The F13L protein is the major envelope antigen of vaccinia virus, the prototypic member of the Orthopoxvirus genus. F13L is 372 residues in length and is essential for the formation of wrapped forms of virus. F13L contains a number of potential functional domains including a palmitylation site, a phospholipase domain...
Delta-sigma analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are suitable for many applications due to several advantages such as relaxed anti-aliasing filter, high signal-to noise and distortion ratio (SNDR) and most important of all, reduced sensitivity to
analog imperfections.This thesis introduces several structures to overcome loop imperfections and stability issues in delta-sigma modulators. First,...
The purpose of this study was to describe Iranian immigrant
women's knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards breast cancer,
and their breast cancer screening behaviors. Specifically, this
research examined the predictors of age-specific breast cancer
screening participation among this population. The participants in
this study consisted (n=34 1) of self-identified first...
The root-lesion nematode, Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb 1917).
Filipjev and Shuurmans Stekhoven, 1941, is widely distributed throughout
Oregon and other temperate zones of the world. Economically
it is probably the most important plant parasitic nematode in Oregon
because of its abundance, wide host range of economic plants and
interactions with other...
Zebrafish, Danio rerio, are widely used as vertebrate research organisms yet little is know about their responses to husbandry stressors. This dissertation examined the whole-body cortisol responses of zebrafish to husbandry stress. Additionally, the effects of stress on the susceptibility to mycobacteriosis and microsporidiosis (Pseudoloma neurophilia) were determined including effects...
After parenteral immunization with Aeromonas salmonicida
cells, the agglutination activity in juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus
kisutch) serum was associated with the macroglobulin serum fraction.
Antibody activity was diminished by 30 minutes exposure to 50 C
but not 45 C. Reduction with 2-mercaptoethanol and alkylation
markedly lowered but did not completely...
The use of gas jets in a sputtering cell makes this direct sampling method practical for atomic absorption and mass spectrometry determinations. With a commercial six-jet sputtering source, the Atomsource (Analyte Corp., Grants Pass, Oregon), that directly atomizes solid samples for conventional atomic absorption spectrophotometers, the sample loss rate for...