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  • Studying abroad and vocabulary use in impromptu essays

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    Mitchell, Kathleen
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    Spending time in a German speaking country may aid in vocabulary acquisition and production. This study hypothesized a concrete link between written language use and experiences abroad. Intermediate German students’ vocabulary uses in impromptu essays were evaluated by counting the number of total word, unique words, and content words. This...
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    increased comprehension by non-native speakers (Mitchell & Myles, 2004, p. 164). While it is accepted that

  • The role of CYP2E1 and CYP4A in the development of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

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    Hawkins, Jenna M.
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    Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is an emerging form of liver disease associated with obesity, type II diabetes and dyslipidemia. As the prevalence of these metabolic conditions increases, so too has the occurrence of NASH in all sectors of the population. The pathology of this disease is similar to its alcoholic form,...
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    storage buffer (10 mM Tris, 20% glycerol, pH 7.4) (w/v 1:2) using a motorized pellet pestle. The

  • A validity study for the kaizen event kick-off survey

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    Mitchell, Rebecca M.
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    This study was conducted to support a research project sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The purpose of the NSF research project was to determine how to design kaizen events that result in both short term and long term performance improvements. One of the tools developed to evaluate the...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Rebecca M. Mitchell for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science

  • A Java implementation of the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm using NIST curves over GF(p)

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    Stadick, Rhea
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    The Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) is a public key cryptosystem used for creation and verification of digital signatures in electronic documents. In this thesis, we created a Java applet that provides the functionality of the ECDSA using all of the NIST elliptic curves over GF(p). This applet was...
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    w = s-1 mod q and H(M) 4. Compute u1 = wH(M) mod q and u2 = rw mod q 5. Compute v = ((u1yu2 mod p

  • Generation of proof of concept molecules neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to IL17Cm

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    Calhoun, Drew W.
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    Inflammation is one of the first, most important responses of the immune system when presented with infection and is mediated primarily by eicosanoids and cytokines. The goal of this research was to generate monoclonal antibodies against murine IL17C, a poorly characterized cytokine involved in inflammation and linked to inflammatory conditions....
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    THESIS OF Drew W. Calhoun for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Biochemistry and

  • The possibility of international agreements concerning genetically modified organisms in the European Union

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    Fairbrother, Jennifer R.
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    As genetically modified products come under greater production, tensions surrounding the potential benefits and harms of the technology have appeared in divergent policy between the European Union (EU) and certain member states. The purpose of this thesis is to consider whether some type of international law, also called an environmental...
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    . Also, I would like to thank my other committee members: Dr. Kathleen D. Moore and Jeffery Mitchell

  • Militant and nonviolent social movements

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    Robinson, Blake
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    While much has been written about why people join social movements in general, little has been written about why people specifically join either militant or nonviolent social movements. Using the Black Panther Party as an example of a militant social movement and the mainstream Civil Rights Movement as an example...
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  • 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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    Programme (UNDP), 2003, p. 3). Monetary poverty has other consequences than a lower purchasing power

  • Effects of caustic addition on black liquor rheology and thermal characteristics

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    Euhus, Daniel D.
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    An important by-product of the kraft pulping process, black liquor is currently used in most pulp mills to produce steam in a recovery boiler. Two important black liquor characteristics are viscosity and burning (firing) characteristics, which determine the operating efficiency of the recovery boiler. Kraft black liquor is a complicated...
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    second run. 10 100 1000 1.0 10.0 100.0 1000.0 Shear Rate (1/s) Vi sc os ity (c P) Sample 1

  • Patterns of age and growth in young-of-year rockfish, sebastes spp., along the Oregon coast

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    Young, Thomas
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    Rockfish of the genus Sebastes are important components of Oregon reef communities. I examined patterns of age and growth in young-of-year rockfish across two nested spatial scales – local and regional – along the Oregon coast. Using otolith microstructural examination, I examined the relative importance of local versus regional factors...
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    ………….…….…………………………………………….78 P-values…………………………………………………………………………..78 Fish Size Back-calculations……………………………………………………...78