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Calcium signaling dynamics during pollen development and heat stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana
(2022)This dissertation integrates reverse genetics and genetically encoded calcium (Ca2+) reporters to investigate genes regulating pollen development and heat stress responses. Chapter II and III introduce methodologies to ... -
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Calculation of Cloud Reflectivity in Rain In Cloud over the Ocean: A Study of the First Aerosol Indirect Effect
(2009)The first indirect aerosol effect creates large uncertainty in climate change. Hudson et al. (2009) showed that more cloud droplets exist when there are more cloud condensation nuclei. By increasing cloud droplet ... -
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Calendars and the Cosmic Race: Popular Art and the Negotiation of National Identity, Idigeneity, and Gender in Post-Revolutionary Mexico
(2016)This study deals with the popular art form of calendar chromos during the post-revolutionary period in Mexico. During this time various political figures sought to fill the power vacuum left by the ousting of Porfirio Díaz. ... -
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Calibration and Application of Photoacoustic Spectroscopy for Aerosol and Gases
(2011)Novel, practical methods to calibrate photoacoustic (PA) instruments and quantify the photolysis effect in operation of multispectral PA instruments are presented.The calibration of photoacoustic aerosol optical absorption ... -
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Calibration of a new zone for the SIMulating Patterns and Processes at Landscape scaLEs (SIMPPLLE) model for the Great Basin
(2013)A new zone was created for the SIMulating Patterns and Processes at Landscape scaLEs (SIMPPLLE) model for vegetation simulations in the hydrologic Great Basin. Current parameterization is designed to use LANDFIRE data as ... -
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Calibration of AC Reflection Cracking Model in AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design for Nevada’s Conditions
(2020)The empirical design guide published by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO 1993), has been predominantly used by the majority of state highway agencies across the United States. ... -
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Calibration of an optically levitated microsphere as a force sensor
(2014)By using an optically trapped and cooled microsphere (bead) as a force sensor, it is predicted to be possible to attain force sensitivity of 10−21 N[1]. This sensitivity is achieved because the force sensor is mechanically ... -
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Calibration of the AASHTO MEPDG for Flexible Pavements to Fit Nevada's Conditions
(2015)The Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) consists of transferring pavement mechanical responses such as stresses and strains into predicted distresses. The nationally calibrated models for rutting, bottom-Up ... -
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CALPHAD modeling of phase diagram boundaries for binary 2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol (AMPL) and tris(hydroxymethyl) aminomethane (TRIS) system
(2010)The phase diagram assessment of binary AMPL-TRIS system was calculated using the CALPHAD approach. Thermo-Calc, TCC software was used to fit the experimental phase diagram data by simultaneous optimization of thermodynamic ... -
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Camelina sativa: a promising oilseed for producing biofuels on marginal lands: Field production and characterization of a low-pectin seed mutant
(2019)Camelina sativa L. Crantz (large-seeded false flax) (Camelina) is a promising oilseed crop for production of edible oil, seed meal for animal feed rations, and/or biodiesel feedstock. Because Camelina does not require ... -
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Campus Responses to Sexual Assault: An Analysis of Best and Worst Administrative Practices at Large, Public, Research I Universities
(2015)The purpose of this thesis is to assess administrative policies and procedures regarding sexual assault on college and university campuses in the United States, with the goal of determining which have been effective and ... -
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Can Clinical Nutrition Be Effectively Incorporated into Medical School Education?
(2015)With an increased incidence of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity, physicians and health care professionals alike are searching for efficient and cost effective ways of preventing and curing disease. One of the ... -
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Can three native Mojave Desert perennials adapt to increasing atmospheric nitrogen deposition and annual grass invasion in Joshua Tree National Park?
(2015)Anthropogenic emissions have increased atmospheric nitrogen deposition nearly four-fold in the industrial era. Although increased N availability can be beneficial for individual plants, it can increase community susceptibility ... -
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Cancer Immunotherapy: Limitations and Potential Strategies
(2011)Cancer immunotherapy is a treatment strategy which uses a patient's own immune system to induce or enhance immune responses against cancer. Although immunotherapy has been used for the treatment of a variety of cancers ... -
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Candidate micro- and macro- structural biomarkers of autism spectrum disorders
(2021)Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) continue to grow in prevalence, constituting a global health care issue. Neuroinflammation is now believed to play a critical role in ASD pathology and has yielded several potential biomarkers ... -
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CANNABIS LEGALIZATION: UNDERSTANDING HOW EVOLVING POLICY LANDSCAPES AFFECT EMERGING ADULTS’ CANNABIS-RELATED BEHAVIORS IN THE US
(2023)BackgroundAn increasing number of US states have legalized cannabis for recreational, or adult, use, where access to cannabis products is limited only by age. The largest proportion of cannabis users are among emerging ... -
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Canticle of the Sun
(2018)Eight years out from three world-wide wars, both the Tress and Ren governments are still reeling with the consequences, the resulting half-blood children left to bear the burden of social censure. Natt is an orphaned Ren ... -
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Cantor Minimal Systems and Dimension Groups
(2013)The theory of general dynamical systems evolved originally in the context of modeling movement in physical systems. Consequently, traditional dynamics is viewed through the lens of differential and difference equations ... -
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Capture and Transport of Laser Accelerated Protons by Pulsed Magnetic Fields: Advancements Toward Laser-Based Proton Therapy
(2012)The interaction of intense laser light (I > 10^18 W/cm2) with a thin target foil leads to the Target Normal Sheath Acceleration mechanism (TNSA). TNSA is responsible for the generation of high current, ultra-low emittance ... -
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Capturing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide by Depleting Inorganic Carbon in Municipal Wastewater
(2020)CO2 removal from the atmosphere is likely necessary to limit global warming to the 2 °C goal of the Paris Agreement. This work aims to leverage the embedded conveyance energy within the existing wastewater infrastructure ...