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Creator:: Chang, Hung-pi
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to set up an in vitro model of the colon which would permit the analysis of cellulose fermentation by human colonic microflora. Studies of the degradation of polysaccharides by colonic bacteria may help to explain the observed physiological consequences of consuming dietary fiber common...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: METHODS 26 SUBSTRATE PREPARATION 26 Alcohol Insoluble Residue (AIR) 26 H20/AIR 26 Cummings AIR 28

Creator:: Turner, Micki
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to assess mental health counselors' knowledge of AIDS and to determine the effect of various independent variables upon knowledge. The variables used were gender, professional contact with PWAs, personal contact with PWAs, age, sexual preference, AIDS training, and personal acquaintance with a person who...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , serious illness, death, and coping with dying and grieving. Gray, Cummings, Johnson & Mason (1989

Creator:: Fluharty, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Usenko, Crystal Y.
Abstract:: Due to their unique physical, chemical, and magnetic properties, nanomaterials have great potential for industrial development. There is a pressing need to develop rapid whole animal-based testing assays to assess the potential toxicity of engineered nanomaterials. To meet this challenge the embryonic zebrafish model was employed to determine the toxicity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: water, mounted in low melt agarose (1% w/v, 17 Promega, Madison, WI) and imaged using an Axiovert

Creator:: Little, Peter C.
Abstract:: This dissertation draws on ethnographic data and political ecological theory to analyze the experience of residents living in the IBM-Endicott Superfund site in Endicott, New York. Combining in-depth narratives and quantitative measures from a household survey, it highlights residents' perceptions of 1) environmental health risk, 2) risk mitigation, 3) deindustrialization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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