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  • Interconnectedness of Forest Ecosystem Services, Environmental Corporate Impacts, and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Amazon Rainforest

    Creator:
    Dancé, Raúl
    Abstract:
    The ecosystem services provided by our forest resources and woodlands are multiple and diverse on all spatial and temporal levels, and include provision, regulating, cultural, and supporting services (Hanson, et al. WRI, 2008). Human activities are proximate and direct drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. In the Latin American region,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ___________________________________________________________________________ Christopher D. Knowles The ecosystem services provided by our forest resources and

  • Groundwater and stormwater treatment at western wood preserving facilities : an analysis of current treatment methods

    Creator:
    Ragan, Anita M.
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    The Pacific Northwest is blessed with an abundance of precipitation. This rainfall, however, can have important consequences for industries that must process the resulting stormwater for proper discharge. This is particularly true of wood treatment facilities. Past management practices at wood preserving facilities located in the Western United States create...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Methods. Abstract approved: Christopher D. Knowles Jeffrey J

  • Lead-user research in the wood window value chain

    Creator:
    Kamke, Kathryn Jean
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    Lead-user research is a relatively new marketing research technique, and it has not seen much use in the forest sector. Lead-user research is designed to capture not just the needs of the customer in their own voice but also to involve actual users of goods and/or services in their development....
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    Eric N. Hansen Christopher D. Knowles

  • Global Overview of the Cross-Laminated Timber Industry

    Creator:
    Albee, Raquel R.
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    The global Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) industry has changed dramatically within the past decade, with expansion outside of its start in Alpine Europe. The societal focus on more sustainable options within the built environment has led to an increased use of mass timber construction and its products including cross-laminated timber. Examining...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Christopher Knowles The global Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) industry has changed

  • Commercialization potential of viscoelastic thermal compressed (VTC) wood

    Creator:
    Macias, Natalie R.
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    The increasing demand for forest products and restricted use of natural forests has resulted in a shortage of high-strength wood fiber. The area covered by plantation forests is steadily rising, but the fiber produced by these forests is often unsuitable for high-strength applications. One attempt to combat this problem is...
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    . Abstract approved:_______________________________________________ Christopher D. Knowles The

  • Variation in Irc7p activity amongst brewing strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Creator:
    Vega, Esteban A.
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    Polyfunctional thiols are sulfur containing compounds that are important to the flavor and aroma profile of some foods and beverages. S. Cerevisiae has been shown in wine yeast that it is capable of producing these thiols to create a fruity aroma and flavor profile. IRC7, a gene that codes the...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Christopher D. Curtin. (2019). “Inactivating Mutations in Irc7p Are Common in Wine Yeasts, Attenuating

  • Performance of Brettanomyces Yeast Strains in Primary and Secondary Beer Fermentations

    Creator:
    Humbert, Riley
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    Recently, there has been an expansion of large-scale studies looking at strain variation of Brettanomyces. These studies have found variation between strains in terms of utilization of maltose and production of volatile phenols. While there is research going into this subject, there is a gap in knowledge regarding the differences...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    : _____________________________________________________ Christopher Curtin Recently, there has been an expansion of large-scale studies looking

  • Enrichment Isolation of Brettanomyces Yeasts to Probe the Relationship Between Vineyard and Winery Populations

    Creator:
    Pigao, Kevin E.
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    The budding yeast Brettanomyces bruxellensis has the potential to spoil fermented beverages and cause financial losses, but also contribute positively to certain products such as Lambic beer. It is most notorious for causing “Brett” spoilage of wine, which is characterized by undesirable aromas such as “bandaid” and “barnyard”, therefore most...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Christopher D. Curtin The budding yeast Brettanomyces bruxellensis has the potential to spoil

  • Development of a High Throughput Method for Screening of Clean-Label Mold Inhibitors in Cheddar Cheese

    Creator:
    Kornberg, Kaitlyn R.
    Abstract:
    Mold growth on cheddar-style cheese, though not a food safety issue, causes significant loss to the industry due to consumer rejection. For this reason, it is common for at-risk products, such as cheese shreds, to be coated with the mold inhibitor natamycin. While highly effective at extending shelf-life, preferences for...
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Christopher D. Curtin Mold

  • Spatiotemporal Distributions of Bacteria in the Cheddar Production Environment

    Creator:
    Johnson, Jared D.
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    Given the many significant roles that bacteria play in modern food manufacturing, it is crucial that we have a fundamental understanding of how bacterial communities assemble and behave in the food manufacturing environment. The focus of this dissertation was to investigate both the spatial and temporal distributions of microbial communities...
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    Dissertation
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    production environment AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Jared D. Johnson for the degree of