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How sweet is the land? Modeling caloric landscapes for tropical hummingbirds

Creator:: Birkett, Christina Nozomi and Birkett, Nozomi Fukui
Abstract:: Pollination is a critical ecosystem function for sustaining biodiversity. However, pollinators and the services they provide are threatened by landscape-altering anthropogenic activities across the globe. Habitat loss and fragmentation, introduction of invasive species, chemical use, and urbanization have been shown to impact pollination. Pollinator foraging behavior is thought to be...
Resource Type:: Presentation

“SHOO FLY”: Reduce Pesticide Dependence with Knowledgeabout Drosophila suzukii

Creator:: Marek, Charlene Marie
Abstract:: Drosophila suzukii was a known pest of berries, grapes, and stone fruits in East Asia for almost a century. Yet in recent years it has successfully migrated throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe due to globalized fruit trade. The invasive success of D. suzukii is causing unrest for fruit...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: United States, Mexico, and Europe due to globalized fruit trade. The invasive success of D. suzukii is

A Recipe for Sustainable Drink: Comparative Analysis of Clean Water Practices in North Africa

Creator:: Meyer, Jennifer L.
Abstract:: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes the right to clean water, entitling everyone to “sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic uses”. This rationale is the inspiration for comparing the effects of clean water strategies. A comparison between Tunisian and Egyptian approaches will evaluate...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: developing countries versus more industrialized states; for this reason, many goals will be state specific

How Culinary Histories Shape Modern Attitudes and Legislation of Foie Gras in France and the US

Creator:: Oleson, Josie and Oleson, Josie L.
Abstract:: Every country has its own unique culinary heritage that has developed over time and that has led to specific eating behaviors, eating patterns, and attitudes toward food. In this thesis, I aim to answer a central question: how have the culinary histories of France and the United States shaped their...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: central question: how have the culinary histories of France and the United States shaped their

How the progression of nuclear technology in French Culture has led to a more sustainable country

Creator:: Moreno, Joel T.
Abstract:: Of the major players in the birth and growth of nuclear technology, France and the United States are two of the biggest. Their glaring differences in culture and political regimes, therefore, have resulted in two very different attitudes toward adoption and implementation of nuclear power. Through extensive literary research, cultural...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Of the major players in the birth and growth of nuclear technology, France and the United States are

Economies as drivers of deforestation : a study of the soy production in Brazil

Creator:: Story, Matt
Abstract:: In the last decade food production has undergone dramatic changes. The introduction of biotechnology and genetic modification has greatly increased crop yields and altered the balance of international agricultural trade. This paper aims to discuss and explore a current global issue involving international trade and its sometimes hazardous environmental impact....
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: soy. Currently, the United States is the world’s largest exporter of agricultural products; more

From here and there : crossing cultural borders and permeating the Piel de Palabras

Creator:: Lopez Melton, Robyn
Abstract:: Immigrants must cross two barriers when entering the United States, the physical border and a cultural border created by a set of exclusive cultural values and profits-before-people economic ethics. Immigrants, coerced by unstable and desperate economic situations, risk their lives and leave behind their families to cross the physical border...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: must cross two barriers when entering the United States, the physical border and a cultural border

The Influence of World War One on the Development of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

Creator:: du Plessis, Lihani
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: for the ideal, more often the best surgical compromise.”2 Ralph Millard states that plastic surgery

Laboratory studies of growth conditions of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) with international considerations to shellfish-associated illnesses in South Korea

Creator:: Lee, Jeehye
Abstract:: Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a naturally occurring halophilic pathogen, is seasonally abundant in marine and estuarine environments. It is also the leading cause of gastroenteritis in humans world-wide. Numerous outbreak incidences associated with the pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus contaminations in oyster products have raised public-health concerns as well as economic challenges to the...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Thesis Submitted to Oregon State University In partial fulfillment of the

Towards a deep pluralism in an emerging polity : immigration and integration in France and the European Union

Creator:: Donahue, Cody N.
Abstract:: The issue of immigration is at the forefront of all national policy discussions in the industrialized world. In recent years, the globalization of communication, international travel and job opportunities has rekindled this historically long and complex debate. This text attempts to explore the inadequacies of immigration policy and practice in...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: the developing world primarily to North America (the United States of America, Canada), Western

ScholarsArchive@OSU

How sweet is the land? Modeling caloric landscapes for tropical hummingbirds

“SHOO FLY”: Reduce Pesticide Dependence with Knowledgeabout Drosophila suzukii

A Recipe for Sustainable Drink: Comparative Analysis of Clean Water Practices in North Africa

How Culinary Histories Shape Modern Attitudes and Legislation of Foie Gras in France and the US

How the progression of nuclear technology in French Culture has led to a more sustainable country

Economies as drivers of deforestation : a study of the soy production in Brazil

From here and there : crossing cultural borders and permeating the Piel de Palabras

The Influence of World War One on the Development of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

Laboratory studies of growth conditions of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) with international considerations to shellfish-associated illnesses in South Korea

Towards a deep pluralism in an emerging polity : immigration and integration in France and the European Union

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