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Judicial deference and its potential effect on agency science and natural resource management

Creator:: Grisa, Amanda Marie Schenk
Abstract:: The USDA Forest Services' actions have come under greater scrutiny by a public that has become increasingly concerned with the legality of their actions. Often, challenges involve the quality of science used in the decision-making. Congress has mandated that the agency use the "best available science" in its decision making...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 39 These include Inland Empire Public Lands Council v. United States Forest Service, 88 F. 3d 754

Building social capital through community-agency collaboration : a survey of residents in northeast Washington

Creator:: Maier, Carolin
Abstract:: Over the past half century, the USDA Forest Service has increasingly faced diverse and often competing demands for forest resources, ranging from recreation, to ecosystem services, and timber supply. Building positive community-agency relationships has become increasingly important. Such relationships can improve community support for forest planning and management activities, ultimately...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Service has increasingly faced diverse and often competing demands for forest resources, ranging from

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

Creator:: Bennett, Drew E.
Abstract:: The concept of ecosystem services broadens perspectives on nature to include not only intrinsic value but also the utilitarian value it provides to society. Viewing nature through this lens informs our understanding of how particular ecological processes benefit different actors. In this research, I examine how water utilities in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Santa Fe, New Mexico are partnering with the US Forest Service and using ratepayer funds for

A critical exploration of assessment within multicultural affairs

Creator:: Martinez, Jessica A.
Abstract:: This thesis explored the experiences of four Student Affairs practitioners working within Multicultural Affairs (MA). The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how professionals within MA offices were developing and conducting assessment as well as identify barriers they faced and best practices used. Data for this study was...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

Identifying support systems and obstacles transgender students encounter in college

Creator:: Pamp, Meredith L.
Abstract:: This qualitative study explored the experiences of transgender students at a large, public university. The focus of this study was to identify where transgender students found support systems and obstacles at Rivera University. Six students, who self-identified as transgender, participated in one-on-one semi-structured interviews directed by three research questions: (a)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

Creator:: Normandin, Kathleen
Abstract:: The contemporary student veteran population is growing rapidly as service members who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts take advantage of the Post 9/11 Veteran Educational Assistance Act of 2008 to receive educational benefits to attend college (Cook & Kim, 2009). However, student veterans entering college today have a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: student veteran population is growing rapidly as service members who served in the Afghanistan and Iraq

"Flying the plane as we build it" : a qualitative study of an organization's goals and actions toward the prevention of exploited female youth

Creator:: Dubyak, Erin A.
Abstract:: Within the U.S. there is a growing interest in the case of female adolescents being coerced into the sex industry (Bernstein, 2010; Estes & Weiner, 2001; Soderlund, 2010; Williams and Frederick, 2009). This interest, which emerged due to U.S. involvement in the international trafficking phenomena and grassroots organizing, has resulted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Food safety knowledge and continuing education interests of hospital foodservice managers

Creator:: Ramsay, Jean D.
Abstract:: Hospital patients are at high risk for foodborne illness; it is essential that hospital foodservice managers know food safety principles. The purpose of this research was to assess the basic food safety knowledge of hospital foodservice managers and to determine their interest in continuing education related to food safety. A...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: acute care hospitals in every state in the United States except Delaware, Idaho, and Vermont. This

Policies and practices of L.G.B.T. friendly institutions to support students who are attracted to more than one gender

Creator:: Zissen, Donald J.
Abstract:: Within the United States, the number of "out" Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) individuals attending a college or university is on the rise (Rosario, Schrimshaw, Hunter & Braun, 2006). With this increase, the new and/or different ways that lesbian and gay individuals can present and express their sexual orientation has...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: ______________________________________________________ Jessica E. White Within the United

Medicaid prenatal care : testing the effectiveness of a prenatal intervention model

Creator:: Buffa, Jan L.
Abstract:: The study evaluates the effectiveness of a pregnancy intervention model (PIM) developed to improve first trimester prenatal care utilization in a population of 2,694 low-income Medicaid women. Engagement in prenatal care is critical before prenatal care can occur. Early initiation of prenatal care is important for low income pregnant women...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: manner, their access to drug treatment or any needed service. Interventions included a real time

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Judicial deference and its potential effect on agency science and natural resource management

Building social capital through community-agency collaboration : a survey of residents in northeast Washington

Investing upstream : a social-ecological systems perspective on water utility investments in ecosystem services

A critical exploration of assessment within multicultural affairs

Identifying support systems and obstacles transgender students encounter in college

Contemporary student veterans : transitional experiences from military life to college life

"Flying the plane as we build it" : a qualitative study of an organization's goals and actions toward the prevention of exploited female youth

Food safety knowledge and continuing education interests of hospital foodservice managers

Policies and practices of L.G.B.T. friendly institutions to support students who are attracted to more than one gender

Medicaid prenatal care : testing the effectiveness of a prenatal intervention model

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