Association of Sociodemographic Factors with Tuberculosis Outcomes in Mississippi.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In the US, the national incidence of reported TB cases was 2.16 per 100,000 persons in 2020 and 2.

Exploring the connection between work-family conflict and job burnout among Nigerian correctional staff.

Only one study among U.S. prison staff has explored the effects of work-family conflict and job burnout.

Resistance and survival to extreme heat shows circadian and sex-specific patterns in A cavity nesting bee.

The pollination services provided by insects have been a crucial part of evolution and survival for many species, including humans. For bees to be efficient pollinators they must survive the environmental insults they face daily. Thus, looking into the short- and long-term effects of heat exposure on bee performance provides us with a foundation for investigating how stress can affect insect pollination.

Evaluation of silver nanoparticle acute and chronic effects on freshwater amphipod (Hyalella azteca).

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are known to cause ecotoxic effects, but there are no existing derived ambient water quality criteria (AWQC) for these nanomaterials to protect freshwater aquatic life due to insufficient toxicological data. We exposed Hyalella azteca to silver nitrate, citrate-coated AgNPs (citrate-AgNPs), and polyvinylpyrrolidone-coated AgNPs (PVP-AgNPs) in a 10-day and 28-day water-only static renewal system with clean sand as a substrate for the amphipods and compared their point estimates with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) AWQC for silver. We observed that all treatments decreased the survival, growth, and biomass of H.

The Association of Organizational Justice with Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment among Nigerian Correctional Staff.

Correctional staff are a necessary and valuable resource for correctional institutions, in both Western and Nonwestern nations; however, studies of correctional staff in Nonwestern nations, particularly those in Africa, are lacking. Improving the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of these staff are imperative, as both of these job attitudes have been linked to many salient beneficial outcomes. Most of the existing empirical research on correctional staff organizational justice explores only the effects of procedural and distributive justice and ignores interpersonal justice.

The status of geo-environmental health in Mississippi: Application of spatiotemporal statistics to improve health and air quality.

Data enabled research with a spatial perspective may help to combat human diseases in an informed and cost-effective manner. Understanding the changing patterns of environmental degradation is essential to help in determining the health outcomes such as asthma of a community. In this research, Mississippi asthma-related prevalence data for 2003-2011 were analyzed using spatial statistical techniques in Geographic Information Systems.

The effects of a sublethal dose of botulinum serotype e on the swimming performance of channel catfish fingerlings.

Abstract Visceral toxicosis of catfish (VTC) is a disease of cultured Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus in the Mississippi Delta region and surrounding states. The etiology of VTC is associated with botulinum serotype E (BoNT/E), which causes blockage of acetylcholine release at the neuromuscular junction, leading to weakness and paralysis of skeletal muscles (including those involved in swimming). This study attempted to determine if sublethal exposure to purified BoNT/E caused reductions in swimming performance and metabolism of Channel Catfish.

Promoter prediction in E. coli based on SIDD profiles and Artificial Neural Networks.

Background: One of the major challenges in biology is the correct identification of promoter regions. Computational methods based on motif searching have been the traditional approach taken. Recent studies have shown that DNA structural properties, such as curvature, stacking energy, and stress-induced duplex destabilization (SIDD) are useful in promoter prediction, as well.

A survey of pesticides containers management among African-American agricultural workers in Mid-Delta of Mississippi, USA.

This paper examines the existing pesticides containers management among African American agricultural workers in Mid-Delta of Mississippi. 70% of the respondents disposed of the used pesticides containers indiscriminately; 10% recycled; 10% utilized low land area; and 8% dumped pesticides containers in public dumpsters.

Developmental events of the pectoral muscle in rainbow trout larvae (Salmo gairdneri).

Skeletal muscles of developing pectoral fins in rainbow trout larvae (Salmo gairdneri) were analyzed by electron microscopy. Large, branched mitochondria were dominant structures in developing myotubes. Mitochondria were associated with the tubular system (T and SR).