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In many business sectors today, focus on quality as a competitive tool is being replaced by a focus on innovation. Research exploring connections between quality management, innovation, and company performance suggests that quality is ‘necessary...
2014 (iso8601)
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A bad software development process leads to wasted effort and inferior products. In order to improve a software process, it is important to first understand it. Our unique approach in this paper is to use code and test changes to understand...
2015 (iso8601)
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Bcl11b, previously CTIP2, is a zinc finger nuclear transcription factor involved in the development of keratinocytes, teeth, T lymphocytes, and nervous tissue. Expression of Bcl11b has been reported in human head and neck squamous cell...
2014-12-10 (iso8601)
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The data represent 48-state USA weather and climate data (both site and gridded), biological phenology (developmental) models, combined with photoperiod response (diapause inducing sensitivity to short daylengths). The example data sets are...
2015-02-06 (iso8601)
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We examined natural regeneration following operational-scale variable density retention
treatments in 40-60 year old Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) forests at seven
sites for a decade following treatment. Treatments included...
2014-10 (iso8601)
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Limbless organisms like snakes can navigate nearly all terrain. In particular,
desert-dwelling sidewinder rattlesnakes (C. cerastes) operate effectively on
inclined granular media (like sand dunes) that induce failure in field-tested
limbless...
2014-10-10 (iso8601)
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Multipurpose management of hydrosystems face a number of uncertainties related to hydrologic variability and nonstationarity. Anticipated air temperature increases in the Pacific Northwest region are projected to alter the timing and quantity of...
2015-01-14 (iso8601)
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The purpose of this project is to study which methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs) are related to chemotaxis of Vibrio cholerae. 44 MCP mutant strains were tested in seven different chemoattractants and the resulting swarm circle size was...
2014-05-15 (iso8601)
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Herein, we report the successful development of a novel nanosystem capable of an efficient delivery and temperature-triggered drug release specifically aimed at cancer. The water-soluble 130.1 ± 0.2 nm iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) were...
2014-08 (iso8601)
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The search for and discovery of early archaeological sites is an inherently geoarchaeological problem. Archaeological sites of late Pleistocene-age are known to be located in the Intermountain West, however, the record of these early sites remains...
2014-12-11 (iso8601)
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This thesis presents two related studies on the methodology for creating, and
subsequently analyzing, an inverse food web model of an intertidal seagrass bed. The first study
(Chapter 2) describes, for the first time in the literature, a method...
2015-01-06 (iso8601)
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My dissertation, Usos de lo cubano en la transnación española: la revisión del deseo, 1984-2004 (Uses of Cuban (Un) Exoticism in Transnational Spain: The Desire Revisted. 1984-2004) addresses contemporary Spain's transforming national culture...
2007 (iso8601)
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Central Oregon's landscape is rich in dry forests prone to frequent wildfires. Climate change studies and improved modeling indicate this region could experience conditions that result in an increase in number and severity of wildfires. With the...
2014-12-09 (iso8601)
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With the advent of the open access and open data movement, the preservation and availability of data has multiplied exponentially. This increased distribution and sharing of data has energized numerous fields of research. In such an environment,...
2013-07-25 (iso8601)
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"Using PressBooks to Engage Students with Campus History" shares the use of PressBooks, an online book publishing software, for a Fall 2014 class assignment.
2015-02-13 (iso8601)
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