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Energetics of the belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Creator:: Vessel, Richard Douglas
Abstract:: A year-long caged study the belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) combined time-budget and food-balance techniques to obtain data on daily energy consumption (DEC) throughout an annual cycle. This study tested the hypothesis that seasonal variations in DEC could be predicted as a function of temperature, photoperiod, and timed-activity data. The DEC...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , while Dr. Paul Farber and Dr. Charles Warren contributed deeply to my appreciation of the philosophical

Science, service, and specialized agriculture : the re-invention of the maraschino cherry

Creator:: Jolly, J. Christopher
Abstract:: From 1925 to 1930, Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of Horticultural Products at Oregon State Agricultural College, developed an improved brining process for cherries. Brined cherries are used in the production of maraschino and glacé cherries, which already had a sizable market in the United States by the 1920s. This...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for privacy AKNOWLEDGEMENT I thank the members of my thesis committeeMary J0 Nye, Robert Nye, Paul

Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

Creator:: Ellis, Erik
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on the life of Dixy Lee Ray as it examines important developments in marine biology and biological oceanography during the mid twentieth century. In addition, Ray's key involvement in the public understanding of science movement of the 1950s and 1960s provides a larger social and cultural context...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: also thank the other members of my committee Ron Doel, Paul Farber, and Robert Nyc who willingly read

The role of competition, community, and priority in the discovery of the tau lepton

Creator:: Swanner, Leandra
Abstract:: This study examines the interactions between the scientific communities of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in the discovery of the tau lepton by physicist Martin Perl between 1973- 1977. Perl became interested in searching for heavy leptons through positron-electron collision experiments using the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: opportunity to learn from Paul Farber. For me, the History Department is truly synonymous with Paul, whose

A comparative study of visually perceived teacher nonverbal behavior and the formation of student affect among members of three different ethnic groups

Creator:: Copeland, Robert McDaniel
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: computer analysis of the data; To Dr. Glenn Clark, Dr. Paul Farber, and Dr. Robert Storm for serving as

'Hysterical preservationists' and 'gouge-and-run bulldozer boys' : the land-use controversy in Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains, 1968-1972

Creator:: Jensen, Erica (Erica Lyn)
Abstract:: Similar to other spectacular scenic areas in the American West, Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains have been a contested landscape since the beginning of the 20th century. Although, legislation was introduced in Congress as early as 1913 to protect the towering mountains of south-central Idaho as a national park, the issue...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: encouragement. Paul Farber was a sounding board when I needed it most during the first year of my masters

Thresholds of uncertainty : radiation and responsibility in the fallout controversy

Creator:: Jolly, J. Christopher
Abstract:: The public controversy over possible health hazards from radioactive fallout from atomic bomb testing began in 1954, shortly after a thermonuclear test by the United States spread fallout world wide. In the dissertation, I address two of the fundamental questions of the fallout controversy: Was there a threshold of radiation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I offer heartfelt thanks to the members of my committee, Mary Jo Nye, Robert Nye, Paul Farber

A taxonomic revision of Astragalus mokiacensis and allied taxa within the Astragalus lentiginosus complex of Section Diphysi

Creator:: Alexander, J. Andrew
Abstract:: North America, with over 400 species of Astragalus (Fabaceae), is one of three major centers of diversity, all of which comprise the majority of the nearly 1750 species of Astragalus worldwide. One of the most diverse species, Astragalus lentiginosus of Section Diphysi, is a polymorphic complex of over 40 varieties,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: influenced by S. L. Welsh and N. D. Atwood's revision and the extensive collections at the Welsh Herbarium

John Wesley Powell : science and reform in a positive context

Creator:: Zernel, John Joseph, 1945-
Abstract:: John Wesley Powell worked actively for public land system reform while a director of geographical and geological surveys in the West from 1869 to 1894. Although this has won him acclaim as a conservationist, the basis of Powell's linkage of reform with scientific work is poorly understood. A study of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to the efforts of Dr. Robert J. Morris, Jr. and Dr. Paul L. Farber, faculty in the Department of

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Energetics of the belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Science, service, and specialized agriculture : the re-invention of the maraschino cherry

Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

The role of competition, community, and priority in the discovery of the tau lepton

A comparative study of visually perceived teacher nonverbal behavior and the formation of student affect among members of three different ethnic groups

'Hysterical preservationists' and 'gouge-and-run bulldozer boys' : the land-use controversy in Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains, 1968-1972

Thresholds of uncertainty : radiation and responsibility in the fallout controversy

A taxonomic revision of Astragalus mokiacensis and allied taxa within the Astragalus lentiginosus complex of Section Diphysi

John Wesley Powell : science and reform in a positive context

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