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  • Radiologic sampling of surface soils near a USEPA superfund site

    Creator:
    Blakeman, Christopher John
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    The human health effects of acute exposure to high levels of ionizing radiation are well understood; however, when these irradiations occur at low levels, there is controversy as to their potential health threat (BEIR V, 1990). For individuals living in areas where the level of naturally occurring background radiation is...
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    Masters Thesis
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    and acknowledgement goes out to Dr. Anna Harding, my Major Professor, whose constant and unwavering

  • Pollution prevention strategies used by Oregon hospitals

    Creator:
    Patel, Neha T.
    Abstract:
    Waste generated by the health care industry has been cited as a major source of toxic pollution, including mercury and dioxins, which poses a serious threat to public health. The purpose of this study was to investigate pollution prevention activities of health care facilities in Oregon related to environmentally preferable...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Prevention Strategies Used By Oregon Hospitals. Abstract approved: Anna K. Harding Waste generated by the

  • Evaluation of bacterial community indicators of stream sanitary and ecological condition

    Creator:
    Bracken, Caragwen L.
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    The focus of this research was to develop bacterial community indicators of stream sanitary and ecological condition. The first study compared substrate utilization patterns between centrifuged and uncentrifuged split samples. We found a shift in the relative proportion of each group of bacteria following centrifugation, with a marked increased in...
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    Dissertation
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    Bacterial Community Indicators of Stream Sanitary and Ecological Condition. Abstract approved: Anna K

  • A review and assessment of network concepts and their applications in geography and related disciplines

    Creator:
    Versluis, Anna J.
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    Networks are a structure common to many disciplines. Research on networks has taken different forms in domains such as graph theory, sociology, vascular networks, small-world networks, geomorphology, ecology, evolution and engineering. Networks may be modeled as non-spatial networks (unvalued graphs), which contain only topological information, or as spatial networks (valued...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    APPLICATIONS iN GEOGRAPHY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES by Anna J. Versluis A RESEARCH PAPER submitted to THE

  • Acceptability of market-based approaches to water management : an analysis of the Deschutes Groundwater Mitigation Program

    Creator:
    Lieberherr, Eva K.
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    Growing urbanization, shifting water uses, and a focus on ecosystem health in the Deschutes River Basin in Central Oregon led to experimentation with new voluntary market-based approaches to water management in the last decade. To meet groundwater demands while maintaining instream flows and upholding prior water allocations, the Oregon Water...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Factors influencing the outcomes of public health legislation in the 2001 Oregon legislature

    Creator:
    Wise, Kendra J.
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    Legislation can be an effective public health tool, and understanding the factors that influence legislative outcomes is advantageous for public health practitioners who propose and advocate for legislation. The literature indicates that the issues of personal freedoms, the presence or absence of strong coalition leadership, and political conditions and ideology...
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    Masters Thesis
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    members at Oregon State University: Annette Rossignol (Department of Public Health), Anna Harding

  • An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

    Creator:
    Fluharty, Suzanne M.
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    This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...
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    Dissertation

  • Environmental complex mixtures modify benzo[a]pyrene and dibenzo[a,l]pyrene-induced carcinogenesis

    Creator:
    Courter, Lauren A.
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    Human exposure to the carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DB[a,l]P) is through environmental complex mixtures, such as urban dust particulate matter (UDPM) and diesel exhaust (DE), however the potency of these PAH within a mixture is not established. To determine the effect of these mixtures on...
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    Dissertation
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    committee members, Drs. Andrew Buermeyer, Robert Tanguay, David Williams, and Anna Harding, for their

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    Creator:
    Richter, Amanda M.
    Abstract:
    This collection of stories spans a range of content: the personal, the domestic, the political, and the downright terrifying. In “Ilka the Flyer,” a young man is faced with his own crisis and that of his veteran uncle. Sister relationships bloom and fade as the entire family deals with changes...
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    Masters Thesis

  • The Culture of Names – A Comparison between Vietnam and Denmark

    Creator:
    Ngo, Toan Tri Dung
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    This project discusses the topic of personal names and the cultures of different peoples and their particularities, specifically in Vietnam and Denmark. The first part of this paper gives a brief history of naming traditions (mostly relating to Western European traditions). The second part of the paper compares two families...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    associate oneself with a “distinguished father”) (Sørensen 1983:13). In 1526, King Frederik I decreed