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  • Techno-economic analysis of algal lipid fuels

    Creator:
    Xiang, Xuwen
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    A techno-economic analysis (TEA) was performed to evaluate the technology, cost, and resource use for algal biofuel production based on today’s economics and technology. The basic goal of this study is to develop a model to calculate the mass and energy balances and costs to produce 10 million gal of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ________________________________________________________ Christine Kelly A techno-economic analysis (TEA) was performed to evaluate the technology

  • Life cycle assessment of algal biofuels

    Creator:
    Kirby, Bryan L.
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    This thesis consists of three studies to better understand the environmental sustainability potential for algal-based biofuels. Initially, a comparison of recent life cycle assessments (LCA) of theoretical full-scale algal biofuel facilities was developed. These studies include varying boundaries and scope, functional units, and technology maturity assumptions. The comparison converted results...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved:________________________________________________ Christine Kelly This thesis

  • Assessment of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System- Potential Impact on Water Quality

    Creator:
    Chavan, Padmaja Ramesh
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    Watershed analysis is a method used to collectively characterize ecosystem elements present within a watershed. Wastewater flow and pollutant content help to define the appropriate wastewater treatment system necessary to treat the wastewater within the watershed. Watershed monitoring aids to investigate the potential contamination through analysis of surface waterbodies. Major...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Christine J. Kelly Watershed analysis is a method used to characterize ecosystem

  • Community Perceptions of Recreation Management and Experiences in the Oregon State University Research Forests

    Creator:
    Gustavson, Elspeth
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    Strategic planning for forests subjected to multiple uses is important for management that sustains and balances these many uses. In the wildland urban interface where forests are in the backyards of members of the public who avidly recreate in them, it is also important to include the community in the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Forests Abstract approved: Christine S. Olsen Strategic planning for forests subjected to

  • The effects of a 7-month high impact jumping intervention on bone mass in pre-pubescent boys and girls

    Creator:
    Fuchs, Robyn K.
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    High impact loading activities such as jumping, performed during childhood is advocated as one preventive method for increasing peak bone mass. Thus, we conducted a randomized intervention to examine the effect of high impact loading on bone mass in 34 pre-pubescent boys and girl over a seven month period. Participants...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Christine Snow High impact loading activities such as jumping, performed during childhood is advocated as

  • Techno-economic analysis of extraction curcumin from turmeric

    Creator:
    Kunta, Naveen
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    Curcumin is a yellow colored bioactive pigment present in the spice turmeric (Curcuma longa). It has been identified with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antibacterial, antirheumatic, antidiabetic and antiviral properties. It is extensively used in nutraceutical, food and cosmetics industry. Fueled by its potential uses in research community and rise in awareness...
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    : ___________________________________________________________________ Christine J. Kelly Curcumin is a yellow colored bioactive pigment present in the

  • Experimental approach for the determination of lignin modification by manganese peroxidase

    Creator:
    Goby, Jeffrey D.
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    Degradation of lignin to simpler compounds is desirable for removing residual lignin during paper manufacture and accessing biomass carbohydrates for biofuel production, among other purposes. Lignin transformation using enzymes found in white rot fungi, some of nature's most efficient lignin-degrading organisms, offers a more environmentally benign, selective, and possibly less...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: ____________________________________ Christine J. Kelly Degradation of lignin to simpler

  • The Role of Local Governments in the Alaska Coastal Management Program : Local Coastal Management Plans and the State Consistency Review Process

    Creator:
    Valentine, Christine E.
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    The Alaska Coastal Management Program (ACMP) is a networked program, using existing state and local authorities and intended to allow joint state-local management of coastal zone resources and uses. The State of Alaska has outlined broad program goals, and the local governments were to specify how those goals and additional...
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    Capstone Project

  • Status and habitat use of California bighorn sheep on Hart Mountain, Oregon

    Creator:
    Kornet, Christine Anne
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    California bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) were studied on Hart Mountain, Oregon, during the summer and fall of 1976, and the spring of 1977. The population consisted of a minimum of 196 sheep in June, 1977. The high number of lambs observed and high lamb:ewe ratios throughout both years of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Christine Anne Kornet for the degree of Master of Science in ___ F_i_s_h_e_r_1_·e_s_a_n_d_W_1_

  • Debris flow characteristics associated with forest practices in the central Oregon Coast Range

    Creator:
    May, Christine L.
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    Debris flows in the Pacific Northwest play a major role in routing wood and sediment stored on hillslopes and in first- through third-order channels to higher order channels and valley floors. Forest practices on steep, unstable slopes and removal of riparian trees along low-order streams can affect the frequency, magnitude,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Christine L. May for the degree of Master of

  • The effectiveness of the teacher-training program at Oregon State College

    Creator:
    Larsen, Verna Christine
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    Masters Thesis
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    Yema Christine Larsen A THESIS aubmitted to OREGON STATE COLLEGE In partial fulfillment of the

  • Hydraulic characterization and modeling of the Talking Water Garden wetland for evaluation of nitrogen removal

    Creator:
    Huang, Tao
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    The purpose of this research is to hydraulically characterize an engineered wetland in Albany, Oregon. The wetland receives treated wastewater from both Albany Millersburg Water Reclamation Facility (AMWRF) and ATI Wah Chang. AMWRF's water is municipal waste water. ATI Wah Chang's water comes from its nearby metal processing plant. The...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Approved: Mark E. Dolan

  • The Horizon Measure: A New Look at Curvature

    Creator:
    Mills, Arthur M.
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    An important problem in computer graphics is to determine where contour lines and ridges appear in a surface constructed from a triangle mesh. In this presentation we will investigate a new answer to this problem – the horizon measure. The horizon measure determines the likelihood of contour lines to appear...
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    Capstone Project
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    the first fundamental form E,F,G to be E(u0, v0) = 〈φu, φu〉p F (u0, v0) = 〈φu, φv〉p G(u0, v0) = 〈φv

  • The Eight Geometries of the Geometrization Conjecture

    Creator:
    Grady, Noella
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    In this paper we explore the eight geometries of Thurston's geometrization conjecture. We begin by discussing group actions, covering space topology, fiber bundles, and Seifert fiber spaces. We make precise the notion of a geometric structure. We then discuss the two dimensional geometries including a brief proof of the uniformization...
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    Capstone Project
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    , and e ·m = m for e the identity element of G and all m ∈M . A right group action can be defined

  • Public perceptions of smoke from wildfire, prescribed fire, and fire use

    Creator:
    Frederick, Stacey Sargent
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    Managers and policy-makers across broad disciplines and organizations are calling for a better understanding of public opinion on natural resource issues. One such issue is that of fire and its role in the management of our forests and rangelands. Public perceptions of fuel reduction techniques, with a particular emphasis on...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: _____________________________________________________________________ Christine S. Olsen

  • Sex differences in vertebral bone characteristic, loading patterns and the factor of risk in prepubertal children

    Creator:
    Fuller, Arwen A.
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    Sex differences in bone mass and size are thought to contribute to the greater incidence of vertebral fractures in women. While these sex differences are widely recognized, the relative contributions of bone mass, bone density, and bone size to the differences in vertebral strength and fracture risk between men and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    privacy ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my committee members, Dr. Christine Snow, Dr. Toby

  • HJA Day experiences : understanding participant outcomes at a non-formal science education event

    Creator:
    Remenick, Lauren
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    For adult learners to succeed in their educational endeavors, adult educators and event planners must meet their needs and goals (Storksdieck, Ellenbogen, & Heimlich, 2005). The learning environment affects how adults learn and what outcomes they achieve (e.g., Hamilton & Tee, 2010; Knowles, 1990; Lim, Morris, & Kupritz, 2007; Young,...
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    Abstract approved: Christine S. Olsen For adult learners to succeed in their educational

  • The Influence of Heel Drop on Running Biomechanics in Female Runners

    Creator:
    Ter Har, Justin A.
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    Background: Low drop cushioned running shoes have been popular over the past decade despite a lack of research on low drop shoes. There is some evidence that low drop cushioned shoes increase vertical ground reaction forces (VGRFs) and influence ankle kinematics but no study to date has focused on large...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Christine D. Pollard Background: Low drop cushioned running shoes have been popular

  • Instability of Mapper Type Algorithms for Topological Data Analysis

    Creator:
    Wentland, Danial
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    Mapper is a tool designed by Gurjeet Singh, Facundo Mémoli, and Gunnar Carlsson for Topological Data Analysis (TDA) that constructs a simplicial complex from a finite subset of a metric space, which has been met with great success. Due to the many moving parts of Mapper and the potential it...
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    Capstone Project
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    Analysis Danny Wentland Advisor: Professor Christine Escher Oregon State University May 2020 Contents 1

  • The magnitiseur and other stories

    Creator:
    van Belle, Christine E.
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    This thesis is a collection of three short stories and the beginnings of a novel. A similar thread is woven through all the stories: in the attempt to know spiritual truth, what it is to be a woman, and to know themselves, the various protagonists precariously oscillate between the seemingly...
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    Masters Thesis
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    OF Christine E. van Belle for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on May 9, 1996