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  • Viability of Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes for use in Pulse Oximetry

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    Bialek, Hayden
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    Pulse Oximetry is a technology used ubiquitously across the medical field for measuring oxygen saturation and heart rate monitoring. In this project a system was developed to use a new technology for pulse oximetry: single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). This work outlines the development process and experimental results of a SPAD...
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    : Principles and Limitations.” The Amer- ican Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 17, no. 1, 1999, pp. 5966

  • Traveling to Africa: An Orientation

    Creator:
    Converse, Bradley R.
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    After traveling to Africa and experiencing the struggles and confusion of interacting with a new culture, I saw the need for some sort of orientation device that would adequately prepare first timers, but also not be too lengthy and daunting for a person that will only be spending a few...
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    everything they can to take care of you and be grateful for their hospitality. How Can I Have a Good Time

  • The Usefulness of Stable Water Isotopes in Improving Drought Prediction

    Creator:
    Adams, Logan
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    Drought represents an import part of natural hydrologic cycles that govern the rate and transportation of water on global and regional scales. (Trenberth, et al. 2015) Agriculturally, drought represents a threat to crop production and can endanger political and economic stability through the loss of resources and the threat of...
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    be used to improve shared water governance and the administration of international aid and emergency

  • The Sustainability of Community Microgrids: Case Studies of Beaverton and Portland, Oregon

    Creator:
    Butler, Lily
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    This thesis is one part of a study to compare and contrast 10 different proposals and finished projects for microgrids, and the associated community perceptions and response. It has been posited that microgrids have the potential to improve the resiliency and reliability of the electricity grid. In recent years, there...
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    Emergency Operations, and act as a critical facility for the city of Beaverton, was already being built

  • The Stories We Will Tell : An Exploration of Family History through Autobiography and Record Analysis

    Creator:
    Peabody, Anna M.
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    The research of genealogy and family history can represent a means of self-discovery, connection, and preservation of the past. The experience is individualistic, unique to the intricate intertwining of lives that helped create and influence who we are today. Through the analysis of historical biographies, family documents, and autobiographical vignettes,...
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    lesser-told stories of the past. A critical exploration of Silencing the Past: Power and the Production

  • The Role of Social Support on Mothers' Experiences with Periviable Births

    Creator:
    Bui, Christina
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    The periviable period is defined as birth between 20 and 26 weeks gestation—the limit of viability or the earliest age at which a premature neonate may be expected to live—during which clinical outcomes vary widely. The medical uncertainty with this pregnancy complication can cause a significant amount of physical and...
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    care team, and 4) connections with others who have had periviable births. Of the four themes

  • The Relevance of Sexual Health Websites for African American Youth

    Creator:
    Barnard, Ke'ala J.
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    School-based comprehensive sex education (CSE) can reduce adolescent sexual health problems. However, only 49-55% of adolescents receive CSE that meets national standards. African American youth (AAY), particularly males, are less likely to receive CSE. AAY evidence a high prevalence of STIs/teen pregnancy. Internet-based CSE offers a supplemental option. We examined...
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    ). Quality and Accuracy of Sexual Health Information Web Sites Visited by Young People. Journal of

  • The Relationship between Attention and Rapport in Conversation with AAC Users

    Creator:
    Nguyen, Duy M.
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    Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices enable people who cannot speak to communicate with others. Unfortunately, they are tedious to use and are believed to lower the satisfaction of interacting with others. This thesis attempted to document the impact that AAC devices have on social interactions, in the hope of...
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    others. Unfortunately, they are tedious to use and are believed to lower the satisfaction of

  • The Origin, Structure, and Lasting Impact of a Rural Community Coalition Working to Improve Community Health Through all Sectors: An Oral History

    Creator:
    Kaiser, Alexandra
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    There is a critical need to understand the impact rural community health coalitions can have on their communities when there is a willingness and drive from community members to share resources and provide supports. This oral history will provide the Live Longer Lebanon Community Health Coalition with a document that...
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    The Origin, Structure, and Lasting Impact of a Rural

  • The Never-Ending Story: An Analysis of Student Activism at Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Petty, Lyndi-Rae E.
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    Racism on college campuses continues to create a toxic environment for students of color to learn and thrive in. In order for institutions of higher education work to address the complexities of the issues that students of color face, it is important to understand the context in which those issues...
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    theoretical frameworks of Color Blind Racial Ideology, Critical Race Methodology, and Critical Discourse