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- The role of Estradiol in the regulation of the secretory immune system in the female reproductive tract.
- Estradiol. Generative organs Female -- Secretions. Generative organs
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Ultrastructure and histochemistry of the cellular stomach and gastric gland of female Asplanchna sieboldi and of the rudimentary gut of male Asplanchna sieboldi.
- Rotifera.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The influence of habitat heterogeneity on variability in stream macroinvertebrate communities.
- Freshwater invertebrates -- Ecology. Stream animals -- Ecology. Benthic animals -- Ecology. Ecological heterogeneity. Stream ecology -- New Hampshire. Animal communities.
- Spatial heterogeneity inherent in ecological systems impacts both diversity and community structure. However, little is known about the influence of habitat heterogeneity on temporal variability in communities. I performed several studies to...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The upland forest vegetation of the Second College Grant, New Hampshire.
- Trees -- New Hampshire. ; Forest ecology -- New Hampshire.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Development of a combined ultrasound and electrical impedance imaging system for prostate cancer detection / by Yuqing Wan.
- Phosphorus compounds -- Synthesis.;""Phosphine."";""Ligands."";""Copper catalysts."";""Stereoisomers.""
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The feeding ecology of the freshwater cyclopoid copepod Mesocyclops edax.
- Mesocyclops edax.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of ecdysterone responsive genes.
- Genetic regulation. Ecdysterone. Drosophila -- Genetics.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Discovery and characterization of the calmodulin-binding Pcdp1 complex required for coordination of dynein-driven flagellar motility
- Calmodulin.;""Dynein."";""Cells -- Motility."";""Co-Repressor Proteins/""
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Structural, functional, and biochemical approaches to understanding the role of the C1 microtubule of the flagellar central apparatus.
- Microtubules. Dynein. ; Eukaryotic cells -- Motility.
- The eukaryotic flagellum is a complex organelle that uses the force generated by dynein motors to cause beating motion of the flagellum. The central apparatus of eukaryotic flagella has been implicated in the regulation of dynein-driven motility....
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Anthropogenic changes to mercury and lead biogeochemistry in forest soils across the Northeastern United States / by Justin Byron Richardson
- Understanding mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) accumulation and retention in forest soils is needed to reduce their negative impacts on human and wildlife health. In addition, mercury and lead can be used to characterize the role of soil in terrestrial...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Interspecific competition and the niche of the American redstart.
- Wood warblers -- Migration. ; Wood warblers -- Behavior. ; Bird populations.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Determinants of competitive outcome between rotifers and cladocerans.
- Cladocera. ; Rotifera. ; Competition (Biology).
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Causes and consequences of DeltaNp63 expression in mammary epithelial progenitors.
- Epithelium -- Tumors -- Genetic aspects. p53 antioncogene -- Regulation. Stem cells. Breast -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects. Breast -- Cancer -- Etiology. Medical Terms: TP63 protein, human; Tumor Suppressor Proteins -- genetics; Breast Neoplasms --...
- Efforts to elucidate the events that account for breast cancer initiation have focused sharply on a small subset of mammary epithelial cells, referred to in this document at mammary stem cells, whose features may enable them to accumulate and...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The expression and activity of TP63 in the mammary epithelial regenerative hierarchy.
- Tumor proteins. ; p53 antioncogene. ; Epithelial cells. ; Mammary glands -- Cytology. ; Stem cells. ; Regeneration (Biology). ; Genetic transcription -- Regulation. ; Cellular signal transduction.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Cytokinin and the transcriptional regulation of chloroplast development in Arabidopsis.
- Chloroplasts -- Formation. ; Genetic transcription -- Regulation. ; Transcription factors. ; Arabidopsis -- Genetics. ; Arabidopsis proteins. ; Cytokinins.
- Cytokinins regulate broad aspects of plant growth and development, such as cell division, root and shoot growth, chloroplast development, and leaf senescence. Cytokinins are perceived by a signal transduction pathway that involves receptors,...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Neural and behavioral correlates of auditory-object processing.
- Auditory perception. Temporal lobes -- Physiology. Prefrontal cortex -- Physiology. Neurophysiology.
- The neurophysiological examination of auditory-object representations has focused on how early auditory cortical areas code for the spectral and temporal features of auditory objects. The goals of this dissertation was to investigate how auditory...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The effect of suspended sediments on planktonic rotifers and cladocerans.
- Freshwater zooplankton -- Effect of sediments on. Rotifera. Cladocera.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Light and temperature entrainment of a circadian clock or two.
- Circadian rhythms. ; Light -- Physiological effect. ; Temperature -- Physiological effect. ; Photoreceptors. ; Arabidopsis thaliana -- Effect of light on. ; Arabidopsis thaliana -- Effect of temperature on. ; Arabidopsis thaliana -- Genetics. ;...
- The synchronization of a circadian clock to the outside environment is a crucial step in the daily life of most organisms. Light and temperature signals help an organism reset its circadian clock. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, a number...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Homing, density and population dynamics in the adult newt, notopthalmus viridescens rafinesque.
- Newts.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The Spot 14 gene resides on the telomeric end of the 11q13 amplicon and is expressed in lipogenic breast cancers: implications for control of tumor metabolism.
- Nucleoproteins. ; Fatty acids -- Synthesis -- Genetic aspects. ; Breast -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects. ; Gene amplification. ; Oncogenes.
- Spot 14 (S14) is a ~17 KD nuclear protein that functions at the transcriptional level to regulate de novo synthesis of fatty acids in liver, brown and white adipose, and. lactating mammary tissues. Localization of the S14 gene to chromosome 11q13.5...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The contribution of vaginocervical input on the reinforcing aspects of mating in female rats.
- Rats -- Behavior. Sexual behavior in animals. Vagina -- Psychophysiology. Cervix uteri -- Psychophysiology.
- The present dissertation examined the contributions of vaginal and cervical stimulation to sexual motivation and reward in female rats. New, more complex behavioral methods such as the display of paced mating behavior and the induction of a...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Organism interactions and forest structural change in a nonnative disease complex: Beech bark disease in North America.
- American beech -- Ecology -- North America -- Mathematical models. Beech bark disease -- Mathematical models. Fungal populations -- Mathematical models. Nonindigenous pests -- Environmental aspects -- Mathematical models.
- When a nonnative insect or pathogen becomes established in a forest, outcomes for host trees can range from local or minor effects to regional extirpation. Elevated host mortality is often accompanied by compensatory recruitment by co-occurring...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Demography and movement of migratory wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) in northern Tanzania
- Gnus -- Tanzania -- Geographical distribution. ; Gnus -- Migration -- Tanzania.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The role of p53 in retinoic acid-induced differentiation of human germ cell tumors.
- p53 antioncogene -- Regulation. ; Retinoids -- Physiological effect. ; Retinoids -- Receptors. ; Cell differentiation -- Molecular aspects. ; Genetic transcription -- Regulation. ; Germ cells -- Tumors. ; Receptors.
- The retinoids exert potent growth and differentiation effects on normal, embryonic and neoplastic cells. Although retinoids are known to regulate gene transcription through activation of retinoid receptors, the direct target genes of retinoid...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Immunomodulatory effects of chronic low dose arsenic exposure.
- Arsenic -- Toxicology. Lungs -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects. Lungs -- Diseases -- Genetic aspects. Medical Term Arsenic -- toxicity.
- Toxic metals are a major health concern in the environment and particularly in Superfund and other toxic waste sites. Arsenic (As) is considered the number one environmental chemical of human health concern both in the U.S. and worldwide. It is...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Use of ionomics to identify genes that play a role in Arabidopsis metal homeostasis.
- Arabidopsis -- Genetics. ; Cobalt -- Metabolism -- Genetic aspects. ; Iron -- Metabolism -- Genetic aspects. ; Nickel -- Metabolism -- Genetic aspects. ; Homeostasis.
- Understanding trace element homeostasis in plants has a direct impact on global health. Much of the developing world suffers from nutrient deficiencies, and subsists on a plant based diet often lacking bioavailable nutrients like iron and zinc. At...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Cellular organization in syncytia : nuclear autonomy and cytosolic organization across kingdoms / by Samantha Elizabeth Roberts
- All cells must organize their cytoplasm in order to carry out functions properly and survive in different environments, and the requirement for organization is increased in large, multinucleate cells. It has long been known that membrane-bound...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The effects of context and familiarity on person perception: examining the neural substrates of facial attractiveness.
- Face perception -- Physiological aspects. Face perception -- Social aspects. Sex differences (Psychology). Neuropsychology.
- The general objective of the current thesis was to investigate the neural substrates underlying the perception of opposite-sex faces. Building on what is already known about the distributed network of brain areas supporting various dimensions of...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Novel dimensions in a fluid genome : an integrative risk analysis for cancers of the bladder and breast / by Asaf Wyszynski.
- The present thesis is focused on developing a better understanding of factors driving disease biology and overall risk using cancers of the bladder and breast as model systems. As no single approach was likely to unravel the complexities of these...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The population dynamics, bioenergetics, and nutrient cycling of three species of mice in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, U.S.A
- Mice; Forest ecology -- New Hampshire. ; Animal ecology -- New Hampshire
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The ecology and bioenergetics of the northern black-throated blue warbler.
- Wood warblers.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Effects of suburbanization on plant-pollinator interactions / by Adrian L. Carper.
- Urban and suburban development is a dominant factor driving ecological processes at local and regional scales and its impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services are alarming. Pollinators, especially bees, and the ecosystem services they...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Age-specific predation and predation risk of Chaoborus punctipennis.
- Chaoborus. Predation (Biology). Freshwater ecology.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Landscape and environmental effects on organic carbon in tundra soil, west Greenland / by Julia I. Bradley-Cook
- Arctic soils in the permafrost region store substantially more carbon than is contained in the atmosphere, and are undergoing rapid change associated with anthropogenic climate change. Soil decomposition is an important component of ecosystem...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The role of the Drosophila SK channel in sensory processing and behavior / by Ahmad Nawwaf Abou Tayoun.
- Partially ordered sets. ; Forcing (Model theory). ; Set theory.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Unraveling mechanisms underlying myeloid-derived suppressor cell orchestration of ovarian cancer progression
- Suppressor cells -- Cellular immunity. -- Interleukin-10 -- Pathophysiology -- Ovaries -- Cancer -- Immunological aspects. -- Myeloid cells -- immunology -- Ovarian Neoplasms -- immunology.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The consequences of land-use on subsidies of stream insects to terrestrial consumers / by Ramsa Chaves-Ulloa
- The image of a child standing at the side of a creek and skipping stones across it exemplifies how we tend to mentally separate aquatic habitats from dry land. But there is a constant exchange of materials from land to streams, and vice-versa....
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Identification and characterization of signaling pathways underlying the tumorigenic activity of [Delta]Np63[alpha] in breast cancer stem cells / by Amanda Lynn Balboni.
- Studies presented in this dissertation focus on the transcriptional targets and cellular functions of [Delta]Np63[alpha], the predominant TP63 isoform expressed in epithelial stem cell compartments. TP63, a member of the p53 family of...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Food limitation for forest passerines: effects of natural and experimental food reductions.
- Passeriformes. ; Birds -- Food. ; Birds -- Breeding.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Re-conceptualizing behaviors during interracial interactions as coping reactions to stressfull encounters.
- Adjustment (Psychology). ; Stress (Psychology). ; Race awareness.
- Behavior during interracial contact is sometimes positive but often negative. Previous work has examined individual differences, such as racial attitudes and motivations to respond without prejudice, as predictors of behavior during interracial...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Mechanisms of anabolic androgenic steroid modulation of GABAa receptors.
- GABA -- Receptors. Anabolic steroids -- Physiological effect. Androgens -- Physiological effect. Receptors
- The goal of this thesis has been to characterize the mechanisms of anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) modulation of γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA A ) receptors. I used whole cell patch clamp recording to investigate the effects of AAS on...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Characterization of spores and L-forms in C. Thermocellum and the identification of histidine kinases involved in spore formation through the use of established and novel genetic tools / by Elizabeth Barrett Mearls.
- The expanding global population will need to look to alternative fuel sources in order to meet the increasing demand for transportation fuel, mitigate carbon emissions, and promote energy security. A promising alternative to traditional fossil...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Electrical impedance tomography for breast imaging.
- Electrical impedance tomography -- Equipment and supplies -- Design and construction. ; Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis. ; Breast -- Imaging.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- An analysis of d - amphetamine.
- Amphetamines.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Molecular mechanisms of estrogen receptor regulation and signaling in human monocytes and macrophages.
- Estradiol -- Physiological effect. Estrogen -- Receptors -- Regulation. Macrophages. Monocytes. Cellular signal transduction. Tumor necrosis factor. NF-kappa B (DNA-binding protein) Endometrium -- Immunology. Endometrium -- Physiology.
- Sexual dimorphism in immune responses suggests that sex steroid hormones are involved in modulating immune mechanisms in vivo . Sepsis-related mortality rates increase after menopause, implicating 17ß-estradiol (estradiol) as an important factor...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The role of cell stress signalling in the induction of [gamma]-globin gene expression / by Emily K. Schaeffer.
- Increased fetal hemoglobin (HbF) expression is beneficial for [beta]-hemoglobinopathy patients; however, most inducing agents do not possess the ideal combination of efficacy, safety and availability. Better understanding the mechanisms involved in...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Move it or lose out : neural and behavioral effects of physical exercise
- Neurotrophic functions.;""Growth factors."";""Exercise -- Physiological aspects."";""Cognition -- Effect of exercise on."";""Cognition -- physiology.""
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- CD8 T cell responses to murine gamma-herpesvirus 68: viral persistence shapes the immune response.
- T cells. Immunologic memory. Latent virus diseases -- Immunological aspects. Herpesvirus diseases. Cell-mediated cytotoxicity. CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes -- immunology. T-Lymphocytes
- Vaccines are one the greatest advances in public health. Vaccines work by priming cells of the adaptive immune system in such a way that they remember that they have encountered a specific antigen before. This then allows those cells to respond...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- In vivo fluorescence imaging and tomography methods to quantify metastatic burden in lymph nodes / by Alisha Viola DSouza
- Morbidity and complexity involved in lymph node staging via surgical resection and biopsy could ideally be overcome using node assay techniques that are non-invasive. Visible blue dyes, fluorophores and radio-tracers are often used to locate the...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Control of the Notch signaling pathway in mammary gland development and carcinogenesis by the stem cell specific transcription factor [delta]Np63
- The TP63 gene produces a series of transcription factors as a result of multiple promoter usage and alternative splicing. These protein products are members of the p53 family of transcription factors due to strong structural similarity with...
- Dartmouth Dissertations

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