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Microplastics in Pacific Northwest Bivalves: Ecological Prevalence, Harvester-Consumer Exposure, and Aquarium Exhibit Outcomes

Creator:: Baechler, Britta Rahel
Abstract:: Up to 23 million metric tons of mismanaged plastics enter the global ocean annually. Microplastics (MPs;<5mm) degrading. MPs leak into the environment and now pervade every corner of the earth, with implications for animal, plant, ecosystem and human health. It is important to understand localized environmental MP prevalence, distribution and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Death Investigation: Factors Associated with Scene Investigation and Autopsy Completion at Two US Medicolegal Offices

Creator:: Snippen, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: Background/Purpose: US public health, criminal justice, and many other social and scientific processes are affected by the quality of data obtained about death. Yet, little research has focused on how death investigations are conducted. The overall goal of this research was to examine the process by which information was obtained...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Completion at Two US Medicolegal Offices. by Jennifer R. Snippen A DISSERTATION

Use of the Hydra/Sufia repository and Portland Common Data Model for research data description, organization, and access

Creator:: Van Tuyl, Steve, Boock, Michael, and Zhang, Hui
Abstract:: For this paper, we will provide some background about Oregon State University’s repository and ETDs, discuss our project to migrate the repository from DSpace to Sufia/Hydra, our use of the Portland Common Data Model to represent objects and files in the repository, some of the challenges we are facing in...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: in 2013. Every thesis or dissertation ever produced at the university is now available online

Informing Oregon's Marine Protected Area (MPA) Baseline : Past and Present Tribal Uses of Marine Resources

Creator:: Comet, Sabra Marie TallChief
Abstract:: Poster available: http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20385
Resource Type:: Poster

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Creator:: Johnson, Thomas and Boock, Michael
Abstract:: Paper presented at the ETD2012 Conference, Lima, Peru, September 12-14, 2012.
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: discovery is spread across multiple data systems and interfaces. The primary points of access at OSU are

Efficient decision feedback receiver design for cellular CDMA spread spectrum communications

Creator:: Volz, Patrick U.
Abstract:: This dissertation presents the continued study of a non-iterative decision feedback (DF) receiver/decoder design and its application to cellular communications or wireless local loop systems based on the IS-95(-A) standard of the Telecommunications Industry Association and also Personal Communications Services systems based on the American National Standards Institute standard J-STD-...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Spread Spectrum Communications AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Patrick U. Volz for the degree of

Factors in the Selection of Home Birth : A Comparative Study of Birthing Alternatives in Western Oregon

Creator:: Fuhr-Dunn, Susan D.
Abstract:: Increasing demand for home birth has created an upheaval in the American medical profession and, is a controversial political and legal issue as well. This research, utilizing ethnographic, historical, and survey data analyzes contemporary home birth. A review of the so called "medicalization" of childbirth is presented noting that the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: definition that childbirth is a medical event at its onset. Rather, they made a distinction between a

Why Do Animals Do What They Do, When They Do It? Characterizing the Role of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Seasonal Life-History Transitions

Creator:: Dayger Forbes, Catherine Anne
Abstract:: Resource availability follows seasonal cycles in environmental conditions. To align physiology and behavior with prevailing environmental conditions, seasonal animals integrate cues from the environment with their internal state. One of the systems animals use to integrate those cues is the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and its primary effector, glucocorticoid hormones. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A theoretical and experimental study of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of titanium carbide

Creator:: Huque, Ziaul
Abstract:: Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) is a new method of producing advanced ceramic materials and offers an attractive alternative to conventional methods of materials processing. An experimental investigation was carried out to determine the SHS reaction wave propagation speed in a vertical cylindrical compact made from a mixture of titanium and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: distribution with time at two locations at known axial distance. Effects of various system parameters, such as

Tina Johnston Dissertation Pushing_dj.pdf

Creator:: Johnston, Tina Louise
Abstract:: The focus of this grounded theory research was to investigate the problems that those groups closest to students placed in mathematics classes by mathematics ability have and how those parties work to resolve the problems. The main problem found was a conflict between educators and parents over which students deserve...
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ScholarsArchive@OSU

Microplastics in Pacific Northwest Bivalves: Ecological Prevalence, Harvester-Consumer Exposure, and Aquarium Exhibit Outcomes

Death Investigation: Factors Associated with Scene Investigation and Autopsy Completion at Two US Medicolegal Offices

Use of the Hydra/Sufia repository and Portland Common Data Model for research data description, organization, and access

Informing Oregon's Marine Protected Area (MPA) Baseline : Past and Present Tribal Uses of Marine Resources

Linked Data Services for Theses and Dissertations

Efficient decision feedback receiver design for cellular CDMA spread spectrum communications

Factors in the Selection of Home Birth : A Comparative Study of Birthing Alternatives in Western Oregon

Why Do Animals Do What They Do, When They Do It? Characterizing the Role of the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Seasonal Life-History Transitions

A theoretical and experimental study of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of titanium carbide

Tina Johnston Dissertation Pushing_dj.pdf

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