Coral reefs are diverse ecosystems and serve many purposes including preventing erosion on coastlines and acting as a source of food, income, and culture. Acropora cervicornis, a staghorn coral, has faced a significant 80-89% decline in the Caribbean, attributed to a poorly-characterized epizootic, White Band Disease (WBD). Previous studies showed...
The impact of ripening on the dry-hop aroma potential and chemical development of Cascade hops is not well understood. Therefore, 5-6 weekly hop samples were collected over the 2014, 2015 and 2016 harvests. Concentrations of humulones did not change as a function of harvest date, while total hop essential oil...
The research question address in this study is, “To what extent will the use of hands-on activities for introducing concepts in bioinformatics promote student engagement in after-school STEM club settings?” It is hypothesized that high school students' engagement in hands-on bioinformatics activities promotes their awareness of, and interest in, STEM...
As more people volunteer in the name of ‘conservation,’ a careful analysis of ‘conservation’ and the actors’ underlying
ideologies becomes pressing. Volunteers work on the seemingly similar goal of ‘conservation,’ but differences
in interpretations can have on-the-ground impacts. In this paper, I use interviews and participant interactions
to: (1) analyse...
Similarly structured food web models of four coastal ecosystems (Northern California Current, Central Gulf of Alaska, Georges Bank, southwestern Antarctic Peninsula) were used to investigate competition among whales, fishes, pinnipeds, and humans. Two analysis strategies simulated the effects of historic baleen and odontocete whale abundances across all trophic levels: food...
Background: Recent mapping of eukaryotic transcriptomes and spliceomes using massively parallel RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) has revealed that the extent of alternative splicing has been considerably underestimated. Evidence also suggests that many pre-mRNAs undergo unproductive alternative splicing resulting in incorporation of in-frame premature termination codons (PTCs). The destinies and potential functions...
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) helps limited-income families in Oregon
improve their nutrition practices. These include learning to:
□ Stretch family food dollars
□ Choose foods for better nutrition for family members
□ Purchase food for nutritional needs
□ Improve food production, preparation, storage, safety, and sanitation
Welcome to nutrition education with the Nutri-Kids! The purpose of this unit, Nutri-Kids Go Around the World, is to introduce thirdgrade children to food and food customs of other cultures, and to provide them with nutrition and health information they can use to live healthier lives. Stroke, heart disease, diabetes,...