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  • The Evaluation of the Additive Information Contained in New Ecohydrological Measurements

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    Li, Bonan
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    The development of ecohydrological frameworks and theories under the ongoing global climate crisis depends on the development of new and advanced ecohydrological measurements. Currently, numerous of datasets have been collected at plot and ecosystem levels to understand the complex interactions of along the soil, plant, and atmosphere continuum. The development...
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    meteorological variables. Carbon isotope (δ13C) provides more additional information about LH in arid locations

  • A role for ceramide accumulation in age-related cardiac mitochondrial dysfunction

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    Monette, Jeffrey S.
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    Ceramides are a group of lipids in the sphingolipid family that are potent cell signaling molecules. Elevations in ceramide levels above the norm generally lead to apoptosis. Evidence from in vitro studies suggests that accumulation of ceramides within mitochondria leads to dysfunction of the mitochondria. This includes inhibition of the...
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    the cell as they promote membrane permeability transition, which allows the release of cytochrome c

  • CdS nanocrystalline thin films deposited by the continuous microreactor-assisted solution deposition (MASD) process : growth mechanisms and film characterizations

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    Su, Yu-Wei
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    The continuous microreactor-assisted solution deposition (MASD) process was used for the deposition of CdS thin films on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass. The MASD system, including a T-junction micromixer and a microchannel heat exchanger is capable of isolating the homogeneous particle precipitation from the heterogeneous surface reaction. The results show...
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    Appendix B: Optical and Physical Measurement Results ................................... 119 Appendix C

  • Spatiotemporal Distributions of Bacteria in the Cheddar Production Environment

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    Johnson, Jared D.
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    Given the many significant roles that bacteria play in modern food manufacturing, it is crucial that we have a fundamental understanding of how bacterial communities assemble and behave in the food manufacturing environment. The focus of this dissertation was to investigate both the spatial and temporal distributions of microbial communities...
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    depicting generalized changes in A) species richness, B) alpha diversity, and C) bacterial load in in

  • The Association Between Patient Activation and Cost, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Elective, Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

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    Owen, Erin Callahan
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    Background. Total knee arthroplasty, or replacement, is a common, generally successful, and expensive procedure. Tools to predict outcomes following orthopedic procedures are abundant, yet no commonly used assessment accounts for an individual’s propensity to engage in adaptive health behavior. The 13-item Patient Activation Measure (PAM) questionnaire is a tool that...
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    *......................................................................................... 200 Appendix C: Veteran’s RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12

  • Addressing Data Resolution in Precision Agriculture

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    Kelley, Jason
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    Irrigated agriculture constitutes the greatest consumptive water use globally, so that irrigation efficiency measures are an important part of global efforts to best utilize this limited resource. However, greater irrigation efficiency must be achieved while simultaneously maintaining or increasing crop yields and farming profitability. Incremental water use decisions are made...
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    .......................171 Appendix C: Time series and computed flux for SR trials

  • Integrated Spatial and Temporal Stochastic Model in Radiation Biology : Design, Implementation, and Application

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    Liu, Ruirui
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    Mathematical modeling plays a pivotal role in understanding the mechanism of radiation-induced cellular effects, and also in quantifying the radiation risk to the cell. However, there are still compelling challenges facing the conventional modeling in radiobiology, such as lacking a generalized theory structure of quantifying target effect and non-target effect...
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    brown color means the module is coded in C++. The green arrow bar means wrapping the C++ code into