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  • The Yellow House: Stories of Place, Space and Community

    Creator:
    Gann, Tamara S.
    Abstract:
    This thesis is an IRB-exempt oral history focused on the non-profit Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center (CMLC) in Corvallis, Oregon. The CMLC, formerly on 9th Street, was known to many community members as the Yellow House. The Yellow House was a dedicated community-based space where people of all cultures could come...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Tamara S. Gann for the degree

  • Community planning and adaptation : a case study at Corvallis, Oregon

    Creator:
    Eshbaugh, Dorothy L.
    Abstract:
    Three kkeeyy variables are examined to determine their influence on the process of community planning at Corvallis, Oregon. These are (1) the setting of priorities, (2) organization and (3) external reference. Interactions of goals program participants were recorded as the community responded to comply with Oregon Senate Bill #100's requirement...
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    to comply with Oregon Senate Bill #100's requirement to formulate plans. The community's past is

  • Towards a Better Understanding of How the Dietary Supplement Xanthohumol Can Improve Health

    Creator:
    Logan, Isabelle E.
    Abstract:
    Xanthohumol, a prenylated flavonoid found in hops and beer, possesses a long-standing reputation to improve health. Xanthohumol’s cytotoxicity to a wide variety of cancer cell lines is well-established. Herein we provide further insight into the cytotoxicity of not only xanthohumol, but also its non-estrogenic derivatives, to a number of colonic...
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    Dissertation
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    . Jan F. Stevens provided scientific and material support. Claudia S. Maier and Jan F. Stevens

  • Genome Resource Development for Advancement of Corylus avellana Breeding

    Creator:
    Talbot, Samuel Corcoran
    Abstract:
    The European hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) is a tree nut crop that is important in Oregon, which produces 99% of the United States’ hazelnuts but only 5% of the world’s supply. In order to maintain this market share, farmers in Oregon need cultivars that produce high quality nuts, mature early,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Flow cytometry of C. avellana ‘Jefferson’ with S. lycopersicum standard

  • Road user understanding of shared lane pavement markings (sharrows) case study - Corvallis, OR

    Creator:
    Cosma, Ioana
    Abstract:
    This thesis focuses on shared use lane facilities and road user understanding. Shared use lanes (sharrows) are a common solution for road facilities that are too narrow to accommodate a full bicycle lane and where the local jurisdiction wants to reduce dooring crashes. In recent years, engineers have focused on...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Survey Questions and Response ................................................... 31 Figure 20: P-Value

  • Institutional capacity building through land and water stewardship integration - an analysis of source water protection in Corvallis, Oregon

    Creator:
    Odom, Olivia
    Abstract:
    Globally, access to safe, reliable drinking water sources is a major challenge of this generation. Protected sources of drinking water provide communities with a sustainable, vital resource, yet many public water suppliers lack legal authority over their source water protection (SWP) area, especially in surface water systems. Absence of legal...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Tires, Tracks, and Tethering: Idaho Steep Slope Harvesting

    Creator:
    Finster, Austin R.
    Abstract:
    Steep slope timber harvesting often falls under scrutiny of labor, safety, and operational challenges, but is beginning to advance past these barriers through substantial technological progression. Across previous decades, large advancements of technology have occurred in ground-based timber harvesting systems, giving mechanized options to every phase of timber harvesting. These...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Exploring the Relationship Between Scientists’ Perspectives on Learning and Engagement in Outreach

    Creator:
    Barthel, Cèleste Frazier
    Abstract:
    Over the last several decades, there has been a marked increase in the amount of science outreach to the public with little attention paid to how scientists who conduct outreach perceive learning and how that applies to their outreach activities. This increase in outreach efforts is linked to the National...
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    Dissertation
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    aspects of society—publics, scientists, and decision makers” (p. 11). Additionally, there is empirical

  • Fluorescence Spectrometry to Quantify Percent Wood Failure in Adhesive Bonds

    Creator:
    Rueppel, Talbot B.
    Abstract:
    Structural engineered wood manufacturers need a quantitative measurement technique to determine the ratio of wood to adhesive failure in their shear specimens. Visual estimation of percent wood failure has long stood as an extremely subjective quality control approach according to ASTM D5266 – Standard Practice for Estimating the Percentage of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    adhesives which were not widely used until the mid-1940’s (Da Silva et al., 2018, p. 26). These adhesives

  • A Method for Measuring Systems Thinking Learning

    Creator:
    Taylor, Seth H.
    Abstract:
    The myriad of problems facing the world today are increasingly complex, dynamic, and transcend multiple domains necessitating the need for an equally complex and trans-disciplinary approach to solve these problems. Systems thinking promises to provide the skills necessary for all citizens of the world, not just the experts, to handle...
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    Masters Thesis
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    making (D), 2) Interrelating (R), 3) Organizing Systems (S), and 4) Perspective taking (P). These rules