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2019 October 28 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

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Exploring Nursery Growers’ Perceptions, Attitudes And Opinions About Water Usage To Inform Water Conservation Education, Pei-Wen Huang, Alexa J. Lamm, Laura A. Warner, Sarah A. White, Paul Fisher

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Research has shown the nursery industry needs to seek alternative water sources and adopt water conservation strategies to reduce water use in order to stay viable. This study used a qualitative approach to explore nursery growers’ perceptions, attitudes, and opinions about water usage to inform the development of Extension programs that encourage adoption of water conservation strategies. Interviews were conducted with 24 nursery growers across the U.S. The findings indicated growers interact with water in various ways, including meeting plant water needs, facilitating chemical distribution, controlling product quality, and facilitating business operations. The participants felt protecting water was the right …

Before You Tie The Knot: Mapping Pedagogy, Learning Outcomes, And Effect Size In Premarital Education, Victor W. Harris, C. Bradford Sewell, Jon Anderson, Kyra C. Speegle, Heidi Jones Harris

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Human services educators are continually seeking ways to make instruction more effective and engaging. This study evaluated the AIAI-FTFD (Attention, Interact, Apply, Invite – Fact, Think, Feel, Do) Start-to-Finish Teaching Model for educators in an ongoing premarital educational program to determine the model’s effectiveness in implementing the concept of “teaching as an intervention” in human services educational programming. The AIAI-FTFD Model is designed to first, assist instructors to engage the audience’s attention, then introduce the information being taught with the purpose to facilitate interaction between the instructor and participants, next elicit application of the material to personal contexts, and finally, …

Adapting An Elementary School Nutrition Context Assessment For High School Settings And Students, Deborah H. John, Beret Halverson, Tia H. Ho

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

The school nutrition context is comprised of supportive environmental features, programs, policies, and social relationships that shape students’ healthy dietary choices and patterns. When engaging students as change agents, advocates, and partners in making healthy nutrition choices easier, environmental assessment tools developed for adults may be too complex or inappropriately tailored for youth. Adolescents need practical, user-tailored tools that reliably measure the food and beverage environments they encounter in school to inform youth-led changes to the school nutrition context. To meet this need, an evidence-based school environmental assessment was adapted for use in high schools by students as evaluators. Cooperative …

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Analysis Of Organic Acid Contents In Three Kind Of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Pei Fangyi, Jiang Ming, Ma Yanshi, Chen Xue, Liu Zhenyan, Liu Xi, Chen Xiaoting

Food and Machinery

In this study, the contents of glucose, glycerol, ethanol and organic acids in the fermentation process of three Saccharomyces cerevisiae were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The results showed that the content of glycerol and ethanol in S. cerevisiae 1946 was significantly higher than that in S. cerevisiae P1 and S. cerevisiae 32788 (P<0.05). The seven organic acids in the three kinds of S. cerevisiae fermentation broth have obvious differences and regularity. The content of organic acids in S. cerevisiae 1946 was lower than that in S. cerevisiae P1 and S. cerevisiae 32788. The acid production level of S. cerevisiae was negatively correlated with ethanol production capacity.

Diversity Of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Isolated From Cold Fresh Chicken Handlers’ Hands, Huang Liujuan, Shao Yi, Feng Bo, Zhou Changyan

Food and Machinery

In order to investigate the potential migration of antibiotic resistant (ART) bacteria from cold fresh chicken to humans during handling in production and consumption, selective culture technology and IonS5^TM XL sequencing platform were used for counting and diversity analysis of tetracycline-(TET^r) and sulfamethoxazole-resistant bacteria (SUL^r) on the surface of six handlers’ hands contacting with cold fresh chicken products. The results showed that the two ART bacteria from the handlers’ hands significantly increased to 4.80×10～2.66×10⁶ CFU/cm² after contacting with cold fresh chicken. Furthermore, 21 and 19 genera of shared flora were identified in the …

Study On The Change Of Texture Characteristics Of Water Buffalo Meat During Low Temperature Storage, Li Chunyou, Fu Chunting, Yin Chaomin, Xu Jinrong, Huang Chengdu, Jin Guofeng

Food and Machinery

The changes of texture characteristics of Guangxi water buffalo meat buffalo meat was investigated during low temperature storage using texture profile analysis. Moreover, the correlation among various indexes of beef texture characteristics of buffalo meat was also analyzed. The results indicated that the hardness, elasticity, chewiness and adhesiveness of buffalo meat decreased continuously with the prolongation of storage time, but the cohesiveness of buffalo meat was increasing. During cryopreservation, there was a significantly positive correlation between the hardness of buffalo meat and characteristics of elasticity, adhesiveness, and chewiness (P＜0.05), but no significant correlation between the cohesiveness of buffalo meat and …

Effects Of Different Drying Methods On Extraction Rate Of Onion Essential Oiland Its Dpph Radical Scavenging Activity, Wang Yueyue, Duan Xu, Ren Guangyue, Zhou Siqing

Food and Machinery

In order to improve the extraction rate of onion essential oil and make the extraction process of onion essential oil easy to operate, three drying methods, including hot air drying (AD), vacuum freeze drying (FD) and microwave freeze drying (MFD), were used to make fresh onion powder. The essential oil of onion was extracted by distillation. The extraction rate and the DPPH free radical scavenging ability of three kinds of dried onion powder were compared. The extraction rate of onion essential oil from onion powder by wave freeze-drying was 4.57%, with shortest extraction time. The optimum extraction conditions of onion …

Optimization Of Flash Extraction Process And Structure Identification Ofpolysaccharide And Protein From Hericium Erinaceus, Zhang Xiong, Xiao Zhiyong, Huang Qun, Huang Xiang, Yang Ran, Chen Lei, Wang Yiwei

Food and Machinery

The polysaccharides and proteins from Hericium erinaceus were flashly extracted. On the basis of single factor experiments, the response surface methodology was applied to optimize the extraction conditions, and the structure of the polysaccharide and the subunit composition of the protein molecule were analyzed by infrared spectroscopy and SDS-PAGE respectively. The optimal condition for extraction of Hericium erinaceus polysaccharides (HEP) and proteins were: extracting time 80 s, liquid-solid ratio 17∶1 (mL/g), grinding granularity 80 meshes, extracting voltage 100 V, HEP yield rate (9.24±0.15)% and protein yield rate was 1.34%. The fourier transform infrared spectrum showed that HEP had absorption peaks …

Effect Of Drying Treatment Methods On The Drying Rate And Quality Characteristics Of Big Fruit Hawthorn, Guo Ting, Bai Xiangli, Chen Yineng, Duan Zhenhua, Chen Zhenlin, Cai Wen, Deng Chunli

Food and Machinery

The quality characteristics of big fruit hawthorn were measured and analyzed to investigate the effects of vacuum microwavepulse drying, vacuum microwave drying, hot air combined with vacuum microwave drying and hot air drying on quality characteristics of MDCP, which color, browning, water/oil holding capacity, diaphaneity, vitamin C, total acid and flavonoid content of MDCP were compared. Results showed that drying treatment methods had a significantly influence on the color, browning, diaphaneity and total acid content of MDCP (P<0.05). MDCP made by vacuum microwave pulse drying had the best integrated quality with high drying efficiency and low cost, which might be a good choice in the processing industry.

Effect Of Edible Mushroom Polysaccharide On Human Gut Microbiome, Cheng Mengya, Yang Yalan, Yang Qiao, Feng Lulu, Huang Rengui, Zheng Lufei, Ren Jiali

Food and Machinery

Polysaccharide is one of the main bioactive compounds in these mushroom which had been generally studied to have the health-promoting properties of anti-oxidation, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, immunoregulation. With the heat wave of gut microbiome rising, how the edible mushroom polysaccharide affects human health through the gut microbiome has become the focus of attention. This review discussed the efficacy and structure of edible mushroom polysaccharides, the composition, distribution and function of human gut microbiome, and how the mushroom polysaccharides affect human health through regulating the gut microbiome. At the same time, preliminary suggestions for the follow-up study of edible mushroom polysaccharides were …

Progress On Main Virulence Factors And Pathogenic Mechanism Of Cronobacter Spp., Fei Peng, Yang Tongxiang, Chen Xi, Xiang Jinle, Zhao Shengjuan, Xu Yunfeng, Zhou Lianxin, Guo Ling, Kang Huaibin

Food and Machinery

In this study, the role of major virulence factors in the pathogenic process of Cronobacter, including enterotoxin, outer membrane protein, gene Inv, and key enzyme RpfF were reviewed. Furthermore, the pathogenic mechanism was summarized from the following aspects, i. e. the adhesion of bacterial hair, the absorption ability of iron by Cronobacter, the utilization of sialic acid, the effects of biofilm on the protection, and the adhesion of Cronobacter, the effect of efflux system on the viability of Cronobacter in host gastrointestinal tract and desiccation resistance.

Optimization Of Xylanase Production By A Neurospora Sitophilathrough Solid State Fermentation, Duan Rui, Deng Yongping, Liu Xiaolan, Zheng Xiqun, Jiang Huanxiao, Ma Rui

Food and Machinery

Using vinegar as the main raw material to produce xylanase by solid-state fermentation of Neurospora sitophila. Using the activities of xylanase as indicators, the medium and culture conditions were optimized by single factor experiment and orthogonal experiment. Results: The medium consisted of 5 g of vinegar and 0.4 g of bean dregs. The initial pH of the medium was 5.5, 106 spores/Bottle of inoculum concentration and the solid-liquid ratio was 1∶3 (g/mL), and the culture medium was cultured at 28 ℃ for 3 d. The enzyme activity was 412.34 U/g under the optimized conditions, which was increased about 3.59 times …

Genetic Diversity Analysis Of Common Bean Germplasms Based On Ssr Molecular Markers, Xia Chunyang, Du Jidao, Han Yiqiang, Sun Haoyue, Li Ming, Wu Hongbin, Zhang Qi, Yu Shenglong

Food and Machinery

The genetic diversity of 69 common bean germplasm resources was analyzed by SSR-PCR reaction system, and cluster analysis was carried out by UPGMA method. Seventeen pairs of SSR markers were detected and 55 allelic mutation loci were obtained, ranging from 2 to 5, with an average of 3.24 markers per pair. Seventeen pairs of primers had 17 polymorphic loci with 100% polymorphism. According to the cluster analysis results, the genetic similarity coefficient (GS) of the material ranged from 0.392 to 0.963, with an average of 0.659. 69 kinds of the beans seeds were divided into four groups at the genetic …

Agarwal To Become President Of American Society Of Nephrology, Alicia Rohan

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Relationships Between Soil Macroinvertebrates And Nonnative Feral Pigs (Sus Scrofa) In Hawaiian Tropical Montane Wet Forests, Nathaniel H. Wehr, Creighton M. Litton, Noa K. Lincoln, Steven C. Hess

United States National Park Service: Publications

Abstract Nonnative feral pigs (Sus scrofa) are recognized throughout the New World as a highly significant introduced species in terms of ecosystem alteration. Similarly, nonnative soil macroinvertebrates (e.g. earthworms, ground beetles) invade and alter the structure and function of native habitats globally. However, the relationship between feral pigs and soil macroinvertebrates remains largely unknown. This study analyzed relationships between these taxa using nine sites located inside and outside of feral pig management units representing a * 25 year chronosequence of removal in tropical montane wet forests in Hawai‘i. Soil macroinvertebrates were sampled from plots categorized as: actively trampled by feral …

Crow's Nest, October 28, 2019, Crow's Nest Staff

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The October 28, 2019, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Global Imprint Of Mycorrhizal Fungi On Whole-Plant Nutrient Economics, Colin Averill, Jennifer M. Bhatnagar, Michael C. Dietze, William D. Pearse, Stephanie N. Kivlin

Biology Faculty Publications

Mycorrhizal fungi are critical members of the plant microbiome, forming a symbiosis with the roots of most plants on Earth. Most plant species partner with either arbuscular or ectomycorrhizal fungi, and these symbioses are thought to represent plant adaptations to fast and slow soil nutrient cycling rates. This generates a second hypothesis, that arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal plant species traits complement and reinforce these fungal strategies, resulting in nutrient acquisitive vs. conservative plant trait profiles. Here we analyzed 17,764 species level trait observations from 2,940 woody plant species to show that mycorrhizal plants differ systematically in nitrogen and phosphorus economic traits. …

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, October 28, 2019, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

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Whalesong 2019-10-28 (V.39 No.2), Khrystl Brouillette, Baylee Schneider, Kieran Poulson-Edwards, Mike Flunker, Sierra Lissick, Trystin Luhr, Liam Dyer, Rylee Landen, Kelsey Walsh, Chase Parkey, Brandy Mulbury

Whalesong

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The Utility Of Impedance Cardiography In Hemodynamic Monitoring Of Patients With Sepsis, James Butz, Yizhi Shan, Andres Samayoa, Orlando C. Kirton, Thai Vu

Abington Jefferson Health Papers

BACKGROUND: Commonly used biochemical indicators and hemodynamic and physiologic parameters of sepsis vary with regard to their sensitivity and specificity to the diagnosis. The aim of this preliminary study was to evaluate non-invasive impedance cardiography as a monitoring tool of the hemodynamic status of patients with sepsis throughout their initial volume resuscitation to explore the possibility of identifying additional measurements to be used in the future treatment of sepsis.

METHODS: Nine patients who presented to the emergency room and received a surgical consultation during a 3-month period in 2016, meeting the clinical criteria of sepsis defined by systemic inflammatory response …

Preparations And Electrochemical Properties Of Co@Nc Nanocomposites Based On Zif-67, Xiao-Li Tan, Deng-Hong He, Xing-Wang Zhang

Journal of Electrochemistry

It is necessary to develop an inexpensive catalyst for the replacement of precious metal catalysts (such as RuO₂, IrO₂). In this article, the metal organic framework ZIF-67 was synthesized by solvothermal method at room temperature, and then the high temperature carbonization was used to prepare the nitrogen-doped carbon-based composite material Co@NC with the Co nanoparticle inside. The effects of the carbonization temperature on surface morphology, chemcial composition and electrocatalytic property were investigated. Most importantly, the Co@NC catalyst with the best morphology and structure was synthesized, and its catalytic activity and stability toward oxygen evolution reaction (OER) …

Venom Diversity And Evolution In The Most Divergent Cone Snail Genus Profundiconus, Guilia Fassio, Maria Vittoria Modica, Lou Mary, Paul Zaharias, Alexander E. Fedosov, Juliette Gorson, Yuri I. Kantor, Mandë E. Holford, Nicolas Puillandre

Publications and Research

Profundiconus is the most divergent cone snail genus and its unique phylogenetic position, sister to the rest of the family Conidae, makes it a key taxon for examining venom evolution and diversity. Venom gland and foot transcriptomes of Profundiconus cf. vaubani and Profundiconus neocaledonicus were de novo assembled, annotated, and analyzed for differential expression. One hundred and thirty-seven venom components were identified from P. cf. vaubani and 82 from P. neocaledonicus, with only four shared by both species. The majority of the transcript diversity was composed of putative peptides, including conotoxins, profunditoxins, turripeptides, insulin, and prohormone-4. However, there were also …

The Influence Of Tantalum On Human Cell Lineages Important For Healing In Soft-Tissue Reattachment Surgery: An In-Vitro Analysis, Edward C. A. Gee, Renato Eleotério, Laura M. Bowker, Adnan Saithna, John A. Hunt

GME Publications

Background: Porous tantalum is currently used in orthopaedic surgery for a variety of indications including soft tissue re-attachment. However, the clinical results have been variable and a previous laboratory study has suggested that tantalum may actually inhibit chick tendon fibroblasts. The influence of tantalum on human cell-types involved in soft tissue re-attachment has not been defined.

Methods: Human fibroblasts, human osteoblasts and human mesenchymal stem cells were plated on glass cover slips, half of which were coated with tantalum. Cell numbers were assessed at 1, 2, 7 and 14 days using Cyquant® assay. Cell adhesion and morphology were assessed using …

Fetal Programming Of Intrauterine Growth Restricted Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell Function, Micah Most

Honors Program: Senior Projects (Public)

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) reduces skeletal muscle mass in fetuses and offspring. The objective of this study was to determine if myoblasts (skeletal muscle stem cells) from maternal inflammation induced intrauterine growth-restricted (MI-IUGR) fetuses are less responsive to proliferation-stimulating factors in culture. Ovine MI-IUGR fetal myoblasts were isolated at 125 days of gestational age (dGA, term = 150 dGA), grown for 72 hours in complete growth media spiked with insulin, tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα), or unspiked (basal), and analyzed for ex vivo proliferative capacity via a 2 hour EdU pulse. A second set of myoblasts were differentiated in differentiation …

Functional Properties And Subunits Properties Of Oat Protein Isolate Under Different Ph And Ionic Strength, Wang Meiyu, Wang Yu, Chen Zhenjia, Yan Zhou, Liu Longlong

Food and Machinery

Oat protein isolate (OPI) was extracted from oat. The solubility, foaming properties, emulsifying activity and subunits properties of OPI under different pH and ionic strength were studied. The results showed that，at pH 5.0~6.0, OPI has the lowest solubility, the lowest foaming, the highest foam stability, and under alkaline conditions higher emulsification and emulsion stability. Acidic conditions of pH 2.0 and 3.0 cause partial hydrolysis of soluble OPI peptide chains, forming a subunit between 31.0 to 43.0 kDa. No significant difference was found under the alkaline conditions. The solubility was the lowest when the NaCl concentration was 0.05 mol/L, and The …

Protective Effects Of Alcohol Extraction From Peony Stamen On H2O2-Induced Damage In Huvec, Luo Lei, Guan Ningning, Xiang Jinle, Zhu Wenxue

Food and Machinery

The main components of the alcohol extraction from peony stamen was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. H₂O₂ induced human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) cells to establish a damage model to study the protective effect of peony flower extract. Results: the alcohol extraction from peony stamen mainly contain three monomers, namely rutin, quercetin and paeoniflorin, with contents of 44.25%, 15.50% and 17.00%, respectively. The alcohol extraction from peony stamen can reduce the content of MDA in cells and culture medium, increase the activities of SOD, GPX and GSH content in the calls. The alcohol extraction of …

Study On Antioxidant Activities Of Various Solvent Polyphenol Extracts From Black Soybean Seed Coat, Ren Manni, Wang Cuntang, Tang Xuhua, Sun Peng, Gao Zengming

Food and Machinery

Black soybean seed coat were extracted using three solvent systems: 70% acetone, ethanol and methanol. The extracts were tested for their total phenolic content, total flavonoid content and antioxidant activities. The results showed that the extracts with acetone as the extraction agent had the highest yield［(11.23±0.005) g/100 g］, and the extracts had the highest total phenol content of (845.32±21.35) mg/g and total flavonoids content of (63.72±2.35) mg/g. Meanwhile, IC₅₀ of acetone extract on DPPH free radical and ABTS free radical were (0.059±0.005) mg/mL and (0.057±0.004) mg/mL, respectively. The antioxidant activities were lower than ascorbic acid but higher than methanol …

Effecting Epiphanous Change In Teacher Practice: A Teacher’S Autoethnography, Karen D. Barley Ms, Jane Southcott

The Qualitative Report

This study comprises of a series of autoethnographic vignettes stemming from Karen’s life experiences that provide a snapshot of her quest for equality and fairness in her personal life, as well as her professional life as a primary school and special education educator. Karen later became a teacher of teachers, keen to share what she had learned with her peers. It was when she began educating other teachers that she became even more self-reflective with the most poignant question being, what causes one to change their beliefs, attitude, or way of thinking? The included vignettes encapsulate significant stories, starting from …