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  • Interactive Science Learning Program for Elementary School Students at Beazell Memorial Forest in Philomath, OR

    Creator:
    Sweetkind, Reid Smith
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    The FOCUS (Forest, Organisms, Creeks yoU Study) field trip program was developed to provide elementary students in Benton County, Oregon with a hands-on, environmental education experience at Beazell Memorial Forest. Students participated in activities dedicated to specific habitats and organisms found at Beazell that built upon their learning at school....
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    Elementary School Students at Beazell Memorial Forest in Philomath, OR by Reid Smith Sweetkind A

  • Response of bZIP10-Overexpressing Brachypodium distachyon to Zinc

    Creator:
    Nguyen, Tinh An
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    The micronutrient zinc (Zn) plays a key role in the animal and plant kingdoms. Zndeficient soils impact plant production and can cause yield reductions of 40% or more. Zn is also important for both human and plant development as a cofactor for over 200 enzymes. Zn-deficiency symptoms in plants include...
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    : ___________________________________________________________________ Kari van Zee The micronutrient zinc (Zn) plays a key role in the animal and plant kingdoms

  • The role of the putative transcription factor DIS10 in PRC2-mediated gene silencing

    Creator:
    Jackson, Kendra K.
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    PRC2 (Polycomb Repressive Complex 2) mediated gene silencing plays an important role in cell differentiation, stem cell plasticity, and tumor suppression. In fungi, it is also involved in pathogenicity. The catalytic subunit, KMT6, trimethylates lysine 27 on histone h3 (H3K27me3) at loci targeted for silencing. In animals, PRC1 and PRC2...
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    experiments carried out by Lanelle Connolly and Kristina Smith). A B Preliminary results

  • Exploring Asian and Asian American Specific Body Mass Index Cut-Points

    Creator:
    Lee, Lauren J.
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    Background: Body Mass Index (BMI) is used as a quick and inexpensive tool to measure populations at risk for a number of metabolic and chronic conditions. In part due to its simplicity, BMI has been criticized for its inaccurate prediction concerning health outcomes. Due to the diversity in the United...
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    Kari-Lyn Sakuma Background: Body Mass Index (BMI) is used as a quick and inexpensive tool to

  • Emotions and Content Themes associated with Substance Imagery in Hip-Hop and R&B YouTube Music Videos

    Creator:
    Chac, Christina L.
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    YouTube is a free video watching and uploading site that allows endorsing and sharing of videos. Youth and adolescents as top viewers of YouTube may be exposed to images and messages on tobacco, marijuana and alcohol use behaviors. The research project entailed deriving a list of songs from the 2014...
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    approved:_____________________________________________________ Kari-Lyn Sakuma YouTube is a

  • Adapting evidence-based program “CATCH My Breath” for the youth vaping epidemic in Oregon’s LGBTQ+ population

    Creator:
    Bhupalam, Ratna
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    In the United States, rates of youth vaping are alarmingly high. In 2018, the U.S. Surgeon General declared youth vaping as an epidemic (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2022b). However, LGBTQ+ youth are disproportionately affected. In 2021, current e-cigarette use among high schoolers was 16% with heterosexual students...
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    the Youth Vaping Epidemic in Oregon’s LGBTQ+ Population by Ratna Bhupalam A THESIS submitted to

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    Creator:
    Parker, Kari
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    Industries such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), continue to employ fewer women compared to men. These professions that are traditionally considered more masculine sustain gender-imbalanced work forces and are also unattractive to women at an academic level. This thesis explores the hypothesis that performance can be a powerful...
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  • An Analysis of U.S. News Media Coverage of E-Cigarettes: Does a Youth Epidemic Make a Difference?

    Creator:
    Winett, Julia R.
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    Rates of electronic cigarettes (or “e-cigarettes”) use among youth are so high that the Surgeon General declared them to be of “epidemic proportions” (A Report of the Surgeon General, 2012). If these rates go unchanged, e-cigarettes will likely be responsible for the creation of a new generation of combustible cigarette...
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    using them” (Smith, 2011). “At about a pack-and-a- half a day, Wilharm was spending more than $220

  • A Panel of Histone H3 Mutations to Investigate Centromere Maintenance and Gene Silencing

    Creator:
    Geisler, Mark S.
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    Histones, as part of nucleosomes, are responsible for DNA packaging in chromosomes. They also affect DNA expression by a multitude of post-translational modifications, especially prevalent on the amino terminus of histones. Co-activator protein complexes “write”, “read”, or “erase” histone modifications, and in balance determine which sections of DNA are free...
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    A Panel of Histone H3 Mutations to Investigate

  • The Role of Nrf2 in Brain Cellular Senescence

    Creator:
    Ross, Grace K.
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    Aging is a major risk factor for the deterioration of biochemical pathways that lead to many chronic neurodegenerative disorders (i.e. Parkinson’s and Alzheimer's Disease). Cellular senescence is a hallmark of aging, a condition characterized by stable growth arrest resulting in a cell that no longer divides, but is metabolically active....
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    A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University Honors College