yali, Huo Yaoyao, Guo Yurong

Food and Machinery

Near infrared spectroscopy data from 135 apple samples of different storage periods were determined, the charactar of them was extracted and analyzed using principal components analysis. Therefor an ANN model for detection of apple chewiness was established. Our results showed that the preprocessing of spectrum scattering was the weighted multiple scatter correction(WMSC) and mathematics processing was “2441”. The structure of the artificial neural network mode was 3—16—1, established after extracting 3 principle component as the characteristic variables of the original information. The decision coefficient of our model on validation is 0.992 4, and the root mean square error is 0.000 …

Identification Of Quercetin In Ethanol Extract Of Lotus Seed Pod And Its Biological Activity, Xie Sandu, Lin Yanan, Huang Xiaomei

Food and Machinery

The quercetin in the 80% ethanol extract of lotus seed pod was identified with UV, TLC, IR and HPLC, and its biology activity was also studied. Results: That the alcohol extract of lotus seed pod contained quercetin; Taking the V_C and tea polyphenol as positive control, the ·OH, O^-₂·, DPPH and ABTS⁺ scavenging activity of 92.02%, 98.54%, 93.12% and 91.32%, respectively, when the concentration of quercetin in the 80% ethanol extract of lotus seed pod reached 8.6583 mg/mL; The MIC of the ethanol extract of lotus seed pod to escherichia coli, yeast and Salmonella was …

Study On Numerical Simulation Of Whirling Sedimentation Process Based On Cfd Technology In Whirlpool Separator, Chen Yusheng, Wang Yue, Dong Wenyong, An Jiayan

Food and Machinery

The whirlpool separator, which is a typical solid-liquid separation equipment, is one of the requested equipment in beer brewing. This study conducted by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technology examined the feed tube angles of 0～25° on the separation effect of whirlpool settling vat in order to find swing settlement regularity in the process. Results showed that, under the same feeding condition, the sedimentation effect could be improved by increasing incident angle within a certain degree. Nevertheless, increasing the incident angle to further degree would reduce the settlement effect. The result provides reference for structure design and optimization of whirlpool separator.

Comparative Analysis Of Storage Characters On Main Breeds Of Celery In Beijing, Guo Zhenlong, Chen Xiangning, Xu Li, Zhang Qi, Zhao Ruixue

Food and Machinery

Eleven kinds of celery in Beijing were used. Six Indices including water content, chlorophyll content, respiration intensity, relative conductivity, cellulose content and lignin content of celery were measured. The results showed that, during the storage period, water content in Japanese Small Parsley and White Celery decreased sharply; chlorophyll content in Majiagou, Emperor and Jade Emperor maintained at a high level, but it is low in Purple Celery and White Celery, while the lowest level appeared in Jade Emperor and White Celery; White Celery entered the stage of senescence in the 1st day with the respiratory top; White Celery and Purple …

Structure-Activity Relationship Of Nf-Κb Inhibition From Resveratrol Analogues, Liu Lianxin, Liu Yu, He Weiping

Food and Machinery

Based on the NF-κB inhibition data provided by literature, the descriptors of 17 resveratrol analogues were obtained though the iterative method for optimization, according the approach of quantifying substituent and substituted positions. The Qantitative Structure-activity Relationship model was built up by using multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that the sequence of substituents to inhibit the activation of the oncogenic transcription factor NF-κB was -OH ＞-Naphthyl ＞-CF3 ＞-MeO ＞-Me2N ＞-F, and the NF-κB inhibition of 3th substituted position was greater than the one of 4th substituted position, and the inhibition of 4th substituted position was greater than the one …

Extraction And Purification Of Polysaccharide From Spirulina And Its Anti-Colonic Adenocarcinoma Capacity, Wang Qun, Chen Shike, Li Haoyao, Chen Xuexiang, Cao Yong

Food and Machinery

The polysaccharide was from Spirulina powder by the means of hot water extraction after repeated freezing-thawing cycles and ultrasonic treatment. The effects of lasted time and extraction temperature and time, ratio of solid to liquid and times of extraction on polysaccharide yield were studied by single factor and orthogonal experiments. PSP was separated into PSP-3 by membrane separation techniques, and it was investigated by MTT assay on colon adenocarcinoma cells (Caco-2 cell growth inhibition) to determine the optimal concentration. Finally, the molecular of PSP-3 was determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Experiment results showed that the optimum conditions were as …

Effects Of Blueberry Anthocyanin On Organ Tissue Antioxidant Defense Function In Experimental Diabetic Mice, Wei Yanshuang, Tian Mixia, Zhang Meijiao, Yuan Fenghao

Food and Machinery

To study the effects of blueberry anthocyanin on organ tissue antioxidant activity in experimental diabetic mice. The instreptozotocin-induced diabetic mice were divided into different groups. Diabetic mice were administered for 4 weeks, Malondialdehyde content, the activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxides, total antioxidant capacity, inhibiting ability of hydroxyl radicals on organ tissue were determined. The experimental data showed that model with blueberry anthocyanin group compared with model control, the content of Malondialdehyde were significantly reduced (P<0.05) while glutathione peroxidase，superoxide dismutase and total antioxidant capacity, inhibiting hydroxyl free radical ability increased markedly in the tissue of all organ (P<0.05). It shows that Blueberry anthocyanin can enhance the cell tissue antioxidant activity.

Preperation Of Feruloylated Saccharides From Corn Straw By Enzymatic Hydrolysis, You Mengzhu, Lu Jian, Cai Guolin

Food and Machinery

Multi-stage cyclone grinding can be used to change the physical structure of corn straw, which can be degraded easier by enzymes to release feruloylated saccharides. By the same enzymatic hydrolysis, the content of feruloylated saccharides released from multi-stage cyclone grinding corn straw increased by 3.34 fold than that without pretreatment. Commercial complex enzymes, such as Validase TRL, HSP 6000 BG, Rapidase Smart Clear, xylosidase and arabinfuranosidease were used to hydrolyze multi-stage cyclone grinding corn straw, and it showed that Validase TRL had the best effect, and the yield of feruloylated saccharides was 1.46 μmol/g, increased by 3.48 fold than that …

Advances In Nrf2-Are-Mediated Flavonoids Against Oxidative Stress, Li Tao, Deng Fangming, Qin Si, Wu Yanyang, Shan Yang, Li Qili

Food and Machinery

Oxidative stress has very close relationship with human health, and human organsviolated by oxidative stress is likely to cause a series of physical diseases，such as headache, muscle aches, arthritis, atherosclerosis, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and neurodegenerative problem. However the flavonoids which widely exist in fruits, vegetables and other plant foods have a very significant role in the fight against oxidative stress, this is largely because it can activate the Nrf2-ARE which is the critical defense signaling pathway and regulating many antioxidant gene expression. In this paper, introduced the activation of Nrf2-ARE signaling pathway, the related signaling pathways of regulating Nrf2-ARE …

Progress On Cleaning And Packaging Of Postharvest Fresh Vegetables, Lei Hao, Xie Jing

Food and Machinery

For its rich nutrients vitamins and minerals, fresh vegetables have become one of the most important indispensable ingredients of daily life. Based on different cleaning and packaging methods, physical cleaning, chemical cleaning, film packaging, coating packaging, modified atmosphere packaging and vacuum packaging of fresh vegetables were introduced. The research direction of vegetables processing after harvest was forecasted, and mixing cleaning and comprehensive atmosphere package were proposed as the future research focuses.

Present Situation And Future Prospect Of Aerobic Solid-State Fermentation, Liu Jingran, Li Guanhua

Food and Machinery

Aerobic solid-state fermentation, with a long history, has played a pivotal role in human society. In this paper the development history, the advantages and the application fields of aerobic solid-state fermentation were introduced. Moreover, the recent research achievements of solid state fermentation bio-reactor and other auxiliary technologies were summarized. In end of the paper, the future development of of aerobic solid-state was also prospected.

Rule-Based Risk Monitoring Systems For Complex Datasets, Mona Haghighi

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation we present rule-based machine learning methods for solving problems with high-dimensional or complex datasets. We are applying decision tree methods on blood-based biomarkers and neuropsychological tests to predict Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages. We are also using tree-based methods to identify disparity in dementia related biomarkers among three female ethnic groups. In another part of this research, we tried to use rule-based methods to identify homogeneous subgroups of subjects who share the same risk patterns out of a heterogeneous population. Finally, we applied a network-based method to reduce the dimensionality of a clinical dataset, while capturing …

Houston, We Have A Phenom, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Manganese Ion Coated Nanoparticles For Delivery Of Compositions Into The Central Nervous System By Nasal Insufflation, Juan Sanchez-Ramos, Vasyl Sava, Shijie Song, Shyam S. Mohapatra, Subhra Mohapatra

USF Patents

The compositions and methods of the disclosure particularly target the divalent metal transporter expressed on olfactory nerve terminals to transport divalent cation-coated or cation-containing nanoparticles to all regions of brain. It has been found that such divalent cation-containing nanoparticles, including those nanoparticles comprising manganese have affinity for the metal transport receptor proteins. Although this receptor has particular affinity for manganese, it is contemplated that other divalent ions, including magnesium, calcium, and the like may also be bound to such receptors leading to transport of the nanoparticles into the intracellular cytoplasm. Nanoparticles have been developed, therefore, as vehicles for parenteral delivery …

Review: The New Celebrity Scientists. Out Of The Lab And Into The Limelight. Fahy, Declan. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015., Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

In the last couple of decades, we have seen the widespread ascendancy of the

phenomenon of celebrity in society. Celebrities as a cultural manifestation are not

necessarily something new. We saw that notion in the twentieth century being

exploited by Hollywood through their “star system” as well as by sports teams

hungry to increase their revenues. Now that phenomenon has expanded into areas

that we would not have imagined decades ago, and one of them is in the field of

science. With the advent of social media and the relaxation of social views

regarding stereotypes, we have seen the rise …

Modeling And Satellite Remote Sensing Of The Meteorological Impacts Of Irrigation During The 2012 Central Plains Drought, Clint Aegerter

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

As irrigation is increasingly needed for agricultural production, it is becoming progressively more important to understand not only how irrigation impacts water availability, but how the introduction of this water into the soil impacts weather and climate through land-atmosphere interactions. In the summer of 2012, the Central Plains of the United States experienced one of its most severe droughts on record. This study examines the meteorological impacts of irrigation during this drought through observations and model simulations using the Community Land Model (CLM) coupled to the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. A simple parameterization of irrigation processes is added …

Evaluation Of Sublay Mesh Repair In Comparison With Onlay Mesh Repair For Incisional Hernias, Haider Abdulhussein Ahmed

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

 BACKGROUND:Incisional hernia after abdominal surgery is a well-known complication and the incidence of incisionalhernias continues to be 2-11% after laparotomy. The repair of incisional hernia has always been achallenge to the surgeon. Various operative techniques for the repair of incisional hernia are in practice;however, the management is not standardized. The sublay technique, popularized by Rives and Stoppain Europe, has been reported to be quite effective, with low recurrence rates and minimalcomplications.OBJECTIVE:To study the advantage and complications of sublay mesh repair of incisional hernias in comparison toonlay mesh repair.METHODS:Record of 110 patients undergoing repair of incisional hernia from 1st Jun 2013 …

Immunohistochemical Evaluation Of The Frequency Of Human Papillomavirus In Cervical Lesions In A Sample From The North Iraqi Population, Ava Taher Ismael, Rafal Abdulrazaq Al-Rawi, Wahda M.T. Al-Nuaimy

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

 BACKGROUND:Human papilloma virus has been linked to many types of cervical lesions, ranging from the relativelyinnocuous lesions to fatal invasive squamous cell carcinoma. There is growing evidence of Humanpapillomavirus being a relevant factor in other anogenital cancers (anus, vulva, vagina and penis) aswell as head and neck cancers.OBJECTIVE:To assess the feasibility of immunohistochemical staining paraffin sections for the presence ofHuman papilloma virus with monoclonal antibodies (clone K1H8, IgG) raised against the major coatfusion capsid proteins and to detect the frequency of human papilloma virus immunoexpression inbenign, preneoplastic and neoplastic cervical lesions in patients living in Erbil city ( North of …

Pengembangan Model Pelatihan Soft-Skills Pada Siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama Negeri (Smpn) Di Kota Mataram, Anik Darmiany

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

Research and development is aimed to produce soft-skills training models especially in communication skills and emotional control student junior high school (SMP) in Mataram city. Research and development method is carried out through three stages from the ten steps of Borg & Gall, they are; (1) the preliminary research (needs analysis), (2) the development of training model, (3) Model evaluation and try out. The results show that the development of soft-skills training model develop training manual for counselors and students, as well as soft-skills training materials that meet acceptable criteria of usability, usefulness and feasibility. Besides, the results showed also …