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Creator:: Schneck, Daniel T.
Abstract:: Daily cyclical changes of light are brought on by the axial rotation of the Earth while seasonal changes in light are caused by Earth’s tilt as it revolves around the sun. Major life history traits, such as development, which are tied to metabolic processes, have a strong link to the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my appreciation to Dr. Jadwiga Giebultowicz for always having papers ready to share with me that I

Creator:: Shankar, Prarthana
Abstract:: All animals have developed the critical ability to detect, respond to, and detoxify a large array of environmental chemicals and stressors that can cause adverse health effects. Important examples of landmark contaminants around the world are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and dioxins, both of which can act via the aryl...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Thomas Sharpton, Dr. Susan Tilton, and Dr. Jaga Giebultowicz, and Dr. Kate Shilke for their critical

Creator:: Li, Chuan
Abstract:: Atherosclerosis is the underlying cause of ischemic heart disease and stroke and is the leading cause of death worldwide, especially in developed countries. As an inflammatory disease of arteries in a hyperlipidemic milieu, expression of adhesion molecules, such as endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule-1 (E-selectin) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), on endothelial...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sincere thanks also go to the rest of my thesis committee: Dr. Jaga Giebultowicz, Dr. Adrian Gombart

Creator:: Blood, Rachel A.
Abstract:: Spotted-wing drosophila (SWD, Drosophila suzukii) is an invasive fruit fly species native of Southeast Asia. In vineyards, SWD lays eggs in damaged and intact fruit of the most soft-skinned varieties, and feeds on damaged fruits during the harvest period. Feeding and oviposition activities increase the likelihood of vectoring spoilage bacteria,...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: _____________________________________________________________________ Jadwiga Giebultowicz, Committee Member, representing the Department of Integrative Biology

Creator:: Blackwood, J. Scott
Abstract:: Knowledge of how individual organisms behave in their environment can provide a greater understanding of population dynamics. In a predator-prey system, the choices made by predators when foraging for prey are important aspects of behavior. Particularly in the case of a stage-structured prey population, how the predator selects prey stages...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Many thanks go to my dissertation committee, Dr. Philippe Rossignol, Dr. Jadwiga Giebultowicz and Dr

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