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  • Deep-sea sediment paleomagnetism : a case study from the North Atlantic

    Creator:
    Strano, Sarah Elianna
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    Sedimentary records from the North Atlantic, instrumental in the development of modern paleo-geomagnetic concepts, show a highly variable field even during times of constant polarity. Yet, our understanding of how the magnetization is acquired in the sediments is poorly understood. Primary magnetizations preserved in deep-sea sediments are known to be...
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    advocate throughout our tenure here together. I thank Alexandra Jonko for helping me through challenging

  • Modeling Arctic melt ponds using a resolved ice model with GCM forcing

    Creator:
    Collins, Lee E.
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    The albedo of Arctic sea ice depends greatly on the formation of melt ponds. These ponds form in depressions on the ice as surface snow melts during the summer months, and their location is determined mainly by the initial snow topography. Using a high resolution sea ice model forced with...
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    : ____________________________________________________________________ Karen M. Shell Eric D. Skyllingstad The albedo of Arctic sea ice depends greatly on the

  • Characterizing the Plant-Associated Symbionts, Rhodococcus and Agrobacterium

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    Fuller, Skylar L.
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    Symbioses are a spectrum of interactions between organisms living in closeassociation. These intimate interactions range from mutualism, in which bothorganisms benefit, to parasitism, where one organism benefits at the expense ofthe other. Horizontal gene transfer is the acquisition of genes independent ofvertical transmission and demonstrably promotes the transition of bacteria...
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    ., Amasino, R. M., Nester, E. W., and Gordon, M. P. 1984. T-DNA of Agrobacterium tumefaciens encodes an

  • Accessing health care on the asexual spectrum : A feminist analysis of patient-practitioner relationships and compulsory sexuality in medical discourse

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    Vanderzee, Vanessa A.
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    The LGBTQ population is widely recognized as an at-risk demographic—as a result ofstigma, studies report sexual and gender minorities experience elevated risk for depression,suicide, anxiety, and substance abuse, as well as greater exposure to sexual, physical, andinterpersonal violence (Logie 1244). Asexuality, a marginalized population traditionallyexcluded from the LGBTQ acronym, poses...
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    diverse needs of their LGBTQ constituents. Alexandra Müller’s findings from an analysis of University of

  • Phylogeny and Evolution of Gall-Associated Plant Pathogenic Bacteria

    Creator:
    Davis, Edward W., II
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    Gall-associated phytopathogens have unique evolutionary histories that haveshaped both their modes of infection and genomic structures. Pathogenicity of the gall-associated plant pathogens of the Rhodococcus, Agrobacterium, and Rathayibactergenera is mediated by horizontally acquired virulence loci. The relative ease of gainand loss of the virulence loci has confounded accurate characterization of...
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    cohesion. The two best characterized mechanisms of genome defense are restriction modification (R-M

  • 'Mejor Amancebada que Mal Casada' : Rhetoric and Practice of Amancebamiento in Seventeenth-Century New Spain

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    Hisey, Aimee
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    Following a history of tensions surrounding concubinage in medieval and early modern Spain, the Church sought greater control of religious life, particularly over the sacrament of marriage, via the Holy Office of the Inquisition. The Church exercised its strengthened restrictions and prosecuted these relationships with more frequency, as did civil...
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    . Machaeck and Melissa M. Wilcox, (Santa Barbara: ABC CLIO, 2003), 208. 34 Genesis 2 : 8-24. Thank you to

  • Food Insecurity Among Oregon College Students : Their Experiences and Perspectives

    Creator:
    Sutton, Juliet
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    This thesis examines the food insecurity experiences of student clients of the Oregon State University Emergency Food Pantry. Utilizing semi‐structured interviews and participant observation at the food pantry, this study investigated who is using the food pantry, the forms of food insecurity they experience, how they cope with it, and...
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  • Metabolomic Profiling of Natural Products from Two Tolypocladium Fungal Species as Part of An Evolutionary Genomics Study

    Creator:
    Dickey, Bailey J.
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    This thesis describes an investigation of the natural products chemistry of two fungal species of the genus Tolypocladium. Natural products are small organic molecules that are considered non-essential for cell growth and reproduction, and thus part of secondary metabolism. Chemical profiling of these secondary metabolites using a combination of high-performance...
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    Neisseria gonorrhoeae growth inhibitory assay contributed from Dr. Alexandra Sikora and Igor Wierzbicki

  • Identifying factors driving sensitivity to fragmentation in forest breeding songbirds

    Creator:
    Valente, Jonathon J.
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    Habitat loss and fragmentation are the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide. Fragmentation impacts landscape configuration, resulting in a larger number of patches that are smaller in size and further apart from one another. Island biogeography and metapopulation theory predict populations in these remnant patches should be smaller, have higher extinction...
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    ……………………………………………………….. 48 3.3 Predicted richness (± 95% credible intervals) of breeding forest birds occupying a 50 m

  • Understanding Software Development and Testing Practices

    Creator:
    Hilton, Michael
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    A bad software development process leads to wasted effort and inferior products. In order to improve a software process, it must be first understood. In this work I focus on understanding software processes. The first process we seek to understand is Continuous Integration (CI). CI systems automate the compilation, building,...
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