cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER ON PUBLISHING PRODUCTIVITY AND ACADEMIC REWARDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY
Creators: name: Castonguay, Samantha
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021
Subjects: academic publishing
academic rewards
environmental sociology
gender
gendered organizations
Higher Education

description: Although the subfield of environmental sociology has achieved relatively equal gender representation in recent years, little has been done to assess gender equality in greater depth. Using data collected from 401 environmental sociologists’ curricula vitae (CVs) and secondary sources, this study explored gender equality in environmental sociology beyond numerical representation. I investigated gender differences in scholar publishing productivity and examined the influence gender has on the returns scholars see for their publishing productivity. I paid specific attention to the academic outcomes of first job placement, citation accrual, and grant receipt. Findings indicated gender differentials in overall publishing productivity, with men producing more articles than women, but no significant gender differences in publication in flagship sociology journals or in the returns men and women see for their scholarly work. These results suggest that, while men produce more publications than women, women’s work in environmental sociology may not be devalued. Further, the devaluation of women’s work may not be the correct mechanism for understanding the state of gender equality in the environmental sociology subfield.
Value-Based Working Capital Management. Determining Liquid Asset Levels in Entrepreneurial Environments
Creators: name: Michalski, Grzegorz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 150299 Banking, Finance and Investment not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150201 Finance
subject: 140210 International Economics and International Finance

description: Value-Based Working Capital Management analyzes the causes and effects of improper cash flow management between entrepreneurial organizations with varying levels of risk. This work looks at the motives and criteria for decision-making by entrepreneurs in their efforts to protect the financial security of their businesses and manage financial liquidity. Michalski argues that businesses exposed to greater risk need a different approach to managing liquidity levels.
VITAMIN A, OREGANO, AND GARLIC EXTRACTS IN DOPED CALCIUM PHOSPHATE COATINGS AND 3D PRINTED SCAFFOLDS FOR ORTHOPEDIC AND DENTAL APPLICATIONS
Creators: name: Vu, Ashley
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: 3D printing
calcium phosphate
drug delivery
plasma spray coating

description: The objective is to understand the potential outcomes of vitamin A, oregano, and garlic extracts in doped calcium phosphate coatings on titanium and additively manufactured (3D printed) scaffolds on osteogenesis for bone tissue engineering applications. The scope of the work focuses on calcium phosphates (CaP) as delivery vehicles for localized drug and ion release in physiological environments. Multifaceted systems of either hydroxyapatite (HA) coated titanium (Ti) implants for load bearing applications, or tricalcium phosphate (TCP) synthetic bone scaffolds for low load bearing grafting applications, can support and enhance the osteogenic potential of bone tissue implants.This research modulates the release kinetics by incorporating ZnO, SiO2, and Ag2O within the HA coating matrix, or enhancing the hydrophilic properties of medicinal compounds retinol (vitamin A), carvacrol/thymol (oregano), and allicin (garlic) through polymeric drug delivery systems. In 7 days in vitro, retinol release from TCP scaffolds shows a 20% ± 1% increase in osteoblast proliferation and reduction in osteoclast proliferation with necrosed morphology. Antibacterial carvacrol release shows a significant reduction in osteoclast expression of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) enzyme at nearly 50% ± 6% by 20 days, supporting a significant reduction in resorption pit formation. In an in vivo rat distal femur model, the ternary doped HA coating yields a 21% ± 3.5% increase in bone mineralization and 13% ± 5% increase of total bone formation by week 5 compared to control HA coating. Allicin in 3D printed TCP scaffolds also shows antibacterial efficacy along with an increase in osteoid formation in vivo by 78% ± 5% within 4 weeks, however bone mineralization remains similar to control. These collective results give confidence in additive integration within CaP matrices for the enhancement of osteogenesis to reduce healing times for patients and support proper osseointegration between implants with host bone tissue.
Sátira nueva y curiosa que declara ¡¡¡O cuánto puede el dinero!!!: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2022), led by the professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
Identification of a set of widely expressed genes in grape (Vitis vinifera L.) and its functional characterisation: a multi-evidence based study
Creators: name: Faccioli, P.
name: Stanca, A. M.
name: Morcia, C.
name: Alberici, R.
name: Terzi, V.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Quantitative gene expression data analysis requires efficient normalization to be really informative: as a consequence reference genes that are stably expressed in tested vs. control samples are used for results standardization. The identification of tissue-wide-expressed genes makes it easier to highlight the best set of candidate internal controls. While tissue-specific genes are often regulated by microRNA, housekeeping genes, being involved in cell maintenance and thus required in all miRNA expressing cells are not expected to be microRNA targets. In this work we have identified a set of tissue-wide expressed genes in grape which has then been functionally characterised and scanned for the presence vs. absence of putative miRNA target sites. The gene list obtained by this multi-evidence based procedure can be helpful to identify appropriate references in grape.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 49 No. 4 (2010): Vitis
Sátira nueva y curiosa que declara ¡¡¡O cuánto puede el dinero!!!: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2024), led by the professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
Host Use and Trapping of X-Disease Vector Colladonus montanus reductus (Van Duzee) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
Creators: name: Clarke, Abigail
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021
Subjects: IPM
Vector
X-disease

description: X-disease phytoplasma, the phloem-limited pathogen that causes X-disease, is spread between Prunus trees through grafting (including root grafting) or feeding by its leafhopper vectors (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Infection by this phytoplasma in stone fruit (e.g., cherries and peaches) causes fruit to become underdeveloped and misshapen, and therefore unmarketable. Colladonus geminatus (Van Duzee) and C. montanus reductus are thought to be the most important vectors spreading this disease in Washington State, due to their high relative abundance and established vector capacity. However, little is known about C. m. reductus biology, particularly outside of California where it was considered the primary vector in an X-disease epidemic in the 1980s. This thesis focuses on C. m. reductus host use, phenology and vertical distribution between the groundcover and canopy. First, I review the literature on Colladonus spp. leafhoppers and their role in X-disease transmission in the Western United States. Next, I present feeding trials describing adult feeding behavior on potted cherry or peach fruit trees, and broadleaf plants commonly found in orchard groundcover. I observed leafhoppers feeding on trees and four broadleaf plants, and found eggs deposited on the underside of leaves in mallow and clover, as well as on blades of grass growing voluntarily in one of the pots. I also worked with grower collaborators to track leafhopper numbers after harvest. In addition to the first peak of leafhoppers commonly found before harvest in April and May, these efforts helped identify one period of peak abundance after harvest in July and August, and another in October. In another study, by trapping leafhoppers in the canopy and groundcover I observed the highest leafhopper activity occurring mid-day between 10AM and 6PM, with lower counts on traps in the early morning, evening or night. Finally, I evaluated thirteen trap prototypes for their ability to catch X-disease vectors so that they may be used to preserve specimens for genetic testing. These findings, and particularly the use of broadleaf weedy plants as feeding and oviposition hosts are currently being used to develop management plans for X-disease through reducing leafhopper and phytoplasma hosts within commercial stone fruit blocks.
Sátira nueva y curiosa que declara ¡¡¡O cuánto puede el dinero!!!: Digital edition
Creators: name: Leblanc Elina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Spanish literature
Digital edition
XML-TEI

description: Digital edition of a Spanish pliego de cordel, published by the Andalusian printer José María Moreno (19th c.). It contains the XML-TEI file of the edition, as well as the files that led to this edition, i.e. the digital facsimiles (raw and retouched), and the transcription produced by the OCR tool Transkribus (PAGE-XML). This digital edition is a part of the research project Desenrollando el cordel / Untangling the cordel / Démêler le cordel (2020-2024), led by professor Constance Carta at the University of Geneva and supported by the philanthropic Sandoz-Monique de Meuron Family Foundation.
Perceptions about COVID-19 and Vaccines Among American Indians
Creators: name: Ellenwood, Rachel Evelyn
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022

description: COVID-19 has been devastating for American Indians throughout the US. American Indians have been affected by COVID-19 at higher rates than other racial groups. In a study of 14 participating states, COVID-19 associated mortality among American Indian populations was 1.8 times higher than non-Hispanic Whites. COVID-19 vaccinations are the primary tool to end the pandemic. However, vaccine hesitancy continues to be a barrier to wide-spread vaccination among the greater US population. The goal of this study is to provide insight into perceptions of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines among American Indians. To examine perceptions, we completed 30 in-depth, face-to-face interviews with American Indians residing on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. The reservation is located in north-central Idaho and is the home of the Nimiipuu people. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and a combination of deductive and inductive approaches were used to identify and analyze themes related to risk perceptions.Indigenous Ways of Knowing and the Health Belief Model provided the theoretical framework used to explore risk perceptions of COVID-19 and the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccinations. We focus on the six primary Health Belief Model constructs. The constructs include: Perceived susceptibility and severity, perceived benefits and risks, cues to action and self-efficacy.
description: Results show that perceptions of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccinations were heavily influenced by cultural knowledge and understanding. It was clear that American Indians believed they were susceptible, and felt that the severity of contracting the disease was high. The majority also believed in the science behind vaccines, and trusted tribal sources of information about COVID-19 and vaccinations. The results demonstrate the importance of tribal sovereignty in developing health communication strategies, and the need for messaging that is trusted and culturally congruent. Our conclusions include recommendations for future risk perception studies, and provide guiding principles for health communication with American Indians.
Long-term and Multiscalar Variability in Northwest Coast Fish Traps
Creators: name: Lorain, Michael S
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Fish Traps
Pacific Northwest Coast
Weirs
Archaeology

description: This thesis explores the spatial and temporal distribution of fish traps across the Pacific Northwest Coast over the last 6,000 years. I utilize fish trap variables associated with physical and social practices to better understand the role fish traps have played in the subsistence economy. I specifically demonstrate trends of increasing intensification and closer spatial proximity to adjacent archaeological sites through time. I interpret these trends as an increase in investment into the coastal landscape as well as a reflection of ownership or proprietorship systems for managing fish trap features and harvesting practices. I provide two case studies that offer a more contextual and small-scale perspective on the use of fish traps in specific locales across the coast. The first case study considers the relationship between fish traps and salmon streams of varying productivity on the Prince of Wales archipelago. The second case study incorporates a niche construction theoretical framework in an analysis of the consequences of these constructions on local ecologies, arguing that they function to draw multiple animal species into an anthropogenic niche for more efficient harvesting by humans. More broadly, this thesis discusses the multiple ways fish traps impact the subsistence economy and how increased investment into trap features contributes to intensification and institutionalized systems of management.
WILDFIRE IMPACTS ON SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES: POTENTIAL FOR DISRUPTIONS TO NUTRIENT CYCLING AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE PROPAGATION IN BACTERIA
Creators: name: Patrick, Tyler Alan
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: antibiotic resistance gene
horizontal gene transfer
Illumina Miseq 16S Metagenomic Sequencing
nutrient cycling
soil microbiome
wildfire intensity

description: Wildfires naturally regulate nutrient cycling in ecosystems, but anthropogenic influences have caused wildfires to threaten the United States with increasing regularity and wildfires regularly impact soil bacteria. Wildfire-affected soils were studied with two primary objectives: 1) Determine the community composition in soils affected by wildfire intensities (i.e., low, moderate, high) to examine the impact on nutrient-cycling bacteria and 2) examine the effect of wildfires on the development of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soils. Objective 1 was achieved by characterizing soil bacterial communities in control (i.e., unburned) and burned soils using Illumina MiSeq 16S sequencing. Intensity (i.e., heat yield) was used rather than severity (i.e., burn impact) to examine the impact of fire temperatures on bacteria abundance. Six families and 17 genera were significantly (Spearman rs > |0.4|; p < 0.05) negatively associated with wildfire intensity and three families and six genera were significantly positively associated with wildfire intensity. Many of these taxa contain species that are known to be critical contributors to maintaining global nutrient cycles (i.e., nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus). Objective 2 was achieved by performing polymerase chain reaction and gel electrophoresis on isolated DNA. We targeted ARGs conferring resistance to common antibiotics (i.e., sul1, sul2, tetM, tetB, tetO, tetW, and ermF) as well as last resort antibiotics (i.e., mcr-1, optrA, fosA2, cfr). ARGs could increase after wildfires due to bacteria exposure to antibiotic fungal secondary metabolites, co-selection of ARGs on plasmids, increased rates of horizontal gene transfer, and exposure to antibiotics in runoff. No ARGs were detected in control soils. However, several ARGs were detected in burned soils. Sul1 was prominent in low and moderate intensity soils, while sul2 dominated in low intensity soils. TetW was prominent in moderate fire intensity soils. These results suggest that wildfires significantly alter microbial community structures and functions. A decrease in average relative abundance of nutrient cyclers after high intensity wildfires could slow ecosystem recovery, while the prominence of ARGs in wildfire affected soils suggests that wildfires increase ARG abundance. Increases in ARGs in the environment pose health risks to humans as the spread of antibiotic resistant infections grows.
Quantification of the influence of the downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola) epidemics on the compensatory capacities of Vitis vinifera 'Merlot' to limit the qualitative yield damage
Creators: name: Jermini, M.
name: Blaise, P.
name: Gessler, C.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: A preview study on the analysis of the impact of downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola) epidemics on the plant growth and yield quality has shown no correlation between disease severity progress on the canopy and sugar accumulation in the berries from veraison until harvest, indicating the capacity of the vine to compensate a stress situation induced by the downy mildew damage on leaf canopy. In this study the compensation capacity of the plant was analysed during three years under field conditions comparing three different downy mildew control strategies: A = “Untreated canopy” (to prevent quantity losses, the clusters were treated once with a contact fungicide at the discovery of the first downy mildew sporulation); B = “Reduced fungicide schedule” (based on a first treatment at the appearance of the first symptoms, to avoid yield quantity losses followed by one or two additional fungicide applications during the early epidemic phase with the aim of delaying the epidemic). C = “Standard schedule” (schedule normally applied in the vineyard). The experimental plot was moved each year to avoid stress influence due to a repetition of the trials on the same place. The grapevine compensated for the carbohydrate requirements of the cluster by mobilizing the starch reserves stored in the woody parts. Roots were the most important site of carbohydrate accumulation used from the grapevine and the mobilisation was higher in treatment A followed by treatment B. This compensation did not completely exhaust the reserves of each woody part and lets suppose a hierarchical pattern of the mobilisation; first a mobilisation of the reserves stored in the roots, and secondly those from the trunk, cane and shoot. The downy mildew could be considered as a stress factor for the grapevine.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 49 No. 4 (2010): Vitis
FARM BOUND: LANDSCAPES OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY, DEPENDENCY, AND PENALITY IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST POOR FARMS
Creators: name: Piper, Delaney  McMillan
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Environmental History
Gender
Prison Labor
Welfare
Economics

description: In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, county governments throughout Washington State established poor farms for the provision of the poor and infirm. Poor farms were institutions of poor relief (the poorhouse) and institutions of agricultural production (the county farm). While these institutions were widespread and featured prominently in government operation in their time, their history has been largely forgotten and understudied. Significantly, historians have neglected the agricultural and environmental aspects of the institution’s history. By illuminating themes of environment, labor, and the agricultural economy this thesis offers fresh understandings of the history of the poor farm in the Pacific Northwest region and the United States more broadly. Government officials selected the poor farm because of its long tradition in the United States, but in the Pacific Northwest region the institution took on new significance. This thesis finds that the “agrarian” model of social provision was central to the developmental processes of settler-colonial communities, symbolic of Euro-American’s regional control, and aiding in the transformation of the Puget Lowlands and the Columbian Plateau into productive, agricultural landscapes. While officials imagined the farms would be self-sufficient, their misunderstandings of poverty, cultural stigmas, and policies made it so there was often a shortage of able-bodied laborers. This encouraged officials to utilize prisoners to fulfill their labor needs. In the 1910s, public interest in the farms grew as middle-class taxpayers became interested in addressing poverty and reforming government operations. Writings from this time reveal class-based tensions between the paternalistic, even resentful, perspectives of middle-class visitors to the farm, and the perspectives of poor residents. While broad class-based resistance among the poor never emerged within the farms, residents did not passively accept meager conditions, often advocating for improved conditions and resisting poor treatment. In the 1930s, as the Depression set in and economic stress increased, officials increasingly decided to abandon the agrarian model of welfare. Rather than attribute this solely to the effect of New Deal legislation, this thesis identifies the increasingly tenuous economic viability of farming, during a period of intense agro-industrialization, as a primary contributing factor to the institution’s decline.
Cellular localisation of VvRops and VvRabA5e, small GTPases developmentally regulated in grape berries
Creators: name: Conéjéro, G.
name: Sauvage, F. X.
name: Pradal, M.
name: Celhay, C.
name: Verdeil, J. L.
name: Galeote, V.
name: Tesniere, C.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: VvRops, in particular VvRop9, and VvRabA5e are small GTPases which are developmentally regulated in grape berries. In an attempt to help elucidate the role of these proteins during fruit development and ripening, we investigated their localisation in the fruit by immunocytofluorescence. These proteins were observed at a perinuclear location, at cell periphery and around vesicles. In particular VvRops were found to be located in the nucleus and likely on the plasma membrane. VvRop9 and VvRabA5e cDNAs were introduced separately into S. cerevisiae mutants with RHO1 and YPT31/YPT32 defective genes respectively. Neither cDNAs could complement these temperature-sensitive mutants, suggesting that the functions of the VvRop9 and VvRabA5e genes in grapevine likely differ from the functions of RHO1 and YPT31/YPT32 genes in yeast.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 49 No. 4 (2010): Vitis
MAGNETIC FIELD-ASSISTED MANUFACTURING OF FUNCTIONAL POLYMERIC COMPOSITES
Creators: name: Safaee, Shahriar
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Additive Manufacturing
Composite
Field-assisted manufacturing
Magnetic Field
Polymers

description: Magnetic polymeric composites have recently found their way into creating functional products that respond to an external stimulus while accomplishing complex tasks. A common manufacturing method for these materials is magnetic field-assisted manufacturing, where an external field is used during or after creating the product to induce local or global particle patterns or magnetization profiles. As one of the processes paired with magnetic field, additive manufacturing (AM) has shown great potential in developing complex structures with local control over material properties. In this work, using magneto-responsive reinforcing fibers and different polymeric matrices, we explore the potential of this process in creating functional polymeric composites and find applications for the resulting products.
description: First, a design, manufacturing, and characterization framework for creating functional magnetic composites is developed. The potential of pairing magnetic field with AM in creating functionally graded polymeric composites with controlled local fiber orientation and concentration is studied. Composite materials fabricated and characterized to understand the relationships between process parameters, particle distribution, and local mechanical properties. Two simple characterization frameworks are developed to correlate the particle distribution and local properties of manufactured polymeric composites, and replace more expensive and complex methods.
description: Next, two photocurable resin systems for the magnetic field-assisted AM are proposed and verified. Due to the molecular and capillary forces in bottom-up vat photopolymerization, it is challenging to control the particle distribution during the manufacturing process. Here we use surface treatment of magnetic particles to create temporary bonding between the particles and resin systems. Using this method enables a better control over particle distribution during the manufacturing process and prevents the particle aggregation. It is also proved that treated particles in resin systems can ensure more predictable curing behavior and better mechanical properties in the final photocured polymeric composites.
description: Finally, we explore the potential magnetic field-assisted manufacturing in introducing desired magnetization profiles into polymeric composites. In this section, magnetoelastic structures are fabricated and studied to understand their behavior under dynamic magnetic fields. Using the proposed design for the magnetoelastic composites, untethered multimodal control over soft magnetic robots is achieved.
2-D SCAN-MATCHING APPROACH TO LIDAR LOCALIZATION USING REFERENCE MAP
Creators: name: Carter, Emily
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021

description: Autonomous robotic systems are complex robotic systems which are able to complete a task autonomously with no user operation. These systems are increasingly popular in everyday life, manufacturing, health care, and the automotive industry. Autonomous systems can be used to remove operator error, complete complex or dangerous tasks, make everyday life more convenient, and much more. As the need for autonomous systems increases, so does the need for engineers who understand the basic principles of these systems and are able to expound on these principles to fuel innovation. One such principle is robot localization. Robot localization is the robot’s ability to know its own location and orientation relative to its environment. This is a complex problem which involves the use of a sensor/sensors and complex coding. Localization is a vital part of autonomous systems as a robot which is unable to know its position and orientation in its environment can be a major hazard. For example, an autonomous vehicle which is unable to localize in its environment may run into other vehicles, bystanders, or structures. The aim of this research is to develop a platform for LIDAR localization of a simple vehicle which engineering students can use to understand the fundamentals of these highly complex problems. The principles in this paper can be used to design laboratory experiments for undergraduate students.
description: Presented in this thesis is a simple two-dimensional scan matching approach to localization using a reference map of the vehicle’s environment. This approach expounds upon the previous research performed by Emily Carter and Joel Larson described in the paper titled Fundamental Scan Matching Approach to LIDAR Based Localization. This approach uses a RPLIDAR laser scanner to map the vehicle’s current environment and utilizes two-dimensional scan matching to compare the current environment map to a reference environment map. This scan matching produces the vehicle’s location and orientation within its environment.
Comparing 17-β-estradiol supply strategies for applying the XVE-Cre/loxP system in grape gene transfer (Vitis vinifera L.)
Creators: name: Dalla Costa, L.
name: Mandolini, M.
name: Poletti, V.
name: Martinelli, L.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Assays for enhancing the performance of 17-β-estradiol induction in the XVE-Cre/loxP system were performed on two transgenic 'Brachetto' plants obtained with the pX6-pKcpGVA construct, which is derived from the chemical-inducible pX6 vector carrying the neomycin phosphotransferase (nptII) gene and the XVE-Cre/loxP sequence. The 17-β-estradiol supply is expected to induce Cre recombinase expression resulting in nptII gene removal. We compared different hormone supply strategies during shoot organogenesis from meristematic proliferative tissue (MPT) or from the cut surface between leaf and petiole (SOLP) or during micropropagation from bud (MB). The effectiveness of the estradiol induction was evaluated on different tissues of the regenerated plantlets by means of nptII copy number quantification with Real time PCR. Results showed that the Cre/loxP inducible system functions effectively – however with different efficiencies- in both root and leaf tissues, and that micropropagation from buds combined with constant wetting with 17-β-estradiol is the most efficient and reproducible strategy for effective in vivo hormone induction.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 49 No. 4 (2010): Vitis
(Abstract) Learning in MOOCs: motivations and self-regulated learning in MOOCs
Creators: name: Littlejohn, Allison
name: Hood, Nina
name: Milligan, Colin
name: Mustain, Paige
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 170103 Educational Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 130103 Higher Education
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 130101 Continuing and Community Education

description: Abstract for a paper entitled Learning in MOOCs: motivations and self-regulated learning in MOOCs accepted for The Internet and Higher Education.
Biomass Acid Carbonization: A Strategy to Maximize Carbon Retention in Biochars
Creators: name: Almodovar, Jose Alejandro
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biochar
Biomass
Pyrolysis
Soil Amendment
Carbon Sequestration
Climate Change
Agriculture

description: The use of lignocellulosic waste material has become a reliable tool to mitigate the effects of climate change. The conversion of biomass to biochar through pyrolysis has many benefits. In this thesis I used phosphoric acid as a dehydration catalyst to pretreat raw biomass to produce a solid fuel intermediate containing most of the carbon (C) from the raw biomass. Four biomasses were studied: Forest Residue Crumbles, Hammer-milled Forest Residue, Poplar Crumbles and Hammer-milled Poplar. Feedstocks were pretreated with phosphoric acid (H3PO4) at seven different ratios: 7.8, 4.05, 0.85, 0.4, 0.085, 0.04 and 0 wt.%. The thermogravimetric studies were done at four heating rates of 5, 10, 20, and 40 ºC/min. The thermogravimetric and derivative thermogravimetric data were analyzed using the Friedman method. The curves showed a clear offset of biomass degradation that occurred at lower temperatures when high phosphoric acid ratios were present. The results from thermal studies paved the way for the preliminary acid carbonization studies in the spoon reactor. The pretreated biomass was pyrolyzed to obtain the yield and the (C) carbon conversion efficiency information. The results showed a clear increase in yield and carbon retention parameters for the samples pyrolyzed at lower temperatures (300ºC) and higher acid rates (7.8 wt.%). Given the best results from the preliminary acid bath carbonization studies, auger reactor studies were done. Here the results were similar, indicating that the positive results from acid carbonization can be done on a larger scale. This research contributes to the understanding of how biochar sinks carbon and potentially, to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Remote sensing detection of nutrient uptake in vineyards using narrow-band hyperspectral imagery
Creators: name: Gil-Pérez, B.
name: Zarco-Tejada, P. J.
name: Correa-Guimaraes, A.
name: Relea-Gangas, E.
name: Navas-Garcia, L. M.
name: Hernándes-Navarro, S.
name: Sanz-Requena, J. F.
name: Berjón, A.
name: Martín-Gil, J.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: This manuscript delves further into the assessment of narrow-band vegetation indices derived from hyperspectral imagery acquired at 1 m spatial resolution with the Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI). Narrow-band indices proposed in this study were assessed as indicators of biochemical and structural parameters in Vitis vinifera L., observing their relationships with foliar variables such as N, P, K, Ca, Fe, Mg and chlorophyll a+b concentration (Ca+b). Hyperspectral indices were assessed to study their capability for vegetation condition monitoring as a function of fertilization treatments applied (basically extracts of Ascophyllum nodosum seaweed and chelates), showing associations with field variables. Narrow-band vegetation indices displayed sensitivity to vineyard growth and condition as a function of seaweed fertilization and other supplementary mineral correctors, such as chelates. This work shows the interest of using new narrow-band hyperspectral remote sensing indices for vineyard monitoring due to their potential to indicate physiological condition.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 49 No. 4 (2010): Vitis
Expression of a rice chitinase gene enhances antifungal potential in transgenic grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)
Creators: name: Nirala, N. K.
name: Das, D. K.
name: Srivastava, P. S.
name: Sopory, S. K.
name: Upadhyaya, K. C.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: To enhance the antifungal potential of grapevine, transgenic plants were generated by transferring rice chitinase gene under a maize-ubiquitin promoter along with its first intron into the leaf disc-induced somatic embryos via Agrobacterium mediated transformation. After co-cultivation for 2 days with recombinant Agrobacterium, somatic embryos were transferred onto WPM medium containing BAP 1.5 μM and NAA 0.1 μM supplemented with 25 mg/L hygromycin. Secondary or tertiary embryos were selected and the antibiotic resistant transgenic plantlets were analyzed. The integration and stability of the transgene were confirmed by PCR, RT-PCR, Southern blotting and by Western blot analyses. The transgenic plants exhibited higher chitinase activity than the non-transformed plants. These analyses indicated that the foreign gene was translated into the protein of expected molecular weight that showed chitinase activity. Following in vitro inoculation of powdery mildew (Uncinula necator), the transgenic plants showed delayed onset of the disease and smaller lesions. The transgenic plants were adapted to the greenhouse and did not show any phenotypic alterations.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 49 No. 4 (2010): Vitis
Codebook
Creators: name: Kretzschmar, André
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 170109 Personality, Abilities and Assessment

description: Kretzschmar, A., & Süß, H.-M. (2015) A study on the training of complex problem solving competence, Journal of Dynamic Decision Making.

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ANALYZING THE EFFECTS OF THE U.S.-CHINA TRADE WAR ON APPAREL AND TEXTILE SUPPLY CHAINS
Creators: name: Lamb, Andrew James
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Apparel
COVID-19
Effects
Supply Chain
Trade War
Textile research
Textiles

description: This paper aims to estimate the effects of the United States- China trade wars of 2018 and onwards as they pertain to the individual stages of global textiles and apparel supply chains. The analysis utilizes data in groupings of different Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HS) Categories to trace where along a hypothetical supply chain did the trade war have a particular effect. This paper serves to add to the foundation of knowledge and literature surrounding the relationship between trade shocks and global supply chains. Over the course of the trade war between the United States and China, key findings would be that the trade war effects were either consistent or inconsistent with expectations of different entities’ approach to exporting activities in anticipation of, and during, volatile trade conditions.
Evaluation of genetic diversity: Which o f the v arieties can be named 'Rebula' (Vitis vinifera L.)?
Creators: name: Rusjan, D.
name: Jug, T.
name: Štajner, N.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: The variety 'Rebula' is an indigenous but also ancient variety in the Slovenian and Italian world-renowned winegrowing district Collio dating back to the ages of the Roman Empire. The DNA analyses of the variety ‘Rebula’ and its potential related varieties were conducted to evaluate its biodiversity. The variety 'Rebula' showed a very low similarity (16 %) with other analysed varieties, also with 'Rebula briška' and 'Rebula-old'. The varieties called 'Prosecco', 'Števerjana', 'Beli teran' and 'Briška Glera' revealed identical genotypes in all 11 SSR microsatellites analysed, therefore are regarded as synonyms. The varieties 'Rebula' and 'Ribolla gialla' revealed the identical SSR profile at 8 out of 9 SSR loci. 'Vitovska Grganja' share with 'Vitouska' only 55 % of analysed alleles but show their first degree relationship. The DNA analysis still showed existing deviations in synonyms and homonyms linked to the variety 'Rebula' what impedes its standardisation and revitalization.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 49 No. 4 (2010): Vitis
Nature Publishing Group and ReadCube Unveil Preliminary Results of Scientific Article Sharing Trial
Creators: name: Digital Science
Publisher: name: Digital Science
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Survey Results
subject: Information Systems
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Press release for the release of the preliminary results from Nature Publishing Group's content sharing initiative, which was enabled by ReadCube technology.
DESIGN OF AIR-SLOT NDE SENSOR COUPLING MECHANISM FOR HANFORD UNDER-TANK
Creators: name: Loeffler, Eric Preston Wayne
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Double-shell tanks
NDE coupling
robotic inspection
scissor

description: In a combined effort with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), Pennsylvania State University (PSU), Guided Wave, at the time Inuktun (now Eddyfi Technologies), and Washington State University Tri-Cities (WSUTC), a system has been conceived and designed to traverse in between the two shells of million gallon radioactive and hazardous waste tanks located on the Hanford Reservation just north of Richland, WA. The goal is to evaluate and characterize the health of these structures by accessing the portion of the tank in contact with the radioactive/hazardous material through small air channels in refractory media designed for ventilating and cooling the tanks. This study focuses on developing, analyzing, and testing two iterations of the scissor-style lifting mechanism. The first of these iterations required a lifting load capacity of fifty pounds-force, and the second required a load capacity of one-hundred-fifty pounds-force. This unique machine capable of applying this force is necessary to couple an Electro-Magnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT) against the inner tank’s outer surface as the sensor uses a contained coupling liquid needed to meet the specification for interacting with the tanks. Herein the analysis will show that the structural components of the device will meet the design goals to reach the specified load. The results of this study validate that the designs of these two compact machines, each measuring approximately 1 inch wide by 3.5 inches long by 0.8 inches in height, can produce lifting forces exceeding 50 pounds and 150 pounds, respectively.
DMAOnline - Phase two report
Creators: name: Khokhar, Masud
name: Schwamm, Hardy
name: Krug, John
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Computer Software
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This report is divided into three sections, each of which provide a valuable insight into the work we have undertaken as part of the Jisc funded DMAOnline project. Part I of the report focuses on the rationale behind DMAOnline and highlights the use cases we have worked on in the first and the second phases of the project. Part I of report is kept short and we encourage you to review phase one report (http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1482039) for further information. Part II of the report focuses on the key features of DMAOnline and the architecture of the product. It focuses on reasons for separation between the front-end and the back-end layers and how this helps institutions adopt DMAOnline successfully. This section also provides multiple screenshots to showcase what DMAOnline has to offer to the end users, both visually and functionally. Part III of the report focuses on our active collaborations and the outcomes that are expected from these collaborations. This is of high importance for two reasons: 1) Collaboration with system vendors help us achieve interoperability in a sustainable fashion 2) Collaboration with HE institutions help us incorporate their input into our development process, delivering a product that satisfies user needs and is successful. Part III of the report highlights what we want to achieve in the third phase of the project. We also look at the long-term sustainability and the future potential of DMAOnline, especially in the light of the upcoming Jisc Research Data Management Shared Service architecture. The authors believe that DMAOnline has reached a state where, with additional effort, it can be delivered as a national service.
Availability and Usage of E-Resources in Collection Management in University Libraries of Odisha : A Evaluative Study
Creators: name: PROF. U.C. SHARMA
name: DR PRANGYA DAS
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: World Wide Web
ERMS
University Library
Collection Development

description: Appearance of WWW has transformed the scattered world into a global village and brought the revolutionary changes.
ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF AN ULTRA-LOW POWER LOW-NOISE DTMOS BASED INSTRUMENTATION AMPLIFIER APPLIED TO THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL ACQUISITION SYSTEM
Creators: name: Liu, Yuling
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Chopping
clock boosting switch
DTMOS
Instrumentation Amplifier
physiological acquisition
rail-to-rail

description: With the rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology and the popularity of portable devices, portable medical devices will become widely available soon. Physiological signal monitoring sensors are widely used for personal health management and long-term healthcare monitoring, especially for preventing acute illnesses and chronic disease monitoring for pediatric and elderly. Physiological signal monitoring sensors have the ability to monitor people's behavior in real-time for various daily activities, such as physiological signals that exhibit different waveforms and amplitudes when sleeping and awake. The real-time collected signals can be frequently compared to medical databases to detect abnormal health data for preventive healthcare. Therefore, an accurate and error-free system that provides high-quality monitoring of physiological signals is very important. Typically, an instrumentation amplifier (IA) is used for high accurate acquisition and amplification within this system. An IA with excellent performance gives patients safer health conditions and allows patients to have better health protection.
description: This work introduces an ultra-low-power instrumentation amplifier operating at sub-0.4V voltage. Using dynamic threshold voltage MOSFET (DTMOS). The DTMOS reduces threshold voltage further and increases the driven current while the device is operating. Therefore, the DTMOS-based folded-cascode has been chosen, resulting in an increases the common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) of the circuit while increasing the output signal swing compared over conventional topologies. The IA takes the benefit of the rail-to-rail common-mode feedback circuit and chopping to reduce flicker noise and DC offset. Reducing the chip area and power consumption leads to the output signal's high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The post-simulation shows that the circuit archives 45dB gain, DC to 2.07KHz operating bandwidth, and 0.8μW total power consumption. The simulated CMRR is 103dB, with 80dB power supply rejection ratio (PSRR). The simulated input reference noise is 140nV/√Hz (@100Hz) with 7.27 Noise Efficiency Factor (NEF).
description: Keywords: Instrumentation Amplifier, DTMOS, rail-to-rail, chopping, clock boosting switch, physiological acquisition, bio-medical application.