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  • Changes in Microbial Extracellular Enzyme Activity in Pacific Northwest Old-Growth Forest Soils After Wildfire

    Creator:
    Hughes, Abby
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    The soil microbiome drives nutrient transformation in forest soils and plays a critical role in the carbon (C) cycle of these ecosystems. Wildfires cause significant disturbance to ecosystems and are known to alter C sources available to microbes in forest soils. Summer wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are of growing...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Wildfire by Abby Hughes A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

  • Liquid-liquid Phase Separation of the Nucleocapsid of SARS-CoV-2

    Creator:
    Hughes, Kaitlyn
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    The nucleocapsid of SARS-CoV-2 is critical for viral genome packaging through binding to viral genomic RNA. Liquid-liquid phase separation, or LLPS, is the formation of microscopic, rapidly reversible, liquid-like immiscible droplets. There is increasing scientific evidence that LLPS underlies the formation of membraneless compartments within cells and that this process...
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    the Nucleocapsid of SARS-CoV-2 by Kaitlyn Hughes A THESIS submitted to

  • Women's History Lessons for High School Social Studies Classes

    Creator:
    Mallery, Adah E.
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    Women’s history is often not included in K-12 classes. However, women are an essential part of American history and should be better represented in the K-12 curricula and classrooms. The purpose of this thesis is to both acknowledge that women’s history is often missing in K-12 classrooms and to provide...
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Steven Shay, Committee Member, representing School of History, Philosophy, and Religion

  • An Account of Health Care Systems and Crises in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

    Creator:
    Liskey, David Steven
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    The health care system of post-Apartheid South Africa suffers from an epidemic of HIV/AIDS and TB with a number of mitigating factors that have caused these diseases to spread. The purpose of this paper is to explore the causes of the epidemics and to provide a macro and micro perspective...
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    David Steven Liskey for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Biology presented on May 13

  • Expression Properties of Two Promoters During Callus and Shoot Development in Transgenic Poplar

    Creator:
    Brousseau, Anna G.
    Abstract:
    The Arabidopsis thaliana developmental promoters of WUSCHEL (WUS) and COLD SHOCK DOMAIN PROTEIN 3 (CSP3) were tested for their suitability as potential control elements for the Cre-Lox recombination system in poplar cells. To remove the integrated transgene after CRISPR machinery has modified the genome, timely control of Cre is required....
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    . Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ Steven Strauss The

  • Biological considerations for a new approach to regulating genetically modified crops in the United States

    Creator:
    McDonough, Ashley
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    The debate over GM crops is one of the most controversial issues of recent decades. The debate has many dimensions, including environmental impacts, benefits and risks to human health, intellectual property rights, adequacy of biosafety regulations, and fundamental ethical acceptability. The potential benefits of GM crops are numerous, including improved...
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    : ____________________________________________ Steven Strauss The debate over GM crops is one of the most controversial

  • A Comparative Study of Chinese and American Musical Traditions

    Creator:
    Fine, Sarah
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    Music is a global tradition. Different cultures around the word have different musical traditions and histories, but all people create music for the same reason: the love of music and expressing oneself. In the spring of 2011, the Oregon State University Music Department entered into a cultural exchange program with...
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    : ____________________________________________________________ Steven Zielke Music is a global tradition. Different cultures around the word have

  • Ethical Considerations of Transgenic Biotechnology as a Tool to Address Global Food Insecurity : Implementation and Regulation in Developing Countries

    Creator:
    Stepper, Shelby Ann
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    Transgenic biotechnology holds enormous potential as a tool to address global food insecurity. Transgenic food crops have been shown to increase food availability and food system security by incorporating disease, pesticide and drought resistance. Production costs of transgenic crops are lower due to the reduced need for costly pesticides and...
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    credited to Nobel Laureate Paul Berg, who in 1972 successfully inserted an E. coli operon and lambda

  • A Novel Elysium

    Creator:
    Anderson, Evan Crichton
    Abstract:
    As a metafictional work of science fiction literature, A Novel Elysium explores the timelessness of both the human mind and its literary surroundings, comparing the self-awareness of its characters to the sometimes tragic or empowering metaphysical realizations of human beings. Within this framework, any concrete place or time is unimportant;...
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    : ______________________________________________ Steven Kunert As a metafictional work of science fiction literature, A Novel Elysium

  • The Other Side of Marin : A Novella

    Creator:
    Keating, Jacqueline K.
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    The Other Side of Marin investigates how the lack of communication between family members can lead to potentially devastating consequences. The novella, set in the 1970s in Northern California, is told from the points of view of Lucy, a middle-aged mother of four, and her teenage son, who for his...
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    Steven Kunert The Other Side of Marin investigates how the lack of communication between