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Comparing the United States West Coast Marine Protected Area levels of protection and their effectiveness to retain viable habitat connectivity with increasing human uses and global change

Creator:: Kesling, Joshua
Abstract:: Coastal communities rely on the abundant ecosystem services derived from robust conservation areas in offshore marine waters (Campbell, 2019). United Nations member states support the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) framework, wherein the 14th guideline asserts the importance of life under water. Protected marine environments are critical to the survival of...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: accordance with a series of natural resources laws and regulations, the Clinton administration propounded

Assessing how morphology of female desert bighorn sheep varies with climate in the Mojave Desert of California

Creator:: Torres, Jose A.
Abstract:: Understanding how spatial variation in climate correlates with phenotypic variation among individuals may offer insights about local adaptation, population performance, and species’ response to climate change. Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) in the Mojave Desert of southern California experience a broad range of temperature and aridity, inhabiting mountain ranges...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: _________________________________________________ Clinton W. Epps Understanding how

Rethinking Welfare-to-Work: A Microsimulation Exploring the Impact of a Working Families Tax Credit on Oregon Poverty

Creator:: Richards, Jaxon
Abstract:: The State of Oregon possesses a tumultuous relationship with the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and currently experiences one of the lowest participation rates in the country despite attempting several policy reforms. The State of Washington has exhibited a comparatively similar relationship. However, it has adopted a distinctive policy supplementation...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: candidate, Hillary Clinton, received supermajorities from Black and Hispanic communities, both more likely

A comparison of the theoretical and practical components of the US and German higher-education systems; what we can learn from the German approach to better prepare our students for ever-changing technologies

Creator:: Brownell, Eugene Baars
Abstract:: The curriculum of technical degrees at higher education institutions in the United States needs to continuously adapt to ever changing technologies. One way to accomplish this is to adopt a more dynamic approach that separates the practical and theoretical components of the university education, and where the student concentrates on...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: programming, while the industry concentrated on C. Learning to write code to do integration of complex math

Cultural Theory and Healthcare Policy Preferences

Creator:: Butler, Cyrus M.
Abstract:: This study examines healthcare policy preferences of Oregon State University students through the lens of Political Culture Theory, as pioneered by Mary Douglas and Aaron Wildavsky in the 1980’s. The primary goal of this study is to examine the impact of cultural traits as described by Political Culture Theory on...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: disadvantaged should have to make their own way in the world. 1.917 c. We are all better off when we compete

Testing noninvasive methods for extracting DNA from degraded wildlife scat

Creator:: Tweten, Abigail R.
Abstract:: Genetic sampling is used in many wildlife fields to gather data on populations or individuals. In noninvasive genetic sampling, animals do not need to be captured. DNA can be gathered from hair, scat, or other residue shed into the environment. However, this can result in degraded DNA, so it is...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Science _____________________________________________________________________ Clinton Epps

Analysis on Medicaid Expansion from the Affordable Care Act and the Effect on Low-Income Populations

Creator:: Sosnovske, Alden
Abstract:: When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, eligibility for Medicaid was expanded to include people whose income was less than 138% of the federal poverty level. In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that states could choose whether to expand their Medicaid programs or not. The objective of this...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: might have to pay. In 1997, Bill Clinton signed Part C (Medicare Advantage) of Medicare into law

The Women of the Court: Gender Shaping the U.S. Senate Confirmation Process

Creator:: Clairmont, Kimberly
Abstract:: Since underrepresented nominees began filling U.S. Supreme Court seats, political scientists have examined the possibility of existing biases towards potential judges based upon their identities or innate characteristics. Some scholars have identified that the gender identification and ethnic affiliations of candidates have affected the behaviors displayed by those involved in...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . al 1992). Starting during the Clinton administration, delay became a common tactic for members of

Examining Wildlife Interactions with Large Wood In Streams

Creator:: Trevarrow, Ezmie R.
Abstract:: It is well known that in-stream large wood affects river channel shape, sediment deposits, stream flow, and available habitat for aquatic species. However, less is known about how wildlife interact with this large wood. Previous research has shown that small mammals and birds utilize woody debris in river channels for...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: species without the help of Dave Leer, Bruce Dugger, Randall Moore, Daniel Roby, David Wiens, Clinton

How competitive are iconic competitors? Testing resource partitioning in Great Basin chipmunks

Creator:: Ormand, Elora J.
Abstract:: Competitive exclusion is a key concept in ecology describing the exclusion of one species by another from access to a limited resource. Competitive interactions between chipmunk species in the Great Basin, documented by James Brown in 1970, are often used as a textbook example of competitive exclusion. Whether competitive interactions...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved by: _________________________________________________________ (Rebecca C. Terry

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Comparing the United States West Coast Marine Protected Area levels of protection and their effectiveness to retain viable habitat connectivity with increasing human uses and global change

Assessing how morphology of female desert bighorn sheep varies with climate in the Mojave Desert of California

Rethinking Welfare-to-Work: A Microsimulation Exploring the Impact of a Working Families Tax Credit on Oregon Poverty

A comparison of the theoretical and practical components of the US and German higher-education systems; what we can learn from the German approach to better prepare our students for ever-changing technologies

Cultural Theory and Healthcare Policy Preferences

Testing noninvasive methods for extracting DNA from degraded wildlife scat

Analysis on Medicaid Expansion from the Affordable Care Act and the Effect on Low-Income Populations

The Women of the Court: Gender Shaping the U.S. Senate Confirmation Process

Examining Wildlife Interactions with Large Wood In Streams

How competitive are iconic competitors? Testing resource partitioning in Great Basin chipmunks

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