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Undergraduate Works: Recent submissions
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Despite the wealth of information gained by high energy physics over the past few decades, there are still several fundamental gaps in our understanding of the universe. One theory that may provide answers to some of these ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)As part of the winter Health Science ARC, we were required to create an infographic to address an issue on campus affecting the health of UO students. At the start of the term we heard from several UO public health officials ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)The striatum plays a critical role in decision-making based on sensory input. Specifically, the posterior region of the striatum receives projections from auditory regions of both the cerebral cortex and the thalamus. This ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Amazon's Mechanical Turk is an online crowdsourcing marketplace (OCM) that has become widely used for data collection in scientific research, especially in the social sciences. In psychology research, a common use of the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)The chemical industry, which accounts for ~7% of the US’s energy consumption, is the source of synthetic products used every day, from plastics to pharmaceuticals. Catalysts are used abundantly in industry because they ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Title: Race and Space: Gentrification and Eviction in Tacoma Abstract: Gentrification is a process in which middle class homebuyers, landlords and developers build new structures on previously developed land once occupied ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Proposed future missions to send humans to Mars for long-term exploration requires the development of improved waste management technology in space and increased reliable energy for running necessary systems. In this study, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Historically an international and regional power, Russia once more dominates the headlines with Russian influence seen from Ukraine to the United Kingdom and even Bolivia. For many, Russia's rise to prominence and the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Behavioral change frequently accompanies ecological divergence. This study observed C. elegans and C. inopinatus behavior. It is already common knowledge that C. elegans are found in rotting plants all over the world whereas ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Students in Dr. Stephen Rust’s course “Researching Oregon Writers” examined a digitized mini-archive of materials prepared during the Covid-19 crisis by the Knight Library Special Collections with the goal of better ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)There is a Standard Model of particles and forces that explain the fundamental components of matter. However, this model is incomplete, seeing as we currently understand only about 5% of our universe. The Large Hadron ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)The Health Sciences Academic Residence Community (HS ARC) is composed of students who are interested in exploring careers related to health and biomedical sciences. As part of the HS ARC seminar students learn about the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Memory specificity and generalization: Competing or complementary memory processes?Memory serves two important functions: we must remember individual experiences (memory specificity) and we must be able to link across these ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Linguistic landscapes are necessary for ethnolinguistic communities to be comfortable in their place of residence. Linguistic landscape is the study of representations of languages that are displayed in public spaces such ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)This project is inspired by the common reading book Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena Maria Viramontes. I explore the effects of pesticide exposure on migrant farmworkers in California and the legal actions being taken. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Early childhood is a critical time period for cognitive development, and children exposed to adverse familial stress may impair child cognitive development. Therefore, my hypothesis is parents with a greater stress index ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)The McKenzie River is a river at work, and the primary tools for harnessing its power have been dams. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) owns two of the dam systems on the McKenzie, including the Cougar Dam, the tallest ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)The 2019 IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field Championships served as an opportunity for its host nation, Qatar, to showcase not only what it can do for sport but what sport can do for its country. Over the past decade, Qatar ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)Cnidarian jellyfish are ubiquitous predators of pelagic communities, however, very little is known about their phenology and how food availability affects their reproductive cycles. However, research shows that starved ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020)A collection of 362 ceramic spindle whorls purchased in Cambodia has been donated to University of Oregon’s Anthropology Department. These artifacts likely date to between 500 BCE and 500 CE and are thought to have been ...
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