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Statistically Downscaled Precipitation Water Isotope Time Series at NEON Study Sites

Creator:: Spencer, Lindsey
Abstract:: The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) provides open access data products including sub-daily precipitation amounts and biweekly stable water isotope concentrations at sites across the United States. Stable water isotope (ẟ2H, ẟ18O) concentrations are often used in hydrometeorological studies and models, however the relatively infrequent biweekly sampling intervals of NEON...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ Stephen Good The

Evaluation of ECOSTRESS products for estimation of leaf and grape water stress for Southern Oregon vineyards

Creator:: Swafford Steffensen, Collen
Abstract:: Accurate estimation of water stress in vineyards could prove vital for optimizing irrigation and grape quality in a changing climate. The ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on the Space Station (ECOSTRESS) offers potential to remotely sense vineyard water stress but lacks validation against in-field measurements in vineyards. In this study,...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: :_____________________________________________________ Stephen Good Accurate estimation of water stress in vineyards could prove vital for

The Usefulness of Stable Water Isotopes in Improving Drought Prediction

Creator:: Adams, Logan
Abstract:: Drought represents an import part of natural hydrologic cycles that govern the rate and transportation of water on global and regional scales. (Trenberth, et al. 2015) Agriculturally, drought represents a threat to crop production and can endanger political and economic stability through the loss of resources and the threat of...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: _ _______________________________________________________ Stephen Good Drought

Kinetics of plankton respiration across gradient of anoxic to oxic conditions

Creator:: Jayawickrama, Clare
Abstract:: Ocean deoxygenation is predicted to increase in severity over the next few decades, posing a threat to marine life and fishing economies. Improved predictions of ocean deoxygenation depend on a better understanding of the biogeochemical mechanisms that underly this process. Within the realm of biogeochemical mechanisms, this project specifically investigated...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________ Stephen Giovannoni Ocean deoxygenation is predicted to increase in severity over the

Science Education Through Comics: Improving Understanding of Current Marine Environmental Issues

Creator:: Schwarz, Zale
Abstract:: According to a 2017 Pew Research Study, 44% of adults in America say that they do not feel informed enough about science to understand news and new discoveries discussed on the media (Funk et al. 2019). This is concerning, because adults are not just passive consumers of media; among other...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Marine Environmental Issues Abstract approved: _______________________________ Stephen D. Atkinson

Predicting Watershed Characteristics Using Bacterial DNA

Creator:: Chadwick, Jessica A.
Abstract:: This study was conducted to determine if bacterial DNA present streams could be used to predict upstream watershed characteristics. Previous studies have found that bacterial composition in soil is influenced by land use. It was hypothesized that if the bacteria present in a stream is known that it can be...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Bacterial DNA. Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ Stephen

Measuring Anti-Müllerian Hormone Concentrations to Determine Reproductive Status in Female Rabbits

Creator:: Meeker, Alissa R.
Abstract:: There are over two million pet rabbits in the United States. Many rabbits are obtained as adults from pet stores and humane societies. Pet rabbit owners may elect to perform ovariohysterectomy (spay) surgeries on female rabbits to prevent unwanted pregnancies as well as to eliminate the possibility of reproductive disorders...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: _____________________________________________________________________ Stephen Atkinson, Committee Member, representing Department of Microbiology

Importance of TLR2 and TLR4 signaling against M. abscessus infection of macrophages and use of mycobacteriophage genomics toward understanding some of the aspects of phage therapy

Creator:: Kapoor, Hannah A.
Abstract:: Mycobacterium abscessus (MAB) is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for infections in immunocompromised or immunosuppressed patients. Even with long-term treatment with multiple antibiotics, MAB pulmonary infections have high rates of treatment failure. Within the host, MAB is phagocytosed by key innate immune cells macrophages. The TLR2 and TLR4 are two critical...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Mentor, representing Veterinary Medicine Stephen Ramsey________________________________________________

De novo Discovery of Novel Long Noncoding RNAs in the North American Beaver

Creator:: Kashyap, Amita
Abstract:: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are RNA molecules that are at least 200 nucleotides long and do not encode proteins. lncRNAs have roles in gene regulation, chromatin epigenetics, and molecular scaffolding. In light of mounting evidence implicating species-specific noncoding RNAs and gene regulatory mechanisms in species adaptations, it is reasonable to...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: American Beaver Amita Kashyap1, 4; Adelaide C Rhodes2, 4; and Stephen A Ramsey, PhD3, 4 11/29/2017 Amita

Studying the ancient parasitic cnidarian, Sphaerospora elegans, leads to better understanding of oligochaete diversity and myxozoan discovery

Creator:: Lehrburger, David J.
Abstract:: Myxozoans are microscopic parasites, related to corals and jellyfish. Most Myxozoa probably have two-host lifecycles that require a vertebrate (typically fish) and invertebrate (annelid or bryozoan). However no life cycle is known from the Sphaerospora lineage. I hypothesized that the life cycle of Sphaerospora elegans, a myxozoan parasite of three-spined...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: :_____________________________________________________ Stephen Atkinson Myxozoans are microscopic parasites, related to corals and jellyfish

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Statistically Downscaled Precipitation Water Isotope Time Series at NEON Study Sites

Evaluation of ECOSTRESS products for estimation of leaf and grape water stress for Southern Oregon vineyards

The Usefulness of Stable Water Isotopes in Improving Drought Prediction

Kinetics of plankton respiration across gradient of anoxic to oxic conditions

Science Education Through Comics: Improving Understanding of Current Marine Environmental Issues

Predicting Watershed Characteristics Using Bacterial DNA

Measuring Anti-Müllerian Hormone Concentrations to Determine Reproductive Status in Female Rabbits

Importance of TLR2 and TLR4 signaling against M. abscessus infection of macrophages and use of mycobacteriophage genomics toward understanding some of the aspects of phage therapy

De novo Discovery of Novel Long Noncoding RNAs in the North American Beaver

Studying the ancient parasitic cnidarian, Sphaerospora elegans, leads to better understanding of oligochaete diversity and myxozoan discovery

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