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  • In search of ecological advantages : Mycorrhizal facilitation of big huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum (Doug.)

    Creator:
    Stocking, Peter
    Abstract:
    Temperate evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest support big huckleberries (Vaccinium membranaceum) despite their nutrient impoverished soils. Acquisition of nitrogen and phosphorous are the major nutrients limiting V. membranaceum. The plant’s access to these resources is linked to their mycorrhizal symbiosis. To learn more about the symbionts of eriaceous plants...
    Resource Type:
    Undergraduate Thesis
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    Interdisciplinary Program Steve Radosevich Secondary research mentor, representing BRR Interdisciplinary Program

  • Vegetative effects of RNAi-suppression of the poplar homolog of LEAFY in the field

    Creator:
    Jacobson, Jeremy
    Abstract:
    Due to public and regulatory restrictions, genetic containment technology is critical for research and development of transgenic trees in forestry. A multi-year field trial demonstrated that the RNAi-LFY construct successfully induces sexual sterility in 6K10 poplar (Populus alba) without visible effects on vegetative development. However, its limited number of replicates...
    Resource Type:
    Undergraduate Thesis and Presentation
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    58 Acknowledgements 59 Amy Klocko Steve Strauss Anna Magnuson Cathleen Ma And a special thanks

  • Quantification of Lithium via Redox Titration and pH Titration – A Method Comparison

    Creator:
    Hebert, Joseph J.
    Abstract:
    Lithium serves an unparalleled role for high energy-density storage applications and is vital for the continued advancement of the world economy. However, global supply is heavily reliant on lithium deposits situated in select locations, creating unpredictability in the price and concerns for the sustained production of the resource. Additionally, future...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Steve Sloop, Committee Member, representing OnTo Technology LLC

  • Beyond free will: an empirical case for a capacity model of human agency

    Creator:
    Helzer, Erik G.
    Abstract:
    Although the question of free will has persisted throughout the history of philosophy as an important metaphysical consideration, rarely does the inquiry include empirical evidence from other disciplines concerned with human behavior. In this interdisciplinary paper, I combine the wisdom of psychologists, metaphysicians, and philosophers of science to comment on...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    . Abstract approved: __________________________________________________________ John Edwards

  • Design and Fabrication of a Public Locker for Non-Motorized Watercraft

    Creator:
    Cordisco, Jonathan
    Abstract:
    Visitors to waterways need a way to securely lock up their non-motorized watercrafts to allow for exploration of the local area and communities. The Willamette Water Trail Steering committee recognized this problem and approached the Oregon State University Prototype Development lab to develop and fabricate a solution. The engineering design...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    Fabrication of a Public Locker for Non-Motorized Watercraft Abstract approved: John Parmigiani Visitors to

  • The Disinformation Dozen and Media Misinformation on Science and Vaccinations

    Creator:
    Mabrey, Benjamin E.
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    The COVID-19 pandemic has shed a light on the need for people to trust in medical science. With the need for 70% of Americans to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity but 30% have reported vaccine hesitancy, now more than ever do we need to redouble our efforts to ensure...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    president John F. Kennedy. He has leveraged his fame and background to create the "Children's Health

  • Extensive shad culture

    Creator:
    Lebsack, Steven
    Abstract:
    Keywords: Fsh507; Umpqua River; Schofield Creek; Aquaculture; Alosa sapidissima;
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper
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    OF CARP UTILIZING WASTE GROWN ALGAE AS A FOOD RESOURCE John Plummer •••••...• COHO SALMON

  • Militant and nonviolent social movements

    Creator:
    Robinson, Blake
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    While much has been written about why people join social movements in general, little has been written about why people specifically join either militant or nonviolent social movements. Using the Black Panther Party as an example of a militant social movement and the mainstream Civil Rights Movement as an example...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    of all, however, came from the 1968 Games in Mexico City. It was there that Tommie Smith and John

  • Proposed shrimp farm

    Creator:
    Mellenthien, Steven
    Abstract:
    Keywords: Fsh507; Aquaculture; Shrimp farm; Penaeus duorarum; Penaeus japonicus; Enteromorpha; Skeletonema coctatum; Isochrysis galbana; Monochrysis lutheri; Venerupis philippinarum; Skeletonema costatum
    Resource Type:
    Research Paper
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    THE CULTURE OF TWO SPECIES OF CARP UTILIZING WASTE GROWN ALGAE AS A FOOD RESOURCE John Plummer

  • American Literature in the South

    Creator:
    Currin, Lillie Florence and Adams, Kate D.
    Abstract:
    Literature is recorded thought or knowledge; the aggregate of books and other publications, in either an unlimited or a limited sense; the collective body of literary productions in general, or within a particular sphere, period, country or language. In a restricted sense, the class of writings in which expression and...
    Resource Type:
    Undergraduate Thesis
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    newly built town in Kentucky. John Grayr the schoolmaster, after finishing his lessons, made his way