The purpose of this study was to explore the possible relationship among fashion media, the social responsibility agenda of the Audubon Society, and the use of birds in millinery in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Both the content analysis method and the historic method were used to gain...
Children’s behavioral self-regulation and executive function (EF; including attentional or
cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control) are strong predictors of
academic achievement. The present study examined the psychometric properties of a
measure of behavioral self-regulation called the Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders (HTKS) by
assessing construct validity, including relations to EF measures, and...
'Marion' blackberry is known for having excellent aroma and flavor, yet they are susceptible to damage by freezing and they are very thorny. Thornless blackberry cultivars have been developed and show great potential. Thus, the interest of the study was in determining which of eight thornless blackberry cultivars, have similar...
Endophytic fungi (A. coenophialum and A. lolii) which infect grasses produce ergot alkaloids that serve as the grasses' chemical defenses and enhance the vigor of the grass. Turf-type tall fescue with high endophyte levels has been deliberately developed to produce a greener, more vigorous, pest-resistant turf. Consumption of endophyte-infected grass...
To determine how well DNA barcodes from the chloroplast region perform in forest dynamics plots
(FDPs) from global CTFS-ForestGEO network, we analyzed DNA barcoding sequences of 1277 plant
species from a wide phylogenetic range (3 FDPs in tropics, 5 in subtropics and 5 in temperate zone)
and compared the rates...
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species (excluding repeated species), comprising sam-
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Phytophthora infestans causes potato late blight, an important and costly disease of potato and tomato crops. Seven clonal lineages of P. infestans identified recently in the United States were tested for baseline sensitivity to six oomycete-targeted fungicides. A subset of the dominant lineages (n = 45) collected between 2004 and...
A 2x2 factorial experimental design with 2 replications was
used to study the effects of a combination of electrical stimulation
and delayed chilling of pre-rigor muscle on meat characteristics.
Twenty Standard and Good grade beef cattle were slaughtered and 5
carcasses were assigned to each of the 4 treatments. Meat...
Eliminating physical activity disparities among ethnic minorities in the U.S. is important. Cultural differences have been found to be plausible contributing factors associated with such disparities. Therefore it is important to investigate and understand the mechanisms by which diverse aspects of cultural experiences affect physical activity participation among ethnic minorities,...
Dynamic marine environments can shape complex spatial and temporal patterns in the population connectivity of marine species, and this is often exemplified in species with long larval phases. Here, we used a genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach to examine fine-scale spatial and temporal genomic variation among Dungeness crab Cancer magister larval recruits...