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Exploring Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Behaviors among Young Adults in Rural Zacatecas, Mexico

Creator:: Jones, Garrett C.
Abstract:: According to The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS report of regional statistics for HIV/AIDS from 2001-2008, Latin America has the third highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS among children and adults in the world with about 2 million infected in 2008. Among all of these countries, Mexico has the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: to The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS report of regional statistics for HIV/AIDS

Adaptation of a Self-Implemented HIV Test Among Adolescent Youth in Tanzania

Creator:: Huun, Cassidy
Abstract:: HIV testing among high risk adolescents in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is challenging due to poor access to test sites and AIDS-related social stigma. We adapted the OraQuick HIV Test, a self-implemented test (SIT), for low literacy youth with no internet access. To compensate for poor literacy, a picture instruction...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Test, a self-implemented test (SIT), for low literacy youth with no internet access. To compensate

Ethical Considerations of Transgenic Biotechnology as a Tool to Address Global Food Insecurity : Implementation and Regulation in Developing Countries

Creator:: Stepper, Shelby Ann
Abstract:: Transgenic biotechnology holds enormous potential as a tool to address global food insecurity. Transgenic food crops have been shown to increase food availability and food system security by incorporating disease, pesticide and drought resistance. Production costs of transgenic crops are lower due to the reduced need for costly pesticides and...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: in global trade restrictions. I argue that while there is no silver bullet for solving world hunger

Factors Determining Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision-Making at St. Charles Health System and Hospital de Clínicas “José de San Martín”

Creator:: Gibbon, Rebecca A.
Abstract:: Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men and the fourth most common cancer overall, causing an estimated 307,000 deaths in 2012. Prostate cancer is distinct from other cancers in that there are numerous treatment options, yet very few guarantees in relation to outcome. The most common treatments...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: was verified through chart review and was defined as no evidence of metastasis. After further

The China Connection : A Glimpse of Collaborative Research Between China and Oregon State University

Creator:: Kenny, Kimberly
Abstract:: China’s global influence in the realm of science and technology (S&T) has increased dramatically in recent times. China and the United States are now each other’s main partner in scientific collaboration. As a major research university, OSU is one of the institutions with a large stake in this international collaboration....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: entranced by how it could all possibly work. Everyone smoked cigarettes. People spit in public and no one

A Correlative Study on International Healthcare System Variables and Opioid Consumption Data

Creator:: Fan, Katherine F. R.
Abstract:: The opioid epidemic in the U.S. has had significant impacts on opioid overdose rates, productivity, and healthcare expenditure. Research has drawn attention to the necessity of a more integrated, biopsychosocial approach to treatment of chronic pain, and how it could alleviate the current public health emergency. Previous literature alluded to...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: International Healthcare System Profile Report of 2016 was used to obtain data for: percent of population over

Surfacing Behavior of Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in North Carolina

Creator:: Patton, B. Wren
Abstract:: Sea turtles are endangered species that can be censused with aerial surveys, but the number of turtles in an area must be extrapolated to include animals that are submerged. Twenty-one satellite tags were attached to juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in North Carolina. I analyzed surfacing and dive behavior...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: different areas. In our original report, we focused on differences in surface time for turtles in

Predicting the effects of climate change : effects of thermal stress on seaweeds in the Galapagos rocky intertidal

Creator:: Harris, Alyssa L.
Abstract:: Because global warming is predicted to increase the severity of El Niño events in the future, understanding how warmer temperatures affect seaweed growth and the animals associated with seaweeds is important for predicting how marine ecosystems will change. The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador are considered a living laboratory for studying...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: plates C. White plates - 8 - 7. ESA report: “Feedback between human activities, global

Marine reserves in The Bahamas and Ecuador : a scientific and socioeconomic perspective

Creator:: Lamb, Robert W.
Abstract:: Marine reserves are known to directly replenish overfished species. However, the community-wide effects of reserves are less clear. I examined the community of coralreef fishes in a large, fully protected marine reserve in The Bahamas: the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park. Visual-transect surveys provided estimates and comparisons of the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: species rather than concentrated effort in higher trophic levels. It would also signify no indirect

Crossing cultural barriers : an analysis of sex education practices in the United States and Mexico

Creator:: Gaudenti, Dawn A.
Abstract:: Adolescents are faced with many life changing decisions as they prepare for adulthood. The choice to engage in sexual activity is among the most difficult of these decisions. Risks, such as unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and other physical complications associated with early onset sexual activity are a harsh...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: contraception before their first sexual encounter (9). A report given by the Canadian Medical Association

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Exploring Knowledge, Attitudes, and Sexual Behaviors among Young Adults in Rural Zacatecas, Mexico

Adaptation of a Self-Implemented HIV Test Among Adolescent Youth in Tanzania

Ethical Considerations of Transgenic Biotechnology as a Tool to Address Global Food Insecurity : Implementation and Regulation in Developing Countries

Factors Determining Prostate Cancer Treatment Decision-Making at St. Charles Health System and Hospital de Clínicas “José de San Martín”

The China Connection : A Glimpse of Collaborative Research Between China and Oregon State University

A Correlative Study on International Healthcare System Variables and Opioid Consumption Data

Surfacing Behavior of Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in North Carolina

Predicting the effects of climate change : effects of thermal stress on seaweeds in the Galapagos rocky intertidal

Marine reserves in The Bahamas and Ecuador : a scientific and socioeconomic perspective

Crossing cultural barriers : an analysis of sex education practices in the United States and Mexico

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