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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, …

Fine Root Vertical-Seasonal Distribution Of Robinia Pseudoacacia In Relation To Abioticfactors In A Chronosequence In Coastal Saline Alkali Land Of The Yellow River Delta, China, Longmei Guo, Banghua Cao, Peili Mao, Zexiu Li, Muzheng Hao, Tiantian Wang, Fucheng Jiang

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Despite the recognized importance of the fine roots in influencing tree growth and stand productivity, knowledge of fine roots is still limited, especially in adverse sites like saline-alkali land. In this paper, we applied sequential soil coring to assess the influence of stand age, soil depth and growth month on fine roots in 3, 16, 30 and 40-year old Robinia pseudoacacia stand in coastal saline-alkali land of the Yellow River Delta, China. Besides, the correlations between fine roots characteristics fine root biomass (FRB), fine root length (FRL), fine root surface area (FRSA), specific root length (SRL) and specific root surface …

The First Report About Genetic Diversity Analysis Among Endemic Wild Rhubarb(Rheum Ribes L.) Populations Through Ipbs Markers, Çeknas Erdi̇nç, Ayteki̇n Eki̇nci̇alp, Si̇bel Turan, Meti̇n Koçak, Faheem Shahzad Baloch, Suat Şensoy

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Approximately 30% of plant species of Turkey, which is among the richest countries in terms of biodiversity, has been endemic. Wild rhubarb (Rheum ribes L.) is a wild vegetable grows especially in the eastern region of Turkey and is an endemic species. In this study, genetic relationships among 80 wild rhubarb genotypes collected from some regions of Lake Van Basin, which are in the distribution area, were tried to be determined by iPBS marker system. At the same time, a commercial variety of R. rhabarbarum, which is a cultivated species, was used as control. PCR studies were conducted with 23 …

Orda Weekly Update, 2021.09.20, Office Of Research Development Administration

ORDA Weekly Update

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Population Dynamics And Dietary Preferences Within Two Snake Genera (Storeria And Thamnophis), Molly M. Dixon

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Amidst massive losses in biodiversity, it is vital to identify the factors driving species declines. The main objective of this research was to assess dietary differences between Storeria dekayi and Thamnophis sirtalis and their less abundant and more geographically restricted sister species, Storeria occipitomaculata and Thamnophis butleri, in Illinois and Michigan. I hypothesized that greater abundance and more cosmopolitan distribution are associated with consuming a wide variety of prey and more nonnative prey. To assess diets, I conducted field surveys of Storeria and Thamnophis and analyzed DNA metabarcoding data from fecal samples. I found no significant difference in the …

Arab American Women In Engineering: How Did Their Culture Influence Their Achievement?, Iktimal Bia Hamed

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This body of research examined the Arab American culture and its impact on women who studied the male-dominated major of engineering. Through a qualitative approach, women born and raised in an Arab American home unpacked their experiences since childhood that made them who they are today. The 10 female Arab American participants shared how they made it through and successfully completed their major in engineering. This study focused on engineering, since there has been little to no growth in women who major in this male-dominated subject. This research examined how the participants’ parents, extended family, friends, community, and both K-12 …

Oral Cbd Administration: Assessing Bioavailability And Behavioral Outcomes In A Rodent Model, Jordan Skully

Wayne State University Theses

There has been a recent surge in popularity for cannabidiol (CBD), a major non-psychotropic constituent of cannabis, due to numerous claims of potential therapeutic properties, which include, but are not limited to, anxiolytic, antinociceptive, and anti-inflammatory effects. However, as previous scientific literature on CBD's effectiveness in providing such therapeutic effects is limited, this project was aimed to evaluate the potential beneficial properties of a hemp derived 99% pure CBD compound provided from Ellipse Analytics (Denver, CO) in a rodent model. We analyzed the pharmacokinetics of this CBD product as well as the behavioral outcomes after acute and chronic administration. Pharmacokinetics …

Intercomparisons Of Three Global Bottom-Up Anthropogenic Emission Inventories: Implications For Air Quality, Halima Salah

Wayne State University Theses

Air pollution from human activities plays an important role in affecting ambient air quality, climate change and human health. To provide changes in global environmental policies to reduce air pollution, emission inventories are critical as they aide in the understanding of air quality impacts across multiple scales. The state-of-the-science global bottom-up anthropogenic emission inventories are the Evaluating the Climate and Air Quality Impacts of Short-Lived Pollutants version 6b (ECLIPSEv6b) for emissions from 1990-2050, Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research version 5.0 (EDGARv5) for emissions from 1970-2015, and the Community Emissions Data System that was released in April 2021 (CEDS) for …

Tort Immunity In The Pandemic, Betsy J. Grey, Samantha Orwoll

Indiana Law Journal

The Covid-19 pandemic set off a public health emergency that quickly brought doctors and other health care providers to the front line, while shuttering businesses throughout the United States. In response to the emergency, the federal and state governments rapidly created broad protections from tort liability for health care providers. To encourage businesses to reopen, some states have also provided liability protection for businesses from personal injury suits brought by patrons and employees. Congress is considering similar protections for businesses as it contemplates further aid packages. Some industries, like nursing homes and universities, are lobbying for specific immunity. This Essay …

Trained And Derived Relational Responding, Jonathan D. Sober

Wayne State University Dissertations

Introduction: Persons with preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) show impairments in semantic and associative memory years before the onset of clinical symptoms. However, many tasks used to assess these deficits make use of previously learned stimuli, often within well-established semantic networks that may be more resistant to disease-related changes. No research has been conducted examining trained and derived relational responding (TDRR) in older adults or in the presence of AD risk factors. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a novel TDRR task would be sensitive to age-related and disease-risk cognitive changes. Method: Thirty younger adults and 15 older …

ความรุนแรงต่อผู้สูงอายุ : สถานการณ์ สาเหตุ และการรับมือ, ปุณยวัจน์ ไตรจุฑากาญจน์

Journal of Social Sciences

บทความวิจัยเรื่อง “ความรุนแรงต่อผู้สูงอายุ: สถานการณ์ สาเหตุ และการรับมือ” เป็นการวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาถึงสถานการณ์ปัญหาความรุนแรงต่อผู้สูงอายุของสังคมไทยในปัจจุบันและสาเหตุของความรุนแรงต่อผู้สูงอายุ รวมถึงแนวทางการสนับสนุนจากเครือข่ายในการป้องกันและแก้ไขความรุนแรงต่อผู้สูงอายุ ดำเนินการใน 5 พื้นที่ ได้แก่ กรุงเทพมหานคร ปทุมธานี เชียงใหม่ หนองบัวลำภู และสงขลา จากกลุ่มตัวอย่างทั้งหมดจำนวน 1,215 ราย ผลการศึกษาพบว่าผู้สูงอายุส่วนใหญ่ถูกกระทำความรุนแรงทางด้านอารมณ์และจิตใจมากที่สุด ซึ่งสาเหตุความรุนแรงส่วนใหญ่มาจากภาวะความเครียดจากบุคคลที่เกี่ยวข้องอันสืบเนื่องมาจากปัญหาทางด้านความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างบุคคลภายในครอบครัวหรือคนใกล้ชิด ซึ่งผู้กระทำความรุนแรงส่วนใหญ่มักเป็นคู่สมรส ลูกหลาน ญาติพี่น้อง คนใกล้ชิดเพื่อน และเพื่อนบ้าน ที่ต้องพึ่งพาอาศัยซึ่งกันและกัน และแนวทางการสนับสนุนจากเครือข่ายในการป้องกันและแก้ไขความรุนแรงต่อผู้สูงอายุ พบว่าผู้สูงอายุส่วนใหญ่จะได้รับการสนับสนุนในด้านของการให้คำปรึกษา แนะนำ ให้กำลังใจจากสมาชิกในครอบครัว เครือญาติ เพื่อนบ้านและทีมสหวิชาชีพ

Does Bullying Victimization In Middle Childhood Influence Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Differences Across Racial/Ethnic Groups?, Shawndaya Sabrina Thrasher

Theses and Dissertations--Social Work

Bullying is a public health problem that negatively affects millions of children annually and can have serious, long-lasting effects on victims. Emergent research concludes a higher prevalence of bullying occurs in earlier school years, especially among racial/ethnic minorities. Evidence also suggests that risk behaviors associated with bully victimization may vary by racial/ethnic profile, leading to disproportionate chances of adverse psychosocial and health-related behaviors. Therefore, racial/ethnic minority youth may be more likely to cope with being bullied through risk behaviors (e.g., coping by fighting).

Current investigations of racial/ethnic differences in the bullied-risk relationship examine few risk behaviors (i.e., academic performance and …

Race In America 2021: A Time To Embrace Beauharnais V. Illinois?, Steven A. Ramirez

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

Hate crimes and racially motivated violence spiked in the United States over the past few years. Our foreign adversaries seek to inflame racial divisions in our nation and turn American against American. This now forms a major threat to our national security and domestic tranquility. Indeed, in light of the attempted insurrection of January 6, 2021, the costs of our festering racial hierarchy now threaten our constitutional republic. The soaring costs of the American racial hierarchy now demands aggressive legal response. This Essay demonstrates that the process of racial formation undergirding the hierarchy relies upon group libel to propagate racial …

Effect Of Academic Advisor Interventions On Course Completion After An Alert Raised By Faculty, Misty L. Lyon

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation examines the relationship between academic advisor interventions and course outcomes following an academic alert raised by faculty in the Starfish Retention Solutions software program at a small, rural community college in west-central Illinois. Utilizing a quantitative correlational study, using binary logistic regression analysis, this study sought to understand if the academic advisor interventions were favorably influencing students to improve their academic performance after receiving an academic alert from their faculty. The conceptual framework for this study was based on the intrusive advising model of deliberate, structured interventions at the first indication of academic difficulty. The analysis revealed a …

Georgia Southern Magazine, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Magazine

This issue is labeled 2020, but is for Winter 2021.

• News and Events
• True Blue Spotlight
• Then & Now
• Tracking an Invisible Enemy
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Extending Democracy To Corporate Governace And Beyond: A Theory Of Popular Economic Sovereignty, Edward L. Rubin

University of the Pacific Law Review

No abstract provided.

Heat Stress During Larval Stages On Coral Survivorship For M. Capitata, Sarah Woo

Pitzer Senior Theses

Very little is known about how heat stress during larvae stages effect larvae survivorship, early coral recruit settlement, and later stage coral survivorship. We focused on determining how heat stress during larvae stages effected Montipora capitata survivorship over time. After thermally stressing larvae, we asked how many larvae survived the treatment, how the treatment affected settlement, how many larvae survived the heat treatment but did not settle, and later stage coral survivorship experienced residual effects from the heat stress treatment. We exposed coral larvae to ambient seawater temperatures at 30°C and heated seawater temperatures to 34°C for an hour and …

The Impact Of Tidal Elevation And Climate Change On The Growth And Performance Of Balanus Glandula, Sam Martin

Pitzer Senior Theses

Tidal elevation affects the survival, growth, and performance of intertidal organisms because it regulates their exposure to heat, waves, food availability, and a variety of other abiotic factors. While previous research has explored the relationship between temperature and the performance of the barnacle Balanus glandula, there are unanswered questions about how tidal elevation affects B. glandula performance and growth. I compared the growth of B. glandula at three tidal elevations in Friday Harbor, Washington, and estimated the metabolic cost of emersion at each tidal elevation using a cost equation gained from thermal performance curves and average daily maximum temperatures. …

Targeting Ros-Dependent Akt/Gsk-3Β/Nf-Κb And Dj-1/Nrf2 Pathways By Dapagliflozin Attenuates Neuronal Injury And Motor Dysfunction In Rotenone-Induced Parkinson’S Disease Rat Model, Marwa Safar

Pharmacy

No abstract provided.

Uni Football 2021 Spring Season Guide, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

President Mark Nook --- 3

Director of Athletics David Harris --- 3

Board of Regents --- 4

Head Coach Mark Farley --- 5

Assistant Coaches --- 7

2019 Season Review --- 11

2019 Season Stats --- 13

2021 Spring Preview --- 15

Missouri Valley Football Conference --- 19

Panthers in the Pros --- 21

Panther Sports Network --- 22

Courtesy Car Dealers --- 23

Key Returners --- 25

Football Support Staff --- 31

The Future of Panther Football --- 32

Photo Roster --- 33

UNI-Dome --- 36

Numerical Roster --- 37

Panthers Rising --- 39

125th Anniversary of UNI …

Panther Train Wrestling 2021, University Of Northern Iowa

Athletics Media Guides

Contents:

--2021 Schedule
--Quick Facts
--UNI Athletics Communications

A Brief Review Of Fda’S Novel Tools For Ensuring Pharmaceutical Quality In The Human Drug Supply Chain, Heather R. Campbell, Robert A. Lodder

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

Purpose

Pharmaceutical manufacturers execute quality control operations and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to provide safe drugs. The Federal Drug and Food Administration (FDA) is tasked with ensuring manufacturers are performing such procedures. Faced with limited resources the FDA has developed novel tools to aid pharmaceutical manufacturing oversight. This paper briefly reviews these tools.

Methods

Current inspection approaches employed by the FDA are identified by searching the FDA’s guidances, the Code of Federal Regulations, public reports and other online resources.

Outcomes

Industry

A risk-based site selection model (SSM) is used to prioritize on-site inspections for FDA investigators. Theoretically, the SSM allows …

Novel Insights To Be Gained From Applying Metacommunity Theory To Long-Term, Spatially Replicated Biodiversity Data, Sydne Record, Nicole M. Voelker, Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Nathan I. Wisnoski, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Christopher Swan, Luca Marazzi, Nina Lany, Thomas Lamy, Ado Compagnoni, Max C. N. Castorani, Riley Andrade, Eric R. Sokol

Biology Faculty Research and Scholarship

Global loss of biodiversity and its associated ecosystem services is occurring at an alarming rate and is predicted to accelerate in the future. Metacommunity theory provides a framework to investigate multi-scale processes that drive change in biodiversity across space and time. Short-term ecological studies across space have progressed our understanding of biodiversity through a metacommunity lens, however, such snapshots in time have been limited in their ability to explain which processes, at which scales, generate observed spatial patterns. Temporal dynamics of metacommunities have been understudied, and large gaps in theory and empirical data have hindered progress in our understanding of …

Responses Of Stomatal Features And Photosynthesis To Porewater N Enrichment And Elevated Atmospheric Co2 In Phragmites Australis, The Common Reed, Julian R. Garrison, Joshua S. Caplan, Vladimir Douhovnikoff, Thomas J. Mozdzer, Barry A. Logan

Biology Faculty Research and Scholarship

PREMISE Biological invasions increasingly threaten native biodiversity and ecosystem services. One notable example is the common reed, Phragmites australis, which aggressively invades North American salt marshes. Elevated atmospheric CO2 and nitrogen pollution enhance its growth and facilitate invasion because P. australis responds more strongly to these enrichments than do native species. We investigated how modifications to stomatal features contribute to strong photosynthetic responses to CO2 and nitrogen enrichment in P. australis by evaluating stomatal shifts under experimental conditions and relating them to maximal stomatal conductance (g(wmax)) and photosynthetic rates.

METHODS Plants were grown in situ in open-top chambers under ambient …

Studies Of Insect Temporal Trends Must Account For The Complex Sampling Histories Inherent To Many Long-Term Monitoring Efforts, Ellen A.R. Welti, Anthony Joern, Aaron M. Ellison, David C. Lightfoot, Sydne Record, Nicholas Rodenhouse, Emily H. Stanley, Michael Kaspari

Biology Faculty Research and Scholarship

Crossley et al. (2020)¹ examine patterns of change in insect abundance and diversity across US Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites, concluding “a lack of overall increase or decline”. This is notable if true, given mixed conclusions in the literature regarding the nature and ubiquity of insect declines across regions and insect taxonomic groups^2–6. The data analyzed, downloaded from and collected by US LTER sites, represent unique time series of arthropod abundances. These long-term datasets often provide critical insights, capturing both steady changes and responses to sudden unpredictable events. However, a number of the included datasets are not …

Broadening The Ecological Mindset, Ellison M. Aaron, Audrey A. Barker Plotkin, Manisha V. Patel, Sydne Record

Biology Faculty Research and Scholarship

Over the past three decades, the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology (HF-SRPE) has been at the forefront of expanding the ecological tent for minoritized or otherwise marginalized students. By broadening the definition of ecology to include fields such as data science, software engineering, and remote sensing, we attract a broader range of students, including those who may not prioritize field experiences or who may feel unsafe working in rural or urban field sites. We also work towards a more resilient society in which minoritized or marginalized students can work safely, in part by building teams of students and …

A Test Of Species Distribution Model Transferability Across Environmental And Geographic Space For 108 Western North American Tree Species, Noah D. Charney, Sydne Record, Beth E. Gerstner, Cory Merow, Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Brian J. Enquist

Biology Faculty Research and Scholarship

Predictions from species distribution models (SDMs) are commonly used in support of environmental decision-making to explore potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity. However, because future climates are likely to differ from current climates, there has been ongoing interest in understanding the ability of SDMs to predict species responses under novel conditions (i.e., model transferability). Here, we explore the spatial and environmental limits to extrapolation in SDMs using forest inventory data from 11 model algorithms for 108 tree species across the western United States. Algorithms performed well in predicting occurrence for plots that occurred in the same geographic region in …

Ecocomdp: A Flexible Data Design Pattern For Ecological Community Survey Data, Margaret O'Brien, Colin A. Smith, Eric R. Sokol, Corinna Gries, Nina Lany, Sydne Record, Max C. N. Castorani

Biology Faculty Research and Scholarship

The idea of harmonizing data is not new. Decades of amassing data in databases according to community standards - both locally and globally - have been more successful for some research domains than others. It is particularly difficult to harmonize data across studies where sampling protocols vary greatly and complex environmental conditions need to be understood to apply analytical methods correctly. However, a body of longterm ecological community observations is increasingly becoming publicly available and has been used in important studies. Here, we discuss an approach to preparing harmonized community survey data by an environmental data repository, in collaboration with …

Corynebacterium Species Inhibit Streptococcus Pneumoniae Colonization And Infection Of The Mouse Airway, Kadi J Horn, Alexander C Jaberi Vivar, Vera Arenas, Sameer Andani, Edward N Janoff, Sarah E Clark

Open Access Publications

The stability and composition of the airway microbiome is an important determinant of respiratory health. Some airway bacteria are considered to be beneficial due to their potential to impede the acquisition and persistence of opportunistic bacterial pathogens such as

Green Nanotechnology Of Mgf‑Aunps For Immunomodulatory Intervention In Prostate Cancer Therapy, Menka Khoobchandani, Aslam Khan, Kavita K. Katti, Velaphi C. Thipe, Amal Y. Al-Yasiri, Darsha K. D. Mohandoss, Michael B. Nicholl, Ademar B. Lugão, Chetan P. Hans, Kattesh V. Katti

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.