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  • 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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    ensure publicly funded research has public benefit (National Science Foundation [NSF], 1995); the

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

    Creator:
    Odom, Olivia
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    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
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    SWP. Using a case study approach, this paper presents a national experience survey of municipal

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

    Creator:
    Eshbaugh, Dorothy L.
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    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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    Planning B. Measuring Success C. Where Does the Buck Stop? D. Thesis II. RESEARCH SETTING & CORVALLIS CASE

  • A Method for Measuring Systems Thinking Learning

    Creator:
    Taylor, Seth H.
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    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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    been attempted. Hence, this research defines and measures the initial systems thinking learning

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

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    Logan, Isabelle E.
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    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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    IBD. I submitted a research proposal to the National Institutes of Health for the Ruth L