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Survey Of Rainwater Catchment Use And Practices On Hawaii Island, Mary J. Donohue, Patricia S.H. Macomber, Darren Okimoto, Darren T. Lerner

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

The harvesting of rainwater for domestic use on Hawaii Island is widespread, particularly in areas not served by municipal water. Rainwater catchment is currently unregulated in Hawaii with the responsibility of installing and maintaining appropriate systems on owners and users. Well-designed and maintained rainwater catchment systems are more likely to provide water free of pathogens than poorly designed or maintained systems. We conducted outreach to rural Hawaii Island communities on rainwater catchment best practices and explored household uses and practices associated with these systems via survey of 110 individuals. Nearly 90% (N=96) of all survey respondents used harvested rainwater as …

Land Use Modification And Changing Redox Conditions Releases Selenium And Sulfur From Historic Marsh Sediments, Barry J. Hibbs, Monica Lee, Rachel Ridgway

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

San Diego Creek Watershed forms the southern end of the Coastal Plain that covers much of Los Angeles County and Orange County, California. Prior to 1900, the central part of the watershed was marshland, and the edges of the watershed were used for grazing sheep and cattle. After 1900, cattle and sheep grazing were displaced by irrigated agriculture. Drainage ditches and channels were constructed to drain the marshes to “reclaim” the land for agriculture. Today, the drainage ditches and channels still exist in the watershed, which has undergone massive urban growth. Shallow groundwater discharges into these channels and ditches, which …

Model Water Transfer Mechanisms As A Drought Preparation System, Mike Pease, Tricia Snyder

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

This article evaluates the suitability of two supply-side drought management tools, Emergency Water Banks and Strategic Water Reserves for multi-year severe drought periods. The limited sample-size related to the implementation of either makes direct comparison impossible, but through case studies some cursory evaluation as to their efficacy and their limitations is possible. These short-term tools take different approaches to increase the amount of water available for reallocation during drought. While neither are stand-alone solutions, and may not be suitable for continual use, both hold potential to provide short-term relief during periods of severe shortage. Both however, carry drawbacks that can …

Changing Student Conceptions Of Arid, Urban Watershed Management, Rachel A. Thomas, Vanessa Svihla

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Despite the central importance of water, few students have the opportunity to study water resources management in secondary education. Even in tertiary education—unless they major in water resources or a closely related field—they are likely to receive only a week or two of instruction about water resources in introductory science courses. Typical instruction in such courses is textbook-based, with the course instructor lecturing on a broad range of topics. Complicating this, little is known about student preconceptions, which may interfere with—or be used to support—learning. We sought to identify preconceptions in an introductory environmental science course at an urban, research …

Rattlesnake Nuisance Removals And Urban Expansion In Phoenix, Arizona, Steven L. Pitts, Bryan D. Hughes, Ivana Mali

Western North American Naturalist

Urbanization can have significant consequences on local wildlife. While some species can thrive in urban environments, others are often seen as nuisance animals and therefore are either killed by landowners or removed by professionals. Snakes, especially rattlesnakes, represent one such taxon. Here, we analyzed rattlesnake removal data from the city of Phoenix, Arizona, USA, to determine whether the removal data directly correlates with urban expansion. Between 2011 and 2014, over 500 rattlesnakes and over 300 non-rattlesnakes were removed by professionals, with significant removal clusters in the northern Phoenix metropolis. Land cover change analyses showed that all removal sites experienced dramatic …

Deconstructing The Monstrous She-Male: Castration And The Invisible Genital In The Liminal Personae, Jeremy Miller

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The Construction Of The Monstrous Super-Human And Sub-Human Identity, Holly Fleischer

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"A Sensation All Too Warm": An Argument For The Continued Presence Of Maternal Sexuality In East Lynne, Robyn Bowers

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The Sheeted Center: Nan Goldin And Virginia Woolf, Alison Stine

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Permanent Draft Genome Sequence Of Frankia Sp. Nrrl B-16219 Reveals The Presence Of Canonical Nod Genes, Which Are Highly Homologous To Those Detected In Candidatus Frankia Dg1 Genome, Amir Ktari, Imen Nouioui, Teal Furnholm, Erik Swanson, Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari, Louis S. Tisa, Maher Gtari

Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

Frankia sp. NRRL B-16219 was directly isolated from a soil sample obtained from the rhizosphere of Ceanothus jepsonii growing in the USA. Its host plant range includes members of Elaeagnaceae species. Phylogenetically, strain NRRL B-16219 is closely related to “Frankia discariae” with a 16S rRNA gene similarity of 99.78%. Because of the lack of genetic tools for Frankia, our understanding of the bacterial signals involved during the plant infection process and the development of actinorhizal root nodules is very limited. Since the first three Frankia genomes were sequenced, additional genome sequences covering more diverse strains have helped provide insight into …

Urbanization Alters Communities Of Flying Arthropods In Parks And Gardens Of A Medium-Sized City, Edward Lagucki, Justin D. Burdine, Kevin E. Mccluney

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Urbanization transforms undeveloped landscapes into built environments, causing changes in communities and ecological processes. Flying arthropods play important roles in these processes as pollinators, decomposers, and predators, and can be important in structuring food webs. The goal of this study was to identify associations between urbanization and the composition of communities of flying (and floating) arthropods within gardens and parks in a medium-sized mesic city. We predicted that flying arthropod abundance and diversity would respond strongly to percent impervious surface and distance to city center, measurements of urbanization. Flying arthropods were sampled from 30 gardens and parks along an urbanization …

Expedited Radiation Biodosimetry By Automated Dicentric Chromosome Identification (Adci) And Dose Estimation, Peter Rogan, Ben Shirley, Yanxin Li, Joan Knoll

Biochemistry Publications

Biological radiation dose can be estimated from dicentric chromosome frequencies in metaphase cells. Performing these cytogenetic dicentric chromosome assays is traditionally a manual, labor-intensive process not well suited to handle the volume of samples which may require examination in the wake of a mass casualty event. Automated Dicentric Chromosome Identifier and Dose Estimator (ADCI) software automates this process by examining sets of metaphase images using machine learning-based image processing techniques. The software selects appropriate images for analysis by removing unsuitable images, classifies each object as either a centromere-containing chromosome or non-chromosome, further distinguishes chromosomes as monocentric chromosomes (MCs) or dicentric …

The Rider (2017-09-04), Jesus Sanchez

The Rider Archives

Vol.3 No.2

Emerging Therapies For Stage Iii Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy And Immunotherapy, Sameera S. Kumar, Kristin A. Higgins, Ronald C. Mcgarry

Radiation Medicine Faculty Publications

The current standard of care for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) includes radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery in certain individualized cases. In unresectable NSCLC, chemoradiation has been the standard of care for the past three decades. Local and distant failure remains high in this group of patients, so dose escalation has been studied in both single institution and national clinical trials. Though initial studies showed a benefit to dose escalation, phase III studies examining dose escalation using standard fractionation or hyperfractionation have failed to show a benefit. Over the last 17 years, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has shown …

12 Honored For Excellence In Teaching, Haley Herfurth

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Light Rare Earth Element Depletion During Deepwater Horizon Blowout Methanotrophy, Alan M. Shiller, Eric W. Chan, D.J. Joung, Molly Redmond, John D. Kessler

Faculty Publications

Rare earth elements have generally not been thought to have a biological role. However, recent work has demonstrated that the light REEs (LREEs: La, Ce, Pr, and Nd) are essential for at least some methanotrophs, being co-factors in the XoxF type of methanol dehydrogenase (MDH). We show here that dissolved LREEs were significantly removed in a submerged plume of methane-rich water during the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) well blowout. Furthermore, incubation experiments conducted with naturally methane-enriched waters from hydrocarbon seeps in the vicinity of the DWH wellhead also showed LREE removal concurrent with methane consumption. Metagenomic sequencing of incubation …

Lung Ct Radiomics: An Overview Of Using Images As Data, Samuel Hunt Hawkins

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States and worldwide. Early detection of lung cancer can help improve patient outcomes, and survival prediction can inform plans of treatment. By extracting quantitative features from computed tomography scans of lung cancer, predictive models can be built that can achieve both early detection and survival prediction. To build these predictive models, first a detected lung nodule is segmented, then image features are extracted, and finally a model can be built utilizing image features to make predictions. These predictions can help radiologists improve cancer care.

Building predictive models based …

Fatty Acid Concentration And Phase Transitions Modulate Aβ Aggregation Pathways, Pratip Rana, Dexter Dean, Edward Steen, Ashwin Vaidya, Vijayaraghavan Rangachari, Preetam Ghosh

Faculty Publications

Aggregation of amyloid β (Aβ) peptides is a significant event that underpins Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology. Aβ aggregates, especially the low-molecular weight oligomers, are the primary toxic agents in AD and hence, there is increasing interest in understanding their formation and behavior. Aggregation is a nucleation-dependent process in which the pre-nucleation events are dominated by Aβ homotypic interactions. Dynamic flux and stochasticity during pre-nucleation renders the reactions susceptible to perturbations by other molecules. In this context, we investigate the heterotypic interactions between Aβ and fatty acids (FAs) by two independent tool-sets such as …

The Guardian, Week Of September 4, 2017, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of September 4, 2017. The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Intrathecal Administration Of Ayx2 Dna Decoy Produces A Long-Term Pain Treatment In Rat Models Of Chronic Pain By Inhibiting The Klf6, Klf9, And Klf15 Transcription Factors, Julien Mamet, Michael Klukinov, Scott Harris, Donald C. Manning, Simon Xie, Conrado Pascual, Bradley K. Taylor, Renee R. Donahue, David C. Yeomans

Physiology Faculty Publications

Background: Nociception is maintained by genome-wide regulation of transcription in the dorsal root ganglia—spinal cord network. Hence, transcription factors constitute a promising class of targets for breakthrough pharmacological interventions to treat chronic pain. DNA decoys are oligonucleotides and specific inhibitors of transcription factor activities. A methodological series of in vivo–in vitro screening cycles was performed with decoy/transcription factor couples to identify targets capable of producing a robust and long-lasting inhibition of established chronic pain. Decoys were injected intrathecally and their efficacy was tested in the spared nerve injury and chronic constriction injury models of chronic pain in rats using repetitive …

Authorship And Collaboration Pattern In Biotechnology Research: A Study Of Ibsa Countries, Manendra Singh Manendra

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Scientometric is a type of research method used in the library and information science. The study of the use of documents and patterns of publication in which mathematical and statistical methods have been applied in the scientometric study. It is based on quantitative analysis and statistics to describe patterns of publication within a given field. The study presents the trends of authorship pattern and collaborative research activity in Biotechnology in ISBA Countries. A sample of 24888 articles collect from Scopus database during 2007-2016 is analyzed. The applying scientometric tools are; Collaboration Coefficient, Authorship pattern and Activity Index. In the ten …

Theories And Models Of Teams And Groups, Roni Reiter-Palmon, Tanmay Sinha, Josette Gevers, Jean-Marc Odobez, Gualtiero Volpe

Psychology Faculty Publications

This article describes some of the theoretical approaches used by social scientists as well as those used by computer scientists to study the team and group phenomena. The purpose of this article is to identify ways in which these different fields can share and develop theoretical models and theoretical approaches, in an effort to gain a better understanding and further develop team and group research.

Selfie-Takers Prefer Left Cheeks: Converging Evidence From The (Extended) Selfiecity Database, Lev Manovich, Vera Ferrari, Nicola Bruno

Publications and Research

According to previous reports, selfie takers in widely different cultural contexts prefer poses showing the left cheek more than the right cheek. This posing bias may be interpreted as evidence for a right-hemispheric specialization for the expression of facial emotions. However, earlier studies analyzed selfie poses as categorized by human raters, which raises methodological issues in relation to the distinction between frontal and three-quarter poses. Here, we provide converging evidence by analyzing the (extended) selfiecity database which includes automatic assessments of head rotation and of emotional expression. We confirm a culture- and sex-independent left-cheek bias and report stronger expression of …

Plant Mechanosensitive Ion Channels: An Ocean Of Possibilities, Debarati Basu, Elizabeth S. Haswell

Biology Faculty Research

Mechanosensitive ion channels, transmembrane proteins that directly couple mechanical stimuli to ion flux, serve to sense and respond to changes in membrane tension in all branches of life. In plants, mechanosensitive channels have been implicated in the perception of important mechanical stimuli such as osmotic pressure, touch, gravity, and pathogenic invasion. Indeed, three established families of plant mechanosensitive ion channels play roles in cell and organelle osmoregulation and root mechanosensing - and it is likely that many other channels and functions await discovery. Inspired by recent discoveries in bacterial and animal systems, we are beginning to establish the conserved and …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - September 3, 2017, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the September 3, 2017 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's Newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents Include:

September Med School Café - ‘The Importance of Taking Your Medications Correctly’

USA Medical Center Gala 'A Night Honoring Heroes' Set for Oct. 10

USA College of Medicine Research Lab Recognized with ‘Blue Flame’ Award

USA Medical Student Spends Summer at Johns Hopkins CUPID Program

USA Family Medicine Center Becomes Reach Out and Read Program Site

Study The Effect Of Stable Magnetic Field On The Inhibition Activity Of Saccharomyces Boulardii Against Pathogenic Bacteria Isolated From Urinary Tract Infection, Nada Sabah Razouqi, Sajood Hamood Abdulla

Baghdad Science Journal

An increasing trend to use probiotic and study their effects on the pathogens has been conductor where they are defined as live micro-organisms that give a health benefit to the host when ingested in sufficient quantities, including the yeast Saccharomyces boulardii In addition research show that a magnetic field (MF) has a biological effect. This study aims to investigate the effects of magnetic field on the inhibitory action of Saccharomyces boulardii against bacteria isolated from urinary tract infection, Study the sensitivity of bacterial isolates to antibiotics after diagnosis by microscopic, Cultural and biochemical examinations as well as Api20 E examinations …

A Study Of Histological Changes In The Diaphragm Of Male Albino Mice Administered With Aqueous Extract Of Chamomileflowers Chamomillarecutita, Sura Fouad A. Alsaffar, Kawkab Saleem N. Alqaisy

Baghdad Science Journal

The chamomile is one of the most important medicinal plants recommended for treatment of asthma and some respiratory system diseases. This research was designed to research the effects of aqueous extract of chamomillarecutita on histological structure of Diaphragm of albino mice. The study included 40 male albino mice Musmusculus, their age ranged from (5-7) weeks.The mices were divided randomly to 5 groups and oral administered with 1 ml every day for 10 days:- First Group G1: consider as control group and treated with normal saline,Second Group G2: was treated with aqueous extract of chamomile with concentration of 3 gm /100 …

In Vitro Toxicity Evaluation Of Silver Nanoparticles On Entamoeba Histolytica Trophozoite, Zahra’A A. Ahmed, Thikra A. Mustafa, Naksheen M. Ardalan, Ekhlas M. Idan

Baghdad Science Journal

The protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica is a causative agent of amoebiasis, where it causes millions of cases of dysentery and liver abscess each year. Metronidazole is a drug of choice against amoebiasis. The drug is a choice because of its efficacy and low cost, but at the same time it causes several adverse side effects; therefore, it is important to find effective medications to treat amoebiasis without any complications or any side effects. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of different concentrations (50, 75 and 100 μg/ml) of silver nanoparticle (AgNPs)against trophozoites stages of E. histolytica …

Polymorphism Study Of Mthfr 677c→T And Its Correlation With Oxidative Stress And Their Influence On Female Infertilityin Erbil –Iraq, Muthanna A. Thabit, Gaylany H. Abdullah, Khalid F. Al-Rawi

Baghdad Science Journal

This research includes astudy of Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene’s allele 677C→T and its correlation with oxidative stress and their impact on female infertility. Fifty infertile womenwiththe range age (23-42) years and twenty five fertile womenwiththe range age (22-39)years as control group living in Erbil city were selected. The serum level of Malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), prolactinhormone(PRL), Luteinizing hormone (LH), Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), Triiodothyronine hormone (T3), and Thyroxine hormone (T4) were measured, also a body mass index(BMI) was calculated. A restriction enzyme (Hinf1) was used to improve the mutation in DNA bands of infertile women. The results showed significant increasesin …

Connect Oer Annual Report 2016-2017, Brady Yano

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Earlier this year, SPARC launched Connect OER—a platform to share and discover information about Open Educational Resources (OER) activities at campuses across North America. Through Connect OER, academic libraries create and manage profiles about their institution’s efforts on OER, producing valuable data that we use to populate a searchable directory and produce an annual report.

As the first Connect OER Annual Report, this document summarizes insights from the Connect OER pilot, which ran from May - July 2017. The data encompass 65 SPARC member libraries spanning 31 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces who participated in the pilot. Our analysis …