The major historical studies that have examined American
biology have emphasized the development of experimental biology at
the end of the nineteenth century. In this characterization, the
descriptive branch of biology has often been treated as less than
important and, in several cases, as a hindrance in the application
of...
This history concerns the scientific contributions of Charles
Babbage (1791-1871) to mathematics, to the invention of calculating
machines, and machine tools, to the development of scientific ideas
through a wide variety of scientific investigations and his involvement
in several different scientific reforms. Babbage considered himself
a philosopher in the broadest...
The purpose of this investigation was to identify sources of
influence on one major growth trend for college students: the development
of autonomy. Specifically, the study focused on whether
change in autonomy in college freshmen was related to the background
of the students, their associations with peers, their contacts with...
The purpose of this research was to determine if there were
initial differences in selected dimensions of self-actualization, as
measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI), between the
freshmen who selected co-educational residence halls and those who
selected single-sex residence halls; and to determine if the type
of residence hall...
The purpose of this exploratory study was to develop hypotheses
about the relationships between nurturance in fathers to their small
children and independent variables thought to be associated with
fathers' nurturance. A second purpose was to attempt to clarify
the father role in contemporary American society.
The literature of child...
This study was conducted in the old-growth forests of Clatsop,
Tillamook, and Lincoln counties, Oregon. The three objectives of
the research were to describe and classify the near-climax plant
communities found within the forests, to relate the associes described
by a previous study to the forest communities characterized by the...
Nine small Mesozoic plutons in TJmatilla County, northeast Oregon, crop out within an area of 58 sq km in the Blue Mountains. The plutons are divided into an earlier series of probable Permian-Triassic age and a later intrusive series of probable Late Jurassic to Middle Cretaceous age. The earlier rocks...
The need for and problems related to string processing are
discussed and a definition of the term "string" is derived. A
brief review of some existing string processing systems leads
to the presentation of a design for a string processing extension
to the programming language Pascal. A rationale for the...
This research details the adoption, implementation, and outcomes
of Project C. 0. R. E. (Careers Oriented Relevant Education)
in District #19 junior high schools in Springfield, Oregon. Information
was gathered from teachers, students, and parents associated
with each District #19 junior high school via questionnaires, interviews,
and by field observations....
A possible form of a theory of exploitation of fish populations was examined. The exploitation theory was derived from a theory of community dynamics that represents the interactions between populations in a biological community with complex interrelated systems of isoclines on phase planes. The isocline systems are deduced, with a...
The effects of discharged sewage on physico-chemical conditions
and the distribution and abundance of marine benthic animals were
studied in Shilshole Bay, a part of Puget Sound, off Seattle,
Washington. For over 50 years prior to 1965, when this study was
initiated, 87,300 pounds (32,400 pounds BOD) per day of...
Sixteen populations of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) were established
in laboratory aquariums. Eight populations were exposed to
dieldrin at a mean concentration of 0.525 ppb in the water and 2.11
ppm in the food, tubificid worms. Eight populations received control
water and food. All populations were fed three grams of tubificid...
This study was designed to measure the results on public
school teachers of training in three teaching systems. The results
of the study were intended to provide evidence that might be used
for designing a single system which would bring together the most
effective aspects of each of the systems...
An inelastic scattering experiment was done in which 17-MeV
protons from the Oregon State University cyclotron were scattered
from ¹⁴N
and ¹⁵N gas targets. Angular distributions are shown for
the ground, 6.32-, 7.56-, 8.31-, and 8.57 -MeV states and the 5.3- and
7.2-MeV unresolved doublets of ¹⁵N, and for the...