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  • Techno-economic and Life-cycle Analyses of Glucosamine and Lipid Production from Marine Diatom Cyclotella sp.

    Creator:
    Xiang, Xuwen
    Abstract:
    Currently the production of biofuel from algae is not economically competitive with petroleum fuel. However, co-production of high-value products may be able to justify the cost of large-scale algae cultivation. The basic goal of this study is to develop a techno-economic analysis (TEA) and Life-cycle assessment (LCA) for the production...
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    Dissertation
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    Christine Kelly Currently the production of biofuel from algae is not economically competitive

  • Techno-economic analysis of algal lipid fuels

    Creator:
    Xiang, Xuwen
    Abstract:
    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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    Abstract approved:________________________________________________ Christine Kelly This thesis

  • 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

  • Functional polymers and proteins at interfaces

    Creator:
    Schilke, Karl F.
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    Functional polymers and proteins at interfaces and surfaces are of fundamental importance for biomaterials, biocatalysis and microreactor applications. Candida antarctica lipase B immobilized on poly-DL-tryptophan tethers showed 30x higher specific activity in aqueous and non-aqueous media than the same enzyme adsorbed or covalently bound directly to the surface. An excess...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________________ Christine J. Kelly

  • The growing skeleton : influence of lifestlye and the development of normative data using DXA

    Creator:
    Fuchs, Robyn K.
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    To examine the potential for exercise to build bone mass during growth, objectives of this dissertation included: 1) determine the effects of 7 months of jumping followed by 7 months of detraining on hip and spine bone mass in the prepubertal children; 2) determine variables that best predict bone mineral...
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    approved Christine Snow To examine the potential for exercise to build bone mass during growth

  • Weighted vest exercise improves functional ability in women over 75 years of age

    Creator:
    Protiva, Karen W.
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    The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of long-term weighted vest exercise on hip bone mass, functional ability and static balance in elderly women. This was a within subject exercise intervention study and included a 6-month control period. Twenty-three subjects (age 85 ± 6) were recruited and...
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    Ability in Women Over 75 years of age. Abstract approved: Christine Snow The purpose of this study

  • New application of crystalline cellulose in rubber composites

    Creator:
    Bai, Wen
    Abstract:
    Rubber without reinforcement has limited applications. The strength of reinforced rubber composites can be ten times stronger than that of unreinforced rubbers. Therefore, rubber composites are widely used in various applications ranging from automobile tires to seals, valves, and gaskets because of their excellent mechanical elastic properties. Silica and carbon...
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    Dissertation
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    ___________________________ Kaichang Li Christine J. Kelly Rubber without reinforcement has limited

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

    Creator:
    Goby, Jeffrey D.
    Abstract:
    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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    approved: ____________________________________ Christine J. Kelly Degradation of lignin to simpler