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Spatio-Temporal Dynamics Of The Dual-Purpose Cattle Value Chain In The Colombian Amazonas, A. Leinert, S. Burkart

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The cattle sector plays an important role in the economy of the Caquetá department, located in the Colombian Amazon. However, the predominantly extensive production system is associated with low productivity and negative environmental impacts, such as land degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, and deforestation. Efforts to introduce improved practices (e.g., improved forages or silvopastoral systems) have been made over the last decades, but adoption rates remain low. Though several studies have analyzed the cattle value chain (VC) to enhance the understanding of adoption barriers, the heterogeneity of farmers has been considered only marginally when trying to explain their adoption behavior. To …

Predicting Forage Provision Of Grasslands Across Climate Zones By Hyperspectral Measurements, F. A. Männer, J. Muro, J. Ferner, S. Schmidtlein, A. Linstädter

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The potential of grasslands’ fodder production is a crucial management measure, while its quantification is still laborious and costly. Remote sensing technologies, such as hyperspectral field measurements, enable fast and non-destructive estimation. However, such methods are still limited in transferability to other locations or climatic conditions. With this study, we aim to predict forage nutritive value, quantity, and energy yield from hyperspectral canopy reflections of grasslands across three climate zones. We took hyperspectral measurements with a field spectrometer from grassland canopies in temperate, tropical and semi-arid grasslands, and analyzed corresponding biomass samples for their quantity (BM), metabolizable energy content (ME) …

Themeda Triandra As A Perennial Seed Crop In South-Eastern Australia: What Are The Agronomic Possibilities And Constraints, And Future Research Needs?, D. Male, J. Hunt, C. Celestina, J. Morgan, D. Gupta, Dja Dja Wurrung People

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

In Australia, the development of native perennial seed crops is an area of increasing interest. Reasons for this include the production of high-value seed, the significance of native plants to Aboriginal people and the importance of diversified cropping in building more resilient farming systems. One species of interest is Themeda triandra, a C4 perennial tussock grass that dominated grasslands and woodlands across Australia prior to European invasion. Djaara, the traditional owner group representing the Dja Dja Wurrung people of Djandak (Dja Dja Wurrung country in central Victoria), is one group who seek to return T. triandra to the landscape …

Quality Of Life In Orthodontics, Claudia Eisenhuth, Gabriel Eisenhuth, Connor Schwartz, Amir Mohajeri, Man Hung, Tiffany Nelson, Ryann Glenn

Annual Research Symposium

Orthodontic treatment goes beyond mere cosmetic enhancement; it significantly impacts various aspects of an individual's quality of life. Beyond the physical benefits of improved oral function and prevention of dental issues, orthodontics also yields profound psychological benefits. Aligned teeth enhance self-confidence, reduce social anxiety, and contribute to better relationships and professional opportunities. Moreover, addressing dental concerns through orthodontic treatment reduces psychological distress and promotes overall happiness and satisfaction. Real-life case studies vividly illustrate the transformative effects of orthodontic interventions, emphasizing the importance of considering quality of life outcomes in dental care.

Subaqueous Carbonate Speleothems As Paleotemperature Archives – Clumped Isotope Thermometry And Stable Isotope Compositions Of Inclusion-Hosted Water, Attila Demeny, Ágnes Berentés, László Rinyu, Ivett Kovács, Gergely Surányi, Magdolna Virág

International Journal of Speleology

Clumped isotope measurements of carbonates and stable isotope analyses of water trapped in fluid inclusions are both promising techniques to determine carbonate formation temperatures. Cave-hosted carbonate deposits (speleothems) are excellent targets for such studies, but kinetic fractionations and diagenetic influences frequently deteriorate the temperature data obtained from these methods. However, subaqueous carbonate deposits may provide reliable data, as kinetic fractionations are less significant in underwater environments. In this study, subaqueous speleothems, whose formation temperatures were directly measured in the water, were investigated. Additionally, temperatures calculated from the oxygen isotope fractionations between calcite and fluid inclusion-hosted water were compared with clumped …

Heavy Metal Movement Through Insect Food Chains In Pristine Thermal Springs Of Yellowstone National Park, Braymond Adams, John Bowley, Monica Rohwer, Erik Oberg, Kelly Willemssens, Wendy Wintersteen, Robert K.D. Peterson, Leon G. Higley

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Yellowstone National Park thermal features regularly discharge various heavy metals and metalloids. These metals are taken up by microorganisms that often form mats in thermal springs. These microbial mats also serve as food sources for invertebrate assemblages. To examine how heavy metals move through insect food webs associated with hot springs, two sites were selected for this study. Dragon-Beowulf Hot Springs, acid-sulfate chloride springs, have a pH of 2.9, water temperatures above 70 ^oC, and populations of thermophilic bacterial, archaeal, and algal mats. Rabbit Creek Hot Springs, alkaline springs, have a pH of up to 9, some water temperatures …

Subject-Package Measures To Understand The Value Provided By Journal Packages, Heidi J. Southworth, Evan Rusch, Nat Gustafson-Sundell

Library Services Publications

At Minnesota State University Mankato (MNSU), we have been exploring new Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for journal packages. Most recently, we started developing subject-package measures as a category, including as a measure of utility or as a measure of supply. Although we could previously combine filters per subject and per package, this caused us to narrow data to a single subject. Now, we can display the results for all subjects and packages as one table, which empowers us to make comparisons easily, to understand the value we gain from our packages better, and to see any subject impacts of cancellations …

A Case For Hope In A Warming World, Noreen L. Herzfeld

Reuter Professorship of Science and Religion Publications

It is difficult to feel hopeful in a rapidly warming world. But hope is not just a feeling. It is an active verb, one that calls for courage, solidarity, a clear vision, and hard work. First, knowing that each fraction of a degree counts, humanity is called not to despair but to use every technology and means, technologies we already have. Second, we can be encouraged by a vision of a new world and society that works for everyone. Third, we can be heartened by nature’s resilience and an evolutionary theology that looks toward the future.

A Return To Rationality: Restoring The Rule Of Law After Daubert's Disastrous U-Turn, Andrew Jurs, Scott Devito

New Mexico Law Review

Consistency and rationality are central to the legitimacy of the modern court system. Considerable recent attention has been focused on the Court’s overturning of established precedent on abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Yet, as we empirically demonstrate, the courts, through the decisions of individual judges over thirty years, have reversed the meaning of the Daubert standard for admission of scientific evidence, thereby threatening the legitimacy of the very heart of the civil justice system. In the initial years after the Daubert decision, litigants saw its reliability standard as a stricter standard than the previously used Frye “general …

The Role Of Humor In Sustainability: Well-Being, (In)Equity, And Community, Mia Ocean

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Mia Ocean, Graduate Social Work, shares an interactive presentation on The Role of Humor in Sustainability: Focusing on Well-Being, (In)equity, and Community

The Effect Of Partial Substitution Of Noble Metal (Pd) At The B Site Of La0.6sr0.4feo3 As A Supercapacitor Electrode Material, Nagihan Deli̇baş, Turgut Süleymanoğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Sol-gel combustion was used to produce the perovskite-type La0.6Sr0.4FeO3 (LSF) and La0.6Sr0.4Fe0.9Pd0.1O3 (LSFP) materials and assessed as supercapacitor electrodes. The synthesized materials’ crystal structure, morphology, and electrochemical performance were thoroughly analyzed. The partial substitution of Pd in the B site of the LSF structure affected the electrochemical properties of this compound and improved its performance. In fact, the greatest effect of Pd substitution was on the content of oxygen vacancies, which are known as the active sites of the perovskite surface in the supercapacitor cell. The specific capacitance obtained for the sample containing Pd was about 80 F.g–1 at a …

Detection And Characterization Of The Pichia Manshurica Biofilm On The Traditionally Produced Homemade Apple Vinegar, Zeynep İşlek Koklu, Pınar Akkuş Süt, Esra Eskihoran Üçüncüoğlu, Sadık Kalayci, Fikrettin Şahi̇n

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Pichia yeasts are capable of forming biofilms during vinegar production and causing spoilage in various beverages. In addition, there exists a significant likelihood of encountering yeast contamination which can prevent vinegar production. The present study investigates the detection and characterization of the Pichia manshurica (P. manshurica) biofilm on traditionally produced homemade apple vinegar. The unique characteristics of vinegar were analyzed with a focus on the constituent, known as the “mother of vinegar”, whose composition is comprised of cellulosic biofilm and acetic acid bacteria, including Gluconobacter oxydans (G. oxydans) Briefly, P. manshurica was isolated from apple vinegar and characterized in terms …

Exploration Of Novel 6,8,9-Trisubstituted Purine Analogues: Synthesis, In Vitro Biological Evaluation, And Their Effect On Human Cancer Cells, Muhammed Fatih Polat, İrem Durmaz Şahi̇n, Rengül Atalay, Meral Tunçbi̇lek

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Cancer, a leading global cause of mortality, demands continuous advancements in therapeutic strategies. This study focuses on the design and synthesis of a novel series of purine derivatives, specifically 6-(substituted phenyl piperazine)-8-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-9-cyclopentyl purine derivatives (5–11). The motivation behind this endeavor lies in addressing acquired resistance mechanisms in cancer cells, a significant hurdle in current treatment modalities. The synthesis, starting from 4,6-dichloro-5-nitropyrimidine, involves a multi-step process, resulting in seven new purine derivatives. Biological evaluation against human liver, colon, and breast cancer cells (Huh7, HCT116, and MCF7, respectively) was performed using the SRB assay. Among the synthesized analogs, compounds 5 and 6, …

Nonoxidative Dehydrogenation Of Propane Using Boron-Incorporated Silica-Supported Pt Sites Synthesized By Atomic Layer Deposition, Gokhan Çeli̇k

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Nonoxidative dehydrogenation of propane to propylene using Pt-based supported catalysts is an active research area in catalysis because catalyst attributes of Pt sites can be controlled by careful design of active sites. One way to achieve this is by the addition of a second metal that may impart a change in the electron density of active sites, which in turn affects catalytic performance. In this study, bimetallic Pt and B sites were deposited on powder SiO2 using atomic layer deposition (ALD). Boron was first deposited on SiO2 via half-cycle ALD using triisoproplyborate as the B source. Following calcination, Pt deposition …

Comment On “Photons Can Tell ‘Contradictory’ Answer About Where They Have Been”, Gregory Reznick, Carlotta Versmold, Jan Dziewior, Florian Huber, Harald Weinfurter, Justin Dressel, Lev Vaidman

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

Yuan and Feng (Eur. Phys. J. Plus 138:70, 2023) recently proposed a modification of the nested Mach–Zehnder interferometer experiment performed by Danan et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 111:240402, 2013) and argued that photons give “contradictory” answers about where they have been, when traces are locally imprinted on them in different ways. They concluded that their results are comprehensible from what they call the “three-path interference viewpoint,” but difficult to explain from the “discontinuous trajectory” viewpoint advocated by Danan et al. We argue that the weak trace approach (the basis of the “discontinuous trajectory” viewpoint) provides a consistent explanation of the …

Apollonian Packings And Kac-Moody Root Systems, Ian Whitehead

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Works

We study Apollonian circle packings using the properties of a certain rank 4 indefinite Kac-Moody root system ϕ. We introduce the generating function Z(s) of a packing, an exponential series in four variables with an Apollonian symmetry group, which is a symmetric function for ϕ. By exploiting the presence of affine and Lorentzian hyperbolic root subsystems of ϕ, with automorphic Weyl denominators, we express Z(s) in terms of Jacobi theta functions and the Siegel modular form Δ₅. We also show that the domain of convergence of Z(s) is the Tits cone of ϕ, and discover that this domain inherits the …

Intellectual Property And Entrepreneurship, Dale Andersen

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

What is Intellectual Property

- Tangible vs. Intangible Property, Costs

How Your Business Acquires IP: Employment Inventions / Employment Copyrights

- Employment Agreements: IP Assignment, Non-Disclosure Agreement, Non-Competes

Know-how

Trade Secrets

- Trade Secret Misappropriation

- Non-Disclosure Agreements: Limitations and Liabilities

Copyright

- Definition, What Copyright Protects and Does Not Protect,

- How Copyright is Protected / Life of a Copyright

- Software Licenses

Trademark

- Use and Protection

- First Mover / Flood the Market

Patent

- Definition, Types, What is Patentable, Patentability Limits

- What’s in a patent?

- Example Patent Application Filing

- Example Portfolios

- Costs, …

Quantifying Wildfire Drivers And Predictability In Boreal Peatlands Using A Two-Step Error-Correcting Machine Learning Framework In Tefire V1.0, Rongyun Tang, Mingzhou Jin, Daniel M. Ricciuto, Anping Chen, Yulong Zhang

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Wildfires are becoming an increasing challenge to the sustainability of boreal peatland (BP) ecosystems and can alter the stability of boreal carbon storage. However, predicting the occurrence of rare and extreme BP fires proves to be challenging, and gaining a quantitative understanding of the factors, both natural and anthropogenic, inducing BP fires remains elusive. Here, we quantified the predictability of BP fires and their primary controlling factors from 1997 to 2015 using a two-step correcting machine learning (ML) framework that combines multiple ML classifiers, regression models, and an error-correcting technique. We found that (1) the adopted oversampling algorithm effectively addressed …

Evaluating Sojump.Com As A Tool For Online Behavioral Research In China, Alessandro Del Ponte, Lianjun Li, Lina Ang, Noah Lim, Wei Jie Seow

Political Science Faculty Articles and Research

SoJump.com (wjx.cn; in short: SoJump) is a survey company that allows researchers to build and deploy inexpensive online surveys in China. Here we evaluate SoJump’s data quality and similarity to the national benchmark. In the first study, we compare SoJump’s performance in China to MTurk’s performance against national benchmarks in the United States and India. In the second study, we compare three Chinese platforms in two-wave panel studies. We conducted the panels on SoJump, Credamo (SoJump’s major competitor), and Cint (national benchmark). We included attention and comprehension checks, economic games, cognitive tasks, and a framing experiment. We find that SoJump’s …

Simulation Of The Multi-Wake Evolution Of Two Sandia National Labs/National Rotor Testbed Turbines Operating In A Tandem Layout, Apurva Baruah, Fernando L. Ponta, Alayna Farrell

Michigan Tech Publications

The future of wind power systems deployment is in the form of wind farms comprised of scores of such large turbines, most likely at offshore locations. Individual turbines have grown in span from a few tens of meters to today’s large turbines with rotor diameters that dwarf even the largest commercial aircraft. These massive dynamical systems present unique challenges at scales unparalleled in prior applications of wind science research. Fundamental to this effort is the understanding of the wind turbine wake and its evolution. Furthermore, the optimization of the entire wind farm depends on the evolution of the wakes of …

Data Encoding For Healthcare Data Democratization And Information Leakage Prevention, Anshul Thakur, Tingting Zhu, Vinayak Abrol, Jacob Armstrong, Yujiang Wang, David A Clifton

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The lack of data democratization and information leakage from trained models hinder the development and acceptance of robust deep learning-based healthcare solutions. This paper argues that irreversible data encoding can provide an effective solution to achieve data democratization without violating the privacy constraints imposed on healthcare data and clinical models. An ideal encoding framework transforms the data into a new space where it is imperceptible to a manual or computational inspection. However, encoded data should preserve the semantics of the original data such that deep learning models can be trained effectively. This paper hypothesizes the characteristics of the desired encoding …

Sustainable Bio-Based Solid Phase Extraction Adsorbent For The Determination Of Various Types Of Organic Compounds, Mustafa Zafer Ozel, James H. Clark, Avtar S. Matharu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A sustainable, bio-based, mesoporous material, Starbon A800, was explored for use as an adsorbent in solid phase extraction (SPE). A solution containing seven nitrosamines was first used as a standard to optimise conditions for extraction efficiency with Starbon A800. After optimising conditions, 25 compounds of varying polarity (terpenes, phenolics, pesticides, PAHs, amines, and nitrosamines) were extracted with SPE using either Starbon® A800, C18 or Porous Graphitic Carbon (PGC) as the adsorbent, for comparison purposes. At the same time, 3 different elution solvents (heptane, dichloromethane, and ethanol) were used for each type of adsorbent. Hansen solubility parameters can be used to …

Hydroxyl- Terminated Dendrimers With Sulfonimide Linkers As Binders For Metals Of Industrial Significance, Khaleel Abu Sbeih, Mohammad Al Harahsheh

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

First- and second-generation hydroxyl- terminated dendrimers were prepared starting from a 1,3-diaminopropane core and sulfonimide linkers. A first-generation mesitylene-derived dendrimer was also prepared with the same terminals. The dendrimers were then reacted with Fe3+, Al3+, and UO22+ separately in order to apply the dendrimers for binding these metals, which have important industrial applications and pose environmental problems simultaneously. The prepared dendrimers were also shown to bind Fe3+ selectively from mixtures with Al3+.

Palladium (0) Nanoparticles Distributed On Lanthanum (Iii) Oxide As An Effective Catalyst For The Methanolysis Of Hydrazine-Borane To Produce Hydrogen, Adem Rüzgar, Lokman Şener, Yaşar Karataş, Mehmet Gülcan

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Pd (0) nanoparticles (NPs) distributed on lanthanum (III) oxide were ex situ generated from the reduction of Pd2+ ions using NaBH4 as reducing agent. The Pd/La2O3 displayed good catalytic activity in H2(g) releasing from the hydrazine-borane (HB) methanolysis reaction and it was identified by advanced techniques. Pd/La2O3 was found to be an active catalyst procuring three equiv. H2(g) per mole of HB. The results from TEM images represent the formation of Pd (0) NPs with an average particle size of 1.94 ± 0.1 nm on the surface of La2O3. Moreover, Pd/La2O3 with various Pd loadings were prepared and tested as …

N-(2-Aminobenzoyl)Benzotriazole Mediated Synthesis Of 3- Acyl-2-Alkyl(Aryl)-4-Hydroxyquinolines And 3-Acylamino-4(3h) Quinazolinones, İlbilge Merve Şenol, Sevtem Gökbulut Satioğlu, İlhami Çeli̇k

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

New methods have been developed for the synthesis of the substituted quinolines and quinazolinones derivatives by utilizing N-(2-aminobenzoyl)benzotriazoles under mild reaction conditions. 3-Acyl-2-alkyl(aryl)-4-hydroxyquinolines were obtained in modarete yields by the reaction of N-(2-aminobenzoyl)benzotriazoles and diketones in the presence of tert-BuOK. 3-Acylamino-4(3H) quinazolinones were obtained in good yields via N-(2-aminobenzoyl)benzotriazoles, orthoester and hyrazides in one-pot.

Synthesis And Characterization Of Surface-Modified Magnetic Mesoporous Silicate Materials For Phosphate Adsorption, Ayşegül Gençer, Burcu Uysal Karataş, Önder Topel, Nadir Ki̇raz

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The magnetic mesoporous silica material, Mag-MCM-41, was synthesized by coating magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles with a mesoporous material called MCM-41. Mag-MCM-41 and modified nanomaterials Mag-MCM-41-NN and Mag-MCM-41-NN-Fe+3 which were modified with aminopropyl functional groups. In water and wastewater, phosphate anions are considered significant contaminants due to their detrimental impact on the environment. They promote the growth of algae, leading to eutrophication. The purpose of this study is to investigate the removal of phosphate anions from aqueous solutions using modified magnetic silica particles. The Mag-MCM-41 material exhibits hexagonal properties and belongs to the class of “mesoporous” materials. It has a surface area …

An Efficient One-Pot And Simple Multicomponent Approach To The Synthesis Of Highly Functionalized Furans Containing Dialkyl Phenol, Fourogh Jalili Milani, Mahmoud Nassiri, Jaber Salehzadeh

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In this study, arylglyoxals, acetylacetone, and 2,6-dimethyl phenol or 2,6-di-tert-butyl phenol are combined to efficiently synthesize a series of 1-(4-(3,5-dialkylphenyl)-2-methyl-5-phenylfuran-3-yl) ethan-1-one derivatives in excellent yields. These reactions were carried out in acetone at reflux under catalyst-free conditions in the presence of triethylamine as a base for 3 h. NMR, FT-IR, EI-MS, and elemental studies were used to characterize the products' structural characteristics. The present study has also several benefits, such as excellent yields and the ease of workup procedure, making it an appealing, practical, and acceptable one-pot method for producing functionalized derivatives of dialkyl furan.

Copolymerization Of Pyrrole And Carbazole Onto Polyester Textile, Mehmet Akif Küçükkaya, Utku Ustamehmetoğlu, Esma Sezer, Belkıs Ustamehmetoğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The purpose of this study was the polymerization of carbazole (Cz), pyrrole (Py) and copolymerization of them onto polyester (PES) textile with chemical oxidative method by using FeCl3. First, in order to determine the optimum conditions, the effect of polymerization steps, the immersion order of the PES to the oxidant and monomer solutions, time, monomer, oxidant, and surfactant concentrations and types on the conductivities of PES/PCz composite were investigated and at this conditions, conductive composite, PES/P[Py-co-Cz] was obtained. The highest conductivities were obtained as 12.4 mS/cm and 9.0 mS/cm for PES/PCz and PES/P[Py-co-Cz], respectively. Further characterization of PES/P[Py-co-Cz] was performed …

Voltammetric Measurement Of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Inhibitor Tolcapone In The Pharmaceutical Form On The Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode, Musa Kiran, Yavuz Yardim

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This study presents an electroanalytical approach to measure the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor tolcapone (TOL) using a boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode. The application of cyclic voltammetry (CV) technique revealed that TOL exhibited a distinct, diffusion-controlled, irreversible anodic peak at a potential of approximately +0.71 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) in a 0.1 mol L–1 phosphate buffer solution (PBS) with a pH of 2.5. The oxidation of TOL is highly dependent on the pH and supporting electrolytes. Based on the data obtained from the pH investigation, a proposed mechanism for the electro-oxidation of TOL is suggested. Using the square wave voltammetry (SWV) technique, a …

Influence Of Convective Heat Transfer Coefficients On Thermal Behaviour Of A Lithium-Ion Cell: A Numerical Study, Uğur Morali

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In the current study, the impact of C-ratio, convective heat transfer coefficient, and free stream temperature on the maximal cell temperature and temperature uniformity was computationally and statistically examined. Results revealed that the free stream temperature was the main influential factor for the maximal cell temperature for both natural and forced convection conditions while the C-ratio was the most effective parameter for the temperature uniformity for both natural and forced convections. On the other hand, the contribution of the free stream temperature to the maximum battery temperature increased from 63% to 94% when the conditions were changed from natural convection …