Digital Commons Network^™

The Quatrain - Volume 4

The Quatrain

No abstract provided.

A Mechanistic Study On The Non-Genotoxic Carcinogenicity Of The Food Contaminant Semicarbazide, Daniel P. Fitzpatrick

SURE Journal: Science Undergraduate Research Experience Journal

Semicarbazide was brought to the forefront of scientific discussions by the scientific community in the early 2000’s as the substance was discovered in several food products from both synthetic and natural sources. Although semicarbazide was processed through several toxicological assays and classified as a non-genotoxic carcinogen, underwhelming amounts of toxicological data exists for the compound. The present study is one of the first in-vitro studies to examine the relationship between sub-pathophysiological concentrations of reactive oxygen species and the anomalous non-genotoxic carcinogenicity induced by semicarbazide through the upregulation of intracellular signalling pathways. A novel finding of the present study was where …

Factors Influencing The Spatial Distribution Of Beef Cattle On Mediterranean Rangeland, Amit Dolev, Eugene D. Ungar, Zalmen Henkin

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Germination Response Of Different Species To Allelopathy On Rangeland Plants, Mei Tian, Fujiang Hou

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Vertical Distribution Of Plant Parts And The Selectivity Of Harvesting Heights By Cattle In Miscanthus Sinensis, T. Takahashi, Shin-Ichiro Ogura, K. Sugawara

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Cattle Grazing On Survival And Regrowth Of Miscanthus Sinensis Tillers, T. Takahashi, T. Shishido, Shin-Ichiro Ogura, S. Sato

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

The Science Of Protein, Jamie Baum

Diet, Food, Exercise, and Nutrition (D-FEND)

The key objectives are to understand the difference between essential amino acids and nonessential amino acids.

Steps for protein digestion and absorption in the body.

Differences between high-quality and low-quality proteins, including food sources of each.

Understand the recommended protein intake for a given individual.

Reconstruction Of Piñon–Juniper Woodlands In The Sky Islands Of The Davis Mountains, Texas, Usa, Mohammad Bataineh, Brian P. Oswald, Hans M. Williams, Dan Unger, I-Kuai Hung

Faculty Publications

Piñon (Pinus spp. L.)–juniper (Juniperus spp. L.) woodlands’ historical stand structures were recreated to provide reference conditions and document long‐term changes in the Sky Islands of the Davis Mountains, Texas. Restoration of these isolated woodlands requires insights into the range of variability in current and historical stand structures, as well as an understanding of the spatiotemporal establishment and recruitment patterns of tree species. With drastic changes in forests and woodlands of the Southwestern United States widely reported, the main objective of this study was to reconstruct woodland tree temporal and spatial establishment patterns. A stratified random sampling approach was used …

Dugoni School Of Dentistry Year In Review 2019-20, Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Dugoni Academic Year in Review

Highlights of academic programs, clinical services, research, community outreach and other areas of University of the Pacific's Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.

Genomic Adaptations To Salinity Resist Gene Flow In The Evolution Of Floridian Watersnakes, Rhett M. Rautsaw, Tristan D. Schramer, Rachel Acuña, Lindsay N. Arick, Mark Dimeo, Kathryn P. Mercier, Michael Schrum, Andrew J. Mason, Mark J. Margres, Jason L. Strickland, Christopher L. Parkinson

Publications and Research

The migration-selection balance often governs the evolution of lineages, and speciation with gene flow is now considered common across the tree of life. Ecological speciation is a process that can facilitate divergence despite gene flow due to strong selective pressures caused by ecological differences; however, the exact traits under selection are often unknown. The transition from freshwater to saltwater habitats provides strong selection targeting traits with osmoregulatory function. Several lineages of North American watersnakes (Nerodia spp.) are known to occur in saltwater habitat and represent a useful system for studying speciation by providing an opportunity to investigate gene flow …

Environmental Justice, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, And Native Hawaiians And Other Pacific Islanders, Michael S. Spencer, Taurmini Fentress, Ammara Touch, Jessica Hernandez

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders, and the environment that they are in relationship with, have been the targets of exploitation, extraction, and destruction. Environmental atrocities throughout the Pacific have demonstrated the ways imperialism, capitalism and white supremacy drive destruction through efforts to dominate and exploit for material gain. The relationship between Pacific people and the environment, which defines who they are socially, spiritually, and ancestrally, continues to be damaged and even severed by these injustices. The purpose of this paper is to provide examples of major environmental injustices in the Pacific and to develop a deeper understanding of the …

Ucc Minutes Oct 9, 2020, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Undergraduate Currirculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Reimagining Disability: The Screening Of Donor Gametes And Embryos In Ivf, Isabel Karpin, Roxanne Mykitiuk

Articles & Book Chapters

In this article,we examine how disability is figured in the imaginaries that are given shape by the reproductive projects and parental desires facilitated by the bio-medical techniques and practices of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) that involve selection and screening for disability. We investigate how some users of ARTs understand and deploy these imaginaries in ways that are both concordant with and resistant to the understanding of disability embedded within the broader sociotechnical and social imaginaries. It is through users’ deliberations, choices, responses, and expectations that we come to understand how these imaginaries are perpetuated and resisted, and how maintaining them …

Early Development Of The Neanderthal Ribcage Reveals A Different Body Shape At Birth Compared To Modern Humans, Daniel García-Martínez, Markus Bastir, Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Bruno Maureille, Liubov Golovanova, Vladimir Doronichev, Takeru Akazawa, Osamu Kondo, Hajime Ishida, Dominic Gascho, Christoph P. E. Zollikofer, Marcia Ponce De León, Yann Heuzé

KIP Articles

Neanderthal infants had a short and deep ribcage that was genetically determined and able to sustain the high metabolism of their massive bodies.

Effect Of Folic Acid Supplementation And Dietary Protein Level On Growth Performance, Serum Chemistry And Immune Response In Weanling Piglets Fed Differing Concentrations Of Aflatoxin, Ding Wang, Merlin D. Lindemann, Mark J. Estienne

Animal and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

Effects of folic acid and protein levels on growth and serum chemistry in pigs fed aflatoxin were determined in two experiments. Increasing aflatoxin (250 to 800 ppb) decreased (P < 0.05) weight gain and feed intake for both of the 35-day trials. In Experiment 1, increasing aflatoxin (0, 250, 500 ppb), increased linearly (P < 0.05) aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALKP) and ɣ-glutamyl transferase (GGT). Folic acid (0, 2.0, 5.0, 12.5 ppm) increased linearly (P < 0.05) serum K, Ca, P, Mg, and AST with the largest effect observed at 12.5 ppm. Folic acid decreased (P < 0.05) blood urea nitrogen (BUN): creatinine and Na:K. In Experiment 2, aflatoxin (800 ppb) increased (P < 0.05) glucose and GGT, and decreased (P < 0.05) Na:K and albumin:globulin. Increasing protein from 15 to 18% elevated BUN: creatinine (P < 0.05), albumin: globulin (P < 0.05), albumin (P < 0.05) and ALKP (P < 0.05). Folic acid (2 ppm) elevated (P < 0.05) BUN, and interacted with both aflatoxin (P < 0.10) and protein (P < 0.05) on BUN. Adding folic acid to aflatoxin contaminated diets improved some measures of clinical chemistry in Experiment 1 but not traditional growth performance measures. The higher protein level reduced the effects of aflatoxicosis on growth.

Anxiety And Depression: The Dimensions In Developing Prophylactic And Therapeutic Approaches, Begdache Lina

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

The rising prevalence of anxiety and depression, commonly known as mental distress, and their associated health care costs necessitate a change in disease management. To improve outcome, there is a need to move away from the one size fits all approach and personalize mental health prevention and treatment strategies. One of the major modifiable risk factors for mental distress is the diet. Nevertheless, there is a need to consider a couple of dimensions when personalizing dietary intake to support mental health. There is a clear divergence in the prevalence of mental distress among young adults (18-29 years old) and their …

Identifying Treatments For Taste And Smell Disorders: Gaps And Opportunities., Joel D. Mainland, Linda A. Barlow, Steven D. Munger, Sarah E. Millar, M. Natalia Vergara, Peihua Jiang, James E. Schwob, Bradley J. Goldstein, Shannon E. Boye, Jeffrey R. Martens, Donald A. Leopold, Linda M. Bartoshuk, Richard L. Doty, Thomas Hummel, Jayant M. Pinto, Casey Trimmer, Christine Kelly, Edmund A. Pribitkin, Danielle R. Reed

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Faculty Papers

The chemical senses of taste and smell play a vital role in conveying information about ourselves and our environment. Tastes and smells can warn against danger and also contribute to the daily enjoyment of food, friends and family, and our surroundings. Over 12% of the US population is estimated to experience taste and smell (chemosensory) dysfunction. Yet, despite this high prevalence, long-term, effective treatments for these disorders have been largely elusive. Clinical successes in other sensory systems, including hearing and vision, have led to new hope for developments in the treatment of chemosensory disorders. To accelerate cures, we convened the …

Adaptive Thermogenesis Enhances The Life-Threatening Response To Heat In Mice With An Ryr1 Mutation, Hui J Wang, Chang Seok Lee, Rachel Sue Zhen Yee, Linda Groom, Inbar Friedman, Lyle Babcock, Dimitra K Georgiou, Jin Hong, Amy D Hanna, Joseph Recio, Jong Min Choi, Ting Chang, Nadia H Agha, Jonathan Romero, Poonam Sarkar, Nicol Voermans, M Waleed Gaber, Sung Yun Jung, Matthew L Baker, Robia G Pautler, Robert T Dirksen, Sheila Riazi, Susan L Hamilton

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Mutations in the skeletal muscle Ca2+ release channel, the type 1 ryanodine receptor (RYR1), cause malignant hyperthermia susceptibility (MHS) and a life-threatening sensitivity to heat, which is most severe in children. Mice with an MHS-associated mutation in Ryr1 (Y524S, YS) display lethal muscle contractures in response to heat. Here we show that the heat response in the YS mice is exacerbated by brown fat adaptive thermogenesis. In addition, the YS mice have more brown adipose tissue thermogenic capacity than their littermate controls. Blood lactate levels are elevated in both heat-sensitive MHS patients with RYR1 mutations and YS mice due to …

Contributor Biographies

The Quatrain

No abstract provided.

Vida, Kayla O’Neal

The Quatrain

Kayla O’Neal is an MFA candidate in studio art with an emphasis in drawing and illustration at Louisiana Tech University. She earned her BFA in Game, Animation, and Simulation Design from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. After completing her undergraduate degree, O’Neal interned as a photographer through the Disney College Program. Her photographs have been exhibited in several galleries, including the LoosenArts Gallery in Rome, Italy. TeenInk, Emergence, and The Friend magazines have published O’Neal’s writings. She is currently writing and illustrating Noor, a children’s book featuring characters with chronic illnesses. O’Neal is a storyteller passionate about creating worlds through …

Behavioral Therapy Is A Viable Treatment Option For Children And Adolescents With Trichotillomania, Elizabeth Nesbitt

Clinical Research in Practice: The Journal of Team Hippocrates

A clinical decision report appraising Franklin ME, Edson AL, Ledley DA, Cahill SP. Behavior therapy for pediatric trichotillomania: a randomized controlled trial. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011;50(8):763-771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2011.05.0091 for a patient with trichotillomania.

Neon Spirit, Tyler Nelson

The Quatrain

Tyler Nelson is a student at Louisiana Tech University. He likes to write.

Why Must I Remain In Shadows, Kayla O’Neal

The Quatrain

Kayla O’Neal is an MFA candidate in studio art with an emphasis in drawing and illustration at Louisiana Tech University. She earned her BFA in Game, Animation, and Simulation Design from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. After completing her undergraduate degree, O’Neal interned as a photographer through the Disney College Program. Her photographs have been exhibited in several galleries, including the LoosenArts Gallery in Rome, Italy. TeenInk, Emergence, and The Friend magazines have published O’Neal’s writings. She is currently writing and illustrating Noor, a children’s book featuring characters with chronic illnesses. O’Neal is a storyteller passionate about creating worlds through …

Misinformation As A Method Of Psychological Influence Of Information (Based On Modern Foreign Research), Azamat Ibrakhimov

The Light of Islam

This article is based on up-to-date foreign research on the use of misinformation as a tool of psychological influence, which has become the most pressing issue at the moment. In practice, the information provided by the mass media has become a means of influencing its content. Extremely fast-paced images of life, a lack of time to study the events reported by the media, and sometimes a lack of personal skills to analyze these reports have led to a wide audience accepting the material in the same way as media outlets. The article attempts to theoretically comprehend the phenomenon of creating …

The Life History And Population Dynamics Of Southern Flounder, Kenneth A. Erickson

LSU Master's Theses

Southern Flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma, are a coastal, estuarine-dependent flatfish species that inhabits the Southeastern US Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Throughout their range, Southern Flounder are exploited by both commercial and recreational fisheries. Recently, numerous sources have expressed concerns about Southern Flounder populations, with stock assessments indicating declines in spawning stock biomass and recruitment. To estimate life history traits needed for informed management, such as age, growth, and maturity, I collected 327 Southern Flounder from Louisiana and obtained 14,184 historical records from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Using a von Bertalanffy growth equation in a Bayesian …

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 49, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

THIRTY CENT COTTON AT LLOYD, FLORIDA Clifton Paisley
WAR AVERTERS: SEWARD, MALLORY, AND FORT PICKENS Ernest F. Dibble
HISTORY OF THE BLOCKHOUSE ON THE WITHLACOOCHEE Tom Knotts
NOTES AND DOCUMENTS:

• INTERVENTION AND REACTION: FLORIDA NEWSPAPERS AND UNITED STATES ENTRY IN WORLD WAR I C. Peter Ripley
• JUSTICE SAMUEL DOUGLAS AS GOVERNOR MARVIN REMEMBERED HIM Bertram H. Groene
• TAMIAMI TRAIL BLAZERS Russell Kay
• FLORIDA HISTORY RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK NOTES
HISTORY NEWS

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 48, Number 3, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

THE FLORIDA TREATY AND THE GALLATIN-VIVES MISUNDERSTANDING Louis R. Bisceglia
“A TALE TO TELL FROM PARADISE ITSELF,” GEORGE BANCROFT’S LETTERS FROM FLORIDA, MARCH 1855 Patricia Clark
DEPRIVATION, DISAFFECTION, AND DESERTION IN CONFEDERATE FLORIDA John E. Reiger
FLORIDA WOMEN GET THE VOTE Kenneth R. Johnson
FLORIDA HISTORY RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK NOTES
HISTORY NEWS

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 48, Number 1, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

PORT OF APALACHICOLA Harry P. Owens
FLORIDA COURTS AND THE DISPUTED ELECTION OF 1876 Jerrell H. Shofner
NOTES AND DOCUMENTS:

• FLORIDA AND RUMRUNNING DURING NATIONAL PROHIBITION James A. Carter, III
• ACCOUNTS OF THE REAL HACIENDA, FLORIDA, 1565 to 1602 Paul E. Hoffman and Eugene Lyon
• A LEVER FROM OCCUPIED TALLAHASSEE Bertram H. Groene
• FLORIDA HISTORY IN PERIODICALS, 1968

BOOK REVIEWS
BOOK NOTES
HISTORICAL NEWS

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 46, Issue 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

NOTES ON THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF KEY WEST, 1822-1832 E. Ashby Hammond
BRITISH AND INDIAN ACTIVITIES IN SPANISH WEST FLORIDA DURING THE WAR O F 1812 Frank L. Owsley, Jr.
ILLEGAL IMPORTATIONS : ENFORCEMENT OF THE SLAVE TRADE LAWS ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST, 1810-1828 Frances J. Stafford
NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS IN TAMPA BAY, 1862 Frank Falero, Jr.
TRABUE, ALIAS PUNTA GORDA Vernon E. Peeples
BOOK REVIEWS
HISTORICAL NEWS
THE ANNUAL MEETINGS, MAY 5-7, 1967
CONTRIBUTORS

Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 45, Issue 4, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

JOURNEY TO THE WILDERNESS: Two TRAVELERS IN FLORIDA, 1696-1774 Mary S. Mattfield
ELECTION OF 1870 AND THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION IN FLORIDA Ralph L. Peek
FEDERAL EXPEDITION AGAINST SAINT MARKS ENDS AT NATURAL BRIDGE Edwin C. Bearss
BILLY BOWLEGS (HOLATA MICCO) IN THE CIVIL WAR (Part II) Kenneth W. Porter
BLACK BELT POLITICAL CRISIS : THE SAVAGE-JAMES LYNCHING, 1882 Edward C. Williamson
BOOK REVIEWS
HISTORICAL NEWS
CONTRIBUTORS