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  • A Tool for Estimating the Health Benefits from Outdoor Recreation in Oregon

    Creator:
    Dunn, Tara E.
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    The purpose of this project is to modify the Transportation Options Health Impact Estimator (TO Estimator) tool to quantify the health impacts of outdoor recreation in Oregon. The TO Estimator tool uses the Integrated Transportation and Health Impact Model (ITHIM) to quantitatively estimate the hypothetical health impacts of transportation mode...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    five years by the state in order to remain qualified for statewide Land and Water Conservation Fund

  • Into the Garden: Environmental Education and Resources for K-5

    Creator:
    Smith, Amira R.
    Abstract:
    This thesis aims to address barriers that K-5 educators face when implementing environmental education in classrooms. An in-depth study of the history of environmental education in the United States identifies primary barriers and issues. Focusing specifically on garden education programs, six lesson plans for K-5 were created to address the...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    this was packed into a 15-page document that was officially enacted by the Senate and House of

  • Solutions to Water Resource and Environmental Challenges : Perspectives from the Agricultural Community in the Crooked River Watershed

    Creator:
    Busick, Brytann
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    This research explores how an agriculture-based community in the Crooked River Watershed of Central Oregon responds to a series of water resource and environmental challenges, some associated with projected climate change, amid increasing pressure to change management practices to better accommodate environmental needs. A key part of this research assesses...
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    Honors College Thesis
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      Solutions  to  Water  Resource  and  Environmental  Challenges:  Perspectives  from   the

  • Sustainable US Federal Water Policy Recommendations

    Creator:
    Kusanto, Nicholas Christopher
    Abstract:
    Climate change, population growth, aging infrastructure, poor water management, and aquifer depletion are reducing US water supply. Increasing water scarcity will lead to an inability to support agriculture, industry, energy, and municipal demand that will negatively affect US economic growth and national security. Traditional water policy measures of expanding supply...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    owned treatment works (POTW), but was replaced by the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) through

  • A Dysfunctional System: Policy Recommendations for the Adult (18-65) Homeless and Severely Mentally Ill Population in Oregon

    Creator:
    Miller, Donielle F.
    Abstract:
    Adults with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) are overrepresented in the homeless population, and Oregon’s homeless population has expanded in recent years. In the 1950s, the mentally ill were moved out of the state hospitals and into the community. However, due to a lack of support services in the...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    growth being fueled by movement of people from out of the state (OHA, 2018). This is stretching the

  • Sustainable Design Programs in the United States and Chile

    Creator:
    D'Acci, Hana
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    The purpose of this thesis is to examine and compare sustainable design methods used in the United States and Chile, focusing on sustainable materials and certification programs, to see if sustainable design methods used in the United States can be implemented in Chile to further its sustainable development. Through literature...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    the United States and Chile by Hana D'Acci A PROJECT submitted to Oregon State University

  • Hydrogen for Heat: Utilizing Hydrogen for Long-Term Energy Storage in Northern Climates

    Creator:
    Villaverde, Gertrude
    Abstract:
    A long-term energy storage technology is necessary to utilize Oregon’s curtailed renewable energy, an issue the state faces, even with a low percentage of renewable energy in the energy mix. This report proposes a system design that details how hydrogen power-to-gas technology can be used in conjunction with the existing...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Site will not be altered by the production and addition of hydrogen from a system of this size, and

  • The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: Overlap Between Supreme Court Opinions and Amicus Briefs

    Creator:
    Arzie, Madelyn
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    The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 exists to protect the disabled community from discrimination in order to give people with disabilities the opportunity to live their lives to the fullest extent (What Is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? | ADA National Network, n.d.). When the ADA was signed...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    may not be provided by the petitioner or respondent of a case. This thesis examines twenty cases

  • How the Sun Drives Us: Photovoltaics in the US and Germany

    Creator:
    Hyde, Alison
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    With the realization that traditional means of providing useful energy have formidable environmental and economical repercussions, many counties have begun to explore more benign and sustainable energy sources—renewables. Photovoltaics (PV), a sub-group of renewable energy technologies, convert incident solar radiation into electrical power. Germany, the US and Japan are racing...
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    Undergraduate Thesis
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    improvements will make PV technology a more viable option for the greater public. METHODS This project was

  • A Critical Public Health Analysis of Drug Dependency Among Iranian Women

    Creator:
    Shakibnia-Shirazi, Maysa
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    According to the United Nations, Iran has one of the highest percentages of drug addicts in the world, with anywhere between three and four million addicts addicted to heroin or crystal meth in a population of 80 million. At least 700,000 of these addicts are women, whom make up ten...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    encouragement. You have truly seen the best and worst of me, and have stuck by me through everything. This year