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Immune-Endocrine Interactions In The Lizard Sceloporus Undulatus Hyacinthinus: Testing An Assumption Of The Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis, Mukta Chakraborty
Immune-Endocrine Interactions In The Lizard Sceloporus Undulatus Hyacinthinus: Testing An Assumption Of The Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis, Mukta Chakraborty
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The immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (IHH) was proposed by Folstad and Karter ( 1992) to describe the role of the endocrine system in ensuring honesty of sexual signaling. Numerous studies have investigated the assumptions of the IHH, but currently there is mixed evidential support in favor of the IHH. The first chapter of this thesis is a review examinining these studies, their limitations, and proposed alternative models and future directions. The second chapter of this thesis presents a study in which we experimentally assesss the testosterone immunosuppression assumption in adult male Sceloporus undulatus lizards. We manipulated circulating androgen levels (Day 0) …
Assessment Of Biogeochemical Deposits In Landfill Drainage Systems, Audrey D. Levine, Valerie J. Harwood, Antonio J. Cardoso, Lisa R. Rhea, Bina S. Nayak, Barbara M. Dodge, Mindy L. Decker, George Dzama, Lawrence Jones, Edward Haller
Assessment Of Biogeochemical Deposits In Landfill Drainage Systems, Audrey D. Levine, Valerie J. Harwood, Antonio J. Cardoso, Lisa R. Rhea, Bina S. Nayak, Barbara M. Dodge, Mindy L. Decker, George Dzama, Lawrence Jones, Edward Haller
Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications
Design, operation, and closure practices for Class I municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are based on RCRA Subtitle D requirements for control of leachates and gases generated during the life of the landfill. Because leachate is generated as a result of water percolating through the landfill and waste consolidation, it contains dissolved and suspended materials that reflect the characteristics of the material it contacts. Over the past two decades significant changes have occurred in the characteristics of the waste streams that are disposed in landfills. In addition, many Florida municipalities have implemented Waste-to-Energy (WTE) systems. The WTE ash is either …