Asian and Pacific Communities in Iowa, November 2013

• According to the US Census Bureau 18.9 million Asians live in the US today (2012) • The Asian population rose by 530,000 or 2.9 % making it the fastest growing population in the US, exceeding the growth rate of Latino population which grew at 2.2% in 2012. • More than 60% of this growth is accounted by international migration. • Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are growing at a rate of 2.2% totaling of 1.4 million

Asian/Pacific American heritage month, May 2005 (Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa 2005)

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa May 2006

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa: 2007

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa: 2008

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa: 2009

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa: 2010

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa: 2011

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa: 2012

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa: 2013

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa: 2014

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa: 2015

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Detection and characterization of hydraulically active fractures in a carbonate aquifer: Results from self-potential, temperature and fluid conductivity logging along a 260-m-deep borehole in the Combioula hydrothermal system in the southwestern Swiss Alps

A geophysical and geochemical study has been conducted in a fractured carbonate aquifer located at Combioula in the southwestern Swiss Alps with the objective to detect and characterize hydraulically active fractures along a 260-m-deep borehole. Hydrochemical analyses, borehole diameter, temperature and fluid electrical conductivity logging data were integrated in order to relate electrokinetic self-potential signals to groundwater flow inside the fracture network. The results show a generally good, albeit locally variable correlation of variations of the self-potential signals with variations in temperature, fluid electrical conductivity and borehole diameter. Together with the hydrochemical evidence, which was found to be critical for the interpretation of the self-potential data, these measurements not only made it possible to detect the hydraulically active fractures but also to characterize them as zones of fluid gain or fluid loss. The results complement the available information from the corresponding litholog and illustrate the potential of electrokinetic self-potential signals in conjunction with temperature, fluid electrical conductivity and hydrochemical analyses for the characterization of fractured aquifers, and thus may offer a perspective for an effective quantitative characterization of this increasingly important class of aquifers and geothermal reservoirs.

Asian/Pacific Americans in Iowa, 2016

Demographic profile of the Iowa population Asian and Pacific Islander descent.

Short communication. SNP analyses of the 5HT1R and STAT genes in Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

La industria de la producción de camarón es una de las industrias acuícolas que se encuentra en más crecimiento en la actualidad. Los estudios para encontrar marcadores genéticos son muy efectivos para la mejora de sus propiedades y de gran interés para los productores de camarón. En este trabajo se utilizaron seis individuos de una población de Litopenaeus vannamei, donde se encontraron cuatro polimorfismos de nucleótido único (SNPs) en el gen 5HT1R (5-hidroxitriptamina receptor1) y un SNP en el gen STAT (transductor de señal y activador de la transcripción). Sin embargo, el polimorfismo en el gen STAT resultó ser homocigoto en una población diferente utilizada para análisis de asociación. Los presentes análisis revelaron que el alelo C, en dos polimorfismos SNP (C109T y C395G) del gen 5HT1R, tiende a estar asociado con el aumento del peso corporal. Consideramos que hay necesidad de hacer nuevos estudios utilizando una muestra más amplia y diversa de la población en cuestión.