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  • Characterizing Linkages Between the Climate, Cryosphere, and Impacts on Run-of-River Hydropower in Data-Sparse Mountain Environments

    Creator:
    Mosier, Thomas M.
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    In many regions of the world, a significant portion of the surface water originates in mountain headwaters where the timing and magnitude of streamflow is largely dictated by the seasonal storage of precipitation as snowpack and long-term storage as glaciers. Accumulation, persistence, and melt of snow and ice are functions...
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    DISSERTATION OF Thomas M. Mosier for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering and Water

  • Geometric reasoning in an active-engagement upper-division E&M classroom

    Creator:
    Cerny, Leonard Thomas
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    A combination of theoretical perspectives is used to create a rich description of student reasoning when facing a highly-geometric electricity and magnetism problem in an upper-division active-engagement physics classroom at Oregon State University. Geometric reasoning as students encounter problem situations ranging from familiar to novel is described using van Zee...
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    Active-Engagement Upper-Division E&M Classroom by Leonard Thomas Cerny A DISSERTATION

  • Factors that Influence the Sensory Characteristics of Dry-hopped Beer

    Creator:
    Vollmer, Daniel M.
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    When hops are added to beer, varying degrees of hoppy aroma persist in the finished beer as a result of a number of factors. Dry-hopping is a technique whereby hops are added to beer post-fermentation to leverage the maximum aroma potential of the hop essential oils while minimizing bitterness contribution...
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    DISSERTATION OF Daniel M Vollmer for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Food Science & Technology

  • The effect of hopping technology on lager beer flavor and flavor stability and the impact of polyphenols on lager beer flavor and physical stability

    Creator:
    Aron, Patricia M.
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    Beer is one of the most extensively consumed beverages world-wide and it is almost always brewed with hops (Humulus lupulus, L.). Hops provide beer with bitterness, aroma, flavor and texture and also enhance specific beer properties such as foam stability, clarity (colloidal stability), color, flavor stability and microbial stability. Hops...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Patricia M. Aron

  • Characterization of the response mediated by the plant disease susceptibility gene LOV1

    Creator:
    Gilbert, Brian M.
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    Victoria blight, caused by fungus Cochliobolus victoriae, is a disease originally described on oats and recapitulated on Arabidopsis. Victoria blight is used as a model plant disease that conforms to an inverse gene-for-gene interaction. C. victoriae virulence is dependent upon its production of victorin, a host-specific toxin that induces programmed...
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    Disease Susceptibility gene LOV1 AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Brian M. Gilbert

  • Space-time scales of temperature variability in the seasonal thermocline of Lake Tahoe

    Creator:
    Brubaker, John Merrill
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    Thermal structure in the seasonal thermocline at Lake Tahoe was investigated through the analysis of vertical temperature profiles taken in the upper 70 m during late summer stratification. Different ranges of horizontal and temporal scales were sampled in each of three subsets of finestructure profiles: (1) a three-week sequence at...
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    temperature profiles taken in the upper 70 m during late summer stratification. Different ranges of

  • Towards Pactive (Passive + Active) Sensing for Security Applications

    Creator:
    Menon, Arya
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    Increasing threats of terrorism and contraband smuggling have led to a growing interest in millimeter wave/ THz security sensors. Recently, systems combining active and passive sensing into one unit have been proposed where the active mode provides information on range and reflectivity, and the passive mode complements the active by...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Thomas M. Weller

  • Wireless Microwave Sensing in Environmental and Biomedical Applications

    Creator:
    Uluer, Ismail Hakki
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    This dissertation studies two different wireless microwave sensing applications in the subjects of environmental monitoring and biomedical devices. The environmental sensing application presents a design of novel wireless sensor node configurations. These nodes are intended to be used specifically in a built environment of railroad track ballast for its health...
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    Thomas Weller This dissertation studies two different wireless microwave sensing applications

  • Multiobjective decision making in industrial energy and environmental planning

    Creator:
    Kang, Hee Jung
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    Multiobjective Decision Making (MODM) has been suggested for the solution of complicated decision problems. Decision analysis in numerous areas, including industrial energy and environmental planning, necessarily requires consideration of multiple conflicting objectives. MODM has been successfully applied to a number of these problems of this type. Moreover, it has the...
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    Industrial Energy and Environmental Planning Abstract a Redacted for privacypproved:_ Thomas M. West

  • Quality capability self-diagnosis : a multicriteria evaluation approach

    Creator:
    Huang, Kuei-Jung
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    Quality Capability Self-diagnosis is a convenient and economical way to assess the performance of an operating quality system, as well as a basis for initiating necessary corrective actions essential to quality improvement and preparation for certification. This paper describes the research leading to the development of a cost-effective and systematic...
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    -Diagnosis: A Multicriteria Evaluation Approach Abstract approved: Thomas M. West Quality Capability Self