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Genetic Variation In The Bovine Myogenic Determination Factor 1 (G.782g>Apolymorphism) And Its Influence On Carcass Traits In Turkish Grey Steppe Cattle, Sena Ardiçli, Özden Çobanoğlu

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

MyoD1 gene is a member of the myogenic differentiation gene family, which plays a crucial role in growth and development. There is a lack of information about the MyoD1variants and their phenotypic influences in Turkish Grey Steppe cattle. Therefore the present study aimed to determine the genetic variability of MyoD1 g.782G>A polymorphism and to evaluate its effects on carcass characteristics in Turkish Grey Steppe cattle. Analyses were conducted on a total of 142 Turkish Grey Steppe bulls. The PCR-RFLP technique was used for genotyping of the g.782G>A polymorphism in exon 1 of the MyoD1 gene. The population genetic …

Effect Of Neem (Azadirachta Indica) And Tulsi (Ocimum Sanctum) Leaves Powder Ongrowth Performance, Hemato-Biochemical Profile And Carcass Traits Of Japanese Quail (Coturnix Japonica), Luqman Arshad, Syed Zeeshan Haider Naqvi, Jibran Hussain, Hala Naeem, Saima Shahzad, Amna Aslam, Abd Ur Rehman, Abdul Ghayas

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The current research investigated the growth performance, hematology, serum biochemistry of Japanese quails fed Neem (Azadirachta indica) and Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) leaves powder with basic diet. A total number of 300 one-week old Japanese quail chicks were divided randomly into four dietary treatments with five replicates each (15 birds per replicate). Dietary treatments were: T0 or control or basal diet, T1 (Neem 0.5%), T2 (Tulsi 1%) and T3 (Neem 0.25% + Tulsi 0.5%) in basal diet. Growth performance parameters (feed intake, body weight, weight gain and feed conversion rate) were determined weekly. Hematology, serum biochemistry, carcass traits were evaluated on …

Leukocyte Esterase Reagent Strips: Rapid, Economical And Reliable Cow Side Test Forsubclinical Endometritis, Arshaq Asfar, Khursheed Ahmad Sofi, Mudasir Ahmad Bhat, Abrar Ahad Malik, Asloob Ahmad Malik

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

This study was carried out in crossbred cows (>60 DIM) to evaluate leukocyte esterase (LE) strip test, protein strip test, pH strip test, white side test (WST) of estrual mucus, in comparison to endometrial cytology (EC) using cytobrush (CB) as reference diagnostic method for subclinical endometritis (SCE). Endometrial cytology was done in 78 cows with ≥4% PMNs as cut-off value for SCE. Leukocyte esterase strip test was done by contacting estrual mucus with multireagent urinalysis reagent strips and results recorded after 10 min. Similarly, protein and pH strip tests were conducted using the same strips and results recorded after …

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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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A Research On Babesia And Theileria Species In Sheep And Goats Of Kırıkkale Provincethrough Molecular Methods, Sami̇ Gökpinar, Aycan Nuri̇ye Gazyağci, Meral Aydeni̇zöz, Ufuk Kaya

Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

The aim of the present study was to determine presence and prevalence of Babesia and Theileria species in the sheep and goats of stock farming in the province of Kırıkkale, which is in Central Anatolia Region of Turkey through microscopic examination and RLB method. Venous blood samples of 3 mL were collected from vena jugularis of 300 sheep and 100 goats into tubes containing EDTA. Blood smears were prepared from samples; and stained by Giemsa and examined for Theileria and Babesia under a light microscope. Genomic DNAs were extracted from blood samples with EDTA through suitable methods; a region with …

Adaptable Design: Building Multi-Modal Content For Flexible Law School Teaching, Agnieszka Mcpeak

Saint Louis University Law Journal

This essay discusses ways to build course content that can easily toggle between face-to-face and online modes of instruction. It is meant as a quick, practical guide for law professors faced with challenging teaching circumstances due to COVID-19 and campus closures, but with long-term applicability as law schools continue to expand online and hybrid course offerings. This idea for “adaptable design” is based largely on my own experience moving face-to-face courses online. I try to avoid delving too much into technical definitions and pedagogical theory, instead focusing on personal experience and examples. Although COVID-19 has created an immediate need for …

Legal Education In A Pandemic: A Crisis And Online Teaching Reveal Who My Students Are, Sonia M. Suter

Saint Louis University Law Journal

The COVID-19 pandemic upended things for everyone across the world in so many ways, including at universities and law schools. In switching to online teaching in the mid-semester last spring and continuing to teach first-year law students online this past fall, I have witnessed the strength and compassion of my students even in the face of the challenges of the pandemic, online learning, and political unease in our country. I have been heartened and bolstered by their deep commitment to building community with one another.

Teaching Tiger King, F. E. Guerra-Pujol, Christiana Champnella, Benjamin Mayo, Morgan Travers, Antonella Vitulli

Saint Louis University Law Journal

When our home institution moved all instruction online in response to the pandemic, we began redesigning our business law survey course from scratch. Specifically, we decided to use the popular docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness to explore the legal and ethical environments of business with our undergraduate students. We deliberately chose this surprise-hit television show in order to make our online course as relevant, timely, and engaging as possible. The remainder of the paper will describe the contents of each module of the course, explore their relation to Tiger King, and explain the logic of our …

Teaching Law Online: Yesterday And Today, But Tomorrow Never Knows, Ira Steven Nathenson

Saint Louis University Law Journal

Although the role of “online” in legal education has grown over the past several decades, online teaching became a lifeline in Spring 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered classrooms nationwide. Online teaching is now necessary, but also problematic. Schools and teachers therefore need to carefully consider how to make effective use of online tools and techniques. This essay reflects on the author’s career-long experiences in online law teaching, much of which predates the COVID-19 pandemic. “With a little help” from a Beatles song or two, the essay reflects the yesterday, today, and tomorrow of online legal education. It closes with …

Melatonin Has Favorable Preventive Effects On Experimental Chronic Pancreatitis Rat Model, Esra Guzel Tanoglu, Alpaslan Tanoğlu, Makbule Çi̇sel Aydin Meri̇çöz, Muhammed Fevzi̇ Esen

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Background/aim: Currently, there is not any specific treatment for chronic pancreatitis (CP). It was aimed to investigate the effects of melatonin administration on endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, oxidative stress, fibrosis, biochemical and histopathological parameters, and Abcc2,Abcc5, and Abcg2 gene levels in an experimental rat CP model. Materials and methods: Forty rats were randomized into five groups: Sham, CP, CP+25 mg/kg melatonin, CP+50 mg/kg melatonin, and CP+placebo. In all rats, except the sham group, a model of chronic pancreatitis was accomplished with intraperitoneal caerulein administration. In treatment groups, melatonin was used as a therapeutic agent. Serum TGF-ß, TNF-α, MDA and GPx …

2020-2021 Profile, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2020-2021 issue of the Profile Website.

Biopolitics' New Iteration: Gay Men, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis And The Pharmaco-Pornographic Imagination, Rory David Crath, J. Cristian Rangel, Adam Gaubinger

School for Social Work: Faculty Publications

This article builds upon Paul Preciado’s conceptualisation of pharmaco-pornographic power to understand the ongoing affects and effects of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) on queer men’s sexual socialities and subjectivities. Drawing from a new-materialist epistemology, we analyze data from a sexual health pilot study in NYC to trace the techno-sexual health assemblages forming in queer life worlds. Our analysis suggests that these assemblages, entangling PrEP and other pharmacological substances, pornographic imaginaries together with mediatic technologies and public health rationalties, are creating paradoxical desires and practices of intimacy that are both normative and exceed rational health-actor logics and normative understandings of risk. These …

Student Handbook- 2021, Annie Gill-Bloyer

Student Handbooks

School for the Advancement of English Language and Learning, student handbook

The Racial Reckoning Of Public Interest Law, Atinuke O. Adediran, Shaun Ossei-Owusu

Faculty Scholarship

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Introduction (Excavatio, Vol. 32), Juliana Starr

Foreign Languages Faculty Publications

The AIZEN editorial team is very proud to present Volume XXXII (2021) of Excavatio, the International Review for Multidisciplinary Approaches and Comparative Studies Related to Émile Zola and Naturalism Around the World, which comprises eight articles from distinguished contributors from the United States, Canada, France, Hungary, and New Zealand. It is the first volume to be published under the leadership of the new AIZEN President and Editor-in-Chief of Excavatio, Juliana Starr, and also the first volume to be published since the advent of the Covid 19 pandemic. Offering a wide variety of critical approaches to Émile Zola and naturalism – …

How To End Our Stories: A Study Of The Perspectives Of Seniors On Dementia And Decision-Making, James Toomey

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Because dementia can cause individuals to make decisions that they otherwise would not, the law needs a mechanism to determine which decisions are entitled to the respect of the legal system and which may be overridden by others. In the philosophical literature, three primary theories for how to make this determination have been offered. First, "Cognitivism" posits that whether a decision should be recognized is a function of the mechanical functioning of the individual's brain at the time the decision is made. Second, "Essentialism" holds that decisions should be recognized so long as they are consistent with the cluster of …

White River Aspen Management Project, Usda Forest Service

Aspen Bibliography

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The White River National Forest (WRNF) welcomes your comments on its proposal to conduct vegetation management activities designed to sustain and expand aspen (Populus tremuloides) forests on National Forest System (NFS) lands. Your comments will help us further develop the proposed action, potential alternatives, and complete an environmental assessment. The assessment will be used to determine whether to prepare an environmental impact statement or a finding of no significant impact. Instructions for submitting comments are described on the last page. Additional project information is available here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=59419

This Notice of Proposed Action (NOPA) is also requesting …

Evaluating Sustainable And Cost-Efficient Alternative Processes For Dye Application And Adherence In The Fashion Apparel Industry, Jane Dexter

Research Days Posters 2021

The fashion apparel industry relies on highly pollutant industrial processes that are a major contributor to environmental problems ranging from climate change to human health issues. Processes involved in applying textile dyes are some of the most toxic, energy consuming processes involved in the production of fashion textiles. This research aims to identify, evaluate, and compare various alternative methods of applying and adhering dyes to textiles that are less pollutant in nature, consume fewer natural resources, are cost-efficient for the industry, and are viable for reproduction and application on an industrial scale. Literature discussing and reviewing sustainable dye application methods …

In The Eyes Of The Beholder: Rapid Body Color Change Provides Facultative Crypsis In A Lizard, Kelly Wuthrich, Amber Morgan

Research Days Posters 2021

Camouflage is an important component of antipredator behaviors. In many species, rapid color change provides plasticity in camouflage as animals move through their environments. As rapid color change can also play a role in other aspects of behavior such as territory defense and courtship, an experimental approach is required to determine color change’s function. In the Anolis genus, rapid color change is a signal in social interactions, but why color changes as anoles move through different microhabitats is not well explored. Anolis aquaticus has a rapid dark-to-light color change with an unknown function. We tested the hypothesis that A. aquaticus …

Investigating The Development Of The Hemp Processing Industry In New York State, John Mather

Research Days Posters 2021

Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) has emerged as an environmentally beneficial renewable resource due to its short growing cycle, carbon sequestration properties, and the medical applications of cannabidiol (CBD). All parts of the hemp plant can be used to produce products that are eco-friendly. New York State (NYS) has recently legalized production of hemp. Many farmers have obtained permits to grow hemp, but there has been a lack of hemp processors within the state who can turn raw hemp into hemp products. This research focuses on the lack of processing within the hemp market in NYS in order to develop a …

The Effects Of Vilazodone, Yl-0919, And Vortioxetine In L-Dopa Treated Hemiparkinsonian Rats, Samantha Smith, Ashley Centner, Michael Coyle, Sophie Cohen, Kayla Elder, Mark Melnik

Research Days Posters 2021

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a debilitating, neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor symptoms, including bradykinesia, tremor, stiffness, and postural instability, that result from significant nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) loss. The current gold standard treatment for PD involves replacement therapy via the DA precursor L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA); however, 90% of patients eventually experience choreic and dystonic side effects termed L-DOPA induced dyskinesia (LID). A key driver of LID is neuroplasticity within the serotonin (5-HT) system leading to the unregulated release of L-DOPA derived DA from 5-HT terminals into the striatum. Previous work has implicated the dual action of 5-HT1A receptor agonism and 5-HT transporter …

Assessment Of Oxytocin-Receptor Modulation Of Social Recognition Following Adolescent Ethanol Exposure, Matthew Goyden

Research Days Posters 2021

Adolescent alcohol consumption is prevalent in the United States. Studies report that adolescents ages 12 to 20 consume alcohol at and exceed binge levels, which is defined as 4 drinks for women and 5 for men over two hours. Rodent-model studies considering adolescent intermittent alcohol (ethanol) exposure (AIE) have shown that consumption results in long-term deficits in memory, cognition, social and nonsocial anxiety, and other behaviors into adulthood in part due to the vulnerability of late-developing brain regions such as the frontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus. Recent developments have indicated that oxytocin receptor activity is diminished following AIE and that …

The Role Of Apparent Competition In Facilitating Ecological Release Of A Range-Expanding Insect, Serena Feldman, Rachel Chen, Aly Milks, Dylan Jones, Leslie Huang, Jenna Ross, Lilly Griffen, Will Smisko

Research Days Posters 2021

Due to anthropogenic climate change, species are expanding their historical natural ranges. However, interacting species will not shift synchronously and range-expanding species are likely to lose interactions and pick up novel ones in their expanded range. If antagonistic interactions, such as with competitors or enemies are lost, range-expanding species may experience “ecological release” and have impacts in their expanded range. Of the parasitoid wasps that attack phytophagous insects, some are specialists and some are generalists attacking alternative hosts (competitors). Range-expanding species may lose enemies if their specialists fail to follow from their native range and if generalist enemies fail to …

Inferring The “Meaning” Of Wing-Tail Flicking Behavior In American Crows, Avree Kestay, Aardash Devkota

Research Days Posters 2021

Wing and tail flicking is observed in many bird species, but the interpretation of this behavior ranges from signaling aggression to reflecting fear. In American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos), wing-tail flicking (WTF) may reflect unease and may even be a signal to other birds. We report the first quantitative analysis of wing-tail flicking by crows with respect to its use by context and identity of the crow. We analyzed pre-recorded videos from other experiments exposing crows to novel objects, both on territory and at a group foraging site. WTF was recorded quantitatively (scale of intensity 1-3 and rates/min), along with context …

Mobilizing World Public Opinion Against Use Of Plastic Products, Kishor Dere

California Western Law Review

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Melatonin Applications On Certain Biochemical Characteristics Of Strawberry Seedlings In Lime Stress Conditions, Gülden Balci

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of different doses of melatonin (MEL) applications (0, 5, 10 μM) on certain biochemical characteristics of strawberry seedlings grown in calcareous stress conditions. The experiment was conducted in the pots filled with lime-added mixture at the rate of 1% and peat perlite at the rate of 1:1 with frigo seedlings belonging to "Albion" strawberry cultivar. In order to examine the effects of MEL application against lime stress in different development stages; analyses of proline, total phenolic content, and lipid peroxidation were performed on leaf samples taken in 3 different periods. …

Genetic Diversity For Agro-Morphological Characters And Nutritional Compositions Of Some Local Faba Bean (Vicia Faba L.) Genotypes, Aybegün Ton, Tolga Karaköy, Adem Emi̇n Anlarsal, Meltem Türkeri̇

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This study was carried out in Mediterranean climate and under rainfed conditions in Turkey for a period of three years throughout the growing seasons of 2014/2015, 2015/2016 and 2016/2017. It was conducted in a randomized complete block experimental design (RCBD) with three replications. In present study, genetic diversity for agro-morphological characters and macro/ microelements were investigated in sixteen promising local faba bean genotypes originated from Turkey. According to the results of the study, mean grain yield varied from 2320 kg ha-1 (Tekirdağ-39) to 3130 kg ha-1 (Burdur-50). 100-grain weight and branches per plant had high heritability and genetic advance as …

Selected Properties Of Briquettes Made From Blends Of Bamboo And Beech Biomass, Aurel Lunguleasa, Nadi̇r Ayrilmiş, Daniela Sova, Cosmin Spirchez

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This study reported the experimental analysis on wood briquettes manufactured from Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) and beech wood (Fagus sylvatica), regarded as an economically valuable fuel source. The following properties of briquettes: physical properties (density and moisture content); chemical properties (heating value, namely calorific value, and ash content); thermal properties (thermal conductivity and specific heat); and mechanical properties (breaking strength). These properties allowed the assessment of the efficiency of two species for using them in briquette manufacturing. The briquettes with higher fractions of bamboo wood showed enhanced characteristics as compared to the briquettes made of beech. This can be explained …

Physiological And Biochemical Responses Of Almond Rootstocks To Drought Stress, Adnan Nurhan Yildirim, Beki̇r Şan, Fatma Yildirim, Ci̇van Çeli̇k, Berna Bayar, Yaşar Karakurt

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Water availability is a very important factor for the growth and development of plants, which limits the plant production capacity. Rootstocks are widely utilized to improve plants tolerance to various biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, physiological and biochemical responses of fifteen almond rootstock candidates to drought stress were investigated under in vitro conditions. The shoot tips from fifteen almond rootstock candidates were cultured in MS medium containing 1.0 mg/L BAP, 0.01 mg/L IBA, 30 g/L sucrose and 7 g/L agar. Plantlets were exposed to 0%, 1% and 2% polyethyleneglycol (PEG) as drought stress levels during four weeks. At …

The Effect Of Different Drying Methods On Nutritional Composition And Antioxidantactivity Of Purslane (Portulaca Oleracea), Hali̇l İbrahi̇m Bi̇ni̇ci̇, İhsan Güngör Şat, Eyad Aoudeh

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different drying methods on the nutritional content and antioxidant activity of purslane. Two different purslane samples have been dried using four different methods (sun, vacuum, hot air, and freeze drying). Dried and fresh samples were analyzed for their dry matter, β-carotene content, chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b contents, total flavonoid content, total flavonol content, total phenolic content, %DPPH radical scavenge activity, metal chelating activity, and color. The dry matter content of fresh purslane was 3.86%-5.28%. The β-carotene, chlorophyll a and b amounts varied from 61.31 to 67.08 mg/100 g, …