Fourteen cultivars included in the University of Arkansas Soybean Variety Testing Program were selected for evaluation based on their tolerance to Roundup herbicide (Roundup Ready® or Conventional) and their ability to include or exclude chloride (Table 1). Trials conducted at the Cotton Branch Experiment Station (CBES) near Marianna, Ark., and the Rice Research Extension Center (RREC) near, St...

The human microbiome plays a key role in human health and is associated with numerous diseases. Metagenomic-based studies are now generating valuable information about the composition of the microbiome in health and in disease, demonstrating nonneutral assembly processes and complex co-occurrence patterns. However, the underlying ecological forces that structure the microbiome are still unclear...

Abstract Phytomanagement techniques using native species allow the recovery of contaminated soils at low cost and circumvent ecological risks associated with use non-native species. In this context, a paradigmatic brownfield megasite highly by As Pb was sampled in order to analyze soil–plant interactions identify plant phytoremediation potential. A survey first carried out 20-ha area obtain an ...

This study investigated potential finfish reduction devices (BRDs) for shrimp trawls. The major objective was to perform proof-of-concept studies of selected bycatch reduction devices and determine if any would be candidates for future in-depth evaluations for federal certification. Prototypes of new BRDs were obtained from shrimp fishermen, NOAA Fisheries staff, foreign assessments and univers...

A central idea in social psychology is that people can construe other people in terms of two types of mental representations: social categories (e.g. male) and attributes (e.g. intelligent). It is assumed that assigning a person to a social category (i.e. social categorization) is one of the most important causes of stereotyping. However, no theory has yet successfully explicated the properties...

Various plastic strips and sheets (termed 'simple anterior fish excluders'-SAFEs) were positioned across the openings of penaeid trawls in attempts at reducing the unwanted bycatches of small teleosts. Initially, three SAFEs (a single wire without, and with small and large plastic panels) were compared against a control (no SAFE) on paired beam trawls. All SAFEs maintained targeted Metapenaeus ...

Gambling among older adults appears to be increasing, though little is known about the characteristics of older adult problem gamblers. The purpose of this study was to compare older adults to younger and middle-aged adults in a cohort of problem gamblers participating in a state-administered casino self-exclusion program. Self-reported problem gamblers (N = 1,601) who voluntary banned themselv...