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Metabolic Model Of Necrotizing Enterocolitis In The Premature Newborn Gut Resulting From Enteric Dysbiosis, Giorgio Casaburi, Jingjing Wei, Sufyan Kazi, Junlin Liu, Kewei Wang, Guo-Zhong Tao, Po-Yu Lin, James C. Y. Dunn, Bethany M. Henrick, Steven A. Frese, Karl G. Sylvester

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a leading cause of premature newborn morbidity and mortality. The clinical features of NEC consistently include prematurity, gut dysbiosis and enteral inflammation, yet the pathogenesis remains obscure. Herein we combine metagenomics and targeted metabolomics, with functional in vivo and in vitro assessment, to define a novel molecular mechanism of NEC. One thousand six hundred and forty seven publicly available metagenomics datasets were analyzed (NEC = 245; healthy = 1,402) using artificial intelligence methodologies. Targeted metabolomic profiling was used to quantify the concentration of specified fecal metabolites at NEC onset (n = 8), during recovery ( …

Understanding The Views Of Beef Show Cattle Parents And The Reasons Why Their Children Participate In Beef Cattle Shows, Matt Schiel

LSU Master's Theses

The population for this qualitative study were 10 families who participated in showing a heifer at the 2022 Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo during the junior heifer show weekend. The families were all from Texas. This study examined why parents allow their children to participate in showing cattle using a case study design. The study was grounded in human capital theory. Interviews and observations were used for the study’s findings. Results showed that the children who showed beef cattle learned responsibility, interpersonal skills, character development, and hard work.

Future research topics include further case studies using the same methodology …

Image Analysis For Characterization Of Microtubule Protrusions, Haomin Yu

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Independent Study

The dynamics of microtubules is central to how cells probe their environment and adopt both morphology and phenotypic fate. The length and dynamics of the protrusions that microtubules drive may be affected by the growth environment of a cell. This independent study project aimed to obtain data on the relationship between environment and microtubule disposition through integrated experiments and analysis. PDMS models in different sizes were fabricated by photolithography technology. The diameters of the PDMS model used in this experiment were 50, 75, 100, and 200 microns, respectively. A single 3T3 cell was grown in the PDMS model. After the …

The Virtues Of Covid-19 Pandemic: How Working From Home Can Make Us The Best (Or The Worst) Version Of Ourselves, Marta Rocchi, Caleb Bernacchio

College of Business Faculty Publications and Presentations

The combined effect of technological innovations in the workplace and the lockdowns imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly increased the prominence of remote working, with an undeniable impact on both business and society. In light of this organizational and sociological change, this article analyzes how this renewed work environment can be the place where workers can develop several relevant virtues, specifically moderation, integrity, and mercy. This new environment may also present the opportunity to develop a number of opposing vices, which are also explained and analyzed. The article concludes by suggesting some implications for managers who wish to promote …

Estimating Uncertainty In Density Surface Models, David L. Miller, Elizabeth A. Becker, Karin A. Forney, Jason J. Roberts, Ana Cañadas, Robert S. Schick

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Providing uncertainty estimates for predictions derived from species distribution models is essential for management but there is little guidance on potential sources of uncertainty in predictions and how best to combine these. Here we show where uncertainty can arise in density surface models (a multi-stage spatial modelling approach for distance sampling data), focussing on cetacean density modelling. We propose an extensible, modular, hybrid analytical-simulation approach to encapsulate these sources. We provide example analyses of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus in the California Current Ecosystem.

Great-Tailed Grackles (Quiscalus Mexicanus) As A Tolerant Host Of Avian Malaria Parasites, M. Andreína Pacheco, Francisco C. Ferreira, Corina J. Logan, Kelsey B. Mccune, Maggie P. Macpherson, Sergio Albino Miranda, Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Ananias A. Escalante

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) are a social, polygamous bird species whose populations have rapidly expanded their geographic range across North America over the past century. Before 1865, Great-tailed Grackles were only documented in Central America, Mexico, and southern Texas in the USA. Given the rapid northern expansion of this species, it is relevant to study its role in the dynamics of avian blood parasites. Here, 87 Great-tailed grackles in Arizona (a population in the new center of the range) were screened for haemosporidian parasites using microscopy and PCR targeting the parasite mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Individuals were caught …

Yankees In The Indian Ocean : American Commerce And Whaling, 1786–1860, Jane Hooper

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

The history of US imperialism remains incomplete without this consideration of long-overlooked nineteenth-century American commercial and whaling ventures in the Indian Ocean.

Yankees in the Indian Ocean shows how nineteenth-century American merchant and whaler activity in the Indian Ocean shaped the imperial future of the United States, influenced the region’s commerce, encouraged illegal slaving, and contributed to environmental degradation. For a brief time, Americans outnumbered other Western visitors to Mauritius, Madagascar, Zanzibar, and the East African littoral. In a relentless search for commodities and provisions, American whaleships landed at islands throughout the ocean and stripped them of resources. Yet Americans …

Climate Warming Amplifies The Frequency Of Fish Mass Mortality Events Across North Temperate Lakes, Simon P. Tye, Adam M. Siepielski, Andrew Bray, Andrew L. Rypel, Nicholas B.D. Phelps, Samuel B. Fey

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Recent increases of animal mass mortality events have coincided with substantial changes in global climate. Yet, tractable approaches that predict how climate change will accentuate occurrences of these ecological catastrophes remain nascent. We compiled one of the most comprehensive datasets of lentic fish mortality events, thermal tolerances of affected families, and 1.2 million air and water temperature profiles across 8891 north temperate lakes in North America. Temperature extremes within and across lakes were strongly associated with the three most frequent cause types (infectious agents, summerkills, winterkills). Thermal tolerances mediated the lethality of direct thermal stress, but mortalities of warm- and …

In-Person Instruction Or Remote Learning?: Understanding Students' Learning Experiences During Covid-19, Eleazar Marquez, Samuel Garcia

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

Research attests that student success in engineering education is cultivated largely due to classroom environments, academic inclusion, and engagement in undergraduate research. It is further revealed that the social and academic fabric of the institution such as academic advising, peer tutoring, disability services, and outdoor recreational programs is essential towards fostering well-being, recruitment, retention, and student success. However, these studies were conducted in a period in which students experienced traditional face-to-face instruction. In the wake of COVID-19, most institutions responded by terminating in-person instruction, mandating to seek off-campus housing, and shifting to a fully remote context. As such, educators were …

Novel Dominant And Recessive Variants In Human Robo1 Cause Distinct Neurodevelopmental Defects Through Different Mechanisms, Yan Huang, Mengqi Ma, Xiao Mao, Davut Pehlivan, Oguz Kanca, Feride Un-Candan, Li Shu, Gulsen Akay, Tadahiro Mitani, Shenzhao Lu, Sukru Candan, Hua Wang, Bo Xiao, James R Lupski, Hugo J Bellen

Duncan NRI Faculty and Staff Publications

The Roundabout (Robo) receptors, located on growth cones of neurons, induce axon repulsion in response to the extracellular ligand Slit. The Robo family of proteins controls midline crossing of commissural neurons during development in flies. Mono- and bi-allelic variants in human ROBO1 (HGNC: 10249) have been associated with incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity for a breath of phenotypes, including neurodevelopmental defects such as strabismus, pituitary defects, intellectual impairment, as well as defects in heart and kidney. Here, we report two novel ROBO1 variants associated with very distinct phenotypes. A homozygous missense p.S1522L variant in three affected siblings with nystagmus; and …

The Oyster Blocks Project Subaqueous Interventions For Non-Humans, Michael Leighton Beaman

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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Back To The Future The Spatial Dimension Of Water Management, Kees Lokman

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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Taking Orders From Tweets: Redefining The First Amendment Boundaries Of Executive Speech In The Age Of Social Media, Sara Swartzwelder

First Amendment Law Review

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"Play In The Joints" And A Playground: Building A New Test Post-Trinity Lutheran, Jonathan Zator

First Amendment Law Review

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Picturing Space The Manipulation Of Architectural Imagery, Jeffrey Katz

IntAR Interventions Adaptive Reuse

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Converging In Space Art, Architecture, And Urbanism In P.S. 1’S Rooms Exhibition, Cecilia Thornton-Alson

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Figural Identity In Adaptive Reuse Preserved, New, And Hybrid, Marie S.A. Sorenson

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From Rust To Reuse From Building To Community Through Instrument Making, Zeke Leonard

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The Butterfly Effect Artist Itinerancy And Adaptive Reuse, Marion Wilson

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Singularities Of Place, Elizabeth G.M. Parker

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Design, Subjectivity, And Culture Notes On Productions, Clay Odom

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Coming Home A Conversation With Do Ho Suh, Lea Hershkowitz

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What Once Was, Jenna Balute

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Constructing "Documenta", Mariel Villeré

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“Worn Half An Inch Down” Authenticity Of Digital Replicas, Christopher William Brown

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Sampling Secularization Transforming Religious Space, Kirby Benjamin, Katherine Porter

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Intersection Of Art, Science, And Architecture Stochastic Architectural Compositions Of Eventualist Theory, Claudio Greco

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A Sacred Translation Holy Trinity Church To Jesus Son Of Mary Mosque, Dennis Earle

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Spartan Daily, August 22, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 159, Issue 1

Henry Kissinger, Ragnar Redbeard, & The Implications Of American Morality., Austin Hart

The Mall

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