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Evaluation Of Paspalum Spp. With Adaptation To Poorly Drained Soils In The Tropical Americas, Michael Peters, B. Hincapié, P. Avila, C. E. Lascano

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

A collection of Paspalum accessions obtained from Brazil was tested for their adaptation to poorly drained soils. Three accessions were selected based on their DM production and nutritive value. Productivity and quality of these three accessions was stable over the periods of maximum and minimum rainfall, giving potential for continuous forage supply throughout the year in the tropical Americas. Grazing trials for the selected accessions are underway.

Intake Characteristics And Performance Of Contrasting Grass Varieties Continuously Stocked With Sheep, R. J. Orr, J. E. Cook, R. A. Champion, A. J. Rook

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Fifteen intermediate-heading perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) varieties were grazed by sheep under continuous variable stocking management. Mean daily grass dry matter intake per ewe was positively correlated with liveweight gain per ewe (r = 0.63) and per ha (r = 0.58) over an 8-month grazing season. Daily intake was not correlated with grazing time (r = 0.12) but was positively correlated with instantaneous dry matter intake rate (r = 0.75). Breeding varieties with high intake rate characteristics should allow increases in the contribution of grazed grass to grassland-based livestock farming. There is now a …

Drought Tolerance Of Interspecific Hybrids Between Trifolium Repens And Trifolium Ambiguum, A. H. Marshall, M. T. Abberton, T. P. T. Michaelson-Yeates, I. Rhodes, A. Williams

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Hybrids between the stolonifeous white clover (Trifolium repens L., 2n=4x=32) and rhizomatous Caucasian clover (T. ambiguum M.Bieb, 2n=4x=32) have been produced. A backcross 2 (BC2) generation with white clover as the recurrent parent combines the growth habit of both parent species with the objective of increasing the persistency of large leaved T. repens varieties under grazing. T. ambiguum is more drought tolerant than T. repens. The drought tolerance of the hybrids in comparison with the parental species was compared in deep soil bins over a four week drought cycle. Soil moisture content, leaf relative water content …

Variability For Nitrogen And Phosphorus Uptake Among Timothy Genotypes, Réal Michaud, Gilles Bélanger, A. Brégard

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Cultivars of timothy (Phleum pratense L.) with high N and P use efficiencies are required to reduce costs of production and risks of N and P pollution, and to meet the nutrition requirements of high producing animals. This field study aimed at comparing, (under three N rates) the relationship between DM yield, N uptake, and P uptake of 27 timothy half-sib families, plus the cultivar Champ as a control (Dry matter yield), N and P uptake increased with increasing N rates. Genotypes also differed for DM yield, N and P uptake. For a given DM yield, the genotypes had …

New Stylosanthes Guianensis For Tropical Grasslands, Bela Grof, Celso D. Fernandes, A. T. F. Fernandes

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Hybrid stylos (Stylosanthes guianensis var. vulgaris x var. pauciflora) with durable, quantitative resistance to anthracnose, mid-season harvest maturity date (early-July), high DM and seed yields have been selected at the Embrapa Beef Cattle Research Center, Campo Grande, Brazil. The hybrids displayed improved forage traits in Brazil, the native habitat and major center of diversity of the species and its pathogen, as well as in vastly different ecosystems. Dry forage yields and anthracnose resistance of superior selections and their composites were equal, in some instances, significantly better, than those of cv. Mineirão in multilocational trials situated in the Cerrados from …

Creating A Creator: Constructing The Stories Of Frankenstein, Emma Maggart

The Purdue Historian

In 1818, Mary Shelley created the story of Frankenstein. The name that is so familiar to the world today began as an expression of Shelley’s thoughts and her response to the developing world around her. This novel speaks boldly of human right to intellect, appropriate experimental creation, and social acceptance. Two hundred years after its publication Shelley’s novel is still popular, which can be credited to her progressive illumination of these three issues. Shelly wrote in an era of great social and scientific change; this novel addresses both topics deeply, which is likely the reason for Frankenstein’s long-lived popularity. This …

Printable Program, Intercollegiate Biomathematics Alliance

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

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The Upside Of Upcycling, Sarah Moss

The Voice

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Ag Stewardship Center Expands, Liz Frisbee

The Voice

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Investigating A Frisian Genetic Mutation, Sarah Moss

The Voice

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Improvement To The Means And Methods Of Developing Special Physical Preparation Of Young Handball Players As Well As Controling The Level Of Preparation, Shakhzod Nodirovich Mukhsinov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

The article covers the matters of the scientific and practical experience of domestic and foreign scientists in the field of sports in the development of special physical preparation of young handball players, scientific and theoretical ideas cited in scientific literatures. Scientific and theoretical ideas were put forward to identify modern innovative methods for the development of special physical preparation of young handball players based on the study of the training process, control of the level of preparation, research carried out, the results are summarized in tables. The purpose of the study was to provide a theoretical justification and experimental confirmation …

Education Of Patriotic Education In The Social Environment And Cholpon's Creation In The Early Xx Century, Umida Sapaevna Shermatova

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

This article covers the social environment in the early twentieth century, which played a key role in the formation of Cholpon's creative career, and analyzes the lyrical poems written in the spirit of patriotism.

Efficiency Of Using The Strategic Complex Control Algorithm For Planning The Training Process Of Gymnasts At The Phase Of Sports Development, Djamshid Khasanovich Umarov

Mental Enlightenment Scientific-Methodological Journal

Uzbekistan has been paying great attention to the development and promotion of physical education and sports conducted in all higher education institutions over the past three decades. The formation of a healthy lifestyle, creation of modern conditions for regular physical education and mass sports of the population, specifically the younger generation, as well as the further development of physical education and mass sports constitutes the Government’s overriding priority. This article covers a comprehensive control system for managing the training process, the individual capabilities of gymnasts that are at the stage of sports development. The possibilities of gymnasts' use of differentiated …

Genomics Of Postprandial Lipidomics In The Genetics Of Lipid-Lowering Drugs And Diet Network Study, Marguerite R. Irvin, May E. Montasser, Tobias Kind, Sili Fan, Dinesh K. Barupal, Amit Patki, Rikki M. Tanner, Nicole D. Armstrong, Kathleen A. Ryan, Steven A. Claas, Jeffrey R. O’Connell, Hemant K. Tiwari, Donna K. Arnett

Epidemiology and Environmental Health Faculty Publications

Postprandial lipemia (PPL) is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Inter-individual variation in the dietary response to a meal is known to be influenced by genetic factors, yet genes that dictate variation in postprandial lipids are not completely characterized. Genetic studies of the plasma lipidome can help to better understand postprandial metabolism by isolating lipid molecular species which are more closely related to the genome. We measured the plasma lipidome at fasting and 6 h after a standardized high-fat meal in 668 participants from the Genetics of Lipid-Lowering Drugs and Diet Network study (GOLDN) using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled …

We Are ... Marshall, November 10, 2021, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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College Faculty In The News: Nov. 10, 2021, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

News agencies across the region, the nation and throughout the world often reach out to our faculty experts for their perspectives on today's issues. This media coverage highlights the service, research and scholarship taking place in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Spartan Daily, November 10, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 157, Issue 36

An Asp To Strike Out Cancer? Therapeutic Possibilities Arising From Aspartate's Emerging Roles In Cell Proliferation And Survival., Iiro Taneli Helenius, Hanumantha Rao Madala, Jing-Ruey Joanna Yeh

Faculty Research 2021

A better understanding of the metabolic constraints of a tumor may lead to more effective anticancer treatments. Evidence has emerged in recent years shedding light on a crucial aspartate dependency of many tumor types. As a precursor for nucleotide synthesis, aspartate is indispensable for cell proliferation. Moreover, the malate-aspartate shuttle plays a key role in redox balance, and a deficit in aspartate can lead to oxidative stress. It is now recognized that aspartate biosynthesis is largely governed by mitochondrial metabolism, including respiration and glutaminolysis in cancer cells. Therefore, under conditions that suppress mitochondrial metabolism, including mutations, hypoxia, or chemical inhibitors, …

Bio-Acoustic Tracking And Localization Using Heterogeneous, Scalable Microphone Arrays, Erik Verreycken, Ralph Simon, Brandt Quirk-Royal, Walter Daems, Jesse Barber, Jan Steckel

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Microphone arrays are an essential tool in the field of bioacoustics as they provide a non-intrusive way to study animal vocalizations and monitor their movement and behavior. Microphone arrays can be used for passive localization and tracking of sound sources while analyzing beamforming or spatial filtering of the emitted sound. Studying free roaming animals usually requires setting up equipment over large areas and attaching a tracking device to the animal which may alter their behavior. However, monitoring vocalizing animals through arrays of microphones, spatially distributed over their habitat has the advantage that unrestricted/unmanipulated animals can be observed. Important insights have …

Evidence Of Myomir Regulation Of The Pentose Phosphate Pathway During Mechanical Load-Induced Hypertrophy, Taylor Valentino, Vandre C. Figueiredo, C. Brooks Mobley, John J. Mccarthy, Ivan Jose Vechetti Jr

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Many of the molecular and cellular mechanisms discovered to regulate skeletal muscle hypertrophy were first identified using the rodent synergist ablation model. This model reveals the intrinsic capability and necessary pathways of skeletal muscle growth in response to mechanical overload (MOV). Reminiscent of the rapid cellular growth observed with cancer, we hypothesized that in response to MOV, skeletal muscle would undergo metabolic programming to sustain increased demands to support hypertrophy. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed the gene expression of specific metabolic pathways taken from transcriptomic microarray data of a MOV time course. We found an upregulation of genes involved …

Natural Products Induce Lysosomal Membrane Permeabilization As An Anticancer Strategy, Reginald Halaby

Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Cancer is a global health and economic issue. The majority of anticancer therapies become ineffective due to frequent genomic turnover and chemoresistance. Furthermore, chemotherapy and radiation are non-specific, killing all rapidly dividing cells including healthy cells. In this review, we examine the ability of some natural products to induce lysosomal-mediated cell death in neoplastic cells as a way to kill them more specifically than conventional therapies. This list is by no means exhaustive. We postulate mechanisms to explain lysosomal membrane permeabilization and its role in triggering cell death in cancer cells.

Two New Species Of Byrrhinus Motschulsky, 1858 (Coleoptera, Limnichidae, Limnichinae) From Negros, Philippines, Emmanuel D. Delocado, Hendrik Freitag

Biology Faculty Publications

Two new species of Limnichidae beetles, Byrrhinus negrosensis sp. nov. and Byrrhinus villarini sp. nov., are described from the Island of Negros in the Philippines. The adult specimens of the new species can be differentiated by patterns of body punctation, colour and orientation of elytral pubescence, posterolateral angle of pronotum, tarsomere length ratio and aedeagal form. Two clades, representing the two new species, were retrieved in the Maximum Likelihood gene tree using the 3’-end of the COI gene. Maximum genetic divergence within B. negrosensis sp. nov. and B. villarini sp. nov. were recorded to be 2.3% and 1.3%, respectively, while …

The Parthenon, November 10, 2021, Xena Bunton, Isabella Robinson, Madison Perdue, Abby Hanlon, Catherine Blankenship, Zach Hiser, Tyler Spence, Carter Truman, Tyler Kennett, Abby Ayes, Noah Hickman

The Parthenon

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A Chickpea Genetic Variation Map Based On The Sequencing Of 3,366 Genomes, Rajeev K. Varshney, Manish Roorkiwal, Shuai Sun, Prasad Bajaj, Annapurna Chitikineni, Mahendar Thudi, Narendra P. Singh, Xiao Du, Hari D. Upadhyaya, Diego Jarquin

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Zero hunger and good health could be realized by 2030 through effective conservation, characterization and utilization of germplasm resources1 . So far, few chickpea (Cicerarietinum) germplasm accessions have been characterized at the genome sequence level2 . Here we present a detailed map of variation in 3,171 cultivated and 195 wild accessions to provide publicly available resources for chickpea genomics research and breeding. We constructed a chickpea pan-genome to describe genomic diversity across cultivated chickpea and its wild progenitor accessions. A divergence tree using genes present in around 80% of individuals in one species allowed us to estimate the divergence of …

Getting Out Of A Sticky Situation: Differential Escape Of Spotted Lanternfly From Two Commonly-Used Trapping Techniques, Jennifer L. Chandler

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Professor Jen Chandler, Biology - Getting out of a Sticky Situation: Differential Escape of Spotted Lanternfly from Two Commonly-Used Trapping Techniques

Comparing Genetic Variation Among Latin American Immigrants: Implications For Forensic Casework In The Arizona- And Texas-México Borderlands, Briana T. New, Bridget F.B. Algee-Hewitt, M. Katherine Spradley, Lars Fehren-Schmitz, Cris C. Hughes, Bruce E. Anderson, Marek E. Jasinski, Joanna Arciszewska, Grażyna Zielińska, Maria Szargut, Sandra Cytacka, Andrzej Ossowski

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

The humanitarian crisis on the United States-México border is a long standing and evolving crisis in which nearly 8,000 deaths have been reported in the last two decades. These deaths are largely distributed across the Arizona-México and Texas-México border regions where demographic trends for immigrants attempting to cross into the U.S. have shifted dramatically. The demographic change and volume of immigrants seeking shelter in the U.S. presents new challenges for the forensic practitioners entrusted with the identification of individuals who lose their lives during the final segment of their journey. Within this Border context, the present study investigates how genetic …

Panoramic Spatial Vision In The Bay Scallop Argopecten Irradians, Daniel R. Chappell, Tyler M. Horan, Daniel Isaac Speiser

Faculty Publications

We have a growing understanding of the light-sensing organs and light-influenced behaviours of animals with distributed visual systems, but we have yet to learn how these animals convert visual input into behavioural output. It has been suggested they consolidate visual information early in their sensory-motor pathways, resulting in them being able to detect visual cues (spatial resolution) without being able to locate them (spatial vision). To explore how an animal with dozens of eyes processes visual information, we analysed the responses of the bay scallop Argopecten irradians to both static and rotating visual stimuli. We found A. irradians distinguish between …

Machine Learning In Apache Spark Environment For Diagnosis Of Diabetes, Farshid Bagheri Saravi

Student Scholarship

Disease-related data and information collected by physicians, patients, and researchers seem insignificant at first glance. Still, the same unorganized data contain valuable information that is often hidden. The task of data mining techniques is to extract patterns to classify the data accurately. One of the various Data mining and its methods have been used often to diagnose various diseases. In this study, a machine learning (ML) technique based on distributed computing in the Apache Spark computing space is used to diagnose diabetics or hidden pattern of the illness to detect the disease using a large dataset in real-time. Implementation results …

College Of Business News, Georgia Southern University

College of Business: News & Publications

• Lt. Gen. Smith named Carter Chair of Leadership at Georgia Southern

Changing The Landscape Of Identity In Forensic Anthropology, Briana T. New, Bridget F.B. Algee-Hewitt

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

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