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Where Am I?: The Absence Of The Black Male From The E-Suite, Brian Bedford Jan 2021

Where Am I?: The Absence Of The Black Male From The E-Suite, Brian Bedford

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

According to current U.S. labor statistics, Black male executives are underrepresented in every major industry in the United States. Common impediments preventing Black males from occupying executive positions include workplace white supremacy, biculturalism, repressive structures, and disparate career development. Using critical race theory as a framework, this basic qualitative study investigated the experiences of eight male executives, five Black and three white, from various industries to understand their perceptions and perspectives on race and racism, and examined their workplace lived experiences to study why there are not more Black males in the e-suite. Moreover, strategies to increase Black male representation …

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Effectiveness Of Take-Home Naloxone Programs In Athletic Training: An Evidence-To-Practice Review, Michael J. Palm, Amanda N. Flanscha, Zachary K. Winkelmann Jan 2021

Effectiveness Of Take-Home Naloxone Programs In Athletic Training: An Evidence-To-Practice Review, Michael J. Palm, Amanda N. Flanscha, Zachary K. Winkelmann

Clinical Practice in Athletic Training

The number of opioid overdoses (ODs) has risen in recent years and has become more complex due to the co-involvement of both prescription and illicit opioid drug use. Provisional programs for take-home naloxone (a medication designed to rapidly reverse opiate OD symptoms) kits have been distributed to combat this potentially fatal epidemic. Although there is strong evidence to support the efficacy of naloxone in the reversal of opiate OD, there is limited evidence to support the efficacy of take-home naloxone (THN) kits. The purpose of this evidence-to-practice review was to summarize a systematic review on the efficacy of THN programs. …

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Attitudes Among Collegiate Volleyball And Women’S Soccer Players Prior To The Covid-19 Altered 2020-21 Season, D M. Gallegos, B J. Warner, S A. Cage Jan 2021

Attitudes Among Collegiate Volleyball And Women’S Soccer Players Prior To The Covid-19 Altered 2020-21 Season, D M. Gallegos, B J. Warner, S A. Cage

Clinical Practice in Athletic Training

Context: In response to the global spread of SARS-CoV-2, the National Collegiate Athletic Association cancelled all 2020 winter and spring championships that had not been completed. Additionally, the majority of 2020 fall spring championships were rescheduled to take place in the spring semester of 2021. Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the attitudes, moods, and motivations of collegiate women’s soccer and women’s volleyball players toward the alteration to the 2020-2021 season. Design: Cross-sectional design. Setting: Web-based survey. Participants: A total of 46 female collegiate soccer and volleyball players participated in this study (Age = 17.8 years ± …

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Continuous In Situ Soil Nitrate Sensors: The Importance Of High-Resolution Measurements Across Time And A Comparison With Salt Extraction-Based Methods, Yunjiao Zhu, Yuncong Chen, Md. Azahar Ali, Liang Dong, Xinran Wang, Sotirios V. Archontoulis, James Schnable, Michael J. Castellano Jan 2021

Continuous In Situ Soil Nitrate Sensors: The Importance Of High-Resolution Measurements Across Time And A Comparison With Salt Extraction-Based Methods, Yunjiao Zhu, Yuncong Chen, Md. Azahar Ali, Liang Dong, Xinran Wang, Sotirios V. Archontoulis, James Schnable, Michael J. Castellano

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Soil NO3– affects microbial processes, plant productivity, and environmental N losses. However, the ability to measure soil NO3– is limited by labor-intensive sampling and laboratory analyses. Hence, temporal variation in soil solution NO3– concentration is poorly understood. We evaluated a new potentiometric sensor that continuously measures soil solution NO3– concentration with unprecedented specificity due to a novel membrane that serves as a barrier to interfering anions. First, we compared sensor and salt extraction-based measurements of soil NO3– in well-controlled laboratory conditions. Second, using 60 d of in situ soil NO …

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Synthesis And Biological Activities Of Chalcone Derivatives, Ade Danova Jan 2021

Synthesis And Biological Activities Of Chalcone Derivatives, Ade Danova

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Chalcones have drawn attention due to the simple structures and wide spectra of biological activities. Their core structure bearing diaryl rings with α,β-unsaturated ketone was generated easily using Claisen-Schmidt condensation. In this study, one hundred and eight chalcones and their derivatives were synthesized; among them, twenty-five were disclosed as new compounds. All synthesized chalcones were well-characterized by means of spectroscopy and evaluated for their anti-cancer (A549) and anti-inflammatory activities, and α-glucosidase inhibition. For anti-cancer activity, 3',4',5'-trimethoxyphenyl on the A ring, and hydroxy and methoxy groups on the B ring exhibited high potent inhibitory activity against A549 with three best potent …

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Synergistic Effect Of Metal Ion Reduction And Nano-Titania Photocatalysis For Cyanate Degradation And Its Life Cycle Assessment, Atima Dubsok Jan 2021

Synergistic Effect Of Metal Ion Reduction And Nano-Titania Photocatalysis For Cyanate Degradation And Its Life Cycle Assessment, Atima Dubsok

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Environmental consequences of mining are becoming increasingly complex, especially the utilization of toxic chemicals in the mineral process. Specifically, in the gold mining operations, the various species of remaining cyanide in the tailings stream are potentially toxic and hazardous to human health and the environment. Although many studies have spotlighted on cyanide toxicity and their environmental health impacts, the focus on possible treatment techniques that can be applied to treat other toxic species is however limited. Cyanate, for instance, is an intermediate product from the destruction of cyanide in wastewater and known as a neurotoxic substance. Altogether, the remaining of …

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Lessons Learned In Pursuit Of Lifelong Learning In Science, Technology, And Society, Genejane Adarlo, Abigail Marie T. Favis, Charlotte Kendra Z. Gotangco, Armando M. Guidote Jr Jan 2021

Lessons Learned In Pursuit Of Lifelong Learning In Science, Technology, And Society, Genejane Adarlo, Abigail Marie T. Favis, Charlotte Kendra Z. Gotangco, Armando M. Guidote Jr

Environmental Science Faculty Publications

This case study aims to assess whether the course, Science, Technology, and Society, as part of the recent science education reforms in Philippine higher education, can foster science literacy and bring about lifelong learning in science, technology, and society. Five students, who were enrolled in Science, Technology, and Society during the first semester of the academic year 2018 to 2019 in an institution of Jesuit higher education in the Philippines, participated in a focus group discussion about their class experiences. Thematic analysis of verbatim transcript revealed that students were not confident in considering themselves literate about science after a semester …

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A Study Of Work Ability And Associated Factors In Aging Office Workers With Non-Communicable Diseases And Musculoskeletal Disorders, Sara Rawdeng Jan 2021

A Study Of Work Ability And Associated Factors In Aging Office Workers With Non-Communicable Diseases And Musculoskeletal Disorders, Sara Rawdeng

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Aging workers has been linked with high prevalence of both musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Health status has a significant impact on work ability. This study compared work ability, using the Work Ability Index (WAI), among aging office workers with and without MSDs and NCDs and determined factors associated with WAI scores. A cross-sectional study was conducted among office workers aged between 45-60 years. An online questionnaire was adopted to collect data. Analyses were conducted using Mann-Whitney U test and multivariable logistic regression model. The results of 689 workers, 34%, 13%, 12%, and 41% reported MSDs, NCDs, MSDs …

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Comparison Between The Prevalence Of Probable Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Different Flood Types In Thailand, Natakorn Ritbunyakorn Jan 2021

Comparison Between The Prevalence Of Probable Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Different Flood Types In Thailand, Natakorn Ritbunyakorn

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Floods are one of the most common natural disasters in Thailand. Floods may have a long-term psychological impact on survivals. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) usually diagnosed among flood victims. However, there is limited information on PTSD from different flooding events in Thailand. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of having probable PTSD among different flood types in Thailand. A secondary data analysis was performed using a dataset from previous cross-sectional survey conducted from 2019 to 2020 in Nakhon Sawan and Nakhon Si Thammarat provinces selected from the expert reviews’ discussion. The analysis was performed on 376 …

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Changes In The Philippine Coastal Environment, Karl H. Szekielda, Ma. Aileen Leah G. Guzman Jan 2021

Changes In The Philippine Coastal Environment, Karl H. Szekielda, Ma. Aileen Leah G. Guzman

Environmental Science Faculty Publications

Global warming is progressing at a faster speed than has been estimated earlier in climate forecasting, and the ocean responds rather quickly to global temperature increase. This study uses remotely sensed data that were accessed from the System for Multidisciplinary Research and Applications (NASA Giovanni) to study environmental change in the Philippines’ coast. Monthly averaged sea surface temperature series from around the Philippines indicate that the Philippines follow the global trend in ocean temperature increase and show the increase of about 0.50C within two decades. Despite the high variability in temperature, the linear regressions displayed for all seasons show an …

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A Deep Learning Model For Predicting Long Non-Coding Rna And Messenger Rna With Model Interpretation, Rattaphon Lin Jan 2021

A Deep Learning Model For Predicting Long Non-Coding Rna And Messenger Rna With Model Interpretation, Rattaphon Lin

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in many biological processes and are found to be associated with several diseases. The development of next-generation sequencing technologies has discovered numerous unannotated transcripts. However, classifying these unannotated transcripts by using biological experiments is very time-consuming and expensive. Thus, a computational approach is considered as an alternative solution which is faster and cheaper. Many existing lncRNA identification tools are available, these tools lack an explanation of which features contributed to their prediction results. Here, we present Xlnc1DCNN, a tool for distinguishing long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) from protein-coding transcripts (PCTs) together with a prediction …

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Preparation Of Encapsulated Konjac Glucomannan-Based Fish Oil And Its Use In High Pressure Processed Goat Milk, Siriwan Suknicom Jan 2021

Preparation Of Encapsulated Konjac Glucomannan-Based Fish Oil And Its Use In High Pressure Processed Goat Milk, Siriwan Suknicom

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study was divided into 3 parts. The objective of first part aims to investigate the effect of konjac glucomannan (KGM) solution (0.02-0.5%, w/w) at different pH (3, 5 and 9) on the stability between 5% fish oil- skim milk with and without casein emulsion. The second part aims to study the effects of konjac glucomannan (KGM) solution (0.02-0.5%, w/w) at different pH (3-10) on the stability of 5%fish oil-milk emulsion. And the last part aims to study the effect of high-pressure (400, 500 and 600 MPa) on the improvement of the stability of 5%fish oil-milk emulsion. The results of …

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Arsenic Removal From The Contaminated Soil By Bio-Based Washing Agent In A Combined Mechanical Agitation And Ultrasonication Process, Polwatte Arachchillaya Buddhika Prabath Abeyrathne Jan 2021

Arsenic Removal From The Contaminated Soil By Bio-Based Washing Agent In A Combined Mechanical Agitation And Ultrasonication Process, Polwatte Arachchillaya Buddhika Prabath Abeyrathne

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

A significant amount of arsenic (As) pollution has been found globally, with several health consequences. Soil washing is a cost-effective mix of chemical and physical procedures that have been used to remove heavy metals from polluted soil. This study investigated the possibility of using a lipopeptide biosurfactant from Bacillus subtilis GY19 as a washing agent to remove As from contaminated soil. To improve the effectiveness of biosurfactants, sodium carbonate and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) were employed as builders to minimize the influence of exchangeable cations in the soil. The agricultural soil utilized in the study was spiked with As at an …

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การพัฒนากระแสงานเชิงคอมพิวเตอร์เพื่อการระบุอาร์เอ็นเอที่เติมพอลิอะดีนีนในโพรคาริโอตจากข้อมูลลำดับเบสอาร์เอ็นเอที่เติมพอลิยูรีดีนด้วยนาโนพอร์โดยตรง, จิรโชติ กรัณยากรณ์ Jan 2021

การพัฒนากระแสงานเชิงคอมพิวเตอร์เพื่อการระบุอาร์เอ็นเอที่เติมพอลิอะดีนีนในโพรคาริโอตจากข้อมูลลำดับเบสอาร์เอ็นเอที่เติมพอลิยูรีดีนด้วยนาโนพอร์โดยตรง, จิรโชติ กรัณยากรณ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

กระบวนการเติมพอลิอะดีนีนเป็นการดัดแปรอาร์เอ็นเอที่ปลาย 3' หลังการถอดรหัสหรือเรียกว่าหางพอลิอะดีนีน ซึ่งหางพอลิอะดีนีนมีหน้าที่ในการควบคุมเสถียรภาพของอาร์เอ็นเอและนำไปสู่การควบคุมการแสดงออกของยีน ปัจจุบันการศึกษาความยาวและหน้าที่ของหางพอลิอะดีนีนในอาร์เอ็นเอของโพรแคริโอตมีน้อยมาก เนื่องจากความยาวของหางพอลิอะดีนีนในอาร์เอ็นเอของโพรแคริโอตสั้นมาก และทำหน้าที่เป็นสัญญาณการย่อยสลายอาร์เอ็นเอ ส่งผลให้ตรวจพบได้ยาก ในการศึกษานี้ได้ทำการพัฒนาวิธีทางคอมพิวเตอร์เพื่อศึกษาหางพอลิอะดีนีนความยาวสั้นในอาร์เอ็นเอของโพรแคริโอต โดยใช้ข้อมูลอาร์เอ็นเอจากการหาลำดับเบสยุคที่สามด้วยอ็อกซ์ฟอร์ดนาโนพอร์ที่สามารถหาลำดับเบสอาร์เอ็นเอสายยาวได้โดยตรง โดยทำการปรับปรุงขั้นตอนการเตรียมไลบรารี่สำหรับการหาลำดับเบสโดยใช้เอนไซม์เพื่อสังเคราะห์พอลิยูริดินที่ปลาย 3' ของสายลำดับเบส เพื่ออนุรักษ์ความยาวหางพอลิอะดีนีนดั้งเดิมไว้ และใช้สำหรับการเชื่อมต่อกับพอลิอะดีนีนอะแดปเตอร์สำหรับการหาลำดับเบส วิธีนี้ไม่จำเป็นต้องเพิ่มปริมาณสารพันธุกรรม หรือถอดรหัสย้อนกลับ ที่อาจส่งผลต่อความยาวดั้งเดิมของหางพอลิอะดีนีน จากการศึกษาด้วยอาร์เอ็นเอสังเคราะห์ที่มีการกำหนดความยาวหางพอลิอะดีนีนไว้คงที่ พบว่าโปรแกรมสำหรับการประมาณความยาวหางพอลิอะดีนีน (nanopolish และ tailfindr) มีความคลาดเคลื่อนในการประมาณความยาวของหางพอลิอะดีนีนสายสั้น โดยมีค่าคลาดเคลื่อนสัมบูรณ์เฉลี่ยอยู่ในช่วง 0.33 ถึง 7.49 นิวคลีโอไทด์ สำหรับ nanopolish และ 6.38 ถึง 16.89 นิวคลีโอไทด์ สำหรับ tailfindr หลังจากการปรับปรุงข้อมูลด้วยการกำจัดสัญญาณไม่ปกติและใช้ข้อมูลจากการลำดับเบสเข้าช่วยพบว่าโปรแกรมสามารถหาความยาวของหางพอลิอะดีนีนสายสั้นได้ใกล้เคียงมากขึ้น โดยมีค่าคลาดเคลื่อนสัมบูรณ์เฉลี่ยลดลงอยู่ในช่วง 0.43 ถึง 7.28 นิวคลีโอไทด์ สำหรับ nanopolish และ 3.28 ถึง 5.96 นิวคลีโอไทด์ สำหรับ tailfindr และเมื่อนำวิธีการศึกษาดังกล่าวไปประยุกต์ในอาร์เอ็นเอของ Escherichia coli K-12 ได้ตรวจพบหางพอลิอะดีนีนในยีนซึ่งเคยมีรายงานจากงานวิจัยก่อนหน้า เช่น rpsO, rplQ และ ompA เป็นต้น นอกจากนี้ยังพบยีนที่มีความเป็นไปได้ที่จะมีหางพอลิอะดีนีน แต่ยังไม่มีรายงานมาก่อน เช่น apt และ ppa เป็นต้น การศึกษาความยาวหางพอลิอะดีนีนในโพรแคริโอตสามารถเชื่อมโยงกับการควบคุมการแสดงออกของยีนซึ่งจะช่วยพัฒนาองค์ความรู้ด้านการควบคุมการแสดงออกของยีนในแบคทีเรีย และสามารถนำไปประยุกต์ได้ในอนาคต

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Development Of Fenofibrate/Cyclodextrin Complex Loaded Eudragit Nanoparticles For Ocular Delivery, Soe Yadanar Khin Jan 2021

Development Of Fenofibrate/Cyclodextrin Complex Loaded Eudragit Nanoparticles For Ocular Delivery, Soe Yadanar Khin

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The purpose of this study was to develop Eudragit® -nanoparticles (NPs) eye drop formulations containing fenofibrate (FE) for diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. Due to the limited aqueous solubility of FE, it may hamper the ocular bioavailability and results in low efficiency to treat such diseases. Hence, the increased solubility of FE was determined by complexation with cyclodextrins (CDs) and CD derivatives The solubility determination was evaluated by phase-solubility technique with heating method. Among CD tested, randomly methylated-b-CD (RMbCD) exhibited the best solubilizer with the highest complexation efficiency for FE. Moreover, the water-soluble polymer i.e., Soluplus® (SOL), poloxomer 407 …

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Development Of Bio-Based Nanocomposites For Biosensor And Indicator Applications In Smart Food Packaging, Abdus Sobhan Jan 2021

Development Of Bio-Based Nanocomposites For Biosensor And Indicator Applications In Smart Food Packaging, Abdus Sobhan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Smart food packaging based on biosensors has been attracting more and more interest to the industrial community because of the concerns of food quality and safety. A food packaging with biosensor has a scope to enable real-time monitoring of microbial breakdown products of packaged foods. Furthermore, one of the biggest challenges in implementing biosensor for smart packaging materials is the development of bio-sensing active materials that can leverage their electrical, thermal, biodegradable and other functional properties. In this regard, nanocellulose-based activated carbon (NAC) nanocomposite was developed using the activated carbon and nanocellulose gel using the casting method with their different …

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Profiling Of Fda-Approved And Clinical Trial Drugs Revealed Shared Cytotoxicity And Collateral Sensitivity In Resistant (H69ar) And Non-Resistant (H69) Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells. (Drug Repurposing In Cancer Chemotherapy), Pius Reyderg Agyemang Jan 2021

Profiling Of Fda-Approved And Clinical Trial Drugs Revealed Shared Cytotoxicity And Collateral Sensitivity In Resistant (H69ar) And Non-Resistant (H69) Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells. (Drug Repurposing In Cancer Chemotherapy), Pius Reyderg Agyemang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Some cancers are capable of “spitting out” drugs being fed to them, metaphorically speaking, becoming resistant to what were previously effective chemotherapeutics. In small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), an overexpression of a membrane protein (MRP1) and its transport activity can lead to chemotherapy failure. However, this study showed that certain drugs are selectively cytotoxic (exhibit collateral sensitivity) to MRP1-overexpressed SCLC (H69AR) cells. In this study, three drugs (Erlotinib, Pyrimethamine, Fludarabine) were identified to exhibit a dose-dependent collateral sensitivity on H69AR with IC50 values of ~3.5 μM, ~2 μM, and ~20 μM respectively. Halting the transport activity of the MRP1 with 25 …

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Free-Living Diazotrophs And The Nitrogen Cycle In Natural Grassland Revealed By Culture Dependent And Independent Approaches, Amrit Koirala Jan 2021

Free-Living Diazotrophs And The Nitrogen Cycle In Natural Grassland Revealed By Culture Dependent And Independent Approaches, Amrit Koirala

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Biological nitrogen fixation contributes to half of the global supply of nitrogen to the biosphere. It is carried out by a diverse group of prokaryotes called diazotrophs via the nitrogenase enzyme. Nitrogen fixation research is focused on the narrow group of symbiotic diazotrophs, and the vast majority of free-living diazotrophs which contribute significantly to fixed nitrogen are yet to be explored. The goal of this research was to access phylogeny of diazotrophs considering the most up-to-date genomic information and apply that knowledge to understand the diversity of free-living diazotrophs in a natural grassland ecosystem, both by culture dependent and independent …

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Detailed Evaluation Of Cancer Sequencing Pipelines In Different Microenvironments And Heterogeneity Levels, Batuhan Kisakol, Şahi̇n Sarihan, Mehmet Ari̇f Ergün, Mehmet Baysan Jan 2021

Detailed Evaluation Of Cancer Sequencing Pipelines In Different Microenvironments And Heterogeneity Levels, Batuhan Kisakol, Şahi̇n Sarihan, Mehmet Ari̇f Ergün, Mehmet Baysan

Turkish Journal of Biology

The importance of next generation sequencing (NGS) rises in cancer research as accessing this key technology becomes easier for researchers. The sequence data created by NGS technologies must be processed by various bioinformatics algorithms within a pipeline in order to convert raw data to meaningful information. Mapping and variant calling are the two main steps of these analysis pipelines, and many algorithms are available for these steps. Therefore, detailed benchmarking of these algorithms in different scenarios is crucial for the efficient utilization of sequencing technologies. In this study, we compared the performance of twelve pipelines (three mapping and four variant …

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Targeting The Tumor Stroma: Integrative Analysis Reveal Gata2 And Toryaip1 As Novel Prognostic Targets In Breast And Ovarian Cancer, Ömer Faruk Erceylan, Ayşe Savaş, Esra Göv Jan 2021

Targeting The Tumor Stroma: Integrative Analysis Reveal Gata2 And Toryaip1 As Novel Prognostic Targets In Breast And Ovarian Cancer, Ömer Faruk Erceylan, Ayşe Savaş, Esra Göv

Turkish Journal of Biology

Tumor stroma interaction is known to take a crucial role in cancer growth and progression. In the present study, it was performed gene expression analysis of stroma samples with ovarian and breast cancer through an integrative analysis framework to identify common critical biomolecules at multiomics levels. Gene expression datasets were statistically analyzed to identify common differentially expressed genes (DEGs) by comparing tumor stroma and normal stroma samples. The integrative analyses of DEGs indicated that there were 59 common core genes, which might be feasible to be potential marks for cancer stroma targeted strategies. Reporter molecules (i.e. receptor, transcription factors and …

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Positive Regulation Of Tnfr1 Signaling Via Sh3 Recognition Motif, Fatma Ece Çopuroğlu, Fatma Zehra Hapi̇l Zevkli̇ler, Şükran Burçak Yoldaş, Osman Ni̇dai̇ Özeş Jan 2021

Positive Regulation Of Tnfr1 Signaling Via Sh3 Recognition Motif, Fatma Ece Çopuroğlu, Fatma Zehra Hapi̇l Zevkli̇ler, Şükran Burçak Yoldaş, Osman Ni̇dai̇ Özeş

Turkish Journal of Biology

TNF is a pleiotropic cytokine and shows its biological function by binding to its receptors called TNFR1 and TNFR2. While TNFR1 induces apoptosis by activation of caspase-8 via the "death domain", it also activates IKKα/β, MKK3/6, MKK4/7 by activation of TAK1. Although the TNFR1 signaling pathway is known by in large, it is not known how AKT and MAPKs p38, ERK1/2, and JNK1/2 are activated. The presence of a proline-rich PPAP region, (P448PAP451, a binding site for the SH3 domain-containing proteins) very close to the C-terminus promoted us to determine whether this region has any role in the TNFR1 signal …

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Negative Regulation Of Diminutive Cancer Regulator Through Differentiation And Microrna Pathway Components In Drosophila Cells, Sumira Malik Jan 2021

Negative Regulation Of Diminutive Cancer Regulator Through Differentiation And Microrna Pathway Components In Drosophila Cells, Sumira Malik

Turkish Journal of Biology

Drosophila model is intensively studied for the development of cancer. The diminutive (dMyc), a homolog of the human MYC gene, is responsible for cell- apoptosis and its upregulation is responsible for determining the fate of cancerous growth in humans and Drosophila model. This work implores the requirement of dMyc and its expression as one of the major regulator of cancer with other proteins and repression of dMyc mRNA in Drosophila S2 cells. Here we report protein complex of Argonaute 1 (AGO1), Bag of marbles (Bam), and Brain tumor (Brat) proteins and not the individual factor of this complex repression of …

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Compensatory Expression Regulation Of Highly Homologous Proteins Hnrnpa1 Andhnrnpa2, Yan Chang, Xiao Feng Lu, Jia Ying Qiu Jan 2021

Compensatory Expression Regulation Of Highly Homologous Proteins Hnrnpa1 Andhnrnpa2, Yan Chang, Xiao Feng Lu, Jia Ying Qiu

Turkish Journal of Biology

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (HNRNP) A1 and A2 are the most abundant HNRNPs with nearly identical functions, and play important roles in regulating gene expression at multiple levels (i.e. transcription, posttranscription, and translation). However, the expression and regulation mechanism of HNRNPA1 and A2 themselves remain unclear. In this study, the amino acid sequences of HNRNPA1 and HNRNPA2 were compared and found to have 78% and 86% homology in key functional domains. Transfection of HEK293 cells with small interfering RNA and overexpression vectors of HNRNPA1 and HNRNPA2 demonstrated that HNRNPA1 and HNRNPA2 paralogs regulate each other?s expression in a compensatory manner at …

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Synthesis Of Intracellular And Extracellular Gold Nanoparticles With A Green Machine And Its Antifungal Activity, Nurbanu Gürsoy, Betül Yilmaz Öztürk, İlknur Dağ Jan 2021

Synthesis Of Intracellular And Extracellular Gold Nanoparticles With A Green Machine And Its Antifungal Activity, Nurbanu Gürsoy, Betül Yilmaz Öztürk, İlknur Dağ

Turkish Journal of Biology

Green synthesis method is being increasingly used in the development of safe, stable, and eco-friendly nanostructures with biological resources. In this study, extracellular and intracellular synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was carried out using green algae Chlorella sorokiniana Shihira & R.W. Fresh algae were isolated and identified from Musaözü Pond located in the province of Eskişehir and then extraction process were performed. Optimization studies were studied using pH value, metal salt concentration, and time parameters for extracellular synthesis and using only time parameter for intrasellular synthesis. Since more controlled and optimum conditions can be achieved in the production of AuNPs …

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Il-1r1 Deficiency Impairs Liver Regeneration After 2/3 Partial Hepatectomy In Aged Mice, Deming Li, Ze Wang, Chunyan Zhang, Cunshuan Xu Jan 2021

Il-1r1 Deficiency Impairs Liver Regeneration After 2/3 Partial Hepatectomy In Aged Mice, Deming Li, Ze Wang, Chunyan Zhang, Cunshuan Xu

Turkish Journal of Biology

Inflammation has a dual effect: it can protect the body and destroy tissue and cell as well. The purpose of this experiment was to determine the role of IL-1R1 in liver regeneration (LR) after partial hepatectomy (PH) in aged mice. The wild-type (WT, n = 36) and the IL-1R1 knockout (KO, n = 36) 24-month-old C57BL/6J mice underwent two-thirds PH; 33 WT mice underwent sham operation. Liver coefficient was calculated by liver/body weight. The mRNA and protein expressions of genes were evaluated by quantitative realtime polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western blotting methods, respectively. Compared with WT mice, liver coefficient …

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Cover And Contents Jan 2021

Cover And Contents

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Reconstitution Of Pol Ii (G) Responsive Form Of The Human Mediator Complex, Murat Alper Cevher Jan 2021

Reconstitution Of Pol Ii (G) Responsive Form Of The Human Mediator Complex, Murat Alper Cevher

Turkish Journal of Biology

RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is a 12 subunit protein complex from yeast to human that is required for gene expression. Gdown1 containing Pol II [Pol II (G)] is a special form of Pol II that is catalytically inactive and heavily depends on the 30-subunit Mediator complex for its activator and basal dependent function in vitro. Here we report for the first time, the identification and the generation of a 15-subunit human Mediator complex via the novel multibac baculovirus expression system that is fully responsive to Pol II (G). Our results show complete recovery of Pol II (G) dependent transcription …

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Polyhydroxyalkanoate Accumulation In Streptomyces Coelicolor Affected By Sco7613 Gene Region, Zeynep Demi̇r Öksüz, Tuğrul Doruk, Nevi̇n Yağci, Sedef Tunca Gedi̇k Jan 2021

Polyhydroxyalkanoate Accumulation In Streptomyces Coelicolor Affected By Sco7613 Gene Region, Zeynep Demi̇r Öksüz, Tuğrul Doruk, Nevi̇n Yağci, Sedef Tunca Gedi̇k

Turkish Journal of Biology

Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) is stored as an important carbon and energy source in bacterial cells. For biomedical applications, gram-positive bacteria can be better sources of PHAs, since they lack outer membrane lipopolysaccharide. Although gram-positive Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) has been indicated as a high potential PHA producer, phaC gene that encodes the key enzyme PHA synthase in the metabolic pathway is not determined in its genome. BLAST search results of the GenBank database argued that SCO7613 could specify a putative polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (PhaC) responsible for PHA biosynthesis. Deduced amino acid sequence of SCO7613 showed the presence of conserved lipase box like sequence, …

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Lipase From New Isolate Bacillus Cereus Ata179: Optimization Of Production Conditions, Partial Purification, Characterization And Its Potential In The Detergent Industry, Eli̇f Demi̇rkan, Aynur Aybey Çeti̇nkaya, Maoulida Abdou Jan 2021

Lipase From New Isolate Bacillus Cereus Ata179: Optimization Of Production Conditions, Partial Purification, Characterization And Its Potential In The Detergent Industry, Eli̇f Demi̇rkan, Aynur Aybey Çeti̇nkaya, Maoulida Abdou

Turkish Journal of Biology

In this study, 341 Bacillus sp. strains were isolated from agricultural soils of Turkey. The potent extracellular lipase producer was selected. It was identified by 16S rRNA, named as Bacillus cereus ATA179. Optimal nutritional and physical parameters for lipase production were determined. Sucrose as the carbon source, (NH4)2HPO4 as the nitrogen source, CaCl2 as the metal ion were obtained. The best results of physical parameters were stated at 45°C, pH 7.0, shaking rate 50 rpm, inoculation amount 7% and inoculum age 24 h. ATA179 strain showed a 51% increase in enzyme production in the modified medium created by optimizing nutritional …

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Transcriptome Profiling Of Stevia Rebaudiana Ms007 Revealed Genes Involved In Flower Development, Nurul Hidayah Samsulrizal, Khairul Shahyidi Khadzran, Tamil Sundram Meenakshi Sundram, Zarina Zainuddin, Siti Hajar Nor Shaarani, Nur Sabrina Ahmad Azmi, Sarahani Harun Jan 2021

Transcriptome Profiling Of Stevia Rebaudiana Ms007 Revealed Genes Involved In Flower Development, Nurul Hidayah Samsulrizal, Khairul Shahyidi Khadzran, Tamil Sundram Meenakshi Sundram, Zarina Zainuddin, Siti Hajar Nor Shaarani, Nur Sabrina Ahmad Azmi, Sarahani Harun

Turkish Journal of Biology

Stevia rebaudiana is a medicinal plant recommended to diabetic or obese patients as an alternative sweetener owing to its low-calorie property. Previous studies have found that the stevioside level is highest at the time of flower bud formation and lowest at the time of preceding and following flower bud formation. Hence, this study aims to identify the genes involved in the flowering of local S. rebaudiana accession MS007 by investigating the transcriptomic data of two stages of growth, before flowering (BF) and after flowering (AF) that were deposited under accession number SRX6362785 and SRX6362784 at the NCBI SRA database. The …

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