Brian Shmaefsky

Brian Shmaefsky
Lone Star College · Department of Biology

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The demand for traditional herbal medicines has grown exponentially worldwide in the twenty-first century. Much of this growth is in economically disadvantaged nations seeking sustainable and inexpensive options for treating endemic and emerging epidemic diseases. In wealthy nations, much of increased desire for medicinal plants is for the formulat...
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Phytoremediation, a form of bioremediation, is one viable option for removing pollution from contaminated soil and water. Bioremediation was developed as an inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and sustainable alternative to traditional chemical and physical pollution remediation methods. Bioremediation began with the use of bacteria and later ot...
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This book provides in-situ phytoremediation strategies that are particularly well suited for developing nations. Its goal is to promote the use of field-tested phytoremediation methods for removing soil and water pollutants from agricultural, industrial, military, and municipal sources. These strategies include using algae and a variety of aquatic...
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Archaeological evidence suggests that the agricultural practices of animal and plant domestication spread globally between 10,000 and 2,000 BCE. In A History of World Agriculture: From the Neolithic Age to the Current Crisis, Marcel Mazoyer and Laurence Roudart hypothesize that agriculture originated in the Middle East, providing evidence from arch...
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No one discovery, event, person, or product alone defines or typifies plant biotechnology. Biotechnology plants, known scientifically as transgenic plants or genetically modified plants (GMPs), are derived from a blend of ancient agricultural practices and modern genetics-based technologies. Traditionally, plants served societies primarily for basi...
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What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines.Biotechnology 101does exactly that. This accessible volu...
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Data Desk 6.0 Data Description Inc. Ithaca, NY. $650; $795 (with ActivStats). (607) 257-1000 . www.datadesk.com In this review, Shmaefsky evaluates Data Desk, a useful tool for statistical analysis that works on moderate-sized data sets and produces simple graphical presentations. Its strengths are its simple design and its rapid data analysis.
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Presents an example involving the metabolism of carbohydrates by microorganisms that provides results that contradict the generally speculated outcome, which is not an unusual situation in many scientific investigations. (JRH)
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The artificial urine described in this article supplies all the major properties of human urine. It can be formulated with different degrees of complexity to match the goals of the urinalysis les-son. Students do not have to handle the “real stuff” in order to learn about urine properties and urine handling techniques. In addition, the instructor c...
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Heavy metals such as cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, arsenic, nickel, and zinc contaminate urban soils at many sites throughout the world. Nations that continue to use leaded gasoline find toxic levels of lead in agricultural areas, making it difficult to raise animals and crops. Other heavy metals accumulate in soil and water from mining operatio...
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Traditional chemical treatments of crops with herbicides and pesticides leave undesirable residues in soils in spite of the best precision applications. Sometimes these residues linger and can reach levels toxic to crop seeds and seedlings. A strategy originally intended for phytoremediation of hydrocarbons may produce crops capable of degrading ex...

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