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Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Investigations of Larval Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus Osmotic Stress Tolerance and Occurrence in a Tidally-Influenced Estuarine Stream, Gregory Shell Silver

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Developmental Mechanisms that Support Genome Stability and Embryonic Survival in Stress-tolerant Embryos of the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus, Josiah Tad Wagner

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Investigating a Role for the CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein δ in the Developing Zebrafish, Alisha Jennifer Beirl

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The orientation of the Pyrococcus furiosus transcription factor TFB2 in the transcription initiation complex, Arati Bhattarai

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Behavioral Observation and Paternal Investment of Eastern Kingbirds at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Christopher Michael Chutter

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The Boiling Springs Lake Metavirome: Charting the Viral Sequence-Space of an Extreme Environment Microbial Ecosystem, Geoffrey Scott Diemer

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Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS): Which ROS is Responsible for Cardioprotective Signaling?, Anders Olav Garlid

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Seasonal and Sex Differences in the Effects of Melatonin on Brain Arginine Vasotocin in Green Treefrogs (Hyla cinerea): Relationship to Melatonin Receptor 1a, Christina Marie Howard

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Assessment of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Invasion Success in Brachypodium sylvaticum, Caitlin Elyse Lee

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The Role of Mate Preference and Personality on Reproductive Performance in an Ex-Situ Conservation Breeding Program for the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), Meghan S. Martin

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Agricultural Management Decisions Impact Isoprene Emission and Physiology of Arundo donax, an Emerging Bioenergy Crop, Jason Charles Maxfield

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Characterization of Functional Domains of Cul3, an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, Using Chimeric Analysis, Jennifer Anne Mitchell

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Abundance and Distribution of Major and Understudied Archaeal Lineages at Globally Distributed Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, Alexander Fenner Rutherford

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Testing the Ecological and Physiological Factors Influencing Reproductive Success in Mosses, Erin Elizabeth Shortlidge

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Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Infection and Common Mycelial Network Formation on Invasive Plant Competition, Rachael Elizabeth Workman

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Temperature Dependent Transcription Initiation in Archaea: Interplay between Transcription Factor B and Promoter Sequence, Ming-Hsiao Wu

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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An Experimental Investigation of Nest Reuse and Nest Site Selection in an Open-Cup Nesting Passerine, Sarah A. Cancellieri

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An Evaluation of the Nontarget Effects of Transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis Maize on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Soil Ecosystem, Tanya Elizabeth Amy Cheeke

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Microbial Biomineralization of Iron, Wen Fang

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First Bacterial Endosymbionts Found in the Phylum Ascomycota, Eileen Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

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Gene Expression Life History Markers in a Hatchery and a Wild Population of Young-of-the-Year Oncorhynchus mykiss, Ian D. F. Garrett

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Expression of Growth Arrest and DNA Damage Protein 45-alpha (gadd45-alpha) and the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-delta (C/EBP-delta) in Fishes Exposed to Heat and Hypoxia, Daniel Omar Hassumani

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The Effect of Temperature on Phenotypes of the Invasive European Green Crab: Physiologic Mechanisms that Facilitate Invasion Success, Amanda Kelley

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Exploring Tissue Engineering: Vitamin D3 Influences on the Proliferation and Differentiation of an Engineered Osteoblast Precursor Cell Line During Early Bone Tissue Development, Shelley S. Mason

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Interspecific variation in leaf-level biogenic emissions of the Bambuseae, Andrea Natalie Melnychenko

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Application of GIS and Spatial Analysis of Golden Eagle Fatalities Caused by Wind Turbines at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource, Andrew James Pinger

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Methyl Halide Production by Calcareous Periphyton Mats from the Florida Everglades, Ann Eileen Raffel

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Ecomorphology and Mating Behavior of Two Species of Night-stalking Tiger Beetles, Omus audouini and O. dejeanii, Robert Kent Richardson

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Ecology of White-Cheeked Crested Gibbons in Laos, Julia Cleverly Ruppell

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Novel Thermophilic Bacteria Isolated from Marine Hydrothermal Vents, Christine Demko Sislak

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CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein Delta (C/EBP-delta) Expression in Antarctic Fishes: Implications for Cell Cycle and Apoptosis, Isaac Martin Sleadd

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Biological Treatment of Leachates of Microaerobic Fermentation, Manar Arica Alattar

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The Effects of Hypoxia and Temperature on Developing Embryos of the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus, Skye N. Anderson

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Externally-Expressed Fluorescence across Sexes, Life Stages, and Species of Spiders, Erin Brandt

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The effects of temperature on the dispersion and reaggregation stages of development in the annual killifish, Austrofundulus limnaeus, Timothy Grant Cleaver

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Examining the Effect of Maternal High-Fat Diet Consumption on the Physiology and Pancreas Development of Fetal and Juvenile Nonhuman Primate Offspring, Sarah Michelle Comstock

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Causes and Consequences of Mitochondrial Variation in Caenorhabditid Nematodes, Kiley Ann Hicks

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Use of Two-Dimensional Agarose-Gel Analysis to Characterize Processing of UV-Irradiated Plasmids and the Composition of the Replisome Following UV-induced Arrest, Harout Arthur Jeiranian

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Relative Heart Ventricle Mass and Cardiac Performance in Amphibians, Gregory Joseph Kluthe

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Site Fidelity, Associations and Long-Term Bonds of Short-Finned Pilot Whales off the Island of Hawai`i, Sabre D. Mahaffy

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Metabolic Support of Anaerobiosis in Embryos of the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus, Andrew McCracken

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The Role of Nucleotide Excision Repair in Restoring Replication Following UV-Induced Damage in Escherichia coli, Kelley Nicole Newton

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Effects of Reactive Oxygen Species on Life History Traits of Caenorhabditis elegans, Samson William Smith

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Post-occupancy Evaluation at the Zoo: Behavioral and Hormonal Indicators of Welfare in Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii), Leigha Tingey

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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High Mobility Group Protein 1 (HMGB1) And Its Role As A Global Transcription Regulator In Response To Temperature Fluctuations In The Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus, Victoria Martin Alla

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Differences in Sexual Dimorphism and Influences of Sexual Dichromatism on Crypsis Among Populations of the Jumping Spider Habronattus oregonensis, Jason Bazzano

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Population Structure of Island-Associated Pantropical Spotted Dolphins (Stenella attenuata) in Hawaiian Waters, Sarah Shelby Courbis

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A Study of Soil Organic Matter and Its Controlling Factors in Portland, Oregon, Megan Dillon

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Genetic Substructure of Pacific Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) Populations Along the Coasts of Oregon and Washington, Diana Lynn Dishman

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Microbial Ecology of Active Marine Hydrothermal Vent Deposits: The Influence of Geologic Setting on Microbial Communities, Gilberto Eugene Flores

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Impacts of Rhizosphere CO₂ on Root Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase Activity, Root Respiration Rate and Rhizodeposition in Populus spp., Dawn Marie Matarese

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Postfledging Survival and Habitat Use of Spotted Towhees (Pipilo maculatus) in an Urban Park, Amy Ann Shipley

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Subsurface Igneous Mineral Microbiology: Iron-Oxidizing Organotrophs on Olivine Surfaces and the Significance of Mineral Heterogeneity in Basalts, Amy Renee Smith

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Propagule Pressure and Disturbance Drive the Spread of an Invasive Grass, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Laura Alayna Vician Taylor

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Total Mercury in Stranded Marine Mammals from the Oregon and Southern Washington Coasts, Nathan J. Wintle

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Molecular Genetic Analysis of CRELD1 in Patients with Heterotaxy Disorder, Samaneh Zhian

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Biogeography of the American Pika (Ochotona princeps) In Oregon and Southern Washington: Illuminating Genetic Relationships Among Disjunct Populations, George Washington Batten III

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Mitochondrial Inheritance and Natural Phenotypic Variation Among Caenorhabditis briggsae Populations, Anna Luella Coleman-Hulbert

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Evolutionary Dynamics in Molecular Populations of Ligase Ribozymes, Carolina Diaz Arenas

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Molecular Changes Associated with Anoxia Tolerance in Austrofundulus limnaeus embryos, Camie Lynn Meller

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Spatial Segregation of the Sexes in a Salt Marsh Grass Distichlis spicata (Poaceae), Charlene Ashley Mercer

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The Function of an Alternate TFB from Pyrococus furiosus and the Orientation of the TFB B-reader within Archaeal Transcription Initiation Complexes, Michael Micorescu

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Genomic and Hormonal Components of Altered Developmental Pathways in the Annual Killifish, Austrofundulus limnaeus, Benjamin M. Pri-Tal

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Genetic patterns of dispersal and colonization during initial invasion and spread of an invasive grass, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Alisa Paulsen Ramakrishnan

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Comparison of Microshear Bond Strength and Morphological Changes Between Active and Passive Application of 4th Generation Etch-and-Rinse Etchant on Enamel, Sophia Tuyet-Nhi Trieu

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Phylogeographic Patterns and Intervarietal Relationships within Lupinus lepidus: Morphological Differences, Genetic Similarities, Kevin Allen Weitemier

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Preliminary Characterization of Mitochondrial ATP-sensitive Potassium Channel (MitoKATP) Activity in Mouse Heart Mitochondria, Venkat Raghav Aachi

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A Phylogenetic Study of the Old World Asclepiadinae (Apocynaceae) Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequence Data, David Chuba

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Analysis and Classification of Sounds Produced by Asian Elephants (Elephas Maximus), Sharon Stuart Glaeser

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Molecular Coevolution of Pacific Northwest Hantaviruses and Their Host, The Deer Mouse, Peromyscus Maniculatus, Philip Darren Jones

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Phylogeographic and Phylogenetic Exploration of Plethodon (Plethodontidae, Caudata) Salamanders in the Pacific Northwest, Tara Anne Pelletier

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Zoonotic Disease Emergence : a Study of Host-Pathogen-Ecosystem Dynamics, Laurie Jeanne Dizney

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The Role of Mitochondria ATP-sensitive Potassium Channel in Cardioprotection, Ksenia Andrukhiv Everton

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Microbial Colonization of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Chimneys, Antoine Pagé

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Cardioprotective Signal Transduction to Mitochondria, Casey Lee Quinlan

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The Reproductive and Conservation Biology of the spotted towhee in Urban Forest Fragments, Sarah Bartos Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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The Family Fuselloviridae : Diversity and Replication of a hyperthermic virus infecting the archaeon genus Sulfolobus, Adam Joseph Clore

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The Effects of Western Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobium campylopodum) on Radial Growth of Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) in Managed Stands in Eastern Oregon, Sharon Marie Stanton

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Avian Affairs: A Study of the Occurrence and Benefits of Extra-pair Breeding Behavior in Eastern Kingbirds (Tyrannus Tyrannus), Amy Catherine Dolan

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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Factors Influencing Oviposition Among Pond-Breeding Amphibians: Exotic Vegetation, Oviposition Braces, and Cover, Catherine Mary Callison

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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The Impacts of the Introduced European Green Crab, Carcinus Maenas, on Selected Bivalves and Meiofaunal Communities, Zasha A. Bassett

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The Status of Rana Boylii in Oregon : Analyses of Selected Biotic and Abiotic Variables at Historical Locations for Rana Boylii (Baird), Aaron Nicholas Borisenko

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The Dynamics of the Planktonic Communities of Two Oregon Reservoirs, Miguel Angel Estrada

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Profiles of the Highly Invasive Plants in Oregon Including Lists of Oregon’s Invasive and Naturalized Plants, Rebekah Jane Harper

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A Longitudinal Assessment of Temperament in Octopus bimaculoides, David Loyd Sinn

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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Measurement of the Cross-Sectional Area of the Nasal Passages of Nine Species of Modern Odontoceti with Implications for Comparative Physiology and the Paleophysiology of the Dinosauria, Eric Paul Katz

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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Construction and Analysis of Mutant HSV-1 Viruses Having Mutations in the YY1 And/or Sp1 Binding Sites of the Glycoprotein D (gD) Gene Promoter, Sabine Ludwig

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Gene Expression in Two Cyanobacteria, Freshwater Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 and Oceanic Synechococcus sp. WH 7803, in Response to Ammonium, Nitrate or Iron, Abbas Sadeghi

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Increased Glutathione Metabolic Defense Capabilities in Cultured Alzheimer's Diseased Lymphoblast Cell Lines, Collin M. Shaw

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Structural and Successional Analysis of Woodland Vegetation in Tualatin Hills Nature Park, Christopher J. Dobson

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The Effect of Lymph Sac Pressure on Lymph Heart Pressure Development in the Toad Bufo marinus, Michael Georgitsis

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Human Trampling in the Upper Rocky Intertidal: Trampling and Recovery in Barnacle Mediated Succession, Timothy Lawrence Grubba

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Whole Body In Vitro Hydraulic Conductivity and Transcapillary Filtration in Two Amphibians, Bufo marinus and Rana catesbeiana, Thomas Vincent Hancock

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Whole Body i=In Vivo Vascular Compliance in Two Amphibians, Bufo Marinus and Rana Cate, Todd Micheal Hoagland

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The Periphyton Community of a Second Order Subalpine Stream Following Salmon Carcass Decomposition, Jonathan Micheal Honea

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A Pouplation Genetic Study of Wild Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Matagorda Bay, Texas, Joel Stephen Lenox

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Ovarian Steroid Regulation of Tryptophan Hydroxylase Enzyme Level in the Midbrain Raphe in Ovariectomized Guinea Pigs, Zhidong Lu

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The Role of the Hepatic Vagus in the Pathogenesis of Fever, Christopher Todd Simons

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Age Related Changes in the Activity and the Responsiveness of the Renin-angiotensin System in the 15 Month Old Rat, MIchele McKee Thompson

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Investigation of Transactivation of the Human C-Myc Gene by Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1, Xian Wu