The development and applications of a 0.2 cm⁻¹ resolution
Nd-YAG laser powered coherent anti-Stokes Raman
spectroscopy, CARS, spectrometer for gas phase studies is
chronicled in this thesis. Applications including CARS
lineshape analysis, resonant CARS, and CARS of transient
species and excited state molecules is reported.
The intensity of the signal...
An experiment was conducted to determine the effect a newborn calf would have on initial success rate, lactation performance, infertility and progesterone levels during mammogenesis and lactogenesis in dairy cows undergoing hormonal inducement to lactate. Fourteen Holstein, Brown Swiss and Jersey infertile, non-lactating cows, loaned by Pacific Northwest dairymen, were...
The attachment of myristic acid to the N-terminal glycine residue of many
eukaryotic and viral proteins is often essential for the acquisition of the protein's
biological activity. Vaccinia virus (VV), the prototype member of the Poxviridae,
expresses several myristylated proteins during the course of infection. Only one of
these proteins,...
Intensive observations were made of play behavior in the
young hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) from 14 to 54 days of age.
Behavior was recorded using movie film and a multi-channel event
recorder.
Play was first seen at 14 days of age. The amount of play
increased rapidly thereafter, remaining relatively high...
Vaccinia virus encodes at least eight proteins that are modified post-translationally by the addition of a 16-carbon saturated fatty acid through thioester linkage to cysteine residues. This is referred to as palmitylation of proteins. The purpose of this work was to gain an understanding of palmitylation, focusing on what defined...
The complete genome of snakehead rhabdovirus (SHRV) was cloned and
molecularly characterized. This was initially accomplished through the sequence
determination of its glycoprotein gene and the phylogenetic analysis of this gene with
orthologous genes from other rhabdoviruses. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that
SHRV groups with viruses of the genus Novirhabdovirus....
The Oaxaca Valley, located in the state of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, was the site of the Zapotec civilization and its now famous capital, Monte Albán. This site, with political, military, and economic influence and control, helped to consolidate the three arms of the Oaxaca Valley, resulting in a state-level...
Positive youth development posits that all youth possess the capacity to change and grow as they interact with their contexts. That capacity is activated and nurtured by a beneficial ecological environment often unavailable for homeless youth. Only a limited number of studies focus on the positive development and strengths of...