Agriculture and Human Science Faculty Publications

Submissions from 2014 2014

Hydroxyapatite grafted carbon nanotubes and graphene nanosheets: Promising bone implant materials, Adebola Oyefusi, Opeyemi Olanipekun, Gururaj M. Neelgund, Deforest Peterson, Julia M. Stone, Ebonee Williams, Laura Carson, Gloria Regisford, and Aderemi Oki

Molecular, cellular, and physiological determinants of bull fertility, Alexis Marie Parisi, Shannon Kate Thompson, Abdullah Kaya, and Erdoğan Memili

Interception losses in three non-native Hawaiian forest stands, Mohammad Safeeq and Ali Fares

Soil moisture retrieval using ground-based L-band passive microwave observations in northeastern USA, Maoruane Temimi, Tarendra Lakhankar, Xiwu Zhan, Michael H. Cosh, Nir Krakauer, Ali Fares, Victoria Kelly, Reza Khanbilvardi, and Laetitia Kumassi

Inclusion of dietary zeolite reduces aflatoxin B1 levels in household bread waste used as cattle feed, M. Yavarmanesh, M. Sohrabi Balssini, M. R.Edalatian Dovom, F. Ghiamati Yazdi, and J. Barouei

Altered nociceptive, endocrine, and dorsal horn neuron responses in rats following a neonatal immune challenge, Ihssane Zouikr, Melissa A. Tadros, Javad Barouei, Kenneth W. Beagley, Vicki L. Clifton, Robert J. Callister, and Deborah M. Hodgson

Submissions from 2013 2013

Molecular morphology and function of bull spermatozoa linked to histones and associated with fertility, Rodrigo V. De Oliveira, Sule Dogan, Lauren E. Belser, Abdullah Kaya, Einko Topper, Arlindo Moura, Giselle Thibaudeau, and Erdogan Memili

Interrelationships between apoptosis and fertility in bull sperm, Sule Dogan, Melissa C. Mason, Aruna Govindaraju, Lauren Belser, Abdullah Kaya, John Stokes, Dennis Rowe, and Erdogan Memili

In-situ and remote soil moisture sensing technologies for vadose zone hydrology, Ali Fares, Marouane Temimi, Kelly Morgan, and Thijs J. Kelleners

Comparative study of three Plumbago L. species (Plumbaginaceae) by microscopy, UPLC-UV and HPTLC, Ahmed M. Galal, Vijayasankar Raman, Bharathi Avula, Yan Hong Wang, Chidananda Swamy Rumalla, Aruna Dharmapriya Weerasooriya, and Ikhlas A. Khan

Endocrine control of bull fertility, Katherine L. Gilbert, Eric A. Gilbert, Aruna Govindaraju, Lyndi L. Jury, Melissa C. Mason, Kathryn E. Pfeiffer, Tricia M. Rowlison, Lori Ward, Abdullah Kaya, Jamie Larson, and Erdogan Memili

4-H as a catalyst to enhance quality of life for hispanic individuals, Wash A. Jones, Douglas D. LaVergne, Chanda D. Elbert, Alvin Larke, and Patricia J. Larke

Physiological perspectives of reduced tillering and stunting in the tiller inhibition (tin) mutant of wheat, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom and Richard A. Richards

Grasses provide new insights into regulation of shoot branching, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom, Wolfgang Spielmeyer, and E. Jean Finnegan

Mixture of D-vine copulas for modeling dependence, Jong Min Kim, Daeyoung Kim, Shu Min Liao, and Yoon Sung Jung

Comparison of dried plum puree, rosemary extract, and BHA/BHT as antioxidants in irradiated ground beef patties, Iulia Movileanu, Máryuri T. Núñez De González, Brian Hafley, Rhonda K. Miller, and Jimmy T. Keeton

Effects of early pregnancy diagnosis by per rectal palpation of the amniotic sac on pregnancy loss in dairy cattle, Juan E. Romano and Melvyn L. Fahning

Temporal and spatial trends in air temperature on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, Mohammad Safeeq, Alan Mair, and Ali Fares

US remittances to the Caribbean, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, Samuel S. Sampson and Angela Branch-Vital

Hydropower development in Nepal, Raj Hari Sharma and Ripendra Awal

Functional identification of valerena-1,10-diene synthase, a terpene synthase catalyzing a unique chemical cascade in the biosynthesis of biologically active sesquiterpenes in Valeriana officinalis, Yun Soo Yeo, S. Eric Nybo, Amar G. Chittiboyina, Aruna D. Weerasooriya, Yan Hong Wang, Elsa Góngora-Castillo, Brieanne Vaillancourt, C. Robin Buell, Dean Dellapenna, Mary Dawn Celiz, A. Daniel Jones, Eve Syrkin Wurtele, Nick Ransom, Natalia Dudareva, Khaled A. Shaaban, Nidhi Tibrewal, Suman Chandra, Troy Smillie, Ikhlas A. Khan, Robert M. Coates, David S. Watt, and Joe Chappell

Submissions from 2012 2012

Carbon Dioxide Emissions from an Organically Amended Tropical Soil, F. Abbas, A. Fares, H. R. Valenzuela, and Samira Fares

Nitrate Dynamic in a Tropical Mollisol Amended with Organic Manures, Planted with Sweet Corn, and Monitored with SPAD Readings, Amjad A. Ahmad, Ali Fares, and Nguyen V. Hue

Superovulation in goats during the second follicular wave, with or without exogenous progesterone, S. L. Ayres, W. Gavin, E. Memili, and E. Behboodi

Effect of Maternal Probiotic Intervention on HPA Axis, Immunity and Gut Microbiota in a Rat Model of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Javad Barouei, Mahta Moussavi, and Deborah M. Hodgson

Synthesis, characterization and stability of chitosan and poly(methyl methacrylate) grafted carbon nanotubes, Laura Carson, Kemar Hibbert, Feyisayo Akindoju, Chevaun Johnson, Melisa Stewart, Cordella Kelly-Brown, Gavannie Beharie, Tavis Fisher, Julia Stone, Dahlia Stoddart, Aderemi Oki, Gururaj M. Neelgund, Gloria Regisford, Pasakorn Traisawatwong, Jianren Zhou, and Zhiping Luo

Evapotranspiration models of different complexity for multiple land cover types, Minha Choi, William P. Kustas, and Ram L. Ray

Pelargonium oil and methyl hexaneamine (MHA): Analytical approaches supporting the absence of MHA in authenticated pelargonium graveolens plant material and oil, Mahmoud A. ElSohly, Waseem Gul, Kareem M. ElSohly, Timothy P. Murphy, Aroona Weerasooriya, Amar G. Chittiboyina, Bharathi Avula, Ikhlas Khan, Amy Eichner, and Larry D. Bowers

Delivering value from sperm proteomics for fertility, Aruna Govindaraju, Sule Dogan, Nelida Rodriguez-Osorio, Kamilah Grant, Abdullah Kaya, and Erdogan Memili

Dynamics of microRNAs in bull spermatozoa, Aruna Govindaraju, Alper Uzun, La Shonda Robertson, Mehmet O. Atli, Abdullah Kaya, Einko Topper, Elizabeth A. Crate, James Padbury, Andy Perkins, and Erdogan Memili

Inhibition of tiller bud outgrowth in the tin mutant of wheat is associated with precocious internode development, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom, Peter M. Chandler, Steve M. Swain, Rod W. King, Richard A. Richards, and Wolfgang Spielmeyer

Field and Laboratory Evaluation of the Cardy Nitrate-Nitrogen Meter for Measuring Soil Solution Nitrate Nitrogen in Hawaiian Soils, Rebecca Mitschele, Theodore Radovich, Ali Fares, and Amjad Ahmad

Survey of residual nitrite and nitrate in conventional and organic/natural/uncured/indirectly cured meats available at retail in the United States, Maryuri T. Nuñez De González, Wesley N. Osburn, Margaret D. Hardin, Michael Longnecker, Harsha K. Garg, Nathan S. Bryan, and Jimmy T. Keeton

Molecular modeling of metabolism for allergen-free low linoleic acid peanuts, Godson O. Osuji, Tassine K. Brown, Sanique M. South, Dwiesha Johnson, and Shanique Hyllam

Reprogramming mammalian somatic cells, N. Rodriguez-Osorio, R. Urrego, J. B. Cibelli, K. Eilertsen, and E. Memili

Hydrologic effect of groundwater development in a small mountainous tropical watershed, Mohammad Safeeq and Ali Fares

Hydrologic response of a Hawaiian watershed to future climate change scenarios, Mohammad Safeeq and Ali Fares

Understanding Afghan opinion leaders' viewpoints about post-conflict foreign agricultural development: A case study in Herāt Province, Afghanistan, Glen C. Shinn, Richard K. Ford, Rahmat Attaie, and Gary E. Briers

Addressing the need for soil blends and amendments for the highly modified urban landscape, John J. Sloan, Peter A.Y. Ampim, Nicholas T. Basta, and Roger Scott

Disgust elevates core body temperature and up-regulates certain oral immune markers, Richard J. Stevenson, Deborah Hodgson, Megan J. Oaten, Mahta Moussavi, Rebekah Langberg, Trevor I. Case, and Javad Barouei

Large asymmetry and directional dependence by using copula modeling to currency exchange rates, Daiho Uhm, Jong Min Kim, and Yoon Sung Jung

Mycotoxin alpha-zearalenol impairs the quality of preimplantation porcine embryos, Hongfeng Wang, Omar Camargo Rodriguez, and Erdogan Memili

Submissions from 2011 2011

Field calibrations of soil moisture sensors in a forested watershed, Farhat Abbas, Ali Fares, and Samira Fares

Study on moraine dam failure and resulting flood/debris flow hydrograph due to waves overtopping and erosion, Ripendra Awal, Hajime Nakagawa, Kenji Kawaike, Yasuyuki Baba, and Hao Zhang

Influences of different ECAE routes on filament deformation in Cu clad Nb composite wires, Shreyas Balachandran, Robert E. Barber, Yibing Huang, Hanping Miao, Jeff A. Parrell, Richard B. Griffin, and Karl T. Hartwig

Impact of native Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei and Pediococcus spp. as adjunct cultures on sensory quality of Iranian white brined cheese, Javad Barouei, Ahmad Karbassi, Hamid B. Ghoddusi, Ali Mortazavi, Roghayeh Ramezani, and Mahta Moussavi

Comparing satellite derived precipitation datasets using the Hillslope River Routing (HRR) model in the Congo River Basin, R. E. Beighley, R. L. Ray, Y. He, H. Lee, L. Schaller, K. M. Andreadis, M. Durand, D. E. Alsdorf, and C. K. Shum

A whole-genome association analysis of noncompensatory fertility in Holstein bulls, M. Blaschek, A. Kaya, N. Zwald, E. Memili, and B. W. Kirkpatrick

Are there particular social determinants of health for the world's poorest countries?, W. B. Eshetu and S. A. Woldesenbet

Improved calibration functions of three capacitance probes for the measurement of soil moisture in tropical soils, Ali Fares, Farhat Abbas, Domingos Maria, and Alan Mair

Use of capstone design project in undergraduate materials and manufacturing and experimentation courses, Richard B. Griffin, John Bryant, and Andy Conkey

Design aspects of dual Nb-Ta sheet diffusion barriers for Nb3Sn conductors, Karl T. Hartwig, Shreyas Balachandran, Robert E. Barber, Tae Pyon, and Richard B. Griffin

Partial correlation with copula modeling, Jong Min Kim, Yoon Sung Jung, Taeryon Choi, and Engin A. Sungur

Thermal stability of functionalized carbon nanotubes studied by in situ transmission electron microscopy, Zhiping Luo, Aderemi Oki, Laura Carson, Luqman Adams, Gururaj Neelgund, Nathaniel Soboyejo, Gloria Regisford, Melisa Stewart, Kemar Hibbert, Gavannie Beharie, Cordella Kelly-Brown, and Pasakorn Traisawatwong

Comparison of rainfall interpolation methods in a mountainous region of a tropical island, Alan Mair and Ali Fares

Time series analysis of daily rainfall and streamflow in a volcanic dike-intruded aquifer system, O'ahu, Hawai'i, USA, Alan Mair and Ali Fares

Effectiveness of multiple curriculum delivery methods on students' learning, Lina Masad and Richard Griffin

Proteomics in Animal Reproduction and Breeding, Divyaswetha Peddinti, Erdogan Memili, and Shane C. Burgess

Regional landslide susceptibility: Spatiotemporal variations under dynamic soil moisture conditions, Ram L. Ray, Jennifer M. Jacobs, and Thomas P. Ballestero

Epigenetics of Mammalian Gamete and Embryo Development, Nelida Rodriguez-Osorio, Sule Dogan, and Erdogan Memili

Effects of early pregnancy diagnosis by palpation per rectum on pregnancy loss in dairy cattle, Juan E. Romano, James A. Thompson, Duane C. Kraemer, Mark E. Westhusin, Michael A. Tomaszweski, and David W. Forrest

Accuracy evaluation of ClimGen weather generator and daily to hourly disaggregation methods in tropical conditions, Mohammad Safeeq and Ali Fares

Optimum n rate for sustainable rice-wheat system under tillage and crop residue management, Reshmi Sarkar and Sandipta Kar

Temporal changes in fertility and physical properties of soil under contrasting tillage-crop residue management for sustainable rice-wheat system on sandy-loam soil, Reshmi Sarkar and Sandipta Kar

The effect of disgust on oral immune function, Richard J. Stevenson, Deborah Hodgson, Megan J. Oaten, Javad Barouei, and Trevor I. Case

Grassy tillers1 promotes apical dominance in maize and responds to Shade signals in the grasses, Clinton J. Whipple, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom, Allison L. Weber, Fang Yang, Darren Hall, Robert Meeley, Robert Schmidt, John Doebley, Thomas P. Brutnell, and David P. Jackson

Submissions from 2010 2010

Fine grained Nb for internal tin Nb3Sn conductors, S. Balachandran, R. E. Barber, Y. Huang, H. Miao, J. A. Parrell, S. Hong, R. B. Griffin, and K. T. Hartwig

Watershed management for sustainability in tropical watersheds: An integrated hydrologic modelling approach, Ali Fares

Transcriptome analysis of bull spermatozoa: Implications for male fertility, J. M. Feugang, N. Rodriguez-Osorio, A. Kaya, H. Wang, G. Page, G. C. Ostermeier, E. K. Topper, and E. Memili

Phytochrome regulation of branching in arabidopsis, Scott A. Finlayson, Srirama R. Krishnareddy, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom, and Jorge J. Casal

Water pump scheduling system using scatter search, Tabu search and neural networks the case of Bouregreg water system in Morocco, Mustapha Hajji, Ali Fares, Fred Glover, and Ouazar Driss

Roles of hCG in advancing follicular growth to ovulation after concurrent injections of PGF 2 and GnRH in postpubertal holstein heifers bearing a CL, Ricky Johnson, William A. Bennett, Evelin J. Cuadra, Victor Njiti, Yoonsung Jung, and Melissa Mason

Suppression of sorghum axillary bud outgrowth by shade, phyB and defoliation signalling pathways, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom, Thomas P. Brutnell, and Scott A. Finlayson

Vegetative axillary bud dormancy induced by shade and defoliation signals in the grasses, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom, Thomas P. Brutnell, Dirk B. Hays, and Scott A. Finlayson

The developmental dynamics of the maize leaf transcriptome, Pinghua Li, Lalit Ponnala, Neeru Gandotra, Lin Wang, Yaqing Si, S. Lori Tausta, Tesfamichael H. Kebrom, Nicholas Provart, Rohan Patel, Christopher R. Myers, Edwin J. Reidel, Robert Turgeon, Peng Liu, Qi Sun, Timothy Nelson, and Thomas P. Brutnell

Assessing rainfall data homogeneity and estimating missing records in Makaha valley, O'ahu, Hawai'i, Alan Mair and Ali Fares

Influence of groundwater pumping and rainfall spatio-temporal variation on streamflow, Alan Mair and Ali Fares

Throughfall characteristics in three non-native Hawaiian forest stands, Alan Mair and Ali Fares

Lipid oxidation in algae oil-in-water emulsions stabilized by bovine and caprine caseins, Adela Mora-Gutierrez, Rahmat Attaie, and Harold M. Farrell

An in vitro study on bacterial growth interactions and intestinal epithelial cell adhesion characteristics of probiotic combinations, Mahta Moussavi and Michelle Catherine Adams

Proteomics-based systems biology modeling of bovine germinal vesicle stage oocyte and cumulus cell interaction, Divyaswetha Peddinti, Erdogan Memili, and Shane C. Burgess

Landslide susceptibility mapping using downscaled AMSR-E soil moisture: A case study from Cleveland Corral, California, US, Ram L. Ray, Jennifer M. Jacobs, and Michael H. Cosh

Impacts of unsaturated zone soil moisture and groundwater table on slope instability, Ram L. Ray, Jennifer M. Jacobs, and Pedro de Alba

Comparative functional genomics of mammalian DNA methyltransferases, Nelida Rodriguez-Osorio, Hongfeng Wang, Jennifer Rupinski, Susan M. Bridges, and Erdogan Memili

Accuracy of pregnancy specific protein-B test for early pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cattle, Juan E. Romano and Jamie E. Larson

A new triterpene glycoside from Centella erecta, Chidananda S. Rumalla, Zulfiqar Ali, Aruna D. Weerasooriya, Troy J. Smillie, and Ikhlas A. Khan

Two new triterpene glycosides from centella asiatica, Chidananda Swamy Rumalla, Zulfiqar Ali, Aruna D. Weerasooriya, Troy J. Smillie, and Ikhlas A. Khan

Performance of ornamental plants in alternative organic growing media amended with increasing rates of expanded shale, John J. Sloan, Raul I. Cabrera, Peter A.Y. Ampim, Steve A. George, and Wayne A. Mackay