Pilot-testing a Cancer 101 Education Curriculum with the Fairbanks Native Association’s Women & Children’s Center for Inner Healing

Cancer is the leading cause of death among Alaska Native people Nevertheless, due to improved detection awareness about cancer prevention, early screening and advances in treatment survival rates are rising

Questing for Algebraic Mass Dimension One Spinor Fields

This work deals with new classes of spinors of mass dimension one in Minkowski spacetime. In order to accomplish it, the Lounesto classification scheme and the inversion theorem are going to be used. The algebraic framework shall be revisited by explicating the central point performed by the Fierz aggregate. Then the spinor classification is generalized in order to encompass the new mass dimension one spinors. The spinor operator is shown to play a prominent role to engender the new mass dimension one spinors, accordingly.Comment: 7 pages, final version to appear in Eur. Phys. J.

On the bilinear covariants associated to mass dimension one spinors

In this paper we approach the issue of Clifford algebra basis deformation, allowing for bilinear covariants associated to Elko spinors which satisfy the Fierz-Pauli-Kofink identities. We present a complete analysis of covariance, taking into account the involved dual structure associated to Elko. Moreover, the possible generalizations to the recently presented new dual structure are performed.Comment: 9 pages, 0 figure

Neuroendocrine Regulation of Metabolism

Given the current environment in most developed countries, it is a challenge to maintain a good balance between calories consumed and calories burned, although maintenance of metabolic balance is key to good health. Therefore, understanding how metabolic regulation is achieved and how the dysregulation of metabolism affects health is an area of intense research. Most studies focus on the hypothalamus, which is a brain area that acts as a key regulator of metabolism. Among the nuclei that comprise the hypothalamus, the arcuate nucleus is one of the major mediators in the regulation of food intake. The regulation of energy balance is also a key factor ensuring the maintenance of any species as a result of the dependence of reproduction on energy stores. Adequate levels of energy reserves are necessary for the proper functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. This review discusses valuable data presented in the 2015 edition of the International Workshop of Neuroendocrinology concerning the fundamental nature of the hormonal regulation of the hypothalamus and the impact on energy balance and reproduction.Fil: Cornejo, María Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular; ArgentinaFil: Hentges, S.T.. State University of Colorado - Fort Collins; Estados UnidosFil: Maliqueo, M.. Universidad de Chile; ChileFil: Coirini, Hector. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Becu Villalobos, D.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Fundación de Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental. Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Elias, C. F.. University of Michigan; Estados Unido

On the Spinor Representation

A systematic study of the spinor representation by means of the fermionic physical space is accomplished and implemented. The spinor representation space is shown to be constrained by the Fierz-Pauli-Kofink identities among the spinor bilinear covariants. A robust geometric and topological structure can be manifested from the spinor space, wherein, for instance, the first and second homotopy groups play prominent roles on the underlying physical properties, associated to the fermionic fields.Comment: 16 page

Analysis of monoterpenoids in inclusion complexes with β-cyclodextrin and study on ratio effect in these microcapsules.

In recent studies, the insecticide activity against some stored products pests of monoterpenoids, such as linalool, S-carvone, camphor, geraniol, γ-terpinene and fenchone, and phenylpropanoids, like E-anethole and estragole, has been proved. Currently, applications of these volatile compounds are complicated due to their chemical and physical properties. This is one of the major problems for their use as insecticides; therefore, microencapsulation could be the solution to problems of stability, evaporation and release. Microencapsulation of these chemicals was carried out with β-cyclodextrin using a chemical precipitation method at four different ratios (β-cyclodextrin: monoterpenoids), 1.33:1, 3.33:1, 4.66:1 and 6.66:1 (w/w) in order to determine the ratio effect. This study establishes that encapsulation at the ratio of 3.33:1 to linalool and γ-terpinene was higher, whereas S-carvone, camphor, E-anethole, geraniol, estragole and fenchone showed the greatest encapsulation when the ratio was 6.66:1. Furthermore, the efficiency of encapsulation was estimated by measuring the content of the compounds in the powder by gas chromatography. The maximum inclusion efficiency of β-cyclodextrin was reached by camphor (52%) followed by geraniol (34%) using 10 g of β-cyclodextrin and linalool (31%) using 5 g of this matrix. The present study indicates that natural products such as monoterpenoids or phenylpropanoids could be microencapsulated in an efficient way using an appropriate amount of β-cyclodextrin. Keywords: Microencapsulation, β-cyclodextrin, Camphor, Geraniol and Linaloo

Integration of monoterpenoids with low pressure simulating vacuum for control of diapausing Indian meal moth larvae and red flour beetle adults

Monoterpenoids as well as low pressure simulating vacuum, when applied alone have been demonstrated to cause mortality of stored-product insect pests. The current report explored the possibility of integrating these two control methods in the management of stored-product insects. The insects used for this study were the adults of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, and diapausing larvae of the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella. The monoterpenoids investigated were E-anethole, estragole, S-carvone, linalool, L-fenchone, geraniol, γ-terpinene and DL-camphor. Exposure of the insects to all the monoterpenoids alone, with the exception of camphor, at a concentration of 66.7μL/1L of volume required more than 24 h to generate 100% mortality at 28.0 ± 0.8°C and 70 ± 2.5 r.h. However, exposure of the insects to camphor alone generated 100% mortality with 3 h exposure in T. castaneum. Exposure of the insects to low pressure at 36.5 mm Hg generated 100% mortlity in beetles with 24 h exposure and in the diapausing P. interpunctella larvae with 48 h exposure. However, combination of the monoterpenoids with low pressure reduced exposure periods (3-24 h) required to generate 100% mortality in both diapausing larvae of P. interpunctella and the adult beetles of T. castaneum. In all cases T. castaneum showed signs of weakness faster than diapausing P. interpunctella larvae. Keywords: Low pressure, DL-camphor, Estragole, γ-terpinene, Carvon

Contribution of Insect Pollination to Macadamia integrifolia Production in Hawaii

The honeybee, Apis mellifera, is commonly accepted to be an important pollinator in many agricultural crop systems in Hawaii. However, specific details on the importance of A. mellifera, along with other insect visitors have not been determined for macadamia nut orchards in Hawaii. Reductions in feral honeybee populations in Hawaii attributable to invasions by varroa mites (Varroa destruc- tor) and small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) have resulted in growers becoming dependent on managed bees, requiring increased understanding of the role they play as pollinators. Several parameters determining the contributions of insect pollinators in macadamia nuts were measured: (1) species richness and abun- dance of insects visiting macadamia flowers, (2) the effects of insect pollination in regards to fruit set, fruit retention, fruit size, and weight, and (3) insect pollen removal efficacy based on the mean number of pollen grains an individual insect removed from the stigma while foraging on a macadamia flower. The results from data collected in the study orchard showed that while the order Diptera ranked highest in species richness (9 species), A. mellifera was the most abundant species visiting the macadamia inflorescences (62.7% in abundance, with an average of 17 honeybees seen per 15 minutes compared to 8 flies per 15 minutes). Inflores- cences that were accessible to insects for pollination produced higher fruit sets and yield compared to inflorescences from which insect visitation was excluded. Abundance, foraging behavior and stigma contact, suggested that honeybees are the greatest contributors to macadamia nut pollination over other insects observed in the orchard. The hoverflies (Syrphidae) observed in the orchard may have con- tributed to pollination, but likely to a lesser extent than the honeybees due to the low abundance of the flies

Point sets that minimize (≤k)(\le k)-edges, 3-decomposable drawings, and the rectilinear crossing number of K30K_{30}

There are two properties shared by all known crossing-minimizing geometric drawings of $K_n$, for $n$ a multiple of 3. First, the underlying $n$-point set of these drawings has exactly $3\binom{k+2}{2}$ $(\le k)$-edges, for all $0\le k < n/3$. Second, all such drawings have the $n$ points divided into three groups of equal size; this last property is captured under the concept of 3-decomposability. In this paper we show that these properties are tightly related: every $n$-point set with exactly $3\binom{k+2}{2}$ $(\le k)$-edges for all $0\le k < n/3$, is 3-decomposable. As an application, we prove that the rectilinear crossing number of $K_{30}$ is 9726.Comment: 14 page