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  • A Microeconomic Analysis of Wildfire Suppression Programs in the Western United States

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    Rossi, David J.
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    This dissertation studies the microeconomics of forest fire suppression programs. It starts with an inquiry into the causes of increasing shares of public land management budgets devoted to wildland fire suppression in lieu of hazardous fuel reduction or other pre-fire risk mitigation programs. The first two chapters consider competing economic...
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    Suppression Programs in the Western United States by David J. Rossi A DISSERTATION

  • Digital Fourier Holographic Microscopy and Potential Applications Towards the Design of Photodynamic Therapy of Osteosarcoma

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    Rossi, Vincent Michele
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    This work entails both imaging and therapeutic applications of biomedical optics. In both contexts, an understanding of light transport in tissues is necessary. An overview of optical transport in tissues is given, including scattering theory. Digital Fourier holographic microscopy is introduced and applied as a means of metrology via optical...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Vincent Michele Rossi for

  • Cross-cultural comparison of college students' physical activity behaviors in the US and ROC using transtheoretical model constructs

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    Flath, Sharon Chai
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    This was a cross-cultural comparative study that examined college students' physical activity behavior in both the United States and the Republic of China on the basis of the full Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of behavior change. Although current investigations do support TTM as a powerful model of physical activity behavior change,...
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    Transtheoretical Model Constructs. Abstract approved: Signature redacted for privacy. 7 «s'radley J. Cardinal

  • Effects of Different Strength Levels on the Ability of Older Adults to Recover from Backward or Forward Balance Losses

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    Haberly, Gabriel J.
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    Falls in older adults are an important concern due to the potential injuries associated with falling. Decreases in muscle strength as a result of natural aging could impair the ability of older adults to prevent either a backward or forward fall. Two musculoskeletal models were used to predict the effect...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Gabriel J

  • Analysis of spatial data from terrain models for landslide predictive mapping

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    Santha, Rubini
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    Landslides are a pervasive hazard that can result in substantial damage to properties and loss of life throughout the world. To understand the nature and scope of the hazard, landslide hazard mapping has been an area of intense research by identifying areas most susceptible to landslides in order to mitigate...
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    Michael J. Olsen Landslides are a pervasive hazard that can result in substantial damage to properties

  • Continuous monitoring and modeling to assess pesticide exposure in critical habitat for Pacific salmonids

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    Janney, Philip K.
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    Pacific Northwest and California freshwater resources are key elements in the life history and ecology of Pacific salmon and steelhead listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Risk to listed Pacific salmonid species can be assessed by evaluating the spatial and temporal co-occurrence of salmonid species at...
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Jeffrey J. Jenkins

  • Molecular and cellular mechanisms of aromatic hydrocarbon axonopathy

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    Kim, Min-Sun
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    Hydrocarbon solvents are widely used in the production of paints, adhesives, dyes, polymers, plastics, textiles, printing inks, agricultural products and pharmaceuticals. While the neuropathic potential of aliphatic solvents was shown in the 1970s, little is known about the neuropathic potential of aromatic solvents. The present study examines such solvents, 1,2-diethylbenzene...
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    Axonopathy. Abstract approved: Ian J. Hydrocarbon solvents are widely used in the production of paints

  • Interactions between microbial dynamics, water flow, and solute transport in unsaturated porous media

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    Yarwood, Rockie R.
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    Bioremediation in the vadose zone is unpredictable because of poor understanding of factors influencing microbial growth in this environment. A lab-scale experimental system was developed to examine, noninvasively, interactions between microbial growth, water flow, and solute transport in unsaturated porous media. Measurements of microbial colonization, and its impact on hydrology,...
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    : Peter J. Bioremediation in the vadose zone is unpredictable because of poor understanding of factors

  • Protein Disorder in the Evolution of Dynein Regulation

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    Jie, Jing
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    Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDP) are a class of proteins that lack a three-dimensional structure and their prevalence and diverse functions in the cell have only been discovered relatively recently. The intermediate chain (IC) subunit of the microtubule motor protein complex dynein contains an N-terminal disordered region, N-IC, which is central...
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    : _____________________________________________________ Elisar J. Barbar Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDP) are a class of proteins that lack

  • Studies on isoprenoid biosynthesis in Euglena gracilis

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    Kim, Dojung
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    This dissertation describes studies of isoprenoid biosynthesis in the phytoflagellate Euglena gracilis. Elucidation of a novel isoprerioid pathway, the 2-Cmethyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate (MEP) pathway, in addition to the generally known mevalonate (MVA) pathway, led to extensive exploration of the distribution of both pathways in a variety of organisms. To date, photosynthetic eukaryotes...
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    thank my major Professor, Philip J. Proteau, for his support, guidance, and patience throughout my