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  • The effects of Phytophthora ramorum infection on hydraulic conductivity and tylosis formation in tanoak sapwood

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    Collins, Bradley R.
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    Tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus), along with some other members of Fagaceae, are susceptible to sudden oak death caused by the oomycete Phytophthora ramorum. Symptoms of the disease include dying crowns, bleeding cankers, and eventually death of infected trees. The cause of mortality is not well understood, but recent research indicates that...
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    Lachenbruch and Everett Hansen from whom I have learned more than I can express, and Pat Breen for

  • Simulator for optimizing performance and power of embedded multicore processors

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    Goska, Benjamin J.
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    This work presents improvements to a multi-core performance/power simulator. The improvements which include updated power models, voltage scaling aware models, and an application specific benchmark, are done to increase the accuracy of power models under voltage and frequency scaling. Improvements to the simulator enable more accurate design space exploration for...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Benjamin J. Goska for the

  • Susceptibility of riparian soil invertebrates to the herbicide triclopyr

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    Moran, Patrick (Patrick William)
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    Riparian zones of Pacific Northwest forests have high species diversity and abundance and act as an important interface between the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In addition, riparian zones comprise a significant portion of the total buffer zone established during commercial forest production to protect aquatic ecosystems from adjacent management activities....
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    : -------..:---""..,.....,---=-.....::--.......,------.---.---,--.,.--...,_..-- ­ Patrick Moran for the degree ofMaster of Science in Toxicology presented on December 17, 1999. Title

  • Stability Analysis of Coupled Discrete Time Systems On an Invariant Cone

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    Fletcher, Sally
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    This paper concerns a question that frequently occurs in various applications: Is any dispersal coupling of stable discrete linear systems, also stable? Although it has been known this is not the case, we shall identify a reasonably diverse class of systems for which it is true. We shall employ the...
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    Coupled Discrete Time Systems on an Invariant Cone Abstract approved: Patrick DeLeenheer This paper

  • Passive health monitoring with wirelessly powered medical devices

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    House, Samuel
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    The proliferation of body worn autometric devices has been enabled by advances in low-power electronics and fueled by the quantified-self movement. These devices range in complexity from pedometers to clinical vital sign measurement. They all share the same drawback, typically the most expensive and heaviest component, the battery. The future...
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    Wirelessly Powered Medical Devices Abstract approved: Patrick Y. Chiang The proliferation of body worn

  • Integrating Solutions at the Intersection of Climate Change and Flavor: Breeding for Sustainable Malting Barley and Beer Sensory Characteristics

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    Windes, Sarah
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    The following thesis consists of four sections: a general introduction, two manuscripts, a general conclusion, and an overall bibliography. The two manuscripts report on: (1) discussing the prospects of developing a perennial malting barley and potential alternative sustainable crop management practices and (2) further exploring the contributions of barley variety...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Patrick M. Hayes The following thesis consists of four sections: a general

  • Effect of PFAS Exposure on Reproduction : a Comparative Investigation between Kisspeptin-secreting AVPV and Arcuate Nuclei

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    Jacobs, Dakota
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    Ovulation requires preovulatory surges of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from preoptic hypothalamic neurons, initiated by elevated ovarian estradiol (E₂). Rising estradiol activates a subset of sexually dimorphic kisspeptin (Kiss-1) neurons in the female, located in the anteroventral periventricular nuclei (AVPV). Conversely, estradiol negative feedback on GnRH secretion is mediated by a...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Patrick E. Chappell Ovulation requires preovulatory surges of gonadotropin-releasing

  • Techniques for improving timing accuracy of multi-gigahertz track/hold circuits

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    Wang, Jingguang
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    Multi-Gigahertz sampling rate Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) with 5-8 bits resolution are used in many signal communication applications. Unfortunately, the performance of the high speed ADC is limited by the timing accuracy of the sampling clock. A small sampling uncertainty can cause a large error in the sampled voltage and result...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Patrick Chiang Multi-Gigahertz sampling rate Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADC) with 5-8

  • Optimizing performance/watt of embedded SIMD multiprocessors through a priori application guided power scheduling

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    Albright, Ryan K.
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    A method for improving performance/watt of an embedded single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) architecture using application-guided a priori scheduling of hardware resources is presented. A multi-core architectural simulator is adopted that accurately estimates power, performance, and utilization of various processor components (logic, interconnect and memory). A greedy search is then performed on...
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    Scheduling Abstract approved: Patrick Y. Chiang A method for improving performance/watt of an embedded

  • Measurement and characterization of ultra-wideband wireless interconnects within active computing systems

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    Woracheewan, Sirikarn
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    Ultra-wideband (UWB) radio has become an attractive alternative for wireless communications due to the robustness to multipath fading, low power transmission, mostly-digital implementation, and low cost. Furthermore, short-range, high data-rates applications are possible with UWB radios due to the wide spectral allocations at 3.1 - 10.6 GHz. This thesis presents...
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    . Abstract approved: Patrick Chiang Ultra-wideband (UWB) radio has become an attractive alternative for