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Publishing Toolkit For Early Career Academics I And Ii: Lublin Institute Of Technology, April 27, 2022 And May 4, 2022, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Presentations

Summary

Covers knowledge required of early career academics to create and submit academic publications. A broad range of concerns are addressed covering the entire lifecycle of scholarship including discussion dissertations, considering how to determine where to submit works, preparing and submitting manuscripts, and how to ensure that works are made available openly. The emphasis is on scholarly articles prepared for publication in academic journals, but alternate forms of scholarly communication are also discussed, including posters, conference presentations, computer code, and datasets. Includes a list of supplemental resources for further learning.

Circling The Drain: The Extinction Crisis And The Future Of Humanity, Rodolfo Dirzo, Gerardo Ceballos, Paul R. Ehrlich

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

Humanity has triggered the sixth mass extinction episode since the beginning of the Phanerozoic. The complexity of this extinction crisis is centered on the intersection of two complex adaptive systems: human culture and ecosystem functioning, although the significance of this intersection is not properly appreciated. Human beings are part of biodiversity and elements in a global ecosystem. Civilization, and perhaps even the fate of our species, is utterly dependent on that ecosystem’s proper functioning, which society is increasingly degrading. The crisis seems rooted in three factors. First, relatively few people globally are aware of its existence. Second, most people who …

Geospatial Distribution Of Age-Adjusted Incidence Of The Three Major Types Of Pediatric Cancers And Waterborne Agrichemicals In Nebraska, Balkissa S. Ouattara, Jagadeesh Puvvula, Azar Abadi, Siddhi Munde, Alan S. Kolok, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Jesse E. Bell, Christopher S. Wichman, Eleanor Rogan

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Faculty Publications

This study was conducted to examine, at the county level, the relationship between pediatric cancer incidence rate and atrazine and nitrate mean concentrations in surface and groundwater. A negative binomial regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between central nervous system (CNS) tumors, leukemia, lymphoma, and atrazine and nitrate mean concentrations in groundwater. The age-adjusted brain and other CNS cancer incidence was higher than the national average in 63% of the Nebraska counties. After controlling for the counties socio-economic status and nitrate concentrations in groundwater, counties with groundwater atrazine concentrations above 0.0002 μg/L had a higher incidence rate for …

Probability-Based Crack Width Estimation Model For Flexural Members Of Underground Rc Box Culverts, Sang-Hyo Kim, Syed Haider Ali Shah, Sang-Kyun Woo, Inyeop Chu, Chungwook Sim

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Faculty Publications

Crack control for slabs and beams in current design practices in Korea are based on the Frosch’s model, which is adapted in ACI 318. It is more difficult to have consistent quality control in underground construction sites, such as the RC box culverts used for electric power distribution built below the ground level. There are more discrepancies between the as-built dimensions and the design dimensions provided in drawings in these structures. Due to this variability in construction error, the crack widths measured in such structures have higher potential to have more differences than the calculated values. Although crack control is …

High Throughput Analysis Of Leaf Chlorophyll Content In Sorghum Using Rgb, Hyperspectral, And Fluorescence Imaging And Sensor Fusion, Huichun Zhang, Yufeng Ge, Xinyan Xie, Abbas Atefi, Nuwan Wijewardane,, Suresh Thapa

School of Computing: Faculty Publications

Leaf chlorophyll content plays an important role in indicating plant stresses and nutrient status. Traditional approaches for the quantification of chlorophyll content mainly include acetone ethanol extraction, spectrophotometry and high-performance liquid chromatography. Such destructive methods based on laboratory procedures are time consuming, expensive, and not suitable for high-throughput analysis. High throughput imaging techniques are now widely used for non-destructive analysis of plant phenotypic traits. In this study three imaging modules (RGB, hyperspectral, and fluorescence imaging) were, separately and in combination, used to estimate chlorophyll content of sorghum plants in a greenhouse environment. Color features, spectral indices, and chlorophyll fluorescence intensity …

Mr-Pipa: An Integrated Multi-Level Rram (Hfox) Based Processing-In-Pixel Accelerator, Minhaz Abedin, Arman Roohi, Maximilian Liehr, Nathaniel Cady, Shaahin Angizi

School of Computing: Faculty Publications

This work paves the way to realize a processing-in-pixel accelerator based on a multi-level HfO_x RRAM as a flexible, energy-efficient, and high-performance solution for real-time and smart image processing at edge devices. The proposed design intrinsically implements and supports a coarse-grained convolution operation in low-bit-width neural networks leveraging a novel compute-pixel with non-volatile weight storage at the sensor side. Our evaluations show that such a design can remarkably reduce the power consumption of data conversion and transmission to an off-chip processor maintaining accuracy compared with the recent in-sensor computing designs. Our proposed design, namely MR-PIPA, achieves a frame rate …

“Breaking Free”: A Grounded Theory Study Of Atheist Women In The United States, Dena Abbott, Elyxcus Anaya

Department of Educational Psychology: Faculty Publications

Using a critical, grounded theory approach, we interviewed 31 atheist-identified women to ascertain the ways in which women develop and navigate an atheist identity and how their experience is influenced by patriarchal, hegemonic Christianity in the United States using a concealable stigmatized identity framework. Qualitative analysis resulted in six core categories: (1) Embracing Atheism as Liberation, (2) Escaping Christian Patriarchy, Challenging Atheist Patriarchy, (3) Low Identity Salience Provides Protection from Anti-Atheist Discrimination, (4) Expectations to Conform to Christian Norms, (5) Disclosure Requires Thoughtfulness and Purpose, and (6) Connecting with Other Atheists is Valuable and Elusive. Although atheist women experienced sexism …

Examining Motivators That Influenced African American And Latinx Students To Degree Completion Of A Doctoral Program, Travis L. Stokes

Theses and Dissertations

This applied dissertation was designed to provide an investigation of the motivators that influence African American and Latinx students to complete a doctoral program. There are numerous studies that show data on low enrollment and retention of this population. Further, there is ample evidence of attrition, but there is a need to hear their voices share the experiences of successful doctoral graduates from this population.

The researcher posited systemic racism in education caused low enrollment and graduation rates among African American and Latinx students. Then, an interview protocol was developed to elicit responses regarding what caused the persistence to complete …

Profiling Durable Anti-Tumor Memory T Cell Responses In Long-Term Melanoma Survivors, Jichang Han

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

While T-cell responses to cancer immunotherapy have been avidly studied,

long-lived memory has been poorly characterized. Of melanoma patients who

receive immunotherapy, long-term survivors are frequently found to develop

melanoma-associated vitiligo. Our prior work showed in a preclinical model that

vitiligo skin sustained a long-lived CD8+ resident memory T cell (TRM) population,

playing key roles in perpetuating anti-tumor immunity. However, the characteristics

and longevity of these memory T cells in melanoma survivors have not been defined.

In the present studies, we probed both the CD8+ and CD4+ T cell responses,

focusing on memory T cell responses in a cohort of …

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02 Acknowledgements of Contributors

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"Capturing Impact: Telling The Story Of Your Scholarship Beyond The Citation Count", Ashley A. Ahlbrand

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Ashley Ahlbrand's contribution to this volume is "Capturing Impact: Telling the Story of Your Scholarship Beyond the Citation Count."

When we conduct research, what is our end goal? Who is our audience? Since the mid-20th century, with the development, first, of journal citation indexes, then journal impact factors, then journal citation metrics for individuals, academia has seen increased pressure to publish and be cited in journals within one 's discipline. These citation metrics are used to compare schools and to evaluate scholars for promotion and tenure, for grant consideration, and for bestowing other awards and honors. Discipline-specific journal citations tend …

The Right To Privacy And Data Protection In Times Of Armed Conflict, Asaf Lubin, Russell Buchan

Books & Book Chapters by Maurer Faculty

Contemporary warfare yields a profound impact on the rights to privacy and data protection. Technological advances in the fields of electronic surveillance, predictive algorithms, big data analytics, user-generated evidence, artificial intelligence, cloud storage, facial recognition, and cryptography are redefining the scope, nature, and contours of military operations. Yet, international humanitarian law offers very few, if any, lex specialis rules for the lawful processing, analysis, dissemination, and retention of personal information. This edited anthology offers a pioneering account of the current and potential future application of digital rights in armed conflict.

In Part I Mary Ellen O’Connell, Tal Mimran and Yuval …

Prunus Microcarpa: A Potential Rootstock For Apricots, Remzi̇ Uğur

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

One of the most important developments in the history of fruit growing is the discovery and use of dwarf rootstocks. Today, dwarf rootstock studies continue in different fruit species including apricot. The main goal of this study was to identify new dwarfing rootstocks for apricots that limit apricot tree height and size, without altering scion production or fruit characteristics. In this study, `Hacıhaliloğlu', `Hasanbey', `Kabaaşı', and `Roxana' apricot cultivars grafted on Prunus microcarpa - a potential rootstock for apricot - were investigated. Phenological, morphological, yield, and quality traits of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) cultivars grafted on Prunus microcarpa seedlings and …

Genome-Wide Association Studies (Gwas) Revealed A Genetic Basis Associated With Floral Traits In Potato Germplasm, Muhammad Abu Bakar Zia, Ufuk Demi̇rel, Muhammad Azhar Nadeem, Fawad Ali, Ahmad Dawood, Muhammad Ijaz, Mehmet Emi̇n Çalişkan

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Potato is an important noncereal staple crop serving as a source of food for a large number of the world?s population. Genomewide association study (GWAS) analysis has become a useful tool to uncover the genetic basis of important plant traits by revealing significant association with the trait of interest. The present study aimed to explore the phenotypic diversity and to identify the genetic basis associated with important floral traits. A total of 237 tetraploid potato genotypes were used as plant material, and field experiments were conducted according to augmented block design for two consecutive years (2016, 2017). Analysis of variance …

A Preliminary Study On Change Of Mistletoe (Viscum Albüm L.) Silage Quality According To Collection Time And Host Tree Species, Yasi̇n Emre Öztürk, Erdem Gülümser, Hani̇fe Mut, Uğur Başaran, Medi̇ne Çopur Doğrusöz

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

In this study, it was aimed to determine the silage quality of mistletoe (Viscum album L.) collected from wild pear (Pyrus amygdaliformis) and poplar trees (Populus canadensis) in January, July, August, and December. The fresh samples were chopped in 2 cm size and ensiled in 2 kg plastic bags then stored at 25 ± 2 °C conditions for 45 days. Silage samples were investigated for dry matter ratio, pH, crude protein ratio, crude ash ratio, condensed tannin, acid detergent fiber, neutral detergent fiber, lactic acid, acetic acid, butyric acid, malic acid, citric acid, succinic acid, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, and magnesium …

Research On The Potential Of Some Sweet Sorghum Genotypes As Bioethanol Source Undermediterranean Conditions, Celal Yücel, Derya Yücel, Rüştü Hati̇poğlu, Ismail Dweikat

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum (L.) Mohlenbr.) is a variety of sorghum developed for the harvest of sweet juice, rather than grain. It has been identified as a potential ethanol feedstock crop for rainfed areas in different parts of the world. It is a promising source of bioenergy due to its high biomass, drought tolerance and low input. This study was conducted to determine the potential of bioethanol production from different sweet sorghum varieties under the Çukurova conditions with a Mediterranean climate. Experiments were conducted over two years in 2016 and 2017 on the experimental fields of the Eastern …

Induction Of Polyploidy In Grapevine (Vitis Vinifera L.) Seedlings By In Vivo Colchicineapplications, Zeki̇ Kara, Kevser Yazar

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Polyploidization is an important technique used in grape breeding to create new genetic resources and can be induced using some antimitotic agents, including colchicine. Plants with increased ploidy can gain better quality than their original diploids in some characteristics. In this study, which was carried out to obtain polyploid genotypes under in vivo conditions, the effects of six (1 g L-1, 2 g L-1, 3 g L-1, 4 g L-1, 5 g L-1, 6 g L-1) doses of colchicine were applied to the shoot tip meristem regions of the seedlings obtained from the seeds of grapevine cv. Ekşi Kara and …

Effect Of Egg White Protein And Agar-Agar On Quality Of Button Mushrooms(Agaricus Bisporus) During Cold Storage, Erdi̇ Yildirim Şaran, Şeyda Çavuşoğlu, Duygu Alpaslan, Erkan Eren, Nuretti̇n Yilmaz, Yusuf Uzun

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The commercialization of mushrooms is critical because they have a short shelf life. For this reason, we investigated the effect of agar-agar and egg white protein on weight loss, polyphenol oxidase and catalase, protein content, total phenolics, total antioxidant capacity, respiration rate, ethylene production and storability of button mushrooms. Our findings suggested that the treatment of edible coating delayed remarkably senescence and maintained the quality of button mushroom. Egg white protein coating was more effective on protein content, total phenolics, antioxidant capacity, respiration rate, and ethylene production than agar-agar coating. On the other hand, agar-agar coating was more effective on …

Morphological, Biochemical, And Bioactive Characterization Of Naturally Growneuropean Cranberrybush Genotypes, Ayşen Melda Çolak, Fatma Alan, Kerem Mertoğlu, İbrahi̇m Bulduk

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Turkey has very rich potential in terms of wild edible fruit species, especially berries that grow naturally in different parts of the country as population or scattered shrubs. One of the most important wild edible fruits found in Turkey's flora is the European cranberrybush (EC). All EC plants are found as wild in nature and there are no commercial EC orchards in the country. In this study, a total of 22 seed propagated EC genotypes that naturally grown in the Akkışla district of Kayseri province located in the middle part of Turkey were assessed in terms of their morphological (fruit …

Characterization Of Some Local Pea (Pisum Sativum L.) Genotypes For Agro-Morphologicaltraits And Mineral Concentrations, Aybegün Ton, Dürdane Mart, Tolga Karaköy, Meltem Türkeri̇, Ayfer Alkan Torun, Adem Emi̇n Anlarsal

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The aim of the present study is to evaluate diversity among the Turkish local pea germplasm for mineral concentrations and agro-morphological traits for breeding programs. The experiment was conducted during 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 and arranged according to an augmented block design with 40 local genotypes and two standard check cultivars (Carina and Jof). Seed yield per plant was positively and significantly correlated with branches per plant, pods per plant, seeds per pod, harvest index, and 100-seed weight. The first three principal components (PC1) for agro-morphological traits accounted for 76.3% of the total variation. The principal first component was positively correlated …

Collection Of Local Kyrgyzstan Melon Genotypes And Determination Of Morphologicalrelationships Between Some Anatolian Melons, Hasan Can, Önder Türkmen

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Collection, characterization, and protection of genetic resources are among the high-priority issues of increasing importance throughout the world, especially for the breeding and release of novel cultivars. To understand and describe the characteristics of germplasm, the morphological status of genetic resources must accurately represent their agricultural applications. In this study, the genotypes of melon in Kyrgyzstan were collected by visiting several regions and contacting farmers. The genetic diversity of 35 Kyrgyz and 13 Turkish melon accessions was characterized based on the corresponding phenotypes. The morphological characterizations were largely based on the IPGR and, to some extent, UPOV standards. The genotypes …

In Vitro Salinity Stress Mediates Grass Pea Genotypes' (Lathyrus Sativus L.) Responses, Zahra Khosravi, Alireza Pourmohammad, Ali Asghar Aliloo, Saleh Shahabivand, Mohammad Bagher Hassanpouraghdam, Hayat Topçu

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This study was carried out to determine the tolerance of grass pea genotypes to salinity stress at callus and seedling stages under in vitro conditions. The calli and seedlings of six selected tolerant genotypes based on the primary screening in the field were separately exposed to salinity treatments (0, 125 mM) in vitro. Salinity was imposed with NaCl during in vitro culture, and it significantly affected all seedling traits. Genotype of Iran had the lowest seedling dry weight and therefore was more sensitive to salinity stress. According to salinity tolerance indices for seedlings, genotype Greece-III was characterized as high-yield and …

Dissimilarity-Based Active Learning For Embedded Weed Identification, Yana Yang, Yang Li, Jiachen Yang, Jiabao Wen

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Weed identification helps ensure crop yield and realize precision agriculture. Although the deep learning-based methods have achieved high performance, their needed large-scale annotated data is difficult to obtain, and the massive parameters lead to difficulties in model deployment in embedded applications. To develop efficient crop weeds classification system, we propose a dissimilarity-based method to select few but representative samples and consider data diversity. Many experiments are conducted on two different datasets. Results show that the proposed method can obtain test accuracy of 90.75% with 32% amount of the DeepWeeds dataset, up to 99.18% of the baseline accuracy. For the Grass-Broadleaf …

The Effects Of Pseudomonas Koreensis Igpeb 17 And Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi On Growth And Physiological Properties Of Ginger, Dilfuza Jabborova

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The effect of Pseudomonas koreensis IGPEB 17 and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on plant growth and physiological properties of ginger (Zingiber officinale) in net house conditions was investigated. The experiment included four treatments including P. koreensis IGPEB 17, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) biofertilizer and combination of P. koreensis IGPEB 17 and AMF treatment. The result indicated that P. koreensis IGPEB 17 had positive effects on plant growth-promoting traits such as P-solubilization, protease, amylase, IAA, and ACC deaminase production. Moreover, P. koreensis IGPEB 17 showed ability in producing lipase and cellulase. The P. koreensis IGPEB 17 significantly increased plant height (57.6%), …

Reference Gene Selection For Rt-Qpcr Normalization Of Strawberry At Various Organs, Different Growing Stages Of Fruits, And Salt-Stress Treatment, Hayat Topçu

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) is a favorite fruit of high economic value due to its good taste and high nutrition ingredients. Strawberry is a fruit grown around the world that has distinct genetic structures and indicates diverse levels of precision to different environmental circumstances. Plants respond differently to diverse physiological processes, organizing of biological events, control of hormones, different individuals of the same species, and internal and external factors in developmental stages. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) has become a very useful tool for the determination of plant genetic and physiological changes in gene expression. To obtain more …

De Novo Assembly And Characterisation Of Chloroplast Genomes Of Broccoli Cvs. Marathon And Green Sprout Using Next Generation Sequencing, Ayisha Zia, Misbah Zahoor, Abdullah Abdullah, Asma Nisar, Neelam Batool, Amana Bibi, Kiran Saba, Ibrar Ahmed, Arzu Karataş, Ekrem Gürel, Mohammad Tahir Waheed

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The genus Brassica (family Brassicaceae) includes nutritionally and economically important species such as Brassica napus, Brassica rapa, and Brassica oleracea. Many varieties of B. oleracea are available in various morphological forms including nutritive vegetables such as cauliflower (var. botrytis), Brussels sprouts (var. gemmifera), kales and collards (var. acephala), kohlrabi (var. gongylodes), cabbage (var. capitata), and broccoli (var. italica). Objective of the present study was to sequence chloroplast genomes of two cultivars of broccoli: Marathon and Green sprout. The sequencing was done by next generation sequencing. The analysis was performed using Velvet, Geneious, GeSeq, tRNAscan-SE, ARAGORN, OrganellarGenomeDRAW, IRscope and REPuter. The …

Sustainable Computing In Smart Agriculture: Survey And Challenges, Jing Nie, Yi Wang, Yang Li, Xuewei Chao

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Research on sustainable computing in agriculture has a great potential as an effective way to solve most agricultural technology bottlenecks, save resource costs, and drive sustainable agricultural development. This paper provides a systematic introduction to the data collection, data mining and evaluation, classification and application of sustainable algorithms involved in the field of sustainable computing in agriculture. At the same time, the paper provides an insightful discussion on its challenges and future trends. The purpose of this work is to help researchers review the current status and pressing issues of sustainable algorithms in agriculture, and to provide a referenceable direction …

Application Of Potassium, Zinc And Boron As Potential Plant Growth Modulators In Gossypium Hirsutum L. Under Heat Stress, Muhammad Sarwar, M Farrukh Saleem, Basharat Ali, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Muhammad Rizwan, Kamal Usman, Ali El Keblawy, Asjad Ali, Muhammad Afzal, Mohamed S. Sheteiwy, Shafaqat Ali

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

High temperature stress at reproductive stages of cotton crop severely affects the yield and quality of cotton crop under changing climatic conditions. To alleviate the adverse effects of high temperature stress on cotton crop, the regulatory effects of potassium (K), zinc (Zn), and boron (B) were assessed by applying different temperature regimes at three reproductive stages of cotton crop under field and glass house conditions. Cotton plants were subjected to low (32/20 °C ± 2), medium (38/24 °C ± 2), and high (45/30 °C ± 2) temperatures under glasshouse, but sown at specific dates in field to provide different temperatures …

Effects Of Site Preparation And Postplanting Cultural Treatments On The Establishment And Early Growth Of Maritime Pine (Pinus Pinaster Ait.), Cemal Fi̇dan, Derya Eşen, Necat Demi̇rsu, Erol Cabak, Sema Güner

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) is a fast-growing pine species of the western Mediterranean Basin with important ecological (e.g., site restoration), economic (e.g., wood production), and social (e.g., recreation) values. Due to global climate change, the growing incidence of drought and wildfires challenges the distribution and growth of maritime pine. Mechanical site preparation (SP) either alone or integrated with chemical weed control can enhance site conditions for conifer seedlings, specifically by improving the physical and chemical condition of the soil and eliminating weeds. The study was established in the eastern Marmara Region of Turkey and included various SP techniques and …

Assessment Of The Effect Of Land Use Change On Bioclimatic Comfort Conditions In Uşak Province, Ahmet Erkan Meti̇n, Savaş Çağlak

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Bioclimatic comfort is the state of people in which they feel comfortable, happy, and fit in the atmospheric environment they are. The bioclimatic comfort conditions of cities have changed depending on anthropogenic factors. The aim of this study is to compare the bioclimatic comfort conditions of Uşak city between 1990 and 2018. In the first stage, the bioclimatic comfort conditions of the city centre between 1990 and 2018 were determined according to the Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET) index obtained from the RayMan model by using hourly data of the meteorological station in the city centre; air temperature (°C), relative humidity …