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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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    and rules, stories allow us to see others' life experiences through our own eyes" (p 17). Oral

  • Evaluation of Low-Impact Development (LID) Treatment Train at OSU-Benton County Green Infrastructure Facility

    Creator:
    Saduova, Alisha
    Abstract:
    Urban stormwater runoff with a high impervious area can significantly impact pollution concentrations of receiving water bodies. The use of low impact development (LID), which mimics the hydrological properties of the site before development, has been studied in an increasing number of studies, and the available database has shown to...
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    (NO3 -), total nitrogen (T-N), total phosphorus (T-P), orthophosphate (reactive P), hardness

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

    Creator:
    Cosma, Ioana
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    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

  • Examining parameters of vectorial capacity for mosquitoes associated with stormwater catch basins in Corvallis, Oregon

    Creator:
    Townzen, Jill S.
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    This research examines two of parameters of vectorial capacity for mosquitoes associated with catch basins in Corvallis, Oregon. The parameters of interest were determining 1) abundance of the mosquito species associated with the catch basins and 2) feeding patterns of local mosquito species. Three species of mosquitoes were collected from...
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    Dissertation
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    vector, p is the probability of daily survival of the vector and n is the intrinsic incubation period

  • 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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    , Stephany Vasquez-Perez, Jaewoo Choi, Joyce P. Kim, and Malcolm Lowry contributed to experimental design

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

    Creator:
    Finster, Austin R.
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    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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    are located 46.99 N, 116.59 W. Elevation at the site ranges from approximately 3000 - 3500 feet

  • 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

  • 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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    Masters Thesis
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    2-3: Soft Systems Methodology (adapted from Checkland, 1981, p. 163) ..... 23 Figure 2-4: System

  • 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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    ) .........................................................................19 2.12: UV fluorescence of a bonded beech wood product with grid overlay (Lukowsky, 2015 Ch. 3 p

  • 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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    H. W. Bush Administration, EPA had limited options to address compliance difficulties faced by