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A Review and Toxicological Evaluation of an Environmentally-Friendly Alternative to Silver Nanoparticles

Creator:

Nix, Cassandra E.

Abstract:

Within the past two decades, the rise of nanotechnology has provided various technological and industrial sectors with avenues for significant growth and improvements to existing practices. With the inherent qualities which make materials on the nanoscale unique in behavior and function, there are limitless applications of nanotechnology. One of the...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Host-pathogen dynamics in a changing environment : susceptibility of amphibians to an emerging infectious disease

Creator:

Searle, Catherine L.

Abstract:

Infectious diseases are a growing concern for both humans and wildlife. The negative effects of infectious disease have been exemplified by the recent global amphibian population declines associated with disease outbreaks. Although multiple pathogens and factors play a role in these declines, the aquatic fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has...

Resource Type:

Dissertation