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Differential Expression Analysis For The Identification Of Survival Associated Genes In Primary Bladder Cancer Using Microarray Data, Amos Ochieng Okutse, Kelvin Wangira Nyongesa Oct 2023

Differential Expression Analysis For The Identification Of Survival Associated Genes In Primary Bladder Cancer Using Microarray Data, Amos Ochieng Okutse, Kelvin Wangira Nyongesa

International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

Bladder cancer (BC) is a highly malignant and malevolent tumor whose incidence and mortality worldwide remains high. This paper aimed to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between normal and primary bladder cancer samples, which might be of prognostic value, and evaluate their association to clinical outcomes (survival) in patients with primary bladder cancer. A sample of 256 gene expression profiles of which 10 were normal bladder mucosae whereas 165 were primary bladder cancer tissues were downloaded from the gene expression omnibus (GEO). The limma package in R was used to perform screening for DEGs after variance reduction through quantile …

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“Scandalously Bifurcated Garments”: Ecocriticism, American Pioneers, And Novelizing Women Of The West, Gillian Gauer, Elizabeth E. Tavares Oct 2023

“Scandalously Bifurcated Garments”: Ecocriticism, American Pioneers, And Novelizing Women Of The West, Gillian Gauer, Elizabeth E. Tavares

International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

While the Western novel is typically associated with cowboys and overarching masculine accomplishments of “settling,” the representation of women’s work beyond narratives of being “tamed” and the settling-down of motherhood has been overlooked by writers and ecocritics alike. Ecofeminist scholarship of the late 1980s and ‘90s, primed to take up such questions, focused primarily on the relationship between women and nature in abstract terms rather than on regionally-specific interpretations. This thesis, therefore, examines the representation of female-identifying protagonists in pioneer narratives of North America in three popular novels of the last century: Zane Grey’s posthumous Woman of the Frontier (1940/1998), …

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Evaluating Social Inclusion: An Adaptable Measure For Use On College Campuses, Kaira L. Bird, Heide D. Island Oct 2023

Evaluating Social Inclusion: An Adaptable Measure For Use On College Campuses, Kaira L. Bird, Heide D. Island

International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

Gender and sexual identity discrimination are commonly reported among persons of non-heterosexual or non-cisgender identities. Sexual and gender minority (SGM) students are more likely to experience discrimination, hate crimes, poverty, sexually transmitted infections, anxiety, and depression compared to heterosexual and cisgender individuals. These marginalized experiences create a unique need for education, resources, support, and community. Greater awareness of sexual and gender minorities encourages college students to feel comfortable sharing their experiences, and openly identifying as a sexual and/or gender minority. Consequently, to retain the full breadth of diversity within university communities, centers on campus that provide programming, education, and advocacy …

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Taking Action Together (Tat): An Annual, Intersectional, Peer-Based Sex Education Program, Micaela C. Frick, Rebecca Schoon Oct 2023

Taking Action Together (Tat): An Annual, Intersectional, Peer-Based Sex Education Program, Micaela C. Frick, Rebecca Schoon

International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

College students are at high risk for experiencing sexual violence. Living without parents, lack of understanding of consent, new relationships, high stress, and experimenting with drugs and alcohol are some factors that increase the risk of sexual violence among college students. Pacific University has existing prevention programs aimed to decrease the incidence of sexual violence, but existing workshops only target first year students and athletes. There is a gap for students who don’t fit in either category. Post-test surveys from these existing prevention programs shows that students favor peer-led workshops. Other sexual violence prevention programs report the benefits of peer-education …

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Lessons As A Prevention Intern: Eliminating Sexual Violence Through School-Based Programs, Emily Spalding, Dawn M. Salgado Oct 2023

Lessons As A Prevention Intern: Eliminating Sexual Violence Through School-Based Programs, Emily Spalding, Dawn M. Salgado

International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

Every 73 seconds another person in America is sexually assaulted. For my senior practicum, I worked at Sexual Assault Resource Center, which provides advocacy and support services, including crisis intervention and counseling, for survivors of sexual violence. My goals for my time with SARC included developing knowledge and skills related to being a trauma therapist, learning about how a nonprofit operates, and gaining an understanding of sex education and sexual violence prevention programs. As a Sexual Assault Advocate and Education and Prevention Intern at SARC, my primary responsibilities involved engaging in community outreach events, delivering educational workshops, and presenting prevention …

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Presence And Abundance Of Antibiotic Resistance Genes At An Organic Goat Dairy Farm, Janice Marie Parks, Noah Askew, Jack Woodrow Creagh-Grave, Gyorgyi Nyerges Oct 2023

Presence And Abundance Of Antibiotic Resistance Genes At An Organic Goat Dairy Farm, Janice Marie Parks, Noah Askew, Jack Woodrow Creagh-Grave, Gyorgyi Nyerges

International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

How does the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry impact antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and integron prevalence? This article examines the prevalence of nine ARGs (OXA-2, tetB, tetG, blaCMY-2, ereB, NDM, ermB, sul1, and sul2) and two class one integron sequences (intI1 and CS) at an organic goat dairy farm. To provide insight on how antibiotic use is contributing to the abundance of ARGs and integrons outside of where they are used, we made a comparison between our findings and the prevalence of ARGs and integrons at conventional farms from previously published studies. Samples were collected from an organic goat …

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The Cold Side Of Connectivity: A Journey In The Southern Ocean With Antarctic Fish, Chiara Papetti Oct 2023

The Cold Side Of Connectivity: A Journey In The Southern Ocean With Antarctic Fish, Chiara Papetti

Sustainability Seminar Series

Characterizing connectivity among populations and species differences provides information on distribution of fish biodiversity, dispersal and genetic variability. This information is essential to set conservation priorities, identify scarce management resources and to monitor effectiveness of protection. This information is urgently requested by policymakers evaluating proposals for marine protected areas (MPAs) in Antarctica where fish dominate marine communities and connectivity may be driven by multiple factors affected by climate change. In this talk, I will summarize some recent results on population connectivity of Antarctic fish by looking at hydrodynamics, genetic variability and various life history traits of some species which differ …

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Book Review Essay: Race And Reproduction In Cuba, Zyanya Gutiérrez Oct 2023

Book Review Essay: Race And Reproduction In Cuba, Zyanya Gutiérrez

Journal of International Women's Studies

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A Gendered Historical Discourse Of The Naxalbari Movement, Pritha Sarkar Oct 2023

A Gendered Historical Discourse Of The Naxalbari Movement, Pritha Sarkar

Journal of International Women's Studies

This paper analyzes the Indian English novel The Lowland (2012) by Jhumpa Lahiri and examines its representation of the Naxalbari movement’s (1965-1975) gendered history to locate women, their roles, their marginalized position, and the growth of their individual independent identities. The Naxalbari movement is the first major peasant protest within 20 years of Indian independence. Though the first actions of the movement were in a village of North Bengal, this paper mainly concentrates on the movement’s activities after it was urbanized and joined by the middle class. It, therefore, tries to locate the position of middle-class women within the movement. …

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We Deliver: The Condition Of The Woman Academic In India Today, Ananya Dutta Gupta Oct 2023

We Deliver: The Condition Of The Woman Academic In India Today, Ananya Dutta Gupta

Journal of International Women's Studies

This auto-ethnographic essay draws upon Foucault’s Archaeology of Knowledge to discuss the condition of Indian women in the Humanities in academia today. While acknowledging the encouragingly gender-inclusive projections in India’s National Education Policy vision statement from 2020, I argue for more probing engagement with the concrete reality of being a woman teacher and researcher in the increasingly competitive and corporatized milieu of higher education. My methodology has been a close reading of the NEP’s vision statement to analyze recurrences of terms and concepts as pointers to its discursive field. I argue that this policy statement implicitly envisions an empowered new-age …

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Older Women As Active Online Agents: Diversifying Cultural Conceptions Of “Grannies” Through Social Media, Hanna Varjakoski Oct 2023

Older Women As Active Online Agents: Diversifying Cultural Conceptions Of “Grannies” Through Social Media, Hanna Varjakoski

Journal of International Women's Studies

With the advent of social media, the media environment has become more participatory for its users, making it possible for older adults to produce content for social media and be agential in online spaces. This article observes a group of older women known as Activist Grannies (Aktivistimummot in Finnish) and 60+ Finnish women bloggers who identify as “grannies” to discover what kind of agency social media potentially enables for older women. In addition, this article explores the cultural knowledge produced by older women’s self-representations as activist grannies and “granny bloggers.” I demonstrate that social media offers a space to …

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Triumphant Or Trapped Pakistani Women? A Feminist Critique Of Mueenuddin’S “Nawabdin Electrician” And Haq’S Song “Chamkeeli”, Amna Khan Oct 2023

Triumphant Or Trapped Pakistani Women? A Feminist Critique Of Mueenuddin’S “Nawabdin Electrician” And Haq’S Song “Chamkeeli”, Amna Khan

Journal of International Women's Studies

In patriarchal societies, women are traditionally subjugated and suppressed in one way or another. Men are privileged and kept at the center. They speak, express, and dream while benefiting from the autonomy provided to them by the phallogocentric system. By contrast, women are marginalized. Patriarchal writers define women as weak, fragile, helpless, docile, submissive, and emotional. However, this paper reveals that in Daniyal Mueenuddin’s “Nawabdin Electrician” and Abrar-ul-Haq’s song “Chamkeeli,” regardless of a change in times and “gender performativity,” Pakistani male writers continue to stigmatize women. This study shows that although gender roles are changing, women remain subjugated. My paper …

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The Madness Of Women As An Illusional Power In Charlotte Brontë’S Jane Eyre And Fadia Faqir’S Pillars Of Salt, Luma Balaa Oct 2023

The Madness Of Women As An Illusional Power In Charlotte Brontë’S Jane Eyre And Fadia Faqir’S Pillars Of Salt, Luma Balaa

Journal of International Women's Studies

Historically speaking, women have been associated with madness, be it Medea from Ancient Greece, the medieval trials of the witches of Salem, or so called “hysterical” women in the Victorian era. Even in 21st-century literature, arts, and media, the madness of women is widely discussed and often romanticized. Some women authors employed the madwoman trope to show the effects of patriarchal oppression on women. Other studies have associated women’s madness in literature with subversion. This paper, however, claims that the portrayal of madness in both Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847) and Fadia Faqir’s Pillars of Salt (1996) is not subversive, …

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The Racial Swamps Of Reconstruction: Harriet Beecher Stowe’S Life In Post-Civil War Florida, Elif S. Armbruster Oct 2023

The Racial Swamps Of Reconstruction: Harriet Beecher Stowe’S Life In Post-Civil War Florida, Elif S. Armbruster

Journal of International Women's Studies

Harriet Beecher Stowe, the internationally known U.S. author and abolitionist, whom President Abraham Lincoln famously called “the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war,” referring to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852) and the American Civil War (1861-1865),[1] was also the author of numerous other works, many of them much lesser known today. Stowe’s Palmetto Leaves (1873), the subject of this essay, was, for example, a best-selling travel narrative about life in Florida after the American Civil War and is considered to have been an impetus behind the modern tourist industry in Florida. Today, however, Palmetto Leaves …

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Tanjungpura Port As An International Hub Port To Improve Economic Competitiveness: An Overview From International Law, Garuda Wiko, Fatma Muthia Kinanti, Muhammad Syafei, Muhammad Rafi Darajati, Adityo Darmawan Sudagung Oct 2023

Tanjungpura Port As An International Hub Port To Improve Economic Competitiveness: An Overview From International Law, Garuda Wiko, Fatma Muthia Kinanti, Muhammad Syafei, Muhammad Rafi Darajati, Adityo Darmawan Sudagung

Indonesian Journal of International Law

The Indonesian Government is currently in the process of developing several new ports in its territory as a means of supporting infrastructure development and maritime connectivity. One of them is the Development of the Kijing Terminal Port in the Province of West Kalimantan. It is important to study international and national legal regulations related to ports and how they affect the development of Tanjungpura Port, Kijing Terminal, which will be directed to become one of the international hub ports in Indonesia. The research methodology employed in this study is normative, with in-concreto legal study approach. It is found …

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Normalized Linearly-Combined Chaotic System: Design, Analysis, Implementation And Application, Md Sakib Hasan, Anurag Dhungel, Partha Sarathi Paul, Maisha Sadia, Md Razuan Hossain Oct 2023

Normalized Linearly-Combined Chaotic System: Design, Analysis, Implementation And Application, Md Sakib Hasan, Anurag Dhungel, Partha Sarathi Paul, Maisha Sadia, Md Razuan Hossain

Faculty and Student Publications

This work presents a general framework for developing a multi-parameter 1-D chaotic system for uniform and robust chaotic operation across the parameter space. This is important for diverse practical applications where parameter disturbance may cause degradation or even complete disappearance of chaotic properties. The wide uninterrupted chaotic range and improved chaotic properties are demonstrated with the aid of stability analysis, bifurcation diagram, Lyapunov exponent (LE), Kolmogorov entropy, Shannon entropy, and correlation coefficient. We also demonstrate the proposed system’s amenability to cascading for further performance improvement. We introduce an efficient Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based implementation and validate its chaotic properties using …

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An Investigation Of Black And White College Students’ Knowledge About The Long-Term Effects Of Aces, Nathalie Goubet, Janique Walker, Pamela Moye, Tyler Keohan, Kasey Higgins Oct 2023

An Investigation Of Black And White College Students’ Knowledge About The Long-Term Effects Of Aces, Nathalie Goubet, Janique Walker, Pamela Moye, Tyler Keohan, Kasey Higgins

Psychology Faculty Publications

In the past twenty years, multiple studies have shown the relationship between childhood adversity and later negative health consequences. Yet the extent to which the public is aware of this relationship is unclear. We surveyed Black and White college students about their knowledge of the long-term effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Students read vignettes comparing children exposed and unexposed to ACEs, and predicted their mental, physical, and social health as adults. Participants were aware of the effect of ACEs on later mental and social health, but not as aware of the risks on physical health. Black and White students …

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Secondary Trauma And Compassion Fatigue On Middle School Educators, Janna Kilgore-Cameron Oct 2023

Secondary Trauma And Compassion Fatigue On Middle School Educators, Janna Kilgore-Cameron

Ed.D. Dissertations

Educators have been leaving the field of education at a high rate each year with no signs of slowing down. Tennessee, as well as many other states across the country, have started the school year with unfilled positions due to so many vacancies. Previous researchers found educators left due to an overwhelming workload paired with an escalation in student behaviors, a lack of administrative support, and increased stress dealing with secondary trauma and compassion fatigue. Educators shared they felt isolated as they have neglected their own mental and physical health. The purpose of this basic, interpretive qualitative study was to …

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Changes Of Chemical Components Of Tibetan Tea During Pile Fermentation Process, Deng Junlin, He Yanghang, Chen Jian, Liu Gang, Xia Chen Oct 2023

Changes Of Chemical Components Of Tibetan Tea During Pile Fermentation Process, Deng Junlin, He Yanghang, Chen Jian, Liu Gang, Xia Chen

Food and Machinery

Objective: The changes in the main chemical components in water extracts of Tibetan tea during the pile fermentation process were investigated. Methods: Research was done on tea samples and water extracts from various fermentation stages of Tibetan tea. Soluble solids, soluble sugars, total polyphenols, total flavonoids, and in vitro antioxidant activity (ABTS and DPPH) were all examined. Additionally, ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) was used to find theophylline, caffeine, gallic acid (GA), and 8 catechins monomers. By using enzyme-linked immunoassay, the amount of theaflavin, thearubigin, and theabrownin were determined. Results: The soluble solids in Tibetan tea reduced and then slightly increased …

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Protective Effects Of Procambarus Clarkii Shell Bioactive Peptides On Oxidative Stress Injury Of Zebrafish （Danio Rerio）, He Shuwen, Zhu Haojie, Han Pengwei, Yang Saijie, Cui Bo, Cheng Yunhui, Li Honghui, Wen Li Oct 2023

Protective Effects Of Procambarus Clarkii Shell Bioactive Peptides On Oxidative Stress Injury Of Zebrafish （Danio Rerio）, He Shuwen, Zhu Haojie, Han Pengwei, Yang Saijie, Cui Bo, Cheng Yunhui, Li Honghui, Wen Li

Food and Machinery

Objective: Explore the protective effect of Procambarus clarkii shell bioactive peptides （PCSBP） on oxidative stress injury in the organism. Methods: This study using alkaline protease hydrolysis method to prepare bioactive peptides and measured their antioxidant activity in vitro. Subsequently, the protective effects of PCSBP on oxidative stress injury in zebrafish under fasting stress was analyzed. Results: The PCSBP showed potential antioxidant capacity in vitro, with scavenging rates of DPPH radicals and hydroxyl radicals at （46.35±1.32）% and （75.22±2.18）%. The final body weight, body length and muscle amino acid content of zebrafish were decreased under fasting stress, but the growth …

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Process Study On Mixed Bacterial Solid-State Fermentation Of Rice Bran For The Preparation Of Oryzanol And Evaluation Of Its Antioxidant Activity, Xia Xinxin, Lin Hai, Yang Guliang, Peng Xia, He Xinle Oct 2023

Process Study On Mixed Bacterial Solid-State Fermentation Of Rice Bran For The Preparation Of Oryzanol And Evaluation Of Its Antioxidant Activity, Xia Xinxin, Lin Hai, Yang Guliang, Peng Xia, He Xinle

Food and Machinery

Objective: In order to improve the yield of oryzanol of rice bran. Methods: Rice bran was selected as the research subject, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Bacillus subtilis were selected as solid-state fermentation strains through single-factor experiments. The mixed bacterial solid-state fermentation process was optimized by Box-Behnken response surface method combined with the single factor experiments, based on the content of oryzanol. The antioxidant activity of the fermentation extracts was evaluated using DPPH and ABTS free radical scavenging assays. Scanning electron microscopy （SEM） was used to analyze the principle of oryzanol enrichment in mixed bacterial solid-state fermentation. Results: Under the of …

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Isolation, Purification And Structure Analysis Of Polysaccharide From Lance Asiabell Root, Liu Yanqiu, Wang Yaru, Mao Dirui, Chang Kai Oct 2023

Isolation, Purification And Structure Analysis Of Polysaccharide From Lance Asiabell Root, Liu Yanqiu, Wang Yaru, Mao Dirui, Chang Kai

Food and Machinery

Objective: The structure of CLPS1 (polysaccharide fraction 1 of Codonopsis lanceolata) was determined to provide a basis for the study of polysaccharide activity of C. lanceolata and the development of natural plant polysaccharides. Methods: After extraction, separation, and purification, the separation component CLPS1 was determined by gas chromatography, infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, periodate oxidation, Smith degradation, and methylation analysis to determine the structure of CLPS1. Results: The specific rotation of CLPS1 is +44°, the content of the total polysaccharide is 97.6%, the uronic acid of CLPS1 is 13.18%, and the molecular weight of CLPS1 is 91.7. The monosaccharide …

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Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction And Antioxidant Study Of Crude Polysaccharide From Agrocybe Praecox, Han Xiaolei, Lu Huiying, Liang Jueqin, Fan Wei, Liu Tao, Huang Zhiqun, Yang Guoshun, Xiong Zhi Oct 2023

Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction And Antioxidant Study Of Crude Polysaccharide From Agrocybe Praecox, Han Xiaolei, Lu Huiying, Liang Jueqin, Fan Wei, Liu Tao, Huang Zhiqun, Yang Guoshun, Xiong Zhi

Food and Machinery

Objective: In order to explore the extraction method and antioxidant activity of crude polysaccharide from edible fungus resources of reed. Methods: The characteristic Agrocybe praecox of reed edible fungus of Dongting Lake District was used as raw material, the extraction rate of polysaccharide was used as the index, and the extraction was carried out by ultrasonic-assisted hot water alcohol precipitation method. After taking the liquid-material ratio, ultrasonic extraction time, ultrasonic extraction power, hot water extraction temperature, hot water extraction time as the factors to finish the single factor experiments. Then the experiments was optimized by Box-Behnken center combined experimental design …

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Study On Optimizing Technology And Physicochemical Properties Of Coix Bran Dietary Fiber Prepared By Enzymatic Method, Lin Tinglong, Zou Lan, Pan Xiaowei, Liu Yuanjing Oct 2023

Study On Optimizing Technology And Physicochemical Properties Of Coix Bran Dietary Fiber Prepared By Enzymatic Method, Lin Tinglong, Zou Lan, Pan Xiaowei, Liu Yuanjing

Food and Machinery

Objective: The study aimed to optimize the preparation process and investigate the quality of coix bran dietary fiber. Methods: The coix bran was used as raw material; the effects of solid-liquid ratio, the amount of amylase and alcalase on the extraction rate were analyzed by usingorthogonal experiments. The chemical composition and physicochemical properties of the dietary fiber obtained under the optimal preparation conditions was analyzed. Results: The optimal extraction parameters of dietary fiber were as follows: solid-liquid ratio was 1∶10 (g/mL), the amount of amylase and alcalase was 100 U/g, respectively, and the extraction rate was up to 84.39%. The …

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Research Progress On Innovative Processing Technologies And Changes In Physicochemical Properties During The Pickling Of Pidan, Cheng Jing, Li Lichan, Wang Shaoyun, Yu Liyang, Yu Jie, Cai Xixi Oct 2023

Research Progress On Innovative Processing Technologies And Changes In Physicochemical Properties During The Pickling Of Pidan, Cheng Jing, Li Lichan, Wang Shaoyun, Yu Liyang, Yu Jie, Cai Xixi

Food and Machinery

In view of the limitations of the traditional processing technology of Pidan, this review summarizes the innovative processing technologies of Pidan, such as gradient temperature control, ultrasonic assisted, vacuum decompression, pulsating pressure, etc., and describes the changes of water, pH value, protein, free amino acids, texture, mineral elements and micro-morphology during the picking process of Pidan. Moreover, the development directions of Pidan products are prospected.

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Functional Characteristics And Comprehensive Utilization Of Lonicerae Flos Resources, Liu Ping, Jia Fan, Hu Xiang, Xu Yao, Yang Yong Oct 2023

Functional Characteristics And Comprehensive Utilization Of Lonicerae Flos Resources, Liu Ping, Jia Fan, Hu Xiang, Xu Yao, Yang Yong

Food and Machinery

Lonicerae Flos is a Chinese medicinal material and medical-food homologous resource. It has a variety of pharmacological and health functions such as anti-oxidation, immune regulation, anti-inflammation and antibacterial. Based on the introduction of research process in the history of application, functional components and pharmacological activity of Lonicerae Flos resources, this review summarizes the current situation of comprehensive utilization of Lonicerae Flos and its by-product, and deeply discusses the comprehensive utilization of high-value of these resources from the perspectives of drugs, food, cosmetics, veterinary medicine feed and agricultural inputs. Finally, the comprehensive utilization of the Lonicerae Flos resources and the sustainable …

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Research Progress On The Effect Of Whole Grain Components On Flour Product Qualities And Processing Characteristics, Shao Yulan, Sun Chenghang, Hu Bingbing Oct 2023

Research Progress On The Effect Of Whole Grain Components On Flour Product Qualities And Processing Characteristics, Shao Yulan, Sun Chenghang, Hu Bingbing

Food and Machinery

In this review, the effects of starch, protein, oil, polyphenols and other components in whole grains on the processing characteristics of dough and the quality of flour products were introduced, and problems and improvement measures of whole grain flour products were analyzed, in order to provide references for the research of whole grain flour products.

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Research Progress On Constituent Structure And Extraction Technique Of The Polysaccharide From Agaricus Blazei, Cui Guomei, Liu Lina, Tian Guangrui, Li Shunfeng, Xu Fangfang, Wang Anjian Oct 2023

Research Progress On Constituent Structure And Extraction Technique Of The Polysaccharide From Agaricus Blazei, Cui Guomei, Liu Lina, Tian Guangrui, Li Shunfeng, Xu Fangfang, Wang Anjian

Food and Machinery

The composition, structure and functional properties of Agaricus blazei polysaccharide were summarized. The extraction techniques of polysaccharides and the features of different extraction methods were enumerated and compared. The problems in the research of A. blazei was discussed， such as unsystematic basic research, immature technological conditions, imperfect equipment and facilities, and low degree of specificity in seeds. In the end，the research direction of A. blazei polysaccharide was prospected.

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Leading Online Professional Development For Instructional Technology Coaches With Effective Design Elements, Janet Cowart Oct 2023

Leading Online Professional Development For Instructional Technology Coaches With Effective Design Elements, Janet Cowart

Doctor of Education in Instructional Technology Dissertations

Online professional development became a necessity during the pandemic for educators, including Instructional Technology Coaches, to continue to gain knowledge to improve instruction. In this study, Instructional Technology Coaches participated in an online professional development series of synchronous and asynchronous sessions called Pathways. Two theoretical frameworks were used to support the research: Adult Learning Theory with an emphasis on the Theory of Computer-based Instruction for Adults, and TPACK. The seven characteristics of effective professional development created by Darling-Hammond et al. (2017) provided a foundation on which design elements to include in Pathways. There were 10 design elements that were implemented …

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Stream Hydrology And A Pulse Subsidy Shape Patterns Of Fish Foraging, Kevin A. Fitzgerald, J. Ryan Bellmore, Jason Fellman, Matthew L. Cheng, Claire E. Delbecq, Jeffery A. Falke Oct 2023

Stream Hydrology And A Pulse Subsidy Shape Patterns Of Fish Foraging, Kevin A. Fitzgerald, J. Ryan Bellmore, Jason Fellman, Matthew L. Cheng, Claire E. Delbecq, Jeffery A. Falke

Faculty, Staff, and Students

1. Pulsed subsidy events create ephemeral fluxes of hyper-abundant resources that can shape annual patterns of consumption and growth for recipient consumers. However, environmental conditions strongly affect local resource availability for much of the year, and can heavily impact consumer foraging and growth patterns prior to pulsed subsidy events. Thus, a consumer's capacity to exploit pulse subsidy resources may be influenced by antecedent environmental conditions, but this has rarely been shown in nature and is unknown in aquatic ecosystems. 2. Here, we sought to understand the importance of hydrologic variation and a salmon pulse subsidy on the foraging and growth …

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