The 10 most-cited articles in Journal of Bioresource Management, 2022

Watersheds are critical habitats for a diverse array of organisms. Among all the fauna, anurans are excellent biological indicators of environmental health. The community structure is often associated with a relationship between species diversity and diet. An anuran survey was conducted along riparian zones of three selected barangays of Calayagon Watershed (Guinabsan, Rizal, and Malpoc), Philippines. Extensive opportunistic methods for a total of 480 man-hours were spent traversing the area. A total of 195 individuals, consisting of seven species from four families, were recorded. Seventy-two percent of the individual species were regarded as Least concern, and 14 % were Near-threatened. Of the species recorded, 57 % are Philippine endemic, and 29 % are Invasive alien species. Fejervarya vittigera (44.66 %) gained the highest number of individuals across sampling stations. Overall diversity index is high H’= 1.43. The most abundant species in each sampling site were subjected to diet analysis (R. marina, F. vittigera, and F. moodiei). The most dominant prey item were plant matters…

Parasitic worm infections are a major health issue around the world, which cause numerous physiological damages in the patient's infected organ(s). The aim of this review was to investigate the anthelmintic properties of various medicinal plants. In this systematic review, all Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), quasi-experimental and experimental studies examining the anthelmintic effects were retrieved from databases, including Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and PubMed from 1988-2019 by interesting keywords. In vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated that many medicinal plants, including their compounds and derivatives, have anthelmintic properties through various Mechanisms Of Action (MOA). Examples of MOAs include paralysis of the helminths’ central nervous system, tegumental (outer body covering) destruction, interference with enzyme functioning, increased autophagy and apoptosis and reduction in cell viability and count. These actions lead to a reduction in the helminth ability to reproduce, decrease in egg count, inhibition of energy generation, damage to…

Early sprouting of yam tuber is a typical problem during storage resulting into weight losses, deterioration, shrinkage and reduction in quality. This research work therefore carried out investigation on the application of vibration technique for the control of physical properties of yam (Dioscorea spp.) sprouts during storage in FUNAAB, Nigeria environment. The physical properties (length, number and weight of sprout, number of leaves and weight of roots) of the yam sprouts were determined for 140 white yam tubers. The yam tubers were divided into 108 experiment and 32 as control. The factors of the experimental design examined were frequency, amplitude and time of vibration of low (1 – 5 Hz, 5 mm and 3 minutes), medium (60 – 100 Hz, 10 mm and 10 minutes) and high (150 – 200 Hz, 20 mm and 15 minutes) respectively; weight of yam tuber of two levels of small (0.1 – 2.9 kg) and big (3.0 – 5.0 kg) were also considered. The tubers were stored for ten weeks after vibration, the physical properties of the yam sprouts were observed and records were taken every week. All the physical…

As conventional fossil fuels are becoming limited, it is critical to find alternative clean and renewable energy sources. Biodiesel is a degradable and renewable form of fuel made up of long-chain fatty acid esters that can be generated from either plants or animals. It is a mixture of long-chain alkyl esters made through a transesterification reaction with alcohol and catalyst. Due to the high cost of petroleum, the concept of biofuel production as an alternative source has increased in recent years. The present mini-review summarizes some recent studies on alternative methods for the production of biofuel. The review concludes that biofuel production using magnetic nanocatalysts is one of the best alternative approaches. Magnetic nanocatalysts can easily be recovered from the reaction mixture by using a magnetic field. It reduces the reaction time and increases the yield.

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on December 9, 2022.

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on December 5, 2022

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on November 14, 2022

News articles from The Guardian for the week of October 24, 2022. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on October 17, 2022

News articles from The Guardian for the week of October 17, 2022. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.