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  • Transcriptional regulation of the human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide gene

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    Guo, Chunxiao
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    Human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP/LL-37) is a cationic antimicrobial peptide that is widely expressed by myeloid and epithelial cells at the human-environment interface. It possesses broad spectrum antimicrobial capacity against bacteria, fungi and viruses. In addition to its direct antimicrobial activity, CAMP/LL-37 also attracts and recruits monocytes, neutrophils and other...
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    described in Chapter 2 were designed to identify alternative vitamin D receptor (VDR) ligands that

  • The accessible Chaucer

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    Luepke, Natasha M.
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    In this thesis I explore the ways in which twenty-first century Americans have access to Geoffrey Chaucer and his works. I look at issues surrounding Chaucer within the canon debate, high school history and literature textbooks, and Chaucer in popular culture, such as in movies like A Knight's Tale. I...
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    , Robert C. Stacey, Robert E. Lerner, and Standish Meacham, was published by W.W. Norton and Company in

  • Removal of E. coli with alternative media Biosand filters

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    Fulton, Nathan J.
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    When Biosand filters cannot be constructed with crushed quarry rock due to resource limitations, a suitable alternative filter media is needed. In this research, two crushed quarry rock alternatives were examined. Three bench-scale Biosand filters with crushed rock, beach sand, and heat-treated beach sand media were simultaneously dosed with Willamette...
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    presented on August 16, 2012. Title: Removal of E. coli with Alternative Media Biosand Filters. Brian D

  • Examining the Effects of High Vitamin E Diets on the Rodent Skeleton

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    Kasper, Katherine G.
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    The primary goal of my study was to evaluate the effects of high dietary vitamin E on the rodent skeleton. The outcomes from my study assess the impact of high intakes of vitamin E and increased concentrations of its metabolite, carboxy ethyl hydroxy chromanol (CEHC), on bone turnover and skeletal...
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    plasma and bone marrow were unchanged with dietary treatments (Figure 2.3 D, E). In rats consuming

  • Effect of the calpain inhibitor E-64-d on the degradation of α-fodrin in damaged muscle

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    Boyd, Jeffrey
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    We hypothesized that calpain activity is elevated in response to muscle damage. To test this hypothesis, we examined the degradation of α-fodrin into its 150 and 145 kDa fragments following either 20 eccentric or isometric contractions. In addition, experiments were performed in the presence or absence of E-64-d, a calpain...
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    presented on April 6, 2006. Title: Effect of the Calpain Inhibitor E-64-d on the Degradation of α-fodrin

  • Vitamin E and the alpha-tocopherol transfer protein during zebrafish embryogenesis

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    Miller, Galen W.
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    Vitamin E was first described in 1922 as an unknown factor required for impregnated rats to carry their offspring to term. In fact, when vitamin E was chemically characterized it was given the name "tocopherol" derived from the Greek: tokos = childbirth; phero = to bear; and –ol, indicating an...
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    J Clin Nutr 67(3): 459-464. Allison, R. D. and R. A. Laven (2000). Effect of vitamin E

  • Sesame oil increases plasma γ-tocopherol and inhibits γ-tocopherol metabolism in humans

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    Lee, Sangeun
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    In rats, sesame lignans increase plasma γ-tocopherol concentrations and inhibit γ-tocopherol degradation to its metabolite γ-carboxyethylhydroxychroman (γ-CEHC). To test if sesame lignan consumption inhibits γ- tocopherol metabolism in humans, muffins prepared with either corn oil (control) or sesame oil and an equimolar mixture of deuterium labeled d6-α- and d2-γ- tocopheryl...
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    ........................................................................................................................... 3 Vitamin E

  • Vitamin E and K interactions : investigating mechanisms of reduced vitamin K status in response to excess vitamin E

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    Farley, Sherry Mae
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    The primary goal of my studies was to elucidate the mechanisms for the well-recognized interaction between two nutrients, vitamins E and K. The outcomes from my studies assess mechanisms for adverse effects of vitamin E and provide novel information on mechanisms for vitamin K homeostasis. These findings will provide information...
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    November 12, 2012. Title: Vitamin E and K Interactions: Investigating Mechanisms of Reduced Vitamin K

  • Incorporation of diet information derived from Bayesian stable isotope mixing models into mass-balanced marine ecosystem models : a case study from the Marennes-Oléron Estuary, France

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    Pacella, Stephen Roger
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    This thesis presents two related studies on the methodology for creating, and subsequently analyzing, an inverse food web model of an intertidal seagrass bed. The first study (Chapter 2) describes, for the first time in the literature, a method for incorporating isotopic information gained from Bayesian mixing models into an...
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    units of mg C m -2 d -1 . The first model (Traditional LIM) included all available data, with the

  • When More Is Less : Consumer Attitude Formation When Facing Choice Overload In Apparel E-Commerce

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    Tung, Tsun-Yin
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    This study proposed a theoretical model of choice overload and empirically examined the model in the context of online apparel shopping. The purpose of the study was to investigate how the number of choices and product presentation formats influenced consumers’ online apparel shopping experience as well as how the formed...
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    Attitude Formation When Facing Choice Overload In Apparel E-Commerce Abstract approved