Opportunities and Challenges for Including Oyster-Mediated Denitrification in Nitrogen Management Plans.

Nitrogen pollution is one of the primary threats to coastal water quality globally, and governmental regulations and marine policy are increasingly requiring nitrogen remediation in management programs. Traditional mitigation strategies (e.g.

A silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor electron spin-orbit qubit.

The silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) material system is a technologically important implementation of spin-based quantum information processing. However, the MOS interface is imperfect leading to concerns about 1/f trap noise and variability in the electron g-factor due to spin-orbit (SO) effects. Here we advantageously use interface-SO coupling for a critical control axis in a double-quantum-dot singlet-triplet qubit.

Electronic Transport Properties of Epitaxial Si/SiGe Heterostructures Grown on Single-Crystal SiGe Nanomembranes.

To assess possible improvements in the electronic performance of two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) in silicon, SiGe/Si/SiGe heterostructures are grown on fully elastically relaxed single-crystal SiGe nanomembranes produced through a strain engineering approach. This procedure eliminates the formation of dislocations in the heterostructure. Top-gated Hall bar devices are fabricated to enable magnetoresistivity and Hall effect measurements.

Evaluation of delivery agents used for introduction of small interfering RNAs into feline corneal cells.

Objective: To evaluate agents used for delivery of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) into feline corneal cells, toxicity of the delivery agents, and functionality of anti-feline herpesvirus 1 (FHV-1)-specific siRNA combinations.

Sample: Feline primary corneal cells and 19 six-month-old colony-bred cats.

Procedures: siRNA delivery into corneal cells via various delivery agents was evaluated via flow cytometric detection of labeled siRNAs.

Effect of nephrotomy on renal function and morphology in normal cats.

Objective: To assess effects over 12 weeks of bisection nephrotomy on renal function, size, and morphology in cats.

Study Design: Controlled, randomized, blinded experiment.

Sample Population: Ten adult female cats.

Humoral immunity is not critical for protection against experimental infection with Sarcocystis neurona in B-cell-deficient mice.

Immunodeficient B-cell-deficient mice (mmuMT) were infected with Sarcocystis neurona merozoites to determine the role of B cells and the humoral immune response in protective immunity. As expected, the mice did not seroconvert based on a direct agglutination test. Infected mice did not have significant changes in gross pathology at the time points examined.

Prevention of meningo/encephalomyelitis due to Sarcocystis neurona infection in mice is mediated by CD8 cells.

Immunodeficient CD8 knockout mice were infected with Sarcocystis neurona merozoites, in order to determine the role of CD8 cells in protective immunity. Using a direct agglutination test, all infected mice seroconverted by selected time points. Infected mice developed splenomegaly and bilateral lymphadenopathy.

Effects of oral administration of methazolamide on intraocular pressure and aqueous humor flow rate in clinically normal dogs.

Objective: To determine magnitude and duration of the effect of oral administration of methazolamide at 2 dosages on intraocular pressure (IOP) in dogs in single-dose and multiple-dose trials and to determine aqueous humor flow rate (AHFR) by use of anterior segment fluorophotometry before and during treatment.

Animals: 25 healthy adult Beagles.

Procedure: Baseline IOPs and AHFRs were determined on days 0 and 1, respectively.