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Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

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Author(s): James Liburdy

Subject(s): Physics: Fluid mechanics

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 30/11/2022

This book is meant to be a second course in fluid mechanics that stresses applications dealing with external potential flows and intermediate viscous flows. Students are expected to have some background in some of the fundamental concepts of the definition of a fluid, hydrostatics, use of control volume conservation principles, initial exposure to the Navier-Stokes equations, and some elements of flow kinematics, such as streamlines and vorticity. It is not meant to be an in-depth study of potential flow or viscous flow, but is meant to expose students to additional analysis techniques for both of these categories of flows. We will see applications to aerodynamics, with analysis methods able to determine forces on arbitrary bodies. We will also examine some of the exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations based on classical fluid mechanics. Finally we will explore the complexities of turbulent flows and how for boundary layer flows one can predict drag forces. This compilation is drafted from notes used in the course Intermediate Fluid Mechanics, offered to seniors and first year graduate students who have a background in mechanical engineering or a closely related area. <a href="https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/d6d599c2-57ce-4ad4-a079-ddf9d27e0d22">Data Dashboard</a>

Exploring Physical Phenomena

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Subject(s): Physics

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 29/11/2022

This course is intended for prospective and practicing elementary and middle school teachers. By exploring physical phenomena in class, you will learn science in ways in which you are expected to teach science in schools or in informal settings such as afterschool programs, youth group meetings, and museum workshops. This course also is appropriate for general science students and others interested in exploring some of the physical phenomena underlying global climate change. <a href="https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/977fdce6-4665-49b3-8fcd-2218cc7d8041">Data dashboard</a>

A Dam Good Argument

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Author(s): Collected works

Editor(s): Liz Delf, Rob Drummond, Kristy Kelly

Subject(s): Writing and editing guides, English, Literary essays, Language learning: writing skills

Institution(s): Oregon State University

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 29/11/2022

Arguments are all around us. Everywhere we look, someone is trying to get our attention, change our minds, or sell us something. Learning about how persuasion works will make you a more thoughtful and skeptical consumer of all that content, so that you can come to your own conclusions and recognize the underlying assumptions that inform those attempts to persuade you. This book is about analyzing others' arguments and crafting your own. The rhetorical choices that you make as a writer–from evidence to structure to tone–impact how your audience will receive your ideas. Using those tools effectively will help your voice be heard. <a href="https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/b6971188-e258-4736-98e2-43bb6909f82a">Data dashboard</a>

Introduction to Climate Science

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Subject(s): Climate change, Climatology and climate modelling, Atmospheric physics, Oceanography (seas and oceans)

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 28/10/2022

This book describes how Earth's climate is changing, how it has been changing in the recent geological past and how it may change in the future. It covers the physical sciences that build the foundations of our current understanding of global climate change such as radiation, Earth's energy balance, the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. Both natural and human causes for climate change are discussed. Impacts of climate change on natural and human systems are summarized. Ethical and economical aspects of human-caused climate change and solutions are presented. <a href="https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/57774d4c-b487-44cd-adb8-1e861582b090">Data dashboard</a>

Wildlife Habitat Management

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Subject(s): Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Forests and woodland

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 04/10/2022

This book is the result of over 35 years of working in academic and research organizations in which foresters, biologists, and individuals from other disciplines collaborated, fought, argued, and occasionally agreed about how forests should be managed. A full copy of the book can be <a href="https://open.oregonstate.education/app/uploads/sites/218/2022/10/Wildlife-Habitat-Management.pdf">downloaded here</a>.

Anatomy & Physiology

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Author(s): Lindsay M. Biga, Sierra Dawson, Amy Harwell, Robin Hopkins, Joel Kaufmann, Mike LeMaster, Philip Matern, Katie Morrison-Graham, Devon Quick, Jon Runyeon

Subject(s): Anatomy

Publisher: OpenStax/Oregon State University

Last updated: 29/09/2022

An adapted and revised edition of the OpenStax Anatomy & Physiology (https://openstax.org/details/books/anatomy-and-physiology) with revised content and artwork, Open Oregon State, Oregon State University.

General Microbiology

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Author(s): Linda Bruslind

Subject(s): Microbiology (non-medical)

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 22/09/2022

Welcome to the wonderful world of microbiology! Yay! So. What is microbiology? If we break the word down it translates to “the study of small life,” where the small life refers to microorganisms or microbes. But who are the microbes? And how small are they? <a href="https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/c22ffb75-7c97-460e-9c0c-1d62df895e45">Data dashboard</a>

Open Judicial Politics

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Subject(s): Law, Legal systems: judges and judicial powers

Publisher: Oregon State Univeristy

Last updated: 22/09/2022

The impetus for this volume was a multitude of conversations regarding pedagogy and teaching related to our judicial process courses. Based on these conversations, we identified four main threads or needs of our colleagues: First, many of us bring or want to bring more “political science” into our classes, though we also want to avoid the high costs of reinventing successful existing courses to do so. Second, our programs all require a political methodology course, and we want to reinforce those lessons in our substantive courses. We want to encourage our students’ understanding of how to read and understand research studies as well as how to craft their own research questions. Third, we want to keep our courses as current as possible. And fourth, we wanted to find a way to bring the cost of our courses down, as we see so many students struggle with the high costs of a college degree. This volume (as well as any future editions) addresses each of these concerns. <a href="https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/32121afd-9145-45ca-a489-8e46f0e79e6e">Data Dashboard</a>

Allied Health Microbiology

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Author(s): OpenStax

Editor(s): Bruslind, Linda

Subject(s): Medical microbiology and virology

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 22/09/2022

Download for free at https://open.oregonstate.education/microbiology

Publication and on-going maintenance of this textbook is possible due to grant support from Oregon State University Ecampus.

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Marine Law and Policy for Scientists and Managers

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Subject(s): International law, transport and commerce: maritime law

Publisher: Oregon State University

Last updated: 01/09/2022

This open educational resource is designed for use by undergraduate and graduate ocean science, natural resource, fisheries and wildlife, and environmental policy students enrolled in a ten-week academic quarter. The purpose of this project is to provide students and non-law professionals with a freely accessible, clearly written guide to support engaging and effective learning. As such, the book serves as a gateway and an invitation to become a well informed, committed and involved ocean citizen as well as to explore the field beyond our course study. <a href="https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/9b8d80d9-dea4-41d8-a056-e05c770e072a">Data dashboard</a>

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