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Biological considerations for a new approach to regulating genetically modified crops in the United States

Creator:: McDonough, Ashley
Abstract:: The debate over GM crops is one of the most controversial issues of recent decades. The debate has many dimensions, including environmental impacts, benefits and risks to human health, intellectual property rights, adequacy of biosafety regulations, and fundamental ethical acceptability. The potential benefits of GM crops are numerous, including improved...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: : ____________________________________________ Steven Strauss The debate over GM crops is one of the most controversial

Ethical Considerations of Transgenic Biotechnology as a Tool to Address Global Food Insecurity : Implementation and Regulation in Developing Countries

Creator:: Stepper, Shelby Ann
Abstract:: Transgenic biotechnology holds enormous potential as a tool to address global food insecurity. Transgenic food crops have been shown to increase food availability and food system security by incorporating disease, pesticide and drought resistance. Production costs of transgenic crops are lower due to the reduced need for costly pesticides and...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: GM crops was limited 16 P. Byrne

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:: .” Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 106.1 (2005): 27–39. ScienceDirect. Web. 6 Nov. 2014. Bedard, P

Mismatch Repair-Dependent Cellular Responses to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: An Investigation of Research Methods and Materials

Creator:: Wickramanayake, Anneka
Abstract:: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are carcinogenic chemical compounds found in the environment, largely as a result of partial combustion of organic compounds. PAHs are present in the atmosphere in populated cities worldwide. Because of the health risks they create, PAHs are a global health concern. PAHs are introduced into the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: , Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), is used as a standard, set to a TEF of 1. All other PAHs are ranked relative

Light Transmittance Properties of Biological Tissues of the Red-sided Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, Between 450 and 850 Nanometers

Creator:: Bixby, Eric M.
Abstract:: Using a spectrometer and photomultiplier tube, I measured the electromagnetic radiation transmittance properties of three types of tissue-- ventral skin, cardiac muscle, and liver tissue--in the red-sided garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis between the wavelengths of 450 and 850 nanometers (nm). Control readings were taken using a 10⁻² neutral density...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
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Quantifying the synchrony of leaf litter decomposition in a forested landscape

Creator:: Stringer, Allison L.
Abstract:: Plant litter decomposition plays an important role in the global carbon cycle, and contributes large amounts of carbon to soils, which store more carbon than any other terrestrial pool of organic matter. Decomposition plays a fundamental role in nutrient cycling and alters soil properties that shape plant community composition and...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: time and energy. I would also like to thank my committee members Stan Gregory and Steven Perakis for

The Biogeography of European Bats

Creator:: Olson Dougan, Jackson Martin
Abstract:: Understanding species distributions temporally and spatially will facilitate effective conservation efforts and catalyze informed environmental management decisions. The predicted distributions of 31 species of European bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) were mapped across Europe using species presence records and environmental data from 72 environmental variables (annual mean temperature, precipitation, etc.). In order...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: plot (Pipistrellus kuhlii)……………………………………………………20 10. Jackknife test of variable importance (P. kuhlii

Cytokine expression in Danio rerio (zebrafish) in response to TLR-7 agonist - Imiquimod

Creator:: Paternostro, Kevin Alan
Abstract:: Utilizing Danio rerio (zebrafish) as a model organism has gained popularity recently, however a lack of research into their immune response pathways had led to the discovery of subclinical infections, and has potentially confounded results. We conducted a study to determine the cytokine expression from TLR activation in order to...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: with the visible effects of P. neurophilia, many sub-clinical infections have also been

Investigating Relationships between Outdoor Recreation Activities, EnvironmentalWorldviews, and Place of Residence

Creator:: Finn, Elliott Chad
Abstract:: Some evidence suggests a connection between outdoor recreation participation and stronger environmental worldviews. This study finds little evidence supporting participation in outdoor recreation activities and stronger environmental worldviews and some evidence supporting a weak connection between appreciative outdoor recreation and stronger environmental worldviews. Additionally, the study documents greater participation in...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: in a variety of other studies. Berns and Simpson (2009) p. 81 define this measure as “a set of

The Islamic Prohibition on Interest : Muslim Americans’ Financial Understandings, Attitudes, and Behavior

Creator:: Moussaoui, Ibrahim
Abstract:: In Islam, paying and receiving interest is prohibited based on the belief that money should not be a commodity that is “rented” out; instead, Islamic lending structures arrange loans on an equity basis. This work examines the historical origins of interest prohibition and explains how different Islamic financial products provide...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Biological considerations for a new approach to regulating genetically modified crops in the United States

Ethical Considerations of Transgenic Biotechnology as a Tool to Address Global Food Insecurity : Implementation and Regulation in Developing Countries

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

Mismatch Repair-Dependent Cellular Responses to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: An Investigation of Research Methods and Materials

Light Transmittance Properties of Biological Tissues of the Red-sided Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis, Between 450 and 850 Nanometers

Quantifying the synchrony of leaf litter decomposition in a forested landscape

The Biogeography of European Bats

Cytokine expression in Danio rerio (zebrafish) in response to TLR-7 agonist - Imiquimod

Investigating Relationships between Outdoor Recreation Activities, EnvironmentalWorldviews, and Place of Residence

The Islamic Prohibition on Interest : Muslim Americans’ Financial Understandings, Attitudes, and Behavior

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