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Plutonium Recycling via Iterative Mixed-Oxide Fuel Reprocessing

Creator:: Perlin, Michael A.
Abstract:: Poster presented at Idaho National Laboratory for the 2014 Fuel Cycle Technologies Annual Review Meeting.
Resource Type:: Poster
Full Text:: Michael A. Perlin, Dr. Alexey I. Soldatov Oregon State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering and

Thermal hydraulic and fuel performance analysis for innovative small light water reactor using VIPRE-01 and FRAPCON-3

Creator:: Mai, Anh T.
Abstract:: The Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR) is a small natural circulation pressurized light water reactor design that was developed by Oregon State University (OSU) and Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) under the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI) program to address the growing demand for energy and electricity....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: encouragement and advice that Dr. Woods has given me. I would like to thank Dr. Alexey Soldatov for all

Medical radionuclides and their impurities in wastewater

Creator:: Hay, Tristan Ryan
Abstract:: NCRP report No.160 states that medical exposure increased to nearly half of the total radiation exposure of the U.S. population from all sources in 2006 (NCRP 2009). Part of this increase in exposure is due to the rise in nuclear medicine procedures. With this observed growth in medical radionuclide usage,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: common radiopharmaceuticals, including Tc-99m and I-131, and locate and quantify levels of these

An analysis of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program sampling results from the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, dairy herd milk, post-Fukushima

Creator:: Treinen, Richard M.
Abstract:: This study focuses on iodine-131 detected in milk samples from the Dairy Science Unit at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California following events at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in March of 2011. The samples were collected as part of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (DCPP) Radiological Environmental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Physics Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent

Feasibility study on a soluble boron-free small modular reactor

Creator:: Mart, Justin R.
Abstract:: The elimination of soluble boron creates several advantages for Small Modular Reactor (SMR) operation. Most of these advantages are realized through significant core simplification (removal of pipes, pumping, and purification systems), the removal of the corrosive effects of soluble boron, and from improved safety effects. However, removing soluble boron creates...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Dr. Alexey Soldatov for his specific help in navigating and analyzing the reactor analysis software

Right as rain? The value of water in Willamette Valley agriculture

Creator:: Kalinin, Alexey V.
Abstract:: Signs of climate change across the Pacific Northwest indicate changing patterns of timing and availability of stream flow. Declining summer low flows, decreasing snow pack, higher temperatures and an increasing fraction of mountain precipitation falling as rain, raise concerns about future reliability of stream flows. These changes will likely affect...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Virus-Derived Gene Expression and RNA Interference Vector for Grapevine

Creator:: Kurth, Elizabeth G., Peremyslov, Valera V., Prokhnevsky, Alexey I., Kasschau, Kristin D., Miller, Marilyn, Carrington, James C., and Dolja, Valerian V.
Abstract:: The improvement of the agricultural and wine-making qualities of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera) is hampered by adherence to traditional varieties, the recalcitrance of this plant to genetic modifications, and public resistance to genetically modified organism (GMO) technologies. To address these challenges, we developed an RNA virus-based vector for the introduction...
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Full Text:: . Kasschau, Marilyn Miller, James C. Elizabeth G. Kurth, Valera V. Peremyslov, Alexey I. Interference

Global 3-D electromagnetic forward modelling: a benchmark study

Creator:: Kelbert, Anna, Kuvshinov, Alexey, Velímský, Jakub, Koyama, Takao, Ribaudo, Joseph, Sun, Jin, Martinec, Zdeněk, and Weiss, Chester J.
Abstract:: Global electromagnetic (EM) induction studies have been the focus of increasing attention during the past few years. A primary stimulus for this interest has been increased quality, coverage and variety of the newly available data sets especially from recent low-Earth-orbiting satellite missions. The combination of traditional ground-based data with satellite-borne...
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Full Text:: Kelbert,1 Alexey Kuvshinov,2 Jakub Velı́mský,3 Takao Koyama,4 Joseph Ribaudo,5 Jin Sun,1,2 Zdeněk

Genomic Investigations of Diversity within the Milkweed Genus Asclepias, at Multiple Scales

Creator:: Weitemier, Kevin A.
Abstract:: At a time when the biodiversity on Earth is being rapidly lost, new technologies and methods in genomic analysis are fortunately allowing scientists to catalog and explore the diversity that remains more efficiently and precisely. The studies in this dissertation investigate genomic diversity within the milkweed genus, Asclepias, at multiple...
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Applications of Holographic Optical Tweezers: Multiplexed Fluorescence Spectroscopy and the Micromechanics of Type-I Collagen

Creator:: Cibula, Matthew A.
Abstract:: The development and some applications of holographic optical tweezers (HOT) are presented. Our HOT system uses a spatial light modulator (SLM) to control the location and properties of the optical trap. We have developed a method for optimizing the diffraction efficiency of a SLM that can be applied in situ...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Performance of hybrid methods for representative nonproliferationproblems

Creator:: Bevill, Aaron M.
Abstract:: Adjoint-derived weight windowing is a hybrid deterministic/Monte Carlo method to simulate radiation transport. In adjoint-derived weight windowing, a deterministic adjoint solution is used to create weight windows for a Monte Carlo simulation. The intent of this work is to identify factors that reduce the Figure of Merit (FOM) of Monte...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Benchmarked simulation of antineutrino source terms for light water reactors during normal operation and diversion scenarios

Creator:: Somasundaram, Elanchezhian
Abstract:: Detection of reactor antineutrinos for non-proliferation applications has been researched extensively across the globe and is considered as a potential technology to remotely monitor reactor operations without any intrusions to reactor components. Reactor antineutrino detection experiments have been conducted in the past and have proven successful in detecting the changes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Proof of concept of the use of RAVEN and RELAP5-3D for risk informed safety margin characterization

Creator:: Riley, Thomas H.
Abstract:: This project was a proof of concept of the use of the RAVEN software, a tool developed for the Risk Informed Safety Margin Characterization (RISMC) approach, with RELAP5-3D. This novel approach combines older probabilistic and mechanistic approaches to look at how and why the complex systems of a nuclear power...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Pixel- and Frame-level Video Labeling using Spatial and Temporal Convolutional Networks

Creator:: Lei, Peng
Abstract:: This dissertation addresses the problem of video labeling at both the frame and pixel levels using deep learning. For pixel-level video labeling, we have studied two problems: i) Spatiotemporal video segmentation and ii) Boundary detection and boundary flow estimation. For the problem of spatiotemporal video segmentation, we have developed recurrent...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: using deep learning. For pixel-level video labeling, we have studied two problems: i) Spatiotemporal

Net farm income and the role of water development projects

Creator:: Anderson, William J.
Abstract:: The recent 2013 Oregon State Board of Agriculture report identified several ways to improve agricultural income in Oregon. Recommendations to improve water development are at the top of the report's list of objectives. In this study, I analyze the relationship between net cash farm income (NCFI) and a cross-sectional set...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Enabling Virtual Globes for A Visual-Auditory User Experience of Spatial Data

Creator:: Gune, Aditya N.
Abstract:: Geographical datasets are large, complex, and can be difficult for users to navigate and derive meaning from. These datasets, as well as the unique insights derived from them, provide tremendous opportunity for social change -- many of the global challenges humankind is currently facing can benefit from analytics or visualization...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: immersive and multimodal way that enhances the user’s cognition of the data. In this thesis, I investigate

Modeling spintronics devices in Verilog-A for use with industry-standard simulation tools

Creator:: Engelbrecht, Linda M.
Abstract:: As the semiconductor industry works to integrate increasingly more "non-CMOS" devices onto CMOS ICs, compact model development has become an important step in the circuit/system verification tool flow. This research focuses on the two- and three-dimensional modeling of the physical phenomena that occur in nanoscale magnetic devices. This includes the...
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Climate Change: Implication on Aquatic Resources, Food Security and Livelihoods

Creator:: Badmus, Olanrewaju, Obadiah, F. V., Olaoye, J. O., Yacim, S. E., Laniyi, A. L., and Adedeji, F. A.
Abstract:: Climate changes are growing environmental concerns which are much in the scientific government and public eye at present. The potential impact on aquatic resources and livelihood are immense. From local to global levels, fisheries and aquaculture play important roles for food supply, food security and income generation. Some 43.5 million...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
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Polymeric submicron optical ion-selective sensors

Creator:: Bychkova, Valeriya
Abstract:: Ion-selective polymeric optical sensors – ion optodes – are a promising alternative to ion-selective electrodes and fluorescent dyes for analytical and biological applications, e.g. extra- and intracellular measurements. They are non-toxic, highly selective robust probes for ionic fluxes monitoring. A large-scale fabrication of ion optodes using a solvent displacement method...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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A Deep Action Segmentation and Its Explanation with a Dictionary of Meaningful Attention Maps

Creator:: Trigkakis, Dimitrios
Abstract:: This thesis addresses the problem of temporal action segmentation in videos, where the goal is to label every video frame with the appropriate action class present. We focus on the domain of NFL football videos, where action classes represent common football play types. For action segmentation, we use a temporal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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OME : A Framework for Running Spatially Explicit System Dynamics Models

Creator:: Wingo, Patrick C.
Abstract:: The Open Modeling Environment (OME) is a tool developed to address some known shortcomings in ecological System Dynamics (SD) modeling research. OME provides a common set of methods for interacting directly with spatial information, reducing the need for modelers to create their own methods for doing so. The environment is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Open Set Learning with Counterfactual Images

Creator:: Neal, Lawrence W.
Abstract:: In open set recognition, a classifier must label instances of known classes while detecting instances of unknown classes not encountered during training. To detect unknown classes while still generalizing to new instances of existing classes, this thesis introduces a dataset augmentation technique called counterfactual image generation. This approach, based on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Tunable thermal switching via DNA-based nano-devices

Creator:: Chien, Chih-Chun, Velizhanin, Kirill A., Dubi, Yonatan, and Zwolak, Michael
Abstract:: DNA has a well-defined structural transition-the denaturation of its double-stranded form into two single strands-that strongly affects its thermal transport properties. We show that, according to a widely implemented model for DNA denaturation, one can engineer DNA 'heattronic' devices that have a rapidly increasing thermal conductance over a narrow temperature...
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2013 Fall OSU Extended Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: TBA Stern, S. INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY I 522 400 16966 1 TBA TBA Major Restrictions

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2014 Summer OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

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2011 Fall OSU Extended Campus schedule of classes

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Influential disease foci in epidemics and underlying mechanisms: a field experiment and simulations

Creator:: Estep, Laura K., Sackett, Kathryn E., and Mundt, Christopher C.
Abstract:: Pathogen invasions pose a growing threat to ecosystem stability and public health. Guidelines for the timing and spatial extent of control measures for pathogen invasions are currently limited, however. We conducted a field experiment using wheat (Triticum aestivum) stripe rust, caused by the wind-dispersed fungus Puccinia striiformis, to study the...
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Alternative Splicing in the Obligate Biotrophic Oomycete Pathogen Pseudoperonospora cubensis

Creator:: Burkhardt, Alyssa, Buchanan, Alex, Cumbie, Jason S., Savory, Elizabeth A., Chang, Jeff H., and Day, Brad
Abstract:: Pseudoperonospora cubensis is an obligate pathogen and causative agent of cucurbit downy mildew. To help advance our understanding of the pathogenicity of P. cubensis, we used RNA-Seq to improve the quality of its reference genome sequence. We also characterized the RNA-Seq dataset to inventory transcript isoforms and infer alternative splicing...
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2013 Fall OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: REPORTING I 317 001 15253 4 MW 0800-0950 9/30/13-12/6/13 W 2000-2150 12/11/13 BEXL 328 GRP FNL

Modeling Porosity: The Visco-Elastic Edition

Creator:: Holland, Eleanor
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: classical porous medium equation. The solvability of an elliptic boundary-value problem for (I + ηA(v))u

An analysis of control area synchronization on the convergence of distributed state estimators

Creator:: Clarke, Blaise
Abstract:: This honors undergraduate thesis examines the process of simulating power system state estimation, the use of the alternating direction method of multipliers in the problem of distributed power system state estimation, and provides a rudimentary asynchronous implementation of the above for a linearized DC power system. The asynchronous implementation is...
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A SNP resource for Douglas-fir: de novo transcriptome assembly and SNP detection and validation

Creator:: Howe, Glenn T., Yu, Jianbin, Knaus, Brian, Cronn, Richard, Kolpak, Scott, Dolan, Peter, Lorenz, W. Walter, and Dean, Jeffrey F. D.
Abstract:: (0) Save to: more options A SNP resource for Douglas-fir: de novo transcriptome assembly and SNP detection and validation Author(s): Howe, GT (Howe, Glenn T.)[ 1 ] ; Yu, JB (Yu, Jianbin)[ 1 ] ; Knaus, B (Knaus, Brian)[ 2 ] ; Cronn, R (Cronn, Richard)[ 2 ] ; Kolpak,...
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Full Text:: isogroups with more than 1 isotig (I the database. §Singletons are 454 reads that did not assemble with any

Mental Models of Mere Mortals with Explanations of Reinforcement Learning

Creator:: Anderson, Andrew A.
Abstract:: How should reinforcement learning (RL) agents explain themselves to humans not trained in AI? To gain insights into this question, we conducted a 124 participant, four-treatment experiment to compare participants’ mental models of an RL agent in the context of a simple Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game. The four treatments isolated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Rendering and Simulation for Tires Rolling on Snow

Creator:: Clucas, Alexander
Abstract:: Modeling tire-snow interaction is important in designing effective snow tires, which directly affects road safety during wintry weather. Unfortunately, tires have complex tread designs and the physical properties of snow have not been characterized. We employ the Material Point Method (MPM) for simulating a material that mimics the fracturing and...
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Wavenumber–Frequency Spectra of Inertia–Gravity and Mixed Rossby–Gravity Waves in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean

Creator:: Farrar, J. Thomas and Durland, Theodore S.
Abstract:: In the 1970s and 1980s, there was considerable interest in near-equatorial variability at periods of days to weeks associated with oceanic equatorial inertia–gravity waves and mixed Rossby–gravity waves. At that time, the measurements available for studying these waves were much more limited than today: most of the available observations were...
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Further Development of MPM and its Applications in Modeling Wood-Adhesive Bonds

Creator:: Hammerquist, Chad C.
Abstract:: This work is a culmination of a series of published works related to the use of the Material Point Method (MPM) in modeling wood adhesive bonds. The use of wood as construction material has the potential to play a small role in the solution to the current CO2 and climate...
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Applying uncertainty and sensitivity on thermal hydraulic subchannel analysis for the multi-application small light water reactor

Creator:: Brigantic, Adam
Abstract:: Small modular reactors (SMRs) are a recent advancement in commercial nuclear reactor design with growing interest worldwide. New SMR concepts, such as the Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR), must undergo a licensing processes established by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) prior to commercial operation. Given the lack of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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2011 Fall OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: REPORTING I 317 001 15832 4 TR 0800-0950 9/26/11-12/2/11 M 0730-0920 12/5/11 BEXL 415 GRP FNL

Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Detection Components in Microfluidic Analytical Systems

Creator:: Pengpumkiat, Sumate
Abstract:: Miniaturized and portable microfluidic analytical platforms have been widely explored in the broad field of chemical analysis. The concept of microfluidics offer a number of important advantages, including low reagent consumption, low-cost detection, high sample throughput, and shorter analysis time. Semiconductor nanocrystals or quantum dots have been extensively utilized in...
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Methods for Detection and Recovery of Out-of-Distribution Examples

Creator:: Ratzlaff, Neale J.
Abstract:: Deep neural networks currently comprise the backbone of many applications where safety is a critical concern, for example: autonomous driving and medical diagnostics. Unfortunately these systems currently fail to detect out-of-distribution (OOD) inputs and can be prone to making dangerous errors when exposed to them. In addition, these same systems...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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2013 Summer OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

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Full Text:: / DELTA I 508 002 74599 3 TBA TBA Lambert, M. WS/ DELTA II 508 003 74600 3 TBA TBA

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Quantum and Classical Simulation of Electronic Transport at the Nanoscale

Creator:: Gruss, Daniel S.
Abstract:: Time-dependent electronic transport is increasingly important to the state-of-the-art device design and fabrication. The development of nanoscale sensing, the harnessing and control of structural fluctuations, and the advancement of next-generation materials all require a treatment of quantum dynamics beyond the level of traditional methods and a more nuanced approach to...
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2014 Winter OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: MANAGEMENT I 321 001 38458 4 MW 1200-1350 1/6/14-3/14/14 R 0930-1120 3/20/14 BEXL 328 BEXL 328

Establishment and dynamics of methane-oxidizing microbial communities in marine sediments

Creator:: Klasek, Scott A.
Abstract:: Marine sediments are vast sources and reservoirs of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Most of this methane is anaerobically oxidized by archaea before it can reach the overlying ocean, though the efficiency of this process often depends on methane fluxes and mechanisms of fluid transport. Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea, or ANME,...
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High-Dimensional Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback

Creator:: Curran, William
Abstract:: State-of-the-art personal robots need to perform complex manipulation tasks to be viable in complex scenarios. However, many of these robots, like the PR2, use manipulators with high degrees of freedom. High degrees of freedom are desirable from a functionality standpoint, but make the learning task more difficult by adding a...
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2015 Summer OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

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Quantum dot plasmon coupling : Fundamental study and applications

Creator:: Kannegulla, Akash
Abstract:: The dissertation focuses on the engineering of light-matter interaction using plasmonic nanoparticles and metamaterials to achieve enhanced luminescence and based on which to improve the performance of biosensing and light-emitting technologies. We designed and fabricated a spectrum of nanostructures to exhibit particular dispersion relations capable of controlling the spontaneous emission...
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Magnetic particles for selective extraction of trace analytes in microfluidic devices

Creator:: Tennico, Yolanda H.
Abstract:: The development of micro total analysis systems (µTAS), also called “lab-on-a-chip”, or microfluidic analysis systems, is presented in this dissertation. Various research areas, covering subjects from magnetic particles synthesis to novel microchip fabrication techniques, are explored to develop a lab-on-a-chip system capable of performing magnetic bead-based bioassays. These devices are...
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Modeling and analysis of a heat transport transient test facility for space nuclear systems

Creator:: Wheeler, Adam
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to design a robust test facility for a small space nuclear power system and model its physical behavior under different scenarios. The test facility will be used to simulate a 1-10kWe nuclear reactor, its electrical generation, and heat removal capabilities. This simulator will be...
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Light-matter interactions : from the photophysics of organic semiconductors to high spatial resolution optical tweezer-controlled nanoprobes

Creator:: Kendrick, Mark J.
Abstract:: Studies of light-matter interactions in organic semiconductors and in optical tweezer trapping of nanoparticles are presented. In the research related to organic semiconductor materials, a variety of novel materials and their composites have been characterized, and physical mechanisms behind their optoelectronic properties have been established. Three novel functionalized hexacene derivatives...
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Robust and Efficient Classification of Videos in the Wild

Creator:: Mahasseni, Behrooz
Abstract:: Recognizing human actions in videos is a long-standing problem in computer vision with a wide range of applications including video surveillance, content retrieval, and sports analysis. This thesis focuses on addressing efficiency and robustness of video classification in unconstrained real-world settings. The thesis work can be broadly divided into four...
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Wasserstein β-Diversity Metrics over Graphs: Derivation, Efficient Computation and Applications

Creator:: McClelland, Jason
Abstract:: Microbial ecology has been transformed by metagenomics, the study of the genetic in-formation in entire communities of organisms. In the following we develop metagenomic tools arising from the classic Wasserstein metric as applied to questions regarding the diversity between microbial communities. We provide a novel proof of the characteriza-tion of...
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2011 Spring OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

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Full Text:: web SOC. Brown, L. COST MANAGEMENT I 321 001 5514 1 4 TR 1200-1350 3/28/11- 6/3

The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end-Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution

Creator:: Mckenna, Duane D., Wild, Alexander L., Kanda, Kojun, Bellamy, Charles L., Beutel, Rolf G., Caterino, Michael S., Farnum, Charles W., Hawks, David C., Ivie, Michael A., Jameson, Mary Liz, Leschen, Richard A. B., Marvaldi, Adriana E., McHugh, Joseph V., Newton, Alfred F., Robertson, James A., Thayer, Margaret K., Whiting, Michael F., Lawrence, John F., S´lipin´ski, Adam, Maddison, David R., and Farrell, Brian D.
Abstract:: Here we present a phylogeny of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) based on DNA sequence data from eight nuclear genes, including six single-copy nuclear protein-coding genes, for 367 species representing 172 of 183 extant families. Our results refine existing knowledge of relationships among major groups of beetles. Strepsiptera was confirmed as sister...
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2012 Fall OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: REPORTING I 317 001 15546 4 TR 0800-0950 9/24/12-11/30/12 W 2000-2150 12/5/12 BEXL 328 GRP FNL

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Dynamic seascapes : a quantitative framework for scaling pelagic ecology and biogeochemistry

Creator:: Kavanaugh, Maria T.
Abstract:: Understanding and modeling microbial responses and feedbacks to climate change is hampered by a lack of a framework in the pelagic environment by which to link local mechanism to large scale patterns. Where terrestrial ecology draws from landscape theory and practice to address issues of scale, the pelagic seascape concept...
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Algorithms for massive biological datasets

Creator:: Bryant, Douglas W. (Douglas Wesley)
Abstract:: Within the past several years the technology of high-throughput sequencing has transformed the study of biology by offering unprecedented access to life's fundamental building block, DNA. With this transformation's potential a host of brand-new challenges have emerged, many of which lend themselves to being solved through computational methods. From de...
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2013 Spring OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

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Full Text:: , Accountancy, Business Administration and Accountancy); Prereqs: ACTG 318 Graham Jr, R. COST MANAGEMENT I

2012 Spring OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

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Full Text:: MANAGEMENT I 321 001 54797 4 TR 0800-0950 4/2/12-6/8/12 R 0730-0920 6/14/12 BEXL 328 GRP FNL

Genomic Resource Development for European Hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.)

Creator:: Rowley, Erik R.
Abstract:: European hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) is an important crop Oregon's Willamette Valley, producing 99% of the hazelnuts grown in North America and brings over US $60 million dollars to the region annually. Hazelnuts are rich in fiber and vitamins, as well in demand by consumers due to their popularity as...
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The Science of Becoming Noble: Rationalizing Aristocracy through Diagrammatic Notations for Dance and Drill in the Age of Enlightenment

Creator:: Caulkins, Tamara L.
Abstract:: During the eighteenth century, diagrams increasingly became an important aspect of scientific inquiry. Diagrams employed simplification as a strategy for representing complex information, played a role in standardizing scientific language, and served as instruments of reason to think through and communicate problems and findings in mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, natural...
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Full Text:: , astronomy, natural history, and other areas. I argue that the application of scientific diagrammatic

2014 Spring OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

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Transcriptomic analysis using high-throughput sequencing and DNA microarrays

Creator:: Fox, Samuel E.
Abstract:: Transcriptomics and gene expression profiling enables the elucidation of the genetic response of an organism to various environmental cues. Transcriptomics enables the deciphering of differences between two closely related organisms to the same environment and in contrast, enables the elucidation of genetic responses of the same organism to different environmental...
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2012 Winter OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

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Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: ); Prereqs: ACTG 317 Moore, J. COST MANAGEMENT I 321 001 40060 4 MW 1000-1150 1/7/13-3/15/13 W

2011 Winter OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: MICROECONOMIC THEORY I 512 001 3813 5 4 MW 1000-1150 1/3/11- 3/11/11 R 1200-1350 3/17/11

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