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Estimating Wildlife Biodiversity Of Pine Plantation Edges Of Contrasting Rotational Stages: A Case Study, Joshua Perry Harris

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

ESTIMATING WILDLIFE BIODIVERSITY OF PINE PLANTATION EDGES OF CONTRASTING ROTATIONAL STAGES: A CASE STUDY

By: Joshua Harris, Dr. Daniel Scognamillo, Dr. Gary Kronrad, and Dr. Jeremy Stovall

Abstract

Wildlife biodiversity was estimated amongst three loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) intra-plantation edge types of contrasting rotational phases in a two-year case study. Three structurally varied rotational phases that occur throughout plantation rotations combine to make three different edges: A= pre-thinned - post-thinned, B= pre-thinned - pre-clearcut, and C= post-thinned - pre-clearcut. For two summer seasons (May-August 2015-2016), invertebrates, birds, medium mammals, and small mammals were sampled in each edge type. …

Effect Of High Humidity Preconditioning On Hot Air Drying And Its Rehydration Of Chinese Yam, Lu Xuezhong, Liu Yanan, Zhang Debang, Guo Guixia, Li Heng, Ren Guangyue

Food and Machinery

The effect of the drying properties on hot air drying by relative humidity control of Chinese yam was studied. The test material was treated with high humidity after the hot air drying, and factors on the drying characteristics and rehydration characteristics were investigated, including the treatment time of humidity, slice thickness, dying temperature, and drying air velocity. The L9(3⁴) orthogonal test was used to get the best drying process parameters on energy consumption. the content of polysaccharide and the color of two kind of yam (prepared by the best drying process parameters on energy consumption and hot air …

Study On Extraction And Toxicity Of Lipopolysaccharide From Aeromonas Hydrophila, Jiang Donglei, Liu Yan, Ge Panwei, Wu Mangang, Ge Qingfeng, Fang Weiming

Food and Machinery

To study the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Aeromonas hydrophila, LPS was extracted by hot phenol-water method, purified by enzymatic hydrolysis and chloroform/methanol precipitation. The yield of LPS and the contents of protein, DNA were determined. The purity of LPS was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and silver staining．Ana-1 cell model was established to evaluate the toxicity and biological activity of LPS samples. The results showed that the yield of LPS was 1.22%, and the contents of protein and nucleic acid were 1.53% and 0.79% respectively. The main bands of SDS-PAGE were clear and located at same position as the LPS standard. After LPS …

Optimization On Process Of Microwave Assisted Extraction And Antioxidant Activities Of Polysaccharides From Germinated Brown Rice, Pan Shuxuan, Wang Jiayi, Chen Jian, Xia Chen, Deng Junlin, Pu Biao

Food and Machinery

This research studied microwave assisted extraction process of germinated brown rice polysaccharides (GBRP). The extraction process was optimized by response surface methodology. Antioxidant activities of the germinated brown rice polysaccharides (GBRP) were also studied. On the basis of single factor experiment, the microwave assisted extraction rate of GBRP from germinated brown rice was optimized by Box-Behnken model. The antioxidant activities of the GBRP (in vitro) were investigated based on reducing force to Fe³⁺, scavenging rate to DPPH·, O-2·, and ·OH, and inhibition to lipid peroxidation five testing factors. The results showed that the optimal conditions were as followed: …

Study On The Optimization Of Ultrasonic Assisted Extraction And Stability Of Pigments Obtained From Leaves Of Ginkgo Biloba L., Li Ling, Yan Xuyu

Food and Machinery

The pigments were obtained from leaves of Ginkgo biloba L. using ultrasound-assisted ethanol extraction method. The main influence factors of pigments extraction were selected from the results of single factor test and optimized by orthogonal experimental design, and its stability to pH, temperature, metal ions and light was studied. The optimum extraction technology was using the ethanol concentration of 95%, with the pH value 6.0, extracted at 60 ℃ for 2 h. Under this condition, the absorbance of pigments was 0.831. The stability results indicated that the pigments was stable in acidic and alkine media, and was stable to Na …

Progress On Application Of Combination Preservation Methods For Preservation Of Aquatic Products, Li Na, Xie Jing

Food and Machinery

Aquatic products are of high protein value, which are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, essential amino acids and other nutrients, and the aquatic products are extremely susceptible to microbial contamination. In the paper, based on the analysis of modern aquatic product preservation technology, combined with physical, chemical and microbiological indicators, the different preservation methods of aquatic products were reviewed in detail in the view of combination of physics, chemistry and biological preservation technology. At the same time, preservation technology of aquatic products are also proposed, the keeping fresh method tends to develop the combination of compound biological preservative, physical and …

Review Of The Functional Factors And The Exploiting Utilization Of Swim Bladder, Zhou Siyi, Qu Yi, Zhong Saiyi, S Uweiming, Chen Suhua, Wu Xiaohe, Zhang Chaohua

Food and Machinery

The swim bladder is rich in collagen, and contains bioactive components such as peptides and glycosaminoglycans. It has the functions of supplementing kidney and filling the blood and so on. It is one of the tonic of medicinal and edible products. It was reviewed the chemical composition, traditional medicinal value, clinical efficacy, functional factor and utilization of swim bladder in this study, in order to provide a reference for its further development and utilization.

Research Progress For The Contamination Of Ultra Violet Stabilizers And Absorbers And Their Determination Methods, Huang Cuili, Zhou Quan, Tang Suiping, Li Jinqing, Wu Weiliang, Qi Yan

Food and Machinery

The wide applications of ultra violet stabilizers and absorbers in industry caused the elevation of the contaminated levels in environmental media and livings. Because of many violet stabilizers and absorbers have estrogenic effects on livings, and more concerns are attracted on them. In order to prevent the aging process of plastic food contact materials, violet stabilizers and absorbers are employed in the process of manufacture. Therefore, these chemicals could migrate into food when the plastic food contact materials were used for food package. The migration quantity needed to be determined to prevent proceeding the limits. In this paper, the research …

Study On Physicochemical Properties And Digestibility Of The Resistant Starch From Dioscorea Opposite Thunb. Cv. Huaiqing, Ma Liping, Jiao Kunpeng, Luo Lei, Xiang Jinle, Zhang Xiaoyu, Fan Jinling, Zhu Wenxue

Food and Machinery

The physicochemical characteristics and digestibility of native starch from Dioscorea opposite Thunb. cv. Huaiqing and its resistant starch produced by autoclave process preparation method have been analyzed and compared in the paper. Results showed that the shape of native starch granules from Dioscorea opposite Thunb. cv. Huaiqing was irregular ellipsoid and triangle with a smooth surface. The crystal form of naitive starch was type C. Resistant starch losing particle characteristic exhibited a lamellar structure with loose surface. Both of them were similar in chemical structure without new functional group in resistant starch granules. Compared with the native starch, the molecular …

Lc/Ms-Ms For Simultaneous Determination Of 4 Kinds Of Rodenticide Residues In Plant-Origin Food, Chen Hua, Xu Wenyang, Wang Yunhao, Zou Qiao, Li Tao

Food and Machinery

To establish a LC/MS-MS method for determination of 4 kinds of rodenticide residues in plant-origin food, the effects of different mobile phase and purification on the recovery was studied. The grain samples were extracted by acetontrile and then determined by LC/MS-MS, while the samples with fruit or vegetable matrix were purified with PSA+GCB after the extraction. LC/MS-MS was used for determination. The recoveries were all above 70% at spiked levels of 0.002～0.050 mg/kg, and the relative standard deviation of the methods were 4.1%～9.5%. The LOD of warfarin and coumatetralyl were 0.001 mg/kg while the other two reach 0.005 mg/kg which …

The Thymol-Chitosan Composite Membrane And Its Application In Pork Preservation, Wang Di, Zhang Renfeng, Zhang Bin, Cheng Bai, Xu Hui, Ke Chunlin, Ren Maosheng

Food and Machinery

The bacteriostatic activity and bacteriostatic mechanism of thymol to Listeria monocytogenes were studied and the thymol-chitosan composite membrane was prepared to study the properties of the composite membrane and its preservation effect on pork. The results showed that the minimum inhibitory concentration of thymol on Listeria monocytogenes was 12.5 μg/mL. The experimental study of conductivity, nucleic acid and protein leakage found that thymol caused by mononuclear proliferative Leptospira cell membrane damage, so that bacterial cell inclusions caused by bacterial death. With the increase of thymol concentration (0.25%, 0.50%, 1.00%) in the thymol-chitosan composite membrane, the hardness and puncture strength of …

Interview With Dan Nolta, Cherice Bock, Ralph Beebe

War & Conscientious Objection in Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1940-1975

Dan Nolta discusses how he registered for the draft as a non-combatant, and how his faith influenced his decision and later his career choices.

Spatially Explicit Model Of Areas Between Suitable Black Bear Habitat In East Texas And Black Bear Populations In Louisiana, Arkansas, And Oklahoma, Caitlin M. Glymph, Christopher Comer, Daniel Scognamillo, Daniel Unger, Yanli Zhang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Although black bears (Ursus americanus, Ursus americanus luteolus) were once found throughout the south-central United States, unregulated harvest and habitat loss resulted in severe range retractions and by the beginning of the twentieth century populations in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas were nearing extirpation. In response to these losses, translocation programs were initiated in Arkansas (1958-1968 & 2000-2006) and Louisiana (1964-1967 & 2001-2009). These programs successfully restored bears to portions of Louisiana and Arkansas, and, as populations in Arkansas began dispersing, to Oklahoma. In contrast, east Texas remains unoccupied despite the existence of suitable habitat in the region.

To facilitate …

Early Neolithic Wine Of Georgia In The South Caucasus, Michael P. Callahan, Karen E. Smith

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

Chemical analyses of ancient organic compounds absorbed into the pottery fabrics from sites in Georgia in the South Caucasus region, dating to the early Neolithic period (ca. 6,000–5,000 BC), provide the earliest biomolecular archaeological evidence for grape wine and viniculture from the Near East, at ca. 6,000–5,800 BC. The chemical findings are corroborated by climatic and environmental reconstruction, together with archaeobotanical evidence, including grape pollen, starch, and epidermal remains associated with a jar of similar type and date. The very large-capacity jars, some of the earliest pottery made in the Near East, probably served as combination fermentation, aging, and serving …

Daily Eastern News: November 28, 2017, Eastern Illinois University

November

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Challenges In Characterizing The Environmental Fate And Effects Of Carbon Nanotubes And Inorganic Nanomaterials In Aquatic Systems, Peter Laux, Christian Riebeling, Andy M. Booth, Joseph D. Brain, Josephine Brunner, Cristina Cerrillo, Otto Creutzenberg, Irina Estrela-Lopis, Thomas Gebel, Gunnar Johanson, Harald Jungnickel, Heiko Kock, Jutta Tentschert, Ahmed Tlili, Andreas Schäffer, Adriënne J. A. M. Sips, Robert A. Yokel, Andreas Luch

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

The current lack of commonly used protocols for dispersion, characterization, and aquatic toxicity testing of nanomaterials (NMs) has resulted in inconsistent results, which make meaningful comparisons difficult. The need for standardized sample preparation procedures that allow the reproducible generation of relevant test conditions remains a key challenge for studies of the environmental fate and aquatic toxicity of NMs. Together with the further development of optimized and cost-effective analytical techniques for physicochemical characterization that depend on reproducible sample preparation, such methods have the potential to overcome the current uncertainties with regard to NM dispersion properties, effective dose, and particle dissolution. In …

A Preliminary Study Of Conductive Filaments Printed Via Fused Filament Fabrication, Smruti Ranjan Sahoo

Theses

Initially used as a prototyping tool for designers, additive manufacturing, also popularly known as 3D printing, has become an advanced process for manufacturing usable parts. This technology is expanding rapidly into a wide number of areas, such as electronic device fabrication, wearable electronics, biometric devices etc. It is especially useful for fabricating electronic devices, as it is possible to additively manufacture electrical traces within mechanical components simultaneously in a single operation cycle. This research specifically explores 3D printing using conductive feedstock materials with the fused filament extrusion (FFE) process. Commercially available conductive silver nanoparticle ink and graphene based polylactic acid …

The Parthenon, November 28, 2017, Jared Casto

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, was published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly on Thursdays during the summer. Due to budgetary constraints, beginning with the 2016 Fall semester, the newspaper is only published two days a week. Physical issues are printed on Tuesdays and Fridays. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

Methane- And Dissolved Organic Carbon-Fueled Microbial Loop Supports A Tropical Subterranean Estuary Ecosystem, D. Brankovits, J. W. Pohlman, H. Niemann

KIP Articles

Subterranean estuaries extend inland into density-stratified coastal carbonate aquifers containing a surprising diversity of endemic animals (mostly crustaceans) within a highly oligotrophic habitat. How complex ecosystems (termed anchialine) thrive in this globally distributed, cryptic environment is poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that a microbial loop shuttles methane and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to higher trophic levels of the anchialine food web in the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). Methane and DOC production and consumption within the coastal groundwater correspond with a microbial community capable of methanotrophy, heterotrophy, and chemoautotrophy, based on characterization by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and respiratory quinone composition. …

Tracking A Population In Peril, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping Of Populus Bark Features And Stem Diameter, Roba Bdeir, Wellington Muchero, Yordan Yordanov, Gerald Tuskan, Victor B. Busov, Oliver Gailing

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Background

Bark plays important roles in photosynthate transport and storage, along with physical and chemical protection. Bark texture varies extensively among species, from smooth to fissured to deeply furrowed, but its genetic control is unknown. This study sought to determine the main genomic regions associated with natural variation in bark features and stem diameter. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) were mapped using an interspecific pseudo-backcross pedigree (Populus trichocarpa x P. deltoides and P. deltoides) for bark texture, bark thickness and diameter collected across three years, two sites and three biological replicates per site.

Results

QTL specific to bark texture …

Site-Specific Selection Reveals Selective Constraints And Functionality Of Tumor Somatic Mtdna Mutations., Deyang Li, Xiaohong Du, Xu Guo, Lei Zhan, Xin Li, Chun Yin, Cheng Chen, Mingkun Li, Bingshan Li, Hushan Yang, Jinliang Xing

Department of Medical Oncology Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have indicated that tumor mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations are primarily shaped by relaxed negative selection, which is contradictory to the critical roles of mtDNA mutations in tumorigenesis. Therefore, we hypothesized that site-specific selection may influence tumor mtDNA mutations.

METHODS: To test our hypothesis, we developed the largest collection of tumor mtDNA mutations to date and evaluated how natural selection shaped mtDNA mutation patterns.

RESULTS: Our data demonstrated that both positive and negative selections acted on specific positions or functional units of tumor mtDNAs, although the landscape of these mutations was consistent with the relaxation of negative selection. …

Ensemble Machine Learning And Forecasting Can Achieve 99% Uptime For Rural Handpumps, Daniel L. Wilson, Jeremy R. Coyle, Evan A. Thomas

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Broken water pumps continue to impede efforts to deliver clean and economically-viable water to the global poor. The literature has demonstrated that customers’ health benefits and willingness to pay for clean water are best realized when clean water infrastructure performs extremely well (>99% uptime). In this paper, we used sensor data from 42 Afridev-brand handpumps observed for 14 months in western Kenya to demonstrate how sensors and supervised ensemble machine learning could be used to increase total fleet uptime from a best-practices baseline of about 70% to >99%. We accomplish this increase in uptime by forecasting pump failures and …

The Graph Database: Jack Of All Trades Or Just Not Sql?, George F. Hurlburt, Maria R. Lee, George K. Thiruvathukal

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This special issue of IT Professional focuses on the graph database. The graph database, a relatively new phenomenon, is well suited to the burgeoning information era in which we are increasingly becoming immersed. Here, the guest editors briefly explain how a graph database works, its relation to the relational database management system (RDBMS), and its quantitative and qualitative pros and cons, including how graph databases can be harnessed in a hybrid environment. They also survey the excellent articles submitted for this special issue.

Attractiveness As A Function Of Skin Tone And Facial Features: Evidence From Categorization Studies, Elena V. Stepanova, Michael J. Strube

Faculty Publications

Participants rated the attractiveness and racial typicality of male faces varying in their facial features from Afrocentric to Eurocentric and in skin tone from dark to light in two experiments. Experiment 1 provided evidence that facial features and skin tone have an interactive effect on perceptions of attractiveness and mixed-race faces are perceived as more attractive than single-race faces. Experiment 2 further confirmed that faces with medium levels of skin tone and facial features are perceived as more attractive than faces with extreme levels of these factors. Black phenotypes (combinations of dark skin tone and Afrocentric facial features) were rated …

Phyllotactic Regularity Requires The Paf1 Complex In Arabidopsis, Kateryna Fal, Mengying Liu, Assem Duisembekova, Yassin Refahi, Elizabeth S. Haswell, Olivier Hamant

Biology Faculty Research

In plants, aerial organs are initiated at stereotyped intervals, both spatially (every 137° in a pattern called phyllotaxis) and temporally (at prescribed time intervals called plastochrons). To investigate the molecular basis of such regularity, mutants with altered architecture have been isolated. However, most of them only exhibit plastochron defects and/or produce a new, albeit equally reproducible, phyllotactic pattern. This leaves open the question of a molecular control of phyllotaxis regularity. Here, we show that phyllotaxis regularity depends on the function of VIP proteins, components of the RNA polymerase II-associated factor 1 complex (Paf1c). Divergence angles between successive organs along the …

Factors Influencing Length And Volume Of Cells Provisioned By Two Passaloecus Species (Hymemoptera: Sphecidae), John M. Fricke

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Length of cells provisioned by Passaloecus areolatus and Passaloecus cuspidatus decreased as bore diameter increased, but volume of provisioned cells increased with increasing bore diameter. Activity of the parasitoid Omalus aneus increased length of provisioned cells. Wasp senescence did not result in increased cell length.

Holarctic Insects Adventive In Michigan: New And Additional Records (Homoptera, Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera), A. G. Wheeler Jr.

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Fourteen European insects in the Homoptera (4 species), Heteroptera (5), Coleoptera (4), and Neuroptera (1) are reported from Michigan. Ten are new state records (one new Ohio record is given). The point of entry for most of the species is assumed to be the northeastern United States or Maritime Provinces of Canada. Possibilities of dispersal (natural and human-assisted) from centers of introduction in the Northeast, multiple introductions from Europe, and direct entry into the Great Lakes region are discussed.

Diagnostic Alleles From Electrophoresis Distinguish Two Noctuid Pest Species, Hydraecia Immanis And H. Micacea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)., J. Mark Scriber, Janice L. Bossart, Doozie Snider

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Native hop vine borer (Hydraecia immanis) and introduced potato stem borer (H. micacea) populations in Midwest corn have reached noticeable levels near the Great Lakes plant community ecotone between boreal forests and temperate deciduous forests. The hop vine borer is more specialized in its diet and occurs in corn generally south of the plant community ecotone, whereas the potato stem borer is polyphagous and occurs in corn mostly north of the Great Lakes plant transition zone. We analyzed the genetic composition of each species using cellulose acetate electrophoresis and resolved 19 loci of which 6 exhibited …

Seasonal Drift Of Lethocerus Americanus (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) In A Lake Superior Tributary, Robert B. Dubois, Michael L. Rackouski

The Great Lakes Entomologist

Drifting adult Lethocerus americanus were captured and retained by an inclined-screen smolt trap during two field seasons in the Bois Brule River, Wisconsin. Seasonal peaks of drift occurred in spring for 4 weeks following ice out and in autumn for 7 -8 weeks from mid-September through ice formation, and may have continued under ice cover when our gear was not operated. These findings are consistent with the known movement pattern of these insects to fly from lentic habitats to streams to overwinter but also suggest longitudinal movement via drift, perhaps to reach specific overwintering sites. Drift was significantly correlated with …