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  • Activation of Co-stimulatory Molecule OX40 Increases Memory T-cell Function and Cytokine Production in Uveitis

    Creator:
    Hall, Mark
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    Uveitis is a serious ophthalmological disorder characterized by intraocular infiltration of inflammatory cells. In most cases, uveitis is derived from the adaptive immune response. More specifically, CD4+ T lymphocytes play an important role in the pathogenesis of uveitis by recognizing uveitogenic antigen and orchestrating the immune response. While it is...
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    : _________________________________________ Kevin Ahern Uveitis is a serious

  • The Dynamics of Random Pulse-Coupled Oscillator Networks

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    Kadhim, Kyra L.
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    The pulse-coupled oscillator model is widely used to simulate the dynamics of neural systems. For networks with particular internal (Mirollo-Strogatz) dynamics, I will define three broad patterns of collective behaviors found in literature in terms of inter-spike interval (ISI) statistics. These patterns are i) temporally-regular, characterized by all oscillators in...
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    of Random Pulse-Coupled Oscillator Networks Abstract approved: Kevin Brown The pulse-coupled

  • Permeability of Various Thyroid Hormone Derivatives and Discovery of a Novel Metabolite

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    Kirkemo, Lisa
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    In this investigation, six different endogenous thyroid hormone derivatives—T₄, T₃, TA₄, TA₃, T₁-Amine, and N-Acetylated T₁-Amine—were tested to gain insight into their permeability coefficients and efflux ratios across a monolayer of Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK II) cells. The results indicate that T₃ and T₄ were unable to traverse the membrane...
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    : ____________________________________________________ Kevin Ahern

  • Assessment of academic advising models in the OSU College of Science based on student and advisor feedback

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    Aljets, Alexandria Dukes
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    This study sought to explore the differences between the varied academic advising models in the College of Science at Oregon State University through the feedback of its undergraduate students and advisors. Using parallel surveys of students and their academic advisors, it found that the decentralized and centralized models each had...
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    Dr. Kevin Ahern This study sought to explore the differences between the varied academic advising

  • Generation of proof of concept molecules neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to IL17Cm

    Creator:
    Calhoun, Drew W.
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    Inflammation is one of the first, most important responses of the immune system when presented with infection and is mediated primarily by eicosanoids and cytokines. The goal of this research was to generate monoclonal antibodies against murine IL17C, a poorly characterized cytokine involved in inflammation and linked to inflammatory conditions....
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    Kevin Ahern Inflammation is one of the first, most important responses of the immune system when

  • Implementing a Linux Sysfs Interface to the VMCS

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    Kronquist, Ian
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    The Virtual Machine Control Structure is an x86 hardware structure available on Intel platforms which support the VMX instruction set extensions. Developers working with Linux kernel virtualization technologies may need to alter fields in the VMCS, but the few existing tools for updating the structure are unstable or difficult to...
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    16, 2017. Title: Implementing a Linux Sysfs Interface to the VMCS Abstract approved: D. Kevin

  • Characterization of the Ovine Prolactin Promoter

    Creator:
    Tan, Taralyn
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    Approximately five to eight percent of domestic rams demonstrate a sexual attraction towards other rams, directing no sexual behaviors towards estrous ewes. It has been observed that these male-oriented rams (MORs) have a greater abundance of prolactin mRNA than female-oriented rams in the medial preoptic area of the anterior hypothalamus...
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    approved: ___________________________________________ Kevin Ahern Approximately five to eight

  • DemoFlow: Low-Cost Flow Cytometry for Increased Access to Medical Diagnostics

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    Stole, Kyler M.
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    Flow cytometry is a highly-extensible technology for performing rapid multi-parametric particle analysis. The use of flow cytometry has proliferated with the advent of smaller, intuitive, and more affordable instruments, along with a perpetual increase in research and medical applications. However, the technology is still largely inaccessible due to cost and...
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    Medical Diagnostics Abstract approved: D. Kevin McGrath Flow cytometry is a highly-extensible

  • Effects of wildfire on soil hydraulic properties on hillslopes in southwestern Oregon

    Creator:
    Cole, Ryan
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    The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of wildfire on soil hydraulic properties of forested hillslopes. The study site was located within the Stouts Creek wildfire, which burned approximately 10,705 ha of forest in southwestern Oregon in summer 2015. Three soil hydraulic properties (soil moisture, unsaturated hydraulic...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Kevin D. Bladon The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of wildfire on

  • Investigating the age-related loss of endoplasmic reticulum stress response

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    Fallahi, Anahita
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    The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a crucial organelle in the cell where protein folding and processing occurs, and conditions that negatively affect ER functions are highly detrimental to the cell. The accumulation of unfolded/misfolded proteins in the ER leads to a condition known as ER Stress. The ER has developed...
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