In this study we demonstrate that sample strips of lidar in
combination with Landsat can be used to predict forest attributes
more precisely than from Landsat alone. While lidar
and Landsat can each be used alone in vegetation mapping,
the cost of wall to wall lidar may exceed users' financial...
This project used a predictive model to map canopy cover of vegetation over seven feet in height (“tall woody vegetation”) at 30-meter resolution over nearly 29 million acres within and adjacent to the range of the greater sage-grouse in Oregon. Although the specific target of the mapping was western juniper...
Bioaccessibility in vitro tests measure the solubility of materials in surrogate biofluids. However, the lack of uniform methods and the effects of variable test parameters on material solubility limit interpretation. One aim of this study was to measure and compare bioaccessibility of selected economically important alloys and metals in surrogate...
Loading of cryoprotectants into oocytes is an important step of the cryopreservation process, in
which the cells are exposed to potentially damaging osmotic stresses and chemical toxicity.
Thus, we investigated the use of physics-based mathematical optimization to guide design of
cryoprotectant loading methods for mouse and human oocytes. We first...
International immersion experiences do not, in themselves, provide students with the opportunity to develop cultural competence. However, using an anthropological lens to educate students allows them to learn how to negotiate cultural differences by removing their own cultural filters and seeing events through the eyes of those who are culturally...
The effect of bactericidal UV-C treatments (254 nm) on E. coli O157:H7 suspended in apple juice increased synergistically with temperature up to a threshold value. The optimum UV-C treatment temperature was 55 °C yielding a 58.9% synergistic lethal effect. Under these treatment conditions, the UV-heat (UV-H[subscript 55 °C]) lethal variability...
This paper presents a case study on the application of a dynamic framework for the intelligent
control of flooding in the Boise River system in Idaho. This framework couples a robust
and numerically efficient hydraulic routing approach with the popular multi-objective Non-dominated
Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II). The novelty of...
Transcription factors comprise just over 7% of the human
proteome and serve as gatekeepers of cellular function,
integrating external signal information into gene expression programs that reconfigure cellular physiology at the
most basic levels. Surface-initiated cell signaling pathways converge on transcription factors, decorating these
proteins with an array of post-translational...
High pressure processing (HPP) has become the most widely accepted nonthermal food preservation technology. The pressure range for commercial processes is typically around 100-600 MPa, whereas moderate temperature (up to 65°C) may be used to increase microbial and enzymatic inactivation levels. However, these industrial processing conditions are insufficient to achieve...
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: Current theories of adaptation to disability do not address differences in adaptation to congenital compared to acquired disability. Although people with congenital disabilities are generally assumed to be better adapted than people with acquired disabilities, few studies have tested this, and even fewer have attempted to explain the mechanisms...