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Fall 2009
The developmental programs of maturing seed and fruit in pea (Pisum sativum L.) are tightly controlled by the interactions of several phytohormones, including gibberellins (GAs), auxins, and abscisic acid (ABA). To more fully understand these hormone networks and their roles in controlling...
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Fall 2013
Mahabeer, Rabindra Amarnath Singh
This study identified and characterized how health inspectors practiced health promotion. A literature-derived policy framework, the social determinants of health, and Ottawa Charter (WHO, 1986) were used in a mixed-method research design of interview, survey, and document analysis. Fifteen...
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Impact Evaluation of Climate Smart Agriculture Program Investments in Food Security Using Machine Learning Estimators
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Smallholder farmers in rural regions of developing countries are often vulnerable to climate events. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) seeks to sustain or improve agricultural yields while mitigating climate change. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)...
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Impact of Informational Capabilities on Market Access of Smallholder Farmers during COVID-19: A Study in Bangladesh
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Market accessibility, as an essential livelihood criterion in today’s commoditized world, needs a group of buyers and sellers to transact values among themselves through negotiation. Communication – an exchange of information for mutual understanding – plays a vital role in this negotiation....
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Integrative analysis of the developing diaphragm provides a better understanding of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
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Introduction: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) is a condition that affects 2.3 births every 10,000 and is characterized by an incomplete formation of the diaphragm. As a result of the incomplete development of the diaphragm, the abdominal organs will protrude into the thoracic cavity,...
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Investigating Cultures of Food Security: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Gender in Rural Kongwa, Tanzania
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This thesis examines two cultural components of food security in rural Tanzania, specifically gendered mobilities and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in the District of Kongwa. Drawing on critical and focused ethnographic principles, intra-household data was collected from 27 households in...
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Fall 2022
Phosphate is important for a variety of physiological functions, including the composition of bone via formation of the calcium-phosphate salt hydroxyapatite. Given that bone mineralization occurs very rapidly early in life, young mammals require high phosphate absorption to establish and...
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Parental Positive Affect, Child Negative Affect and Resiliency in Preschool: Investigating whether some children develop “for-better”
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Using the vantage sensitivity model as a guiding framework, I examined the interactions among child negative affect, parental positive affect, and resiliency in preschoolers. The study sample consisted of 100, two-parent families and their children (50 boys, 50 girls, 2 – 5 years old, mean age =...