Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Title
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(2020-06-25)Turfgrass is a subgroup of grass family, which plays a significant role in modern urban landscapes. While homeowners have traditionally installed and appreciated a landscape of predominantly turfgrass; in recent years many ...
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(2016-03-02)Over the past two centuries, woody vegetation has expanded globally in coverage, often encroaching into grasslands, including coastal habitats. Mangroves are tropical trees which are susceptible to freezing temperatures. ...
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(2014-05-07)Understanding how diversity is maintained is a classic question in ecology. A diverse group of organisms can often be found utilizing the same resource. For example, in grasslands there are communities of grasshoppers ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)Colony fitness, size, and reproductive potential are determined by their ability to locate and consume the optimal amounts of various macronutrients. Understanding the nutritional regulation of an ant colony furthers our ...
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(2015-11-24)The gene PFKFB3 encodes for inducible 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase (iPFK2), an important regulatory enzyme of glycolysis. It is shown that PFKFB3/iPFK2 links metabolic and inflammatory pathways in adipose tissue; however, ...
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(2010-07-14)This research was conducted to test the hypothesis that select nutrients including glucose, leucine, arginine and glutamine stimulate conceptus development by activating mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin; HGNC approved ...
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(2021-05-13)Metabolically triggered inflammation is termed “meta-inflammation,” which underlies the pathological processes of many metabolic dysfunctions. In both inflammatory processes of chronic inflammation and bacterial endotoxin-induced ...
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(2021-07-27)PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the nutrients in eggs, specifically in the yolk, on the visual cognitive performance (VCP) in generally healthy older individuals. METHODS: One hundred six ...
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Nutritional and Regulatory Roles for Branched-Chain Amino Acids in Milk Production by Lactating Sows (2015-01-26)Both feeding and cell culture studies were conducted to test the hypothesis that branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) can enhance milk synthesis by porcine mammary epithelial cells (PMEC). In the first in vivo feeding trial, ...
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(2012-07-16)The goal of this study was to characterize the nutritional contribution of microalgae to white-legged shrimp and optimize fish meal (FM) and fish oil (FO) inclusion levels in their diets in the presence of microalgae. ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Twenty-four crossbred steer calves (235 + 6 kg initial BW) were weaned, adapted to a growing diet, trained to use Calan feeders and assigned to one of four treatments in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement as follows: (1) no ...
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(2012-02-14)This thesis research was conducted to test the hypothesis that the survival and growth of both neonatal and postweaning piglets can be improved by nutritional modulations. Two experiments were carried out to 1) evaluate ...
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(2014-05-01)Accelerated body weight gain during the juvenile period leads to early maturation of the reproductive neuroendocrine system and puberty by advancing the onset of high-frequency release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone ...
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(2019-08-21)Maternal nutrient restriction during pregnancy has been shown to impact postnatal life in beef cattle; examples include impaired immune, metabolic, and reproductive function, and reduced growth rate and carcass characteristics. ...
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(2014-06-26)Nutritional and metabolic statuses during postnatal development control the timing of pubertal maturation in mammals. Studies reported herein had two overall aims. In Aim I, objectives were to characterize functional and ...
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(2019-12-02)Both feeding and in vitro tissue studies were conducted to test the hypothesis that glutamate (Glu) and glutamine (Gln), consisting of >10% of dry weight in fishmeal (FM), may be nutritionally essential for maximal growth ...
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(2017-12-13)The aim of this research program was to evaluate the effect of multiple nutritional strategies on broiler performance, meat yield, and the presence and severity of white striping and woody breast in high-yielding, male ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)The objective of this study was to determine effects of supplementing coastal bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon; CBG) hay with Strophostyles helvula (98 g kg-1 crude protein (CP), 476 g kg-1 neutral detergent fiber (NDF)), ...
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(2012-11-28)The miniaturization and digitization of modern microelectronic systems have made Analog-to-Digital converters (ADC) key building components in many applications. Internet and entertainment technologies demand higher and ...
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(2019-11-19)The sensory organelle primary cilium is involved in sensing and transducing relevant signaling cascades in almost all cells of our body. These ciliary-mediated pathways impact cellular homeostasis and metabolism profoundly. ...