Browsing Faculty Works, Department of Biological Systems Engineering by Title
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Advances in Biochemical Engineering-Biotechnology
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Advances in Watershed Management: Modeling, Monitoring, and Assessment
(American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2011)This article introduces a special collection of nine articles that address a wide range of topics all related to improving the application of watershed management planning. The articles are grouped into two broadly defined ... -
Armored kinorhynch-like scalidophoran animals from the early Cambrian.
(2015-11-26)Morphology-based phylogenetic analyses support the monophyly of the Scalidophora (Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Priapulida) and Nematoida (Nematoda, Nematomorpha), together constituting the monophyletic Cycloneuralia that is ... -
Assembly of Bio-Nanoparticles for Double Controlled Drug Release
(PLOS, 2013-09-06)A critical limiting factor of chemotherapy is the unacceptably high toxicity. The use of nanoparticle based drug carriers has significantly reduced the side effects and facilitated the delivery of drugs. Source of the ... -
Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on Water Quantity and Quality in an Urban Watershed Using a Calibrated Stormwater Model
(MDPI, 2017-06-27)Assessing climate change (CC) impacts on urban watersheds is difficult due to differences in model spatial and temporal scales, making prediction of hydrologic restoration a challenge. A methodology was developed using an ... -
A Bayesian Assignment Method for Ambiguous Bisulfite Short Reads
(PLOS, 2016-03-24)DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification critical for normal development and diseases. The determination of genome-wide DNA methylation at single-nucleotide resolution is made possible by sequencing bisulfite treated ... -
Biochemical properties of GH94 cellodextrin phosphorylase THA_1941 from a thermophilic eubacterium Thermosipho africanus TCF52B with cellobiose phosphorylase activity
(Springer Nature, 2017-07-07)A hypothetic gene (THA_1941) encoding a putative cellobiose phosphorylase (CBP) from Thermosipho africanus TCF52B has very low amino acid identities (less than 12%) to all known GH94 enzymes. This gene was cloned and ... -
BMP impacts on sediment and nutrient yields from an agricultural watershed in the coastal plain region
(American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2001)The goal of the Nomini Creek watershed monitoring study was to quantify the effectiveness of BMPs at the watershed scale and to determine if the improvements in water quality could be sustained over a long-term period. ... -
Cell-free protein synthesis energized by slowly-metabolized maltodextrin
(2009-06-28)Background Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) is a rapid and high throughput technology for obtaining proteins from their genes. The primary energy source ATP is regenerated from the secondary energy source through substrate ... -
Cell-free protein synthesis of norovirus virus-like particles
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017-05-25)Norovirus vaccine development largely depends on recombinant virus-like-particles (VLPs). Norovirus VLPs have been produced in several cell-based expression systems with long production times. Here we report, for the first ... -
Characterization of future drought conditions in the Lower Mekong River Basin
(Elsevier, 2017-07-29)This study evaluates future changes to drought characteristics in the Lower Mekong River Basin using climate model projections. The Lower Mekong Basin (LMB), covering Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, is vulnerable to ... -
Climate Change Adaptation for Agriculture. Mitigating Short- and Long-Term Impacts of Climate on Crop Production
(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2014-09-24)Climate change and climate variability pose a great risk to agricultural production and farm livelihoods, and producers will need to adapt to a changing climate that is expected to be significantly more variable in order ... -
Coenzyme Engineering of a Hyperthermophilic 6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase from NADP(+) to NAD(+) with Its Application to Biobatteries
(Nature Publishing Group, 2016-11-02)Engineering the coenzyme specificity of redox enzymes plays an important role in metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and biocatalysis, but it has rarely been applied to bioelectrochemistry. Here we develop a rational ... -
Combined statistical and spatially distributed hydrological model for evaluating future drought indices in Virginia
(Elsevier, 2017-06-06)Study region: Virginia, United States. Study focus: Climate change is expected to impact the intensity and severity of droughts; therefore, it is necessary to simulate future drought conditions using temperature and ... -
Communicating Climate Change to Agricultural Audiences
(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2016-11-15)Discusses climate change and challenges related to climate change, in relation to agriculture. -
Controlling Magnetotactic Bacteria through an Integrated Nanofabricated Metallic Island and Optical Microscope Approach
(Nature Publishing Group, 2014-02-01)Herein, we demonstrate the control of magnetotactic bacteria through the application of magnetic field gradients with real-time visualization. We accomplish this control by integrating a pair of macroscale Helmholtz coils ... -
Cost-effective BMP placement: Optimization versus targeting
(American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2004)Cost-effectiveness of nonpoint-source pollution reduction programs in an agricultural watershed depends on the selection and placement of control measures within the watershed. Locations for best management practices (BMPs) ...
