Microwave-assisted extraction was used for the extraction of alantolactone and isoalantolactone from Inula helenium. Effects of various experimental factors including ethanol concentration, particle size, microwave radiation time, the ratio of material to liquid and extraction temperature on yield of alantolactone and isoalantolactone were evaluated. The optimal extracting process of the alanto...

Rapid and persistent suppression of feeding behavior induced by sensitization training in Aplysia Ama Acheampong, Kathleen Kelly, Maria Shields-Johnson, Julie Hajovsky, Marcy Wainwright, and Riccardo Mozzachiodi Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas 78412, USA; Houston Community College, Houston, Texas 77002, USA; Endicott College, Beverly, Mass...

Neuropsychological assessment of human visual processing capabilities strongly depends on visual testing conditions including room lighting, stimuli, and viewing-distance. This limits standardization, threatens reliability, and prevents the assessment of core visual functions such as visual processing speed. Increasingly available virtual reality devices allow to address these problems. One suc...

M.J. Brewer *, Texas AgriLife Research and Department of Entomology, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX 78406; J.S. Armstrong, USDA ARS Beneficial Insect Research Unit, Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center, Weslaco, TX 78596; E.G. Medrano, USDA ARS Cotton Pathology Research Unit, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, C...

1 Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, 2 Marine Biogeochemistry, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA, 3 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, 4 Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, USA, 5 In...

It is undeniably true that Virtual Reality (VR) has continuously been developed since 1800s and still have produced till today. However, very few studies attempted to study on the design of Graphical User Interface (VR-GUI) effectively empowers users interact immerse in a simulated world, via hardware software with ease. Therefore, aims this research are compare four different types VR GUI Cont...

Several botanicals, including Crataegus oxycantha, Terminalia arjuna, Inula racemosa, and Astragalus membranaceus, have been found to have therapeutic benefit for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Crataegus oxycantha has been used traditionally as a cardiac tonic and current uses include treatment for angina, hypertension, arrhythmias, and congestive heart failure. Animal studies have al...