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Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วัตถุประสงค์: วัตถุประสงค์หลักเปรียบเทียบคุณภาพชีวิตด้านการใช้ยาโดยใช้ค่าเฉลี่ยคะแนนจากแบบสอบถาม PROMPT ระหว่างกลุ่มศึกษาและกลุ่มควบคุม วัตถุประสงค์รอง เพื่อเปรียบเทียบความร่วมมือในการใช้ยาและความรู้ด้านยาต้านเศร้าและวิตกกังวล วิธีการวิจัย: การวิจัยเชิงทดลองแบบสุ่มที่มีกลุ่มควบคุมแบบปกปิดทางเดียวในนักศึกษามหาวิทยาลัย ที่ได้รับยาต้านเศร้า ณ ฝ่ายส่งเสริมสุขภาวะนิสิต จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย ช่วงระหว่างเดือน เมษายน พ.ศ. 2566 ถึงเดือนกรกฎาคม พ.ศ. 2566 จำนวนทั้งสิ้น 85 คน สุ่มอาสาสมัครเป็น 2 กลุ่ม คือ กลุ่มที่ได้รับการบริการตามมาตรฐาน(กลุ่มควบคุม) และกลุ่มที่ได้รับการบริบาลทางเภสัชกรรมร่วมกับการบริการตามมาตรฐาน (กลุ่มศึกษา) ประเมินผลลัพธ์ด้านคุณภาพชีวิตด้านการใช้ยา ความร่วมมือในการใช้ยาและความรู้ด้านยา ผลการวิจัย: กลุ่มศึกษามีผลลัพธ์ด้านคุณภาพชีวิตด้านการใช้ยา ผลลัพธ์ด้านความร่วมมือในการใช้ยาและผลลัพธ์ด้านความรู้เรื่องยาต้านเศร้าและวิตกกังวลที่ดีขึ้นกว่ากลุ่มควบคุมอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ (p<0.001) สรุปผลการวิจัย: การบริบาลทางเภสัชกรรมร่วมกับการบริการตามมาตรฐานปกติส่งผล เพิ่มผลลัพธ์ด้านคุณภาพชีวิตด้านการใช้ยาทั้ง 8 มิติผลลัพธ์ด้านความร่วมมือในการใช้ยาและ ผลลัพธ์ด้านความรู้เรื่องยาต้านเศร้าและวิตกกังวลดีขึ้นในนักศึกษาที่ได้รับยาต้านเศร้าและวิตกกังวล

Notch2 Activation Of Full-Length And Truncated Recombinant Jagged1 Fused With Human Igg1 Fc Produced In Mammalian Expression System, Y Tran Nhu

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Osteoporosis associated with old ages has emerged in 21st century as an increasing issue. To stimulate the mineral deposition in bone cells, Jagged1 (Jag1) protein has been demonstrated to trigger mineralization via Notch signaling pathway by binding to Notch2 receptor. Therefore, the Jag1 protein is one of promising candidates for osteoporosis treatment. However, Jag1 consisting of 1218 amino acids is infeasible to apply in clinical uses. Here we engineered Jag1 into truncated proteins containing key domains, Delta–Serrate–Lag-2 domain, N-terminal C2 domain and several epidermal growth factor–like domains which could be responsible for the binding of Notch receptor. To ensure the …

Screening And Identification Of Spore-Forming Bacteria For Lactic Acid Production, Jenjuiree Mahittikon

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research presents the screening and identification of 41 lactic acid-producing bacteria collected from various tree barks in different provinces of Thailand. They belonged to six groups within five genera, including Sporolactobacillus (9 strains), Weizmannia (18 strains), Terrilactibacillus (1 strain), Lactococcus (2 strains), and Enterococcus (11 strains). Based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (98.65%), the novel species in the genera Weizmannia (1 strain), Sporolactobacillus (4 strains), and Enterococcus (1 strain) are found. The lactic acid screening of spore-forming bacteria, S. laevolacticus CUH1-2, exhibited high temperature tolerance and produced D-(-)-lactic acid at high yield and optical purity. Therefore, it was …

Composites Of Spent Coffee Ground And Iron Nanoparticles For Arsenic Removal, Wachirapol Manimont

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research is focused on the synthesis of a new composite aerogel produced from renewable feedstock and green reagents for the use as adsorbent for arsenic removal. Chitosan was used to produce an aerogel to enhance its efficiency in arsenic removal due to the material porosity. The physical properties and adsorption ability of the chitosan aerogel were improved by adding cellulose and iron nanoparticles, respectively. The iron nanoparticles were synthesized using coffee extract containing polyphenolic compounds as reducing agent and cellulose was extracted from spent coffee grounds. Under the optimization condition, the composite aerogel was successfully fabricated using 2 % …

Identification Of Chemical Components Of Fuel Derived From Two-Phase Electrolysis, Nafisat Lawal

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In this research, two-phase electrocoagulation approach was developed and used to investigate blend of bio-diesel and petro-diesel (B10) stability under the electrochemical treatment. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was used to analyze the aliquots before and after the reaction. It was observed that major compounds were alkanes and aromatic compounds with the minor contents of aldehydes, ketones, esters, alkenes, alkynes, halogens, oxygenated compounds, and heterocyclic compounds. Compounds with both smaller and larger carbon numbers were identified after the treatment. The optimum condition for the reaction was 10 V and 60 min which resulted in about 9.8x109 (counts s) total peak area …

ตัวกรองชีวภาพจุลสาหร่าย-แบคทีเรียที่มีชีวิตสําหรับการนํากลับสารอาหารทางการเกษตรจากน้ำเสียสังเคราะห์, ชลัมพล จันทร์พุ่ม

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ปัจจุบันน้ำเสียกลายเป็นปัญหาใหญ่ที่ผู้คนต้องเผชิญในชีวิตประจำวัน แหล่งน้ำเสียประมาณ 70% มาจากน้ำเสียครัวเรือน ซึ่งมีสารประกอบไนโตรเจน (N) และฟอสฟอรัส (P) ที่มีความเข้มข้นสูง แต่กลับไม่ได้นำมาใช้ให้เกิดประโยชน์ งานวิจัยนี้จึงขอเสนอการพัฒนาตัวกรองชีวภาพที่มีชีวิตแบบจุลินทรีย์ผสมระหว่างจุลสาหร่ายและแบคทีเรียที่ส่งเสริมการเจริญเติบโตของพืชในการบำบัดน้ำเสียสังเคราะห์เพื่อศึกษาประสิทธิภาพในการกำจัดสารประกอบ N P และค่าความต้องการออกซิเจนทางเคมี (COD) จากน้ำเสียสังเคราะห์ระหว่างระบบแขวนลอยและตัวกรองชีวภาพที่มีชีวิต ตัวกรองชีวภาพที่มีชีวิตได้รับการพัฒนาโดยใช้เทคนิคการตรึงเซลล์ด้วยสารยึดเกาะบนพื้นผิวของผ้าฝ้ายที่ใช้เป็นวัสดุรองรับ จากการทดลองพบว่าสารยึดเกาะกัวร์กัม/คาราจีแนน (GG/CG) แสดงเปอร์เซ็นต์ความเสื่อมสภาพน้อยกว่า 5 % ซึ่งต่ำกว่าสารยึดเกาะอื่น ๆ และไม่เป็นพิษต่อเซลล์ หลังจากการบำบัดน้ำเสียสังเคราะห์เป็นเวลา 7 วัน พบว่าระบบตัวกรองชีวภาพที่มีชีวิตมีประสิทธิภาพการกำจัดสารอาหารและ COD สูงกว่าระบบแขวนลอย โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งตัวกรองชีวภาพที่มีชีวิตในอัตราส่วนการผสม 3:1 ของจุลสาหร่าย Chlorella sp. และแบคทีเรีย Bacillus subtilis TISTR1415 ที่ตรึงด้วยสารยึดเกาะ GG/CG มีประสิทธิภาพในการกำจัด NH4+ PO43- และ COD สูงสุดมากถึง 91.81 % 99.44 % และ 83.15 % ในขณะที่ระบบแขวนลอยแสดงประสิทธิภาพในการกำจัดเพียงแค่ 56.75 % 58.71 % และ 69.57 % ตามลำดับ นอกจากนี้ ค่า pH ในระบบตัวกรองชีวภาพที่มีชีวิต (จาก 8.81 เหลือ 7.26) ลดลงมากกว่าระบบแขวนลอย (จาก 8.81 เหลือ 8.13)

การสังเคราะห์โพรเซสซิงออยล์ผ่านอิพ็อกซิเดชันของกรดไขมันเมทิลเอสเทอร์จากน้ำมันปาล์มสำหรับการผลิตยางวัลคาไนเซต, กฤติยา เพิ่มพิมพ์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

น้ำมันแอโรมาติกเป็นที่นิยมใช้ในน้ำมันสำหรับกระบวนการผลิตยางรถยนต์ อย่างไรก็ตามน้ำมันแอโรมาติกมีสารประกอบพอลิไซคลิกแอโรมาติกไฮโดรคาร์บอน (PAHs) ปริมาณมากที่ก่อให้เกิดเป็นสารก่อมะเร็งและส่งผลเสียต่อสิ่งแวดล้อม งานวิจัยนี้จึงมีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อสังเคราะห์น้ำมันสำหรับกระบวนการผลิตยางจากปฏิกิริยาอิพ็อกซิเดชันของเมทิลเอสเทอร์ของกรดไขมันที่ได้จากน้ำมันปาล์มโดยใช้ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาวิวิธพันธุ์ ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาที่ใช้ในงานวิจัยนี้ ได้แก่ ไทเทเนียมไดออกไซด์ (TiO2-H) ซิลิกา (SiO2) และไททาเนียมซิลิคาไลต์ (TS-1-x) ที่สังเคราะห์จากวิธีไฮโดรเทอร์มัลโดย x คือ อัตราส่วนโดยโมลซิลิกาต่อไททาเนียมเป็น 40, 20 และ 10 ทั้งนี้ ได้มีการเปรียบเทียบกับตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาไทเทเนียมไดออกไซด์ ชนิดอะนาเทส เกรดการค้า (TiO2-C) จากผลการวิจัยพบว่าตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาที่ให้การเกิดปฏิกิริยาอิพ็อกซิเดชันกับ FAME ที่ได้จากน้ำมันปาล์มดีที่สุด คือ ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยา TiO2-H โดยภาวะที่เหมาะสม คือ โดยใช้ปริมาณ 4 %โดยน้ำหนักของ FAME อุณหภูมิ 70 ๐ซ เป็นเวลา 24 ชม. พบว่าค่าการเปลี่ยนแปลง FAME 71% เกิดปริมาณออกซิเรน 1.84 % โดยน้ำหนัก และค่าการเปลี่ยนแปลงสัมพัทธ์ของออกซิเรน 67% อย่างไรก็ตาม พบว่าประสิทธิภาพตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาเมื่อนำกลับมาใช้ใหม่ ค่าการเลือกเกิดของ FAME ปริมาณออกซิเรน และค่าการเปลี่ยนแปลงสัมพัทธ์ของวงออกซิเรนออกซิเจนมีแนวโน้มลดลงจากการใช้ตัวเร่งปฏิกิริยาเริ่มต้น นอกจากนี้ได้ศึกษาผลของการผสมน้ำมันอิพ็อกซิไดส์ของ FAME (epoxidize FAME, EFAME) ในยางธรรมชาติและยางไนไตรล์ต่อสมบัติการคงรูป สมบัติเชิงกล และการกระจายตัวของผงเขม่าดำ โดยเปรียบเทียบกับยางที่ผสมน้ำมัน TDAE (treated distillate aromatics extract) พบว่ายางทั้ง 2 ชนิดที่ผสมน้ำมัน EFAME มีสมบัติดีกว่ากับยางที่ผสมน้ำมัน TDAE

Development Of Advanced Lateral Flow Immunoassay For Leptospirosis, Covid-19 And Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Detection, Wanwisa Deenin

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This dissertation focuses on the development of advanced lateral flow immunoassays (LFIA) for the detection of infectious diseases and pharmacologically active phytochemicals. The research is divided into two parts. The first part involves the development of electrochemical LFIA (eLFIA) for the diagnosis of infectious diseases (Leptospirosis and COVID-19) and the detection of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). In this approach, ferrocene carboxylic acid (Fc) is utilized as a redox species labeled on a specific antibody targeting the analyte of interest, enabling enhanced electrochemical signal detection. A disposable SPCE is integrated into the LFIA, and a bioreceptor specific to the target analyte is immobilized …

One-Pot Isothiocyanate Synthesis From Amines Using Hypervalent Iodines In Water, Rose Malina Annuur

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In this work, we have developed the mild and efficient desulfurization process in water such as 1) conversion of amine to isothiocyanate and 2) guanylation of thiourea into guanidine. For the first project, isothiocyanate was successfully synthesized from amine and carbon disulfide in the presence of cesium carbonate (Cs2CO3) and diacetoxyiodo benzene (DIB) as desulfurizing agent under 1 wt% TPGS-750-M/H2O. With optimized condition at room temperature in our hand, isothiocyanate derivatives were isolated by column chromatography in low to high yields (37-94%). Additionally, the aqueous medium can be recycled at least two cycles without significantly losing the yield of products. …

The Democracy Crisis In El Salvador: An Overview, Mneesha Gellman

Emerson Authors, Researchers, & Creators

This paper examines the current democratic breakdown in El Salvador, identifying factors and events in the country from 2019 to 2022 that have led to democratic backsliding, the process by which democracy as a political system loses traction. Indicators of backsliding show that El Salvador’s shared characteristics of liberal democracy — free and fair electoral procedures accessible to all; freedoms of the press, to assembly, and to express political opinions; the rule of law; and basic human rights protections — are in peril. Given the events of the last several years under President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s regime more closely …

Unsettling Settler Colonialism In Words And Land: A Case Study Of Far Northern California, Mneesha Gellman

Emerson Authors, Researchers, & Creators

This article examines two case studies of unsettling settler colonialism in the far north of California: the inclusion of Yurok language electives in public high schools, and land return to the Wiyot Tribe. These two cases demonstrate repertoires of Indigenous resistance to historic and ongoing culturecide—the killing of culture—and show what unsettling settler colonialism looks like in the region. The central research question in this article is: How does unsettling happen in settler colonial-controlled public institutionalised spaces in far northern California? I argue that acts of Indigenous voice-raising and place-making constitute forms of resistance to ongoing erasure of Indigenous peoples …

On Rotationally Driven Nonlinear Inclined Polymeric Jet With Gravity Effect, Daniel N. Riahi, Saulo Orizaga

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications

We consider rotationally driven nonlinear polymeric fiber jet, whose centerline is in an inclined plane, in the presence of gravity force. An empirical viscosity model is used for the polymeric fluid flow to investigate properties of the rotating inclined polymeric fiber jet. The aim of the study is to understand properties of such inclined fiber jet shape, which can be due to orientation change of an orifice in a rotating spinneret that generates such jet. Perturbation, asymptotic, scaling and numerical techniques are used to determine the nonlinear steady solutions for the jet quantities for different values of the parameters due …

The Entity Attorney-Client Privilege Meets The Twenty-First Century: Rethinking Functional Equivalent Analysis In The Time Of A Nonemployee Workforce., Grace M. Giesel

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Courts have struggled with whether an entity’s attorney-client privilege can protect communications between the entity’s lawyer and a nonemployee who has information the entity’s lawyer needs to best advise the entity. The nonemployee might be a former employee. But increasingly in recent times, the nonemployee is an individual who was never an entity employee. Corporations and other entities have incorporated nonemployees in their economic enterprises in all sorts of roles—roles employees may have held in the past. Many courts have accepted that the privilege can apply to communications involving former employees.

When faced with nonemployees who are not former employees, …

On (Not) Seeing The Chicken: Perdue, Animal Welfare, And The Failure Of Transparency, Calvin Coker, Rachel A. Coker

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

In this essay, we analyze Perdue’s animal welfare campaign from 2016 to 2020 to isolate how demands for transparency are mediated and subverted by Perdue’s public facing rhetoric. Though Perdue’s annual releases and commitments to change nominally constitute a victory for animal welfare advocates, the company’s campaign enacts transparency as a sort of publicity for the company that belies marginal gains for the lives of chickens and may ultimately result in increased meat consumption. In providing trackable metrics, offering paternalistic justifications for their treatments of chickens, and through strategic omissions of language and visuals, Perdue satisfies demands for transparency without …

Cambridge 1629 Anglican Trilogy, Dale B. Billingsley

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

In 1629, Thomas and John Buck, Cambridge University Press printers, published three texts—the Book of Common Prayer, the Bible and the Whole Book of Psalmes (known as the “Metrical Psalter”)—that were often bound together in one volume [UL], 1 one copy of which is now on permanent loan to the Archives & Special Collections of Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville. We do not know with any certainty when UL was bound, but because the KJV second edition was published in 1638, with many scholarly corrections based on the original languages, we can assume that the three texts were bound together …

Beyond The Local Volume. I. Surface Densities Of Ultracool Dwarfs In Deep Hst/Wfc3 Parallel Fields, Christian Aganze, Adam J. Burgasser, Mathew Malkan, Christopher A. Theissen, Roberto A. Tejada Arevalo, Chih-Chun Hsu, Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi, Russell E. Ryan Jr., Benne Holwerda

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Ultracool dwarf stars and brown dwarfs provide a unique probe of large-scale Galactic structure and evolution; however, until recently spectroscopic samples of sufficient size, depth, and fidelity have been unavailable. Here, we present the identification of 164 M7-T9 ultracool dwarfs in 0.6 deg2 of deep, low-resolution, near-infrared spectroscopic data obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument as part of the WFC3 Infrared Spectroscopic Parallel Survey and the 3D-HST survey. We describe the methodology by which we isolate ultracool dwarf candidates from over 200,000 spectra, and show that selection by machine-learning classification is superior to …

Supporting Green Neuromorphic Computing: Machine Learning Guided Microfabrication For Resistive Random Access Memory, Abdi Yamil Vicenciodelmoral, Md Mehedi Hasan Tanim, Feng Zhao, Xinghui Zhao

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The growing popularity of big data and machine learning applications call for a more powerful and energy-efficient way to execute deep learning workflows. Neuromorphic chips provide a potential solution, as they attempt to mimic the neuronal architectures in human brain and show great potentials in reducing energy consumption in the order of magnitude and also improve the computational performance. However, the fabrication process for neuromorphic chips is costly and currently based on trial-and-error, which adds complexity to the design process. In this paper, we address this challenge by designing and developing machine learning guided microfabrication process for Resistive Random Access …

Cultivation Of Industrial Hemp On And Near Airports: Implications For Wildlife Use And Risk To Aviation Safety, Bradley F. Blackwell, Page E. Klug, Lee A. Humberg, Zachary T. Brym, Bryan M. Kluever, Jenna Edwards

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.; hemp) is an emerging crop in the United States with little known about bird use or the potential for birds to become an agricultural pest. We identified birds associated with hemp fields, using repeated visits to oilseed plots in North Dakota, USA (n = 6) and cannabinoid (CBD) plots in Florida, USA (n = 4) from August to November 2020. We did not control for plot area or density; our observations were descriptive only. We observed 10 species in hemp, 12 species flying over hemp, and 11 species both foraging in and …

Industrial Hemp As A Resource For Birds In Agroecosystems: Human-Wildlife Conflict Or Conservation Opportunity?, Emily A. Kotten, Iona Hennessy, Bryan M. Kluever, Bradley F. Blackwell, Lee A. Humberg, Page E. Klug

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.; hemp) is an emerging crop in the United States with little known about bird use or the potential for birds to become an agricultural pest. We identified birds associated with hemp fields, using repeated visits to oilseed plots in North Dakota, USA (n = 6) and cannabinoid (CBD) plots in Florida, USA (n = 4) from August to November 2020. We did not control for plot area or density; our observations were descriptive only. We observed 10 species in hemp, 12 species flying over hemp, and 11 species both foraging in and …

Longevity Of An Immunocontraceptive Vaccine Effect On Fecundity In Rats, Rebecca Pinkham, Douglas C. Eckery, Richard E. Mauldin, M. Gomm, F. Hill, F. Vial, G. Massei

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Increases in human-wildlife conflicts alongside cultural shifts against lethal control methods are driving the need for alternative wildlife management tools such as fertility control. Contraceptive formulations suitable for oral delivery would permit broader remote application in wildlife species.

This study evaluated the contraceptive effect and immune response to two novel injectable immunocontraceptive formulations targeting the Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH): MAF-IMX294 and MAF-IMX294P conjugates, both identified as having potential as oral contraceptives. The study also explored whether in multiparous species immunocontraceptives may either totally prevent reproduction or also affect litter size.

Female rats, chosen as a model species, were given three …

Foot Injuries In Michigan, Usa, Gray Wolves (Canis Lupus), 1992–2014, Daniel J. O'Brien, Dean E. Beyer Jr., Erin Largent, Julie R. Melotti, Caitlin N. Ott-Conn, Donald H. Lonsway, Thomas M. Cooley, Robert Atkinson, Michelle Clayson, Kelly A. Straka

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The range of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the contiguous US is expanding. Research and monitoring to support population recovery and management often involves capture via foothold traps. A population-level epidemiologic assessment of the effect of trap injuries on wolf survival remains needed to inform management. We describe the baseline rate, type, and severity of foot injuries of wolves born 1992–2013 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, evaluate the reliability of field-scoring trap-related injuries, and the effect of injuries on wolf survival. We assessed foot injuries by physical and radiographic exam at postmortem and/or time of capture for 351 wolves using the …

Olfactory Lures In Predator Control Do Not Increase Predation Risk To Birds In Areas Of Conservation Concern, Page Klug, Amy A. Yackel Adams, Robert N. Reed

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Context. Lethal control of predators is often undertaken to protect species of conservation concern. Traps are frequently baited to increase capture efficacy, but baited traps can potentially increase predation risk by attracting predators to protected areas. This is especially important if targeted predators can escape capture due to low trap success. Snake traps using live mouse lures may be beneficial if traps effectively remove snakes in the presence of birds and do not attract additional snakes to the area.

Aims. The present study evaluated whether mouse-lure traps in areas occupied by birds (simulated by deploying birdlure traps) could influence predation …

Experimental Elucidation Of The Life Cycle Of Drepanocephalus Spathans (Digenea: Echinostomatidae) With Notes On The Morphological Plasticity Of D. Spathans In The United States, Neely R. Alberson, Thomas G. Rosser, Tommy King, Ethan T. Woodyard, Lester Khoo, Wes A. Baumgartner, Daviod J. Wise, Linda M. Pote, Fred L. Cunningham, Matt J. Griffin

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The echinostomatid Drepanocephalus spathans (syn. Drepanocephalus auritus) parasitizes the doublecrested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus. In North America, the marsh rams-horn snail Planorbella trivolvis and ghost rams-horn snail Biomphalaria havanensis serve as snail intermediate hosts, both of which inhabit catfish aquaculture ponds in the southeastern United States. Studies have demonstrated D. spathans exposure can be lethal to juvenile channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus. Two studies were undertaken to elucidate the life cycle of D. spathans to establish a developmental time line. In both studies, D. spathans cercariae collected from naturally infected P. trivolvis individuals were used to infect channel catfish …

Rapid Changes In Public Perception Toward A Conservation Initiative, Rebecca Niemiec, Richard E.W. Berl, Mireille Gonzalez, Tara L. Teel, Jonathan Salerno, Stewart Breck, Cassiopeia Camara, Matthew Collins, Courtney Scholtz, Dana Hoag, Kevin R. Crooks

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Rapid, widespread changes in public perceptions and behaviors have the potential to influence conservation outcomes. However, few studies have documented whether and how such shifts occur throughout the span of a conservation initiative. We examined the 2020 ballot initiative to reintroduce wolves into Colorado, which passed with less support than prior surveys had estimated. We conducted a postelection survey of Colorado residents using the same methods as our preelection survey to compare responses between surveys and to official election results. Reported voting in favor of wolf reintroduction in the postelection survey decreased in comparison to voting intentions shared in the …

A Systematic Map Of Human-Carnivore Coexistence, Cassandre C. Venumière-Lefebvre, Stewart W. Breck, Kevin R. Crooks

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Carnivore populations globally have largely declined, and coexistence, where humans and carnivores share landscapes, plays a crucial role in carnivore conservation. However, the term “coexistence” is often used in scientific and popular literature without being clearly defined. Herein, we provide a global perspective on what coexistence is and how it is studied. We conducted a systematic map of 366 articles published between 1987 and 2020 to characterize human-carnivore coexistence literature according to coexistence definitions, temporal trends, geographic and taxonomic focus, and four thematic aspects of coexistence: carnivore ecology, human endeavors, social conflict and human-carnivore conflict. We used chi-squared tests and …

Relationship Between Reproductive Hormones And Migration Distance In A Polygynous Songbird, The Red‑Winged Blackbird (Agelaius Phoeniceus), Michelle A. Eshleman, Page E. Klug, Esther Morales‑Vega, Björn Wissel, Timothy J. Grelves

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Many bird species migrate to southern overwintering locations to avoid harsh conditions at their breeding grounds, but at the cost of an energetically demanding migration that may delay their spring reproductive development. Previous work on the relationship between migration distance and reproductive readiness has primarily focused on early season baseline testosterone in both males and females. However, for females, testosterone alone may not be the appropriate measurement of reproductive development. Estradiol, a metabolite of testosterone that is essential for breeding behaviors and reproduction, should also be measured. Furthermore, baseline testosterone varies throughout the day and may change due to social …

Scavenging Vs Hunting Affects Behavioral Traits Of An Opportunistic Carnivore, Mitchell A. Parsons, Andrew Garcia, Julie K. Young

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Background. Human-induced changes to ecosystems transform the availability of resources to predators, including altering prey populations and increasing access to anthropogenic foods. Opportunistic predators are likely to respond to altered food resources by changing the proportion of food they hunt versus scavenge. These shifts in foraging behavior will affect species interactions through multiple pathways, including by changing other aspects of predator behavior such as boldness, innovation, and social structure. Methods. To understand how foraging behavior impacts predator behavior, we conducted a controlled experiment to simulate hunting by introducing a prey model to captive coyotes (Canis latrans) and compared their behavior …

Concentration-Response Of An Anthraquinone-Based Repellent For Raccoons (Procyon Lotor), Shylo Johnson, Shelagh T. Deliberto, Kathleen Urchek, Amy T. Gilbert, Scott J. Werner

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Wildlife repellents can be part of non-lethal management strategies to reduce the negative impacts of wildlife to property, agricultural production, and human health and safety. Raccoons (Procyon lotor) are associated with negative impacts in all three of these areas. Anthraquinone is a useful avian repellent and its utility as a mammalian repellent is still being explored. Our objective was to evaluate laboratory efficacy of an anthraquinone-based repellent for raccoons using different concentrations. We fed captive raccoons whole corn treated at 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2% anthraquinone and examined their behavioral response related to feeding repellency including consumption and change in …

Accounting For Animal Movement Improves Vaccination Strategies Against Wildlife Disease In Heterogeneous Landscapes, Katherine M. Mcclure, Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau, Amy J. Davis, Carolyn A. Stengel, Kathleen M. Nelson, Richard B. Chipman, George Wittemyer, Zaid Abdo, Amy Gilbert, Kim M. Pepin

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Oral baiting is used to deliver vaccines to wildlife to prevent, control, and eliminate infectious diseases. A central challenge is how to spatially distribute baits to maximize encounters by target animal populations, particularly in urban and suburban areas where wildlife such as raccoons (Procyon lotor) are abundant and baits are delivered along roads. Methods from movement ecology that quantify movement and habitat selection could help to optimize baiting strategies by more effectively targeting wildlife populations across space. We developed a spatially explicit, individual-based model of raccoon movement and oral rabies vaccine seroconversion to examine whether and when baiting …

Using Noninvasive Genetics For Estimating Density And Assessing Diet Of Urban And Rural Coyotes In Florida, Usa, Bryan M. Kluever, Martin B. Main, Stewart W. Breck, Robert C. Lonsinger, John H. Humphrey, Justin W. Fischer, Michael P. Milleson Usda Aphis Wildlife Services, Gainesville, Antionette J. Piaggio

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Coyotes (Canis latrans) are expanding their range and due to conflicts with the public and concerns of Coyotes affecting natural resources such as game or sensitive species, there is interest and often a demand to monitor Coyote populations. A challenge to monitoring is that traditional invasive methods involving live-capture of individual animals are costly and can be controversial. Natural resource management agencies can benefit from contemporary noninvasive genetic sampling approaches aimed at determining key aspects of Coyote ecology (e.g., population density and food habits). However, the efficacy of such approaches under different environmental conditions is poorly understood. Our …