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Comparison of small-scale and field-scale saturated hydraulic conductivity : A tale of cores and drains

Creator:: Owens, Joshua M.
Abstract:: Saturated hydraulid conductivity (Ks) is a central soil physical property in determining water movement and contaminant transport through soils; hence modeling this system requires an accurate determination of K. Decimeter-scale KS measurements employing cores or infiltrometers are used frequently, but field-scale KS values are required to encompass the full range...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Age-related response of isolated rat hepatocytes to menadione and (R)-[alpha]-lipoic acid

Creator:: Graves, Jason T.
Abstract:: Age-related decline in the capacity of endogenous antioxidant systems complicates pharmaceutical use by the elderly by potentially increasing the toxicity of some compounds. Of particular interest is chemical detoxification via glutathione (GSH) and attendant GSH-requiring detoxification enzymes, e.g. GSH peroxidases (GPX) and GSH S-transferase (GST). These enzymes have been shown...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Selected risk factors contribute to homelessness among youth : a comparative study of Chile and the United States

Creator:: Minks, Kelly and Minks, Kelly K.
Abstract:: Youth who are at-risk of homelessness are placed into jeopardizing situations because they are often pushed toward the outer edges of society, disconnected from healthy support networks, involved in illegal activities, and their chances of having successful futures are, in turn, diminished. The goals of this project were to: review...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: States by Kelly K. Minks A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Induction of apple defense genes by Erwinia amylovora and biological control agents

Creator:: Bauer, Lisa M.
Abstract:: Fire blight is a serious disease of apple and pear trees caused by the bacterium, Erwinia amylovora. This bacterium harbors a pathogenesis mechanism known as the Hrp secretory operon which induces some resistance genes and suppresses other resistance genes in the host plant following invasion. While previous researchers analyzed expression...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Induction of Apple Defense Genes by Erwinia amylovora and Biological Control Agents by Lisa M

Incorporation of aerodynamic and boundary layer resistances in determining initial evaporation rates of pesticides from turf grass

Creator:: Conway, Michael
Abstract:: Evaporative loss rates of pesticides, following application to turfgrass, were measured using the Backward-Time Lagrangian stochastic Dispersion model (Flesch, Wilson, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 34, pp. 1320-1332. All pesticides were applied to a 22.8 m x 22.8 m orchard ryegrass turf plot near Corvallis, Oregon. Solar radiation, ambient temperature, surface...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

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

Creator:: Sedler, Stephen Joseph
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: acceleration on the order of 1 m/s2 and sustained droplet speeds of 5 cm/s have been observed [3]. 3.2

Genomic identification of candidate inclusion membrane proteins in Chlamydial species and microscopic analysis

Creator:: Blake, Nathanael A.
Abstract:: The Chlamydiaceae are a family of obligate intracellular bacteria with a unique biphasic developmental cycle. The replicating, metabolically active, intracellular phase bacteria (RBs) grow within a cellular vacuole know as the inclusion. Since the proteins the Chlamydiaceae secrete into this membrane are the means of host/parasite interaction, they have long...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Symposium, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. ISBN 0-9664383-0-2 14. el-Asrar A. M., Geboes, K., Tabbara, K

Microscale thermal management using membrane vapor extraction

Creator:: Apreotesi, Mario A.
Abstract:: With the miniaturization of microelectronics and increase of processor speeds in the last few decades, thermal management is drastically affecting overall packaging and system capabilities. Due to the special needs introduced, research focusing on microscale cooling has increased. This study combines the positive characteristics of single- and two-phase flows in...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: NOMENCLATURE Symbols A AC B cp d D e E f g h H I k K L m m& n N Nu p P Pr

Identifying microRNAs by automated phylogenetic and structural analysis

Creator:: Smith, Daniel P.
Abstract:: Motivation: It can take considerable amounts of time and effort to use existing computational tools to analyze a small RNA sequence for the purpose of determining if it is characteristic of microRNA. It is similarly tedious to search for homologs to known microRNA sequences in the rapidly growing collection of...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: , Madden TL, Schäffer AA, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Miller W, generation of protein database search programs

Near earth object collisional mitigation via intense neutron and photon sources : a study in asteroid interdiction and energy coupling

Creator:: Sanders, JC
Abstract:: The large population of 2r>100m near earth objects (NEOs) presents a certain hazard to life on earth. It has been proposed that a nuclear device may be used to alter the course of such objects, thereby averting a catastrophic collision with the earth. The asteroid interdiction problem includes a number...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: approaches 100 m and its speed 10 km per second, the equivalent explosive yield of the object’s impact

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Comparison of small-scale and field-scale saturated hydraulic conductivity : A tale of cores and drains

Age-related response of isolated rat hepatocytes to menadione and (R)-[alpha]-lipoic acid

Selected risk factors contribute to homelessness among youth : a comparative study of Chile and the United States

Induction of apple defense genes by Erwinia amylovora and biological control agents

Incorporation of aerodynamic and boundary layer resistances in determining initial evaporation rates of pesticides from turf grass

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

Genomic identification of candidate inclusion membrane proteins in Chlamydial species and microscopic analysis

Microscale thermal management using membrane vapor extraction

Identifying microRNAs by automated phylogenetic and structural analysis

Near earth object collisional mitigation via intense neutron and photon sources : a study in asteroid interdiction and energy coupling

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