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Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Creator:

Schweickert, Tina K.

Abstract:

Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...

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Masters Thesis
It's in the blood : the varieties of Linus Pauling's work on hemoglobin and sickle cell anemia

Creator:

Gormlet, Melinda (Melinda Brooke)

Abstract:

Linus Pauling incorporated hemoglobin and a disease of the blood, sickle cell anemia, into many of his researches between the mid-1930s and mid-1970s. In the early 1930s Pauling became interested in organic chemistry and named hemoglobin as one of the first biochemical substances that he planned to analyze. In 1935...

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Masters Thesis
Science, service, and specialized agriculture : the re-invention of the maraschino cherry

Creator:

Jolly, J. Christopher

Abstract:

From 1925 to 1930, Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of Horticultural Products at Oregon State Agricultural College, developed an improved brining process for cherries. Brined cherries are used in the production of maraschino and glacé cherries, which already had a sizable market in the United States by the 1920s. This...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis