This thesis presents novel findings regarding
symbiotic, physiological, and antigenic characteristics of
representatives from an indigenous soil-borne population
of Rhizobium meliloti. Nodules were sampled from 'Vernal',
'Anchor', and 'Saranac' alfalfa, and the isolates analyzed
serologically. Rhizobium meliloti serogroup 31 was
identified as a dominant nodule occupant, with a greater
and...
Riparian communities dominated by members of the
Salicaceae (Salix lasiandra, S. lutea, S. lemmonii,
Populus trichocarpa, P. tremuloides and S. exiqua) were
studied at the Crooked River National Grassland in central
Oregon. The objectives of this study were to examine the
relationships between the Salix and Populus species and
microsite...
Relative lifetimes, and the closely related quadrupole moments (Q[subscript]i values), of the
six superdeformed (SD) bands in ¹⁹³Hg and the yrast SD band in ¹⁹²Hg were determined
by a Doppler-shift attenuation method measurement. The experiment was performed
using the Gammasphere array and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 88-inch
Cyclotron. The Q[subscript]i...
The Gospel: According to Matt is a novel, told in the first person, simple past tense, depicting the struggle of a young man attempting to make sense of his relationship with his estranged father as he wrestles with a growing crisis of faith. Matt is deeply sincere in his desire...
The objective of this research is to determine the correlation of lacustrine micro-fossils in Lake Tanganyika to changes in climate and lake levels during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene.
Lake Tanganyika is the second deepest and one of the oldest lakes in the world. The horst and graben geometry...
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(Zones A-D)
according to the changes in diatom taxonomic dominance. Zone A was further
subdivided
In order to solve some classic problems in traditional topology optimization, such as unknown material distribution, checker-boarding and curse of dimensionality, this thesis introduces a new method to construct a mechanical structure that can reduce mass and increase stiffness. It uses a graph to represent the skeleton of a structure....
The photophysical properties of two-dimensional (2D) layered van der Waals (vdW) materials, and their heterostructures are manifestly distinct from crystalline bulk materials. Recently, the discovery of new 2D vdW materials and strongly-bound interlayer excitons in these materials has created a new branch in nanoscience. As such, there are a number...
The study of carrier transport in light-emitting diode (LED) has been researched extensively in the past. However, most studies were implementing voltages above the turn-on voltage of the LED. Research on LEDs well below the turn-on voltage threshold is comparatively scarce for good reasons. When the supply voltage is below...
Understanding the electrical transport properties of graphene provides a basis for determining its future as a potential semiconducting device that can be used for the next generation of transistors and photodetectors. Graphene p-n junctions can also function as field effect transistors, and thus are a logical starting point for I-V...