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Investigating Dynamics of the STAT3 and C/EBPβ Pathways upon Stimulation by Inflammatory Cytokines
(2011-08-04)
The purpose of this project was to investigate the dynamics of the Jak-STAT3 (STAT3) and Erk-C/EBPβ (C/EBPβ) pathways upon stimulation with inflammatory cytokines such as Interleukin 6 (IL-6) and oncostatin M (OSM), which ...
Investigations of Heat Shock Protein Expression in the Swordtail Fishes Xiphophorus birchmanni and X. malinche
(2011-08-04)
In many species, animals must endure environmental stressors such as exposure to heat,
toxins, and ultraviolet radiation. To protect cells against such stressors, animals employ an evolutionarily ancient mechanism: the ...
IMPACT OF IBUPROFEN ON THE BONE RESPONSE TO SIMULATED RESISTANCE TRAINING
(2011-05-06)
The purpose of this research project was to determine the overall effects of ibuprofen on bone formation in response to simulated resistance training in adult female rats. Ibuprofen is a common and generally safe non-steroidal ...
Infaunal abundance in restored and reference marshes of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico
(2011-05-04)
One widely accepted approach to mitigate the loss of natural marsh habitat is to restore marshes in areas that were previously open water. To better understand the infaunal
community within restored marshes, infauna were ...
Application of Rosenbrock Methods to Tightly Coupled Multiphysics Simulations in Nuclear Science and Engineering
(2011-04-27)
Recently, researchers have investigated the implementation of accurate high order time discretization techniques in large-scale nonlinear multiphysics simulations using Implicit Runge-Kutta (IRK) methods. For a given time ...
MULTIPLE MATING IN XIPHOPHORUS BIRCHMANNI, A LIVE-BEARING SWORDTAIL FISH
(2011-04-27)
Male and female mating behaviors have been extensively studied in Xiphophorus birchmanni; however the genetic mating system has not been characterized in this species. X. birchmanni is a live-bearing fish, so females can ...
Antioxidant and Anti-Inflamatory Effects and Mechanisms of Green Tea in Vitro in Vascular Epithelial Cells
(2011-08-04)
In the human body there are free radicals present which have one or many unpaired or
lone electrons. These electrons are reactive and have the capability to cause damage to
tissues if left in their unstable state. In ...
CLIMATE-FIRE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
(2011-01-11)
This study is meant to explain the fire regime of the southern Appalachian Mountain Range of the southeastern United States by analyzing spatial statistics and climate-fire relationships. The spatial statistics were created ...
Serum concentrations of cortisol induced by exogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) are not predictive of residual feed intake (RFI) in Brahman cattle.
(2011-01-11)
Identification of feed efficient cattle by determination of residual feed intake (RFI) of individual animals is both laborious and expensive (negative RFI value=efficient; positive RFI value=inefficient). A less costly ...
A Preliminary Microsatellite Linkage Map of the Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)
(2011-01-11)
A genetic linkage map was generated for the red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), a marine
fish species of considerable economic importance in the southeastern United States.
Two single-pair mating families of 104 progeny were ...