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  • The methodology, implementation, and analysis of the isotopic composition of soil respired CO₂ in forest ecological research

    Creator:
    Kayler, Zachary Eric
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    Soils are the largest terrestrial pool of carbon, therefore it is critical to understand what controls soil carbon efflux to the atmosphere in light of current climate uncertainty. The primary efflux of carbon from soil is soil respiration which is typically categorized into autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration. These two components...
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    DISSERTATION OF Zachary Eric Kayler for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Science presented on

  • Single-Cell Genomics of Uncultivated Marine Bacteria

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    Landry, Zachary
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    Historically, the difficulty of obtaining pure cultures of abundant marine microbial plankton has an obstacle to reconstructing the underlying mechanisms of biogeochemistry in the ocean. While a number of dominant marine species from the ocean surface have been cultured, the dominant microbial plankton of the dark ocean proved far more...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Zachary Landry for the

  • Accelerating Power-to-Gas Energy Storage Through PEM Electrolyzer Development and Technoeconomic Forecasting

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    Taie, Zachary
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    There is strong interest in the energy community to develop technologies that can diffuse low-cost, renewably generated electricity into difficult and slow to decarbonize sectors. One of the emerging areas of interest is renewable natural gas (RNG). RNG has low or no associated net greenhouse gas emissions and can be...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Zachary

  • Terahertz Imaging and Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Semiconductors using Plasmonic Devices

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    Thompson, Zachary James
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    In this dissertation, a series of studies in the field of terahertz (THz) science are presented, specifically using nonlinear THz spectroscopy. We exploit huge field enhancement and subwavelength confinement in plasmonic structures. There are three distinct projects which will be discussed: nonlinear THz spectroscopy using plasmonic induced transparency (PIT), THz-triggered...
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    Semiconductors using Plasmonic AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Zachary James Thompson for the degree of

  • Development of Computational, Visualization, and Molecular Tools for Fungal and Oomycete Community Ecology

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    Foster, Zachary Stephen Longiaru
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    Oomycetes are an important group of organisms with a variety of ecological roles similar to fungi. Although many are well-studied plant pathogens known for their devastating effects on agricultural systems, most are little-studied saprobes and parasites of plants and animals in nearly every ecosystem on earth. The advent of affordable...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Zachary Stephen

  • Exchange interaction studies in magnetic semiconductors by neutron scattering

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    Wiren, Zachary Quincy
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    Theories predict that making a dilute magnetic semiconductor strongly p -type would allow it to remain ferromagnetic at room temperature. This is of intrest as a ferromagnetic semiconductor would allow for a great many applications in the field of spintronics. Neutron scattering experiments were undertaken to better understand the antiferromagnetic...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Zachary Quincy Wiren for the degree of

  • Immunological and physiochemical characterization of fish myosins

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    Reed, Zachary H.
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    Increased sales of surimi seafood, with the majority as crabstick in the United States indicates that surimi based products are becoming more popular. With growing popularity, there is increased competition for market share. Under these circumstances, some companies may be willing to sacrifice product quality in order to facilitate manufacture...
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    OF THE DISSERTATION OF Zachary H. Reed for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Food Science

  • Some results in probability from the functional analytic viewpoint

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    Gelbaum, Zachary A.
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    This dissertation presents some results from various areas of probability theory, the unifying theme being the use of functional analytic intuition and techniques. We first give a result regarding the existence of certain stochastic integral representations for Banach space valued Gaussian random variables. Next we give a spectral geometric construction...
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    Viewpoint AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Zachary A. Gelbaum for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

  • Driver Distraction from Unmanned Aerial Systems: Evidence, Policy, and Mitigation

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    Barlow, Zachary W.
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    Unmanned aerial systems (UASs), more commonly known as drones, have recently achieved commercial success for many public and private applications. As with all emerging technologies, new safety concerns and conflicts with existing paradigms are likely to arise. Many potential applications of UASs will result in their operation near roadway infrastructure,...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Zachary Wesley Barlow for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

  • Grazer-resource Behavior, Interactions, and Feedbacks Control Kelp-forest Dynamics and Stability

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    Randell, Zachary H.
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    How the direct and indirect effects of species interactions cascade to affect community structure, functioning, and stability is a fundamental question in ecology. In temperate kelp forests, species interactions, in conjunction with environmental processes, produce rich spatiotemporal dynamics. Arguably the most dramatic of these are abrupt shifts in community state,...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Zachary Howland Randell