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Smokejumper Obituary: Johnshoy, Ronald J. (Nifc 1988), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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A Life Cycle Analysis Of Land Use In Us Pork Production, Greg Thoma, Marty Matlock, Ben Putman, Jasmina Burek

Food Systems

The goal of this study was to analyze land use in the production of US pork using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA is a comprehensive methodology for quantitatively analyzing potential environmental impacts associated with complex systems. Identification of processes contributing to high environmental impacts often highlights opportunities for gains in efficiency, which can increase the profitability and sustainability of US pork. The environmental impact category analyzed in this assessment was land use. After reviewing existing information regarding land use in agriculture and livestock production, analysis for US pork production was performed at two scales: cradle-to-grave and cradle-to-farm gate. The cradle-to-grave …

Effects Of Whole Body Vibration Training On Body Composition, Skeletal Muscle Strength, And Cardiovascular Health, Song-Young Park, Won-Mok Son, Oh-Sung Kwon

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

Whole body vibration training (WBVT) has been used as a supplement to conventional exercise training such as resistance exercise training to improve skeletal muscle strength, specifically, in rehabilitation field. Recently, this exercise modality has been utilized by cardiovascular studies to examine whether WBVT can be a useful exercise modality to improve cardiovascular health. These studies reported that WBVT has not only beneficial effects on muscular strength but also cardiovascular health in elderly and disease population. However, its mechanism underlying the beneficial effects of WBVT in cardiovascular health has not been well documented. Therefore, this review highlighted the impacts of WBVT …

Gerak Multilateral Melalui Permainan Bola Besar Untuk Anak Sd Kelas Bawah, Kadek Ary Wibawa, Fx. Sugiyanto

Jurnal Keolahragaan

Penelitian ini bertujuan menghasilkan model pembelajaran gerak multilateral yang dibentuk melalui permainan bola besar, serta dikembangkan menjadi panduan guru olahraga dan pembelajaran dengan konsep permainan. Penelitian ini dikembangkan dengan mengadaptasi penelitian dan pengembangan pendidikan model Gall, Gall, & Borg. Uji coba dengan skala kecil dilakukan terhadap 24 orang siswa di SD Mutiara Singaraja dan 85 orang siswa pada skala besar di SDN 1 dan SDN 3 Singaraja. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data adalah angket skala nilai validasi, pedoman observasi model pembelajaran permainan, dan pedoman observasi keefektifan model pembelajaran permainan. Hasil penelitian berupa pengembangan model pembelajaran gerak multilateral melalui permainan …

Pengaruh Latihan Mental Dan Keyakinan Diri Terhadap Keberhasilan Tendangan Penalti Pemain Sepak Bola, Riga Mardhika, Dimyati Dimyati

Jurnal Keolahragaan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui: (1) pengaruh metode latihan imajeri dan metode latihan konsentrasi terhadap keberhasilan tendangan penalti pemain sepak bola, (2) pengaruh keyakin-an diri tinggi dan keyakinan diri rendah terhadap keberhasilan tendangan penalti pemain sepak bola, (3) interaksi antara metode latihan mental dan keyakinan diri terhadap keberhasilan tendangan penalti pemain sepak bola. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen dengan desain faktorial 2 x 2, dengan tes awal dan tes akhir pada empat kelompok yang diberi perlakuan dua metode. Populasi penelitian adalah pemain sepak bola klub Ps Gama dengan jumlah keseluruhan 58 atlet. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah tes keyakinan diri, untuk …

Suppression Of F1 Male-Specific Lethality In Caenorhabditis Hybrids By Cbr-Him-8, Vaishnavi Ragavapuram, Emily Elaine King, Scott Everet Baird

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Haldane's Rule and Darwin's Corollary to Haldane's Rule are the observations that heterogametic F1 hybrids frequently are less fit than their homogametic siblings and that asymmetric results often are obtained from reciprocal hybrid crosses. In Caenorhabditis, Haldane's Rule and Darwin's Corollary have been observed in several hybrid crosses, including crosses of Caenorhabditis briggsae and Caenorhabditis nigoni. Fertile F1 females are obtained from reciprocal crosses. However, F1 males obtained from C. nigoni mothers are sterile and F1 males obtained from C. briggsae die during embryogenesis. We have identified cbr-him-8 as a recessive maternal-effect suppressor of F1 hybrid male-specific lethality …

2015 Final Report: Status Of The Arizona Toad (Anaxyrus Microscaphus) In New Mexico, Mason J. Ryan, Ian M. Latella, Jacek Tomasz Giermakowski, Howard L. Snell

Biology Faculty & Staff Publications

In 2013, we initiated a field study to assess the status of the Arizona Toad (Anaxyrus microscaphus) in New Mexico. Herein we provide the results of three years (2013-2015) of range-wide population monitoring, a review of threat assessments, and several contributions to the basic ecology of the Arizona Toad in New Mexico. This work highlights the sensitivity of the species to abiotic factors and emphasizes the nature of annual population fluctuations in a variable environment. We provide analyses of environmental factors that influence toad reproductive behaviors, employ occupancy and detection modeling at breeding sites, and provide analyses of tadpole habitat …

Special Muscles, Annamaria C. Scaccia

Capstones

Special Muscles is a documentary that explores living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal degenerative disease that weakens the muscles at an aggressive rate. The film will give an uncensored look at how one family copes with inevitability of the disease and their journey chasing a promising experimental cure.

Special Muscles follows 7-year-old Pietro Scarso and his family as they face the challenges, complications and promise of treating Pietro’s progressive muscle disorder. The film travels from New York to Los Angeles to Philadelphia to document the Scarso family’s race against time as Pietro undergoes a 96-week clinical trial for Eteplirsen, …

Living With Coyotes, Owen H. Agnew

Capstones

Coyotes have been slowly moving into New York State from Canada since the 1930s. They reached Westchester County and the Bronx decades ago, and their numbers have been slowly rising. Sighting in Manhattan reached an all-time high last spring, and pet attacks in Westchester County have increased slightly in the last several years. But the slight increase in sightings and pet attacks in recent years has been amplified on social media in towns like Chappaqua, New York, where anxiety and fear about coyotes has pitted neighbors against neighbors.

Main character Frank Vincenti is a Long Island barber and a self-proclaimed …

Testing The Efficacy Of Lsn2463359, A Metabotropic Glutamate 5 Receptor Positive Allosteric Modulator, In Animal Models Of Schizophrenia, Dierdre M. Freamon

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

For many years the dominant theory surrounding the cause of schizophrenia was focused on elevated dopamine levels found in critical areas of the brain. Recently a new theory has emerged pointing to elevated glutamate levels resulting from hypofunction of NMDA receptors and hypoactivity of GABAergic neurons which normally inhibit glutamatergic cells in a tonic manner. Therefore, while traditional antipsychotics directly block dopamine receptors, some of the newly generated compounds are designed to modulate glutamate to normal levels.

I propose testing the efficacy of the metabotropic glutamate 5 receptor modulator LSN2463359, previously shown to act as an indirect agonist of the …

The Integration Of African Americans In The Civilian Conservation Corps In Massachusetts, Caitlin E. Pinkham

Graduate Masters Theses

The Civilian Conservation Corps employed young white and black men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five. In 1935 Robert Fechner, the Director of the Civilian Conservation Corps, ordered the segregation of Corps camps across the country. Massachusetts’ camps remained integrated due in large part to low funding and a small African American population. The experiences of Massachusetts’ African American population present a new general narrative of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The Federal government imposed a three percent African American quota, ensuring that African Americans participated in Massachusetts as the Civilian Conservation Corps expanded. This quota represents a Federal acknowledgement …

Examining Sociological Differences And The Influence Of Prey Distribution And Environmental Variability In The Distribution Of A Top Marine Predator, The Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Truncatus), Stefanie K. Gazda

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the influence of environmental variability on the distribution of prey, and the influence of prey spatial structure and habitat variability may have on the distributions of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Additionally I examined how sociological differences (behavior type and the changes in a foraging behavior specific to Cedar Key Florida) influences the relative roles of bottlenose dolphins within the population.

The Gowans et al. scheme assumes that small groups form small communities and that foraging groups are small and rare as there are few foraging benefits to promote grouping. Using network analysis, …

Critical Forces That Structure Subtidal Ecological Communities In The Gulf Of Maine, And The Integration Of Invasive Species Into These Communities, Martine C. Wagstaff

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

Shallow subtidal epibenthic communities worldwide are under threat from exploitation, pollution, eutrophication, acidification, climate change, and invasive species, with implications for ecosystem diversity, productivity, function, and services. Subtidal ecosystems in the Gulf of Maine are particularly impacted, making it crucial to understand these habitats so that our impacts can be predicted and mitigated. I investigated the basic ecological forces that structure shallow subtidal epibenthic communities in this region, and how invasive species integrate themselves into these communities. I used community phylogenetic and functional trait analyses to investigate if invertebrate communities in the rocky subtidal are assembled via deterministic or random …

Using Detection Dogs And Rspf Models To Assess Habitat Suitability For Bears In Greater Yellowstone, Jon P. Beckmann, Lisette P. Waits, Aimee Hurt, Alice Whitelaw, Scott Bergen

Western North American Naturalist

In the northern U.S. Rockies, including the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), connectivity is a concern because large carnivores have difficulties dispersing successfully between protected areas. One area of high conservation value because of its importance for connecting the GYE to wilderness areas of central Idaho is the Centennial Mountains and surrounding valleys (2500 km2) along the Idaho–Montana border just west of Yellowstone National Park. The current expansion of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) and other large carnivore populations outside protected areas of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park has placed a greater emphasis on potential linkage zones …

Molecular Dynamics Simulation Reveals Correlated Inter-Lobe Motion In Protein Lysine Methyltransferase Smyd2, Nicholas Spellmon, Xiaonan Sun, Nualpun Sirinupong, Brian Fp Edwards, Chunying Li, Zhe Yang

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Publications

SMYD proteins are an exciting field of study as they are linked to many types of cancer- related pathways. Cardiac and skeletal muscle development and function also depend on SMYD proteins opening a possible avenue for cardiac-related treatment. Previous crystal structure studies have revealed that this special class of protein lysine methyltransferases have a bilobal structure, and an open–closed motion may regulate substrate specificity. Here we use the molecular dynamics simulation to investigate the still-poorly-understood SMYD2 dynamics. Cross-correlation analysis reveals that SMYD2 exhibits a negative cor- related inter-lobe motion. Principle component analysis suggests that this correlated dynamic is contributed to …

The Effects Of Aerobic Exercise Training On Blood Lipid Profiles, Fibrinolytic Activities, And Nitric Oxide Levels In High-Fat-Diet Induced Rats, Won-Mok Son, Do-Yeon Kim, Ki-Dong Sung, Yi Sub Kwak, Yeong Ho Baek, Song-Young Park

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications

Although exercise training has been utilized to improve vascular function in animals and humans, the impact of moderate intensity exercise training on fibrinolytic activities and nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability has not been well documented. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine the impact of moderate intensity aerobic exercise training on fat mass, blood lipid profiles, fibrinolytic activity, and NO levels in high-fat-diet induced rats. The body weight, fat mass, blood lipid profiles, fibrinolytic activity, and nitrite/nitrate were measured pre- and postexercise (10 weeks) training. The body weight and fat mass reduced significantly in the exercise (EX) group …

Manipulation Of Ovarian Function Significantly Influenced Trabecular And Cortical Bone Volume, Architecture And Density In Mice At Death, Jeffrey B. Mason, Boston C. Terry, Samer S. Merchant, Holly M. Mason, Mahdi Nazokkarmaher

Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Science Faculty Publications

Previously, transplantation of ovaries from young, cycling mice into old, postreproductive-age mice increased life span and decreased cardiomyopathy at death. We anticipated that the same factors that increased life span and decreased cardiomyopathy could also influence the progression of orthopedic disease. At 11 months of age, prepubertally ovariectomized and ovary-intact mice (including reproductively cycling and acyclic mice) received new 60-day-old ovaries. At death, epiphyseal bone in the proximal tibia and the distal femur and mid-shaft tibial and femoral diaphyseal bone was analyzed with micro-computed tomography. For qualitative analysis of osteophytosis, we also included mineralized connective tissue within the stifle joint. …

Quantifying The Adaptive Cycle, David G. Angeler, Craig R. Allen, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Lance H. Gunderson, Olle Hjerne, Monika Winder

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

The adaptive cycle was proposed as a conceptual model to portray patterns of change in complex systems. Despite the model having potential for elucidating change across systems, it has been used mainly as a metaphor, describing system dynamics qualitatively. We use a quantitative approach for testing premises (reorganisation, conservatism, adaptation) in the adaptive cycle, using Baltic Sea phytoplankton communities as an example of such complex system dynamics. Phytoplankton organizes in recurring spring and summer blooms, a well-established paradigm in planktology and succession theory, with characteristic temporal trajectories during blooms that may be consistent with adaptive cycle phases. We used long-term …

Phylogenetic Investigation Of Enteric Bovine Coronavirus In Ireland Reveals Partitioning Between European And Global Strains, Lynda Gunn, P. J. Collins, M. J. O'Connell, Helen O'Shea

Department of Biological Sciences Publications

Background

Bovine coronavirus is a primary cause of neonatal calf diarrhea worldwide, and is also associated with acute diarrhea in adult cattle during the winter season. There are no reports on molecular characterization of bovine coronavirus in Ireland, and little data exists apart from serological studies.

Findings

In this study, 11 neonatal (mean age 9 days) calf BCoV strains from the south of Ireland were collected over a one year period and characterized using molecular methods. The spike gene which encodes a protein involved in viral entry, infectivity and immune response shows the most variability amongst the isolates and was …

Research On Characteristics Of Burdock By Microwave Drying At Constant Temperature, Ji Fei, Li Zhenfeng, Li Jing, Xu Wanxiu

Food and Machinery

The drying characteristics of burdock were studied using self-made weight and temperature facilities. The moisture content and the internal temperature were acquired online. Taken microwave power density, temperature and sample depth as the influence factor, and the optimal parameters for drying burdock by microwave were obtained through orthogonal experiment. The optimized parameters were as followed: the power density 10 W/g, the internal temperature of sample 60 ℃, and the samples thickness 2 mm. Under these conditions, the rehydration rate R value and the color difference ΔE value of dried burdock were 3.77 and 64.37, respectively. ANOVA of the evaluation index …

Study On Characteristics On Depth Of Walnut By Hot-Air Drying, Wang Qinghui, Yan Shengkun, Li Zhongxin, Gao Zhenjiang

Food and Machinery

To solve the problem of drying in walnut postharvest processing, the hot-air drying technology was applied to walnut. A specifically depth drying equipment was designed and the experiment was done. The drying characteristics of walnut were investigated under different drying temperatures (35, 40, 45, 50 ℃), air velocities (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 m/s), and load depths (0.6, 0.9, 1.2, 1.5 m). Experimental results showed that the whole drying process occurred in the falling rate period, and the effect of drying temperature, air velocity and load depth on drying characteristics was significant. The optimal drying process was temperature 45 ℃, air …

Extraction Of Animal-Derived Dna In Processed Food And Establishment Of Multiplex Pcr Method, He Haining, Hong Xia, Feng Yusheng, Wang Yongsong, Jin Ying, Yuan Caixia, Qian Yingwen, Liu Qi, Gao Zhiying

Food and Machinery

In order to get high quantity and quality animal-derived DNA extraction from processed food, the CTAB method was improved for the PCR test. According to duck mitochondrial gene sequences, primers were designed and synthesized for detecting PCR system, optimizing reaction conditions and screening, establishing a triple PCR method. The amplified lengths of fragments were 116 bp for bovine, 212 bp for porcine, 322 bp for duck, respectively. The triple PCR assay to distinguish pork and duck from beef was developed. Lower amounts of meat than declared on the label. These practices are of great importance in the fight of forged …

Study On Detecting Method Of Preservative In Injecta, Yan Min, Wang Lixiong, Tian Renkui, Bai Yizhang

Food and Machinery

HPLC and GC—MC methods determining several preservatives in injecta was studied. When HPLC method was conducted, with conditions of streaking under 230 nm wavelength for VWD UV detection and 50︰50 proportion of methanol and water in the mobile phase, the peak with obvious trailing were undesirable. while, using GC—MS method, the response value and separation efficiency were better than that of HPLC and the preservatives were easy to be qualitatively and quantitatively determined. Results: It was quick and easy to determine peak occurrence and separation effects preservatives in injecta with the GC—MS method. The linearity of peak area and concentrations …

Improvement For Bag Feeding Machine And Filling Valve Of Automatic Stand-Up Pouch Filling And Capping Machine, Wu Jinhong, Lin Chuping

Food and Machinery

Introduced the structure and process technique of automatic stand-up pouch filling and capping machine, and put forward an improved plan of new style bag feeding machine and filling valve, by analyzing the existing bag feeding machine, filling valve’s process technique, and structural. Without changing control program, it saves the installation space and operation stability of bag feeding machine. By changing the installation site of filling valve’s seal ring, it uses double valve core and replaceable discharge port, to extend service life and improve the production flexibility.

Design Of Automatic Cleaning In Place System Based On Programmable Controller, Li Xiangwei, Liu Wei

Food and Machinery

Presents the design process of a automatic cleaning in place system based on programmable controller, including the overall design of the system, electrical control system design, work processes and the man-machine interface design, etc. The system adopts Siemens S7-200 PLC, Profibus DP fieldbus, man-machine interface and other advanced technologies, with multiple technological processes. After the system is put into operation, it works stably, operates simply, and has a high degree of automation, which brings good economic benefits for the company.

Effect Of Peel Reutilization On Quality Of Essential Oil From Orange (Citrus Sinensis Var. Valencia) Peel After Rubbing Peel, Liang Zengenni, Fu Fuhua, Shang Xuebo, He Shuang, Shan Yang

Food and Machinery

To study on utilization of residual orange peel in industrial production and increase of essential oil yield from orange peel, essential oil from yellow juice and residual orange peel were extracted inCitrus sinensis var. Valencia using steam distillation after grinding peel. Then the yield of essential oil extracted from yellow juice and residual orange peel was measured and their compounds were compared, andessential oilextracted from tangerine peel and tangerine endocarp were used as control. The results shows that the essential oil yield from orange peel can be increased (11.55%) by recycling residual orange peel, and the compounds of essential oil …

Antioxidant Activity Of Capsaicin In Vitro, Liu An, Wang Zhen, Liu Linfeng, Xiang Yi, Xiao Wenjun

Food and Machinery

The antioxidant activity of capsaicin was evaluated through building antioxidant experiment model in vitro, taking capsaicin monomer as standard sample, and Vc as the contrast. By analyzing the reducing power of capsaicin and scavenging experiments on the DPPH radical, superoxide anion radical (O-2·), nitroso and hydroxyl radical (·OH), discussed capsaicin the antioxidant properties. The results showed that: reducing power of capsaicin increased with mass concentration increasing, and the DPPH radical, nitroso and clearance rate of ·OH with mass concentration increasing, and the scavenging effect and Vc basically similar, but with lower clearance to O-2·; the clearance of capsaicin to DPPH·, …

Ultrasonic-Assisted Two-Phase Aqueous Extraction And Antioxidant Activity Of Polyphenols From The Seed Of Synespalum Dulcificum, Ma Yidan, Liu Hong, Liao Xiaowei, Yan Ruixin, Qi Jinling

Food and Machinery

The seed of Synespalum dulcificum was untrasonified in the acetone-(NH₄)₂SO₄ aqueous two-phase syetem to extract total polyphenils and different conditions for extraction of polyphenols antioxidant activity was investigated. Acetone was chosen as the best extraction solvent for this research. The acetone concentration, amount of the (NH₄)₂SO₄, the ultrasonic time，extraction temperature, ratio of water to solid were discussed by the single factor experiment. The optimal extraction conditions were found to be: the concentration of acetone solution 50%, ultrasonic time 100 min and extraction temperature 60 ℃，ratio of water to solid …

Study On Optimal Conditions For Extracting Alkaloids From Areca Catechu Based On Multistage Cross Flow Extraction, Gao Xiaoting, Yang Dawei, Jiang Chenfeng

Food and Machinery

In order to optimize the extraction process of alkaloids from areca catechu, the alkaloids was extracted by varied extraction solvent systems from areca catechu shell and the optimal extraction solvent was explored. According to the theoretical formula of multistage cross flow extraction, solid to liquid ratio and extractive grades was designed. Based on the results of single-factor test, the effect of extraction temperature, extraction time, pH value on extraction rate were conducted by orthogonal test of interaction. The result showed that the extraction rate of alkaloids was 7.241 7 mg/g under the optimal conditions: taking water as the solvent, solid …

Study On Combined Drying Technology Of Lotus Root Chips, Xing Fang, Wang Jianhui, He Xinyi, Wu Haiqing, Wu Jiali, Liu Pei

Food and Machinery

To obtain the the processing technology of lotus root chips, taken lotus root as raw materials, the effects offreeze drying time, hot-air drying temperature and hot-air drying time on quality of lotus chips by combination of freeze drying and hot-air drying were explored. Experiment results indicated the optimized technological parameters of combined freeze dring and hot-air drying were freeze drying 4h, then hot-air drying at 50 ℃ for 2 h. At those conditions, the color value L*, a*, b* and hardness value of lotus root slices were 77.65, 0.96, 9.03 and 385.3 g, respectively. The results showed that combined drying …