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  • The Politics of Health Reform and Coverage Expansion in Oregon: A Comparison with Other States

    Creator:
    Collins, Brian D.
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    Several states, including Oregon, Massachusetts and California, have been the focus of major health reform efforts in recent years. Oregon utilized a citizen-led commission to generate policy recommendations that led to the enactment of health reform legislation in 2009. This commission helped to create momentum and provide political cover for...
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    Capstone Project
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    Reform and Coverage Expansion in Oregon: A Comparison with Other States by Brian D

  • Collins_thesis.pdf

    Creator:
    Collins, Brian A.
    Abstract:
    Reflux condensation tests examining steam condensation in a PWR steam generator (SG) were conducted at the Oregon State University (OSU) Advanced Plant Experiment (APEX) Test Facility from 2005 through 2007. The experimental data collected will provide a basis to assess TRACE steam generator modeling techniques and assist in development of...
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    THE THESIS OF Brian A. Collins for the degree of Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering

  • Collins&Webster final.doc

    Creator:
    Collins, Jean and Webster, Janet G.
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    In the past, fisheries and aquaculture researchers in Africa have been handicapped by poor access to current scientific literature and difficulties in getting published in visible outlets. Efforts in the past decade to improve access, awareness and use of information have flourished. We examine whether these efforts are reflected in...
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    Collins & Janet Webster G.* Corresponding Address: *2030 Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365 USA

  • Mercury bioaccumulation in remote subalpine lakes : assessing the influence of invasive trout on salamanders

    Creator:
    Pfleeger, Adam
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    Mercury (Hg) contamination is a global conservation threat to freshwater ecosystems, detected in even the protected lakes of Olympic National Park (Washington, USA). Although considered some of the most remote and pristine US ecosystems, these lakes are currently subject to multiple environmental stressors, including climate change and fish introductions; adding...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Collin A. Eagles-Smith Mercury (Hg) contamination is a global conservation threat to

  • Seasonal distribution, sex attractants, and applied biology of the strawberry crown moth, Synanthedon bibionipennis (Boisduval), in Oregon (Lepidoptera:Sesiidae)

    Creator:
    Wilmot, Thomas Ray
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    . They were then placed in 70% ethanol and sent to Dr. Thomas D. Eichlin, California Department of Food

  • Transcriptional regulation of the human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide gene

    Creator:
    Guo, Chunxiao
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    Human cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP/LL-37) is a cationic antimicrobial peptide that is widely expressed by myeloid and epithelial cells at the human-environment interface. It possesses broad spectrum antimicrobial capacity against bacteria, fungi and viruses. In addition to its direct antimicrobial activity, CAMP/LL-37 also attracts and recruits monocytes, neutrophils and other...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    described in Chapter 2 were designed to identify alternative vitamin D receptor (VDR) ligands that

  • Constructing identities : analyzing dress, appearance, and mental illness in Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White

    Creator:
    Haas, Rachael E.
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    The purpose of this study was to determine how the popular writer Wilkie Collins used dress and appearance to bring to light concerns about mental illness in his 1859-60 sensation novel The Woman in White. The method of narrative analysis was used to complete this study. Data sheets were developed...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Mental Illness in Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White

  • Experimental investigation of condensation phenomena inside a U-tube steam generator

    Creator:
    Collins, Brian A.
    Abstract:
    Reflux condensation tests examining steam condensation in a PWR steam generator (SG) were conducted at the Oregon State University (OSU) Advanced Plant Experiment (APEX) Test Facility from 2005 through 2007. The experimental data collected will provide a basis to assess TRACE steam generator modeling techniques and assist in development of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Brian_Collins_Liscense_Agreement.pdf

    Creator:
    Collins, Brian A.
    Abstract:
    Reflux condensation tests examining steam condensation in a PWR steam generator (SG) were conducted at the Oregon State University (OSU) Advanced Plant Experiment (APEX) Test Facility from 2005 through 2007. The experimental data collected will provide a basis to assess TRACE steam generator modeling techniques and assist in development of...

  • "The Grind" : MTV and female body image

    Creator:
    Layport, Jill E.
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    This research addresses the relationship between television programming and body image. It specifically investigates what the Music Television network's (MTV) dance show, "The Grind," communicates about female body image. Two studies were conducted. Study one used seven coders from a western United States high school to record female body images...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Comrnunicatio , blic Health and Business presented on June 7, 1996. Title: Grind:" MTV d F ale Body Image