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Zea E-Books Collection

Our bodies are home to more microbes than human cells. The balance of helpful to harmful microbes in our bodies can make us sick or healthy. The Biology of Human project focuses on helping people understand themselves by exploring scientific principles that underlie modern research in human biology. Biology of Human is an alliance of science educators, artists, science writers, and biomedical researchers working to increase public understanding about viruses and infectious disease. In this comic, Daniel and Miguel find themselves in the world of the microbes, where they meet the Roid (Bacteroides), Longo biffi (Bifidobacterium longum), E. …

Whole Slide Imaging For High-Throughput Monitoring Of Microbial Growth And Its Application To Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, Donghui Song

Doctoral Dissertations

Archival abstract submitted

Role Of Tissue Inhibitor Of Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 In The Development Of Hypersensitivity Using An Animal Model Of Cutaneous Inflammation, Brittany Knight

Doctoral Dissertations

Persistent pain is a significant clinical problem that affects millions of people worldwide. The severity of acute pain and inflammatory signaling during tissue damage can predispose an individual to develop pain that persists past the normal healing time. In my thesis work, I focused on how molecules involved in the regulation of inflammation and normal wound healing contribute to the progression of pain.

During tissue damage and inflammation, Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) is upregulated to maintain tissue homeostasis as well as promote normal inflammatory signaling. Recent evidence suggests that TIMP-1 may reduce the development of nerve-injury induced pain, however …

Population Trends Of The Native Fish Assemblage In Bonita Creek, Arizona, Usa, George N. Zaimes, David Arthun, Vasilios Liordos

Western North American Naturalist

The protection of riparian zones is critical for biodiversity conservation. The exclusion of human activities and invasive nonnative fish species have been used as measures to protect vulnerable native fish populations in Bonita Creek, Graham County, Arizona. The abundance of 5 native fish species, during 2005–2016, and mesohabitat proportions, during 2011–2016, were estimated at 4 sites to assess the effectiveness of these conservation measures. Interannual variation in numbers was high for all the species, with the speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus) being the most abundant. The speckled dace significantly increased at one of the sites; the Sonora sucker ( …

Why Weightlifters Grunt: A Classroom Exercise That Introduces Students To Evolution, H. Charles Romesburg

Environment and Society Faculty Publications

A classroom exercise is described in which college students take part in creating and supporting an evolutionary hypothesis that explains effort grunting. The exercise holds their interest throughout and readies them to understand hypotheses of animal and plant evolution. It informs them about the dependence of cultural evolution upon biological evolution, and it connects widely to curricula.

A Microspectra Analysis Of Synthetic Wig Fibers, Jaclyn R. Beshlian

Student Theses

The goal of this study was to determine whether differentiation between 20 visually similar light brown synthetic wig fibers was possible with the use of a microspectrophotometer (MSP). Visually similar fibers were chosen to display the power of the instrument over the human eye. An MSP is an instrument that has the ability to aid in the analysis of certain microscopical samples. With this particular instrument one is able to collect the absorption and fluorescence spectra of microscopical colored samples without destroying the piece of evidence itself. Prior to any analysis with the MSP, the material of the fibers was …

An Integrated Approach To Determine Interactive Genotoxic And Global Gene Expression Effects Of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (Mwcnts) And Benzo[A]Pyrene (Bap) On Marine Mussels: Evidence Of Reverse ‘Trojan Horse’ Effects, Audrey Barranger, Graham A. Rance, Yann Aminot, Lorna J. Dallas, Susanna Sforzini, Nicola J. Weston, Rhys W. Lodge, Mohamed Banni, Volker M. Arlt, Michael N. Moore, James W. Readman, Aldo Viarengo, Andrei N. Khlobystov, Awadhesh N. Jha

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Associations Between Parental Media Monitoring, Media Use, And Internalizing Symptoms During Adolescence, Laura M. Padilla-Walker, Laura A. Stockdale, Ryan D. Mclean

Faculty Publications

Although time spent using media has been linked to internalizing problems, few studies have explored the role that parents might play in these associations. The current study explored how controlling and autonomy-supportive restrictive and active parental media monitoring were associated with adolescents’ internalizing problems via time spent using media (media multitasking, social media, TV, video games, music, reading, texting, and Internet). The current study used data from a national study of teens aged 10–20 (N 1,193, 52% female, 68% White, 13% Black, 11% Latino). Results suggested that only autonomy-supportive restrictive media monitoring was associated with lower media use for both …

Reviewing The Heroic Experience: A Humanistic And Existential Counselling Perspective, Peter Bray, Peter James

Heroism Science

Taking a humanistic and existential counselling stance, this brief review of heroism and the heroic experience begins by discussing the utility and structure of Joseph Campbell’s (1949) monomythic narrative of the hero’s journey, whilst considering the Jungian conceptualisation of the archetype and the collective unconscious. With their shared assumptions about transformation and growth, modern psychology and the therapeutic practice of counselling and psychotherapy are reviewed in terms of their utilisation of the hero-journey as a developmental metaphor for clients, particularly in trauma recovery. It is also suggested that, as a metaphor for transformation, Campbell’s hero-narrative may also have the potential …

Volume 116 Issue 1, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

Free Laundry To Snc

St. Norbert Times

• News:
  • Free Laundry to SNC
  • MMM Showcases Student Artist
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  • SNC STEMS out
  • Goodbye Cable, Hello SpectrumU
  • Welcome Back
• Opinion
  • Preserving the Paper
  • Getting Back to School
• Features
  • Make Summer Last: Farmers Market
  • How to Start the School Year Off Right
• Entertainment
  • Word Search
  • Student Spotlight
  • Did You Know???
  • Top 5 Summer Reads
  • New “Hunger Games” Novel Set To Release in 2020
  • The Curse of La Llorona: A Mexican Folktale
  • This Summer’s Entertainment
  • Junk Drawer: Summer Catch-Up
  • The Importance of Hasan Minhaj’s “Patriot Act”
• Sports
  • De Pere Softball Scores
  • SNC Football: Looking Forward
  • Soccer Ready To Kick Grass …

Spartan Daily, August 28, 2019, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2019

Volume 153, Issue 3

Humans Of Gsu - Aaron West, Office Of Marketing And Communications

Newsroom

No abstract provided.

Integrating Youth Participation And Ecosocial Work: New Possibilities To Advance Environmental And Social Justice, Tania Schusler, Amy Krings, Melissa Hernández

Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article reveals possibilities to expand the role of youth within ecosocial work practice. The Where I Stand Youth Summit held in Chicago, Illinois, provided a safe space for young people to reflect upon their understanding of, and roles within, social and environmental justice movements. Drawing upon critical youth empowerment theory and participant observation, we note that youth shared experiences of oppression across unique social identities, while displaying authentic communication, acceptance, and desire for solidarity. Re-defining what knowledge matters, along with intention and self-restoration, also emerged as critical to building young people’s agency and power to effect social change.

Ecuador: San Ramon Wastewater Solution, Eric Sheffield

ETHOS Technical Reports

San Ramon is a small rural community located in the Parroquía Perucho G.A.D. and within the province of Pichincha. It is a mountainous area and resembles the common climate and terrain of Ecuador’s highland region. The community consists of around 11 houses and the primary occupation of its residents involves agriculture. While the community has access to potable and irrigation water and electricity, the community lacks sufficient wastewater infrastructure for all of its residents.

The Parroquía de Perucho and San Ramon asked Fundación Ingenieros en Acción to prepare a design for a sustainable wastewater solution for the people of San …

Inhibition Of Punicalagin On The Expression Of Virulence Factors Of Staphylococcus Aureus, Xu Yunfeng, Wu Qian, Fan Qiuxia, Wang Xin, Xia Xiaodong

Food and Machinery

Hemolysis test, coagulase titer assay, and enzyme-linked immunoreaction method were used to detect the expression changes of hemolysin, plasma coagulase, and total enterotoxins after treating with punicalagin. Reverse transcription real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR was used to detect the expression of virulence-related genes. The results showed that punicalagin could significantly reduce the production of α-hemolysin, but the inhibition effect was not concentration-dependent. At the concentrations of higher than 1/4 MIC, punicalagin could decrease the expression of plasma coagulase. At the concentrations of higher than 1/2 MIC, punicalagin significantly reduced the production of total enterotoxins. Punicalagin also significantly reduced the transcription of …

Analysis Of Quality Characteristics Of Yunnan Broken Black Tea By Color, Fragrance And Tasty, Zhang Yangbo, Liu Zhonghua, Rao Tiantian, Li Shi, Ou Xingchang, An Huimin, Xiong Yifan, Li Wenxiong, Jiang Hongjian, Huang Jianan

Food and Machinery

In order to explore the color, fragrance and taste quality of Yunnan broken black tea, it provides a reference of the quality characteristics of domestic broken black tea in this study. This study collected 14 Yunnan broken black tea and analyzed the quality from sensory evaluation, color difference, aroma components, and physical and chemical ingredients. The results showed that the 14 sample tea soups were mainly red and bright, and the color differences L*, a*, and b* were -22.50 to -12.28, 9.09～23.80, 62.09～164.40, respectively. The amounts of TF, TF-3G, TF-3'G and TFDG were 0.146%～0.209%, 0.108%～0.225%, 0.041%～0.109%, 0.056%～0.177%; respectively. The aroma …

Moisture Retention Properties Of Polygonatum Polysaccharide In Tobacco And Its Mechanism, Lei Sheng, Liu Xiuming, Li Yuandong, Jiang Juxing, Zeng Yicheng, Wang Huijuan, Lin Chao, Wang Xuejiao, Yang Qianxu

Food and Machinery

The moisture absorption and moisture retention properties of polygonatum polysaccharides, fenugreek polysaccha-rides, chlorella polysaccharides and ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides were investigated as compared with propylene glycol and water. The results showed that polygonatum polysaccharides had similar moisture absorption properties as propylene glycol, but its moisture retention was significantly better than that of propylene glycol. Therefore, the desorption process of tobacco under low humidity conditions was fitted nonlinearly by common thin-layer drying models. It was found that the tobacco added with polygonatum polysaccharides have the lowest drying rate constant and the slowest moisture retention rate. Low field nuclear magnetic (LF-NMR) results showed …

Quantitative Analysis Of Glycine Solutions By Terahertz Attenuated Total Reflection (Thz-Atr) Spectra, Cheng Li, Ma Wei, Liu Qi, Ogawa Yuichi

Food and Machinery

Terahertz attenuated total reflection spectroscopy was employed to investigate the terahertz absorption spectra of different concentration glycine solutions within 20~450 cm^-1 at room temperature. There are four clear absorption peaks at 65.56, 127.28, 173.56, 308.55 cm^-1 respectively. The 2^nd derivative spectra and the multiple linear regressions were employed to perform the quantitative analysis of the glycine solution concentr-ation. Randomly combine different wave numbers, the optimum ternary linear regression equation was gained. The R² _Adj was 0.990 3, the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) was 0.005 7, the Root Mean Squares Error of Prediction (RMSEP) was 1.658 …

Effects Of The Dissolved Oxygen Level And The Vibration On Oxidative Stress Of Grouper During Water Transport, Wu Bo, Xie Jing

Food and Machinery

By evaluating the changes of antioxidant enzyme activity, antioxidant capacity, metabolites, glycogen and lactic acid content in tissues, the effects of different packaging oxygenation modes and transport road conditions on oxidative stress of grouper during waterborne transport were studied. The results showed that the antioxidant enzyme activity, antioxidant capacity and metabolites of grouper under continuous aeration and low oxygen vibration changed non-significantly, which indicated that the body could regulate and maintain the balance of antioxidant system. However, the activities of antioxidant enzymes, antioxidant capacity, lipid metabolites and anaerobic metabolic material production in grouper under very low dissolved oxygen and continuous …

Application And Research Progress Of Led Light Sterilization Technology In Fresh-Keeping Processing Of Fruit And Vegetables, Zhang Yuchen, Xie Jing

Food and Machinery

LED is a kind of green and environment-friendly cold light source, which has the advantages of non-toxicity, non-residue and wide application prospects in killing foodborne pathogenic bacteria in fruit and vegetable postharvest by using LED illumination technology. In this paper, the characteristics, sterilization mechanism and sterilization effect of visible and ultraviolet LED lamps were summarized. The sterilization effect of visible and ultraviolet LED lamps assisted by several different photosensitizers, as well as the dosage, effect and strains of the photosensitizers used werealso introduced. Finally, the existing problems and the future development direction of LED illumination sterilization technology were proposed.

Safety Evaluation Of Freeze-Dried Powder Of Sika Deer Antler Blood And Its Effect On Alleviating Physical Fatigue In Mice, Qin Heng, Li Shifen, Hu Qi, Huan Fei

Food and Machinery

To evaluate the food safety of sika deer antler blood freeze-dried powder, the acute toxicity test in mice, and the 30-day feeding and three genotoxicity tests in rats were conducted. The effects of sika deer antler blood freeze-dried powder on alleviating physical fatigue in mice were studied by weight-bearing swimming in the tails, determination of the urea level in serum, the glycogen reserve in liver and the lactic acid level in serum before and after the exercises. Results: the freeze-dried powder of sika deer antler blood was a substance without toxicity according to the acute toxicity test (MTD>15 g/kg·BW). …

Effect Of Brewing Conditions On Bioactive Compounds Of Xiangxi Golden Tea And It’S Antioxidant Activity, Chen Liang, Yu Ji, You Xiangtao, Jin Xuanlu, Ding Jiayun, Ma Chenjin, Yao Maojun

Food and Machinery

In different brewing temperature and time, the changes of tea polyphenols and free amino acids brewing from Xiangxi golden tea, which were detected by UV-visible spectrophotometer, was gotten, and the extraction kinetics model was established. The antioxidant properties were also determined by DPPH and ABTS clearance rate. Results, the concentration of tea polyphenols and free amino acids, DPPH and ABTS clearance rate increased with the brewing temperature rising 60~90 ℃, and the brewing time prolonged 1~30 min, and which tended to be stable after 30 min. The Extraction rate of the tea polyphenols and amino acids followed a second-order reaction, …

Review On Ice Crystal Shape And Assisted Freezing Methods Of Quick-Frozen Food, Chen Cong, Yang Dazhang, Xie Jing

Food and Machinery

In this paper, the food quick-freezing technology, the shape of ice crystal at different freezing rates and methods for observing ice crystals are described. The research progress of pressure-assisted freezing, electrostatic-assisted freezing and magnetic-assisted freezing in recent years is reviewed. The direct method can directly observe the ice crystal formed during the freezing process. The indirect method analyzes the ice crystal characteristics by observing the gap left by the ice crystal in the food after freezing. Pressure-assisted freezing can improve the super-cooling degree. When the pressure is released, the ice crystals formed by instantaneous freezing are fine and evenly distributed. …

Resolving The Genetic Paradox Of Invasions: Preadapted Genomes And Postintroduction Hybridization Of Bigheaded Carps In The Mississippi River Basin, Jun Wang, Sarah Gaughan, James T. Lamer, Cao Deng, Wanting Hu, Michael Wachholtz, Shishang Qin, Hu Nie, Xiaolin Liao, Qufei Ling, Weitao Li, Lifeng Zhu, Louis Bernatchez, Chenghui Wang, Guoqing Lu

Biology Faculty Publications

The genetic paradox of biological invasions is complex and multifaceted. In particular, the relative role of disparate propagule sources and genetic adaptation through postintroduction hybridization has remained largely unexplored. To add resolution to this paradox, we investigate the genetic architecture responsible for the invasion of two invasive Asian carp species, bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) and silver carp (H. molitrix) (bigheaded carps) that experience extensive hybridization in the Mississippi River Basin (MRB). We sequenced the genomes of bighead and silver carps (~1.08G bp and ~1.15G bp, respectively) and their hybrids collected from the MRB. We found moderate‐to‐high …

State V. Bowman Appellant's Brief Dckt. 46332

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Inhibition Of Mitochondrial Permeability Transition By Deletion Of The Ant Family And Cypd, Jason Karch, Michael J. Bround, Hadi Khalil, Michelle A. Sargent, Nadina Latchman, Naohiro Terada, Pablo M. Peixoto, Jeffery D. Molkentin

Publications and Research

The mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP) has resisted molecular identification. The original model of the MPTP that proposed the adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT) as the inner membrane pore-forming component was challenged when mitochondria from Ant1/2 double null mouse liver still had MPTP activity. Because mice express three Ant genes, we reinvestigated whether the ANTs comprise the MPTP. Liver mitochondria from Ant1, Ant2, and Ant4 deficient mice were highly refractory to Ca2+-induced MPTP formation, and when also given cyclosporine A (CsA), the MPTP was completely inhibited. Moreover, liver mitochondria from mice with quadruple deletion of Ant1, Ant2, Ant4, and Ppif (cyclophilin …

Using The Revised Wilson And Cleary Model To Explore Factors Affecting Quality Of Life In Persons On Hemodialysis, Daria L. Kring

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to describe the quality of life in persons with end stage renal disease and examine factors that may affect quality of life. A revised version of Wilson and Cleary's model for health-related quality of life was used to guide the study. Biological factors (serum albumin and serum hemoglobin), symptoms (dialysis symptoms, anxiety, depression, and fatigue), functional status, general health perception, characteristics of the individual (age, gender, race/ethnicity), and characteristics of the environment (time on dialysis, marital status, and socioeconomic status) were examined to determine their potential impact on overall quality of life. A cross-sectional, …

The Bg News August 28, 2019, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. August 28, 2019. Volume 99-Issue 2.

Properties Of High Early-Strength Type V Cement Concrete For Rapid Repair, Nader Ghafoori, Matthew O. Maler, Meysam Najimi, Ariful Hasnat

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Faculty Research

This study examines the suitability of ASTM Type V cement concrete for rapid repair applications. To this end, experimental results on transport and durability properties of high earlystrength concretes using ASTM Type V cement were compared with those of a more traditional cement used for rapid repair, i.e. Type III cement. A cement content of 445 kg/m3 (750 lb/yd3 ) was maintained for all studied concretes. The experimental program included compressive strength, absorption, rapid chloride migration, corrosion resistance, and mass loss due to freezing and thawing regimes. The results of this study revealed that use of Type III and V …