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Examining Community Narratives of Keep Virginia Beautiful’s “Green Grants” Initiative

Creator:: Bailey, Jessie
Abstract:: This essay examines community narratives around Keep Virginia Beautiful's Green Grants initiative. Green Grants is a signature annual program that awards grants to organizations throughout Virginia in support of projects aligned with one of Keep Virginia Beautiful’s three pillars: recycling, litter prevention, and community beautification. The primary research questions are...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Virginia Beautiful's Green Grants initiative. Green Grants is a signature annual program that awards grants

A Study of Vegetation Change Over Time in the Salt Marshes of the Salmon River Estuary, Oregon

Creator:: Schrank, Keaton A.
Abstract:: The salt marshes of the Salmon River Estuary, Oregon have been of interest for decades due to their disturbance and restoration history, as well as the presence of long-term vegetation transects that were established as early as the 1970s. Vegetation abundance data have been gathered in the four sites of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , M. D. (2009). Centuries of human- driven change in salt marsh ecosystems. Annual Review of Marine

Evaluating Equity in the Provision of Primary Health Care in Tanzania

Creator:: Babbel, Breannon
Abstract:: Equitable access to primary health care is vital to the overall health and development of a country. Since its independence in 1967, Tanzania has established a clear objective of achieving primary health care for all. Yet achieving the goal of health care for all is especially difficult considering Tanzania’s poverty...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The Sustainability of Community Microgrids: Case Studies of Beaverton and Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Butler, Lily
Abstract:: This thesis is one part of a study to compare and contrast 10 different proposals and finished projects for microgrids, and the associated community perceptions and response. It has been posited that microgrids have the potential to improve the resiliency and reliability of the electricity grid. In recent years, there...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: opportunities for the groups involved. This research attempts to report on the processes with which these

The effects of increased enrollment of international students on student services at six Washington State community colleges

Creator:: Acob-Nash, Maria
Abstract:: Institutions of higher education face a global mandate, understanding and addressing the concept of internationalization in the 21st century. As the world becomes "smaller", there is a need for college students to expand their awareness and understanding of multinational cultures and issues. Recently, many four-year colleges and universities have taken...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: International Education (IIE), in its 2012 report entitled International Education as an Institutional

The Association Between Patient Activation and Cost, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Elective, Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Creator:: Owen, Erin Callahan
Abstract:: Background. Total knee arthroplasty, or replacement, is a common, generally successful, and expensive procedure. Tools to predict outcomes following orthopedic procedures are abundant, yet no commonly used assessment accounts for an individual’s propensity to engage in adaptive health behavior. The 13-item Patient Activation Measure (PAM) questionnaire is a tool that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -operatively compared to pre- operative assessments. In contrast, Level 4 patients report, at the predicted

Characterizing Linkages Between the Climate, Cryosphere, and Impacts on Run-of-River Hydropower in Data-Sparse Mountain Environments

Creator:: Mosier, Thomas M.
Abstract:: In many regions of the world, a significant portion of the surface water originates in mountain headwaters where the timing and magnitude of streamflow is largely dictated by the seasonal storage of precipitation as snowpack and long-term storage as glaciers. Accumulation, persistence, and melt of snow and ice are functions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: resolution modeled snowfall are projected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 4.2 Average annual

Performance-Based Design Methodology for Using Emergent Vegetation to Mitigate Wave Overtopping

Creator:: Ostrow, Kayla
Abstract:: To facilitate the design of Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) for flood protection, this thesis expands an existing engineering design methodology to NNBF systems. The existing approach is a Level III reliability method for the performance-based design of traditional coastal engineering systems. The expanded methodology incorporates uncertainties inherent to both...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .......................................................................................... 8 3.1.2. Step 2. Annual Storm Event

Assessing the Current State of Transboundary Cooperation in the International Columbia River Basin

Creator:: Timboe, Ingrid A.
Abstract:: The Columbia River Treaty (CRT) is often used as an example of how treaties can work to normalize, regulate, and improve the cooperative management of shared water resources between basin countries. Few would argue that, in its limited mandate to regulate hydropower generation and flood risk management for downstream communities,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: support. I hope that our report proves useful for the Council and Trust as they consider their future

Iran’s Nuclear Aspirations: A Threat to Regional Stability

Creator:: Naggar, Ronni
Abstract:: This thesis examines the multi-faceted threat Iran poses to the stability of the Middle Eastern region, to U.S. geopolitical interests and to the furthering of democratic principles from a realist perspective. Iran’s failure to negotiate a nuclear accord in good faith coupled with its continued militant role in regional affairs...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: agreed to report on its nuclear facilities and allow access to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Examining Community Narratives of Keep Virginia Beautiful’s “Green Grants” Initiative

A Study of Vegetation Change Over Time in the Salt Marshes of the Salmon River Estuary, Oregon

Evaluating Equity in the Provision of Primary Health Care in Tanzania

The Sustainability of Community Microgrids: Case Studies of Beaverton and Portland, Oregon

The effects of increased enrollment of international students on student services at six Washington State community colleges

The Association Between Patient Activation and Cost, Utilization, and Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Elective, Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Characterizing Linkages Between the Climate, Cryosphere, and Impacts on Run-of-River Hydropower in Data-Sparse Mountain Environments

Performance-Based Design Methodology for Using Emergent Vegetation to Mitigate Wave Overtopping

Assessing the Current State of Transboundary Cooperation in the International Columbia River Basin

Iran’s Nuclear Aspirations: A Threat to Regional Stability

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