Upconversion-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Biomimetic Detection of the Mycotoxin Cyclopiazonic Acid.

The neurotoxin α-cyclopiazonic acid (CPA) is an emerging mycotoxin produced as a secondary metabolite by several fungi species (., spp. and spp.

A criterion for sequential Cohen-Macaulayness.

The purpose of this note is to show that a finitely generated graded module over , a field, is sequentially Cohen-Macaulay if and only if its arithmetic degree agrees with , where is a graded free -module and . This answers positively a conjecture of Lu and Yu from 2016.

Developing a separation system to enable real-time recovery of acetone-butanol during fermentation.

Methods such as gas stripping and vacuum-assisted gas stripping (VAGS) result in significant removal of water from the bioreactor, thus requiring continuous water replenishment in the bioreactor. In this study, we developed a hydrophobic stainless steel meshes capable of selectively recovering concentrated ABE stream from the bioreactor during VAGS. Three stainless steel meshes with pore sizes of 180 µm, 300 µm, and 425 µm were made hydrophobic and oleophilic with zinc oxide (ZnO) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS).

More than a side-hustle: Satisfaction with conventional and microtask work and the association with life satisfaction.

Gig platforms promise attractive, flexible ways to earn supplemental income. Academics, however, often describe gig work as low-quality work, suggesting that it is less satisfying than conventional work. In this paper, we present a novel comparison of satisfaction with gig microtask work and conventional work among MTurk workers doing both.

Protection of α-Tocopherol from UV-Induced Degradation by Encapsulation into Zein Nanoparticles.

Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin with several forms. Among these, α-tocopherol (TOC) is preferentially absorbed and accumulated in humans. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals.

A Strain near Isogenic to the Sequenced FGSC7600 Strain for Producing Homozygous Multigene Mutants.

Fungal genetic systems ideally combine molecular tools for genome manipulation and a sexual reproduction system to create an informative assortment of combinations of genomic modifications. When employing the sexual cycle to generate multi-mutants, the background genotype variations in the parents may result in progeny phenotypic variation obscuring the effects of combined mutations. Here, to mitigate this variation in , we generated a strain that was near isogenic to the sequenced wild-type strain, FGSC7600.

In search of animal normativity: a framework for studying social norms in non-human animals.

Social norms - rules governing which behaviours are deemed appropriate or inappropriate within a given community - are typically taken to be uniquely human. Recently, this position has been challenged by a number of philosophers, cognitive scientists, and ethologists, who have suggested that social norms may also be found in certain non-human animal communities. Such claims have elicited considerable scepticism from norm cognition researchers, who doubt that any non-human animals possess the psychological capacities necessary for normative cognition.

Biophysical characterization of -glucan nanoparticles encapsulating feruloylated soy glycerides (FSG).

Water insoluble -glucans that were enzymatically synthesized using glucansucrase that was cloned from NRRL B-1118 were previously shown to form nanoparticles via high pressure homogenization. These -glucan nanoparticles were previously shown capable of encapsulating a small hydrophobic molecule. This work demonstrates that the same -glucan can be formed into nanoparticles that encapsulate feruloylated soy glycerides from modified soybean oil, a product of interest to the cosmetic and skin care industries because of the UV absorbance and antioxidant properties of the feruloyl moiety.

Discovery of new strains for furfural degradation using adaptive laboratory evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

In industrial production, the excessive discharge of furfural can pose harm to soil microorganisms, aquatic animals and plants, as well as humans. Therefore, it is crucial to develop efficient and cost-effective methods for degrading furfural in the environment. Currently, the use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for furfural degradation in water has shown effectiveness, but there is a need to explore improved efficiency and tolerance in S.

Long-term phonemic representations become audiovisual by mid-childhood.

In earlier work with adults, we showed that long-term phonemic representations are audiovisual, meaning that they contain information on typical mouth shape during articulation. Many aspects of audiovisual processing have a prolonged developmental course, often not reaching maturity until late adolescence. In this study, we examined the status of phonemic representations in two groups of children - 8-9-year-olds and 11-12-year-olds.

Potential Biocontrol Agents of Corn Tar Spot Disease Isolated from Overwintered Stromata.

Tar spot disease in corn, caused by , can reduce grain yield by limiting the total photosynthetic area in leaves. Stromata of are long-term survival structures that can germinate and release spores in a gelatinous matrix in the spring, which are thought to serve as inoculum in newly planted fields. In this study, overwintered stromata in corn leaves were collected in Central Illinois, surface sterilized, and caged on water agar medium.

Physicians Disclosing Religion in Online Biographies: Patient Perceptions and Decision-Making in the United States.

The inclusion of personal information about a healthcare provider is becoming more prevalent within online biographies as a means to help patients make more informed decisions about their future care. While many physicians indicate they are religious, and that spiritual well-being is an important part of one's overall health, what is unclear is what impact this sort of disclosure within an online biography might have on a prospective patient's perceptions of that provider. The current study took the form of a 2 (gender of provider: man; woman) × 2 (religion disclosure: yes; no) × 2 (activity: singing in choir; playing on softball team) between-subjects experiment.

Smartphone Recordings are Comparable to "Gold Standard" Recordings for Acoustic Measurements of Voice.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship and comparability of cepstral and spectral measures of voice obtained from a high-cost "flat" microphone and precision sound level meter (SLM) vs. high-end and entry level models of commonly and currently used smartphones (iPhone i12 and iSE; Samsung s21 and s9 smartphones). Device comparisons were also conducted in different settings (sound-treated booth vs.

Proof-of-Concept study of ion-exchange method for the recycling of LiFePO cathode.

Recycling spent lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathodes in an economically sustainable way remains a great challenge due to their low-value elemental composition. Thus, both low-cost technology together with a high-value product are critical for the recovery of the LFP materials. In this study, the commercially mature ion-exchange (IX) method was explored to recover Li from LFP material for the first time.

Combining TEMPO and methyl undecenoate to produce an effective anti-mosquito compound with convenient spin-labeling.

A general method to spin-label a fatty acid was demonstrated as well as an assay of the effectiveness of methyl 10-undecenoate and the spin-labeled version, against the larvae of Aedes aegypti. The LCs were 66 and 58 μL/120 mL (55 and 48 ppm) respectively, and the LCs were 108 and 90 μL/120 mL (113 and 90) ppm. This shows that the spin-label has very little effect on the larvicidal activity of the compound.

Application of the PERMA Model of Well-being in Undergraduate Students.

The PERMA model was introduced by Seligman in 2011 to increase and measure well-being. This model defines well-being in terms of Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA). Mental health concerns are common in undergraduate students and may prevent them from obtaining optimal well-being.

Introduction of a conversation starter tool to improve health habits in young children.

Background: Childhood overweight and obesity rates in the United States continue to climb. Providers must identify feasible interventions to improve health habits to prevent and treat obesity in children.

Methods: Parents (n = 91) of four-to eight-year-old children were recruited and surveyed regarding their child's current health habits and perception of their child's weight status.

The Process of Developing a Digital Repository for Online Teaching Using Design-Based Research.

The urdue epository for Online eaching nd earning (PoRTAL) was developed as an Open Educational Resource (OER) for graduate students and faculty in higher education settings to enhance their online teaching skills and strategies. The PoRTAL team used a design-based research approach (DBR; Wang & Hannafin, (4), 5-23, 2005). In this study context, we used Van Tiem et al.

Numerical analysis of unsteady momentum and heat flow of dusty tangent hyperbolic fluid in three dimensions.

This paper explores the impact of MHD and viscous dissipation with joule heating on convective stretching flow of dusty tangent hyperbolic fluid over a sheet in 3D. A time-dependent magnetic field is applied along the z-axis and the sheet being stretched along the xy-plane. The fluid and dust particles motions are coupled only through drag and heat transfer between them.

An Examination of US School Mass Shootings, 2017-2022: Findings and Implications.

Objectives: Gun violence in the USA is a pressing social and public health issue. As rates of gun violence continue to rise, deaths resulting from such violence rise as well. School shootings, in particular, are at their highest recorded levels.

Assessing the diversity of anthocyanin composition in various tissues of purple corn (Zea mays L.).

Anthocyanins are natural pigments used in various foods, beverages, textiles, and nutraceuticals. Anthocyanins in the grain of purple corn (Zea mays L., Poaceae) have been a focus of many studies, but not much is known about anthocyanins in other maize tissues.

Group Feature Screening via the F Statistic.

Feature screening is crucial in the analysis of ultrahigh dimensional data, where the number of variables (features) is in an exponential order of the number of observations. In various ultrahigh dimensional data, variables are naturally grouped, giving us a good rationale to develop a screening method using joint effect of multiple variables. In this article, we propose a group screening procedure via the F-test statistic.

Model-assisted deep learning of rare extreme events from partial observations.

To predict rare extreme events using deep neural networks, one encounters the so-called small data problem because even long-term observations often contain few extreme events. Here, we investigate a model-assisted framework where the training data are obtained from numerical simulations, as opposed to observations, with adequate samples from extreme events. However, to ensure the trained networks are applicable in practice, the training is not performed on the full simulation data; instead, we only use a small subset of observable quantities, which can be measured in practice.