The development and applications of a 0.2 cm⁻¹ resolution
Nd-YAG laser powered coherent anti-Stokes Raman
spectroscopy, CARS, spectrometer for gas phase studies is
chronicled in this thesis. Applications including CARS
lineshape analysis, resonant CARS, and CARS of transient
species and excited state molecules is reported.
The intensity of the signal...
This study is a synthesis of the available ethnographic and relevant archaeological data pertaining to the Native American groups who formerly occupied the upper Rogue River drainage of southwestern Oregon. The information presented in this synthesis concerns the material, social and religious aspects of aboriginal life as practiced by the...
Several laboratories have shown that the VV
replication cycle is dependent on the host cell nucleus.
The basic biological observation is that if the host cell
nucleus is physically removed by cytochalasin B-mediated
enucleation, functionally inactivated by UV-irradiation, or
selectively blocked with a-amanitin, the results are the
same: W is...
The prototypal poxvirus vaccinia is a cytoplasmic-replicating DNA
virus which contains a large genome with the capacity to encode 200
polypeptides. Tight temporal regulation coordinates the expression of
this large number of genes throughout a relatively short replication
cycle. As a first step towards identifying and understanding the
regulatory mechanisms...
Vaccinia virus gene expression is characterized by tight temporal
regulation. Viral early transcription begins within the cytoplasm upon
infection; three hours later, early genes are repressed, DNA replication
occurs and late gene expression commences. As an approach toward
understanding the mechanisms governing vaccinia late gene expression,
I have undertaken an...
Replication of vaccinia virus in the cytoplasm of the
infected cell occurs under the direction of virally encoded gene
products. Expression of approximately 200 viral genes follows a
highly regulated temporal scheme which can be followed
biochemically and morphologically during the assembly process.
In order to dissect this complex genetic...
It was previously shown that vaccinia virus is unable to complete its replicative cycle in cells that have been subjected to cytochalasin-B mediated enucleation prior to infection. Likewise, in the presence of the drug α-amanitin, a potent inhibitor of host RNA polymerase II but not of viral transcription, the replication...
In this work, a method for solving the differential form of the radiative transfer equation was implemented into an existing three-dimensional thermal-hydraulic computer program known as TEMPEST. The method used was the P-l approximation, where the angular distribution of the radiation intensity is represented by a truncated series of spherical...
The biology of the two external Acarapis mites of honey bees,
Acarapis dorsalis Morgenthaler and Acarapis externus Morgenthaler
was studied. It was observed that both Acarapis species have similar
developmental period (8-9 days) with males emerging earlier than
females.
Mite load and infestation rate of A. dorsalis decreased as bees...
Studies were conducted over a two year period to evaluate alternative
finishing methods for spring and fall-born beef cattle. Management
alternatives from birth to slaughter included season of calving, lactating
cow nutrition, preweaning calf nutrition, weaning age, calf and
yearling winter nutrition, range and irrigated pasture supplementation,
grazing practice, range...