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The Impact Of Biofouling On Marine Environment : A Qualitative Review Of The Current Antifouling Technologies, Sultan Ahmed Alghamdi, Rafael Alejandro Quijada Cordova

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Pilot Study: Baseline Educational Achievements Of Children Raised By Grandparents In A Kinship Care Program, Mary Lou Lacomb-Davis, Phd, Aprn, Cpnp-Pc, Michael Patton, Msw, Jean Pawl, Phd, Rn, Ocn, Cne

GrandFamilies: The Contemporary Journal of Research, Practice and Policy

This pilot study reports the baseline data of a prospective longitudinal study examining the educational achievements of grandchildren being raised by grandparents in parent absent homes. The baseline data includes 117 grandchildren in grades K-12 in two school districts in a southeastern state. School records reporting 2,230 grades were examined for grade point average (GPA) and attendance for K-12 and conduct in grades K-5. The majority of the grandchildren achieved A/B averages. There were no significant differences between gender, pre-care experiences, placement by welfare agencies or paternal involvement across years of schooling. GPAs were lower in the grandchildren who had …

Seeing The Unseen: Inquiry Driven Campus Hydrogeology Project, Melissa E. Lenczewski, Sarah O'Leary-Driscoll

Faculty Publications & Research

No abstract provided.

Reimagining Introductory Biology Pilot Study:Preliminary Findings, Amber Stitziel Pareja, Hannah R. Anderson

Publications & Research

No abstract provided.

Jccc Writes : A Celebration Of Campus Authors, Jessica Tipton

Library Papers and Presentations

No abstract provided.

The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 10 Issue 8, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

The Doctrine Of Discovery, Latinxo Theoethics, And Human Rights, Nestor Medina

Journal of Hispanic / Latino Theology

No abstract provided.

November 2019 Quicknotes, Southern Adventist University

QuickNotes – Advancement e-Newsletter

QuickNotes is an e-newsletter that comes from Advancement at Southern Adventist University. November 2019 edition features the article "Southern Welcomes New Vice President For Spiritual Life".

Summer 2017 - Spring 2019 Data Management Strategic Agenda: Final Report, Megan Davis, Ellie Dworak, Michelle Armstrong

Data Management Services

Between Summer 2017 - Spring 2019, Albertsons Library’s Research Data Management Group worked on implementing a strategic agenda. Below is a report of the activities undertaken in response to that plan. In particular, the work of the group has been shaped and impacted by several key factors:

• Over the past two years, the group had several changes in membership with two members departing, one new member joining, and another assuming additional job duties. Unlike earlier configurations of the group which focused more on exploration and development, the Research Data Management Group had evolved to the point where we are delivering …

Varying Weed Densities Alter The Corn Transcriptome, Highlighting A Core Set Of Weed-Induced Genes And Processes With Potential For Manipulating Weed Tolerance, David P. Horvath, Sharon A. Clay, Stephanie A. Bruggeman, James V. Anderson, Wun S. Chao, Kathleen Yeater

Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications

The phenological responses of corn (Zea mays L.) to competition with increasing densities of winter canola (Brassica napus L.) as the weedy competitor were investigated. Changes in the corn transcriptome resulting from varying weed densities were used to identify genes and processes responsive to competition under controlled conditions where light, nutrients, and water were not limited. Increasing densities of weeds resulted in decreased corn growth and development and increased the number and expression intensity of competition-responsive genes. The physiological processes identified in corn that were consistently induced by competition with weeds included protein synthesis and various transport functions. …

Firefighter’S Workers’ Compensation Claims In Montana, 2007-2017: A Cost Analysis, Rylie Mutzenberger, Julia Brennan, Emily Healy, Theresa Stack, Amy Kuenzi, David P. Gilkey

Safety Health & Industrial Hygiene

The objective of this study was to examine costs associated with workers’ compensation claims from firefighters in Montana. Workers’ compensation claims data were obtained from the Montana Department of Labor and Industry. The highest proportion of total benefit amount dollars was paid to male firefighters (93.7%), public employees (84.8%), and those who were 45-54 years of age at time of injury (23.9%). Part-time employees represented the employment category receiving the highest total benefit amount ($766,354). July represented the month with the highest average total benefit amount cost ($52,084). Strains and sprains, back injuries, and lifting activities all represented the highest …

Honors Oracle, November 2019, Marshall University Honors College

Honors Oracle

Marshall University’s Honors College newsletter.

Empowering Sustainability Leaders: Variations On A Learning-By-Doing Theme, Karen Bieluch, Bridie Mcgreavy, Linda Silka, Aaron Strong, David Hart

New Hampshire EPSCoR

No abstract provided.

Total Phenolic And Flavonoid Content And Biological Activities Of Extracts And Isolated Compounds Of Cytisus Villosus Pourr., Farida Larit, Francisco León, Samira Benyahia, Stephen J. Cutler

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2019 by the authors. Kadsura coccinea (Lem.) A.C. Smith is an evergreen, woody climbing plant that is widely distributed throughout southwest mainland China. Extracts of this plant are used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for the treatment of various diseases, like cancer and dermatosis, and as an anodyne to relieve pain, while the leaves are used to treat eczema. In the current study, the toxicity of essential oil from its stem (EOKC) was studied against two strains of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius). Essential oil from the plant was obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC/MS. The major compound identified …

Experimental Investigation Examining The Effects Of Acute Exercise On Implicit Memory Function, Paul D. Loprinzi, Morgan Gilbert, Gina Robinson, Briahna Dickerson

Faculty and Student Publications

© 2019, PsychOpen. All rights reserved. Emerging work suggests that acute exercise can enhance explicit memory function. Minimal research, however, has examined whether acute exercise is associated with implicit memory, which was the purpose of this study. Three separate experimental studies were computed (N = 120; Mean age = 21). In Experiment 1, participants were randomly assigned to either a moderate-intensity bout of acute exercise (15-minute) or engaged in a seated control task (15-minute), followed by the completion of a word-fragmentation implicit memory task. Experiment 2 replicated Experiment 1, but instead employed a higher-intensity exercise protocol. For Experiment 3, participants …

Resistant Hypertension: Renal Denervation Or Pharmacovigilance? Insights From A Renal Denervation Screening Program, Marcin Ojrzanowski, Jarosław D Kasprzak, Jan Zbigniew Peruga, Małgorzata Kurpesa, Łukasz Jankowski, Sonu Sahni, Michał Plewka

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (New York) Publications and Research

BACKGROUND: With emerging new therapeutic concepts including renal denervation (RDN), there is a renewed interest in resistant hypertension (ResH). Among patients suspected of having ResH, a definitive diagnosis needs to be established.

OBJECTIVES: This study presents observations from a standardized single-center screening program for RDN candidates, including medical therapy modification and reassessment.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: All patients referred to our center for RDN underwent a standardized screening protocol. Candidates were recruited from among patients receiving no less than 3 antihypertensive drugs, including diuretics with office blood pressure (BP) >140/90 mm Hg. The assessment included 2 measurements of BP and ambulatory …

Multi-Objective Sub-Linear Frequent Mining-Based Information Prediction In Biomedical Datasets Using Big Data Analytics, G. Elangovan, G. Kavya

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Recently, big data applications have been rapidly expanded into various industries. Healthcare is one of the industries that are seek to use big data platforms and mining. As a result, some large data analytics tools have been adopted in this field. Medical imaging, which is a pillar in diagnostic healthcare, involves a high volume of data collection and processing. The most challenging issue is common in sub-graph mining process to reduce the dimensionality of medical data set is minimized. In this paper, we propose a Multi-Objective Sub-Linear Frequent Mining (MOSLFM) to estimate the real values of outline processing in biomedical …

Qualitative Analysis Of A Sir Epidemic Model With A Nonlinear Relapse And Incidence Rate Stochastically Perturbed, Abdelaziz Assadouq, Adel Settati, Ali El Myr

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

In this paper, we analyze a stochastic SIR epidemic model in a constant population with a relapse and nonlinear perturbation. First, we illustrate show that the system has a unique global positive solution that belongs to a positively invariant set. Then, we obtain sufficient conditions for the extinction and persistence in the mean. Finally, numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the theoretical results.

A Fuzzy Responsibility-Based Access Organizer For Leukemia Record Protection Using Kwatts Algorithm, B. Shuriya, A. Rajendran

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

The importance of classifying cancer patients into high to low-risk groups has led many research teams to study the application of machine learning (ML) methods. Here, the leukemia dataset is used for classification to diagnosis the disease. The proposed K-Watts classifying algorithm, compared to other classification algorithms, yields the lowest error rate. The purpose of the reproduction for record protection is to represent a clear idea about the new Fuzzy Responsibility- Based Access Organizer (FRBAO). The projected reproduction provides the wider society safe plans, or with access to the organized mode in MultiPlan hypothesis, using fuzzy constraints. The view part …

Genome-Wide Computational Identification Of Biologically Significant Cis-Regulatory Elements And Associated Transcription Factors From Rice, Chai-Ling Ho, Matt Geisler

Publications

The interactions between transcription factors (TFs) and cis-acting regulatory elements (CREs) provide crucial information on the regulation of gene expression. The determination of TF-binding sites and CREs experimentally is costly and time intensive. An in silico identification and annotation of TFs, and the prediction of CREs from rice are made possible by the availability of whole genome sequence and transcriptome data. In this study, we tested the applicability of two algorithms developed for other model systems for the identification of biologically significant CREs of co-expressed genes from rice. CREs were identified from the DNA sequences located upstream from the transcription …

Written In Black, White, And Red: An Exploration Of Civilizer Theology In American History, Jeremy Mcginniss

Master's Theses

This paper proposes an extended definition and discusses examples of civilizer theology within the perceptions and practices of white Protestant American Christianity faith traditions. Civilizer theology is defined as a self-referential, self-fulfilling framework actively shaping the expectations, behaviors and practices of societal norms driving cultural practices. Examples are selected as guided by three significant and interdependent dispositions characterizing civilizer theology: cultural decay/moral decline, authority, and violence. This paper hypothesizes theological interpretation, application and exegesis, mediated by the three dispositions, are deliberately applied to support socio-economic, cultural and political ends with the goal of maintaining power structures benefiting a particular group.

Bridging The Gap Between Immigration Detainment And Parental Rights: A Constitutional Consideration Of Migrant Children Separation, Kelsey Burge

Northern Illinois Law Review Supplement

Federal immigration law does not completely comport with state family law because some federal legislation, such as the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA), requires states to initiate parental custody proceedings due to children being separated from their parents for a statutorily defined period, even when parents are detained in immigration centers with very uncertain timelines. Parental custody proceedings involve factors that each state has authority to enact evaluating parental fitness; however, the factors may be implicitly or explicitly biased toward migrant parents, resulting in migrant parental custody being terminated unfairly. While Trump's zero-tolerance policy enacted in 2018 sparked outrage …

Turbidity And Ion Concentrations Vary With Land Use And Underlying Geology At The West Fork Of The White River, Erin E. Scott, Brian E. Haggard

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

The West Fork of the White River (WFWR) watershed in northwest Arkansas is a trans-ecoregion watershed and is experiencing land-use changes, especially in the downstream portion of the watershed. The entire 54-km long river has been on the State’s 303(d) list of impaired waterbodies for turbidity, total dissolved solids (TDS), and sulfate for many years. The purpose of this study was to identify which part(s) of the river fail to meet applicable water quality standards (WQS) and to investigate possible sources of pollutants, whether human-caused or naturally occurring. Water samples were collected once or twice a month at 9 sites …

Biochar As A Filler In Mixed Matrix Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, And Applications, Jeremy Lewis, Mark Miller, Jake Crumb, Maram A. Q. Al-Sayaghi, Chris Buelke, Austin Tesser, Ali Alshami

Chemical Engineering Faculty Publications

The use of mixed-matrix materials (MMM) has become a major topic of research in recent years, due to unique properties achieved in these composites. In this work, biochar from sunflower seed hull pyrolysis and biochar/polysulfone (PSF) MMMs were produced and characterized. The optimal pyrolysis temperature for biochar production was determined to be 500 °C. The resulting biochar properties were an iodine number of 203 mg/g and a pore volume of 0.595 mL/g. In MMM fabrication, the use 4% ethanol as nonsolvent in the wet phase inversion process increased the glass transition temperature by 8 °C, indicating improved biochar/PSF interaction. The …

The Decline Of Denali’S Wolves: Federal Options In The Face Of Non-Cooperative Wildlife Federalism, Catherine Danley

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.

Genetic Analysis Of Stilbenoid Profiles In Grapevine Stems Reveals A Major Mqtl Hotspot On Chromosome 18 Associated With Disease-Resistance Motifs, Soon L. Teh, Bety Rostandy, Mani Awale, James J. Luby, Anne Fennell, Adrian D. Hegeman

Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications

Grapevine (Vitis spp.) contains a wealth of phytochemicals that have received considerable attention due to health-promoting properties and biological activities as phytoalexins. To date, the genetic basis of the quantitative variations for these potentially beneficial compounds has been limited. Here, metabolic quantitative trait locus (mQTL) mapping was conducted using grapevine stems of a segregating F₂ population. Metabolic profiling of grapevine stems was performed using liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS), resulting in the detection of 1317 ions/features. In total, 19 of these features matched with literature-reported stilbenoid masses and were genetically mapped using a 1449-SNP linkage map and R/qtl …

Transcriptome Profile Alteration With Cadmium Selenide/Zinc Sulfide Quantum Dots In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Cullen Horstmann, Daniel S. Kim, Chelsea Campbell, Kyoungtae Kim

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

Quantum Dots (QDs) are becoming more prevalent in products used in our daily lives, such as TVs and laptops, due to their unique and tunable optical properties. The possibility of using QDs as fluorescent probes in applications, such as medical imaging, has been a topic of interest for some time, but their potential toxicity and long-term effects on the environment are not well understood. In the present study, we investigated the effects of yellow CdSe/ZnS-QDs on Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We utilized growth assays, RNA-seq, reactive oxygen species (ROS) detection assays, and cell wall stability experiments to investigate the potential toxic effects …

Soliton Pair Propagation In Three-Level Unbalanced Medium, Sofiane Grira, Hichem Eleuch

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

The study investigates the soliton-pair propagation in an optical dense three-level atomic media where the dissipation of the atomic system is considered for unbalanced coupling between the allowed atomic transitions and the two classical pump fields. Analytical solutions of the solitary wave-pair are derived and the existence conditions for such wave-pair propagation is highlighted. The allowed soliton-pair velocities are defined.

Ritualized Display Of A Leaf: A Putative Agonistic Signal In Both Sexes Of Tropical Bird, L. M. Kiere, Troy G. Murphy, A. Garcia-Muñoz, M. Osorio-Beristain

Biology Faculty Research

Birds use many different signaling modalities (e.g. vocalizations, displays) to transmit information about their motivation to defend valuable resources. A handful of taxa use "props", inedible objects scavenged from the environment, in signaling. Several species of motmots (Coraciiformes) hold a leaf in their bill in a display that observational evidence suggests is agonistic. We used a simulated intruder experiment to test this display's agonistic signaling function using data from both members of pairs of russet-crowned motmots (Momotus mexicanus). If the display is agonistic, we expected territory-holding pairs to respond more strongly toward taxidermic mounts displaying a leaf. Our results showed …

Why Deep Learning Is More Efficient Than Support Vector Machines, And How It Is Related To Sparsity Techniques In Signal Processing, Laxman Bokati, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Several decades ago, traditional neural networks were the most efficient machine learning technique. Then it turned out that, in general, a different technique called support vector machines is more efficient. Reasonably recently, a new technique called deep learning has been shown to be the most efficient one. These are empirical observations, but how we explain them -- thus making the corresponding conclusions more reliable? In this paper, we provide a possible theoretical explanation for the above-described empirical comparisons. This explanation enables us to explain yet another empirical fact -- that sparsity techniques turned out to be very efficient in signal …