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Integrin Alpha2 And Integrin Beta3 Polymorphisms Are Risk Factors For Infertility In Iraqi Infertile Females Under In Vitro Fertilization Program, Rabab A. Yousif, Asmaa M. Salih Almohaidi

Baghdad Science Journal

The current study was designed to investigate the impact of the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP), rs5918 (T > C), of integrin beta 3 genes (ITGB3) and rs1801106 (G > A) of integrin alpha 2 genes (ITGB3) in peripheral blood samples of Iraqi female; 71 infertile females under IVF protocol (divided into two subgroups, 29 success implantation and 42 failure implantation) and 50 fertile females as control. From March 2021 to August 2021, blood samples were taken from the patients and control groups at Roh al-Hayat center in Baghdad, Iraq. The genotyping of SNPs was carried out by using high-resolution melting real-time polymerase …

From The Garden To The Lab, Harli Smith, Hannah Scruggs, Lindsey Whaley

JSU Student Symposium 2025

As a part of BY107 (Honors Introductory Biology Lab I), all students are tasked with creating a group presentation outlining the procedures conducted throughout the course. The purpose of the lab was to discover antibiotic producers in local, Alabama soil. Finding antibiotic producers is important due to the increasing prevalence of ESKAPE pathogens, or strains of bacterial infections that have evolved to be resistant to most mainstream antibiotics. By utilizing methods such as streaking for isolation, testing for zones of inhibition, gram staining, and Kirby Bauer Assays, we were able to prove that our soil sample, which was found in …

Is Spring Break Coming Early? Effects Of Climate Change On Alabama's Native Plant Phenology, Kathleen Madden, Madisyn Barksdale, Kelly Pruitt, Summer Zamora

JSU Student Symposium 2025

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Climate change has significantly impacted biodiversity, prompting many species to adapt by altering their phenology—the timing of life cycle events. Shifts in plant phenology can have far-reaching ecological consequences, particularly for species that rely on these plants directly or indirectly. One critical consequence is the temporal mismatch between plants and their pollinators, a phenomenon observed in multiple species. Studies using satellite imagery have documented advances in spring phenology across the United States, but species-specific data remain limited, especially in the biodiverse and ecologically vulnerable Southeastern region.

To address this gap, we …

Temporal Variation Of Nitrate Concentrations In Karst Spring In The Western Part Of The Gunungsewu Karst Area, Java Island, Indonesia, Ahmad Cahyadi, Indra Agus Riyanto

Baghdad Science Journal

The presence of nitrate in water has become a concern for many environmentalists because it has reduced the quality of water used to meet people's clean water needs. The study of the temporal variation of nitrate in water flow is expected to provide a complete understanding of the influencing factors that need to be managed to control the nitrate concentration in water. This study aims to analyze the temporal variations in the nitrate concentration at the Guntur Spring, one of the springs in the Gunungsewu Karst Area that plays a role in the provision of clean water. The data used …

Effect Of Polyamine And Salicylic Acid On Growth And Yield Of Chili Pepper Capsicum Annuum L. Plant Under Salt Stress, Fatima Haider Subhi, Mushtak F. Karomi Kisko

Baghdad Science Journal

Salt stress has adverse impacts on chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) growth, development and production. Plant tolerance must be increased to be able to adapt to salinity stress conditions. A factorial experiment with three factors according to Randomized Complete Blocks Design (RCBD) was conducted with three replicates. Polyamine P0, P1, P2 (0, 2, 3 mg L^-1 Polyamine), salicylic acid A0, A1, A2 (0, 75, 150 mg L^-1), sodium chloride S0, S1, S2 (0, 2000, 4000 ppm) with their interactions were investigated. Salinity had a significant negative effect on the phenotypic characteristics and yield. Polyamine P2, salicylic …

Investigating The Role Of Some Biomarkers In Assessing The Proposed Air Pollution Effects In Selected Areas In Erbil Governorate, Jamal Kamal Mohammedamin, Yahya Ahmed Shekha

Baghdad Science Journal

The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of urinary Hydroxyproline, urinary Malondialdehyde, urinary Creatinine, and urinary Albumin as potential biomarkers for air pollution in two distinct sites: Site 1, an industrial area and Site 2, a non-industrial area, also measuring the urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) to further investigate the effects of air pollution. The study employed a cross-sectional design with 90 participants. Site 1 had 56 participants (42 adults, 14 children, 11.2% of the total population), while Site 2 had 34 participants (23 adults, 11 children, 11.3% of the total population). The findings of the study indicated …

The Correlation Between Micro-Rna 146a And Il-17 In The Serum Of Iraqi Patients With Cystic Echinococcosis, Nisreen Shaker Mahmoud, Ekhlas M. Idan, Muhanned K. Ali

Baghdad Science Journal

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an endemic disease that causes serious disease and economic loss in the majority of countries around the world. MiRNAs are an epigenetic factor that is essential to the regulation of the immune response by interfering with cytokine expression; one such miRNA is microRNA-146a. The aim of the present study was to assess if we could use microRNA 146a as a biomarker for the detection of CE and to determine the relationship between microRNA 146a gene expression and IL-17 in patients with CE. The study included 50 CE patients who were admitted to the hospital in Baghdad, …

Endothelin-1 Gene Polymorphism With Interleukin-1Β Expression In Infertile Iraqi Women Under In Vitro Fertilization Program, Zainab Jalil Abdulkareem, Asmaa M. Salih Almohaidi

Baghdad Science Journal

Endometrial receptivity is the limiting phase in the success of IVF treatment, Invasion of human trophoblast cells to the endometrial is regulated by many factors such as EDN1 and IL-1β. This study aims to verify the relationship between polymorphism and gene expression of EDN1 and IL-1β genes with embryo implantation in infertile women under the IVF program. The peripheral blood samples were collected on the day of embryo transfer an hour after embryo transfer, after approval from 60 women, and divided according to the outcome of embryo implantation outcomes, the failure implantation group included 35 women, and the success implantation …

[Excerpt From] Transforming Nursing Education: Infusing Gender-Sensitive Care Into Healthcare, Christine Rodriguez

Sigma Publications: Book Excerpts

Trans and gender-diverse patients face significant barriers to respectful, comprehensive healthcare. Provider ignorance shouldn't be one of them. TRANSforming Nursing Education supplies the context to help readers understand the gaps and missteps in providing healthcare to this marginalized population and explains how we can better treat these patients.

Author Christine Rodriguez tackles tough subjects and tough statistics head on. This no-nonsense guide is packed with inclusive case studies, immersive simulation-based scenarios, checklists, and ready-to-use templates on everything from social transitioning to hormone therapy to surgeries and potential complications, all with thoughtful, reflective questions to guide readers in their understanding of …

Aligning Exons, Introns, And Flanking Regions Of Cyc And Cuc Genes In Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae), Mark Mordukhay

Theses and Dissertations

The genus Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae) exhibits great diversity in floral symmetry, petal fusion, and organ arrangement, making it an ideal system for exploring the genetic basis of morphological evolution. We focus here on the roles of CYC and CUC gene families, (CYC2A, CYC2B, CYC3A, CYC3B, CUC2A, and CUC2B) and their potential contributions in shaping floral symmetry and organ fusion. The data set included nucleotide sequences from over 90 Lonicera species, extracted from samples collected from natural habitats or herbaria and then sequenced. A custom bioinformatics pipeline was developed in R using Bioconductor packages to automate BLAST searches, filter results, scan for …

Acoustic Monitoring Of Oak Toads (Anaxyrus Quercicus), A Longleaf Pine (Pinus Palustris) Ecosystem Endemic Amphibian, Alex Ward Foote

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The Longleaf pine ecosystem is one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world with only 3% remaining. Many endemic species to the longleaf pine ecosystem are also in decline and suffer from habitat loss resulting from fire exclusion, urbanization, agriculture, and industrial silviculture. Oak Toads (Anaxyrus quercicus) are a longleaf pine ecosystem obligate; the species is experiencing declines across its range and only has protections in Virginia and North Carolina. We used data from an array of Automated Recoding Units across four years (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019) at three state-owned wildlife management areas to capture audio files …

Food Resource Efficiency Decision Support Hub: Workshop 2 - Summary Report, Jennifer Attard, Tracey O'Connor, Simon Patterson, Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino, Mina Sadeghzadeh

Publications

FRED is focused on informing policy on food waste prevention using a total food system sustainability approach.

Food Resource Efficiency Decision Support Hub: Workshop 3 - Summary Report, Jennifer Attard, Tracey O'Connor, Simon Patterson, Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino, Mina Sadeghzadeh

Publications

FRED is focused on informing policy on food waste prevention using a total food system sustainability approach.

Food Resource Efficiency Decision Support Hub: Workshop 4 - Summary Report, Jennifer Attard, Tracey O'Connor, Simon Patterson, Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino, Mina Sadeghzadeh

Publications

FRED is focused on informing policy on food waste prevention using a total food system sustainability approach.

Food Resource Efficiency Decision Support Hub: Workshop 1 - Summary Report, Jennifer Attard, Tracey O'Connor, Simon Patterson, Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino, Mina Sadeghzadeh

Publications

FRED is focused on informing policy on food waste prevention using a total food system sustainability approach.

Food Resource Efficiency Decision Support Hub: Food System Stakeholder Needs Identification, Jennifer Attard, Tracey O'Connor, Simon Patterson, Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino, Mina Sadeghzadeh

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Understanding the needs of everyone in the food system is vital to solving the food waste problem. If interventions are misaligned with stakeholder needs, the resultant impact will be highly diminished and/or will result in unintended consequences. We there fore conducted significant stakeholder engagement to identify and prioritise stakeholder needs.

Food Resource Efficiency Decision Support Hub: Consumer Survey Report, Tracey O'Connor, Mina Sadeghzadeh, Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino, Jennifer Attard

Publications

FRED is focused on informing policy on food waste prevention using a total food system sustainability approach.

Consumers sit at a critical point of food value networks as the decision-makers about food purchasing, household storage and management, and (non-)consumption. It was critical therefore to understand the consumer context, their concerns and needs regarding the food system, and their food purchasing and waste attitudes and behaviours.

Biol 200-002, 004: Concepts In Biology, Maria Stanko

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 201-002: Foundations Of Biology: Cell & Molecular Biology, Mary Konsolaki

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 202-002, 004, 006, 102: Foundations Of Biology: Cell & Molecular Biology Laboratory, Mary Konsolaki

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 205-H02, Foundations Of Biology: Ecology And Evolution, Phillip Barden

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 222-002: Evolution, Daniel Bunker

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 337-002 Collective Intelligence In Biological Systems, Simon Garnier

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 340-002, 004, 006: Mammalian Physiology, John Yarotsky

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 340-008, 010, 012: Mammalian Physiology, Dirk Bucher

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 350-002: Immunology, John Yarotsky

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 375-H02: Conservation Biology, Maria Stanko

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 445-002: Endocrinology, John Yarotsky

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 436-102: Advanced Neuroscience Modeling, Horacio Rotstein

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 646-002: Endocrinology, John Yarotsky

Biology Syllabi

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