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  • Impact of exotic Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Doug. ex Laws.) plantations on water resources in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

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    Licata, Julian A.
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    Exotic ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Doug. ex Lawson) plantations are being planted within the natural distribution area of cordilleran cypress (Austrocedrus chilensis (D.Don) Pic. Ser. et Bizzarri) in Patagonia, Argentina. The productivity of these exotic plantations is much greater than that of native forests, suggesting greater water use. Before these...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Julian A. Licata for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest

  • Generation of narrowband THz pulses and THz studies of ultrafast phenomena in semiconductor quantum wells

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    Danielson, Jeremy R.
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    This work comprises two main parts: creating and shaping narrowband, pulsed THz radiation in a table-top optical setup; and applying THz pulses to semiconductor nanostructures to study electron dynamics. I developed a scheme to shape the THz output of a fanned-out periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystal. The pulses are...
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    : creating and shaping narrowband, pulsed THz radiation in a table-top optical setup; and applying THz

  • Molecular investigation of the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis and the identification of genes differentially expressed during bleaching in the coral Montipora capitata

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    Hauck, Laura L.
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    Cnidarians, such as anemones and corals, engage in an intracellular symbiosis with photosynthetic dinoflagellates. Corals form both the trophic and structural foundation of reef ecosystems. Despite their environmental importance, little is known about the molecular basis of this symbiosis. In this dissertation we explored the cnidariandinoflagellate symbiosis from two perspectives:...
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    patterns of a coral during the break down of symbiosis, which is called bleaching. The first chapter

  • Advances in expression of heterologous protein products by Streptococcus gordonii

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    Warren, Travis Kent
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    Streptococcus gordonii is a bacterial species that naturally colonizes the oral cavity of most healthy humans. It resides in the mouth as an adherent to dental surfaces and, with few exceptions, does not cause disease in individuals it inhabits. It possesses qualities that encourage its use as a vector to...
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    : ______________________________________ Dr. Dennis E. Hruby Streptococcus gordonii is a bacterial species that naturally colonizes

  • Graphite intercalation compounds containing fluoroanions

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    Katinonkul, Watcharee
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    New chemical synthesis strategies have been investigated for the preparation of acceptor-type graphite intercalation compounds (GIC's) with fluoroanions in order to obtain new materials and to develop a better understanding of the synthetic approaches and properties of the products. New GIC's containing borate chelate anion such as bis(oxalato)borate, CxB[OC(O)C(O)O]₂•δF, are...
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    to obtain new materials and to develop a better understanding of the synthetic approaches and

  • Indirect effects of fishing on predators and their prey

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    Stallings, Christopher Derek
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    Predators are fundamentally important for regulating and driving prey population dynamics as well as structuring ecological communities. Over-exploitation of marine resources has caused dramatic depletions of predatory fish species and shifts in marine community composition, with attendant declines in productivity and diversity of marine ecosystems. Despite the important ramifications of...
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    , Kevin Buch, and Brenda Gadd. Financial support was generously provided by a Thompson Fellowship to me

  • Remote measurements of waves and currents over complex bathymetry

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    Chickadel, Carmine C. (Carmine Christopher)
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    Waves are the primary input of energy in the nearshore region, and together with the currents forced through the transfer of momentum that occurs during the wave breaking process they are the principal mechanism for sediment transport in the nearshore. The basic physics of waves and currents are thought to...
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    : ___________________________________________________ Robert A. Holman Waves are the primary input of energy in the nearshore region, and

  • The aging endoplasmic reticulum

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    Dixon, Brian M.
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    Hallmarks of aging include the accumulation of aberrant proteins and a lower resistance to stresses. Because the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) functions to fold proteins and possesses unique stress sensing pathways, the central hypothesis of this dissertation is that the ER is a target of cellular aging and significantly underlies these...
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    would be my brother, Kevin. Kevin, despite a few semi-traumatic years you and I had growing up, I

  • A. W. N. Pugin and St. Augustine’s, Ramsgate : a nineteenth-century English gothic revivalist and his church

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    Burton, Kathryn Lee
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    A. W. N. Pugin was a driving force in the Gothic Revival movement in England during the first half of the nineteenth century. He was an architect and a writer who expounded on the virtues of reviving Gothic architecture, not only for its reflection of the sacred mystery of ancient...
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    Human Environment presented on April 30, 2007. Title: A.W.N. Pugin and St. Augustine’s, Ramsgate: A

  • Is the classroom a haven? The effects of students' exposure to violence on teacher practice

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    Hatch, David
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    Millions of children are exposed to various types of violence throughout their school years. American children, by the time they are 18 years old, have seen more than 100,000 acts of violence on television alone. The effect of exposure to violence becomes a part of a child's life experience and...
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    of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented on September 10, 2007. Title: Is the Classroom a