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  • The effects of environmental stressors on cardiac gene expression and contractility in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

    Creator:
    Momoda, Tracey S.
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    Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) experience a variety of stressors in their natural environment as well as in aquaculture that can have negative effects on their physiology. The effects of physiological stress and endocrine disruption have been well described in fish. However, there is a scarcity of information on the effects...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Carl B. Schreck Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) experience a variety of stressors

  • Hepatitis B and liver cancer among Hmong : knowledge, perceptions of risk, and barriers to hepatitis B screening and vaccination

    Creator:
    Kue, Jennifer
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    Chronic hepatitis B disproportionately affects Asian Americans. Although Asians make up only 4.2% of the total United States (U.S.) population, they account for more than half of those infected with hepatitis B. If left untreated, chronic hepatitis B could lead to cirrhosis, liver damage, and liver cancer. Studies show that...
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    , 2011. Title: Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer Among Hmong: Knowledge, Perceptions of Risk, and Barriers

  • Linking Moral Obligations, Assumption-based Research, and Structured Decision Making to Inform Bull Trout Recovery

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    Brignon, William R.
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    More than 1500 species of plants and animals in the United States are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The U.S. Departments of Interior and Commerce are required, under Section 4(f)(1) of the ESA, to develop recovery plans for ESA-listed species under the respective agency...
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    . _____________________________________________________________________ William R. Brignon, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I like to thank Dr. Carl B. Schreck for

  • Splittings of skeletal homotopy modules

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    Seaders, Nicole Sheree
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    This thesis is devoted to determining structure results on a group relative to a subgroup, using information about the kernel of the boundary map of associated free resolutions. If Y is a CW-complex with homotopy type K(G,1) then for n ≥ 2 the nth skeletal homotopy module, hn(Y ) =...
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    Skeletal Homotopy Modules Abstract approved: William A. Bogley This dissertation is devoted to

  • Life history and environmental influences on avian incubation and parental care in songbirds

    Creator:
    Austin-Bythell, Suzanne H.
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    Patterns of nest attendance behavior by breeding birds represent a parent-offspring trade-off in which adults balance self-maintenance with parental care decisions. Incubation, in particular, is of interest because adults must provide an environment suitable for embryonic development through nest-building and contact-incubation. We evaluated how adult incubation constancy and nest visitation...
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    : __________________________________________________________________ William Douglas Robinson Patterns of nest attendance behavior by breeding birds

  • Mentorship and Student Self-efficacy

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    Williams, MaryJean Harris
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    Background: The United States has been under-producing college graduates since at least 1980, with many challenges suppressing students’ self-efficacy. One approach to improving student outcomes is through mentorship. This dissertation applied Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) and Kram’s Mentor Relationship Development Theory (MRD) to discover whether students’ campus mentorship experiences...
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    the loving support of my husband Rick, and the inspiration of my astonishing sons, Taylor and

  • Development and Implementation of JetNet : A Decentralized Wireless Sensing Protocol

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    Goins, Justin B.
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    Modern sensor network applications are often implemented wirelessly in order to lessen installation costs and reduce deployment times. Unfortunately, these wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes must often rely on batteries or energy harvesting techniques in order to sustain their operation and supply the power needed to maintain communication within the...
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    Decentralized Wireless Sensing Protocol AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Justin B. Goins for the degree

  • Turbulence in sheared, salt-fingering favorable environment

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    Kimura, Satoshi
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    Instability and turbulence in sheared, salt-fingering favorable stratification are studied using three-dimensional direct numerical simulations (DNS). Salt-fingering favorable stratification is gravitationally stable, because the unstable vertical gradient of salinity is stabilized by temperature (warm, salty over cool, fresh water-masses). Salt-fingering instability can occur at the interface of these different water-masses....
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    : Turbulence in Sheared, Salt-fingering Favorable Environment Abstract approved: William D. Smyth

  • Translational Studies of the High Molecular Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon, Dibenzo[ def,p] Chrysene; Carcinogenesis and Metabolism

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    Madeen, Erin
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    The objective of this work is to add to the body of translational data between high dose animal model research and the environmentally relevant human metabolism of the persistent pollutant dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBC). We furthered the knowledge of gene/exposure interactions by determining the carcinogenesis risk based on Cyp1b1 genotype following in...
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    . My graduate committee, including Drs. William Baird, Christiane Löhr, Emily Ho, Ramesh Sagili, and

  • Photo-enhanced Toxicity of Oil Constituents and Corexit 9500 to Gulf of Mexico Marine Organisms

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    Finch, Bryson E.
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    Significant inputs of hydrocarbons are continually released into the environment from anthropogenic and natural sources. Some of the most toxic hydrocarbon compounds are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are known for their ability to absorb ultraviolet light and enhance toxicity. Generally, PAHs exert their toxicity via narcosis but UV-absorbing...
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    : ______________________________________________________________________________ William A. Stubblefield Significant inputs of hydrocarbons are continually released into