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  • Probabilistic Multi-hazard Earthquake-Tsunami Structural Risk Assessment Framework

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    Alam, Mohammad Shafiqual
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    Catastrophic earthquake and tsunami events that resulted in significant loss of life and property over the past two decades have raised the global awareness regarding the need to understand the response of communities and their built environment to multi-hazard extreme events. In recognition to this impending threat to the coastal...
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    impending threat to the coastal communities, a new chapter “Chapter 6: Tsunami Loads and Effects” has been

  • Pragmatism and Pain: the Melioristic Rhetoric of Mirror Box Therapy

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    Thompson, Anna F. B.
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    The phenomenon of phantom limb pain has been well documented for centuries, but little clinical work has been done to alleviate it. Physician and neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran began researching this condition nearly two decades ago, and has discovered a promising alternative treatment: mirror-box therapy. This therapy is not yet...
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    Vilayanur S. Ramachandran began researching this condition nearly two decades ago, and has discovered a

  • Development of mucosal vaccines for avian influenza A virus composed of recombinant Lactococcus lactis and Streptococcus gordonii

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    Reese, Kaleb A.
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    Novel mucosal vaccines (LL-M2e, LL-HAe, SG-HAe) were constructed from live, non-pathogenic Lactococcus lactis or Streptococcus gordonii that express conserved regions of HA or M2 antigens from avian influenza virus (AIV) A. All three vaccines evoked antigen-specific serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses in vaccinated chickens. The addition of the adjuvant cholera...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kaleb A. Reese for the

  • Biogeochemical signals of mountainous forested watersheds' response to disturbance

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    Guerrero-Bolaño Francisco J.
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    Small mountainous watersheds are disproportionate sources of land-derived particulate organic matter (POM) to long-term sinks like lake bottoms and the ocean. As such, these ecosystems are an essential component of the global carbon cycle. The burial of POM in lacustrine and marine sediments contributes to the drawdown of atmospheric CO2...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Jeff A. Hatten Small mountainous watersheds are disproportionate sources of land

  • Evaluating Biochar for the Sustainable Treatment of Heavy Metals in Stormwater: Characteristics, Mechanisms, and Barriers

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    Burch, Sarah
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    Heavy metals, such as copper, zinc, and cadmium, are ubiquitous in stormwater and potentially toxic to aquatic organisms at low concentrations. Removal of heavy metals contamination by conventional treatment is expensive and does not always reduce metals concentrations low enough to ensure safety of all aquatic species. This research seeks...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Jeffrey A. Nason Heavy metals, such as copper, zinc, and cadmium, are ubiquitous in

  • Kinetic and molecular effects of sulfate reduction on a dechlorinating culture under chemostat growth conditions

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    Berggren, Dusty Rose V.
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    Chlorinated ethenes are common groundwater contaminants that may be treated through in-situ bioremediation. Relationships between the reducing environment, available electron donors and acceptors, reaction kinetics, and microbial community composition must be further understood to successfully engineer remediation schemes in the complex subsurface environment. This thesis work investigated the effect of...
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    . Title: Kinetic and Molecular Effects of Sulfate Reduction on a Dechlorinating Culture under Chemostat

  • Age-related alterations in transcriptional regulation of hepatic glutathione synthesis : remediation by R-alpha-lipoic acid

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    Shenvi, Swapna V.
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    Glutathione (GSH) is the predominant low molecular weight thiol antioxidant in liver tissue. GSH plays an important role in maintaining the intracellular thiol redox ratio as well as detoxification of electrophiles and xenobiotics. Aging leads to a significant decline (35%; P ≤ 0.05) in hepatocellular GSH levels. Using young (2-4...
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    V. Shenvi A DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in

  • Radiation effects on III-V heterostructure devices

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    Jun, Bongim
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    The neutron and electron radiation effects in Ill-V compound semiconductor heterostructure devices are studied in this thesis. Three types of devices investigated are AlGaAs/GaAs high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs), AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs heterostructure insulated gate field effect transistors (HIGFETs), and InP/InCaAs/InGaAs single heterojunction bipolar transistors (SHBTs). HEMTs and HIGFETs are primarily investigated...
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    Radiation Effects on Ill-V Heterostructure Devices by Bongim Jun A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

  • Reversible Covalent Immobilization of Desferrioxamine B (DFOB) on Aminated Polystyrene Beads for Citrate-Bound Fe(III) Chelation

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    Touma, Jad G.
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    The immobilization of chelators to solid supports has recently gained renewed interest due to the increasing biomedical and environmental applications made possible by these molecules’ ability to bind Fe(III) and other metal ions. The uses of immobilized chelators have expanded to include the treatment of metal overload in serum, the...
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    disulfide bonds, citrate-bound Fe(III) prepared in HEPES at a pH of 7.4 was successfully complexed by the

  • Steady-State Diffusion in a Spatially Varying Porous Medium

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    Ferrero, Peter T.
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    Heterogeneous porous material represents a persistent challenge in the field of engineering. Microscale properties such as the porosity and microchannel torturosity significantly control the macroscale transport characteristics of homogeneous porous medium. Additional complexity is introduced when these small-scale features vary in space. Examples of heterogeneous porous systems include artificial body...
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    -phase solid region, Vκ(x), and the set of γ-κ interfaces separating the two phases, Aγκ(x). Formally