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Metagenomic Analysis Of The Complex Microbial Consortium Associated With Cultures Of The Oil‐Rich Alga Botryococcus Braunii, Christine Sambles, Karen Moore, Thomas M. Lux, Katy Jones, George R. Littlejohn, João D. Gouveia, Stephen J. Aves, David J. Studholme, Rob Lee, John Love

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

AbstractMicroalgae are widely viewed as a promising and sustainable source of renewable chemicals and biofuels. Botryococcus braunii synthesizes and secretes significant amounts of long‐chain (C30‐C40) hydrocarbons that can be subsequently converted into gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel. B. braunii cultures are not axenic and the effects of co‐cultured microorganisms on B. braunii growth and hydrocarbon yield are important, but sometimes contradictory. To understand the composition of the B. braunii microbial consortium, we used high throughput Illumina sequencing of metagenomic DNA to profile the microbiota within a well established, stable B. braunii culture and characterized the demographic changes in the microcosm …

Uncovering The Protological Hermeneutics Of George Mccready Price And Benjamin Warfield, Sergio L. Silva

Dissertations

Problem

The problem this dissertation addresses is the protological hermeneutical impasse between George McCready Price and Benjamin Warfield over whether biblical protology should be interpreted literally or symbolically in response to the evolutionary theory.

Method

To identify, compare, and contrast the protological hermeneutics of George McCready Price and Benjamin Warfield, this dissertation adopts an interdisciplinary methodology that seeks to integrate historical theology, systematic theology, and exegetical-biblical theology.

Conclusions

The protological hermeneutical impasse between George McCready Price and Benjamin Warfield over the interpretation of biblical protology was caused by how they applied their views on epistemology. On the hermeneutical level (where …

Critique Of A Dual-System Model Of Category Learning, C E R Edmunds

School of Psychology Theses

Some researchers have argued that the category learning literature is conclusive: people learn to generalise from past experiences to novel ones using multiple learning systems (Ashby & Maddox, 2011). To the extent that this claim is true, it is due in no small part to work investigating the predictions of the dual-system model COVIS (COmpetition between Verbal and Implicit Systems; Ashby, Alfonso-Reese, Turken, & Waldron, 1998). The work presented here investigates the evidence for this model. In Chapter 1, I describe the main features of the COVIS model and briefly review some of the evidence that supports this model. This …

A Sense Of The Cycling Environment: Felt Experiences Of Infrastructure And Atmospheres, Paul Simpson

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This paper explores how cyclists gain a sense of the environments they move through by considering their felt experiences of the affective atmospheres that emerge in and through their movements. More specifically, the focus falls upon how various forms of transport infrastructure choreograph bodies in their movements through the city and so contributes towards the co-production of various affective atmospheres between differently mobile bodies. Drawing on video interviews with 24 commuter cyclists in Plymouth, UK, the roles that such infrastructures and atmospheres play in shaping the experience of cycling through shared forms of transport space are considered. Based on this, …

The Effect Of Wastewater Effluent Derived Ligands On Copper And Zinc Complexation, C. Constantino, S. D.W. Comber, M. D. Scrimshaw

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Coupled Changes Between The H-Print Biomarker And Delta N-15 Indicates A Variable Sea Ice Carbon Contribution To The Diet Of Cumberland Sound Beluga Whales, T. A. Brown, E. Chrystal, S. H. Ferguson, D. J. Yurkowski, C. Watt, N. E. Hussey, T. C. Kelley, S. T. Belt

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

Resolving Discrepancies Between Field And Modelled Relative Sea-Level Data: Lessons From Western Ireland, Robin Edwards, W. Roland Gehrels, Anthony Brooks, Ralph Fyfe, Katie Pullen, Joseph Kuchar, Kieran Craven

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

A Singles' Ministry Project At The Mt. Rubidoux Seventh-Day Adventist Church In Riverside, California, Ekele Nwankwo

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The purpose of this study was to discover, develop, evaluate, and implement a supportive singles’ ministry at the Mt. Rubidoux Seventh-day Adventist church by way of planned activities and educative programs designed to serve the needs of singles in that congregation. The study was designed to determine the impact the singles’ ministry has on the church and how to shape the ministry in the future. Although society has viewed singles in different ways, depending on time and place, in traditional societies, women and men who did not marry were viewed as imperfect and lacking. Singles battle with strong expectations …

Region Of Smooth Functions For Positive Solutions To An Elliptic Biological Model, Joon Hyuk Kang, Timothy Robertson

Faculty Publications

The non-existence and existence of the positive solution to the generalized elliptic model ∆u+g(u v) = 0 in Ω, ∆v+h(u, v) = 0 in Ω, u=v= 0 on∂Ω, were investigated.

Novel Use Of Field-Portable-Xrf For The Direct Analysis Of Trace Elements In Marine Macroalgae., Annie Bull, Murray T. Brown, Andrew Turner

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Samples of dried marine macroalgae (Fucus serratus, Palmaria palmata and Ulva lactuca) have been analysed for trace elements by a novel, non-destructive approach involving a Niton field-portable-X-ray fluorescence (FP-XRF) spectrometer configured in a low density plastics mode with thickness correction. Detection limits for a 200-s counting time ranged from <5 μg g(-1) for As and Pb in F. serratus and As in P. palmata to several tens of μg g(-1) for Cd, Sb and Sn in all species tested. Arsenic, Cu, Pb and Zn were detected by the XRF in samples collected from a protected beach (n = 18) and in samples therefrom that had been exposed to additional aqueous elements in combination (n = 72) with concentrations returned (in μg g(-1)) ranging from 3.9 to 39.7 for As, 13.0 to 307 for Cu, 6.1 to 14.7 for Pb and 12.5 to 522 for Zn. Independent measurements of trace elements in the macroalgae by ICP-MS following nitric acid digestion revealed a direct and significant proportionality with concentrations returned by the XRF, with slopes of the XRF-ICP relationships (As = 1.0; Cu = 2.3; Pb = 2.4; Zn = 1.7) that can be used to calibrate the instrument for direct measurements. The approach shows potential for the in situ monitoring of macroalgae in coastal regions that is currently being investigated.

Applied Gaussian Process In Optimizing Unburned Carbon Content In Fly Ash For Boiler Combustion, C Wang, Y Liu, Rm Everson, Aam Rahat, S Zheng

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Recently, Gaussian Process (GP) has attracted generous attention from industry. This article focuses on the application of coal fired boiler combustion and uses GP to design a strategy for reducing Unburned Carbon Content in Fly Ash (UCC-FA) which is the most important indicator of boiler combustion efficiency. With getting rid of the complicated physical mechanisms, building a data-driven model as GP is an effective way for the proposed issue. Firstly, GP is used to model the relationship between the UCC-FA and boiler combustion operation parameters. The hyperparameters of GP model are optimized via Genetic Algorithm (GA). Then, served as the …

Oscillatory Neural Models Of The Basal Ganglia For Action Selection In Healthy And Parkinsonian Cases, R Borisyuk

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The neuronal circuits of the Basal Ganglia (BG) play an important role in movement control and it is known that without correctly functioning BG, the cortex’s ability to control movements is diminished. Parkinson’s disease (PD), for example, is primarily a disease of the basal ganglia. One aspect of pathological activity in the parkinsonian basal ganglia is an increase in synchronous oscillatory firing patterns

A Modular Architecture For Transparent Computation In Recurrent Neural Networks, Gs Carmantini, P Beim Graben, M Desroches, S Rodrigues

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Computation is classically studied in terms of automata, formal languages and algorithms; yet, the relation between neural dynamics and symbolic representations and operations is still unclear in traditional eliminative connectionism. Therefore, we suggest a unique perspective on this central issue, to which we would like to refer as transparent connectionism, by proposing accounts of how symbolic computation can be implemented in neural substrates. In this study we first introduce a new model of dynamics on a symbolic space, the versatile shift, showing that it supports the real-time simulation of a range of automata. We then show that the Gödelization of …

Microplastic Ingestion In Fish Larvae In The Western English Channel, Madeleine Steer, Matthew Cole, Richard C. Thompson, Penelope K. Lindeque

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Microplastics have been documented in marine environments worldwide, where they pose a potential risk to biota. Environmental interactions between microplastics and lower trophic organisms are poorly understood. Coastal shelf seas are rich in productivity but also experience high levels of microplastic pollution. In these habitats, fish have an important ecological and economic role. In their early life stages, planktonic fish larvae are vulnerable to pollution, environmental stress and predation. Here we assess the occurrence of microplastic ingestion in wild fish larvae. Fish larvae and water samples were taken across three sites (10, 19 and 35 km from shore) in the …

On The Harmonization Of Methods For Measuring The Occurrence, Fate And Effects Of Microplastics, Chelsea M. Rochman, Fiona Regan, Richard C. Thompson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Welcome to this Analytical Methods themed issue on microplastics in the environment, guest edited by Chelsea M. Rochman, Fiona Regan and Richard C. Thompson. The editors hope that this editorial will facilitate discussions that lead toward harmonized methods that are informed by hypotheses, and ultimately produce data that can be synthesized and used to inform effective local and global policies that prevent and mitigate microplastics.

Reproductive Effects Of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Bisphenol-A And 17Β-Oestradiol, On Cerastoderma Edule From South-West England: Field Study And Laboratory Exposure, Al Lusher, N Pope, Rd Handy

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Deposition And Accumulation Of Microplastics In Marine Sediments And Bottom Water From The Irish Continental Shelf, Jake Martin, Amy Lusher, Richard C. Thompson, Audrey Morley

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Global Patterns Of Interaction Specialization In Bird-Flower Networks, Tb Zanata, B Dalsgaard, Fc Passos, Pa Cotton, Jj Roper, Pk Maruyama, E Fischer, M Schleuning, González Am Martín, J Vizentin-Bugoni, Dc Franklin, S Abrahamczyk, R Alárcon, Ac Araujo, Fp Araújo, Smd Azevedo-Junior, Ac Baquero, K Böhning-Gaese, Dw Carstensen, H Chupil, Ag Coelho, Rr Faria, D Hořák, Tt Ingversen, Š Janeček, G Kohler, C Lara, Fmg Las-Casas, Av Lopes, Ao Machado, Cg Machado, Ic Machado, Ma Maglianesi, Ts Malucelli, J Mohd-Azlan, Ac Moura, Gm Oliveira, Pe Oliveira, Jf Ornelas, J Riegert, Lc Rodrigues, L Rosero-Lasprilla, Am Rui, M Sazima, B Schmid, O Sedláček, A Timmermann, Mgr Vollstädt, Z Wang, S Watts, C Rahbek, Ig Varassin

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Tracking Reveals Limited Interactions Between Campbell Albatross And Fisheries During The Breeding Season, La Sztukowski, Toor Ml Van, H Weimerskirch, Dr Thompson, Lg Torres, Pm Sagar, Pa Cotton, Sc Votier

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Nutrient Pumping By Submesoscale Circulations In The Mauritanian Upwelling System, P. J. Hosegood, P. D. Nightingale, A. P. Rees, C. E. Widdicombe, E. M.S. Woodward, D. R. Clark, R. J. Torres

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Environment: A Journey On Plastic Seas, Richard Thompson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

A voyage through plastic oceans. Richard Thompson applauds a chronicle alerting the world to marine polymer pollution. The story of a voyage bearing witness to plastic pollution in the oceans, Junk Raft is a stimulating, thought-provoking and factually grounded read. Science educator and researcher Marcus Eriksen’s navigational feat is gripping — 88 days crossing some 4,000 kilometres of open ocean between Los Angeles and Hawaii, on a raft crafted from 15,000 plastic bottles lashed into fishing nets. But it is more. Woven through the chronicle are two equally fascinating storylines: of Eriksen’s evolution from soldier to head of the environmental …

Evaluating Operational Avhrr Sea Surface Temperature Data At The Coastline Using Surfers, Rjw Brewin, Mora L De, Oliver Billson, Thomas Jackson, Paul Russell, Tg Brewin, Jamie D. Shutler, Peter I. Miller, Benjamin H. Taylor, Tim J. Smyth, James R. Fishwick

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Bottom Trapped Internal Waves Over The Malin Sea Continental Slope, Nataliya Stashchuk, Vasiliy Vlasenko

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Three-dimensional dynamics of internal tides on the continental slope of the Malin Sea is studied numerically and validated with the observational data collected on the 88-th cruise of the RRS “James Cook” in June–July 2013. Observed in-situ bottom intensification of baroclinic tidal currents was reproduced in a series of numerical experiments using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model. The baroclinic tidal dynamics is explained in terms of superposition of two wave processes developing in the area. One of them is a tidal beam generated at the shelf break and radiating tidal energy downward into abyss. The second important …

Assessing Altimetry Close To The Coast, G. D. Quartly, F. Nencioli, D. Conley, S. Abdalla

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Medical Terminology Course Syllabus And Policies, Steelman Library, Megan M. Wagner

Syllabus Repository

No abstract provided.

Patenting Frankenstein's Monster: Exploring The Patentability Of Artificial Organ Systems And Methodologies, Jordana Goodman

Faculty Scholarship

The conception of Frankenstein’s monster bridges the ever-narrowing divide between man and machine. Long before Congress codified Section 33(a) of the America Invents Act (“AIA”), Mary Shelley’s vague description of the monster’s creation has left people wondering: what defines a human organism? Through an analysis of patent law and scientific progress in the development of artificial organ systems, this paper explores the boundaries of patentable subject matter in the United States and attempts to clarify Congress’s determination that “no patent may issue on a claim directed to or encompassing a human organism.” Though patent law should incentivize development of artificial …

Towards Patent Standardization, Janet Freilich, Jay P. Kesan

Faculty Scholarship

Among the most important purposes of patents are to provide clear notice to third parties of the patent's boundaries and to disclose helpful information to researchers seeking to replicate or further develop the patented invention. Unfortunately, patents often fail at both of these tasks, in part because of lack of uniformity of language and format.' Use of idiosyncratic language in patent claims renders it difficult to find relevant patents and, once a patent is found, to interpret its claims. As there is no customary set of information that must always be included in a patent, researchers often find reading a …

How Much Has The Supreme Court Changed Patent Law?, Paul Gugliuzza

Faculty Scholarship

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided a remarkable number of patent cases in the past decade, particularly as compared to the first twenty years of the Federal Circuit’s existence. No longer is the Federal Circuit “the de facto Supreme Court of patents,” as Mark Janis wrote in 2001. Rather, it seems the Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of patents. In the article at the center of this symposium, Judge Timothy Dyk of the Federal Circuit writes that the Supreme Court’s decisions “have had a major impact on patent law,” citing, among other evidence, the Court’s seventy percent reversal rate …

[Editor's Page], Randall W. Younker

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Ideas About Nature In American Art And Visual Culture, Mark Graham

Faculty Publications

The stories we tell ourselves about nature deeply influence how we attempt to preserve, use, or restore nature as well as practices of art and art education that are concerned with ecological issues (Cronon 1996). Landscapes are culture before they are nature (Schama 1996). Yet, our ideas about wilderness, nature, landscape, and sustainability are fraught with paradox and debate. For example, Darwin’s fundamental assertions about the human relationship to nature continue to spark theological, political and educational controversies. Some environmentalists caution that our consumerist economy will destroy the planet and that we need to return to a less sophisticated technology …