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  • Contractile function and calpain activity in mouse skeletal muscle during hypoxia

    Creator:
    Hu, Hui
    Abstract:
    Calcium activated proteases, or calpains, are activated in cardiac muscles under conditions of ischemia/reperfusion and hypoxia. Their activity in skeletal muscle under similar conditions is poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that hypoxia elevates calpain-mediated proteolysis in isolated glycolytic (extensor digitorum longus, EDL) and oxidative (soleus, SOL) mouse muscles studied...
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    Masters Thesis
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    equipment; Dr. Neil Forsberg, for providing knowledge on calpain and calpain analysis; Dr. Beth Valentine

  • The Role of Local Governments in the Alaska Coastal Management Program : Local Coastal Management Plans and the State Consistency Review Process

    Creator:
    Valentine, Christine E.
    Abstract:
    The Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP) is a networked program, using existing state and local authorities and intended to allow joint state-local management of coastal zone resources and uses. The State of Alaska has outlined broad program goals, and the local governments were to specify how those goals and additional...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • The experience of alienation for males ages 16 - 19 from high school in the Pacific Northwest : A phenomenological inquiry

    Creator:
    Schulz, Lisa L.
    Abstract:
    This qualitative study examined the experiences and perceptions of males aged 16 – 19 who did not complete a traditional high school diploma program because of feeling alienated from the school system. Five participants described their school experiences from elementary school through the point in high school when they decided...
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    Dissertation
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    – 19 from High School in the Pacific Northwest: A Phenomenological Inquiry. Abstract

  • Language Differences between Women and Men and the Attribution of Leadership

    Creator:
    Dunsworth, Sabrina J.
    Abstract:
    This research addresses the perception of leadership attributes in light of evaluator and target gender. It specifically investigates whether there is a difference in language usage when the evaluator is female versus when the evaluator is male. Two studies were conducted. A pre-test used instrumental development drawing from studies conducted...
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    Masters Thesis
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    of evaluator and target gender. It specifically investigates whether there is a difference in

  • The heart of leadership : An autoethnographic study of issues that impact educational leadership

    Creator:
    Prince, Erin K.
    Abstract:
    This autoethnography explores issues that impact educational leadership by examining individual reflections, perceptions, and responses developed through the lens of a principal of two elementary schools. The main data source involves journal entries collected over a period of one year. Theories of educational leadership styles and effective school practices form...
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    Dissertation
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    individual reflections, perceptions, and responses developed through the lens of a principal of two

  • The experience of gifted girls transitioning from elementary school to sixth and seventh grade

    Creator:
    Pepperell, Jennifer L.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the experience of gifted girls transitioning from elementary school to sixth and seventh grade. The current counseling literature in this area found that gifted girls often struggle emotionally when transitioning to sixth and seventh grade. The bulk of this literature was based...
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    Dissertation
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    research participants were selected and interviewed over a four-month period. Three of these participants

  • Development of a hybrid modeling framework for intensively managed Douglas-fir plantations in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Weiskittel, Aaron R.
    Abstract:
    Forest growth models in the Pacific Northwest are predominantly empirical. Predictions of yield under alternative silvicultural regimes cannot rely completely on field trials; yet empirical growth models are often inadequate for extrapolating untested regimes and genotypes. The limitations of current models include (1) long time-steps (e.g. 5-10 years); (2) insufficient...
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    Dissertation
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    Science presented on December 15, 2006. Title: Development of a Hybrid Modeling Framework for

  • Strengthening Oregon's communities : Latino community leadership training

    Creator:
    Curiel, Sara
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    Latinos are less likely to be civically involved in their community than any other minority group, despite the fact that they are the biggest minority in the United States. A great concern exists over ways to effectively promote and improve this group’s participation in their community’s decision-making process [or civic...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    : Major Professor Bruce A. Weber Latinos are less likely to be civically involved in their community

  • Interactive football playbook

    Creator:
    Neumann, Christoph
    Abstract:
    This thesis presents a domain specific visual language designed to allow coaches to create content that exhibits the complex 2D interactions observed in the game of American football. Coaches can visually program the content by using symbols and drawing primitives similar to those that they currently use to design static...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved: Ronald A. Metoyer This thesis presents a domain speci�c visual language designed to

  • Spatial and temporal scales of genetic change in two overfished rockfishes

    Creator:
    Gomez-Uchida, Daniel
    Abstract:
    Pacific rockfishes (genus Sebastes) have attracted wide scientific and public interest from an evolutionary, fishery and conservation standpoints. This dissertation addresses several hypotheses involving spatial and temporal scales of genetic change in two overfished rockfishes, darkblotched (S. crameri) and canary rockfish (S. pinniger), using statistical analyses of genetic variation within...
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    Dissertation
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    Rockfishes” Abstract approved: Michael A. Banks Pacific rockfishes (genus Sebastes