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Bse Biology, 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

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Bsce, Civil Engineering 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Bs Management, 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Bse Physics, 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Bs Disaster Preparedness And Emergency Management, 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

No abstract provided.

Bs Creative Media Production, Graphic Communication 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

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Bs Creative Media Production, Corporate Media 2019-20, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro

Bachelor of Science and Education

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การใช้ผลิตภัณฑ์จุลินทรีย์เพื่อการกำจัดสีย้อมรีแอกทีฟในสารละลายสีย้อมที่ใช้แล้ว, ฐิติกานต์ นิลแก้ว

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้ได้คัดเลือกผลิตภัณฑ์จุลินทรีย์ทางการค้า 3 ชนิด (ผลิตภัณฑ์จุลินทรีย์ T B และ F) ที่มีแนวโน้มในการกำจัดสีย้อมรีแอกทีฟ ได้แก่ 1)Novacron Super Black-G 2)Novacron Red S-B และ 3)Novacron Orange C-3R จากการทดลองพบว่าผลิตภัณฑ์จุลินทรีย์ B สามารถกำจัดสีในสารละลายสีได้ดีที่สุด และเมื่อศึกษาความสามารถของผลิตภัณฑ์จุลินทรีย์ B ในการกำจัดสีรีแอกทีฟในสารละลายสีที่มีน้ำและสี ทดลองในภาวะต่างๆ ของค่าพีเอช อุณหภูมิและปริมาณจุลินทรีย์ ณ ภาวะสถิตและเขย่า พบว่า ภาวะที่เหมาะสมต่อการกำจัดสีรีแอกทีฟทั้งสามสี คือพีเอช 8 เติมผลิตภัณฑ์จุลินทรีย์ B 0.7 กรัมในสารละลายสีความเข้มข้น 100 มิลลิกรัมต่อลิตร ปริมาตร 100 มิลลิลิตร บ่มที่ภาวะสถิต อุณหภูมิ 40 องศาเซลเซียส เป็นเวลา 6 วัน แล้วนำภาวะที่เหมาะสมเบื้องต้นมาศึกษาความสามารถของผลิตภัณฑ์จุลินทรีย์ B ในการกำจัดสี Novacron Super Black-G ในสารละลายสีที่มีด่างและเกลือพบว่า สามารถกำจัดสารละลายสีที่มีด่างและที่มีด่างและเกลือได้ 87.44 และ 90.61 เปอร์เซ็นต์ตามลำดับ ภายใน 6 วัน ผลการวิเคราะห์คุณภาพน้ำเสียหลังกำจัดสีด้วยผลิตภัณฑ์จุลินทรีย์ B พบว่า ค่าพีเอช ของแข็งละลายน้ำทั้งหมด (Total Dissolved Solids; TDS) และของแข็งแขวนลอยทั้งหมด (Total Suspended Solid; TSS) ไม่เกินมาตรฐานน้ำทิ้งสำหรับอุตสาหกรรมสิ่งทอ ผลการวิเคราะห์โครงสร้างทางเคมีของสีก่อนและหลังกำจัดสีโดยใช้เทคนิค FTIR และ HPLC พบว่า ผลิตภัณฑ์จุลินทรีย์ B สามารถย่อยสลายหมู่โครโมฟอร์หรือหมู่เอโซ (-N=N-) ทำให้พันธะเอโซของสีแตกออกแล้วเกิดเป็นสารแอโรแมติกเอมีน ทำให้ความเข้มสีลดลง ในขณะที่ผลการวิเคราะห์กรดออกซาลิกที่อาจเกิดขึ้นจากการย่อยสลายสี Novacron Super Black-G ของผลิตภัณฑ์จุลินทรีย์ B พบว่าไม่สามารถตรวจสอบด้วยเทคนิค HPLC …

การใช้ Ngs (Next-Generation Sequencing) ในการแก้ปัญหาทางอนุกรมวิธานของผึ้งกาเหว่าสกุล Thyreus Panzer, 1806 ในประเทศไทย, พุธิตา ผาสุขดี

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ผึ้งกาเหว่าในสกุล Thyreus Panzer, 1806 (Apidae; Melectini) เป็นปรสิตตัวอ่อนของผึ้งผสมเกสรหลายชนิดในสกุล Amegilla Friese, 1897 (Apidae; Anthophorini) ที่มีการกระจายตัวในทวีปยุโรป, แอฟริกา และ เอเชีย โดยในปัจจุบันผึ้งสกุล Thyreus มีจำนวนมากกว่า 108 ชนิดที่ได้รับการตั้งชื่อและจัดจำแนก อย่างไรก็ตามการศึกษาอนุกรมวิธานของ Thyreus ในประเทศไทยยังขาดข้อมูลที่สำคัญหลายประการ ได้แก่ การระบุชนิดของตัวอย่างเพศเมีย, รูปวิธานในระดับชนิด และจำนวนของชนิดทั้งหมด ในการศึกษาครั้งนี้ข้อมูลทางสัณฐานวิทยาและชีวโมเลกุลได้ถูกนำมาวิเคราะห์ร่วมกันเพื่อใช้ในการศึกษาตัวอย่างของผึ้งThyreus จำนวน 190 ตัวอย่าง (เพศเมีย 123, เพศผู้ 67) โดยใช้ลักษณะสัณฐานภายนอกในการระบุชนิดและสร้างแผนภูมิความสัมพันธ์เชิงวิวัฒนาการของผึ้งThyreus ในประเทศไทยด้วยวิธี Bayesian Inferences พร้อมทั้งยืนยันชนิดด้วยวิธี species delimitation (ABGD, GMYC และ PTP) จากข้อมูลของบาร์โค้ดดีเอ็นเอ (ยีน cytochrome c oxidase I; COI, ความยาว 650–680 คู่เบส) นอกจากนี้ยังได้นำเทคนิค Next-generation sequencing (NGS) มาใช้ในการเพิ่มปริมาณชิ้นส่วนของยีน COI จากตัวอย่างที่มีอายุถึง 60 ปี (โดยใช้วิธีสกัด DNA แบบที่ไม่ต้องทำลายตัวอย่าง) และไม่ได้ถูกเก็บรักษาในเอทานอล (n = 89; เพศเมีย 63, เพศผู้ 26) เพื่อให้ครอบคลุมจำนวนชนิดของผึ้ง Thyreus ทั้งหมดในประเทศ จากผลการศึกษาสามารถระบุชนิดของผึ้ง Thyreus ในประเทศไทยได้ทั้งหมด 9 ชนิด ได้แก่ T. callurus (Cockerell, 1919) (n = 10; เพศเมีย 1, เพศผู้9), T. ceylonicus (Friese, 1905) …

Human Monsters: Examining The Relationship Between The Posthuman Gothic And Gender In American Gothic Fiction, Alexandra Rivera

Scripps Senior Theses

According to Michael Sean Bolton, the posthuman Gothic involves a fear of internal monsters that won't destroy humanity apocalyptically, but will instead redefine what it means to be human overall. These internal monsters reflect societal anxieties about the "other" gaining power and overtaking the current groups in power. The posthuman Gothic shows psychological horrors and transformations. Traditionally this genre has been used to theorize postmodern media and literary work by focusing on cyborgs and transhumanist medical advancements. However, the internal and psychological nature of posthumanism is fascinating and can more clearly manifest in a different Gothic setting, 1800s American Gothic …

2018-2019 Faculty Senate Annual Report, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

The primary file includes the 2018-2019 Committee on Academic Responsibility Annual Report. Additional annual reports are attached.

Mind Over Matter : Stimulant Adhd Medication Use And Bone Mineral Density In College-Aged Subjects ; Is There A Trade-Off?, Sims Kirkland Lawson

Theses

Literature review showed lowered bone mineral density (BMD) among methamphetamine users and in mice that were given methylphenidate. No human clinical studies have been carried out, to date, to investigate whether there is a correlation between use of psychostimulants prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (in this case methylphenidate and amphetamines) and lowered BMD in young adult aged humans. This study observed 53 human subjects, age 19-27 years (average age 21 years); 25 experimental, psychostimulant-prescribed ADHD patients, and 28 healthy control subjects. Each subject was given dual x-ray absorptiometer (DXA) scans of femur, hip area, lumbar spine, and whole-body …

Development Of An Environmental Dna Assay For Detection And Monitoring Of The Troglobitic Crayfishes Cambarus Speleocoopi And Cambarus Laconensis, Spencer Boyd

Theses

Cave-dwelling species live in habitats that are hard to access and study. They often are small, elusive to capture, and possess morphological characters that make them difficult to identify without collection and dissection. Environmental DNA (eDNA) offers a nondestructive, noninvasive, and potentially cost-effective way to monitor and detect these species. I investigated the use of eDNA to detect two troglobitic crayfishes Cambarus speleocoopi in Marshall County and Cambarus laconensis in Morgan County, Alabama. I developed and tested in silico and in vivo primer-probe quantitative PCR assays for both species, then screened water samples collected from caves and springs in northern …

Novel Machine Learning Frameworks For Protein Conformational Selection In Drug Discovery Applications, Vishnu Sripriya Akondi

Theses

Drug discovery refers to the process of identification of specific-disease causing proteins and underscores the research efforts to derive a new medication that targets these proteins. As such the drug discovery process entails significant Big Data challenges as it is time consuming, data intensive, and involves an expensive developmental process which demands rigorous lab testing with high rates of uncertainty that the given drug will succeed. Therefore, it highlights the crucial need for machine learning methods to automate and hasten the drug discovery pipeline for improved healthcare and assist clinicians to make informed decisions for in-vitro testing. However, most real-world …

Relationship Between Self-Efficacy And Hiv Testing Uptake Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men In Myanmar: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, Minh D. Pham, Poe Poe Aung, Paul A. Agius, Naanki Pasricha, Swai Mon Oo, Waimar Tun, Ashish Bajracharya, Stanley Luchters

Population Health, East Africa

Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionally affected by the HIV epidemic. Self-efficacy is an important individual psychosocial factor associated with access to and use of health and HIV-related services. We estimated HIV testing prevalence and examined the relationship between HIV testing self-efficacy and self-reported HIV testing behavior among young MSM (YMSM) in Myanmar. We enrolled 585 MSM aged 18–24 years from six urban areas using respondent-driven sampling (RDS) technique. RDS analyses were performed to provide estimates for the key outcome of interest. More than a third (34.5%) had never been tested for HIV, whereas 27.5% and 38.0% …

Murphy V. Twitter, California Superior Court

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

No abstract provided.

Migration Of Artificially Activated B Cells In A Microfluidic Device-Induced Cxcl-12 Gradient, Rachel Lauren Stokes

Theses

No abstract provided.

Oxime Cross-Linked Alginate Hydrogels With Tunable Stress Relaxation For Immune Cell Encapsulation, Hector Sanchez-Moran

Theses

Sodium alginate hydrogels have served as a versatile and reliable tool for biomedical applications such as 3-D cell encapsulation, both in vitro and in vivo. In the past, these hydrogels have formed via ionic or covalent cross-linking of the alginate chains upon the modification of its functional groups. Hereby, we employ a technique to modify hydroxyl groups of the alginate backbone to alkoxyamine groups (-O-NH2), and we verify such modifications in 1D and 2D NMR. Alkoxyamine groups belong to the field of click bioorthogonal polymer cross-linking. In the presence of aldehyde-modified alginate chains, both polymers can form an oxime reversible …

The Lew.1wr1 Rat Model Is Glucose Intolerant, Genoah Collins

Theses

The susceptibility to the development of glucose intolerance in the young adult type 1 diabetes model LEW.1 WRl was investigated. The animals were given either a 10% fat 7% sucrose diet or a 45% high fat 21% sucrose diet for 10 weeks. Two glucose tolerance tests (GTT) and an insulin tolerance test (ITT) were performed at 0, 8, and 4 weeks, respectively. Terminal anesthetized blood glucose was measured before sacrifice . Serum obtained at harvest was used for a metabolic hormone and cytokine/chemokine multiplex array and ongoing metabolomics studies. Pancreata collected at harvest were used for histological examination of islets. …

Quantification Of Butanol Produced By C. Pasteuranium And Isolated By L-A-Lecithin Liposomes Using Quantitative Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (Qnmr), Luke X. Viegas

Theses

A cleaner and more efficient option to ethanol in the alternative fuel industry is n-butanol. The focus of this study was to establish that quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (qNMR) is a viable method to determine levels of n-butanol as it is produced by Clostridium pasteurianum in the fermentation of glycerol. Extractive fermentation using L-α-Lecithin liposomes is proposed to separate n-butanol, hence the spectroscopic behavior of n-butanol in the presence of liposomes was studied and partition coefficients were determined. Additionally, qNMR was used to quantify glycerol and other fermentation products during the fermentation of C. pasteurianum using a bioreactor. Two …

Test-Retest Reliability Of Trimp In Collegiate Ice Hockey Players, Jason G. Ulmer, Grant R. Tomkinson, Sandra E. Short, Martin Short, John S. Fitzgerald

Education, Health & Behavior Studies Faculty Publications

The utility of the heart rate derived variable TRaining IMPulse (TRIMP) for assessing internal training load in ice hockey players is not clear. Having a reliable measure of internal training load during on-ice training sessions would help coaches program exercise training. This study determined the reliability of TRIMP during on-ice training sessions in ice hockey players. Twelve Division I collegiate male ice hockey players (aged 18–23 years) had their heart rate (HR) data recorded during two on-ice practice sessions separated by two weeks. TRIMP and other descriptive HR variables were compared between sessions. TRIMP demonstrated moderate reliability during on-ice sessions. …

The Effects Of A Dlscl Approach On Students Conceptual Understanding In An Undergraduate Introductory Physics Lab, Muhammad Riaz, Tom Marcinkowski, Ali Faisal

Mathematics and System Engineering Faculty Publications

This study investigated the effects of Discovery Learning Scientific Community Laboratories (DL-SCL) and traditional non-DLSCL laboratories on students' conceptual understanding in a Physics-1 lab. At many universities, physics programs use a traditional lab style, despite research on the benefits for reform-oriented physics labs. This DL-SCL approach included features of inquiry-based learning (e.g., students generated hypotheses and designed experiments) and scientific community labs (e.g., students discussed designs and findings). This study used a quasi-experimental design with quantitative-method data collection and analysis procedures. Twelve sections of a Physics I lab were assigned to two groups: Treatment (DL-SCL) and Control (non-DL-SCL). In Treatment …

Euler-Maruyama Method For Regime Switching Stochastic Differential Equations With Holder Coefficients, Dung T. Nguyen, Son L. Nguyen

Mathematics and System Engineering Faculty Publications

In this paper, we develop Euler-Maruyama scheme for a wideranging class of stochastic differential equations with regime switching under such conditions that allow drift and diffusion coefficients being Holder continuous. The strong convergence of the numerical method is proved. In addition, the rate of convergence is obtained under similar conditions to the case of usual diffusions. Some numerical examples are provided to illustrate the results.

Impacts Of Trogocytosis-Mediated Intracellular Signaling On Cd4+ T Cell Effector Cytokine Production And Differentiation, Steven James Reed

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Trogocytosis is the direct intercellular transfer of membrane and membrane associated molecules. Unlike other passive-membrane transfer events, trogocytosed molecules may remain fully functional and become re-expressed on the surface of the trogocytosis-positive (trog+) recipient. This phenomenon commonly occurs between various cell types, including those of the immune system. CD4+ T cell trogocytosis occurs during their activation by antigen presenting cells (APC). Consequently, the acquired molecules include ligands for signaling receptors on the T cell.

The impacts of CD4+ trogocytosis on the immune response are largely unknown. While it has been demonstrated that trog+ cells can present trogocytosed peptide:MHC (pMHC), and …

An Exploration: How Voluntourism Conservation Projects Coordinate With And Contribute To Conservation Efforts In Madre De Dios, Peru, Alejandrina R. Ocanas

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Mirroring trends in international tourism, alternative tourism, and ecotourism, the voluntourism industry has grown, developed and diversified significantly since 2005. Scientific attention to voluntourism has grown, too, focusing mainly on participant motivations and outcomes. However, explicit research on the outcomes and impacts voluntourism projects generate for their host communities and environments is sparse. As voluntourism becomes increasingly frequent, it is critical to design and implement projects that maximize potential for positive impacts and minimize negative impacts. This study reaches toward that goal by investigating (1) the operational characteristics of voluntourism conservation projects in Madre de Dios, Peru, a global conservation …

Negative Allosteric Modulation Of Nmda Receptors With Glun2a Gain-Of-Function Mutations, Jill Christine Farnsworth

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are calcium permeable, glutamate-gated ion channels that mediate many forms of synaptic plasticity in the central nervous system. Due to their pivotal role in regulating synaptic plasticity, a canonical correlate of the molecular and cellular basis for learning and memory, they are implicated in the pathophysiology of various neurological disorders. Recently, advances in genome sequencing has identified the NMDA receptor to be intolerant to genetic variation, as variation often leads to disease. For example, mutations in the GluN2A subunit of the NMDA receptor are implicated in the etiology of severe epilepsy-aphasia spectrum disorders. Here we selected …

Enhancing The Emotional Impact Of Prospections Via Personal Values, Bethany Grace Gorter

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Prospection involves imagining future events using mental representations. When people engage in positive, vivid, prospections they report “boosts” of mood, and higher rates of well-being. This study sought to cultivate positive affect in response to prospections by incorporating values into future imagery. Two groups imagined everyday future events in detail. One group additionally learned about values and linked these values to the everyday future events. We hypothesized that the values-based prospection would result in greater increases in mood, and that this increase would be mediated by additional access to details and phenomenological features. Contrary to hypotheses, there was no positive …

Disentangling The Relations Between Acute Stress, Chronic Stress, And Prospective Memory, Brandon Taylor Stewart

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Given the importance and prevalence of Prospective Memory (PM) in daily life and the common experience of stress, it is critical to understand the relations between them. Despite a growing literature base, the answers to some of the simplest questions about these relations remain unanswered. The present study was designed to investigate the relations between both acute and chronic stress and time- and event-based PM. Several methodological features make this study unique and may contribute to a broadening of our understanding of PM in daily life. The results of the present study revealed that chronic stress was negatively correlated with …

Developmental, Ecological, And Life History Influences On Predator-Induced Plasticity In Songbirds, James Christopher Mouton

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

Predation is a ubiquitous ecological force that plays a major role in the evolution of phenotypes. Where the predation risk is predictable and variable, prey species are expected to evolve plasticity in traits that reduce the likelihood of being killed and eaten by predators. Such plasticity may be especially critical for the survival of dependent offspring because they are particularly vulnerable to predators and suffer high levels of predation across taxa. Yet the fitness effects of predator-induced plasticity can vary across life stages, differ between parents and offspring, or be mediated by interactions with other species in the community. The …

A Comprehensive Case Report For The University Of Montana Forensic Anthropology Laboratory Case #18-188, Elizabeth Rose Valentine

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This report consists of the skeletal remains, assessment of the minimum number of individuals, a biological profile analysis and a literature review on pathology analyses for forensic anthropology case reporting. The human remains are consistent with a MNI of one. The individual is likely an adult male of European ancestry with an estimated age range of 30 to 50 years at time of death. This individual has a probable forensic stature of 5’3’’ to 5’4’’. This individual may be identified by the burr hole or trepanation located on the frontal bone as there are likely medical records for this procedure.