I offer a personal and prehistoric exploration of the concept of immanence, the principle of a divine force living, remaining, and operating within living creatures, inherent in the human, including the female; a unifying force that connects humans to each other, to nature, and to the earth. I examine the...
“Making Connections” is about helping students see the “big picture”; to understand the web of overlapping causes and effects of attitudes, beliefs, actions, behaviors, and habits that connect people and the natural world in community. With these exercises, we hope students will become more aware of how their decisions affect...
This study used SCOUT optical modelling software to create models of the reflectance and transmittance spectra generated by mixtures of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and tin oxide (SnO2). These models enabled identification of how altering the ratio of a mixture changes the optical response. By being able to identify how altering...
BaCuChF (Ch = S, Se, Te) materials are chalcogen-based transparent conductors with wide optical band gaps (2.9 – 3.5 eV) and a high concentration of free holes (10¹⁸ – 10²⁰ cm⁻³) caused by the presence of copper vacancies. Chalcogen vacancies compensate copper vacancies in these materials, setting the Fermi level...
This essay is a reflection of my college experiences and that of other undocumented/DACAmented students at Oregon State University and in the United States (Dreamers). It includes a discussion of institutional support, my graduate school experience, lessons learned, plans for my future, and recommendations for institutional leaders at OSU.
Ninety people, aged 60 and older, were interviewed regarding
their shopping habits, use of convenience foods, frequency of food
use and reasons for food preferences. The relation of income level
and education level to reasons for food use was also investigated.
The major source of purchased food was the chain...
The purpose of this study was to determine that a behavioral lifestyle modification approach to weight loss changes participants' dietary intake and physical activity levels and that these changes were associated with weight loss and weight loss maintenance. Behavioral factors important in other weight control studies were also investigated to...
We construct the contact value approximation (CVA) for the pair distribution function,
g(²)(r₁, r₂), for an inhomogeneous hard sphere fluid. The CVA is an average of two radial
distribution functions, which each take as input the distance between the particles, |r₂ −r₁|,
and the average value of the radial distribution...
Oregon's estuaries are important ecosystems for scientific study. Consequently, knowledge of what research has been conducted helps us identify benchmarks and plan new projects. A comprehensive bibliography of published research, technical reports, local documents, and data sets is one means of recording this knowledge. For these reasons, the Guin Library...
Understanding the effects of climate variability on growth dynamics and timing of early life history events in marine fishes can provide insights into survival, recruitment and productivity. Field collections (2005, 2007, 2009-2011) were combined with otolith microstructural analysis to examine interannual variation in larval and juvenile growth rates, size at...
New transparent p- and n-type semiconductors and luminescent materials have been prepared and characterized. Synthesis, structures, optical and electrical properties of new chalcogenide fluoride p-type transparent semiconductors MCuQF (M=Ba, Sr; Q=S, Se, Te) are described. Band-gap tuning and improvement in conductivity through p-type doping are demonstrated in the family. The...
Electronic structure calculations for free and immersed atoms are performed in the context of unrestricted Hartree-Fock Theory. Spherical symmetry is broken, lifting de-generacies in electronic configurations involving the magnetic quantum number m. Basis sets, produced from density functional theory, are then explored for completeness. Com-parison to spectroscopic data is done...
In situ reduction of hydrido-tris-(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borato(trioxo) rhenium(V) with triphenylphosphine or triethylphosphite leads to a reactive rhenium(V) species that catalytically deoxygenates epoxides at 75-105°C. The reaction is stereospecific, except for trans- and cis-butene oxide which formed minor amounts of the opposite isomer. A variety of different functional groups were tolerated and even...
While properties are extremely important from an application point of view, it is crucial to have a detailed understanding of the underlying structural influence. Once a concrete correlation between the structure and the observed property is established, rational design of novel materials with optimized properties can be realized. These optimized...
The optical and electronic properties of amorphous oxide thin films depend crucially on chemical composition, and deposition process variations which give rise to sub-gap defect states. Consequently, there is a need for a reliable, high-throughput method to extract sub-gap defect densities of states in amorphous oxide thin films. We present...
The heterogeneous reactions of ambient particulate matter (PM)-bound polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitro-PAHs (NPAHs) with NO₃/N₂O₅, OH radicals, and O₃
were studied in a laboratory photochemical chamber. Ambient PM[subscript 2.5] and PM₁₀ samples were
collected from Beijing, China and Riverside, California, and exposed under simulated
atmospheric long-range transport conditions...
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JARIYASOPIT1, KATHRYN ZIMMERMANN2, JILL SCHRLAU3, JANET AREY2, 4
ROGER ATKINSON2, TIAN-WEI YU3, RODERICK H
The heterogeneous reactions of benzo[a]pyrene-d₁₂ (BaP-d₁₂), benzo[k]fluoranthene-d₁₂ (BkF-d₁₂), benzo[ghi]perylene-d₁₂ (BghiP-d₁₂), dibenzo[a,i]pyrene-d₁₄ (DaiP-d₁₄), and dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DalP) with NO₂, NO₃/N₂O₅, and OH radicals were investigated at room temperature and atmospheric pressure in an indoor Teflon chamber and novel mono NO₂-DaiP, and mono NO₂-DalP products were identified. Quartz fiber filters (QFF) were used...
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ZIMMERMANN2, JANET AREY2, ROGER 3
ATKINSON2, PAUL HA-YEON CHEONG1, RICH G. CARTER1, TIAN-WEI YU3, RODERICK H
The materials Fe₂(Si,Ge)(S,Se)₄, Cu₃PS[subscript 4-x]Se[subscript x] (0 ≤ x ≤ 4), and Cu₃PxAs[subscript 1-x]S₄ (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) have been synthesized and studied as new earth-abundant absorbers for single and multijunction photovoltaic cells as well as solar fuel generation. The synthesis, single-crystal growth, and optical and electrical properties of...
This
report
is
designed
to
supplement
the
Oregon
Wave
Energy
Trust
(OWET)
Utility
Market
Initiative
(UMI)
report
released
in
December
of
2009
and
other
work
already
undertaken
by
OWET.
The
UMI
report
addresses
several
early-‐stage
characteristics
of
the
ocean
energy
industry
and
how
those
characteristics
relate
to
bridging
the
gap...
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Section 2C: Analysis of Pros and Cons
This
report
is
designed
to
supplement
the
Oregon
Wave
Energy
Trust
(OWET)
Utility
Market
Initiative
(UMI)
report
released
in
December
of
2009
and
other
work
already
undertaken
by
OWET.
The
UMI
report
addresses
several
early-‐stage
characteristics
of
the
ocean
energy
industry
and
how
those
characteristics
relate
to
bridging
the
gap...
Full Text:
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Section 2C: Analysis of Pros and Cons
Cultural background influences information-seeking behaviors and verbal and non-verbal communication styles both in reference encounters and in our interactions with colleagues on the library staff. Recognizing these differences will help us create an inclusive work environment as well as build on the high-quality reference service we provide to our changing...
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among ethnic groups.
Lockhart, Janet and Susan Shaw. “Writing for Change: Raising Awareness of
Cultural background influences information-seeking behaviors and verbal and non-verbal communication styles in reference encounters and in our interactions with library staff. Recognizing these differences will help us create an inclusive work environment and provide high-quality reference service to our communities. In this session, we will use exercises and small group...
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among ethnic groups.
Lockhart, Janet and Susan Shaw. “Writing for Change: Raising Awareness of
There are two objectives of this experiment. The first is to test the effectiveness of various soil treatments on cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) canopy cover. The second is to compare the two treatment types side by side to evaluate their relative effectiveness in treating cheatgrass. The treatments we selected are easily...
"Salads are not a food of nutriment but are healthful because of mineral salts, which contain cooling and crispness properties--variety they give the diet.
And salads should be served at every luncheon and dinner, the meat salad being served at luncheon or supper, while the lighter in dietetic value with...
In 1976-77 and 2010, Oregon State University (OSU) excavated portions of the enlisted men’s barracks and privy at Fort Hoskins, a Civil War-era fort. In operation from 1856 to 1865, this fort served as part of a security network to protect and monitor the recently created Coast Indian Reservation. The...
"The Service is proposing to establish the Siletz Bay National Fish and Wildlife Refuge by initially accepting a donation of 46 acres of salt marsh, acquiring up to 793 acres of land, and cooperatively managing 1,060 acres of tidelands with the State of Oregon... The primary need for the Service...
A source test was conducted to determine the particulate and the
total gaseous hydrocarbon emissions from a gas heated veneer dryer.
Samples were taken on eight separate days from the exhaust stacks
while the dryer was processing Douglas fir veneer. Of the eight days,
three was used to determine the...
The purpose of this study was to provide information
pertaining to performance levels of Dvorak keyboard operators
through retraining. More specifically, the purposes of
this study were:
1. To compare operator performance rates on the
Dvorak keyboard with operator performance
rates on the Qwerty keyboard.
2. To determine whether keyboard...
Studies towards the total synthesis of (+)-Phomactin A (1), D (6), and G (9), fungal metabolites with unique molecular architecture and pronounced biological activity, are described. These studies resulted in the synthesis of advanced intermediates 354 and 356, which contain all of the carbon atoms of 1, 6 and 9....
The War Production Board issued limitation order 85 in April 1942 in order to conserve fabric and manpower needed for the war effort. The L-85 order froze the silhouette so no major style changes in women's wear would occur during the war. It is clear that on the one hand...
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Examination of all known U.S. Third Wave feminist literature reveals that there is no coherent unitary theory. Explication of the Third Wave addresses the generational and cultural strife within the feminist family and provides a modern feminist response to the changing faces and locations of the isms. Identification of the...
Studies toward the total synthesis of (+)-providencin (1), a highly oxygenated cembranoid dipterpene with a unique bicyclo[12.2.0]hexadecane skeleton and pronounced biological activity, are described. These studies resulted in the synthesis of advanced intermediates 320 and 332 which contain all of the carbon atoms of 1. In a first generation approach...