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The computer, the computer user group, and the civil engineer

Creator:: Cunningham, Gerald Robert
Abstract:: An attempt to determine the relationship between the computer, the computer program exchange organization and today's practicing civil engineer has just been completed. A questionnaire was used to obtain information and opinions from 850 selected practicing civil engineers. Based on those questionnaires reaching their addresses, a return rate of 81.7...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , AND THE CIVIL ENGINEER Abstract approved: r. John Peterson An attempt to determine the

Effect of vertical compressive stress on shear strength of wood beams

Creator:: Mandery, William Lee
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the statis- tical analysis. The student's graduate committee, Professors Peterson, Guthrie, T. J

Time-dependent deflection of Douglas fir beams in bending and shear modes

Creator:: Capell, Harry Thomas
Abstract:: Creep in wood has been observed since 1833 but only recently has it been studied quantitatively. The aim of this paper is to study the time-dependent deflections of Douglas fir, Coast Region beams in bending and shear modes. The general method of approach used is that of large scale observation....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ---7q-6" ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author wishes to express his appreciation to Dr. John Peterson for

The present status of plastics as an engineering material

Creator:: Summersett, John Steve
Abstract:: The present status of plastics is one of constant change, but this thesis attempts to focus attention on the state of the industry as of 1967. Beginning with a brief title definition and history of plastics, the writer proceeds to a discussion on the structural characteristics of plastics. Under this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Peterson, for his guidance. I would also like to express my appreciation for the interviews and tours

Frequency analysis of timber-joist floors

Creator:: Polensek, Anton
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ANALYSIS OF TIMBER-JOIST FLOORS Abstract approved; John Peterson Matrix formulation was combined with the

A treatise on structures without bending

Creator:: Taleb-Agha, Ghiath Abdul-Kareem
Abstract:: There are several factors which affect the cost and efficiency of a structure. The most important and basic factors are: the predominant stress, the way the structure carries the loads and the shape of the structure. The structures in which the predominant stress is not bending have been chosen to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: John Peterson There are several factors which affect the cost and efficiency of a

Synecological features of a natural headland prairie on the Oregon coast

Creator:: Davidson, Eric Duncan
Abstract:: The study of the vegetation of one of the natural coastal prairies in Oregon was undertaken for the purpose of describing some of its synecological features. Specific objectives of the study were to describe certain plant assemblages in the study area, present phenological relationships on some of the assemblages, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Oregon coast AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF ERIC DUNCAN DAVIDSON for the Master of Science

Hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis products from bark phenolic acids

Creator:: Peterson, William Emery
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: phenolic acids AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF William Emery Peterson for the Master of Science degree in

Genotype-environment interaction in winter wheat F₁ progeny

Creator:: Peterson, C. J.
Abstract:: Seven winter wheats were evaluated for plant height, the components of yield and yield in a diallel cross at Pendleton, Oregon and Lind, Washington. An additional parent was added to the diallel cross at Pullman, Washington. Two levels of nitrogen and five replications were utilized at each of the locations....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Clarence James Peterson

Factors consociated with selection and satisfaction of non-university rental housing as stated by the wives of undergraduate students attending Oregon State University

Creator:: Peterson, Shirley Holwegner
Abstract:: This study was designed (1) to determine if selected family oriented factors influence student wives' housing satisfaction, (2) to determine which housing factors have the greatest influence on the student wives' satisfaction with their housing, (3) to determine which housing factors influence most the selection of married student housing, (4)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Date thesis is presented j(,t, Typed by Donna Olson for Shirley Holwegner Peterson /1

Histochemical study of some enzymes of the common liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica L.

Creator:: Panitz, Eric
Abstract:: Acid and alkaline phosphatase was localized histochemically in the intestinal epithelium and excretory duct respectively in fresh frozen sections of Fasciola hepatica. Polyphenol oxidase was localized in the vitellaria, vitelline ducts and egg-shells. The distribution and nature of esterases was examined histochemically. Acetyl-cholinesterase was observed in the tegument, neural ganglia,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Liver Fluke, Fasciola hepatica L. by Eric Panitz A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

Electrocardiograms and related variables of dwarf beef cattle

Creator:: Pinjani, Moti, 1939-
Abstract:: Electrocardiograms from 12 compressed male (CM), 16 compressed female (CF), ten synthetic compressed female (SCF), nine brachycephalic female (BF), and 15 dolichocephalic female (DF) dwarfs from Davis, California, taken in the scapular lead S-II (prescapular position positive and right forelimb negative) were analyzed, The data on dwarf electrocardiograms were compared...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Manning at Corvallis, Oregon. The average R-R, P--R, Q-T, and T-Q intervals, and the QRS

Heat as a factor in germination of seeds of Ceanothus velutinus var. laevigatus T. & G.

Creator:: Gratkowski, H.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: VBLUTINPS VAR. LAEVIGATtJS T. & G. by HENRY JOHN GRATKOWSKI A THESIS submitted to OREGON STATE UNI

Heat as a factor in germination of seeds of Ceanothus velutinus var. laevigatus T. & G.

Creator:: Gratkowski, H.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: VELUTINUS VAR. LAEVIGATAS T. & G, by HENRY JOHN GRATKOWSKI A THESIS submitted to OREGON STATE

Efficiency of thorium extraction by primary amines as a function of pulse frequency and amplitude in a pulsed sieve-plate column

Creator:: Davis, Bernard Eric, 1937-
Abstract:: The amine extraction process is evaluated for pulse column operation. A 0.1 M solution of Primene JM-T (a commercial mixture of tertiary-alkyl primary amines) in a kerosene-base diluent is the extractant for thorium feed in aqueous acidic sulfate solutions. Equilibrium isotherms at room temperature are presented at aqueous acidities of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: process is evaluated for pulse column operation. A 0.1 M solution of Primene JM -T (a commercial mix

Determination of pyridoxal phosphate and pyridoxal by the cyanohydrin method

Creator:: Chang, Susan Shao-Shu King
Abstract:: Pyridoxal phosphate is a coenzyme in about 50 known enzymatic reactions. A simple and accurate method for the determination of pyridoxal phosphate would be desirable because it could provide a means to assess the nutritional status of vitamin B₆ in the human. The cyanohydrin methods to determine pyridoxal phosphate appear...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THE CYANOHYDRIN METHOD Abstract approved: ... . Lorraine T. Miller Pyridoxal phosphate is a

The effect of seed storage conditions on stand establishment, forage and seed production in crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum L) and perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L)

Creator:: Singh, Jyotendra Narain
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thankful to Dr. T. M. Ching for her guidance, criticism, helpful suggestions, un- self ish devotion of

The effects of mechanical damage, insect infestation, and storage conditions on seed viability of wheat (Triticum vulgare)

Creator:: Cinki, Sevim
Abstract:: The effects of mechanical damage, insect infestation and storage conditions on seed viability of spring wheat were studied by three known tests, laboratory germination, greenhouse growth, and tetrazolium staining, so that the relationship of these tests could be discerned to facilitate seed testing work. Mechanical damage was induced by threshing,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to Dr. T. M. Ching, of the Farm Crops Departrnent, for her guidance and encouragernent, both during

The kinetics of the sulfur (IV) - sulfur (VI) isotopic exchange reaction in aqueous and concentrated acid solutions

Creator:: McDonald, Ray Locke
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Erchangc Expartncnt Bohmm I$agffi3 {d I$eZSffO; LB O.I S SSS* * * r t.* r.t i r r * *. BadtasE3.f,er Bx

The relation between parental consistency in response to frustration and children's imitation of parental responses

Creator:: Sethi, Renuka Raghavan
Abstract:: The present investigation was designed to test two major hypotheses and five sub-hypotheses. The two major hypotheses were: (1) Parental models influence the shaping of children's responses to frustration, and (2) There is a positive relation between parental consistency in responses to frustration and children's imitation of parental responses. Three...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Imitation of Parental Responses Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy T. .AntoinettAR'yan The present

Correlation of phosphorus soil tests and forms of inorganic soil phosphorus with crop response and phosphorus uptake from Aiken soils

Creator:: Vacharotayan, Sorasith
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Anglemier A. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to extend to Dr. T. L. Jackson my grati- tude and

The influence of selected environmental factors on diuron toxicity to winter wheat

Creator:: Homesley, Wylie Buress
Abstract:: Previous work has shown that diuron (3-(3, 4- dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea) is less toxic to fall-planted wheat than to wheat planted in the spring. Diuron has been a significant factor in increasing yields of winter wheat grown in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The influence of several selected environmental factors on diuron toxicity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Appleby, Donald. W. Hedrick and Roger G. Peterson, I express thanks for personal interest in correcting

The Ore bin ; Vol. 29 No. 11 (November 1967)

Creator:: Oregon. Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Peterson, Norman V., and Groh, Edward A.
Resource Type:: Journal
Full Text:: Potential of the Klamath Falls Area, Oregon A Preliminary Study By Norman V. Peterson* and Edward A. Groh

The Ore bin ; Vol. 25 No. 3 (March 1963)

Creator:: Oregon. Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Peterson, Norman V., and Groh, Edward A.
Resource Type:: Journal
Full Text:: Volume 25, No. 3 March, 1963 RECENT VOLCANIC LANDFORMS IN CENTRAL OREGON* By Norman V. Peterson and

The Ore bin ; Vol. 25 No. 5 (May 1963)

Creator:: Oregon. Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Peterson, N. J., and Groh, Edward A.
Resource Type:: Journal
Full Text:: Volume 25, No. 5 May, 1963 MAARS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL OREGON By N. J. Peterson* and E. A. Groh

The Ore bin ; Vol. 26 No. 9 (September 1964)

Creator:: Oregon. Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Mason, Ralph S., Peterson, Norman V., and Groh, Edward A.
Resource Type:: Journal
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The Ore bin ; Vol. 24 No. 6 (June 1962)

Creator:: Oregon. Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Staples, Lloyd William, 1908-, and Peterson, Norman V.
Resource Type:: Journal
Full Text:: until 1938, when W. T. Schaller described 83 johannsenite. The mineral was named in honor of Albert

Plant succession on two Artemisia habitat types in southeastern Oregon

Creator:: Tueller, Paul T., 1934-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: vegetation with scattered specimens of Juniperus occidentalis. ti t- -- -- - -#114-4eCtt,:t4.10-Air

Survey of intertidal organisms of a pothole at Strawberry Hill, Benton county, Oregon

Creator:: White, Vikki, Canoy, Dave, Roth, Eric, and Jones, Vicki
Abstract:: Keywords: Zoo451; Strawberry Hill; intertidal organisms; Community; Population size; Population density; Distribution; Anthopleura xanthogrammica; Laminaria; Allopora; Lissodendoryx; Eudistyla polymorpha; Salmacina; Anthopleura; Esperiopsis originalis; Mytilus californiahus; Oedignathus inermis; Pholadidea penita; Balanus cariosus; Pisaster ochraceus; Iridophycus; Microcladia; Halichondria; Mopalia ciliata; Polycipes polymerus; Stronglyocentrotus purpuratus; Balanus glandula; Anthopleora elegantissima; Pollicipes polymerus; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus;...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: HILL, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON June 22 & 23, 1967 VE~ki White Eric Roth Dave Canoy Vicki Jones

Instruments for rapidly measuring slope of grain in lumber

Creator:: Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.), Anderson, Eric A., Koehler, Arthur, 1885-, and Krone, Robert H.
Abstract:: Information reviewed and reaffirmed 1960.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: SLOPE OF GRAIN IN LUMBEE44- By ERIC A. ANDERSON, Technologist ARTHUR KOEHLER, Chief Division of

Instruments for rapidly measuring slope of grain in lumber

Creator:: Anderson, Eric A., Koehler, Arthur, 1885-, Krone, Robert H., and Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.)
Abstract:: Information reviewed and reaffirmed 1960.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: SLOPE OF GRAIN IN LUMBEE44- By ERIC A. ANDERSON, Technologist ARTHUR KOEHLER, Chief Division of

The Ore bin ; Vol. 26 No. 7 (July 1964)

Creator:: Oregon. Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Henderson, E. P. (Eric P.), and Dole, Hollis M. (Hollis Mathews)
Resource Type:: Journal
Full Text:: in Oregon Territory in 1956 and examined by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, in Boston. After the specimen was

Treatments to improve wood permeability as an approach to the drying problem

Creator:: Ellwood, Eric L., Ecklund, Barton A., Western Dry Kiln Clubs, and Western Dry Kiln Clubs. Meeting (13th : 1961 : Medford, Or.)
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: by Eric Ellwood - Wood Technologist, Forest Products

Beef cattle breeding research in the western region

Creator:: Clark, R. T. (Richard Turnbull), 1902-1965
Abstract:: Published November 1963. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: 6 t/AP r4 M LjB S2tI EZ ZVI TECHNICAL BULLETIN 73

Seasonal cattle and sheep diets on Festuca arundinacea-Trifolium subterraneum and Lolium perenne-Trifolium subterraneum pastures in western Oregon

Creator:: Bedell, Thomas E.
Abstract:: Sheep and cattle dietary preferences were determined on tall fescue-subclover ( Festuca arundinacea-Trifolium subterraneum) and perennial ryegrass-subclover (Lolium perenne-Trifoliuni subterraneum) pastures in western Oregon during the spring and summer periods of 1964 and 1965. Esophageal-fistulated Willamette ewes and Hereford and Hereford-Angus yearling cattle were grazed separately on each pasture mixture...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Dr. C. E. Poulton, Dr. W. S McGuire, Dr. J. E. Oldfield and Dr. A. T. Ralston is gratefully

Factors affecting establishment, survival, and production of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Creator:: Cooper, Clee Scott
Abstract:: Field, greenhouse, growth chamber and laboratory experiments evaluated factors affecting establishment, survival and production of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Field studies investigated the effects of a barley companion crop, seedling year harvest management and nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization upon stands, survival and subsequent production...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Ql"ai*-9._r"Li"" t,. ) Abstract approved Field, gr-eenhouse, growth ehamber and laboratory

Nucleic acid, carbohydrate and nitrogen status of juvenile and adult tissues of Pyrus species, and effect of storage temperature of Pyrus cuttings on their carbohydrate and nitrogen contents

Creator:: Ali, Chaudary Niaz
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , advice, and criticism during the entire study and for writing this manuscript; to Dr. L. T

The Ore bin ; Vol. 29 No. 12 (December 1967)

Creator:: Oregon. Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Brooks, Howard C., and Vallier, T. L. (Tracy L.)
Abstract:: This report presents a summary of the principal geologic and physiographic features of the upper part of the Snake River Canyon between Oregon and Idaho. The area discussed extends from Farewell Bend near Huntington, Oregon downriver to Granite Creek 6 miles below Hells Canyon Dam, a distance of 94 miles....
Resource Type:: Journal
Full Text:: , argillites, chert, and limestone T b 0 1 Quaternary deposits Distance between top of PLATE 4 and bottom

The Ore bin ; Vol. 30 No. 12 (October 1971)

Creator:: Oregon. Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Vallier, T. L. (Tracy L.), and Brogan, Phil F., 1896-
Resource Type:: Journal
Full Text:: . 2113-2120. Thayer, T. P., and Brown, C. E., 1964, Pre-Tertiary orogenic and pluton- ic intrusive

Effects of certain defects and stress-concentrating factors on the strength of tension flanges of box beams

Creator:: Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.), Lewis, Wayne C., 1914-, Heebink, T. B. (Thomas Bruce), 1914-, and Cottingham, Willard Sherwin
Abstract:: This report is one of a series issued in cooperation with the Air Force-Navy-Civil Committee on Aircraft Design Criteria under the supervision of the Aircraft Committee of the Munitions Board. Information reviewed and reaffirmed May 1953, June 1959, and 1965. Date of original report November 17, 1944.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . LEWIS, Engineer T. B. BEEBINE, Engineer W. S. COTTINGBAM, Engineer Forest Products Laboratory

The Ore bin ; Vol. 31 No. 11 (November 1969)

Creator:: Oregon. Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Mercer, Basil W., Shaffer, Leslie Lloyd Donald, and Hashimoto, Steve T.
Resource Type:: Journal
Full Text:: Leslie L. D. Shaffer* and Steve T. Hashimoto, MBA** Rockhounding, the lively art of searching for

Larval systematics of the Troginae in North America, with notes on biologies and life histories (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Creator:: Baker, Charles William, 1937-
Abstract:: A study of the immature stages of the subfamily Troginae in North America was conducted from the spring of 1963 through the spring of 1965, Larvae of Trox and Omorgus were easily reared in the laboratory, but all attempts to rear the larvae of Glaresis were unsuccessful, The suberosus group,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: morphology and cyto- genetics of the adults. A table listing 17 characters by which the t` genus Trox

Insect enemies of Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopk. : indentification of their immature stages and distribution in standing trees

Creator:: Kline, LeRoy N.
Abstract:: The objectives undertaken in this study were: 1) to develop means of identifying the immature stages of the known insect predators and parasites of the Douglas-fir beetle; 2) to investigate the possible distribution, spatially and/or temporal, of the known insect predators and parasites in standing trees infested by the Douglas-fir...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: quite variable and contains a large portion of zero classes. The larvae of E. sphegeus and T

An analysis of the growth and development of the 'Tangent Grange Oil Company' as a case study

Creator:: Maina, Francis Mugoiyo
Abstract:: The foundation upon which any cooperative rests is the economic need for it as a business enterprise. The existence of such a need cannot by itself provide the basis for a thriving cooperative. Not only mus.t the need exist, but the members or the promoters must through realistic and diligent...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The relationship between specific mother-child interactions and selected aspects of language development in Head Start children

Creator:: Owen, Martha-Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between specific mother-child interactions and selected aspects of language development in "disadvantaged" children. The subjects were 19 preschool children in a summer Head Start program in Denver, Colorado. Their ages ranged from four years-nine months to five years-seven months. Eighteen...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: afternoon groups with respect to change scores. The student's t-test was applied for each of the seven

The effect of nursery school observation on mothers' understanding of behavior in preschool children

Creator:: Goldman, Allene Townsend
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the level of behavioral understanding of preschool children of mothers who had observed in the nursery school with the level of behavioral understanding of mothers who had not observed. "Behavioral understanding" was defined as a mother's degree of awareness of the factors...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: considered to have an extensive background. A t -test of significance was used to determine the

A comparison of the relative effectiveness of teaching composition by closed-circuit television and by conventional classroom procedures

Creator:: Patty, Austin Horace
Abstract:: This study was designed to test the relative effectiveness of teaching Writing 111 at Oregon State University by closed-circuit television as compared with conventional classroom procedures; the hypothesis was that the students taught by television (the experimental group) would achieve as well as the students taught in conventional classrooms (the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . A t -test of significance was used to determine the statistical level of significance of these

Comparative performance of polypropylene and nylon hosiery using wear and laboratory tests

Creator:: Merrell, Mabel
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of hosiery made from a new fiber, polypropylene, with the performance of hosiery made from a better known fiber, nylon, and to get some indication of consumer reaction to a new textile product. Information was obtained through two wear tests...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: elongation were analyzed by using a t test. Standard deviations checked the amounts of variation from the

A comparison of the academic achievement of Oregon community college transfer students with that of native students at Oregon State University

Creator:: Lenmark, Bruce Carl
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not a significant difference existed between Oregon community college transfer students and native students at Oregon State University with respect to academic achievement, persistence, and graduation. Two groups of students were selected for observation. The first included all of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: made by t tests. Within the transfer group, evaluations were made for sub-groups established on the

Fractionation of bovine sarcoplasmic proteins by DEAE-cellulose chromatography

Creator:: Rampton, James Henry
Abstract:: Ion exchange chromatography methods which have been developed in recent years appear to offer a sensitive technique that can be utilized very advantageously in studies on various proteins and their properties. The application of such a procedure for the successful fractionation of bovine sarcoplasmic proteins should stimulate interest and research...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Discussion 33 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 35 BIBLIOGRAPHY 37 LIS T OF FIGURES Figure Pa-ge

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