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Creator:: Thielke, Lauren E.
Abstract:: The present study explored the effects of intranasal oxytocin (OT), a naturally occurring hormone, on the behavior of pet dogs in an attachment test. Each dog participated in two testing sessions. On one visit saline was administered nasally and on another OT was administered nasally. Condition order was counterbalanced. Following...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Monique A. R. Udell The present study explored the effects of intranasal oxytocin (OT

Creator:: Marias, Danielle E.
Abstract:: Dwarf mistletoes, obligate, parasitic plants with diminutive aerial shoots, have long-term effects on host tree water relations, hydraulic architecture, and photosynthetic gas exchange and can eventually lead to tree death. To investigate the long-term impacts of dwarf mistletoe on gas exchange of host western hemlock trees, I compared growth, gas...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ISOTOPES Danielle E. Marias, Frederick C. Meinzer, David R. Woodruff, David C. Shaw, Steven L

Creator:: Olen, Beau
Abstract:: Recent climate change forecasts have aroused growing interest in the influence of water scarcity and climate on agricultural production and irrigation practice. However, it is common in the economic literature to aggregate disparate crops when modeling irrigation choices. That approach confounds the crop-specific effects of climate and water scarcity that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Heffernan, Elise
Abstract:: Old-growth forests are structurally complex in both vertical and horizontal dimensions. This complexity arises from biological characteristics, typically branch and leaf structure, but also includes epiphytes with varying form and function. I characterized the biomass and species composition of epiphytes along the vertical axis of an old-growth Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: especially working with R. I would like to thank Julia Jones, Ali Malek, Sarah Frey, and Youngil Kim for

Creator:: Brubaker, Lauren M.
Abstract:: The development of problem-solving behaviors in canines, including persistence, has implications for canine training, welfare, and the human-dog bond. Past research has shown that a variety of factors, including genetics (domestication) and training experience, play a role in a how a canine might behave during a problem-solving task. Less well...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: run using R Studio. Results A total of 2/20 pet dogs in the familiar/indoor group, 0/20 pet dogs

Creator:: Kraft, Kory
Abstract:: Robots have the potential to protect health care workers, provide patient care, and ultimately save lives in infectious disease outbreaks. Nevertheless, infectious disease outbreak scenarios present unique technological and social challenges for robotics. This work explores what robots can and should do in the fight against infectious diseases. We present...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Bratten, JoAnne Lynn
Abstract:: This case study investigates how scientists who write technical marketing copy experience and resolve the tension that results from the conflicting demands of their local (company) and global (research science) discourse communities. Twelve scientists, who are currently technical marketing writers at a small biotechnology company, were interviewed by e-mail over...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sociology of science, like Stephen Toulmin, Imre Lakatos, and Ludwik Fleck, also proposed that factors in a

Creator:: Sun, Jin-hua
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: vinelandii A N A B ST R A C T O F T H E T H E SIS O F Jin-hua Sun for the degree of M aster of

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