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  • Effect of jumping on growing bones : forces during different landings

    Creator:
    Black, Bradley A.
    Abstract:
    In order to develop a stimulating yet effective school-based program which elicits a positive bone growth response, we need to understand the forces acting on the bones of children during various high-impact activities. One activity found to promote bone growth is drop landings from a height. We determined whether there...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bradley A. Black for the degree of

  • The Design of a High-Vacuum Chamber Testing Environment

    Creator:
    Robinson, Kimbert J.
    Abstract:
    The intention of this undergraduate research project was to design and build a fully functional high-vacuum chamber testing environment for use in the development of ion propulsion engines. This project was conducted in an effort to aid ongoing projects between the Deep Space Propulsion Group (DSPG) at Oregon State University...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    Honors College Thesis The Design of a High-Vacuum Chamber Testing

  • Histories of Trauma, Futures of Identity, As Told by the Kitchens of the Polish Diaspora

    Creator:
    Wojtas, Miriam
    Abstract:
    A recipe as a piece of text can tell a variety of stories as well as any other. Using a feminist rhetorical analysis, I read my grandmother’s personal recipe journal to show that her writings contain valuable information about women’s lives in twentieth century Poland. Through the close examination of...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    :_____________________________________________________ Bradley Boovy A recipe as a piece of text can tell a variety of stories as well as

  • Feeling through Language: Tracing Affect in Gendered Language

    Creator:
    Moody, Jeana S.
    Abstract:
    This study looks at how gendered language circulates affect in order to coerce gender binary conformity. I analyze the ways gendered phrases like “sit like a lady”, “don’t be a bitch”, and “man up” communicate binary gender expectations within a U.S. context, and what they have to do with larger...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    brown/black/queer/feminine-body-like-yours-in- a-place-like-this, the cultural knowledge and

  • OSU LGBTQ+ Community Film

    Creator:
    McConnell, Kiah
    Abstract:
    Traditional archives have excluded marginalized people (women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people) from sharing their histories through socially just representations. Portrayals of oppressed people that do exist in traditional archives are from the lens of the white cis-heteronormative patriarchy, and justify a narrative of colonialism, oppression, and injustice. This...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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                    A PROJECT    submitted to    Oregon State University    University Honors College

  • Girlhood reimagined : representations of girlhood in the films of Hayao Miyazaki

    Creator:
    Sabine, Karissa N.
    Abstract:
    Despite the now common usage of the term “girl”, there has been little call for pause and deeper analysis into what we actually mean when we use this term. In particular, animated film provides a wide scope of media texts that claim to focus on girlhood; but how do we...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Bradley Boovy

  • Trailing Edge Flap Optimization for an Upper-Surface Blown Aircraft Wing

    Creator:
    Kelly, Bryan R.
    Abstract:
    Integrated Distributed Electric Augmented Lift (IDEAL) applies upper surface blowing in a novel way to achieve electric short take-off and landing to meet the growing need for urban air transportation. Additional research on propulsion airframe interaction (PAI) with trailing edge flaps at low Reynolds numbers was necessary to advance the...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
    Full Text:
    Wing by Bryan R. Kelly A THESIS submitted to Oregon

  • Relation of the northern pocket gopher to forest habitats in south-central Oregon

    Creator:
    Anderson, R. J.
    Abstract:
    Reduction of pocket gopher damage to conifer seedlings is important to successful reforestation in many regions of the Pacific Northwest. The objective of this study was to determine the factors that influence the local distribution of the northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides Richardson) in a forested region of south-central Oregon....
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • The response of animals to herbicide-induced habitat changes

    Creator:
    Borrecco, John Edward
    Abstract:
    The objectives of this investigation were to examine the changes in vegetation resulting from application of herbicides, and to study the effects of these vegetative changes on the abundance and composition of small-mammal populations, and on deer usage of treated and untreated plots. Three areas in western Oregon were selected...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • The feeding habits of the Mazama pocket gopher in the pine region of South-Central Oregon

    Creator:
    Burton, Douglas Harlow
    Abstract:
    The objective of this study was to determine the feeding habits of the Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama Merriam) in the pine region of south-central Oregon. Damage caused by pocket gophers to conifer regeneration was a major incentive for this research. A permanent reference collection, consisting of epithelial tissue from...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis