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Arboretum Annual Report 2016-2017, Glenn Dreyer
President Bergeron's 99th Commencement Address, Katherine Bergeron
President Bergeron's 99th Commencement Address, Katherine Bergeron
Commencement Addresses
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The Effects Of Fetal Alcohol Exposure On Gene Expression And Associated Behavioral Markers In Sprague Dawley Rats, Sarah Willey
The Effects Of Fetal Alcohol Exposure On Gene Expression And Associated Behavioral Markers In Sprague Dawley Rats, Sarah Willey
Biology Honors Papers
Alcohol is a dangerous recreational substance because of its availability and the economic, social, and biological problems that it can cause. Fetal alcohol exposure, although preventable, is particularly harmful to a developing embryo. This exposure often causes fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), the symptoms of which include learning disabilities and psychological hardships with comorbidities such as anxiety, depression, and attention deficit disorder. One of the main teratogenic effects of alcohol is the effect on epigenetic modifications and altered gene expression during development. These modifications involve changes in the methylation and condensation of DNA that then alters the expression of specific …
The City Where The Storks Fly: Sustainable Agriculture And Species Reintroduction In Toyooka City, Japan, Nako Kobayashi
The City Where The Storks Fly: Sustainable Agriculture And Species Reintroduction In Toyooka City, Japan, Nako Kobayashi
Anthropology Department Honors Papers
In 1971, the Oriental White Stork went locally extinct in Toyooka, Japan. Today, around 80 of the birds fly free throughout the city. Toyooka uses the Stork Reintroduction Project and the promotion of “Stork-Friendly” agriculture to help combat the difficulties faced as a rural Japanese municipality including population decline, increased farmland abandonment, and falling rice prices. This thesis investigates how Toyooka City uses a pragmatic approach to achieve holistic sustainability that works within the framework of our current globalized cultural, political, social and economic landscape. By drawing on the fieldwork I conducted in Toyooka as well as the informal and …