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Creator:: Austin, Melissa J.
Abstract:: Biological agents and their products commonly cause foodborne illnesses. In the United States it is estimated that there are over 76 million cases of foodborne illnesses each year, resulting in an economic loss of approximately $40 billion. These high figures demonstrate the need for bioassays that display a rapid and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: would like to thank my committee members, Dr. Dan Rockey, Dr. Anna Harding and Dr. Susan Tornquist. I

Creator:: Shaub, Tamara Lee
Abstract:: High rates and high costs of adolescent pregnancy and school dropout have resulted in the development of many prevention programs; however, little is known about the long-range effectiveness of efforts. Empirical research is needed to document behavioral outcomes over extended periods of time. I interviewed eight young white women who...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee members: Dr. Anna Harding, Dr. Janet Lee, Dr. Luana Beeson, and Dr. Arlene Holyoak. Appreciation

Creator:: Fluharty, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Usenko, Crystal Y.
Abstract:: Due to their unique physical, chemical, and magnetic properties, nanomaterials have great potential for industrial development. There is a pressing need to develop rapid whole animal-based testing assays to assess the potential toxicity of engineered nanomaterials. To meet this challenge the embryonic zebrafish model was employed to determine the toxicity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: proteinase K (1 mg/ml) for 30 minutes at 37 °C to permeabolize the tissue. Then the embryos were rinsed in

Creator:: Courter, Lauren A.
Abstract:: Human exposure to the carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DB[a,l]P) is through environmental complex mixtures, such as urban dust particulate matter (UDPM) and diesel exhaust (DE), however the potency of these PAH within a mixture is not established. To determine the effect of these mixtures on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee members, Drs. Andrew Buermeyer, Robert Tanguay, David Williams, and Anna Harding, for their

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