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  • Soil solarization effects on plant growth variables of field-grown tree saplings

    Creator:
    Fraher, Simon
    Abstract:
    Solarization could be an alternative to chemical controls for soil pathogens and weeds, and it may also influence plant growth factors. Biomass, shoot length, and AMF colonization were examined in red oak (Quercus rubra), Mazzard cherry (Prunus avium), and hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) at J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. nursery...
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    Honors College Thesis

  • Evaluation of Fusarium proliferatum Mycotoxin Profiles in Infected Garlic Cloves

    Creator:
    Rossi, Francesca
    Abstract:
    Fusarium proliferatum is a fungus found in soils which produces the mycotoxin group known as fumonisins. Of human concern due to hepato-, nephro- and neurotoxicity, the threat of fumonisins lies within several food items, including corn, wheat sorghum, asparagus and, more recently, garlic. Manifesting as ““garlic rot”,” F. proliferatum infection...
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    in Infected Garlic Cloves by Francesca Rossi A THESIS submitted to

  • Fiction's fatal flaw : misrepresentation of the average scientist

    Creator:
    Basler, Emily
    Abstract:
    Fiction facilitates the attribution of unrealistic character traits to scientists, and skews general understanding of the scientific process-- a fatal flaw resulting in self-doubt within undergraduate scientists, and apprehension and distrust in several communities. Misconceptions and the absence of significant ideas were identified by analyzing novels within the “Lab Lit”...
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    place in a realistic world. Cell biologist Dr. Jennifer Rohn’s “Lab Lit List,” a searchable repository

  • Impacts of Environmentally Responsible Engineering (ERE) Concepts in a New First Year Engineering Program

    Creator:
    Smith, Madelyn
    Abstract:
    This full research paper explores two factors of increasing importance for first-year university engineering curricula: sustainability and diversity. Over the past fifteen years, many universities in the United States have adjusted their engineering programs in response to these two values expressed by industry, professional organizations, and the Accreditation Board for...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Responsible Engineering (ERE) Concepts in a New First- Year Engineering Program Abstract approved: Jennifer

  • Transcendence: May Time Take These Bones, They Are Not Mine - A Poetry Collection

    Creator:
    Bayly, Alice M.
    Abstract:
    In ethnographic research, an anthropologist becomes integrated in the community of their study. Throughout this process, the anthropologist adapts to the cultural practices and the language of this community, becoming intimately connected to them. Ethnography communicates, through the anthropologist’s experience, crucial practices, tensions, and values discovered during research. However, it...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    16 echoes 17 Wayne Lewis 19 These Bones In a Wheat Field 21

  • Teaching fundamental computer science concepts utilizing manipulatives

    Creator:
    Berliner, Garrett
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    This thesis presents innovative pedagogical approaches to teach fundamental Computer Science (CS) concepts, such as abstraction, representation, algorithms, and computation utilizing manipulatives, which are physical objects that students interact with to teach or reinforce a concept. Teaching and learning with manipulatives has a long history in science and mathematics education,...
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    Science Concepts Utilizing Manipulatives by Garrett Berliner A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

  • Investigating the effects of harvest time and light exposure on cannabinoid potency in industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) using UPLC-diode array detection

    Creator:
    Saindon, Ashley L.
    Abstract:
    Five varieties of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) were grown in the field in Imperial Valley, CA, USA in order to determine whether light conditions or harvest times influence cannabinoid content. A total of 16 cannabinoids were investigated in this study: Delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol (THC-d9), Delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinolic acid (THC-a), Cannabidiol (CBD), Cannabidiolic acid (CBD-a),...
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    grown in four replicate blocks on a field in Imperial Valley, California, USA. The field contained

  • The crude reality : effects of oil booms on households in shale-oil states

    Creator:
    Schmidt, Camden W.
    Abstract:
    Oil is notorious for its volatility. Often as an indicator for economic wellbeing, the commodity employs millions across the country. Entire communities in the western United States are centered around oil extraction, with employment, livelihoods, and revenues dependent on oil’s success. This combination of factors begs the question, how do...
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    attainment of education post high school, especially in a boom period when oil field jobs are plentiful

  • Implementation of Distributed Localized Communications

    Creator:
    Snyder, Thomas
    Abstract:
    Artificial collectives are useful for accomplishing tasks that require teamwork from multiple simple robots. Multiple robot and collective testbeds have been developed, yet none stay committed to leverage the local interactions, group size, and imperfect information assumptions that strengthen biological collectives. A review of the collective and multiple robot literature,...
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    APPROVED: Julie A. Adams, Mentor, representing Computer Science Jennifer Leaf, Committee Member

  • Native bees, honeybees and pollination in Oregon cranberries

    Creator:
    McKenney, Melissa A.
    Abstract:
    Farmers rely almost exclusively on the imported European honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) for fruit and vegetable crop pollination services. The recent decline in honeybee health has underscored the danger of relying on a single species to provide vital services. Increasing pollinator biodiversity with native bees may provide biological insurance against...
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