How Do Research Projects Influence the Design of Local Policies for Environmental and Natural Resource Management?

This paper documents and analyzes interactions between environmental and natural resource (ENR) management research and local governance. It draws from the experiences of the Philippine-based Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP) to address the following questions: How do research projects influence ENR policy and design? What are the institutional arrangements necessary to sustain interactions between research and governance? The authors offer important methodological insights as well as lessons for practical efforts to link research and policy.environmental and natural resource management, research-policy relationship

Proyecto de ejecución de 14 viviendas, garaje y trasteros

Se proyecta el edificio sobre un terreno calificado como urbano. Está limitada al norte por la Calle Jazmines, al oeste por la Calle Esperanza, al este por la Calla Alhelíes y al norte por la Avda. Reyes Católicos. La fachada principal está orientada hacia ésta última. El solar descrito dispone actualmente de todos los servicios urbanísticos necesarios, por lo que es apto para desarrollar en él el presente proyecto. En los planos se indica la ubicación de los mismos y por donde se realizarán las acometidas.Escuela de Arquitectura e Ingeniería de EdificaciónUniversidad Politécnica de Cartagen

Carbon Dioxide Emissions and the Macroeconomy: Evidence from the ASEAN Region

This paper examined the effects of income, trade, and foreign direct investments (FDI) on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries for the period of 1970–2011 using the panel corrected standard errors (PCSE) estimation method. The results of the study were consistent with the environmental Kuznet’s curve (EKC) hypothesis – CO2 emissions increase as per capita GDP increases up to a certain income threshold, beyond which further increase in income is accompanied by lower emissions. However, the threshold per capita GDP (estimated to be USD 20,017) is way above the income levels of the ASEAN countries (with the exception of Brunei and Singapore). This suggests that most of the ASEAN region will still be in the upward-sloping portion of the EKC for several more years, and this necessitates an economic growth strategy that includes a stringent program to curb CO2 emissions. Nonetheless, both trade and FDIs do not significantly contribute to CO2 emissions in the ASEAN region, auguring well for the trade- and FDI-oriented development strategies adopted by most ASEAN member countries. Since low-carbon technologies and production methods are owned by high-income investing countries, trade and FDI can also be encouraged to facilitate and hasten the transfer of low-carbon technologies to the fast-developing countries of the ASEAN region

Predicting protein structures and structural annotation of proteomes

Protein structure prediction methods aim to predict the structures of proteins from their amino acid sequences, utilizing various computational algorithms. Structural genome annotation is the process of attaching biological information to every protein encoded within a genome via the production of three-dimensional protein models

Contextualizing Asian American education through critical race theory: An example of U.S. Pilipino college student experiences

Critical race theory can be an important tool for developing a deeper understanding of the experiences of specific Asian American ethnic groups and individuals.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/63048/1/297_ftp.pd

Sorption kinetics and equilibrium isotherms of phosphine and evaluation of chlorine dioxide gas during wheat fumigation

Master of ScienceDepartment of Grain Science and IndustryMajor Professor Not ListedIncreased genetic-based resistance to widely used fumigant phosphine among stored-product insect species is a result of fumigating challenges in leaky pest management practices. Phosphine can be prolonged for use as a fumigant through proper fumigation practices and efficient insect resistance monitoring. Along with prolonging the use of phosphine, it is also critical to find potential fumigant alternatives that could effectively control stored-product insects once phosphine is no longer effective. In the first study, fumigation flasks, half-filled with hard red winter wheat, were fumigated to achieve desired phosphine concentration levels of 400, 700, 1000, 1500, 2000, and 2400 ppm at 25°C. Gas chromatographic analysis of headspace gas showed the change in concentration through time until it reached an equilibrium. Pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetic models were fitted to phosphine sorption data and sorption isotherms were plotted fitting Langmuir, Freundlich, and Redlich-Peterson sorption isotherm models. All three models showed good fit (standard error of prediction = 0.46-0.47). Higher equilibrium concentration was observed at the maximum phosphine concentration (2400 ppm), indicating that maximum adsorption capacity of wheat kernels was still not met. Total sorbed phosphine at equilibrium was important in determining the rate and maximum quantity of phosphine uptake in wheat. The second objective of this study focused on further evaluation of chlorine dioxide as a potential fumigant in terms of wheat kernel and flour characteristics. Hard red spring wheat kernels were exposed to varying levels of gaseous ClO2 concentrations (200, 300, 400, and 500 ppm) and held in a gas-tight bucket assembly for 24 h after achieving the nominal concentration. Three vials containing 20 unsexed adults of lesser grain borer (Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius)) were placed at top, middle, and bottom layers of wheat mass during fumigation to assess insect mortality. ClO2 gas treatment achieved complete insect mortality at 500 ppm across all vial locations. Adult progeny reduction was found to be highest for 500 ppm treatment ranging from 96 to 99%. Significant reduction (37.7-51.1%) in germination rate resulted after exposure to 300-500 ppm. In terms of flour color, lightness value significantly increased after treatment of 200-500 ppm. The pH value of wheat flour had significant reduction from 6.2 to 6.1 after 500 ppm treatment. In terms of pasting characteristics, peak and final viscosities of ClO2-treated wheat flour at 200-500 ppm significantly decreased from 3303.7 to 3073.3 cP and from 3515.0 to 3208.3 cP, respectively. No significant difference was observed in flour quality and functionality parameters, including falling number, trough viscosity, breakdown viscosity, starch damage, and mixolab dough behavior properties. Overall, ClO2 gas treatment at 500 ppm was effective in killing adult lesser grain borers without negatively affecting wheat flour quality parameters but affected wheat kernel viability