Carpet beetles are very common pests found in homes, museums, libraries, and warehouses where animal products are stored. They cause damage to leather, wool clothing, animal products, and many other commodities containing protein. In spite of its common presence, information on how to control them using insecticides is lacking. Few research was conducted in the past 30 years regarding carpet beetle control. This study will compare the effectiveness of insecticide dust, spray, and fumigant materials (...)
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SEBS - Entomology
Entomology
If the intestinal epithelium were unraveled it would be a one-cell-thick layer with enough surface area to cover a tennis court. This thin layer selectively absorbs nutrients while repelling toxins and pathogens. Because it’s a dirty job, the entire epithelium is shed and replenished continuously (much like our skin) with the whole tissue replaced every few days. High exposure to noxious substances coupled with high rates of proliferation make this epithelial layer susceptible to both cancer and (...)
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SAS - DLS - Genetics
Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology, Developmental (...)
Cities contain novel, specialized environments that give rise to unique selection pressures on urban plant populations. Very little research has been performed on plant evolutionary ecology in urban landscapes, but it is clear that certain plants species are successful and some cannot survive in urban conditions. However, it is not well known if plants are successful in urban areas due to preadaptation, plasticity, or rapid evolution. Assessing how urbanization selects for particular plant morphological, (...)
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SEBS - Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Ecology, Evolution , Plants , Urban Design and Planning, (...)
Wildfire occurrences have experienced a notable surge over the past few decades over the North America. The increasing emissions from wildfires over the western US offset the air quality improvement from decades of anthropogenic emission controls under the Clean Air Act. Over the Eastern US, while the impacts of wildfires are generally minor, the Canadian wildfire smoke in June 2023 led to unprecedented PM2.5 pollution across the eastern US. The goal of this project is to use state-of-science air (...)
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SEBS - Environmental Science
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Space Sciences, (...)
Recent studies examining the impact of nutrition on lifespan indicate that the balance of protein intake is a key determinant but the underlying mechanisms are not yet clear. Dietary amino acid insufficiency can reduce growth, but can also act to increase resistance to surgical stress, improve metabolic fitness and slow metabolic aging. This uncoupling between growth and health raises important questions concerning the relationship between amino acid nutrition and protein homeostasis. This project (...)
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SEBS - Nutritional Sciences
Biochemistry, Gene Regulation , Molecular Biology, (...)