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Towards Urban Sustainability: A Framework for Understanding the Applicability of SDGs to small and medium size cites (SMSC)
(2023-04-26)
United Nations (UN) News states that understanding upcoming urbanization trends is crucial to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This agenda consists of 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) that ...
Towards Urban Sustainability: Stormwater Management & Solar Power Potential of Auburn University Campus, AL.
(2020-04-16)
‘Sustainability’ is a big concern these days, since it seeks environmental protection, social development, and at the same time ensuring economic development. Now people are more aware of long-term viability of earth, their ...
Toxic Cyanobacteria and Plant Defenses Against a Generalist Herbivore
(2011-07-18)
Toxin-producing cyanobacteria have frequently been hypothesized to limit the ability of herbivorous zooplankton (such as Daphnia) to control phytoplankton biomass by inhibiting Daphnia feeding, population growth, and in ...
Toxicity and bioconcentration properties of Perfluorosulfonic acids (PFSAs) on the microalgae Scenedesmus obliquus UTEX 393
(2020-11-17)
Recently, it has been found that Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids (PFAAs) are potentially harmful to humans and the environment. Used in some industrial applications for many years, these compounds are very persistent and do not ...
Toxicity and Laboratory Performance of Insecticides to Field-Collected German Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)
(2016-11-09)
The toxicity and resistance levels of five technical grade insecticides (permethrin, chlorpyrifos, propoxur, imidacloprid, and fipronil) were determined for adult males of seven strains of the German cockroach, Blattella ...
Toxicity and Physiological Effects of Essential Oil Components against the German Cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) (Ectobiidae)
(2022-03-24)
The overarching goal of this research is to extend the scholarship on and provide new evidence that rationalizes the inclusion of low toxicity, plant-based essential oils (EOs), and their components (EOCs) into integrated ...
Toxicity and Repellency of Essential Oils to the German Cockroach (Dictyoptera:Blattellidae)
(2009-11-18)
The topical toxicity of 12 essential oil components (carvacrol, 1,8-cineole, trans-cinnamaldehyde, citronellic acid, eugenol, geraniol, S-(-)-limonene, (-)-linalool,
(-)-menthone, (+)-α-pinene, (-)-β-pinene, and thymol) ...
Toxicity and repellency of essential oils to the house fly (Musca domestica)
(2017-07-27)
The house fly, Musca domestica (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) is a worldwide agricultural and
public health pest. Using essential oils is one method for controlling the house fly. This study
assessed the toxicity and repellency ...
Toxicity and Transcriptome Sequencing (RNA-seq) Analyses of Adult Zebrafish in Response to Exposure to Stabilized FeS and Fe3O4 Nanoparticles
(2017-11-14)
Iron-based nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely studied for potential applications in many fields, particularly in environmental remediation and biomedical areas. For example, iron sulfide (FeS) nanoparticles, have been ...
Toxicity Assessment of Clitocybe nuda as Natural Antimicrobials
(2015-05-06)
Clitocybe nuda is an edible mushroom which shows promise to be developed as a novel natural food antimicrobial due to various antimicrobial components found in its fruit body as well as secondary metabolites in recent ...
Toxicity Screening of Novel Myeloperoxidase Inhibitors Using Zebrafish Model
(2018-06-26)
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a heme-containing enzyme, which is stored and released by neutrophils and monocytes. MPO catalyzes the production of hypochlorous acid from hydrogen peroxide and chloride ion. Hypochlorous acid ...
Trace Element and Hf-Nd Isotope Constraints on the Origin of Young Tengchong Volcanic Rocks, SE Tibetan Plateau
(2014-05-14)
Hafnium and neodymium isotope systematics in mafic volcanic rocks provide useful information about mantle source characteristics and processes. Hf and Nd isotope arrays are useful for identifying the types of subducted ...
Trade Adjustments to Exchange Rates in Regional Economic Integration: Argentina and Brazil
(2005-12-15)
Currency devaluation is one of the most commonly used economic policies when a country faces a trade imbalance. By making exports more competitive in world markets and imports more expensive in terms of local currency, ...
Trading Strategies and Risk Management for Wind Power in the Electricity Market
(2017-04-19)
The use of wind energy, one of the main renewable energy sources, has rapidly expanded around the world in past decades. However, the uncertainty and unpredictability of wind power lead to a number of challenges for both ...
The Tragedy of the Gamer: A Dramatistic Study of GamerGate
(2019-04-16)
In August 2014, a small but active group of gamers began a relentless online harassment campaign against notable women in the videogame industry in a controversy known as GamerGate. In response, game journalists from several ...
Training an AI-Based Chatbot to Infer Workplace Competencies
(2024-07-24)
Competency modeling is used within a wide range of contexts within organizations such as selection, development, and promotion decisions to name a few. Assessing relevant competencies comes with its challenges; designing ...
Training Arbitrarily Connected Neural Networks with Second Order Algorithms
(2008-08-15)
Neural networks have been an active area of research and application for many years. Today they are gaining popularity with the growing processing power of modern computers. With neural networks gaining popularity comes ...
Training Dogs for Awake, Unrestrained Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(2019-08-01)
Awake, unrestrained canine functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is of great interest in working dog sectors for its potential to elucidate mechanisms of scent processing and odor detection, as well as biobehavioral ...
Training Needs of a Regional Extension Agent
(2020-11-12)
Based on the research by Reid in 1997, the needs of the County Extension Agents in the agriculture/natural resources/forestry, family consumer sciences, and youth programs were addressed. The Alabama Cooperative Extension ...
Training Parents to Enhance Social Skills in Children with Developmental Delays: A Component Analysis
(2014-03-31)
Social skills deficits are a core feature of ASD (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2000; Parsons & Mitchell, 2002), and they are related to a myriad of other social, developmental, and psychological challenges ...