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  • The Role of Circadian Transcription Factors in Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Gene Expression

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    Gombart, Zoë J.
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    Circadian regulation is essential for many physiological functions, from sleep/wake patterns to hormonal rhythms. While the brain’s biological clock, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), likely plays a role in reproductive rhythms, it remains unknown if intracellular circadian clocks elsewhere contribute to the neuroendocrine control of reproduction. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) stimulates pituitary...
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    Barb Taylor Circadian regulation is essential for many physiological functions, from sleep/wake

  • Teaching business to the poor : the effectiveness of business development services within microenterprise development

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    Wilson, Taylor Anne
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    Many economic development methods over the years have tried to solve the problem of poverty with varied success. Microenterprise development is a method that works with the poor to create small self-run businesses to increase their income, and therefore bring more freedom from disease illiteracy and discrimination. Within microenterprise development...
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    Administration project of Taylor Anne Wilson presented on July 27, 2005 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Taylor

  • Exploring the Discrete Logarithm with Random Ternary Graphs

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    Brugger, Max Francis Josef
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    Encryption is essential to the security of transactions and communications, but the algorithms on which they rely might not be as secure as we all assume. In this paper, we investigate the randomness of the discrete exponentiation function used frequently in encryption. We show how we used exponential generating functions...
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    Logarithm, Encryption, Random Mappings Corresponding E-mail Address: bruggerm@onid.orst.edu c©Copyright

  • Design and preliminary characterization of thermally-actuated pumps utilizing Marangoni and Leidenfrost effects

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    Sedler, Stephen Joseph
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    Design and preliminarily characterization of two thermally-actuated pumps is presented in this thesis. The unique feature of both pumps is the presence of periodic asymmetrical structures on the channel walls. Two heat transfer effects are used with surface asymmetry to generate forces that drive the fluid in a preferential direction...
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  • The Search for Mitochondrial Ribonucleotide Reductase

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    Bai, Daniel Helin
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    One of the distinctive features of mitochondria is that they have their own DNA. When compared to nuclear DNA, it is known that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) not only has a much higher rate of spontaneous mutation, but also arises from metabolically distinct precursor pools. Others from our laboratory have demonstrated...
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    handful of such diseases have been documented [Rampazzo, 2000; Taylor, 2005]. 5

  • Factors Contributing to the Development of Body Fat In Growing Boys and Girls

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    Lovemark, Courtney
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    The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents continues to rise and is considered a major public health problem. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the contributions of sport participation, and calcium intake (controlling for mean energy intake, sex, and maturation status) on the development of...
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    , & McClanahan, 2002; Taylor, Blair, Cummings, Wun, & Malina, 1999). This is particularly important as both

  • Aging and oxidative damage to mitochondrial membrane proteins

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    Tong, Tony T.
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    Mitochondria provide energy for biological cells to function, but this process is also a source of oxygen radicals that are capable of damaging nearby proteins. Mitochondrial protein damage can eventually lead to cell death, especially in the case of heart cells, where mitochondria are present in the highest concentrations. As...
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    groups, which make them susceptible to attack by nucleophilic groups on amino acids at the C-3 site of

  • Entrapment of Micro-Algae in Modified Alginate Beads for Oxygen and Nutrient Source

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    Hughson, Jason D.
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    Presented here is an investigation and comparison of two entrapment methods of algae. Conventional calcium alginate bead entrapment is compared to a recently described modified bead entrapment method, utilizing poly(ethylene glycol) and calcium alginate, which results in void or capillary formation within the beads. It is shown that algal growth...
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    Publishers. Calvin, M. & Taylor, S. E. (1989). Fuels from algae. In Cresswell, R. C., Rees, T. A. V., & Shah

  • The Culture of Names – A Comparison between Vietnam and Denmark

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    Ngo, Toan Tri Dung
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    This project discusses the topic of personal names and the cultures of different peoples and their particularities, specifically in Vietnam and Denmark. The first part of this paper gives a brief history of naming traditions (mostly relating to Western European traditions). The second part of the paper compares two families...
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    Wilson Anderson Moore Rodriguez 10 Taylor Wilson Taylor Wilson (Smith 1950:95; Ashley 1989:42; U.S

  • Identification of Autophagy Related Genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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    Miller, Carlin
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    A primary target of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the human alveolar macrophage. Infection by this bacterium can lead to a variety of responses, such as apoptosis, autophagy, and necrosis, which may be involved in controlling the infection. M. tuberculosis has evolved mechanisms to evade or use the host-mediated processes to its...
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    bovine serum (FBS) (Gibco Laboratories) in T-25 flasks at 37°C and 5% CO2. Mutant Library. A