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Formulation Of A Model Resin System For Benchmarking Processing-Property Relationships In High-Performance Photo 3d Printing Applications., Jianwei Tu, Kamran Makarian, Nicolas J Alvarez, Giuseppe R Palmese

Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Departmental Research

A well-defined resin system is needed to serve as a benchmark for 3D printing of high-performance composites. This work describes the design and characterization of such a system that takes into account processability and performance considerations. The Grunberg–Nissan model for resin viscosity and the Fox equation for polymer Tg were used to determine proper monomer ratios. The target viscosity of the resin was below 500 cP, and the target final Tg of the cured polymer was 150 °C based on tan-δ peak from dynamic mechanical analysis. A tri-component model resin system, termed DA-2 resin, was determined and fully characterized. The …

Impact Of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) Infestation On The Jasmonic Acid-Elicited Defenses Of Tsuga Canadensis (Pinales: Pinaceae), Chad M. Rigsby, Ian G. Kinahan, Amelia May, Amy Kostka, Nick Houseman, Suzanne K. Savage, Elizabeth R. Whitney, Evan L. Preisser

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Hemlock woolly adelgid is an invasive piercing-sucking insect in eastern North America, which upon infestation of its main host, eastern hemlock (‘hemlock’), improves attraction and performance of folivorous insects on hemlock. This increased performance may be mediated by hemlock woolly adelgid feeding causing antagonism between the the jasmonic acid and other hormone pathways. In a common garden experiments using hemlock woolly adelgid infestation and induction with methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and measures of secondary metabolite contents and defense-associated enzyme activities, we explored the impact of hemlock woolly adelgid feeding on the local and systemic induction of jasmonic acid (JA)-elicited defenses. We …

Bryophyte Diversity Is Related To Vascular Plant Diversity And Microhabitat Under Disturbance In Karst Caves, Hai Ren, Faguo Wang, Wen Ye, Qianmei Zhang, Taotao Han, Yao Huang, Guowei Chu, Dafeng Hui, Qinfeng Guo

Biology Faculty Research

Plant diversity, habitat properties, and their relationships in karst caves remain poorly understood. We surveyed vascular plant and bryophyte diversities and measured the habitat characteristics in six karst caves in south China with different disturbance histories (one had been disturbed by poultry feeding, three had been disturbed by tourism, and two were undisturbed). The plant diversity differences among the six caves were analyzed using cluster analysis, and the relationships of plant diversity and microhabitat were assessed using canonical correspondence analysis. We found a total of 43 angiosperm species from 27 families, 20 lycophyte and fern species from 9 families, and …

Justement Elected To Aamc Great Group Steering Committee, Mary Ashley Canevaro

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Ventral Hippocampal Projections To The Medial Prefrontal Cortex Regulate Social Memory, Mary Ashley Canevaro

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The Lumberjack, September 16, 2020

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University.

Neurotropic Lineage Iii Strains Of Listeria Monocytogenes Disseminate To The Brain Without Reaching High Titer In The Blood, Taylor E. Senay, Jessica L. Ferrell, Filip G. Garrett, Taylor M. Albrecht, Jooyoung Cho, Katie L. Alexander, Tanya Myers-Morales, Olivia F. Grothaus, Sarah E. F. D'Orazio

Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications

Listeria monocytogenes is thought to colonize the brain using one of three mechanisms: direct invasion of the blood-brain barrier, transportation across the barrier by infected monocytes, and axonal migration to the brain stem. The first two pathways seem to occur following unrestricted bacterial growth in the blood and thus have been linked to immunocompromise. In contrast, cell-to-cell spread within nerves is thought to be mediated by a particular subset of neurotropic L. monocytogenes strains. In this study, we used a mouse model of foodborne transmission to evaluate the neurotropism of several L. monocytogenes isolates. Two strains preferentially colonized the brain …

Risks Of Stis Among Individuals Using Prep: An Integrative Review, Joseph J. Brennan

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication is used to reduce acquiring HIV. PrEP does not protect against sexually transmitted infections. A literature review was performed, and it was found that in individuals on PrEP, there is reduced condom use, increasing STIs. Education and STI testing need to be performed at each visit.

Paws To The Polls: The Making Of A Campus Voter Initiative, Suzanna Walker-Pacheco, Elizabeth Wertz, Emily Reichgeld, Jacqueline Batisa-Martinez, Kristen Brown, Abigail Dawson, Tina Hang, Veronica Jacobs, Josh Slocum

eJournal of Public Affairs

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Globe Student Research Symposia 2019 Evaluation Report, Eleanor M. Jaffee, Globe U.S. Coordination Office

Publications and Media

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Melding Modeling And Morphology: A Call For Collaboration To Address Difficult Questions About The Evolution Of Form And Function, Lindsay D. Waldrop, Jonathan Rader

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

The nascent field of evolutionary biomechanics seeks to understand how form begets function, and researchers have taken two tacks towards this goal: inferring form based on function (comparative biomechanics) or inferring function based on form (functional morphology). Each tack has strengths and weaknesses, which the other could improve. The symposium, “Melding Modeling and Morphology – Integrating approaches to understand the evolution of form and function” sought to highlight research stitching together the two tacks. In this introduction to the symposium’s issue, we highlight these works, discuss the challenges of interdisciplinary collaborations, and suggest possible avenues available to create new collaborations …

Um Researchers Working On Nasal Spray To Block Covid-19, Patrick Smith

University of Mississippi News

Early tests show spray effective in blocking virus from attaching to cells

Establishing Interprofessional Palliative Care Education Across A University System, Jodie C. Gary, Michael Ellis, Zakaria Y. Abd Elmageed, Jeffery Hatala, Joyce Hnatek, Christine L. Kaunas

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This presentation will describe an interprofessional education (IPE) project to develop collaborative learning experiences with palliative care content for multiple health-related programs. The approach engages a team of interdisciplinary educators and content matter consultants to design virtual modular content to align with professional competencies and existing program objectives.

A Practical Guide To Mechanistic Systems Modeling In Biology Using A Logic-Based Approach, Anna Niarakis, Tomáš Helikar

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Mechanistic computational models enable the study of regulatory mechanisms implicated in various biological processes. These models provide a means to analyze the dynamics of the systems they describe, and to study and interrogate their properties, and provide insights about the emerging behavior of the system in the presence of single or combined perturbations. Aimed at those who are new to computational modeling, we present here a practical hands-on protocol breaking down the process of mechanistic modeling of biological systems in a succession of precise steps. The protocol provides a framework that includes defining the model scope, choosing validation criteria, selecting …

Registration Of ‘Ne10589’ (Husker Genetics Brand Ruth) Hard Red Winter Wheat, P. Stephen Baenziger, Robert Graybosch, Devin J. Rose, Lan Xu, Mary Guttieri, Teshome Regassa, Robert N. Klein, Greg R. Kruger, Dipak Santra, Gary Hergert, Stephen Wegulo, Y. Jin, J. Kolmer, Gary Hein, Jeff Bradshaw, M.-S. Chen, G. Bai, R. L. Bowden, Ibrahim El-Basyoni, A. Lorenz

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

With climate variation common in the U.S. Great Plains and particularly in Nebraska, wheat growers prefer broadly adapted cultivars. ‘NE10589’ (Reg. no. CV-1165, PI 675998) hard red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was developed cooperatively by the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station and the USDA– ARS and released in January 2015 by the developing institutions. NE10589 was released primarily as a broadly adapted semi-dwarf cultivar for its superior performance under rainfed conditions throughout Nebraska and adjacent areas of the Great Plains. Its broad adaptation ensures that it will perform well under the typical environmental fluctuations that occur inNebraska. NE10589was selected …

Model Of Safe Sexual Behavior In Adolescents From An Indigenous Community In Mexico, Raquel Alicia Benavides-Torres, Marãƒâ­A De Los Angeles Meneses-Titado, Dora Julia Onofre-Rodrãƒâ­Guez

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

An explanatory model based on Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory is shown that includes biological, affective and cognitive personal factors; interpersonal and sociocultural environmental factors that influence the safe sexual behavior of adolescents in a Nahua community in Mexico.

Parent Responses To Pediatric Pain: The Differential Effects Of Ethnicity On Opioid Consumption, Candice D. Donaldson, Brooke N. Jenkins, Michelle A. Fortier, Michael T. Phan, Daniel M. Tomaszewski, Sun Yang, Zeev N. Kain

Psychology Faculty Articles and Research

Objective

Within the context of the United States opioid epidemic, some parents often fear the use of opioids to help manage their children's postoperative pain. As a possible consequence, parents often do not dispense optimal analgesic medications to their children after surgery, putting their children at risk of suffering from postsurgical pain. The objective of this research was to assess ethnicity as a predictor of both pain and opioid consumption, and to examine how Hispanic/Latinx and Non-Hispanic White parents alter their child's opioid consumption in response to significant postsurgical pain.

Methods

Participants were 254 children undergoing outpatient tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy …

Rsif Weekly Vol.1 No.16, Regional Scholarship And Innovation Fund (Rsif)

Rsif Newsletters

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Men And Covid-19: A Pathophysiologic Review, Martin S. Lipsky, Man Hung

Institute on Aging Publications

Coronaviruses are single-stranded ribonucleic acid viruses that can cause illnesses in humans ranging from the common cold to severe respiratory disease and even death.In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as the first pandemic. Compared to women, most countries with available data report that men with COVID-19 have greater disease severity and higher mortality. Lab and animal data indicate that men respond differently to the SARS-CoV-2 infection, offering possible explanations for the epidemiologic observations. The plausible theories underlying these observations include sex-related differences …

Prophylactic Mesh Placement For The Prevention Of Incisional Hernia In High-Risk Patients After Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Jawad Ahmed, Nimra Hasnain, Iayla Fatima, Farheen Malik, Muhammad A. Chaudhary, Junaid Ahmad, Mehreen Malik, Laraib Malik, Muhammad Osama, Mirza Zain Baig, Faisal Khosa, Faiz Bhora

Department of Anaesthesia

Background and objectives: In high-risk populations, the efficacy of mesh placement in incisional hernia (IH) prevention after elective abdominal surgeries has been supported by many published studies. This meta-analysis aimed at providing comprehensive and updated clinical implications of prophylactic mesh placement (PMP) for the prevention of IH as compared to primary suture closure (PSC).
Materials and methods: PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane, and Google Scholar were systematically searched until March 3, 2020, for studies comparing the efficacy of PMP to PSC in abdominal surgeries. The main outcome of interest was the incidence of IH at different follow-up durations. All statistical analyses …

Ier5, A Dna Damage Response Gene, Is Required For Notch-Mediated Induction Of Squamous Cell Differentiation, Li Pan, Madeleine E Lemieux, Tom Thomas, Julia M Rogers, Colin H Lipper, Winston Lee, Carl Johnson, Lynette M Sholl, Andrew P. South, Jarrod A Marto, Guillaume O Adelmant, Stephen C Blacklow, Jon C Aster

Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers

Notch signaling regulates squamous cell proliferation and differentiation and is frequently disrupted in squamous cell carcinomas, in which Notch is tumor suppressive. Here, we show that conditional activation of Notch in squamous cells activates a context-specific gene expression program through lineage-specific regulatory elements. Among direct Notch target genes are multiple DNA damage response genes, including IER5, which we show is required for Notch-induced differentiation of squamous carcinoma cells and TERT-immortalized keratinocytes. IER5 is epistatic to PPP2R2A, a gene that encodes the PP2A B55α subunit, which we show interacts with IER5 in cells and in purified systems. Thus, Notch and DNA-damage …

Montana Kaimin, September 16, 2020, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

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Covid-19: Fighting The Invisible Enemy With Microrna, Neeraj Chauhan, Meena Jaggi, Subhash C. Chauhan, Murali M. Yallapu

School of Medicine Publications

Introduction: The novel coronavirus (CoV) disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral infection that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. It is believed that early reports of COVID-19 cases were noticed in December 2019 and soon after became a global public health emergency. It is advised that COVID-19 transmits through human to human contact and in most cases it remains asymptomatic. Several approaches are being utilized to control the outbreak of this fatal viral disease. microRNAs (miRNAs) are known signature therapeutic tool for the viral diseases; they are small non-coding RNAs that target the mRNAs to inhibit their post-transcriptional expression, therefore, impeding …

Seagrass Of Vasiliko Bay, Eastern Mediterranean: Lost Cause Or Priority Conservation Habitat?, Demetris Kletou, Periklis Kleitou, Ioannis Savva, Martin J. Attrill, Stephanos Charalambous, Alexis Loucaides, Jason M. Hall-Spencer

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Mediterranean coasts are affected by multiple mounting pressures. In Cyprus, marine fish farming has grown rapidly in the past decade and is concentrated in the west side of Vasiliko Bay. The east coast of this bay has ports, a power station, a desalination unit, a cement factory, a major new oil terminal, and gas storage facilities. The bay is earmarked to create the largest hydrocarbon processing, storing, and transport facility in the region. Here, we assess the status of Posidonia oceanica habitat in an understudied region at the upper thermal, and eastern limit, of this Mediterranean endemic seagrass. An extensive …

Role Of Grazing Cattle On Seed Dispersal Of Plants In A Hill Pasture 4. Effects Of Dung Patch On Environmental Condition In Dung And Seedling Establishment, Shin-Ichiro Ogura, S. Tanaka, S. Sato

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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Role Of Grazing Cattle On Seed Dispersal Of Plants In A Hill Pasture 3. Seasonal Variation Of Locations Of Defecation By Cattle And Its Effects On Germination Of Seeds In Dung Pats, Shin-Ichiro Ogura, M. Obara, T. Shishido, K. Sugawara

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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Combining Biodiversity Enhancement Of Temperate Grassland With Sustainable Organic Production Of Traditional Breed Livestock, Mark P. O'Brien, W. Elizabeth Vice, Humphrey G. Smith

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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Role Of Grazing Cattle On Seed Dispersal Of Plants In A Hill Pasture 2. Effects Of Ruminal Digestion On Seed Germinability Of Five Plant Species, M. Obara, Shin-Ichiro Ogura, T. Shishido, K. Sugawara

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

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Role Of Grazing Cattle On Seed Dispersal Of Plants In A Hill Pasture 1. Effect Of Sward Structure On Grass Seed Ingestion By Cattle, M. Obara, Shin-Ichiro Ogura, T. Shishido, K. Sugawara

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.