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Examining ectomycorrhizal communities of ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine in the south-central Oregon pumice zone

Creator:: Garcia, Maria Osuna
Abstract:: Background information is presented that provides historical perspectives on the field of mycology in the Pacific Northwest and its role in forest management. The series of events and decisions that have led to previous studies (or lack of studies) in the field also dictate the directions of current research. Culture,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: OF Maria Osuna Garcia for the degree of Master of Science in Forest Science presented on June 28

Ontogenetic Shifts in Disease Response in Native and Invasive Anuran Species

Creator:: Urbina Gonzalez, Jenny Cecilia
Abstract:: This dissertation presents a different approach to understanding how amphibians are responding to disease through ontogeny. Although numerous efforts have been conducted to understand host responses to the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), studies have been restricted to distinct developmental stages. This dissertation provides information on host response to Bd across...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ____________________________________________________________________ Tiffany Sacra Garcia Andrew R. Blaustein This dissertation presents a different

Metabolic Effects in C57B/6J Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet Supplemented With Walnuts, Raspberries and Other Whole Foods

Creator:: Miranda-Garcia, Omar
Abstract:: Health benefits obtained from consumption of fruits and vegetables have the potential to improve the lifestyle of individuals. The walnut is a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-rich whole food that is readily available in the U.S and has been shown to potentially reduce risk of Metabolic Syndrome. Furthermore, consumption of polyphenol...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Omar Miranda-Garcia

Community Colleges Creating Academic Programming for Rural Areas

Creator:: Garcia-Chitwood, Jean
Abstract:: Community colleges serve various populations as part of their missions. Many community colleges serve the people who live in rural communities and are challenged with fewer financial resources. The term rural is not easily defined, and many variables need to be considered when creating academic programming for rural populations. There...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: DISSERTATION OF Jean Garcia-Chitwood for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on

Amino Acid Uptake in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Plants

Creator:: Whiteside, Matthew D., Garcia, Maria O., and Treseder, Kathleen K.
Abstract:: We examined the extent to which arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi root improved the acquisition of simple organic nitrogen (ON) compounds by their host plants. In a greenhouse-based study, we used quantum dots (fluorescent nanoparticles) to assess uptake of each of the 20 proteinaceous amino acids by AM-colonized versus uncolonized plants....
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Plants Matthew D. Whiteside1, Maria O. Garcia2, Kathleen K. Treseder3* 1 Biology Department and

Ectomycorrhizal communities of ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine in the south-central Oregon pumice zone

Creator:: Garcia, Maria O., Smith, Jane E., Luoma, Daniel L., and Jones, Melanie D.
Abstract:: Forest ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest of the USA are changing as a result of climate change. Specifically, rise of global temperatures, decline of winter precipitation, earlier loss of snowpack, and increased summer drought are altering the range of Pinus contorta. Simultaneously, flux in environmental conditions within the historic P....
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Movement of zoospores of Phytophthora citricola in saturated porous media

Creator:: Ochiai, Naoyuki
Abstract:: The genus Phytophthora comprises numerous plant pathogens in both natural and managed ecosystems. For Phytophthora spp. that infect roots, dispersal occurs in soil water through a combination of advection and swimming of specialized motile propagules (zoospores). Specific biological and physico-chemical processes, however, remain poorly understood, due to difficulties in studying...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approved: Maria I. Dragila Jennifer L. Parke The genus Phytophthora comprises numerous plant

Organizational Capacity of Oregon Latino Nonprofits and its Role in Immigrant Integration

Creator:: Vazquez, Maria Dolores
Abstract:: This essay provides an assessment of the human, social and financial resources that Oregon Latino immigrant-serving nonprofits have available to achieve their mission of promoting Latino immigrant integration and civic engagement practices. Under the framework of immigrant integration, this study examines the strategies Latino nonprofits rely upon to achieve their...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Nonprofits and its Role in Immigrant Integration By Maria Dolores Vazquez

Approaches for Characterizing Plant Physiological Responses to Environmental Stress

Creator:: Marias, Danielle E.
Abstract:: It is uncertain how predicted changes in climate will impact vegetation responses and plant species’ distributions because the physiological mechanisms underlying thresholds for damage are not well understood, and responses to stress vary by functional type and developmental stage. Thus, it is crucial to investigate physiological responses to heat and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Investigation of inheritance of glyphosate resistance and the mechanisms of glufosinate resistance in Italian ryegrass (Lolium perenne L. spp. multiflorum (Lam.) Husnot) populations

Creator:: Avila Garcia, Wilson Vidal
Abstract:: Italian ryegrass populations have been identified with evolved resistance to glyphosate in orchards with a history of glyphosate use. Two of these populations were selected to investigate the inheritance of glyphosate resistance. The mechanisms involved in the herbicide resistance were an altered target site for the population SF and reduced...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Wilson Vidal Avila Garcia for the degree of Doctor of

Creep-feeding to stimulate metabolic imprinting in nursing beef heifers : impacts on heifer growth, reproductive, and physiological parameters

Creator:: De Meireles Reis, Maria
Abstract:: The following experiment presented herein compared growth, physiological, and reproductive responses of beef heifers with (MI) or without (CON) access to a creep-feeder, as a manner to stimulate metabolic imprinting while nursing their dams. On d 0 of the experiment, 60 Angus × Hereford heifers were ranked by initial BW...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Maria de Meireles Reis

Reference Points for Vulnerable Fish Species Based on Bioeconomic Age-Structured Models: An Approach for Totoaba macdonaldi

Creator:: Rodríguez-García, Oswaldo Uriel, De Anda-Montañez, Juan Antonio, Valenzuela-Quiñonez, Fausto, Hernández-Flores, Alvaro, Salas-Márquez, Silvia, and María Da-Rocha, José
Abstract:: Management objectives of vulnerable fish species must focus on maintaining healthy population status. Hence, reference points should be constrained to ensure recruitment. We assessed bioeconomic reference points for the totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi), an endemic fish to the Gulf of California, reaching lengths of 2 m and 25 years. Totoaba fishing...
Resource Type:: Presentation
Full Text:: Rodríguez-García, Oswaldo Uriel; De Anda-Montañez, Juan Antonio; Valenzuela-Quiñonez, Fausto; Hernández

Eelgrass-macroalgae interactions; context-dependency in upwelling-influenced estuaries

Creator:: Hessing-Lewis, Margot
Abstract:: This dissertation investigates the context-dependency of species interactions between seagrass and macroalgae in upwelling-influenced estuaries. In all coastal systems, nutrient loading is multidirectional, resulting from mostly freshwater and marine inputs. The directionality of nutrient inputs may affect the rate of supply of organic matter to the system. In systems where...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Broad-scale Predictive Models : Influences of Scale

Creator:: Hooper, Samuel
Abstract:: Developing accurate predictive distribution models requires adequately representing relevant spatial and temporal scales, as these scales are ultimately reflective of the relationships between distributions and influential environmental conditions. In this research, we considered both spatial and temporal scale and the influence each has on predicting broad-scale distributions of two disparate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: graduate committee representative, Tiffany Garcia. Julia Jones, while not directly involved with this

Roles and Programming of Arabidopsis ARGONAUTE Proteins during Turnip Mosaic Virus Infection

Creator:: Garcia-Ruiz, Hernan, Carbonell, Alberto, Hoyer, J. Steen, Fahlgren, Noah, Gilbert, Kerrigan B., Takeda, Atsushi, Giampetruzzi, Annalisa, Garcia Ruiz, Mayra T., McGinn, Michaela G., Lowery, Nicholas, Martinez Baladejo, Maria T., and Carrington, James C.
Abstract:: In eukaryotes, ARGONAUTE proteins (AGOs) associate with microRNAs (miRNAs), short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and other classes of small RNAs to regulate target RNA or target loci. Viral infection in plants induces a potent and highly specific antiviral RNA silencing response characterized by the formation of virus-derived siRNAs. Arabidopsis thaliana has...
Resource Type:: Article

From atmospheric winds to fracture ventilation: Cause and effect

Creator:: Nachshon, Uri, Dragila, Maria, and Weisbrod, Noam
Abstract:: Vadose zone fractures and soil cracks exposed to the atmosphere have an impact on gas exchange processes at the Earth-atmosphere interface. In this study we explored and quantified the role of ground-surface winds on fracture ventilation. While the governing physical mechanisms that cause ventilation are relatively well understood, this is...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Maria Dragila,2 and Noam Weisbrod1 Received 25 October 2011; revised 2 April 2012; accepted 3 April

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

Creator:: Austin-Bythell, Suzanne H.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: model to me and many other female graduate students. Thanks to my committee, Dr. Tiffany Garcia, Dr

Tempo and Mode of Lineage and Morphological Diversification in a Hyperdiverse Freshwater Fish Radiation (Teleostei : Characiformes)

Creator:: Burns, Michael D.
Abstract:: Characiform fishes form one of the most diverse freshwater fish clades in the world. Comprising more than 2000 species and distributed primarily in South America and Africa, characiforms vary dramatically in their ecomorphology. However, the evolutionary processes responsible for the immense ecomorphological diversity remains unknown. Recently, a study postulated that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Factors that motivate Latino students to pursue higher education in selected colleges in the state of Oregon

Creator:: Meza Discua, José Luis
Abstract:: Latinos are the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic minority in the United States, and they have the highest dropout rates of any major ethnic group in the country (U.S. Department of Labor, 2003). Latinos' educational attainment is consistently lower than that of other students (Gandara, 2008). The majority of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Cohen, thank you for your insights about and guidance through the program. Dr. Maria Palacio, thank

Mineral Surfaces as Agents of Environmental Proteolysis: Mechanisms and Controls

Creator:: Chacon, Stephany S.
Abstract:: The bottleneck in the turnover of soil organic matter (SOM) is the conversion of large molecular compounds into smaller compounds that can be transported through a cell membrane of a microbe for processing. Once inside the cell, organic compounds can be converted into biomass or be respired. The microbial depolymerization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: completing my work I’d like to thank my committee Dr. David Myrold, Dr. Peter Bottomley, Dr. Maria Dragila

Towards a national map of soil liquefaction susceptibility : modeling with heuristic and geotechnical methods

Creator:: Lindsley, Adam E.
Abstract:: This study investigates the use of predictive mapping techniques as well as geotechnical criteria in developing a multiregional soil liquefaction model and subsequent maps. The maps were produced using National Cooperative Soil Survey data, in the gSSURGO format, combined with soil liquefaction data gathered from studies, articles, and traditional seismic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: challenging project. Thank you also to my committee members, Maria Dragila, John Baham, and Michael Olsen

Modeling Survival of Soilborne Phytophthora spp. and Characterizing Microbial Communities in Response to Soil Solarization and Biocontrol Amendment in Container Nursery Beds

Creator:: Funahashi, Fumiaki
Abstract:: In horticultural nurseries for container-grown plants, production and sales have been threatened by the presence of a quarantined plant pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum (causal agent of sudden oak death). Infested nursery beds are an important source of P. ramorum, which can initiate disease through movement with surface water to infect roots...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: within my own interests and strengths. I extend this gratitude to my committee member, Maria Dragila

A taxonomic and distributional study of the rhodolith-forming species Lithothamnion muelleri (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Creator:: Robinson, Nestor M., Hansen, G. I., Fernandez-Garcia, C., and Riosmena-Rodriguez, R.
Abstract:: Lithothamnion rnuelleri is reported for the first time as one of the main components of rhodolith beds along the Eastern Pacific Ocean based on samples from Washington State (USA), Pacific Baja California (Mexico), southern Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Individual rhodoliths ranged from fruticose to lumpy in morphology, and bi-sporangial, tetrasporangial,...
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Full Text:: m depth respectively, July 3, 2009, col. C. Fernández-García, det. N. M. Robinson; GGMX-1023c

Una especie nueva y peculiar de Graphis (Ascomycota: Ostropales: Graphidaceae) de la selva alta perennifolia de Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México

Creator:: Bárcenas-Peña, Alejandrina, Miranda-González, Ricardo, and de los Ángeles Herrera-Campos, María
Abstract:: Graphis robertusii Bárcenas-Peña, Herrera-Campos y Miranda es descrita por primera vez para la selva alta perennifolia de Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz. Es una especie conspicua caracterizada por lirelas erumpentes con margen talino lateral, labios no estriados blancos pruinosos, excípulo completamente carbonizado, himenio insperso, esporas transversalmente septadas y ácidos estíctico, salazínico y...
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Full Text:: ,b y María de los Ángeles Herrera-Campos a,∗ a Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología

Switching Hemispheres: A New Migration Strategy for the Disjunct Argentinean Breeding Population of Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Creator:: Garcia-Perez, Belen, Hobson, Keith A., Powell, Rebecca L., Still, Christopher J., and Huber, Gernot H.
Abstract:: Background: Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) breed almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere. However, since the early 1980's, a small disjunct breeding population has become established in eastern Argentina, presumably by birds previously derived from those breeding in North America. Currently, it is unknown where these individuals go following breeding and...
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Full Text:: Strategy for the Disjunct Argentinean Breeding Population of Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Belen Garcia

Multi-fleet comparison of fisheries socioeconomic performance indicators: a case study in Southeastern Brazil

Creator:: Gasalla, Maria A., Rodrigues, Amanda R., Duarte, Luis F. A., and Sumaila, U. Rashid
Abstract:: A comparative multi-fleet rationale of socioeconomic indicators is described aiming a potential incorporation into fishery management advice at an ecosystem scale. A set of performance indicators, based on a survey of different industrial fishing fleets in São Paulo (SE Brazil) which investigated investment, fixed, effort, labour and sailingrelated costs and...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: of an ecosystem approach to fisheries. Maria A. Gasalla1*, Amanda R. Rodrigues1, Luis F. A. Duarte1

High-resolution estimates of net community production and air-sea CO₂ flux in the northeast Pacific

Creator:: Lockwood, Deirdre, Quay, Paul D., Kavanaugh, Maria T., Juranek, Lauren W., and Feely, Richard A.
Abstract:: Rates of net community production (NCP) and air-sea CO₂ flux in the Northeast Pacific subarctic, transition zone and subtropical regions (22°N–50°N, 145°W–152°W) were determined on a cruise in August–September 2008 by continuous measurement of surface values of the ratio of dissolved oxygen to argon (O₂/Ar) and the partial pressure of...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: community production and air-sea CO2 flux in the northeast Pacific Deirdre Lockwood,1 Paul D. Quay,1 Maria

Linking nonstructural carbohydrate dynamics to gas exchange and leaf hydraulic behavior in Pinus edulis and Juniperus monosperma

Creator:: Woodruff, David R., Meinzer, Frederick C., Marias, Danielle E., Sevanto, Sanna, Jenkins, Michael W., and McDowell, Nate G.
Abstract:: Leaf hydraulics, gas exchange and carbon storage in Pinus edulis and Juniperus monosperma, two tree species on opposite ends of the isohydry–anisohydry spectrum, were analyzed to examine relationships between hydraulic function and carbohydrate dynamics. Leaf hydraulic vulnerability, leaf water potential (Wl), leaf hydraulic conductance (Kleaf), photosynthesis (A), stomatal conductance (gs)...
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Full Text:: CP, Dickman LT, Pangle RE, Hudson PJ, Boutz AL, Gehres N, Osuna JL, Pockman WT, McDoewll NG. 2013

Temporal Genetic Variance and Propagule-Driven Genetic Structure Characterize Naturalized Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) from a Patagonian Lake Impacted by Trout Farming

Creator:: Benavente, Javiera N., Seeb, Lisa W., Seeb, James E., Arismendi, Ivan, Hernández, Cristián E., Gajardo, Gonzalo, Galleguillos, Ricardo, Cádiz, Maria I., Musleh, Selim S., and Gomez-Uchida, Daniel
Abstract:: Knowledge about the genetic underpinnings of invasions—a theme addressed by invasion genetics as a discipline—is still scarce amid well documented ecological impacts of non-native species on ecosystems of Patagonia in South America. One of the most invasive species in Patagonia’s freshwater systems and elsewhere is rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). This...
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Full Text:: , James E. Seeb2, Ivan Arismendi3, Cristián E. Hernández1, Gonzalo Gajardo4, Ricardo Galleguillos5, Maria

Defenses of Susceptible and Resistant Chinook Salmon (Onchorhynchus tshawytscha) Against the Myxozoan Parasite Ceratomyxa shasta

Creator:: Bjork, Sarah J., Zhang, Yong-An, Hurst, Charlene N., Alonso-Naveiro, Maria E., Alexander, Julie D., Sunyer, J. Oriol, and Bartholomew, Jerri L.
Abstract:: We investigated intra-specific variation in the response of salmon to infection with the myxozoan Ceratomyxa shasta by comparing the progress of parasite infection and measures of host immune response in susceptible and resistant Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha at days 12, 25 and 90 post exposure. There were no differences in...
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Full Text:: , Charlene N. Hursta, Maria E. Alonso-Naveirod, Julie D. 5 Alexandera, J. Oriol Sunyerc and *Jerri L

Structure and mechanism of diet specialisation: testing models of individual variation in resource use with sea otters

Creator:: Tinker, M. Tim, Guimaraes, Paulo R. Jr., Novak, Mark, Marquitti, Flavia Maria Darcie, Bodkin, James L., Staedler, Michelle, Bentall, Gena, and Estes, James A.
Abstract:: Studies of consumer-resource interactions suggest that individual diet specialisation is empirically widespread and theoretically important to the organisation and dynamics of populations and communities. We used weighted networks to analyze the resource use by sea otters, testing three alternative models for how individual diet specialisation may arise. As expected, individual...
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Full Text:: . Guimarães Jr,2 Mark Novak,3,4 Flavia Maria Darcie Marquitti,2 James L. Bodkin,5 Michelle Staedler,6 Gena

Ontologies as Integrative Tools for Plant Science

Creator:: Walls, Ramona L., Athreya, Balaji, Cooper, Laurel, Elser, Justin, Gandolfo, Maria A., Jaiswal, Pankaj, Mungall, Christopher J., Preece, Justin, Rensing, Stefan, Smith, Barry, and Stevenson, Dennis W.
Abstract:: Premise of the study: Bio-ontologies are essential tools for accessing and analyzing the rapidly growing pool of plant genomic and phenomic data. Ontologies provide structured vocabularies to support consistent aggregation of data and a semantic framework for automated analyses and reasoning. They are a key component of the semantic web....
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Full Text:: , MARIA A. GANDOLFO 4,9 , PANKAJ JAISWAL 3,9 , CHRISTOPHER J. MUNGALL 5

A Study of CINDY/DYNAMO MJO Suppressed Phase

Creator:: Chen, Sue, Flatau, Maria, Jensen, Tommy G., Shinoda, Toshiaki, Schmidt, Jerome, May, Paul, Cummings, James, Liu, Ming, Ciesielski, Paul E., Fairall, Christopher W., Lien, Ren-Chieh, Baranowski, Dariusz B., Chi, Nan-Hsun, de Szoeke, Simon, and Edson, James
Abstract:: The diurnal variability and the environmental conditions that support the moisture resurgence of MJO events observed during the Cooperative Indian Ocean Experiment on Intraseasonal Variability (CINDY)/DYNAMO campaign in October–December 2011 are investigated using in situ observations and the cloud-resolving fully air–ocean–wave Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS). Spectral density and...
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Full Text:: , Colombo, Gan, R/V Revelle, Diego Garcia, and R/V Mirai. The stars are the mooring sites D1 (yellow), D2

Modulation of the chelatable Zn pool in the brain by diethyldithiocarbamate is associated with behavioral impairment in adult zebrafish

Creator:: Braga, Marcos M., Silva, Emerson S., Rico, Eduardo P., Pettenuzzo, Leticia F., Oliveira, Diogo L., Dias, Renato D., Rocha, João B. T., Calcagnotto, Maria Elisa, Tanguay, Robert L., Souza, Diogo O., and Rosemberg, Denis B.
Abstract:: The study of the effects of diethyldithiocarbamate (DEDTC) in some diseases is in focus for many years. However, DEDTC is a metal chelator that can present neurotoxicity as side effects. Here we investigate the effect of DEDTC on brain Zinc (Zn) content and behavior. To address this issue we used...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Diogo L. Oliveira, a,d Renato D. Dias, a,b João B. T. Rocha, c Maria Elisa Calcagnotto, a,b

Chemical and molecular characterization of fifteen species from the Lantana (Verbenaceae) genus

Creator:: de Sena Filho, Jose Guedes, Carregosa Rabbani, Allivia Rouse, dos Santos Silva, Tania Regina, Cruz da Silva, Ana Veruska, Souza, Igor Azevedo, Bryanne Araujo Santos, Maria Jose, de Jesus, Jemmyson Romario, de Lima Nogueira, Paulo Cesar, and Duringer, Jennifer M.
Abstract:: The essential oil from two Lantana species (Lantana lucida Schauer and Lantana salzmannii Schauer) were evaluated for their chemical composition by GC-MS. Results showed 17 predominant compounds for L. lucida, among which β-caryophyllene (19.0%) and α- caryophyllene (or humuleno, 33.0%) were the major components. L. salzmannii showed the presence of...
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Full Text:: , Igor Azevedo Souza 1 , Maria José Bryanne Araujo Santos 1 , Jemmyson Romário de Jesus 3 , Paulo

Epigenetic regulation of adaptive responses of forest tree species to the environment

Creator:: Braeutigam, Katharina, Vining, Kelly J., Lafon-Placette, Clement, Fossdal, Carl G., Mirouze, Marie, Gutierrez Marcos, Jose, Fluch, Silvia, Fernandez Fraga, Mario, Angeles Guevara, M., Abarca, Dolores, Johnsen, Oystein, Maury, Stephane, Strauss, Steven H., Campbell, Malcolm M., Rohde, Antje, Diaz-Sala, Carmen, and Cervera, Maria-Teresa
Abstract:: Epigenetic variation is likely to contribute to the phenotypic plasticity and adaptative capacity of plant species, and may be especially important for long-lived organisms with complex life cycles, including forest trees. Diverse environmental stresses and hybridization/polyploidization events can create reversible heritable epigenetic marks that can be transmitted to subsequent generations...
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The Plant Ontology as a Tool for Comparative Plant Anatomy and Genomic Analyses

Creator:: Cooper, Laurel, Walls, Ramona L., Elser, Justin, Gandolfo, Maria A., Stevenson, Dennis W., Smith, Barry, Preece, Justin, Athreya, Balaji, Mungall, Christopher J., Rensing, Stefan, Hiss, Manuel, Lang, Daniel, Reski, Ralf, Berardini, Tanya Z., Li, Donghui, Huala, Eva, Schaeffer, Mary, Menda, Naama, Arnaud, Elizabeth, Shrestha, Rosemary, Yamazaki, Yukiko, and Jaiswal, Pankaj
Abstract:: The Plant Ontology (PO;http://www.plantontology.org/" is a publicly available, collaborative effort to develop and maintain a controlled, structured vocabulary ('ontology') of terms to describe plant anatomy, morphology and the stages of plant development. The goals of the PO are to link (annotate) gene expression and phenotype data to plant structures and...
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Full Text:: Plant Anatomy and Genomic Analyses Laurel Cooper1,16,17, Ramona L. Walls2,16,17, Justin Elser1,17, Maria

Devising Theatre: Experience as Art

Creator:: Parham, Anne A
Abstract:: Any work of literature is a product of its time revealing truths about its culture. My thesis explores how pre-selected inspiration, personal experiences, and current events play a role in the devising process of a script. The inspiration for this particular devised play is Letters to a Young Poet by...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Rainer Maria Rilke; an assembly of ten letters which explore solitude, self- discovery, love, fear

The effects of procedural justice policies for the domestic violence courts in Recife, Brazil

Creator:: Amorim, Mariana Fernandes da Cunha Loureiro
Abstract:: To combat violence against women, the Brazilian government enacted the Maria da Penha Law (MPL) in 2006 and established the domestic violence specialized courts. Based on the assumption that fair procedures enhance the legitimacy of legal authorities and may enhance victims’ satisfaction and cooperation with prosecution, this research aims to...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: violence against women, the Brazilian government enacted the Maria da Penha Law (MPL) in 2006 and

Conceiving A Colony: A Multi-Level Biocultural Analysis of the Maternal Stress-Preterm Birth Nexus in Puerto Rico

Creator:: Horan, Holly L.
Abstract:: This dissertation aims to elicit how a neo-colonial context shapes maternal and infant heath (MIH) outcomes by describing how they are socially, politically, historically, and culturally produced. Using a multi-level critical biocultural, medical anthropological research approach, the purpose of this research was to investigate maternal stress in the United States...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Maria and how this natural disaster further exposed structural inequities as well as foreshadows the

Ages and magnetic structures of the South China Sea constrained by deep tow magnetic surveys and IODP Expedition 349

Creator:: Li, Chun-Feng, Xu, Xing, Lin, Jian, Sun, Zhen, Zhu, Jian, Yao, Yongjian, Zhao, Xixi, Liu, Qingsong, Kulhanek, Denise K., Wang, Jian, Song, Taoran, Zhao, Junfeng, Qiu, Ning, Guan, Yongxian, Zhou, Zhiyuan, Williams, Trevor, Bao, Rui, Briais, Anne, Brown, Elizabeth A., Chen, Yifeng, Clift, Peter D., Colwell, Frederick S., Dadd, Kelsie A., Ding, Weiwei, Almeida, Iván Hernández, Huang, Xiao‐Long, Hyun, Sangmin, Jiang, Tao, Koppers, Anthony A. P., Li, Qianyu, Liu, Chuanlian, Liu, Zhifei, Nagai, Renata H., Peleo‐Alampay, Alyssa, Su, Xin, Tejada, Maria Luisa G., Trinh, Hai Son, Yeh, Yi‐Ching, Zhang, Chuanlun, Zhang, Fan, and Zhang, Guo‐Liang
Abstract:: Combined analyses of deep tow magnetic anomalies and International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 349 cores show that initial seafloor spreading started around 33 Ma in the northeastern South China Sea (SCS), but varied slightly by 1-2 Myr along the northern continent-ocean boundary (COB). A southward ridge jump of ∼20 km...
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Full Text:: Li20, Chuanlian Liu20, Zhifei Liu1, Renata H. Nagai21, Alyssa Peleo-Alampay22, Xin Su23, Maria Luisa G

2010 Seed production research at Oregon State University, USDA-ARS cooperating

Creator:: Alderman, S. C., Anderson, N. P., Ball, Daniel A. (Daniel Allen), 1954-, Banowetz, G. M., Chastain, T. G., Curtis, D. W., Derkatch, A. V., Dreves, A. J., Dugger, B. D., Garbacik, C. J., Garcia, T. S., Giannico, G. R., Gerth, W. J., Gervais, J. A., Griffith, S. M., Herlihy, A. T., Hinds-Cook, B. J., Hoffman, G. D., Hulting, A. G., Kaser, J. M., Li, J. L., Mallory-Smith, C. A., Maxfield-Taylor, S., Mellbye, M. E., Mueller-Warrant, G. W., Oregon State University. Department of Crop Science, Pfender, W. F., Rao, S., Rondon, Silvia I., Silberstein, T. B., Stephen, W. P., Skyrm, K. M., United States. Agricultural Research Service, Walenta, D. L., Whittaker, G. W., Wysocki, D. J., Wyss, L. A., and Young, William C., III
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Full Text:: . Garcia, Assistant Professor W.J. Gerth, Senior Faculty Research Assistant J.A. Gervais, Wildlife

Multiple-resistant Italian ryegrass (Lolium perenne spp. multiflorum) populations in Oregon

Creator:: Liu, Mingyang
Abstract:: Italian ryegrass (Lolium perenne spp. multiflorum) is a common weed management problem in turfgrasses, cereals and non-crop areas in the United States. In Oregon, the number of populations with multiple-resistance continues to increase. To manage these resistant populations, the resistance patterns must be determined. In this study, five Italian ryegrass...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . 6 REFERENCES Avila-Garcia WV and Mallory-Smith C, Glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass (Lolium

ICES Working Group on Economics (WGECON)

Creator:: Curtis, Hazel
Abstract:: Demand for science and advice to address economic considerations is increasing, but the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) does not engage many economists or address economic issues in many member countries. The Strategic Initiative on the Human Dimension (SIHD) has raised the profile of economics, but...
Resource Type:: Presentation
Full Text:: Spain David Castilla Espino Spain José María da Rocha Spain Juan José García del Hoyo Spain Raul

Learning from Women of Color working within the United States Forest Service

Creator:: Ramos, Jeanna A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to analyze women of colors's (WOC) experiences working within the United States Forest Service (USFS) accessing the challenges of recruitment, retention, and promotional efforts. Using testimonios and Anzaldúa's theory of mestiza consciousness, I found three themes that included white supremacist capitalist patriarchy, presumed incompetence,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Comparing Ectomycorrhizal Communities of Understory Giant Chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla) and Overstory Pinaceae Trees in a Mixed Conifer Forest in Central Oregon

Creator:: Longway, Lucas J.
Abstract:: Giant chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla) is an evergreen hardwood often found as a shrubby understory component of coniferous forests in the Pacific Northwest United States. Due to its ability to sprout quickly after disturbances such as fire and logging it is often viewed as a pest by forest managers. Like its...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: like to express my gratitude to my lab mates Ariel Cowan, Maria Osuna Garcia and Benjamin Hart, my

Illegal to Exist : The Criminalization of Houselessness in the United States

Creator:: Waite, Mariah E.
Abstract:: In the United States, the state of housing and the lack thereof has been declared a national crisis. In response, cities have taken measures to police behaviors that are associated with what they perceive to be disorder and decay. These behaviors are also commonly associated with houselessness. Laws that criminalize...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: observable public spaces on one night. Maria Foscarinis notes that this is likely an under-reporting, as

Mycological Maintenance of Rangelands and the Impacts of a Thatch Forming Invasive Annual Grass (Taeniatherum caput-medusae)

Creator:: Hovland, Matthew
Abstract:: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) may exert profound influences on ecosystem resilience and invasion resistance in western North American sagebrush steppe and other arid rangeland plant communities. Maintenance of plant community structure through ecological feedbacks such as facilitation of nutrient cycling and uptake by host plants, physical and chemical contributions to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

IIFET 2012 Participants List

Creator:: The International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade and Keenan, Kara
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Full Text:: @ec.europa.eu Maria Rebecca Campos University of the Philippines Open University 10996 Campos Compound

'Mejor Amancebada que Mal Casada' : Rhetoric and Practice of Amancebamiento in Seventeenth-Century New Spain

Creator:: Hisey, Aimee
Abstract:: Following a history of tensions surrounding concubinage in medieval and early modern Spain, the Church sought greater control of religious life, particularly over the sacrament of marriage, via the Holy Office of the Inquisition. The Church exercised its strengthened restrictions and prosecuted these relationships with more frequency, as did civil...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Pedro de la Pena Pedro Hortigosa Pedro de Morales Bartolomé López Lorenza de Alcázar Rosa García

Reflective Dialogue across Differences in Libraries

Creator:: McElroy, Kelly and Marlow, Lindsay
Abstract:: Chapter from "Libraries Promoting Reflective Dialogue in a Time of Political Polarization," edited by Andrea Baer, Ellysa Cahoy, and Bob Schroeder.
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Full Text:: between colleagues. We situate this work within critical librarianship, which Kenny Garcia has described

Important Considerations for Food Process Validations : Strain Selection, Contamination Level, and Relevant Treatment Conditions

Creator:: Pearson, Eva
Abstract:: Reports of foodborne outbreaks have increased in the last decade, posing a public health risk to consumers. In an attempt to mitigate this risk, the newly established Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) takes a preventive rather than reactive approach to food safety. Under FSMA, producers are required to validate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Greece

Creator:: Barbour, Nancy Staton
Abstract:: A chapter in Women's Lives around the World: A Global Encyclopedia, that outlines women's lives in Greece from a post-colonial, feminist lens.
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Full Text:: -greece.html. Chionidou-Moskofoglou, Maria, Andrea Blunk, Renata Siem- prinska, Yvette Solomon, and Renate

Effect of high-pressure pretreatments applied before freezing and frozen storage on the functional and sensory properties of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

Creator:: Aubourg, Santiago P., Torres, J. Antonio, Saraiva, Jorge A., Guerra-Rodriguez, Esther, and Vazquez, Manuel
Abstract:: The frozen storage of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) is limited by lipid damage causing sensory quality losses, an important drawback to its commercialisation. This work deals with changes in functional and sensory properties during freezing and frozen storage of Atlantic mackerel pre-treated by high hydrostatic pressure processing (HPP). Three levels...
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Full Text:: -life extension and safety enhancement (Alvarez- Virrueta, Garcia-Lopez, Montalvo-Gonzalez, Ramirez

Delivery of Aerosolized Liposomal Amikacin as a Novel Approach for the Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in an Experimental Model of Pulmonary Infection

Creator:: Rose, Sasha J., Neville, Mary E., Gupta, Renu, and Bermudez, Luiz E.
Abstract:: Pulmonary infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are an increasing problem in individuals with chronic lung conditions and current therapies are lacking. We investigated the activity of liposomal amikacin for inhalation (LAI) against NTM in vitro as well as in a murine model of respiratory infection. Macrophage monolayers were infected...
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Full Text:: Diagnostics, Santa Maria, CA), supplemented with oleic acid, albumin, dextrose, and catalase (OADC; Hardy

Strengthening Rural Latinos’ Civic Engagement for Health: The Voceros de Salud Project

Creator:: Lopez-Cevallos, Daniel, Dierwechter, Tatiana, Volkmann, Kelly, and Patton-Lopez, Megan
Abstract:: This article describes the Latino Health Ambassadors Network (Voceros de Salud) project created to support and mobilize Latino community leaders to address health inequalities in a rural Oregon county. Voceros de Salud is discussed as a model that other rural communities may implement towards strengthening Latino civic engagement for health.
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Full Text:: Latinos Unidos de Benton County, Iglesia Santa María, the Latino PTOs with Lincoln and Garfield

Lichen Studies of Tropical Dry Forest: A Systematic and Ecological Approach

Creator:: Miranda-González, Ricardo
Abstract:: In recent years, our ecological knowledge of tropical dry forests has increased dramatically. However, whole components of the ecosystem, like lichenized fungi, remain mostly unknown. Crustose lichens in these forests are so abundant, that they are responsible for the characteristic appearance of a “white bark forest” during the dry season....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: provided great conversations during lunch. Special thanks to María de los Ángeles Herrera Campos for

Metabolic and Renal Effects of Consumption of Five Phytochemicals in High-Fat Fed C57BL6J Mice

Creator:: Hansen, Allysa
Abstract:: A significant body of research demonstrates that phytochemical intake favorably influences hepatic metabolism via a number of different biological mechanisms. Other research has shown a positive effect of certain phytochemicals on kidney health, specifically in ameliorating symptoms of kidney disease. The current research used three separate studies that tested the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: antithrombotic activities (Garcia-Lafuente et al., 2009). The anti-inflammatory properties of polyphenols have

Effect of combining high-pressure processing and frozen storage on the functional and sensory properties of horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)

Creator:: Torres, J. Antonio, Saraiva, Jorge A., Guerra-Rodriguez, Esther, Aubourg, Santiago P., and Vázquez, Manuel
Abstract:: Frozen storage of horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus) is limited by lipid damage causing sensory quality losses. This work deals with changes in functional and sensory properties during frozen storage of horse mackerel treated by high hydrostatic pressure processing (HPP) prior to freezing. Three levels of pressure (150, 300, and 450...
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Full Text:: -Virrueta, 57 Garcia-Lopez, Montalvo-Gonzalez, Ramirez, Mata-Montes-de-Oca & Tovar-Gomez, 58 2012

Diversity Literary Awards: A Tool for Assessing an Academic Library's Collection

Creator:: Kristick, Laurel L.
Abstract:: Diversity literary awards and other sources were used to create a list of high-quality titles written by and about underrepresented groups. This list was used to assess the diversity and inclusiveness of the library collections of a land-grant university. Gaps in the collection and acquisition processes were identified and will...
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Full Text:: , Arturo J.; Sandoval, Chela; Garcia, Peter J. 2012. Performing the US Latina and Latino borderlands

A study on the effects of enhanced pCO2 on open ocean diazotrophic assemblages

Creator:: Gradoville, Mary Rose
Abstract:: Biological di-nitrogen (N₂) fixation is a key process in open-ocean ecosystems, where the new nitrogen (N) provided by marine diazotrophs can support a large fraction of primary productivity and carbon (C) drawdown. Recent laboratory studies have shown that elevated pCO₂ enhances the rate of N₂ fixation by select laboratory isolates...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Maria Kavanaugh, Julie Arrington, Curt Vandetta, Carly Malm, Morgan Engle, Audrey Wheatcroft, Curt

The Feminist Itinerant School: A Feminist Pedagogical Approach to Curriculum Transformation for Public School Teachers in Brazil

Creator:: Melchor, Carolina R.
Abstract:: This Thesis examines Brazil’s political and historical context to explore and understand the logics behind the high rates of violence in our society. It focuses in education as one of our main vehicles of disseminating knowledge and therefore culture, language and values that might be contributing and perpetuating sexism, racism,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . ..........................................................................................23 1.3.5. M.A.R. Maria Angélica Ribeiro

Human Alteration of a Neotropical Landscape Drives Long-term Changes in its Forest Bird Communities

Creator:: Curtis, Jenna R.
Abstract:: Human alteration of natural landscapes leads to biodiversity loss, often from a combination of area effects and fragmentation effects. Smaller habitat patches support fewer species than large ones and incur additional consequences from isolation. Efforts to preempt biodiversity loss from insular habitat fragments are complicated by individualistic species responses and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: region in the world (Cincotta et al. 2000, Maria et al. 2017), with over 81% of the population

Exposure to the Mycotoxin Zearalenone Impairs Embryonic Development in Zebrafish

Creator:: Sidebotham, Nicole A.
Abstract:: A study was conducted to evaluate the developmental toxicity of three commonly detected mycotoxins in food (deoxynivalenol, patulin, and zearalenone) using the zebrafish (Danio rerio) model. Mycotoxin exposures were carried out at five concentrations (0.0064, 0.064, 0.64, 6.4, and 64 μM). Morphological and photomotor screenings were conducted at 24 hours...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . Mari-Bauset, Salvador, Agustin Llopis-Gonzalez, Itziar Zazpe-Garcia, Amelia Mari- Sanchis, and Maria

Flavor development of cheddar cheese under different manufacturing practices

Creator:: Lemus, Freddy Mauricio
Abstract:: Cheddar Cheese samples (good cheese, weak cheese, cheese made with pasteurized milk, cheese made with heat-shocked milk, cheese from production plant A, cheese from production plant B, cheese made with adjunct culture, and cheese made without adjunct culture), were evaluated during the ripening stage. Proteolysis was studied by a fractionation...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A three-dimensional mapping of the ocean based on environmental data

Creator:: Wright, Dawn J.
Abstract:: The existence, sources, distribution, circulation, and physicochemical nature of macroscale oceanic water bodies have long been a focus of oceanographic inquiry. Building on that work, this paper describes an objectively derived and globally comprehensive set of 37 distinct volumetric region units, called ecological marine units (EMUs). They are constructed on...
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Full Text:: , Kathleen L. Goodin5, John M. Guinotte6, Zeenatul Basher1, 5 Maria T. Kavanaugh7, Patrick N. Halpin8, Mark

Argentina

Creator:: Archer, Whitney K. and Delatorre, Mayela
Abstract:: A chapter in Women's Lives around the World: A Global Encyclopedia, that outlines women's lives in Argentina from a post-colonial, feminist lens.
Resource Type:: Part of Book
Full Text:: without the legal commitments. María Mercedes Vittar from Argentina states, “We are the families of the

Transkingdom network reveals bacterial players associated with cervical cancer gene expression program

Creator:: Lam, Khiem Chi, Vyshenska, Dariia, Hu, Jialu, Rodrigues, Richard Rosario, Nilsen, Anja, Zielke, Ryszard A., Brown, Nicholas Samuel, Aarnes, Eva-Katrine, Sikora, Aleksandra E., Shulzhenko, Natalia, Lyng, Heidi, and Morgun, Andrey
Abstract:: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide with human papillomavirus (HPV) being the main cause the disease. Chromosomal amplifications have been identified as a source of upregulation for cervical cancer driver genes but cannot fully explain increased expression of immune genes in invasive carcinoma. Insight into...
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Full Text:: K (Hardy Diagnostics, Santa Maria, CA, USA) at 37 �C in anaerobic conditions using the GasPakTM EZ

Mycobacterium avium Possesses Extracellular DNA that Contributes to Biofilm Formation, Structural Integrity, and Tolerance to Antibiotics

Creator:: Rose, Sasha J., Babrak, Lmar M., and Bermudez, Luiz E.
Abstract:: Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis is an opportunistic pathogen that is associated with biofilm-related infections of the respiratory tract and is difficult to treat. In recent years, extracellular DNA (eDNA) has been found to be a major component of bacterial biofilms, including many pathogens involved in biofilm-associated infections. To date, eDNA...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: containing 10% oleic acid, albumin, dextrose, and catalase (OADC; Hardy Diagnostics, Santa Maria, CA). MAH,M

Trophic structure of the bathyal benthos at an area with evidence of methane seep activity off southern Chile (∼45°S)

Creator:: Zapata-Hernández, Germán, Sellanes, Javier, Thurber, Andrew R., and Levin, Lisa A.
Abstract:: Through application of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stable isotope analyses, we investigated the benthic trophic structure of the upper-slope off southern Chile (~45°S) including a recent methane seep area discovered as part of this study. The observed fauna comprised 53 invertebrates and seven fish taxa, including remains of chemosymbiotic...
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Full Text:: coral bank (Santa Maria di Leuca, Ionian Sea). Marine Ecology Progress Series 397, 125–137. Carlier A

The Role of Plant-soil Feedback in the Invasion of Brachypodium sylvaticum in Douglas-fir Forests

Creator:: Esterson, Andrew
Abstract:: Invasive plants have the capacity to transform landscapes and alter ecosystem function, causing significant economic and ecological damage. These effects include displacement and reduction of native flora and fauna, altered fire regimes, modification of biotic and abiotic soil properties, as well as local, regional, and global economic impacts. With such...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Philippot et al. 2013), along with leaf decomposition and mineralization (Aponte, García, and Marañón 2013

Recovering lost ground: Effects of soil burn intensity on nutrients and ectomycorrhiza communities of ponderosa pine seedlings

Creator:: Cowan, Ariel D., Smith, Jane E., and Fitzgerald, Stephen A.
Abstract:: Fuel accumulation and climate shifts are predicted to increase the frequency of high-severity fires in pon-derosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests of central Oregon. The combustion of fuels containing large downedwood can result in intense soil heating, alteration of soil properties, and mortality of microbes. Previousstudies show ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) improve...
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Full Text:: operations that occurred at all sites two years prior. Nevertheless, Garcia et al. (2016) found R. salebrosus

In Search of the Carnivalesque: An Investigation of Carnival in Santiago de Cuba

Creator:: Nichol, Melanie
Abstract:: Carnival celebrations in Santiago de Cuba transform large swaths of the city for an anticipated week of festivities, during which Afro-Cuban dancers and musicians are center stage, performing a complicated statement of prescribed cultural ideology, historic acts of agency, and nationalism. A particularly revealing celebration, carnival can be understood as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: like a Swiss clock’. The unresponsiveness of U.S, federal agencies to hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

Plastome phylogenomics in the genus Pinus using massively parallel sequencing technology

Creator:: Parks, Matthew Benjamin
Abstract:: This thesis summarizes work completed over the previous four years primarily focusing on chloroplast phylogenomic inquiry into the genus Pinus and related Pinaceae outgroups using next-generation sequencing on Illumina platforms. During the time of our work, Illumina sequence read lengths have essentially been limited to 25 to 100 base pairs,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Syst. Bot., 34:481-491. Gernandt DS, Lopez G, Garcia SO, Liston A. 2005. Phylogeny and classification

An Oregonian Jarabe : Danza Folklórica and Mexicana Mothers

Creator:: Olvera, Monica L.
Abstract:: Acculturative stress can be associated with increased conflicts between Latino parents and adolescent youth, and have negative effects on Latino immigrant parents' psychosocial functioning and parenting practices. Yet, the potentially deleterious effects of acculturative stress on Latino immigrant parents' psychosocial functioning and parenting practices may be mitigated through positive acculturative...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: support, patience, and understanding: María Olvera, Alexander Olvera, ustedes son mi razón de ser y los

Rural Latinas/os of the Pacific Northwest: College and the Experience of Self- Identification

Creator:: Zaragoza, Mariana C.
Abstract:: There is an ever growing number of Latinas/os who reside and have settled permanently in rural America. Unbeknownst to most, rural Latinas/os face adversities unfamiliar to those living outside of this scope. As it stands, the barriers urban Latinas/os students face when transitioning to college has been well documented. However,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: society by assimilating into the dominant culture (Valencia, Garcia, Flores, & Juarez 22). The post 1848

The status and life history traits of endemic, native and introduced species in Lake Lanao, Philippines

Creator:: Ismail, Gladys B.
Abstract:: The endemic cyprinids of Lake Lanao, Philippines have been described as a species flock and are thought to be an example of explosive evolution. However, based on historical surveys, 16 of the 18 cyprinid species endemic to Lake Lanao are now believed to be extinct. Furthermore, non-native species have been...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Further Understanding Mycobacterial Biofilms and Their Interaction with the Host

Creator:: Rose, Sasha J.
Abstract:: Respiratory infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), especially Mycobacterium avium, can lead to progressive, recurrent disease that is refractory to therapy. Bacterial biofilms are intrinsically resistant to a variety of stressors and pressures, including host killing mechanisms and antibiotic therapy. Though it is becoming increasingly evident that NTM biofilms are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: infection (Garcia-Contreras, Sethuraman et al. 2006; Garcia-Contreras, Fiegel et al. 2007). Inhaled

Chemical composition of dietary fiber and polyphenols of wine grape pomace skins and development of wine grape (cv. Merlot) pomace extract based films

Creator:: Deng, Qian
Abstract:: The objectives of this project were to investigate the chemical composition of five varieties of wine grape pomace (WGP) skins obtained in the Pacific Northwest of the United States with the emphasis on dietary fiber (DF) and polyphenolic compounds, and further to evaluate the feasibility of developing WGP extract based...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Antibiotic Resistance in Septic Sludge and Receiving Environments of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Creator:: Schutzius, Genevieve Conyers
Abstract:: Approximately ninety percent of urban Vietnamese households are connected to septic tanks, from which up to three-quarters of the sludge is reported to be dumped into waterways in residential areas. Vietnam has a considerable prevalence of antibiotic misuse and resultant antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) in the human microbiome. Due to the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: wide spatial and temporal gradients (Garcia-Rey et al, 2002; Goossens et al, 2005). There is a clear

What Lies Below: Options to Improve Sustainable Management of U.S./Mexico Transboundary Aquifers

Creator:: Welch, Christina, N.
Abstract:: Globally, as surface water quality and quantity diminishes there is increasing reliance on groundwater to buffer water demands of growing populations. Today in many arid regions around the world aquifer pumping rates far exceed recharge rates. Often the groundwater is nonrenewable, or thousands of years old. Despite the known hydrologic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Trevor, Stephanie, Rianne, Nicki, Holly, Hannah, Dacotah, Michael, and Maria for your help during times

Application of Bootstrap Methods in Bioequivalence Studies for Oral Generic Prodrug Products

Creator:: Li, Wenjing
Abstract:: The methodology to perform bioequivalence studies for prodrug products has not been finalized by FDA leaving the investigators to speculate over the proper approach. This study innovatively utilized the bootstrap methods for testing in vivo bioequivalence on both parent drug and metabolite of four prodrug products: Clopidogrel, Prednisone, Allopurinol, and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Nutritional Management of Beef Cows During Late-Gestation to Enhance Offspring Productivity

Creator:: Marques, Rodrigo Da Silva
Abstract:: Two experiments evaluated nutritional management of late-gestating beef cows to enhance offspring productivity. The objective of experiment 1 was to evaluate the effects of organic and inorganic Cu, Mn, Zn, and Co supplementation to beef cows during late-gestation on performance and physiological responses of the offspring. The objective of experiment...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: program in the good and harder moments, especially Maria Reis, Thomaz Guarnieri, Italo Bueno, Juliana

Development of antioxidant dietary fibers from wine grape pomace and their applications as functional food ingredients

Creator:: Tseng, Angela Y.
Abstract:: Wine grape pomace (WGP), the byproduct from winemaking, is a good source of polyphenols and dietary fibers, and may be utilized as antioxidant dietary fibers (ADF) for food applications. The objectives of this thesis research were to first determine the phenolic compounds, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities in red WGP under...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Photophysics of organic semiconductors at the nanoscale

Creator:: Grollman, Rebecca R.
Abstract:: Organic semiconductors are used in a wide variety of applications including transistors,solar cells, and light emitting diodes. These materials are solution-processable,low cost, and tunable. Many successful organic optoelectronic materials utilizeblends of several types of molecules (such as donors and acceptors) in order topromote charge generation. As blends are an inherently...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Optofluidic Sensing from Inkjet-Printed Droplets on Diatom Biosilica

Creator:: Xi, Yuting
Abstract:: We explored an optofluidic sensing mechanism from inkjet-printed droplets on diatom biosilica using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Our study revealed a new biosensing strategy that combines the microscopic fluidic flow induced by the droplet evaporation and the photonic crystal effects of diatom frustules, which can provide an ultra-sensitive, cost-effective biosensing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

How sweet is the land? Modeling caloric landscapes for tropical hummingbirds

Creator:: Birkett, Christina Nozomi and Birkett, Nozomi Fukui
Abstract:: Pollination is a critical ecosystem function for sustaining biodiversity. However, pollinators and the services they provide are threatened by landscape-altering anthropogenic activities across the globe. Habitat loss and fragmentation, introduction of invasive species, chemical use, and urbanization have been shown to impact pollination. Pollinator foraging behavior is thought to be...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: ): 20141799. rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org. Web. 6 Dec. 2014. Clavero, Miguel, and Emili García-Berthou

Annotation of image segments with ontologies (AISO)

Creator:: Lingutla Venkata, Nikhil Tej
Abstract:: This M.S thesis presents an interactive software tool that I have developed in the course of the past two years. This interactive tool is called AISO. AISO is aimed at interactive image segmentation and annotation tool designed to allow users to segment an image – such as those produced with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Cooper, Justin Elser, Maria A. Gandolfo, Pankaj Jaiswal, Christopher J. Mungall, Justin Preece, Stefan

Using Stable Isotopes to Estimate the Mean Recharge Elevation of Water Sources in the Central America Region

Creator:: Arellano, Lisabeth N.
Abstract:: Knowledge of the mean recharge elevation (MRE) of water resources is important for informing conservation and protection practices where water security is threatened by population growth, urban expansion, and land and climate changes. In this study a Bayesian approach was developed and applied to determine the MRE of 682 surface...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: growth and urbanization, an additional 25 million are predicted to live in cities by 2050 (Maria et al

Disease models and infectious phenotypes of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis

Creator:: Everman, Jamie L.
Abstract:: Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is the causative agent of Johne's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that affects ruminant populations worldwide. The characteristic stages of the disease make diagnosis difficult, resulting in silent transmission among animals in a herd for years before proper detection of the infection. The extensive...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , and Lucy Garcia Flores, your contributions to all our projects have been immense and are greatly

Qualitative Perspective of Student Success by First Generation Students Participating in Developmental Education Programs

Creator:: Esparza, Edward
Abstract:: This literature seeks to broadly examine historical literature and information pertaining to developmental education in the community colleges and its relationship with the college success. Contextually, the review will examine factors that affect student perception to academic success while being required to participate in remedial course work. Although issues surrounding...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: learning (Tierney & Garcia, 2008). 17 Arguments in favor or against remedial and

Life cycle assessment of algal biofuels

Creator:: Kirby, Bryan L.
Abstract:: This thesis consists of three studies to better understand the environmental sustainability potential for algal-based biofuels. Initially, a comparison of recent life cycle assessments (LCA) of theoretical full-scale algal biofuel facilities was developed. These studies include varying boundaries and scope, functional units, and technology maturity assumptions. The comparison converted results...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , & Ghirardi, Maria L. (2010). Comparative energy life-cycle analyses of microalgal biomass

Characterizing Mycobacterium avium subspecies hominissuis (MAH) Microaggregate Induction of Innate Immunity

Creator:: Keefe, Bailey F.
Abstract:: Bacterial aggregation is a strategy employed by many pathogens to establish infection. Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH) undergoes a phenotypic change, microaggregation, when exposed to the respiratory epithelium. This aggregation is an important step in the pathogenesis of the infection, laying the foundation for biofilm formation. We therefore compared how...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Mirsaeidi M, Machado RF, Garcia JGN, Schraufnagel DE. 2014. Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease Mortality

Separating the wheat from the chaff: mitigating the effects of noise in a plastome phylogenomic data set from Pinus L. (Pinaceae)

Creator:: Parks, Matthew, Cronn, Richard, and Liston, Aaron
Abstract:: Background: Through next-generation sequencing, the amount of sequence data potentially available for phylogenetic analyses has increased exponentially in recent years. Simultaneously, the risk of incorporating ‘noisy’ data with misleading phylogenetic signal has also increased, and may disproportionately influence the topology of weakly supported nodes and lineages featuring rapid radiations and/or...
Resource Type:: Article

Sucre to Dollar, Franc to Euro: the Cultural Impact of Currency Change in Ecuador and France

Creator:: Hayashi, Teppei
Abstract:: This thesis is a comparative study of the two processes of currency change that occurred in Ecuador in 2000 and in France in 2002. Although the background of these two countries and the motivations behind each currency change varied, Ecuador and France have experienced many similar outcomes. Each of the...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

"I'm a Mom too!" - Stigma, Support & Contested Identities among Adolescent Mothers in the United States

Creator:: Everson, Courtney L.
Abstract:: This dissertation aims to provide a comprehensive portrayal of doula care in the lives of pregnant and parenting adolescent mothers. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationships between psychosocial stress, social support, institutionalized constraints, and their impacts on health and well-being among adolescent mothers in the Northwestern...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; Gravlee 2009; HealthConnect One 2014; Hruschka 2005; Jiménez, Martín, and García 2000; Luttrell 2011

A case study on the unsustainable use of the High Plains Aquifer

Creator:: Robinson, Kathleen S.
Abstract:: The High Plains Aquifer, a natural resource critical to the United States economic, energy and food security, faces significant sustainability challenges in the coming years. This case study aims to identify the main causes and consequences of unsustainable use of the High Plains Aquifer. The agriculture industry plays the largest...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: groundwater from the High Plains Aquifer (Perrin, Fulginiti and Garcia, 2018). The study compared the

Recovering Lost Ground : Effects of Soil Burn Intensity on Nutrients and Ectomycorrhiza Communities of Ponderosa Pine Seedlings

Creator:: Cowan, Ariel D.
Abstract:: Fuel accumulation and climate shifts are predicted to increase the frequency of high-severity fires in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws) forests of central Oregon. The combustion of fuels containing large downed wood can result in intense soil heating, alteration of soil properties, and mortality of microbes. Previous studies...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and support. To my labmates Lucas J. Longway, Ben Hart, and Maria O. Garcia: thank you for your

Ecosystem function and services provided by the deep sea

Creator:: Thurber, A. R., Sweetman, A. K., Narayanaswamy, B. E., Jones, D. O. B., Ingels, J., and Hansman, R. L.
Abstract:: The deep sea is often viewed as a vast, dark, remote, and inhospitable environment, yet the deep ocean and seafloor are crucial to our lives through the services that they provide. Our understanding of how the deep sea functions remains limited, but when treated synoptically, a diversity of supporting, provisioning,...
Resource Type:: Article

Cooling characterization and practical utilization of sub-micron slurry ice for the chilling of fresh seafood

Creator:: Keys, Dustin R.
Abstract:: Consumption of seafood products continues to grow each year, but post-harvest losses and inedible seafood waste remain as high as 25%. Ice-based systems are the most common form of preservation to increase shelf life, preserve product quality, and enhance product safety. Slurry ice is a type of chilling media, consisting...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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