Wastewater treatment plants are a major source of contaminants of emerging concern, as these facilities are the main receptors of these products via household, commercial, and industrial drains, and transport...

Deteriorating transportation infrastructure is constantly in the news. Government agencies at all levels are pursuing methods to monitor structural health, so that they can prioritize repairs. In Oregon, the...

This study presents a technology assessment for reducing Nosocomial infections. Nosocomial infections (also known as hospital-acquired infection or HAI) present numerous problems for healthcare institutions...

Interview of Jim Quinn by Sean Quigley at Metro in Portland, Oregon on December 2nd, 2009.

Volcanic eruption columns inject high concentrations of ash into the atmosphere. Some of this ash is carried downwind forming ash clouds in the atmosphere that are hazardous for private and commercial aviation....

With the May 1992 Occupational Safety and Health regulation that was passed, entitled Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, management in industry will be faced with increasing costs and must...

The purpose of this research paper is to examine Social Networking across political, economic, social, and technical trends, also known as P.E.S.T. analysis, and to discuss how cyberbullying is enabled through...

Objective: Hazardous drinking in the armed forces is a signifi cant problem. Alcohol use motivations, known risk factors for problem drinking, have been underexplored in this population. Our study extends...