Anaerobic digestion is a biological process in which organic matter is decomposed by a community of microbes in the absence of oxygen. The end product of anaerobic digestion is biogas, composed of methane and carbon dioxide, which is often recovered and used to generate energy. Commonly, biogas is not produced...
The YA4-H! program engages youth from across the state of Oregon in Youth Participatory Action Research in their own communities surrounding topics that they feel are important to them.
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Youth in Participatory Health Education and Research
Tyler Davenport, URAP Researcher; Dr. Mary Arnold
Anaerobic co-digestion of fats, oils, and grease (FOG) for increased methane (CH4)
production has been of increasing interest to municipal wastewater treatment plants
(WWTP) due to the potential economic benefit of using the produced biogas for
cogeneration of energy. FOG loading increase must be done carefully to mitigate the
risk...
The majority of self-concept and sociometric research on crippled
children has been comparative studies in which the disabled child has
been a minority member within a group of physically normal children.
This study takes a different avenue in that it investigated the self-concept and peer reputation of physically handicapped children...
This report summarizes the outcomes of a March 22-25, 2010, workshop in Seattle, Washington, on the environmental effects of tidal energy development. The workshop focused on building capabilities to evaluate the environmental effects of tidal energy from turbines placed in the water column throughout the United States. However, it did...
The purposes of this study were: to collect information relative
to the content of the sex education information adolescents have received
from selected sources, to ascertain their appraisal of the
value of this information and to test hypotheses concerning communication
and dissemination of information on sexual topics between
adults and...