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Let’s talk about seagrasses! A front-end evaluation to improve messaging strategies for seagrass conservation in Indian River Lagoon visitor centers

Creator:: Durham Shea, Amy
Abstract:: In the most recent decades, there has been extensive loss of seagrasses within the Indian River Lagoon estuary on the eastern coast of Florida. This decline poses a significant threat to the ecological function of the ecosystem, as well as to the social and economic wellbeing of the surrounding communities....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: & Druckman, 2007, Van Leuvan et al., 2022). The way that information is framed in interpretive exhibits and

Drinking Water and PFAS: Learning from Minnesota's 3M PFAS Settlement

Creator:: Bahr, Cody S.
Abstract:: Growing concern regarding the health effects of PFAS exposure through drinking water remains an issue at the forefront of many regulatory hurdles. Current data suggests that PFAS can be the cause of many negative health effects including changes in birth weight, thyroid disease, decreased fertility, and some forms of cancer....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A SWOT Analysis of Invasive Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) Management in Alberta and Budapest to Guide Broader Directions

Creator:: Newton, Katherine T.
Abstract:: Managing invasive species is vital to preserving native species and maintaining the integrity of environments and ecological roles. Rats are one of the most prolific and intrusive invasive species that have successfully cohabitated with humans over centuries as we have expanded and advanced our societies. Thus, rats have historically been...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: academia and support systems is crucial for success. Samuel Chan, for overseeing my project

Passing of the Torch: A Multiple Streams Approach Investigation into House Bill 2021 "100% Clean Energy for All"

Creator:: Crispin, Samuel L.
Abstract:: In 2021, Oregon’s legislature passed House Bill 2021 with relative ease. House Bill 2021 is a mandate for the state’s two largest utilities to reduce carbon emissions from electricity generation on a decreasing scale, reaching 100% below baseline levels by 2040. This ambitious piece of legislation, meant to reduce the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Investigation into House Bill 2021 “100% Clean Energy for All” By Samuel Lewis Crispin MPP Essay Submitted

Attitudes toward Water Allocation Policy in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Atkinson, Meagan
Abstract:: Oregon possesses a diversity of natural resources from the dense rain-soaked forests of the Coastal and Cascade ranges to the deep, fertile soils of the Willamette Valley to the arid and semi-arid Snake River Basin. In the Willamette Valley, water resources sustain agriculture, municipalities, hydropower, fish and wildlife, flood control,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Advisory Committee members, Kuuipo Walsh and Samuel Chan, for their assistance and support. Special

Invasive Species in Riparian Habitats of Washington: Using Species Distribution Models to Guide Monitoring Efforts

Creator:: Smiley, Samantha N.
Abstract:: Riparian ecosystems provide critical habitat for a broad diversity of aquatic and terrestrial species. However, due to their connectivity along river corridors, and the tendency for people to build roads, infrastructure, and other settlements next to rivers, riparian ecosystems are vulnerable to colonization by invasive plant and animal species. Early...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A comparison of counting methods for software science and cyclomatic complexity

Creator:: Currans, Nancy
Abstract:: This paper reviews McCabe's cyclomatic complexity and Halstead's laws; it discusses studies in current literature relating the metrics to software. The studies are reproduced using data obtained from a large software project developed in a major electronics firm. Problems that occur when deriving the metrics are discussed; the result of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Possible contributors to variation in cultured cheese produced in different geographical locations when typical cheese production controls are employed

Creator:: Fels, Shawn
Abstract:: Variation in cheese quality due to geographic location is important to cheese producers, consumers, and retailers on a global level. Understanding the impacts of geographic location of cheese plants may be useful to businesses for marketing, cost reduction, and quality improvement. Many aspects of variation due to geography have been...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: milk, have been shown to vary due to breed, month and stage of lactation 502 (Van Eenennaam 1991, Ng

Examining Opposition Movements and Regime Stability in Tunisia and Jordan during the Arab Spring: A Political Opportunities Approach

Creator:: Meuse, Paul
Abstract:: By conducting a comparative case study of Tunisia and Jordan this essay seeks to add to the Arab Spring literature addressing why outcomes varied so significantly among countries in the region, especially given seemingly comparable demographic, socio-economic and political environments in the region as a whole. However, in contrast to...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: coups, civil wars, upheavals, and political instability, political scientist Samuel Huntington

Grassland Restoration and Climate Change: Altar Valley, Arizona Case Study

Creator:: Gondor, Anne
Abstract:: The Altar Valley is an important working landscape that supports biodiversity and vulnerable species in Pima County, Arizona (Huckelberry 2000). This semi-desert grassland, alluvial valley and 713,807-acre watershed composed of 39 subbasins serves as an aquifer to a portion of southwestern Tucson. This region of Southern Arizona has been identified...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: formed (Strömberg 2011; Van Devender, 1995). Midden records show that Sonoran Desert grasses have

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Let’s talk about seagrasses! A front-end evaluation to improve messaging strategies for seagrass conservation in Indian River Lagoon visitor centers

Drinking Water and PFAS: Learning from Minnesota's 3M PFAS Settlement

A SWOT Analysis of Invasive Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) Management in Alberta and Budapest to Guide Broader Directions

Passing of the Torch: A Multiple Streams Approach Investigation into House Bill 2021 "100% Clean Energy for All"

Attitudes toward Water Allocation Policy in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Invasive Species in Riparian Habitats of Washington: Using Species Distribution Models to Guide Monitoring Efforts

A comparison of counting methods for software science and cyclomatic complexity

Possible contributors to variation in cultured cheese produced in different geographical locations when typical cheese production controls are employed

Examining Opposition Movements and Regime Stability in Tunisia and Jordan during the Arab Spring: A Political Opportunities Approach

Grassland Restoration and Climate Change: Altar Valley, Arizona Case Study

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