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Effect of modulation of auxin response on clubroot development caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae in Arabidopsis
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Clubroot disease caused by the obligate biotrophic protist Plasmodiophora brassicae, is a serious soilborne disease in Brassicaceae species including cruciferous crops such as canola and the genetic model species Arabidopsis. This disease, identified by the formation of sizable root galls, is...
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Beyond mountain pine beetle: soil carbon storage a decade after tree mortality and the possible influence of soil fungi
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Mountain pine beetle (MPB; Dendroctonus ponderosae) disturbances, amplified by climate change, have led to extensive tree mortality and ecosystem succession in boreal forests across western Canada. Often following attack, former ectomycorrhizal (EM) pine stands in Alberta are replaced by...
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Spring 2024
To maintain an effective barrier, intestinal epithelial progenitor cells must divide at a rate that matches the loss of dead and dying cells. Epithelial damage during most enteric infection accelerates cell proliferation and tissue repair via multiple stress responses. However, infection with the...
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Ichnology and geochemistry: an integrated approach to early marine diagenesis in the Arabian Gulf
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Neoichnological studies in carbonate-dominated tropical latitudes are sparse. Moreso, the coupling of diagenetic research utilizing ichnology has been largely limited to ancient successions. This thesis combines geochemical analyses with modern ichnological observations to better understand the...
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Spring 2024
Searching for programmatic policies to solve a reinforcement learning problem can be challenging, particularly when dealing with domain-specific languages (DSLs) that define policies with internal states for partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs). This is because they lead to...
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Spring 2024
Gauge theory provides a simple and robust way in which to describe the underlying symmetries of nature, and the ability to empirically test such theories is of vital importance. Quantum simulators have found an important application in recent decades, in the generation of artificial gauge fields....
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Spring 2024
Recovery after stroke depends on the extent of neuronal regeneration and myelination of existing and newly differentiated neurons. Regeneration process is governed by various factors released from glial cells. During an injury, glial cells activate and form a glial scar surrounding the lesion...
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Effects of dietary starch allocation on feeding behaviors and production performance of dairy cows under various management scenarios
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Despite there being a large body of literature evaluating dietary strategies to support the metabolism of lactating cows, optimum dietary starch allocation, and resulting effects on milking performance and feeding behaviour are still unknown. Therefore, the overall objective of this research was...
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Spring 2024
Human pose estimation and shape modeling serve as critical elements in a wide range of computer vision applications. While most existing research employs RGB cameras for their accessibility and cost-effectiveness, emerging camera technologies and imaging modalities are relatively underexplored....
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Spring 2024
The increasing demand for electricity driven by the widespread adoption of electric vehicles necessitates effective distribution network reconfiguration methods. However, existing distribution network reconfiguration approaches often rely on precise network parameters, leading to scalability and...