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Genome-Wide Analysis Of Peg3 Downstream Genes, Subash Ghimire

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Paternally expressed gene 3 (Peg3) is an imprinted gene encoding a DNA-binding protein that is a predicted transcriptional repressor. The two studies presented here demonstrate the repressive functions of PEG3 in regulating different cellular processes and pathways, which were observed by analyzing the ChIP-seq results systematically using both bioinformatics tools and manual inspection of significant peaks. In the first part of the work, genome-wide features of ChIP-seq peaks were characterized and the potential de novo binding motif was reevaluated. Results suggested the transcriptional repressor role of PEG3 by binding to the conserved sequence motif of the target genes. …

The Influence Of Participation In Gambling Activities On The Personal Lives Of Gamblers As Perceived By Female Gamblers In Louisiana, Carondalette Turner

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Historically, gambling has been a source of many ills within many cultures throughout the United States. During the last five years, there has been a precipitous surge in the accessibility of legalized gambling. Few studies have methodically surveyed the relationships between extent of gambling behavior and the consequences of gambling that may occur. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the influence of selected personal, and perceptual demographic characteristics on the extent of gambling behavior exhibited by female residents of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

This study used a survey design with instrument distributed by hand at selected community organizations. …

Investigation Of Sand-Biochar Mixtures As A Potential Roadway Fill Material, Katia J. Lele Lagmago

LSU Master's Theses

Biochar is a sustainable and lightweight carbon-rich material with a high surface area and porosity. Previous studies reported that biochar can reduce soil erosion and cracking, retain contaminants, and enhance soil aggregation. Given these favorable properties, soil-biochar mixtures have the possibility to serve as a multifunctional lightweight fill material for roadway embankment applications. The purpose of this research is to develop sand-biochar mixtures as a sustainable and multifunctional lightweight fill material for roadway embankment applications.

This research investigated the consolidation and hydraulic properties of sand-biochar mixtures by (1) performing 1D consolidation tests, (2) performing permeability tests, and (3) assessing the …

An Erp Study Of The Effects Of Iconic And Nonsense Gestures On Memory Formation, Brianna E. Cairney

LSU Master's Theses

Co-speech gesture is an important part of human communication and aids in comprehension, learning, and memory. The addition of iconic gestures to speech has been shown in prior work to enhance memory for the speech. However, it remains unclear as to whether this benefit requires gestures to be meaningful, or, conversely, if any attentionally-engaging gesture will enhance memory. In the current study, we tested two theories to explain the mnemonic benefits of co-speech gesture: Dual Coding Theory, which attributes these benefits to multimodal encoding and enhanced imageability, and Attentional Highlighting Theory, which posits that gestures draw more attention to concurrent …

Evaluation Of Leucaena Genotypes, F. B. Sousa, M. R. A. Araujo, J. A. Araujo Filho, J. Sousa Neto

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) performance and to select the best genotypes, based on yield,.stability parameters, and quality parameters. Annual leucaena yields were obtained by cuts over the rainy and dry seasons. A combined analysis of variance for yield, and quality parameters was performed. Also stability parameters and coeficients of determination were estimated. The combined ANOVA for edible dry matter yield and for acid detergent fiber, and digestibility revealed a significant difference for genotypes, environments, genotypes x environments, row spacings, cutting frequencies, and cutting heights, Six genotypes of leucaena were selected …

Chemical Composition, Total Phenolic Content, Free Radical Scavenging And Antimicrobial Activities Of Resins- Juniperus Procera Resins And Relevant Propolis Produced By Apis Mellifera Jementica In Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, Noofal Ibrahim Bayaqoob, Ahmed Ibrahim Rushdi, Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ghamdi

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

The purpose of this study was to investigate the chemical compositions, total phenolic contents (TPC), free radical scavenging (FRSA), and antibacterial activities of Juniperus procera resins and the relevant propolis produced by Apis mellifer jementica in Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia. The results showed that both the resin and propolis samples, which were collected during April to June of 2014 and 2015, contained different compounds and included mono-, sesqui-, di-, and triterpenoids, wax esters, n-alkane, and n-alkene. The TPC levels of the resin and propolis samples were high for samples collected in 2014 relative to the samples collected in 2015. Also, …

Evaluation Of Some Hematological Changes Among Chronic Renal Failure Patients In Qatan Hospital, Hadhramout Governorate - Yemen, Abdulrahman Salem Yaseen, Mohammed Ali Al-Maseeli

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

This study was achieved at the industrial kidney centre in Qatan hospital during the period from February 2018 to July 2018, the study aimed at evaluating some hematological changes that occur in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) undergoing hemodialysis and comparing them with healthy people. Blood samples of 55 cases of both sexes were collected: 35 patients with CRF and on regular maintenance dialysis, and a control group of 20 healthy persons for comparison, in the age group ranged between 25-70 years for both groups. Hemoglobin concentration, total red cells count, packed cell volume, total white blood cells count, …

Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis In Adults: Etiological Factors In Yemen, Ali Obaid Muthanna

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

Unilateral vocal fold paralysis is a common finding in otolaryngology practice. Various etiologies is known to cause this condition are neck surgery, cancer, neck trauma, neurological disorders and idiopathic The aim of this study was to determine the possible etiologies of unilateral vocal fold paralysis among adult patients. A prospective hospital based study was conducted at OtoLaryngology Department, at Al-Thawra Teaching Hospital, Sana'a, Yemen, during the period January 2015-June 2018.Patients have unilateral vocal fold paralysis were enrolling in this study. All patients underwent to history, clinical examination, laboratory investigations, and radiological studies. A total of 80 patients with unilateral vocal …

The Effects Of Partial Replacement Of Fish-Meal With Mesquite Pods On Growth Parameters Of Tilapia Fry, Oreochromis Mossambicus, Mohammed Abdullah Al-Dohai, Balqees Saleh Bin Breek, Mazan Saleh Bamatraf

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

This study was carried out to determine the effect of partial replacement of fish-meal with 15%, 30% and 45% of Mesquite pods (MP) in testing diets on growth parameters of Tilapia fries, Oreochromis mossambicus which reared in glass aquarium for 12 weeks. Twenty O. mossambicus fries (Mean initial weight 3.33 g) were randomly distributed into each 12 glass aquariums (measuring 50 x 50 x 50 cm) filled with tap water to 40 cm depth. Four treatments were formulated in this experiment. The first treatment was controlled and three testing diets contain 15%, 30% and 45% of MP. The results showed …

Kinetic, Equilibrium And Application Studies For Removal Of Methylene Blue From Aqueous Solution Using Sesbenia Dates Activated Carbon, Mohammed Saleh Bashanaini, Gameel Ahmed Baghaffar, Waheeb Abdellah Bin Frejan

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

In the present work, sesbenia dates as local agricultural waste has been successfully used for the preparation of activated carbon (AC) by sulphuric acid. This sulphuric acid based activated carbon (SD) and (MSACS) were used for the removal of one cationic dye viz., methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solutions. The structure and physical and chemical properties of (SD) and (MSACS) are investigated using (FTIR) and (SEM) analysis and pH surface and Boehm titration. The effect of the differential experimental parameters controlling the adsorption of dye onto (SD) and (MSACS), were thoroughly investigated, such as the effect of pH, initial dye …

Assessment Of Bacteriological Quality Of Drinking Water In Some Primary And Secondary Schools In Mukalla City-Hadhramout/Yemen, Eidha Ali Bin Hameed, Khaled Saleh Bin Alshikh Bubkr

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

Assessment of faecal contamination and detection enumeration of coliforms and other microorganisms in water is one of the measurements to determine the hygienic quality of water. This study aimed to assess the drinking water in some primary and secondary schools in Mukalla city-Hadhramout/Yemen to estimate the bacterial contamination of drinking water and its safety to the public. The water samples were studied for bacteriological analysis in which was inoculated into culture media using two methods, the presumptive test for the most probable number (MPN) and confirmatory test for bacterial identification. Also, some physiochemical properties of water such as temperature, total …

Proximate And Fatty Acid Composition Of Three Tuna Species From Hadhramout Coast Of The Arabian Sea, Yemen, Osan Maroof Bahurmiz

Hadhramout University Journal of Natural & Applied Sciences

The Proximate and fatty acid composition were evaluated in three species of tuna; Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), longtail tuna (T. tonggol), little tuna (Euthynnus affinis) caught from Hadhramout coast of the Arabian Sea. The results of proximate composition showed high protein content in the flesh of all species, ranged from 22.52% to 24.36%. The average moisture, lipid and ash contents in the flesh of the three fish species were in the range of 70.13–74.0%, 2.34–4.66% and 1.25–1.37%, respectively. The fatty acid profile of all fish was dominated by saturated fatty acids, (31.76–36.77%), followed by polyunsaturated fatty acids (31.21–31.59%) and then …

Adaptive Selection Signatures In River Buffalo With Emphasis On Immune And Major Histocompatibility Complex Genes, Yan Ren, Callum Macphillamy, Thu Hien To, Timothy P. L. Smith, John L. Williams, Wai Yee Low

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center: Reports

River buffalo is an agriculturally important species with many traits, such as disease tolerance, which promote its use worldwide. Highly contiguous genome assemblies of the river buffalo, goat, pig, human and two cattle subspecies were aligned to study gene gains and losses and signs of positive selection. The gene families that have changed significantly in river buffalo since divergence from cattle play important roles in protein degradation, the olfactory receptor system, detoxification and the immune system. We used the branch site model in PAML to analyse single-copy orthologs to identify positively selected genes that may be involved in skin differentiation, …

Daily Announcements November 2021, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

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A Systematic Review Of Scientific Studies And Case Reports On Music And Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Thanh Phuong Anh Truong, Briana Applewhite, Annie Heiderscheit, Hubertus Himmerich

Faculty Authored Articles

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe psychiatric disorder, which can be associated with music-related symptoms. Music may also be used as an adjunct treatment for OCD. Following the PRISMA guidelines, we performed a systematic literature review exploring the relationship between music and OCD by using three online databases: PubMed, the Web of Science, and PsycINFO. The search terms were “obsessive compulsive disorder”, “OCD”, “music”, and “music therapy”. A total of 27 articles were utilised (n = 650 patients/study participants) and grouped into three categories. The first category comprised case reports of patients with musical obsessions in patients with OCD. Most …

Rces: Rapid Cues Exploratory Search Using Taxonomies For Covid-19, Wei Li, Rishi Choudhary, Arjumand Younus, Bruno Ohana, Nicole Baker, Brendan Leen, Muhammad Atif Qureshi

Articles

To assist the COVID-19 focused researchers in life science and healthcare in understanding the pandemic, we present an exploratory information retrieval system called RCES. The system employs a previously developed EVE (Explainable Vector-based Embedding) model using DBpedia and an adopted model using MeSH taxonomies to exploit concept relations related to COVID-19. Various expansion methods are also developed, along with explanations and facets that collectively form rapid cues for a valuable navigational and informed user experience.

Monitoring Agroecosystem Productivity And Phenology At A National Scale: A Metric Assessment Framework, Dawn M. Browning, Eric S. Russell, Guillermo E. Ponce-Campos, Nicole Kaplan, Andrew D. Richardson, Bijan Seyednasrollah, Sheri Spiegal, Nicanor Saliendra, Joseph G. Alfieri, John Baker, Carl Bernacchi, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, David Bosch, Elizabeth H. Boughton, Raoul K. Boughton, Pat Clark, Gerald Flerchinger, Nuria Gomez-Casanovas, Sarah Goslee, Nick M. Haddad, David Hoover, Abdullah Jaradat, Marguerite Mauritz, Gregory W. Mccarty, Gretchen R. Miller, John Sadler, Amartya Saha, Russell L. Scott, Andrew Suyker, Craig Tweedie, Jeffrey D. Wood, Xukai Zhang, Shawn D. Taylor

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Effective measurement of seasonal variations in the timing and amount of production is critical to managing spatially heterogeneous agroecosystems in a changing climate. Although numerous technologies for such measurements are available, their relationships to one another at a continental extent are unknown. Using data collected from across the Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network and other networks, we investigated correlations among key metrics representing primary production, phenology, and carbon fluxes in croplands, grazing lands, and crop-grazing integrated systems across the continental U.S. Metrics we examined included gross primary productivity (GPP) estimated from eddy covariance (EC) towers and modelled from the Landsat …

Ucc Minutes, 04/01/2010, Lon Smith

UCC 2010

Minutes from the 04/01/2010 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 02/23/2010, Lon Smith

UCC 2010

Minutes from the 02/23/2010 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 10/12/2006, Lon Smith

UCC 2006

Minutes from the 10/12/2006 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 05/04/2006, Lon Smith

UCC 2006

Minutes from the 05/04/2006 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 12/06/2006, Lon Smith

UCC 2006

Minutes from the 12/06/2006 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 10/01/2009, Lon Smith

UCC 2009

Minutes from the 10/01/2009 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 11/05/2009, Lon Smith

UCC 2009

Minutes from the 11/05/2009 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 12/09/2009, Lon Smith

UCC 2009

Minutes from the 12/09/2009 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 12/06/2007, Lon Smith

UCC 2007

Minutes of the 12/06/2007 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 01/12/2007, Lon Smith

UCC 2007

Minutes from the 01/12/2007 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee.

Ucc Minutes, 12/04/2003, Lon Smith

UCC 2003

Minutes from the 12/04/2003 meeting of the University Curriculum Committee. Addendum: procedural guideline was accepted.

Cytokine Exposure Mediates Transcriptional Activation Of The Orphan Nuclear Receptor Nur77 In Hematopoietic Cells, Orsola Di Martino, Haixia Niu, Gayla Hadwiger, Margaret A Ferris, John S Welch

Open Access Publications

The orphan nuclear receptor Nur77 is an immediate-early response gene that based on tissue and cell context is implicated in a plethora of cellular processes, including proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, metabolism, and inflammation. Nur77 has a ligand-binding pocket that is obstructed by hydrophobic side groups. Naturally occurring, cell-endogenous ligands have not been identified, and Nur77 transcriptional activity is thought to be regulated through posttranslational modification and modulation of protein levels. To determine whether Nur77 is transcriptionally active in hematopoietic cells in vivo, we used an upstream activating sequence (UAS)-GFP transgenic reporter. We found that Nur77 is transcriptionally inactive in vivo in …

Center For Grassland Studies, November 2021

Center for Grassland Studies: Newsletters

Contents

Ranchers’ Preferences for Payment for Ecosystem Services Programs in Nebraska by Kyle Martens

Center for Grassland Studies Policy Advisory Committee

Director's Column by Walt Schacht (Interim Director)

Fall Army Worms Reared Their Ugly Heads and Wings in Nebraska in 2021by Roch Gaussoin

Dalbey-Halleck Open House by Margo McKendree

Internships – Let’s Get More Students on the Land! by Shelly Kelly

Jim Gerrish Insightful and Relatable for Grazing Livestock (GLS) Club Members