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Observations On The Biology Of The Slender Seedcorn Beetle, Clivina Impressifrons (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Robert D. Pausch, Lois M. Pausch

The Great Lakes Entomologist

The slender seedcorn beetle, Clirina impressijirons, is known to attack germinating corn seed, but field and laboratory studies of its life history indicate it may sometimes play a beneficial role. Feeding studies show that adults and larvae are primarily carnivorous but will feed on corn seed when their primary food is absent or in short supply. Certain behavioral aspects indicate that populations of this beetle might be attracted to selected agricultural areas where adults and larvae could serve as predators of soil pests of corn. Much of the activity of these beetles is governed by temperature. with low temperatures below …

Tax Trends, Nicholas J. Faigen

Tax Adviser

No abstract provided.

The Bare Truth Behind A Sore Throat, Jennifer W. Glusman Do, Jamel Mansur Md, Mallory Logsdon Do

Scientific Day

No abstract provided.

Pediatric Pneumorrhachis: A Systematic Review Of Literature, Divya Abbaraju Bs, Jessica Beroukhim Ms, Shefali Aggarwal Md, Abhishek Deshpande Md, Cristian Jaramillo Do, Varsha Gharpure Md, Faap, Fccm

Scientific Day

No abstract provided.

The Efemoral Vascular Scaffold System (Evss): A Novel, Resorbable, Sirolimus-Eluting Device For Percutaneous Peripheral Intervention (Ppi), Rym El Khoury Md, Ivan Tzvetanov Ms, Jared B. Goor Phd, Edward A. Estrada Bs, Eugene Michal Ba, Edward Mccarroll Ba, Pascal St-Jacques Aht, Louis-Georges Guy Phd, Lewis B. Schwartz Md

Scientific Day

No abstract provided.

Determination Of Residues Of Organochlorine In Meat Products In Sultanate Of Oman Markets By Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry And Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Khdija S. Al-Hosni, Isam T. Kadim, Sausan S. Al-Yaqoobi, Samia A. Al-Riyami, Reem M. Al-Abri

Sultan Qaboos University Journal For Science

Meat and meat products are good sources of nutrients and play an essential role in consumer health. Therefore, meat safety is one of the main concerns for humans today. Consumers around the world might be exposed to harmful materials due to ingesting contaminated meat products. The present investigation compared three analytical methods for the determination of pesticides 2,4-D (2,4-1) dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene/dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, alachlor, and organophosphates) residues in 145 beef, sheep, goat, chicken and turkey species meat samples (fresh, frozen meats, meatball, mortadella, and sausage samples) of local, regional, and international brands available in Omani markets. The results revealed that the …

Analysis Of Heavy Metal Pollution In E-Waste Dumpsites From Two Local Government Areas In Ogun State, South Western Nigeria, Adetoro T. Talabi, Timothy W. David, Abayomi E. Ajetunmobi, Rasaki K. Odunaike, Shamsideen K. Alausa

Sultan Qaboos University Journal For Science

Dumping sites in general have been noted to be sources of pollution in the environment and e-waste dumping sites are not exempted. A study on the pollution of heavy metals in two local government areas (LGAs) in Ogun State, was investigated. As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, and Zn were detected. Cd, Cu were detected in two areas. While Fe, Pb in four areas, and Zn concentrations were above the World Health Organisation permissible limit. Analysis indicates that the contaminant factor (CF) varies from low to severe at both LGAs; however, CF of Cd is severe in all …

Comparison Between The Conventional Bacterial Culture And The Real Time Pcr In Identifying The Dairy Cow Mastitis Causative Agents, Mohammed Farah Mohammed Abdelhameed, Ahmed Eltigani Almansoori, R.H. Zaid, Mohamed T. Ibrahim

Sultan Qaboos University Journal For Science

Mastitis is a prevalent and costly disease in dairy farms. This study compares routine in- vitro microbial culture and real time PCR (rtPCR) in identifying mastitis causative agents. The diagnosis of any intramammary infection is based on the identification of the infectious agent and the time taken by the identification method plays an important role in disease management. Out of 9,000 Holstein milking cows in the herd, eighty-three milk samples were aseptically taken from cows with clinically verified mastitis in the first quarter of 2019. The CHROMagar™ Mastitis kit was used in microbial culture for both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, …

Pilot Study Of Canakinumab (Ilaris) In Steroid Naïve Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Demonstrates Safety And Exploratory Changes In Potential Serum Protein Response Biomarkers, Christopher F. Spurney, Jessica Chong, Heather Gordish-Dressman, Yetrib Hathout

Pharmacy Faculty Scholarship

Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive muscular disease associated with muscle fiber degeneration and increased inflammatory responses including Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) and other cytokines. Canakinumab (Ilaris) is an anti-human IL-1β monoclonal antibody that neutralizes IL-1β. Methods: We completed an open-label, single dose pilot study of canakinumab 2 mg/kg subcutaneous injection in steroid naïve boys with DMD older than 2 years of age to determine safety and potential serum response biomarkers of efficacy at 4-weeks post treatment. Proteome profiling was performed using high throughput multiplexing aptamer SomaScan assay based technology targeting 1,500 unique serum proteins. Results: Three subjects completed …

Characterization Of Immunogenicity Of Hiv Mrna Vaccine In Humanized Mice, Omoyeni Precious Adejare

Biotechnology Theses

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a leading global cause of mortality. Despite decades of research, a definitive cure or an effective vaccine for HIV infection has yet to be discovered. The major target for HIV vaccine development is the envelope (Env) trimeric protein that is responsible for host cell attachment and fusion. This comprises gp120 and the transmembrane gp41. Gp140, a truncated form of gp160(full envelope trimer) lacks the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of gp41, closely mimics the native HIV envelope has been shown to enhance the induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (BnAbs) when used as protein vaccine in previous …

Exploring Models Of Reflective Practice To Aid The Understanding Of Pilgrimage Experience, Chris Hall

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

This paper explores the use of models of reflective practice to aid reflection and sense making for a walking pilgrimage experience and analyses the challenges of using such a model in this context. The paper then examines whether Greenia’s definition of pilgrimage experience can be used as a model to aid reflection. This is subsequently applied to a 5-day walking pilgrimage experience and its effectiveness assessed.

Emphasis On The United Or The States? Entertaining Justice Kavanaugh’S Ross Dissent As A Textualist Reimagination Of Horizontal Federalism Following The Death Of The Dormant Commerce Clause, Aaron N. Kaeser

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Unicorn And Christ – Metamorphosis And Symbology, Luis Mendonça De Carvalho, Francisca Maria Fernandes, Maria Fátima Nunes, Ana Maria Costa, Paula Nozes, Ana Paula Figueira

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

The unicorn is a legendary chimaera that, for centuries, has been present in the mindset of Euro-Mediterranean cultures. Although its morphological description changed, tradition identifies it as an animal like a horse, albeit smaller and with a spiralling horn on its head pointing forward. The unicorn has been known since Antiquity, with references by authors such as Ctesias and Pliny. However, its relevance for medieval Europeans began with the Biblical references to this animal in several Old Testament verses. These verses gave legitimacy to the unicorn, and it was accepted as a tangible animal. During the Middle Ages and early …

Traceable And Scalable Food Balance Sheets From Agricultural Commodity Supply And Utilization Accounts (2010–2022), Xin Zhao, Maksym Chepeliev, Neus Escobar, Matthew T. Binsted, Pralit Patel, Page Kyle, Marshall A. Wise

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty Publications

The Food Balance Sheets (FBS), compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), serve as a cornerstone dataset for studies on agricultural development, food security, and dietary health, providing a broad overview of global and regional food systems. However, its limited transparency and scalability hinder its application in empirical analysis and multisector dynamic modeling. Here, we present a traceable Food Balance Sheets (T-FBS) dataset, developed from detailed Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) using a novel Primary Commodity equivalent (PCe) aggregation approach. This framework enables the aggregation of commodity flows along supply chains while ensuring consistency and balance across multiple dimensions. The …

Protein Stability Retention Under Harsh Conditions, Kaylen Su

Student Theses and Dissertations

Plastic waste is a growing environmental concern due to its resistance to natural degradation, leading to long-term accumulation in landfills and oceans. One potential solution is enzymatic degradation, where specific enzymes break down plastic into smaller, biodegradable components. However, enzymes often lose their effectiveness under the extreme conditions plastics experience during manufacturing, such as high temperatures, mechanical stress, and dehydration. This study explores whether small molecules, known as ligands, can help stabilize enzymes and improve their ability to break down plastics.

Using molecular dynamics simulations, we tested four ligands—poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid (HHA), benzalkonium chloride (BC), and 6-aminohexanoic acid …

Utilization Of Flow Cytometry, Metabolomic Analyses And A Feline Infectious Peritonitis Case Study To Evaluate The Physiological Impact Of Polyprenyl Immunostimulant, Irene Lee, Amar Desai, Akshay Patil, Yan Xu, Kelley Pozza-Adams, Anthony J. Berdis

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Measles, hepatitis C, and COVID-19 are significant human diseases caused by RNA viruses. While vaccines exist to prevent infections, there are a small number of currently available therapeutic agents that can effectively treat these diseases after infection occurs. This study explores a new therapeutic strategy using a small molecule designated polyprenyl immunostimulant (PI) to increase innate immune responses and combat viral infections. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, this study quantifies the effects of PI in mice and THP-1 cells using flow cytometry to identify immune phenotypic markers and mass spectroscopy to monitor the metabolomic profiles of immune cells perturbed by PI …

All But Mud & Memories, Chase Lt Romero

LSU Master's Theses

All But Mud & Memories addresses the inevitability of erosion and land loss near my homeland of Algiers Point— locally known as The Point— through the perspective of locals and visitors, in addition to my own experience. Located near New Orleans across the Mississippi River, Algiers Point holds a community that shares a tender bond with the levee that protects their home and day-to-day interactions. Often in discussions of wetland events in Louisiana, the focus is on land and environmental losses rather than the surrounding culture. I provide a more community-centered narrative by expressing what’s to be lost if the …

Treatment Of Overactive Katp Channels With Glibenclamide In A Zebrafish Model And A Clinical Trial In Humans With Cantú Syndrome, Lotte Kleinendorst, Sarah E Siegelaar, Helen I Roessler, Lema Meiwand, Malou Van Den Boogaard, Rianne H A C M De Bruin-Bon, Kirsten F Van Duinen, R Nils Planken, Elisabeth H Jaspars, Patrick M J H Kemperman, Berto J Bouma, Colin G Nichols, Marcel W Bekkenk, Gijs W Van Haaften, Mieke M Van Haelst

2020-Current year OA Pubs

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Comparing Performance Of Aquaponics Systems Using Different Designs And Fish Feeds, Cody G. Willmore

Biology Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

Future food production requires sustainable approaches that used both land and water resources efficiently, while remaining economically viable. One approach is aquaponics, the practice which combines hydroponics and aquaculture, as a sustainable food producing system. Aquaponic systems are unique, as the system can be designed to reuse and repurpose locally sourced materials and resources to meet individual needs. However, productivity of these systems can be inefficient or inconsistent, impacting the viability of aquaponics. The first objective of my study was to compare how system design between a do-it yourself reclaimed-materials aquaponic system and a prefabricated aquaponic setup affects water quality …

Rhythm Rescue: Gamification To Reinforce Electrocardiogram Strip Knowledge, Katie Roman Msn, Ccrn, Tammy Lis Msn, Rn-Bc, Ccrn, Npd-Bc

Nursing

Electrocardiogram (ECG) strip interpretation and subsequent intervention is a crucial concept for nurses as it plays a vital role in providing safe and effective patient care. Modern learners seek the opportunity for on demand and interactive educational opportunities. Literature demonstrates that integrating gamification in education increases learner knowledge, interest, and engagement. Current technology leveraged to develop an interactive, self-paced case study game to promote rhythm identification and intervention. Pictures of supplies used in practice and a video of mock defibrillation were utilized to reinforce understanding. Scenarios unfolded as the learner progressed. Incorrect answers directed nurses back to the question to …

“We Built Our Plane As We Flew It”: Communicative Resilience In Nonprofit Organizing During The Pandemic, Evgeniya Pyatovskaya

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation investigates how nonprofit organizations cultivate resilience through communication and practice during periods of disruption, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a case study of Apex for Youth—a New York City-based nonprofit serving low-income Asian and immigrant youth—this research explores how organizational members co-constructed resilience in response to both the pandemic and rising anti-Asian hate. Guided by the Communicative Theory of Resilience (CTR) and practice theory, resilience is examined as a dynamic, relational process enacted through daily organizational life.

Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, Formative Influences Timelines (FIT), ethnographic observation, and organizational documents. Reflexive thematic analysis revealed four …

In Vivo Crispr Activation Screen Identifies Acyl-Coa-Binding Protein As A Driver Of Bone Metastasis, Hongqi Teng, Qinglei Hang, Caishang Zheng, Yuelong Yan, Shaomin Liu, Yang Zhao, Yalan Deng, Litong Nie, Weiche Wu, Marisela Sheldon, Zachary Yu, Wei Shi, Jianxuan Gao, Chenling Meng, Consuelo Martinez, Jie Zhang, Fan Yao, Yutong Sun, Di Zhao, Boyi Gan, Tong Meng, Li Ma

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

One of the most common sites of cancer metastasis is to the bone. Bone metastasis is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, and current therapeutic interventions remain largely palliative. Metastasizing tumor cells need to reprogram their metabolic states to adapt to the nutrient environment of distant organs; however, the role and translational relevance of lipid metabolism in bone metastasis remain unclear. Here, we used an in vivo CRISPR activation screening system coupled with positive selection to identify acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) binding protein (ACBP) as a bone metastasis driver. In nonmetastatic and weakly metastatic cancer cells, overexpression of wild-type ACBP, but …

Simultaneous Targeting Of Tumor Cells And Tumor-Associated Macrophages To Reprogram Glioblastoma Using Trypsinized Extracellular Vesicles Carrying Tumor Suppressive Microrna, Grace H Nguyen, Minhye Noh, Jin Muk Kang, Alexandra A Miller, Minxin Huang, Jiyeon Kim, Jeong-Yeon Lee, Sangwoon Chung, Hongyu Wang, George A Calin, Cynthia Ju, Holger K Eltzschig, Yeshavanth Banasavadi-Siddegowda, Zhongming Zhao, Ji Young Yoo, Tae Jin Lee

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Glioblastoma (GBM) remains difficult to treat due to poor drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier and an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). Tumor-suppressive microRNAs (miRNAs) offer a promising strategy to reprogram both tumor cells and the TME, but inefficient delivery systems limit their clinical application. We previously reported that tumor-suppressive miR-138 regresses tumor growth in preclinical GBM models. Here, we demonstrate that trypsin digestion of extracellular vesicles (EVs) enhances labeling efficiency with folate (FA), enhancing selective targeting of folate receptor (FR)-positive GBM cells and enabling simultaneous targeting of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). FA-labeled trypsinized EVs (tEVs) loaded with miR-138 inhibit tumor growth, …

2025 Stratham Summerfest 4h Animal Premium Book V2, Caitlin Wollack

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.

Strengthening Occupational Health And Safety (Ohs) In Schools To Minimize Risks For Students, Teachers, And Visitors: Policy Recommendation, Wiwik Eko Pertiwi, Hanifa Maher Denny, Yuliani Setyaningsih, Agung Dwi Laksono

Journal of Indonesian Health Policy and Administration

Vocational schools equip students with practical skills and expose them to industry-related hazards, making Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) a crucial aspect of the school environment. This study aims to identify key factors behind the weak implementation of OHS in vocational schools. A literature review used articles published between 2017–2024 from national and international journals. The review found poor OHS implementation stems from lack of awareness, inadequate policies, insufficient infrastructure, weak safety culture, and negligence in accident prevention. To address these issues, the study recommends OHS education and training, improvement of school infrastructure, curriculum integration, formation of safety teams, and …

Staff Expectancies In Conducting Ship Hygiene And Sanitation Inspections: A Qualitative Study At Banten Class I Port Health Quarantine Office, Lukman Waris, Budiman Budiman, Hany Puspita Aryani

Journal of Indonesian Health Policy and Administration

Sea transport plays a vital role in the movement of goods and passengers, yet it simultaneously poses a potential risk for the transmission of infectious diseases, both nationally and internationally. Ship hygiene and sanitation inspection (HSI) is a strategic measure to control such risks, and the outcomes of these inspections are influenced by the expectations of the implementing officers. This study explores how staff expectancy at the Banten Class I Port Health Quarantine Office affects the quality of HSI. A qualitative study using the Rapid Assessment Procedure (RAP) was conducted with 80 staff members across five work units. Data were …

School Libraries In South Australia: 2024 Census, Katherine Dix, Tamara Van Der Zant

School and system improvement

The School Libraries in South Australia: 2024 Census offers a snapshot of the current state, challenges, and evolving roles of school libraries and their staffing in South Australia. Conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) at the behest of the School Library Association of South Australia (SLASA), this census builds upon the foundational 2019 survey (Dix et al., 2020), providing a comparative analysis that highlights significant trends, progress, and ongoing challenges over the past five years. Over 600 school librarians and principals across all sectors—Government, Catholic, and Independent—were surveyed in late-2024, investigating how school libraries have adapted in …

The Effect Of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs On Union Rates Following Operative Repair Of Distal Radius Fractures, Michael Chang, Alexis Kasper, Juliet Chung, Justin Wright, Margaret Pennington, Asif M. Ilyas

Student Papers, Posters & Projects

Purpose

Methods

007. Herbert Osborn (1887-88) [Biography]

Presidents of the Iowa Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

[2025 Honorable Mention] Pedagogies In The Flesh And Recovery Of Historical Memory From The Perspective Of A Salvadoreña, Janelle I. Martinez

Ethnic Studies Research Paper Award

My submission is a praxis paper. First, I explore the concepts and theories I would like to put into praxis, which are pedagogies in the flesh and recovery of historical memory. I then explain how and why I put them into praxis.