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Louisiana Agriculture Fall, 2009, Lsu Agcenter Oct 2009

Louisiana Agriculture Fall, 2009, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.


Purification And Thermodynamic Analysis Of The Stability Of Hiv-1 Reverse Transcriptase In The Presence Of Efavirenz, Chantal A. Sanmiguel Aug 2009

Purification And Thermodynamic Analysis Of The Stability Of Hiv-1 Reverse Transcriptase In The Presence Of Efavirenz, Chantal A. Sanmiguel

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Louisiana Agriculture Summer, 2009 Jul 2009

Louisiana Agriculture Summer, 2009

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.


Conservation Genetics Of Boelen‟S Python (Morelia Boeleni) From New Guinea: Reduced Genetic Diversity And Divergence Of Captive And Wild Animals, Joshua Lee Jordan May 2009

Conservation Genetics Of Boelen‟S Python (Morelia Boeleni) From New Guinea: Reduced Genetic Diversity And Divergence Of Captive And Wild Animals, Joshua Lee Jordan

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Oxidative Stress Induced Hu Protein Expression In Deinococcus Radiodurans, Cara Bevinetto May 2009

Oxidative Stress Induced Hu Protein Expression In Deinococcus Radiodurans, Cara Bevinetto

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Rescuing Minute-Like Phenotypes Due To Rnai-Mediated Knockdown Of Nopp140 By Deletion Of P53 In Drosophila Melanogaster, Renford Cindass Jr May 2009

Rescuing Minute-Like Phenotypes Due To Rnai-Mediated Knockdown Of Nopp140 By Deletion Of P53 In Drosophila Melanogaster, Renford Cindass Jr

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Adhesion Of Jurkat Cells In Defined Media And Substrates, Sarah De Leo May 2009

Adhesion Of Jurkat Cells In Defined Media And Substrates, Sarah De Leo

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Cytokine Production During Microsporidia Infection Of Macrophages, Anne Louise Hotard May 2009

Cytokine Production During Microsporidia Infection Of Macrophages, Anne Louise Hotard

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Cytokine Production During Microsporidia Infection Of Macrophages, Anne Hotard May 2009

Cytokine Production During Microsporidia Infection Of Macrophages, Anne Hotard

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Hydration Changes Of Dna Binding By Klentaq And Klenow Measured By Osmotic Stress, John Tod Baker May 2009

Hydration Changes Of Dna Binding By Klentaq And Klenow Measured By Osmotic Stress, John Tod Baker

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Characterization Of The Catalytic Mechanism Of The Carboxyltransferase Component Of Escherichia Coli Acetyl-Coa Carboxylase Leading To Rational Inhibitor Identification And The Development Of Enzymatic Mimics, Nabil K. Thalji May 2009

Characterization Of The Catalytic Mechanism Of The Carboxyltransferase Component Of Escherichia Coli Acetyl-Coa Carboxylase Leading To Rational Inhibitor Identification And The Development Of Enzymatic Mimics, Nabil K. Thalji

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Effects On Hatchability Due To Pre-Incubation Warming Of End Of Lay Broiler Breeder Eggs, William Andrew Greenwald Apr 2009

Effects On Hatchability Due To Pre-Incubation Warming Of End Of Lay Broiler Breeder Eggs, William Andrew Greenwald

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2009 Apr 2009

Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2009

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.


Functional Morphology Of The Superficial Branchial Musculature Of The Dogfish Shark, Squalus Acanthias, Roy Andermann Apr 2009

Functional Morphology Of The Superficial Branchial Musculature Of The Dogfish Shark, Squalus Acanthias, Roy Andermann

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Investigation Of Protozoan Epibionts On Deep-Sea Nematodes, Alicia Leigh Gabriele Apr 2009

Investigation Of Protozoan Epibionts On Deep-Sea Nematodes, Alicia Leigh Gabriele

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Food Entrainment Of Circadian Gene Expression Altered In Pparα-/- Brown Fat And Heart, Brian Chun Kim Goh Mar 2009

Food Entrainment Of Circadian Gene Expression Altered In Pparα-/- Brown Fat And Heart, Brian Chun Kim Goh

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Louisiana Agriculture Winter, 2009 Jan 2009

Louisiana Agriculture Winter, 2009

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.


Altering Sweet Potato Starch Functionality By Amino Acids And Ph Treatments, Jonathan Futch Jan 2009

Altering Sweet Potato Starch Functionality By Amino Acids And Ph Treatments, Jonathan Futch

LSU Master's Theses

The sweet potato is a vegetable containing high levels of different vitamins and minerals, needed to protect the body against disease. This study focused on starch found in the Beauregard and Evangeline sweet potatoes and observed the effect of pH and amino acid additives altering the functionality of starch. These modifications of the Beauregard and Evangeline sweet potato starches will also be done to determine if an increase in resistant starch and slowly digestible starch is found. Beauregard and Evangeline starches had similar gelatinization temperature and the two starches required the same amount of energy to gelatinize. In Freeze-dried Beauregard …


The Interactive Effects Of Phosporus And Calcium On Phosphorus Requirement, Utilization, And Phytase Efficacy In Poultry, Syrena Powell Jan 2009

The Interactive Effects Of Phosporus And Calcium On Phosphorus Requirement, Utilization, And Phytase Efficacy In Poultry, Syrena Powell

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This research was conducted with broilers to investigate the interactive effects of P and Ca on P requirement, digestibility, utilization, and phytase efficacy. Each treatment had a minimum of 6 replications. One experiment with 3 trials was conducted to identify the nonphytate P (nPP) requirement of 0 to 14 d old broilers. The nPP levels fed ranged from 0.30 to 0.60% with a Ca:nPP of 2.22:1 or 1.9:1. Requirement estimates for 0 to 14 d ranged from 0.52 to 0.60% nPP. One experiment with 2 trials was conducted to identify the nPP requirement of 14 to 28 d old broilers. …


An Analysis Of Government Policy Impacts In The Ethanol And Sugar Markets, Hassan Marzoughi_Ardakani Jan 2009

An Analysis Of Government Policy Impacts In The Ethanol And Sugar Markets, Hassan Marzoughi_Ardakani

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

ABSTRACT This study determines the impact of U.S. government policies on U.S. ethanol market and its consequences for the U.S. corn, sugar, and HFCS markets. Using corn as the primary input in ethanol and HFCS production in the United States, along with the substitutability between sugar and HFCS, has linked the U.S. ethanol market to the U.S. HFCS, sugar, and corn markets. To address the problem, two sets of data, quarterly and annual data, were collected and a simultaneous econometric model was constructed. Estimated results show that the “2007 Energy Independence and Security Act” will increase the domestic corn price …


A Mineral Survey Of Louisiana Beef Cow/Calf Production Systems, Kyle Austin Guidry Jan 2009

A Mineral Survey Of Louisiana Beef Cow/Calf Production Systems, Kyle Austin Guidry

LSU Master's Theses

The purpose of this research was to determine the state and regional mineral status of Louisiana forages and beef cattle. Louisiana beef cattle operations (n = 25) were sampled and divided into seven geographical regions, including the northwest (NW), northeast (NE), central (CE), southwest (SW), south central (SC), Florida parishes (FP) and southeast (SE) regions. Over a two year period, water and soil samples were collected from each operation annually, forage samples were collected quarterly in Aug to Sep, Nov to Dec, Feb to Mar and May to June and bovine serum samples were collected twice annually in the fall …


Pulsed Electric Field Influences On Acid Tolerance, Bile Tolerance, Protease Activity And Growth Characteristics Of Lactobacillus Acidophilus La-K, Olga Antonina Cueva Jan 2009

Pulsed Electric Field Influences On Acid Tolerance, Bile Tolerance, Protease Activity And Growth Characteristics Of Lactobacillus Acidophilus La-K, Olga Antonina Cueva

LSU Master's Theses

Pulsed electric field processing represents a promising non-thermal technology which involves the application of pulses of high voltage (20-80 kV/cm) for less than one second to fluid foods placed between two electrodes. During the application of certain PEF conditions microbial inactivation occurs by causing a pore formation and destruction of the cell membranes. Lactobacillus acidophilus is an important probiotic bacterium used for the production of fermented dairy products. The objective of this study was to study the influence of pulsed electric field (PEF) on the growth characteristics, bile tolerance, acid tolerance, and protease activity of Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-K. Freshly thawed …


Production And Application Of Antibodies Produced Against The Flagella And Hemolysin Of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus, Shreya Datta Jan 2009

Production And Application Of Antibodies Produced Against The Flagella And Hemolysin Of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus, Shreya Datta

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium which is the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis due to consumption of raw or undercooked bivalve molluscan shellfish in United States and is considered an important seafood-borne pathogen throughout the world. The conventional methods for enumerating this bacteria from seafood is laborious and time consuming, hence the objective of our study was to develop antibody based method which would be sensitive, user-friendly and less time consuming to detect and enumerate Vibrio parahaemolyticus from oysters. In order to condense time and material two rapid and specific antibody based test methods were developed. In the first …


Effect Of Rotational Or Continuous Stocking Method Of Winter Pasture On Beef Heifer Performance, David G. Skeans Jan 2009

Effect Of Rotational Or Continuous Stocking Method Of Winter Pasture On Beef Heifer Performance, David G. Skeans

LSU Master's Theses

Considerable research has been conducted comparing the effect of continuous and some form of rotational stocking method on animal and forage performance, but most research utilizes put-and-take stocking rates. The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of 12-paddock rotational stocking method (ROT) or continuous stocking method (CONT) of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) and annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) pastures on beef heifer and forage performance while maintaining a continuous stocking rate of 3.7 heifers/ha. Two experiments were conducted and analyzed separately due to confounding year and location. Heifer ADG and WG/ha tended to be increased by ROT compared …


A Divided-Attention Timed Stepping Accuracy Task As A Procedural Learning Intervention Improves Balance And Functional Performance In Healthy Older Adults, Susan Joy Leach Jan 2009

A Divided-Attention Timed Stepping Accuracy Task As A Procedural Learning Intervention Improves Balance And Functional Performance In Healthy Older Adults, Susan Joy Leach

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

For both healthy individuals and individuals at high risk of falling, certain environments, such as a dual-task situation, require more resources than others to prevent a loss of balance. Stepping assessment tasks can be used to predict falls, and it has been suggested that impaired voluntary stepping may be a contributing factor to falls (Lord & Fitzpatrick, 2001). In this research, a stepping task was used not as an assessment, but as a therapeutic intervention. The purpose of this research was to determine how training with a task that provides a procedural learning environment can affect balance and functional outcomes. …


Isoflavone Distribution In Soy Seed And Antioxidant Activity Of Defatted Soy Flour Extract, Xiaohua Yue Jan 2009

Isoflavone Distribution In Soy Seed And Antioxidant Activity Of Defatted Soy Flour Extract, Xiaohua Yue

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Soy isoflavones distribution in soy cotelydon, coat and germ were determined. The ƒÀ-Glucoside form of isoflavones was the major class of isoflavones in all three soy parts. Soy germ was the richest source of the isoflavones among the three soybean parts. Distribution of the isoflavones in soy cotyledon was different from that in soy coat or germ. As defatted soy flour is a main byproduct in the soy oil refining process, utilizing the low value byproduct as a valuable food antioxidant was investigated in this study. The level of isoflavones in the defatted soy flour extract was 55 mg/g, which …


Essays On Environmental Issues Associated With The Diary Production Region In Louisiana, Larry Michael Hall Jan 2009

Essays On Environmental Issues Associated With The Diary Production Region In Louisiana, Larry Michael Hall

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The Louisiana dairy production region (LDPR) is located in southeast Louisiana and includes five parishes (Tangipahoa, Washington, Livingston, St. Helena, and St. Tammany). It is home to approximately 90% of the state’s dairy industry and is a major contributor to nonpoint source pollution (NPS) in the area’s watershed through nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment effluents. While point source (PS) effluents are easily identified and subject to federal and state regulations, NPS mitigation efforts must address uncertainties such as location of the NPS as well as stochastic parameters such as rainfall and its effect on nutrient and sediment flow. This dissertation presents …


Remittances, Foreign Direct Investment And Economic Growth In Latin America And The Caribbean, Pablo Antonio Garcia-Fuentes Jan 2009

Remittances, Foreign Direct Investment And Economic Growth In Latin America And The Caribbean, Pablo Antonio Garcia-Fuentes

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Some of the literature about foreign direct investment (FDI) analyzes the location of FDI. It tries to identify the factors that affect FDI flows. On the association between remittances and growth, this is still an open discussion. This journal style dissertation is an attempt to investigate about the associations between remittances and FDI and growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The first paper investigates the effect of remittances on U.S. FDI outflows to LAC. It uses data on 14 LAC countries for the period 1983-2003. The results show that market size is one of the main determinants of …


Comparisons Of Physicochemical Properties Of Watermelon Juice Treated With Pulsed Electric Fields And Thermal Pasteurization, Lauren Nicole Cook Jan 2009

Comparisons Of Physicochemical Properties Of Watermelon Juice Treated With Pulsed Electric Fields And Thermal Pasteurization, Lauren Nicole Cook

LSU Master's Theses

Pulsed electric field (PEF) treatment is a non-thermal and alternative pasteurization treatment for fruit juices. PEF applies short pulses of electricity to a liquid food sample which inactivates microorganisms and enzymes. Thermal pasteurization is commonly used to pasteurize juice in the fruit juice industry but the process tends to deteriorate color, nutrients, and overall juice appearance. The overall goal of this study was to determine the effects of PEF treatment (30 kv/cm for 57 ìs in bipolar 2 ìs pulses at 22°C) on color, lycopene content, vitamin C content, pH, °Brix, and microbial count when compared with the effects of …


Survivorship, Tunneling And Feeding Behaviors Of Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) In Response To Trans-Caryophyllene, Qiaoling Qi Jan 2009

Survivorship, Tunneling And Feeding Behaviors Of Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) In Response To Trans-Caryophyllene, Qiaoling Qi

LSU Master's Theses

The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, an invasive species from southern China, is one of the most destructive wood pests in the United States. Presently, termites are managed through chemical control. However, some synthetic chemicals cause serious environmental problems due to their persistence and toxicity. There is growing interest in using natural compounds with low toxicity to mammals to control termites. Trans-caryophyllene is a component of essential oil found in many flowering plants. It is especially abundant in clove oil. It has also been found to be released from the roots of maize damaged by insects. I investigated caryophyllene …