I. Height allometries Since 1999, FIA data include height measurements. However, pre-1999 FIA data (which currently comprise most of the available plot re-measurements) do not include height data for most of the U.S. Therefore, incorporating tree height into analyses of pre-1999 FIA data requires height-dbh allometries, which we estimated using the post-1999 FIA data. Because we wished to treat...

vi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Adult neurogenesis 1 1.1.1 Adult neurogenesis and cognitive function 3 1.1.2 Process of adult neurogenesis 8 1.2 Aging and neurogenesis 12 1.2.1 Aging and cognitive function 14 1.2.2 Oxidative stress and process of aging 17 1.2.3 Inflammation and aging 22 CHAPTER 2: MATERIALS AND METHODS 29 2.1 Animals 29 2.2 Surgical Procedures 29 2.2.1 Eyeblink conditioning su...

This study examined whether dietary supplementation can be used to protect against ischemic stroke. Two groups of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats initially received NT-020, a proprietary formulation of blueberry, green tea, Vitamin D3, and carnosine (n = 8), or vehicle (n = 7). Dosing for NT-020 and vehicle consisted of daily oral administration (using a gavage) over a 2-week period. On day 14 f...

The effects of the aquaporin-4 (AQP-4) inhibitor TGN-020 on regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was examined in wild-type (WT) and AQP-4 knockout (KO) mice in vivo. Although baseline absolute rCBF of WT and KO mice were equivalent (158.9 ± 17.7 and 155.5 ± 10.4 ml/100 g/min, respectively), TGN-020 produced a significant increase in rCBF compared with saline-treated WT mice (control), reaching a...

Introduction The International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) has proposed a preventative scheme for managing microbial risks in foods that introduces the important new concept of a food safety objective (FSO). The FSO concept translates public health risk into a definable goal: a specified maximum frequency and/or concentration of a [microbiological] hazard in a...

Natural coir fibers, subjectd to thermal treatments in the range of 0oC to 200oC and alkali treatment with 5% to 30% concentration w/w, have been used in the present investigation to determine the interlayer variability of the cellulose planes (020), (110) and (110). Among the equatorial reflections (110), (110) and (020), the extent of variability is found to be more with the proportion of suc...

Interventions to improve the cognitive health of older adults are of critical importance. In the current study, we conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial using a pill-based nutraceutical (NT-020) that contained a proprietary formulation of blueberry, carnosine, green tea, vitamin D3, and Biovin to evaluate the impact on changes in multiple domains of cognitive functioning. ...

Analysis of the hot H2 16O spectrum, presented by Polyansky et al. (1996, J. Mol. Spectrosc. 176, 305-315), is extended to higher vibrational states. Three hundred thirty mainly strong lines are assigned to pure rotational transitions in the (100), (001), and (020) vibrational states. These lines, which involve significantly higher rotational energy levels than were known previously, are assign...