I. Ovalicin is a natural product isolated from the culture of fungus Pseudorotium ovalis Stolk, it selectively inhibit type 2 methionine amino-peptidase (MetAP 2), which related to many physiological activities such as ...

Pseudomonas syringae bacteria utilize the type III secretion system (T3SS) to deliver effector proteins into host cells. The T3SS and effector genes (together called the T3 genes hereafter) are repressed in nutrient rich ...

We previously selected a purple-fleshed sweetpotato p40 clone that has been shown to protect against colorectal cancer in a murine model. This study is to identify anthocyanins by using HPLC/MS-MS and assess the stability ...

Tannin, a second metabolic product in sorghum, has been directly related to resistance to insects and birds. Tannin also impacts sorghum nutritional value. Previous studies have shown tannin content has a positive correlation ...

This thesis includes two studies that assessed pain responses to husbandry procedures in order develop mitigation tools. The objective of the first trial was to identify method-related differences in behavioral pain responses ...

Early binge drinking (i.e., five or more drinks on a single occasion) is associated with a greater risk of later substance abuse or dependence, and other non-alcohol related problems in adulthood, (e.g., adult civil or ...

Obesity in adolescence is associated with a complex web of ecological, psychosocial, and physiological factors, and many of these factors relate to nutrition and physical activity behaviors. Before interventions are ...

This work explores the emergence and evolution of the rhetoric choice rhetoric as it pertains to contemporary American abortion politics. <Choice> is explored from an ideographic perspective, borrowing from the theoretical ...

Heterocyclic amines (HCAs) formed during cooking of meats at high temperatures are suspected cancer causing compounds and efforts have been made to reduce their levels. Spices possessing high levels of antioxidants have ...

In this paper we evaluate a general form of image classification algorithm based on dense SIFT sampling. This algorithm is present in some form in most state-of-the-art classification systems. However, in this algorithm, ...