Dilprit
Pooni
Sponsor: Christopher Simmons, Ph.D. Food Science & Technology Cyperus esculentus, a species of nutsedge, is considered one of the worst weeds in the world. Nutsedge grown in association with crops reduces the nutrient content of the crops significantly which is a huge loss for growers. It can be difficult to control because of its underground system of rhizomes, tubers, and bulbs. Nutsedges reproduce by tubers that can be dormant for up to 10 years, making it difficult to get rid of completely. The current control strategies are very tedious and slow, using harmful chemical fumigants that are hazardous to humans. Biosolarization is a safer alternative to fumigation that has been tested on other soil pests. This research aims to validate that biosolarization can be an alternative method for agriculture on soil infested with C.esculentus. To see if biosolarization can control the nutsedge, a tetrazolium chloride (TZ solution) staining technique was applied to validate the survival or death of the tubers. Using the TZ method, it was concluded that biosolarization significantly brought down the viability of tubers in the soil. Furthermore, the staining technique can be proven to be a procedure to validate biosolarization. A Systematic Review of Cognitive Function and Dementia among Military Veterans
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Military veterans are often underrepresented in the cognitive aging and dementia literature. We aim to understand the gap in the current literature and how service in the military is associated with cognitive functioning and dementia. To further our understanding, we will be conducting a systematic literature review utilizing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Through search engines, such as PubMed and Google Scholar, we will identify articles using keywords: "Alzheimer's," "dementia," "cognit*," "military," and "veterans." We only included peer-reviewed studies that are in English, from 2010-2023. We plan to explore the magnitude and breadth of current studies on between military service and cognitive function. We will determine how risk factors associated with military service, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and traumatic brain injury (TBI), mediates risk for cognitive impairment and dementia. Military veterans are faced with adverse risk factors different from their civilian counterparts and are often not considered in studies of cognitive aging or dementia. Therefore, it is important to study the veteran population in order to better understand factors that affect their cognition and inform future studies to target cognitive issues affecting this understudied population. Associations between Self-Concept, Vocabulary, and Motor Skills in Infants Anushka Potdar
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UC Davis / MED: Neurology / 2024
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