Rediscovering Lost Engineering Techniques: Geotechnical Investigation of Ancient Embankments

Two approaches will be used identify embankment construction techniques: (1) establish a detailed chronology of construction using optically stimulated luminescence for each embankment stratum and (2) identify the physical, structural, and mechanica
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American Pikas in Western Oregon

This research is fundamental to determining the conservation value of these peripheral populations. If we discover that they are simply demographic sinks, then their contribution to the conservation of pikas in North America is minimal. Conversely
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Transformational Reductions in Human Schistosomiasis by Modifying Agricultural Practices

Our ultimate goal is to identify simple changes to agricultural management that could vastly improve human health by simultaneously enhancing nutrition and decreasing human disease risk (intellectual merit). To address this goal, we will quantify t
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Diversity of Interactions in a Tropical Rain Forest

Over half of all described organisms in the world are involved in plant-insect-parasite interactions, yet basic ecological assumptions about diversity of these interactions still lack quantitative tests. This Sciflies proposal seeks funding to expan
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Microbiology of a Major CA Estuary

The goals of this project are shared by many microbial community nucleic acid sequencing efforts, namely, to understand the composition of microbial communities across a range of conditions and physical locations within an ecosystem, to understand d
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