School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2009
Endogenous n-3 fatty acids protect ovariectomy induced bone loss by attenuating osteoclastogenesis, Md Mizanur Rahman, Arunabh Bhattacharya, Jameela Banu, Jing X. Kang, and Gabriel Fernandes
TOURNEFORTIA HIRSUTISSIMA (BORAGINACEAE) NEW TO THE FLORA OF TEXAS, Alfred Richardson and Ken King
An Expeditious Synthesis of 3-Amino B-Lactams Derived From Polyaromatic Compounds, Gildardo Rivera, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Sonam Jaggi, R. Christopher Gonzales, and Bimal K. Banik
Electrospinning polystyrene reinforced with multi-walled carbon nanotubes: Parameters for obtaining nanofibers with enhanced thermal properties, Ana Veronica Rodriguez Ybarra
Impact of flash animation in learning concepts of matter among elementary students, Rhodora S. Santos
Effects of adding an enhanced material instructional model to a collaborative grouping instructional strategy in a college preparatory chemistry course, Chinyere Fidelia Shaw-Nnajiofor
Large-scale patterns in trematode richness and infection levels in marine crustacean hosts, David W. Thieltges, Brian L. Fredensborg, Anja Studer, and Robert Poulin
Utilizing concept mapping as a teaching and learning tool to prepare for the science taks test, Rosa Linda Zuniga
Submissions from 2008
The conservation ecology of North American pleurocerid and hydrobiid gastropods, Kenneth M. Brown, Brian Lang, and Kathryn E. Perez
Additions to the Breeding Avifauna of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Timothy Brush
Thermal and mechanical properties of electrospun PMMA, PVC, Nylon 6, and Nylon 6,6, Clarisa Carrizales, Sean Pelfrey, Roman Rincon, Thomas Eubanks, Anxiu Kuang, Michael James McClure, Gary L. Bowlin, and Javier Macossay-Torres
Structure of PolC Reveals Unique DNA Binding and Fidelity Determinants, Ronald J. Evans, Douglas R. Davies, James M. Bullard, Jeffrey Christensen, Louis S. Green, Joseph W. Guiles, Janice D. Pata, Wendy K. Ribble, Nebojsa Janjic, and Thale C. Jarvis
Structure and Redox Activity of Copper Sites Isolated in a Nanoporous P4VP Polymeric Matrix†, Elena Groppo, Mohammed Jasim Uddin, Silvia Bordiga, Adriano Zecchina, and Carlo Lamberti
Complementary DNA sequencing and identification of mRNAs from venomous gland of Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma, Ying Jia, Bruno A. Cantu, Elda E. Sánchez, and John C. Pérez
Dune and Vegetation Stability at South Padre Island, Texas, United States of America, Frank W. Judd, Kenneth R. Summy, Robert I. Lonard, and Ruben A. Mazariegos
Undergraduate Research: A Bridge to Graduate Education in Agricultural Biotechnology for Hispanics, Eliezer S. Louzada, Hilda Sonia de Rio, Allison J. Abell, Gerson Peltz, and Michael W. Persans
A review of freshwater gastropod conservation: challenges and opportunities, Steven J. Lysne, Kathryn E. Perez, Kenneth M. Brown, Russell L. Minton, and Jeffrey D. Sides
Evaluating signatures of glacial refugia for North Atlantic benthic marine taxa, Christine A. Maggs, Rita Castilho, David Foltz, Christy Henzler, Marc Taimour Jolly, John Kelly, Jeanine Olsen, Kathryn E. Perez, Wytze Stam, and Risto Väinölä
Correlation Between Luminescent Properties and Local Coordination Environment for Erbium Dopant in Yttrium Oxide Nanotubes, Yuanbing Mao, John Bargar, Michael Toney, and Jane P. Chang
Importance of Native Seeds in White-Winged Dove Diets Dominated by Agricultural Grains, Kenneth D. Pruitt, David G. Hewitt, Nova J. Silvy, and Steve Benn
Failure to replicate evidence of decapod crustacean nociception, Sakshi Puri and Zen Faulkes
Comparison of polymerase chain reaction and bacterial culture for Salmonella detection in the Muscovy duck in Trinidad and Tobago, Joanne Rampersad-Ammons, Jenelle Johnson, Gabriel Brown, Michael S. Samlal, and David R. Ammons
NEPTUNIA PLENA (FABACEAE: MIMOSOIDEAE) REDISCOVERED IN TEXAS, Alfred Richardson and Ken King
Using Color Infrared Imagery to Detect Sooty Mold and Fungal Pathogens of Glasshouse-propagated Plants, Kenneth R. Summy and Christopher R. Little
Production of marine trematode cercariae: a potentially overlooked path of energy flow in benthic systems, David W. Thieltges, Xavier de Montaudouin, Brian L. Fredensborg, K. Thomas Jensen, Janet Koprivnikar, and Robert Poulin
Submissions from 2007
N-(4-Methylphenyl) Benzenepropanamide - the First Isolated Amide From the Genus Paederia, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Anupam Nayak, Bidyut Basak, Avijit Banerji, Julie Banerji, Asima Chatterjee, Thierry Prang, and Alain Neuman
Great Green Macaws and the annual cycle of their food plants in Ecuador, Karl S. Berg, Jacqueline Socola, and Rafael R. Angel
An Overview of the Genus Nardostachys, Asima Chatterjee, Utpal Dutta, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Anupam Nayak, Bidyut Basak, Avijit Banerji, and Julie Banerji
Physiological responses of Aureoumbra lagunensis and Synechococcus sp. to nitrogen addition in a mesocosm experiment, Hudson R. DeYoe, Edward J. Buskey, and Frank J. Jochem
Compromised weaponry enhances crayfish tailflipping, Sandra Y. Espinoza and Zen Faulkes
Sensory modulation of crustacean non-giant tailflipping, Sandra Y. Espinoza and Zen Faulkes
Re-occurrence of the tropical green macroalga, Penicillus capitatus (Chlorophyta: Bryopsidales), in Lower Laguna Madre of South Texas., Joseph L. Kowalski, Donald L. Hockaday, Gilbert H. Boza Jr., and Hudson R. DeYoe
Effect of needle diameter on nanofiber diameter and thermal properties of electrospun poly(methyl methacrylate), Javier Macossay-Torres, Alexis Marruffo, Roman Rincon, Thomas Eubanks, and Anxiu Kuang
CHANGES IN SHELL MORPHOLOGY OF ELIMIA COMALENSIS (GASTROPODA: PLEUROCERIDAE) FROM THE EDWARDS PLATEAU, TEXAS, Russell L. Minton, Scott A. Reese, Kim Swanger, Kathryn E. Perez, and David M. Hayes
Microwave Spectra and ab Initio Studies of Ar-Propane and Ne-Propane Complexes: Structure and Dynamics, Karen I. Peterson, David Pullman, Wei Lin, Andrea J. Minei, and Stewart E. Novick
In-house polymerase chain reaction for affordable and sustainable Chlamydia trachomatis detection in Trinidad and Tobago, Joanne Rampersad, Xiaohui Wang, Helen Gayadeen, Samuel Ramsewak, and David Ammons
Occurrence and Characterization of Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) Strains from Dairy Farms in Trinidad, R. R. Roopnarine, David Ammons, Joanne Rampersad-Ammons, and A. A. Adesiyun
Breeding ecology of the Altamira Oriole in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Scott M. Werner, Sallie J. Hejl, and Timothy Brush
Effects of temperature and illumination on background matching in Mediterranean geckos (Hemidactylus turcicus), Frederic Zaidan and Pamela L. Wiebusch
Submissions from 2006
Observation of Fano Asymmetry in Raman Spectra of SrTiO3 and Cax Sr1-xTiO3 Perovskite Nanocubes, Sarbajit Banerjee, Dae In Kim, Richard D. Robinson, Irving P. Herman, Yuanbing Mao, and Stanislaus S. Wong
Seasonal roosts of Red-lored Amazons in Ecuador provide information about population size and structure, Karl S. Berg and Rafael R. Angel
Roles of Intra-fruit Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Controlling Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Seed Development and Storage Reserve Deposition, J. Blasiak, Anxiu Kuang, Chakavak S. Farghangi, and M. E. Musgrave
Loss of Escape-Related Giant Neurons in a Spiny Lobster, Panulirus Argus, Sandra Y. Espinoza, Lana Breen, Nisha Varghese, and Zen Faulkes
Digging Mechanisms and Substrate Preferences of Shovel Nosed Lobsters, Ibacus peronii (Decapoda: Scyllaridae), Zen Faulkes
High-Resolution Studies of Tropolone in the S 0 and S 1 Electronic States: Isotope Driven Dynamics in the Zero-Point Energy Levels, John C. Keske, Wei Lin, Wallace C. Pringle, Stewart E. Novick, Thomas A. Blake, and David F. Plusquellic
Electrospun fibers from poly(methyl methacrylate)/vapor grown carbon nanofibers, Javier Macossay-Torres, Juan H. Leal, Anxiu Kuang, and Robert E. Jones
CAPRARIA MEXICANA (SCROPHULARIACEAE) IN CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS: REDISCOVERED IN THE UNITED STATES, Alfred Richardson and Ken King
4,4′-(1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoropropane-2,2-diyl)bis(benzoyl chloride), Cecilia Rodriguez de Barbarin, Sylvain Bernes, Javier Macossay-Torres, and Patrick E. Cassidy
Submissions from 2005
Historic Changes in the Rio Grande Fish Fauna: Status, Threats, and Management of Native Species, Bob Calamusso, John N. Rinne, and Robert J. Edwards
Reconstitution of a Minimal DNA Replicase From Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Stimulation by Non-Cognate Auxiliary Factors, Thale C. Jarvis, Amber A. Beaudry, James M. Bullard, Nebojsa Janjic, and Charles S. McHenry
Discovery and Characterization of the Cryptic Psi Subunit of the Pseudomonad DNA Replicase, Thale C. Jarvis, Amber A. Beaudry, James M. Bullard, Urs Ochsner, H. Garry Dallmann, and Charles S. McHenry
Ascidians of South Padre Island, Texas, with a Key to Species, Gretchen Lambert, Zen Faulkes, Charles C. Lambert, and Virginia L. Scofield
Seed Storage Reserves and Glucosinolates in Brassica rapa L. Grown on the International Space Station, M. E. Musgrave, Anxiu Kuang, L. K. Tuominen, L. H. Levine, and R. C. Morrow
A Bacillus thuringiensis isolation method utilizing a novel stain, low selection and high throughput produced atypical results, Joanne Rampersad-Ammons and David R. Ammons
A nested-PCR with an Internal Amplification Control for the detection and differentiation of Bartonella henselae and B. clarridgeiae: An examination of cats in Trinidad, Joanne Rampersad, John D. Watkins, Michael S. Samlal, Raymond Deonanan, Shalini Ramsubeik, and David Ammons
Effects of oxidative stress on Ascidia interrupta embryogenesis, Anna Stwora, Virginia L. Scofield, and Zen Faulkes
Trace metal partitioning in Thalassia testudinum and sediments in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas, Thomas Whelan III, Jorge Espinoza, Xiomara Villarreal, and Maria CottaGoma
Submissions from 2004
Breeding Abundance and Nest-Site Distribution of the Altamira Oriole at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, Timothy Brush and Christopher R. Hathcock
Hooded Oriole Nest Failure Associated with a Novel Nest Site, Kevin Ellison and Timothy Brush
Community ecology of freshwater, brackish and salt marshes of the Rio Grande Delta, Frank W. Judd and Robert I. Lonard
Factors Controlling Seagrass Revegetation onto Dredged Material Deposits: A Case Study in Lower Laguna Madre, Texas, James E. Kaldy, Kenneth H. Dunton, Joseph L. Kowalski, and Kun-Seop Lee
Recovery of Vegetation Following a Wildfire in a Barrier Island Grassland, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, Robert I. Lonard, Frank W. Judd, Elizabeth H. Smith, and Chenghai Yang
The vascular flora of the Palo Alto National Battlefield Historic Site, Cameron County, Texas, Robert I. Lonard, Alfred T. Richardson, and N. L. Richard
The Global Decline of Nonmarine Mollusks, Charles Lydeard, Robert H. Cowie, Winston F. Ponder, Arthur E. Bogan, Philippe Bouchet, Stephanie A. Clark, Kevin S. Cummings, Terrence J. Frest, Oliver Gargominy, and Kathryn E. Perez
Systematics of Ipomoea subgenus Quamoclit (Convolvulaceae) based on ITS sequence data and a Bayesian phylogenetic analysis†, Richard E. Miller, J. Andrew McDonald, and Paul S. Manos
Response of Brood-Parasitic Bronzed Cowbird to Playback of the Song of Audubon's Oriole, Steven G. Monk and Timothy Brush
Regional Ecological Resource Assessment of the Rio Grande Riparian Corridor: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding Anthropogenic Effects on Riparian Communities in Semi-arid Environments, Jay Raney, Amy Neuenschwander, Frank W. Judd, Gene Paull, Melba Crawford, Robert I. Lonard, Tatiana Encheva, Thomas Tremblay, and William White
Evaluation of Artificial Lighting Sources for the Acquisition of Color Infrared Imagery Under Glasshouse Conditions, Kenneth R. Summy, Christopher R. Little, Ruben A. Mazariegos, Diana Lee Hinojosa-Kettelkamp, Jeri Carter, Shireen Yousef, and Robert Valdez
A guide to growing healthy trees in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Valley Proud Environmental Council, Texas Forest Service, Texas Urban Forestry Council, Brownsville Public Utilities Board, Brownsville Beautification Committee, Joe Ideker, Steve Benn, Beau Hollingsworth, Chris Best, and Robert I. Lonard
Submissions from 2003
First nesting attempt of Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivacea) in the United States, Timothy Brush
Effects of mesozooplankton removal and ammonium addition on planktonic trophic structure during a bloom of the Texas ‘brown tide’: a mesocosm study, Edward J. Buskey, Hudson R. DeYoe, Frank J. Jochem, and Tracy A. Villareal
Effects of mesozooplankton removal and ammonium addition on planktonic trophic structure during a bloom of the Texas ‘brown tide’: a mesocosm study, Edward J. Buskey, Hudson R. DeYoe, Frank J. Jochem, and Tracy A. Villareal
Phenology of Acacia berlandieri, A. minuata, A. rigidula, A. schaffneri, and Chloroleuconebano in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas during a Drought, Melissa R. Eddy and Frank W. Judd
An Overview of Aircraft Remote Sensing in Integrated Pest Management, James H. Everitt, Kenneth R. Summy, D. E. Escobar, and M. R. Davis
Cissus sicyoides C. Linnaeus (Vitaceae), a Potential Exotic Pest in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, J. V. French, Robert I. Lonard, and James H. Everitt
Synthetic Lethal Analysis Implicates Ste20p, a p21- activated Protein Kinase, in Polarisome Activation, April S. Goehring, David A. Mitchell, Amy Hin Yan Tong, Megan Keniry, Charles Boone, and George F. Sprague Jr.
Recovery of vegetation following a wild fire on the margins of tidal flats, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas, Robert I. Lonard, Frank W. Judd, and Elizabeth H. Smith
A Bacillus thuringiensis Isolate Possessing a Spore-Associated Filament, Joanne Rampersad, Ayub Khan, and David Ammons
Detecting Stress in Glasshouse Plants Using Color Infrared Imagery: A Potential New Application for Remote Sensing, Kenneth R. Summy, Christopher R. Little, Ruben A. Mazariegos, James H. Everitt, M. R. Davis, J. V. French, and A. W. Scott Jr.
Aerial detection of waste disposal sites near Donna Reservoir in south Texas., C. F. Webster, James H. Everitt, D. E. Escobar, and M. R. Davis
Submissions from 2002
A Three-Domain Structure for the delta Subunit of the DNA Polymerase III Holoenzyme delta Domain III Binds delta' and Assembles Into the DnaX Complex, James M. Bullard, Arthur E. Pritchard, Min Sun Song, Bradley P. Glover, Anna Wieczorek, Joe Chen, Nebojsa Janjic, and Charles S. McHenry
DNA Polymerase III Holoenzyme From Thermus Thermophilus Identification Expression Purification of Components and use to Reconstitute a Processive Replicase, James M. Bullard, Jennifer C. Williams, Wendy K. Acker, Carsten Jacobi, Nebojsa Janjic, and Charles S. McHenry
Alignment, mechanical and thermo-physical characterization of nanofiber-reinforced polyethylene, Veronica M. Diaz-Serrato
Parallelism in digging behaviour in two distantly related decapod crustaceans, Zen Faulkes
Riparian Vegetation of the Lower Rio Grande, Robert I. Lonard and Frank W. Judd
Submissions from 2001
An E. coli 5S rRNA Deletion Mutant Useful for the Study of 5S rRNA Structure/Function Relationships, David Ammons and Joanne Rampersad
First Nesting Records of the Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) in Southernmost Texas, Timothy Brush
Range extensions of the seaweeds Codium taylorii and Caulerpa prolifera into the lower Laguna Madre, Texas, Hudson R. DeYoe and Donald L. Hockaday
Habitat use, population density, and home range of Elf Owls (Micrathene whitneyi) at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, Christopher Michael Gamel and Timothy Brush
Productivity estimation in Halodule wrightii: comparison of leaf-clipping and leaf-marking techniques, and the importance of clip height, Joseph L. Kowalski, Hudson R. DeYoe, Terry C. Allison, and James E. Kaldy
Submissions from 2000
Field notes on the biology of the Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger in west Ecuador., Karl S. Berg
First nesting record of Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) in Hidalgo County, Texas, Timothy Brush
Interaction of Mitochondrial Elongation Factor Tu With Aminoacyl-tRNA and Elongation Factor Ts, Ying Chun Cai, James M. Bullard, Nancy L. Thompson, and Linda L. Spremulli
Submissions from 1999
Intracellular Trafficking of the Nuclear Receptor COUP-TF in Live Sea Urchin Embryos1, David Ammons, Joanne Rampersad, and Constantin N. Flytzanis
5S rRNA gene deletions cause an unexpectedly high fitness loss in Escherichia coli., David Ammons, Joanne Rampersad, and G. E. Fox
Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Mercapto-Methylimidazole-Induced Gastric Acid Secretion and Stress-Induced Gastric Ulceration, Uday Bandyopadhyay, Dipak Das, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Mrinalini Bhattacharjee, and Ranajit K. Banerjee
The Biological Flora of Coastal Dunes and Wetlands. Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb., Robert I. Lonard and Frank W. Judd
Vegetative Change on South Padre Island, Texas, over Twenty Years and Evaluation of Multispectral Videography in Determining Vegetative Cover and Species Identity, Robert I. Lonard, Frank W. Judd, James H. Everitt, David E. Escobar, Mario A. Alaniz, Isabel Cavazos III, and M. R. Davis
