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Modeling Environmental Impacts of Bio-fuel Production [abstract]
(University of Missouri Extension, 2009)
The short term vision for bio-fuel independence has focused on corn and soybean crops being used for ethanol and bio-diesel production. With increased crop demand we see an increase in crop production and the potential ...
Using wind energy to power an environmental clean-up system [abstract]
(2009)
Significant effort has been and is being spent cleaning up soil and groundwater contamination inthe U.S. with the purpose of reducing negative impacts to human health and the environment.
However, relatively little thought ...
Extension's Energy Efficiency Programs for Residential and Developers [abstract]
(University of Missouri Extension, 2009)
As the outreach arm of the University of Missouri, Extension has worked to improve the critical thinking and decision making skills of Missouri citizens around environmental and energy education within the context of their ...
Biohydrogen production by Cyanobacteria [abstract]
(2009)
Hydrogen has the potential to provide a clean, storable, transportable and renewable source of
energy that can supplement and eventually replace fossil fuels as the primary source of power in
the U.S. However, most current ...
Constructing proteome and metabolome maps for genetic improvement of energy-related traits in soybean [abstract]
(2009)
Although the genetic blueprint of soybean is represented by the genome, its phenotype is a product of that blueprint manifested as the production of proteins and metabolites influencing growth characteristics, stress ...
Genetic Mapping of Soybean Cyst Nematode (Heterodera glycines) Resistance to Enhance Soybean Production in the United States [abstract]
(2009)
Soybean cyst nematode (SCN, Heterodera glycines) is the most destructive pest of soybean in the United States, resulting in an annual extensive yield loss of approximately $1.5 billion in the United States alone. Breeding ...
Landfill Methane Collection in Brazil [abstract]
(2009)
The US EPA requested proposals for projects that focus on reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) worldwide. Advancing the recovery and use of methane generated in landfills as an energy source is a primary objective. The ...
Increase Production of Plant Oils [abstract]
(2009)
Plant-derived oils are the most energy-rich natural products, providing cost-effective biofuels and renewable feedstocks for various industrial application. The demand of plant oils for transportation fuels and green factory ...
A State-Sponsored Renewable Energy Demonstration Project [abstract]
(2009)
Historically renewable energy has been adopted by consumers at varying levels across the
United States. For example, California is well-known for initiatives which have resulted in thewidespread acceptance and use of wind ...
Dynamic Metabolic Flux Analysis of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Central Metabolisms [abstract]
(2009)
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 have received significant attention because of their versatile carbon metabolisms and potential to engage in bioremediation of toxic metal compounds and microbial fuel cell applications. In active ...
Advancement of TRISO Nuclear Fuel Coaters for High Temperature Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactors: Environmentally Benign and Risk Free Proliferation 4th Generation Nuclear Energy [abstract]
(2009-04)
The success on nuclear energy produced by advanced high temperature gas reactors (AGRs) is dependent on tri-isotropic (TRISO) fuel particle coating. Today modern AGRs require essentially zero defective/failed coated ...
Advanced Biomimetic Materials for Reversible CO2 Capture from Air [abstract]
(2009)
The world is rightly focused on climate change. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) identified carbon capture and storage (CSS) as a critical technology for reducing emissions, not
only from power ...
Renewable Energy Revenues, Carbon Credits, and Subsidies in Agricultural Waste Treatment Economic Decisions [abstract]
(2009)
All environmental waste has societal cost, and mitigation is difficult to transfer into benefits that economically justify action. Current subsidies and carbon credit financing have grown to developed within our society ...
In Vitro Regeneration Enhances the Propagation Potential of the Neotropical Giant Bamboo, Guadua Angustifolia, a Possible Perrenial Grass Biofuel Crop [abstract]
(2009)
Guadua angustifolia is a tropical American bamboo known for its rapid growth and abundant
production of woody culms. This vigorous growing grass is considered the third largest bamboo
in the world and has been observed ...
Plant Adaptation to Drought --- Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Missouri [abstract]
(2009)
Drought is the most important cause of crop failure in Missouri and limits plant productivity in large parts of the US and the world. Drought induces severe reductions in average annual crop yields on a regional scale and ...
Bioenergy from Algae: Cultivation and Harvest of Locally-Isolated Microalgae Strains for Biomass Production [abstract]
(2009)
The economical production of microalgae biomass could lead to a new source of feedstock for renewable biofuels (biodiesel, ethanol, syngas) and other valuable bioproducts. Algae growth rates are influenced by climate, which ...
Effect of genistein on regulation of a phase II enzyme in human prostate cancer cell line (PC-3) [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Prostate cancer is an excellent candidate disease for chemo prevention because it is typically diagnosed in elderly males, therefore even a modest delay in the neoplastic development achieved through pharmacological or ...
Ischemia-induced increase in the expression of the regulators of G-protein signaling subtype7 (RGS7) in gerbil hippocampus [abstract]
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Ischemic stroke accounts for most stroke events. Transient global ischemia induced to gerbils is a well-studied animal model of neuronal death in the ...
Nitrogen Fertilization for Sweet Sorghum Used for Producing Ethanol Fuel [abstract]
(2009)
An experiment is being conducted to determine optimum nitrogen fertilizer rates for producing
ethanol from corn and sweet sorghum on three Delta soils in Southeast Missouri. Sweet sorghum
in commonly grown in Missouri ...
Fuel Cell Policy Recommendations [abstract]
(2009)
In its review of the Department of Energy's Research Development and Demonstration Plan for
hydrogen, the National Academies recommended a study of lessons learned from technologies
developed for stationary power systems. ...