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Role of wireless broadband connectivity on 'Big Data' and the agricultural industry in the United States and Australia
(International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, 2016)
Big Data has the potential to change the fabric of agriculture as we know it today; but only with wireless connectivity sufficient to employ telematics and other precision agricultural technologies. The primary focus of ...
Coxiella burnetii employs the Dot/Icm type IV secretion system to modulate host NF-KB/RelA activation
(Frontiers Media, 2016-12-19)
Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of Q fever and an obligate intracellular pathogen in nature that survives and grows in a parasitophorous vacuole (PV) within eukaryotic host cells. C. burnetii promotes intracellular ...
Effect of two commercial herbicides on life history traits of a human disease vector, Aedes aegypti, in the laboratory setting
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016-03-10)
Some mosquito species utilize the small niches of water that are abundant in farmland habitats. These niches are susceptible to effects from agricultural pesticides, many of which are applied aerially over large tracts of ...
Analysis of micronized charcoal for use in a liquid fuel slurry
(MDPI, 2016-12-27)
Yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) was chosen as the woody biomass for the production of charcoal for use in a liquid fuel slurry. Charcoal produced from this biomass resulted in a highly porous structure similar to ...
Learning in plants: Lessons from Mimosa pudica
(Frontiers Media, 2016-03-31)
This article provides an overview of the early Mimosa pudica literature; much of which is in journals not easily accessible to the reader. In contrast to the contemporary plant learning literature which is conducted primarily ...
Trajectories of substance use: Onset and adverse outcomes among North American Indigenous adolescents
(Wiley, 2016-12)
North American Indigenous communities experience disproportionately high rates of substance use, abuse, and dependence and their accompanying consequences. This study uses group-based trajectory modeling of past-year ...
Quantitative synthesis of the role of birds in carrying ticks and tick-borne pathogens in North America
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016-09-26)
Birds play a central role in the ecology of tick-borne pathogens. They expand tick populations and pathogens across vast distances and serve as reservoirs that maintain and amplify transmission locally. Research into the ...
Africanization of a feral honey bee (Apis mellifera) population in South Texas: Does a decade make a difference?
(Wiley Open Access, 2016)
The arrival to the United States of the Africanized honey bee, a hybrid between European subspecies and the African subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata, is a remarkable model for the study of biological invasions. This ...
Morphology and foraging behavior of Oklahoma's grass-feeding termite: Gnathamitermes tubiformans (Isoptera: Termitidae)
(Kansas Entomological Society, 2016)
Grass-feeding termites, Gnathamitermes sp., can be considered beneficial in pastureland, where they aerate topsoil, recycle nutrients from grasses and forbs, and excavate and redistribute soil. The primary objective of ...
Self-reported arrests among Indigenous adolescents: A longitudinal analysis of community, family, and individual risk factors
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016)
Purpose: North American indigenous (American Indian/Canadian First Nations) adolescents are overrepresented in the juvenile justice systems in the USA and Canada. One explanation advanced for disproportionate numbers of ...