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2014-01-01
Gao, Yongfeng, Serpe, Michael J.
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAm) microgel-based etalons were used to fabricate systems that change visual color in response to light exposure. These systems were fabricated by adding pH responsive microgel-based etalons to a solution composed of the photoacid o-nitrobenzaldehyde (o-NBA). Upon...
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2014-11-01
Hvenegaard, Glen T, Fraser, Laura
Citizen science projects involve non-professionals (e.g., community members) actively contributing to authentic scientific research (Dickinson et al., 2012). Participation in citizen science projects can benefit participants, researchers, and local communities (Dickinson & Bonney, 2012)....
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2014-01-01
Wang, Jingxia, Hu, Liang, Song, Yanlin, Serpe, Michael J.
Janus poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-acrylic acid/Au microgels that resemble a “snowman”, “dumbbell”, and an “abalone” were prepared by thermally evaporating a layer of Au on half of the microgel surface, followed by exposure to thiolated single-stranded DNA with complementary sequences. We...
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Novel two-component regulatory systems play a role in biofilm formation of Lactobacillus reuteri rodent isolate 100-23
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Su, Marcia Shu-Wei, Gänzle, Michael G.
his study characterized the two-component regulatory systems encoded by bfrKRT and cemAKR, and assessed their influence on biofilm formation by Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23. A method for deletion of multiple genes was employed to disrupt the genetic loci of two-component systems. The operons...
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Perceived Learning, Critical Elements, and Lasting Impacts on University based Wilderness Educational Expeditions.
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Asfeldt, Morten, Hvenegaard, Glen T.
This study examined participants' perceptions of learning, critical elements, and lasting impacts of their wilderness expeditions. Fifty-seven students, who completed a for-credit wilderness canoe expedition between 1993 and 2007 at the Augustana Campus, University of Alberta, participated in the...
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Performing resistance exercise before versus after aerobic exercise influences growth hormone secretion in type 1 diabetes
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Yardley, Jane E., Sigal, Ronald J., Riddell, Michael C., Perkins, Bruce A., Kenny, Glen P.
We compared growth hormone (GH) and plasma glucose (PG) levels in type 1 diabetic individuals performing aerobic before resistance exercise (AR) to when resistance exercise was performed first (RA). In AR, GH secretion declined in late exercise while it rose throughout exercise in RA, resulting...
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Polymer-based devices for the label-free detection of DNA in solution: low DNA concentrations yield large signals
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Islam, Molla R., Serpe, Michael J.
Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N-(3-aminopropyl) methacrylamide hydrochloride) microgel-based optical devices (etalons) have been shown to change their optical properties in the presence of single-stranded DNA. We hypothesize that this is due to the negatively charged DNA penetrating through the...
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2014-01-01
Yu Jin, Frank M. Hilker, Peter M. Stefer, Mark A. Lewis
A key problem in environmental flow assessment is the explicit linking of the flow regime with ecological dynamics. We present a hybrid modeling approach to couple hydrodynamic and biological processes, focusing on the combined impact of spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability on...