While the public trust doctrine at common law placed effective limitations on the Crown, these limitations have been somewhat obscured by state court decisions in the United States. Though some courts have suggested that the public trust places limitations or the power of the legislature to convey lands beneath navigable...
Chemical dosimetry developed in response to needs created by
developments in the field of high-energy radiation. Shortly after the
discovery of X-rays in 1895 and of radioactivity in 1896, the deleterious
effects of ionizing radiation were recognized. To guard against the
injurious effects of radiation in medical application, dose-measuring
methods...
The study of parent attitudes in Portland, Oregon, elementary
schools was designed to accomplish three purposes: (1) To identify
the attitudes of Non-Negro parents toward integration of Negroes into
the schools and community, (2) To measure the effects of socioeconomic
classes (low, middle, upper), of schools (control versus
transfer), and...
The purpose of this study was to compare and evaluate personal
attitudes and perceptions, educational and vocational plans, activities
and satisfaction among students of two basic groups selected for the
study: a) financial aid recipients, b) non-financial aid recipients.
Subgroups in each category consisted of over-achievers and under-achievers.
Over-achievers were...
This study is focused primarily on the development and evaluation
of the SUTOE (Self Understanding Through Occupational Exploration)
program in the State of Oregon. It cites the need for a relevant
curriculum for junior high school age youth, and reviews the philosophical
basis for development of the SUTOE course.
The...
This study traces the historical foundations of the concept of
constant ionic proportionality and the equation (Salinity [S%₀] = 1.805
Chlorinity [Cl%₀] + 0.030) which has been in general use in oceanography
since 1902 until 1969 and which is based upon this constancy,
The notion that the constituents present in...
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of
Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in selected
schools of the Oregon Small Schools Project. Specifically, the
objectives were to analyze:
1. To what extent were the objectives of the OSSP
accomplished.
2. To what degree...