Session II
Student Union Ballroom
Afternoon Poster Session
Agriculture, Forestry, and Wildlife
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Bonvillain, C.P., D.A. Rutherford, W.E. Kelso, and C.C. Green. LSU-BR
Validation and use of handheld protein and lactate tools for quantifying physiological condition in red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkia |
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Brown, G., J. L. Delabbio, and S. W. Gabrey. NSU
Physical characteristics and summer diet of alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) in Central Louisiana |
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Webb, K. A., D.D. Kee, C. Richmond and S. Edwards. McSU, Louisiana Native Plant Initiative and USDA-NRCS
Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) seed variability and yield response to collection date |
Botany
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Stiller, V. Southeastern
Drought and salinity affect wood density and vulnerability to xylem cavitation of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) seedlings |
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Sasek, T.W. ULM. Urbatsch, L. LSU. Darwin, S. Tulane. Miller, R. Southeastern. Lasseigne, A. NiSU
CyberFlora Louisiana: A virtual herbarium for Louisiana |
Molecular and Biomedical Biology
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Cherion, A.J., and K.P. Briski ULM
Hindbrain A2 noradrenergic neurons exhibit gender differences in substrate transporter and metabolic transducer gene habituation to hypoglycemia |
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Jayavardhana R. Palem, Rajeswara C. Pinnoji, Gautam R. Bedadala, and Shao-Chung V. Hsia. ULM
Regulation of HSV-1 thymidine kinase, LAT, and ICP0 by thyroid hormone receptor in neuronal cells |
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Shirode, A.B., P.W. Sylvester. ULM
Synergistic antiproliferative effects of tocotrienol and celecoxib on mammary tumor cells is associated with a suppression in Akt and NF?B signaling |
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Altius, S.C., and Cheng, H.
A study of transient receptor potential melastatin type 7 in pancreatic beta-cells |
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Broadway, L., A. Engelsen, G. Hogan, J. Harmson, C. Gissendanner, and A. M. Findley. ULM.
Isolation and characterization of novel mycobacteriophages from northeast Louisiana soil samples |
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Doucett, A., and K.A. Jackson, McSU
Corticosterone effects on the blood system of Xenopus laevis |
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Lewis, S., GSU, Cavalier, M., Yim, Y-S, and Lee, Y-H. LSU
A novel target of future cancer chemotherapy 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphophatase 3 (PFKFB3) |
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Moore, T.J., A. Saraf, and K.A. Jackson, McSU
Corticosterone effects on glucose regulation in Xenopus laevis |
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Sadaiappen, R.R., Augillard, A.M., Lightbourne, C.C., and Barrett, P. XU
Giving worms a headache |
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Tawah, F.C., GSU, D.M. Karnak and M.J. Wishart, U. of Michigan
Role for STYX in MAPK signaling and nuclear transport during germ cell maturation |
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O'Reilly, J.P., P.E. Shockett, and J.H. Chancey
Structure-function analysis of slow inactivation in voltage-gated Na+ channels |
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B. M. Gil(1) and H. Cheng(2), (1)Nicholls State University, (2)Louisiana State University
Characterization of TRPM4 in glucagon-secreting cells of the pancreas |
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Henry, W., GSU, Galan, J., Zhang, H., and W.A. Tao, Purdue U.
Identification and quantification of low abundant serum proteome |
Zoology
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Canning, L.D., B.M. Clark, E.M. Leighton, R.W. Hopes, and W.H. Dees. McSU
Field evaluation of colored lights as attractants for mosquitoes |
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Dees, W.H., T.L. Sylvester, L.D. Canning, B.M. Clark and R.W. Hopes. McSU
An innovative trap for studying mosquito attractants and repellents |
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Duplantis, T.A., E.M. Leighton and W.H. Dees. McSU. J. Hightower, Calcasieu Parish Mosquito Control
Does West Nile Virus howl at the moon? |
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Freeborn, L.F. and D.M. Sever. SLU
Reproductive morphology of colubroid snakes |
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Hodge, M. A. LSMSA. S. W. Gabrey and A. Semerena. NSU
Spiders as ecological indicators: the effect of forest management practices on spider diversity |
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Kersten, C.A., M.K. Hutton, and K.A. Jackson. McSU
Histology of Xenopus laevis testes following atrazine exposure |
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Leighton, E.M., T.A. Duplantis and W.H. Dees. McSU. J. Hightower, Calcasieu Parish Mosquito Control
Effect of meteorological factors on the activity of mosquitoes positive for West Nile Virus in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: 2002-2007 |
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Mayon, M. N. and J. Bossart. SLU
Beetle assemblages of Louisiana?s rare saline prairies |
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Meyer, H.A. McSU
Water bears of the Caribbean |
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Murray, C.M. SLU
Can reproductive allometry assess population marginality in crocodilians? a comparative analysis of American alligator (Alligator mississipiensis) populations in South Florida and coastal Louisiana |
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Rheubert, J.R., E.H. Poldemann, M.E. Eckstut, M.H. Collier, D.M. Sever, and K.M. Gribbins. SLU and Wittenberg University
The temporal germ cell development strategy during mixed spermatogenesis within the male Mediterranean Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) |
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Stumpf, C.F. LSU-A
Toxicity and repellency of 2-Undecanone against German cockroaches |
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Tatum, L.D. and W.H. Dees, McSU
Using bacteria to express naturally-occurring insect hormones to control insect pests |
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VandenBroek, N.P. SLU
Microhabitat use of Herpetofauna in bottomland hardwood forest of the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge |
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Vidrine, M. F., J. E. Cordes, D. M. Jariel, M. Bastian-Stanford, S. R. Hazelton-Robichaux, J. A. Hamlin, J. Al-Dujaili and C. E. Vidrine. LSU-E
The status of the genus Unionicola Haldeman 1842 (Acari: Unionicolidae: Unionicolinae) |
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Williams, A.A. and J. Trahan III. LSU-E
Faunistics of a restored tallgrass prairie |
Computer Science
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Heather Smith and Jessica Smith, GSU
Graduation management tool for undergraduate students |
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Jan Durand and Nolukhanyo Ndlabhu, GSU
Elevator control system |
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Karl Etherly and Michael Terrel, GSU
Efficient communication between two computers using VPN package and routers |
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Shrestha, A. and P. D. Wiedemeier. ULM
Modeling GEO satellite based VHF packet radio network data multicasts |
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Yang, K.P., Beaubouef, T., and Alkadi, G
A FPGA Development and Education Board for Computer Science |
Materials Science and Engineering
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Beattie W.R, S. Baker, LTU; S. Ellis, GSU, and P. A. Derosa, GSU/LTU
Molecular modeling-based assessment of nanocomposites electrical properties |
Math & Statistics
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Chi, O. LSU-BR. and Y.N. Chi. UTB-Brownsville
Business students' attitudes toward statistics: a path analysis |
Social Sciences
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Murphy, N., SUBR
Gender diversity in engineering software development virtual teams |
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Gilbert Edward Corrigan MS MD PhD (East Baton Rouge Coroners Office) EBRCO
A bulletin board demonstration on urban public death 2008 |
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