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Mathematical Modelling Of Temperature Effects On The Afd Neuron Of Caenorhabditis Elegans, Zachary Mobille, Rosangela Follmann, Epaminondas Rosa

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

In Silico Modelling For The Treatment Of Gastric Cancer, Leonardo F. Martinez, Diana Gamboa, Paul A. Valle

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Testing The Inefficient Task Stimulus Hypothesis: A Simple Computational Model For Hypometric Scaling Of Metabolism In Social Insects, Colin Lynch

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Gene Regulatory Network State Space Variability, Sara Liesman

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Stochastic Modeling Of Ovarian Follicle Growth In Adult Female Rats, Zhaozhi Li

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Ethnomathematics: Art, Culture, And Social Justice, John R. Jungck

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Mathematical Modelling And In Silico Experimentation To Estimate The Quantity Of Covid-19 Infected Individuals In Tijuana, México, Karla A. Encinas, Luis N. Coria, Paul A. Valle

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Algebraic And Combinatorial Approaches For Counting Cycles Arising In Population Biology, Brian Chau

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Mobility Impact In The Spreading Of Covid-19 In Ecuador, Jordy Cevallos-Chavez, Carlos E. Bustamante Orellana, Cesar Montalvo, Anuj Mubayi, Edwin Michael, Edwin Michael

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Phenolic Acid Analogues As A Potential Drug Formulation For Inflammatory Diseases, Haleema Irfan, Siddharth S. Kesharwani Ph.D, Foram Madiyar

Student Research Symposium (SRS)

Phenolic Acid Analogs as a Potential Drug Formulation for Inflammatory Diseases: We seek to establish the link between toll-like receptors (TLR) in the pathogenesis of inflammation and formulate a phenolic acid analog as a potential drug formulation for inflammatory diseases. We developed a stable drug-polymer complex of a phenolic acid using pH-sensitive polymers that will target inflammation. Various analogs were synthesized with nano-co-precipitation experimentation. Using a variety of polymers, solvents, and stabilizers the most effective combination for optimal delivery was determined. The particle size, drug loading, and dissolution profile under various pH are identified with various polymers. The formulated complex …

The Impact Of Hemp Cropping Systems On Soil Quality In Western Kentucky, Jack Eaker

Scholars Week

Recently, hemp farming systems are increasingly popular in Kentucky replacing tobacco cropping systems. However, the study on the impacts of hemp cropping on soil properties is rarely conducted, resulting in limited data on soil’s behavior/changes under these management practices. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine soil characteristics including compaction, acidity level, moisture level, and water retention. The measurements were collected from three different hemp fields, three crop rotation studies ( in 2020 - corn, soybean and tobacco) and a bare field adjacent to these fields. All fields are located at Murray State University West Farm, Calloway County, …

What If Black Lives Meaningfully Mattered In Research?, Monique Guishard

Black Lives Matter in Research

No abstract provided.

China’S Illegal Organ Trade: From Executed Prisoners To Organ Tourism To Falun Gong, Adrienne Thompson

West Virginia University Historical Review

As worldwide populations continue to rise, the constant necessity for life-saving organs for terminally and chronically ill patients has become extremely vital and profitable to medical centers across the globe. Since China’s preliminary debut in the international organ donation and transplantation system in the late 1960s, various scholars, journalists, and health professionals across the globe have demonstrated outright shock at the massive influx and seemingly endless supply of transferable organs emanating from Chinese transplant centers and hospitals. Investigations have shown that China has been actively harvesting organs from recently executed prisoners and incarcerated Falun Gong practitioners. Regardless of numerous outside …

Physical Self-Esteem And Its Relation To Self-Confidence Among The Volleyball Players Participating In The 14th Arab Youth Championship, Mahmoud Yacoub, Nedal Bany Saeed

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

The study aimed to identify the physical self-esteem and its relation to self-confidence among the volleyball players participating in the 14th Arab Youth Championship. Descriptive process was used on a sample consisted of (65) Youth volleyball players who participated in the 14th Arab Youth Championship (July 25 to August 5, 2017). The data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of (26) paragraphs to measure the level of self-esteem, a questionnaire consisting of (13) paragraphs to measure the level of self-confidence. The data were analyzed using arithmetic mean, standard deviations, t (test) for independent samples, and chi-squared test. The results indicated …

Mitigation Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions By The Energy Grass, Miscanthus X Giganteus, Michael B. Jones, D. Styles, J. C. Clifton Brown

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Australian Soil Carbon Accreditation Scheme (Ascas), Christine Jones

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Fence On Daily Variation Of Co2 Flux From The Soil In Subalpine Meadow Of Xinjiang, Ping'an Jiang

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Grazing And Re‐Establishment Of Native Species On Soil Organic Matter Sequestration For The Semiarid Central Grasslands Of Canada, A. D. Iwaasa, B. Mcconkey, Michael P. Schellenberg

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

The Real Child Welfare System, Najee Williams

English Department: Research for Change - Wicked Problems in Our World

Child welfare began as a series of different policies created to ensure children and families could receive aid when needed. The well-intentioned program has saved countless children and families. Yet we have somehow arrived at a time where if the child welfare program is mentioned it leaves a bitter taste in our mouth. Delving into this I aspire to educate others on the hardships of child welfare and where the tainted image derived from. Finding no singular source, I raise questions such as the following to gain different forms of clarity. Should the parents deemed unfit be a source of …

Effects Of Nitrogen Fertilization And Bioenergy Crop Species On Central Tendency And Spatial Heterogeneity Of Soil Glycosidase Activities, Min Yuan, Jianjun Duan, Jianwei Li, Siyang Jian, Lahiru Gamage, Kudjo E. Dzantor, Dafeng Hui, Philip A. Fay

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Extracellular glycosidases in soil, produced by microorganisms, act as major agents for decomposing labile soil organic carbon (e.g., cellulose). Soil extracellular glycosidases are significantly affected by nitrogen (N) fertilization but fertilization effects on spatial distributions of soil glycosidases have not been well addressed. Whether the effects of N fertilization vary with bioenergy crop species also remains unclear. Based on a 3-year fertilization experiment in Middle Tennessee, USA, a total of 288 soil samples in topsoil (0–15 cm) were collected from two 15 m2 plots under three fertilization treatments in switchgrass (SG: Panicum virgatum L.) and gamagrass (GG: Tripsacum dactyloides L.) …

Spartan Daily, November 12, 2020, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2020

Volume 155, Issue 36

Fall Newsletter 2020 (Issue 7), Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

Inside This Issue

• 2020 experiences high turnout of young voters
• Anxieties ran high in the election week
• Dr. Texeira comments on Black Lives Matter movement
• Opinion: Pondering the effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine
• Opinion: Coronavirus risks outweigh the gains with bringing kids back into the classroom
• Criminal justice professor comments on campus police officer incident
• Campus community takes part in virtual charity
• Students utilize wellness platform to keep track of their health
• Advising services guides student career choices through the pandemic
• Opinion: Students struggle with funding their education
• Students react to Dodgers' victory
• Mac and cheese holiday recipe

Conquer And Prevail Issue 40 Nov 12 2020, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Conquer and Prevail Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Minutes, College Of Liberal Arts Executive Committee Meeting, Thursday, November 12, 2020, College Of Liberal Arts Executive Committee

Executive Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Alumna Profile: Empowering Women In Science

Scientia

Nursing school alumna Linda Degutis is interviewed about her career and her work with the CDC and other government programs aimed to reduce violence and improve women's and veterans' health care.

Seed Quality And Dormancy Of Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.), Sabry G. Elias, Yea-Ching Wu, David C. Stimpson

Journal of Agricultural Hemp Research

Hemp has great potential as cash crop for growers in the US because of its multiple uses in food, pharmaceutical, and industrial products. Seed quality and dormancy research had been put off for decades. The indeterminate flowering pattern of hemp results in harvesting seeds with varying maturity levels, affecting their quality. The objectives of this study were to: 1) investigate the differences in quality of seeds harvested from different locations on the same plant, 2) determine suitable viability and vigor tests for evaluating hemp seeds, and 3) examine the extent of dormancy in newly harvested seeds and develop a dormancy-breaking …

Strain And Stress Relationships For Optical Phonon Modes In Monoclinic Crystals With Β-Ga2O3 As An Example, Rafal Korlacki, Megan Stokey, A. Mock, Sean Knight, A. Papamichail, V. Darakchieva, Mathias Schubert

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

Strain-stress relationships for physical properties are of interest for heteroepitaxial material systems, where strain and stress are inherent due to thermal expansion and lattice mismatch. We report linear perturbation theory strain and stress relationships for optical phonon modes in monoclinic crystals for strain and stress situations which maintain the monoclinic symmetry of the crystal. By using symmetry group analysis and phonon frequencies obtained under various deformation scenarios from density-functional perturbation theory calculations on β-Ga₂O₃, we obtain four strain and four stress potential parameters for each phonon mode. We demonstrate that these parameters are sufficient to …

Reduced Lignin Decomposition And Enhanced Soil Organic Carbon Stability By Acid Rain: Evidence From 13c Isotope And 13c Nmr Analyses, Jianping Wu, Qi Deng, Dafeng Hui, Xin Xiong, Huiling Zhang, Mengdi Zhao, Xuan Wang, Minghui Hu, Yongxian Su, Hongou Zhang, Guowei Chu, Deqiang Zhang

Biology Faculty Research

Due to the emissions of air pollutants, acid rain in southern China poses a great threat to terrestrial ecosystems. However, its influences on ecological processes such as litter decomposition and soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation are still not clear. The aim of this study was to understand the potential mechanisms of carbon sequestration change in response to long-term acid rain in a subtropical forest. A field experiment with simulated acid rain (SAR) treatment was conducted in a monsoon evergreen broadleaf forest in southern China. Four levels of SAR treatment were implemented by irrigating the plots with water of different pH …

Gec Meeting Minutes For Nov 12, 2020, General Education Committee

General Education Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ocean Acidification Induces Subtle Shifts In Gene Expression And Dna Methylation In Mantle Tissue Of The Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica), Alan M. Downey-Wall, Louise P. Cameron, Brett M. Ford, Elise M. Mcnally, Yaamini R. Venkataraman, Steven B. Roberts, Justin B. Ries, Katie E. Lotterhos

Biology

Early evidence suggests that DNA methylation can mediate phenotypic responses of marine calcifying species to ocean acidification (OA). Few studies, however, have explicitly studied DNA methylation in calcifying tissues through time. Here, we examined the phenotypic and molecular responses in the extrapallial fluid and mantle (fluid and tissue at the calcification site) in adult eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) exposed to experimental OA over 80 days. Oysters were reared under three experimental pCO2 treatments (“control,” 580 μatm; “moderate OA,” 1,000 μatm; “high OA,” 2,800 μatm) and sampled at 6 time points (24 h−80 days). We found that high OA initially induced …