This document provides details of the Scientific and Social Programs at the NAAFE Forum 2015, Economic Sustainability, Fishing Communities, and Working Waterfronts, held in Ketchikan, Alaska, May 20-22, 2015. The conference was organized by Keith Criddle and Quentin Fong, University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, with...
Burkholderia thailandensis is a soil-dwelling bacterium that has been proven to produce antimicrobial compounds. We are interested in understanding how B. thailandensis regulates production of these compounds and also hope to identify and characterize novel bacterial factors that possess antimicrobial activity. In our research, we use a variety of methods...
This paper is an analysis of the political theology articulated by Shia clerics and the political parties they were affiliated with between 1958-1979 with specific attention paid to Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr and the Islamic Da’wa Party. It begins by tracing the development of Shia clerical political activism under the...
Foodborne outbreaks involving fresh produce have been on the rise since the late 1990's. Pathogens such as Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli are prevalent in agricultural environments and commonly travel between farms via irrigation water. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has placed an increased emphasis on microbiological standards of...
The micronutrient zinc (Zn) plays a key role in the animal and plant kingdoms. Zndeficient soils impact plant production and can cause yield reductions of 40% or more. Zn is also important for both human and plant development as a cofactor for over 200 enzymes. Zn-deficiency symptoms in plants include...
We investigate the data collection problem in sensor networks. The network consists of a number of stationary sensors deployed at different sites for sensing and storing data locally. A mobile element moves from sites to sites to collect data from the sensors periodically. There are different costs associated with the...
Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and the mechanisms that lead to this heart defect are not fully understood. Consequently, treatments for this defect do not currently reverse structural or molecular variations that lead to cardiac arrhythmia. Loss of the gene coding for the transcription factor Pitx2 leads...
The process of redesigning products in order to reduce their environmental impact is a challenging task because formalized methods in sustainable product design do not yet exist. There are many tools and methods that designers can use to be more informed of the sustainability of a product, but many are...
Students struggle with the concept of functions and the notation associated with it in various mathematical contexts. This thesis investigates student understanding of function notation through their generalization of single variable functions to multivariable functions in a variety of situations. Semi-structured student interviews were conducted and analyzed through a framework...
A Confederate soldier turned cowboy, fresh off the front lines of the Civil War, Cain Bradshaw is a hard man who keeps to himself, content to work the cattle train and bury himself in the oblivion offered by the wilds of the scarcely tamed West. But when dumb chance and...