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Optimal Sizing of a Counterflow Cooler for Feed Pellets
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-07-01)
The goal of this research is to develop a tool to assist in the selection of an appropriately sized counter flow cooler for feed pellets. Of primary concern is the OP><FLO cooler manufactured and sold by Bliss Industries ...
Collegiate aviation programs and their under representation of female students: A national study of the perceptions of female student pilots
(2008-07)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to determine the existence and extent of barriers and biases against female flight students at collegiate flight programs. The researcher gathered data from female ...
Characterization of the Spiroplasma P58 Multigene Family
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-05-01)
Spiroplasma citri and S. kunkelii are phytopathogenic mollicutes. Among genetic differences between S. citri lines BR3-3X (insect transmissible) and BR3-G (insect non-transmissible) was the absence, in BR3-G, of a gene encoding a 58kDa membrane protein, P58. Multiple P58-like gene sequences were present in S. citri BR3-3X (three detected) and S. kunkelii CR2-3X (seven detected), indicating a putative multigene family in the small spiroplasma genome. P58 sequence alignments revealed one or more intragenic recombination events among the P58-like sequences. Determined by PSI-BLAST, the N-terminal portion of P58 was related to bacteriophage terminases, proteins usually found in tailed bacteriophages. Tailed bacteriophages, SpV2 and SpV3, have been reported to infect spiroplasmas. The C-terminal portion shared similarity with the Mycoplasma hominis P50/Vaa adhesin. Thus, the P58 termini may have different origins. Recombination events, like those described here, may have implications for Spiroplasma evolution and niche adaptation....
Molecular epidemiology of Pasteurella multocida respiratory disease in beef cattle
(2008-12)
Two studies were performed to investigate the epidemiology of P. multocida isolated from the respiratory tracts of cattle. The first study used 41 P. multocida isolates obtained from fatal cases of bovine respiratory disease ...
Load Scheduling for Bioinformatics Applications in Large Scale Networks
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-12-01)
A load scheduling strategy with near-optimal processing time is designed to explore the computational characteristics of DNA sequence alignment algorithms, specifically, the Needleman-Wunsch Algorithm. Following the divisible ...
Evaluation of a High Ph Solution as An Alternative for Phosphate Meat Enhancement
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-05-01)
Paired USDA Select beef strip loins, aged 2 d, were enhanced with either a high pH solution containing 3.6% sodium chloride, 1% Herbalox seasoning, adjusted to pH 10 with ammonium hydroxide (~0.1%, FFC grade); or a phosphate ...
Intention to Stay and Customers Perceptions About the Effectiveness and the Components of Environmentally Friendly Programs in Hotels
(Oklahoma State University, 2008-05-01)
This study is aimed at identifying the customers' perceptions about the components of environmentally friendly programs in hotels and to evaluate their effectiveness. Furthermore, this study determines the importance of ...
Synthesis, reactivity, and catalytic studies of transition metal complexes of chelating cyclic and acyclic diaminocarbene ligands
(2008-12)
Since the first report of a stable diaminocarbene by Arduengo in 1991, carbene ligands have been widely explored in organometallic chemistry due to their favorable features in catalysis. In order to find broad applications ...
Methodology for the directional growth of conducting nanowires and their attachment to live cells
(2008-12)
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Comparison of conventional and automated methodology for identification and characterization of lactobacilli
(2008-07)
Scope and Method of Study: Numerous potential health benefits of consumption of products containing probiotics have been highlighted in research for many years. More recently, the prospective role probiotics may offer in ...