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  • The Development of Astronomy in the United States Prior to 1900

    Creator:
    Harburg, William A.
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    From the earliest English colonization to the present day, there has been interest in astronomy in this country. The purpose of this thesis is to show how the science of astronomy developed in America from the earliest observations by educated colonists using imported instruments and publishing in European journals, to...
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    imported instruments and publishing in European journals, to the end of the nineteenth century, when

  • Exiles and rebels : women in the American left 1900-1920

    Creator:
    Cummings, Katherine H.
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    Between 1900 and 1920 women were responsible for much of the social and political activity in the United States. Recent work by feminist historians has revealed that women were interested in a broad range of issues at the turn of the twentieth century. The American Left addressed such issues as...
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    women's emancipation was reflective of the nineteenth century, and seemed somewhat dated in the early

  • Inner Bark Utilization : A Nez Perce Example

    Creator:
    Churchill, Thomas E.
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    Ponderosa pine trees exhibiting large oval scars on their trunks are found in northeastern Oregon. Patterns in the occurrence and morphology of the scarred trunks raise questions of archeological interest. Examination of ethnographic sources from the Pacific Northwest indicate that the bark of ponderosa pine was peeled to obtain the...
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  • The marine biological station of San Diego : its development as related to the ideas and ideals of William Emerson Ritter (1856-1944)

    Creator:
    Alexander, Gail Marie
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    A number of historians of science have been involved in studying the nature of biology at the turn of the century, and the picture that they have developed describes biology during this time as a field struggling to define itself. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, biologists were...
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    practiced; that is, "biology as it was practiced in the nineteenth- century--in natural history

  • Technological progress, disacculturation, and our public schools

    Creator:
    Morita, Sally J.
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    The problems facing our nation's public schools today cannot be divorced from our enthusiasm for technology and the positive relationship we believe it shares with our perception of progress. Based on the second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that the development of increasingly "efficient"...
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    capacity to appreciate and manipulate this order. As the nineteenth century progressed, Americans became

  • The SELCTV database : the susceptibility of arthropod natural enemies to agricultural pests to pesticides

    Creator:
    Theiling, Karen M.
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    Documentation of the side effects of pesticides on arthropod natural enemies has expanded rapidly since the 1950's as part of an increase in non-target side effects literature. Most reviews have been based on empirical analysis of selected literature. The SELCTV database was developed to make a larger information base accessible...
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    rapidly since the 1950's as part of an increase in non-target side effects literature. Most reviews have

  • Super rockets : a case study of illicit drug use in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Creator:
    Al-Madani, Mohamed E.
    Abstract:
    An apparent consequence of the petroleum boom of the 1970s is the exposure of Saudi Arabia, a formerly closed society, to a massive onslaught of customs and values emanating primarily from western societies. The illegal use of drugs is one such phenomenon which has gained momentum and rapidly expanded. The...
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    artificially produced from morphine. Toward the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, cocaine

  • Preformulation studies for oral dosage forms of lactobacilli

    Creator:
    Liou, Grace Yow-Hwa
    Abstract:
    Lactobacilli have been used in the dairy and pharmaceutical industries because of their nutritious and/or therapeutic effects. Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus bulqaricus were isolated from a commercially available product and studied for their growth and colony characteristics as described in Chapter I and Chapter II. Survival of these lactobacilli in...
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    information useful in evaluating previously reported literature data and in developing oral formulations of

  • Cooling and mass transfer rates in fresh fruits

    Creator:
    Chadwick, Jonathan Michael
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    Moisture loss from fresh fruits results in lost revenue to producers, storage/packing companies, distributors, and increased prices for the consumer. Improved methods of storage and handling are necessary to help prevent moisture loss and retard spoilage. A literature review was conducted to improve knowledge on past and current studies involving...
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    are necessary to help prevent moisture loss and retard spoilage. A literature review was

  • Strategies for process flowsheeting

    Creator:
    Sanz, Carlos C.
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    Two packages of subroutines were developed to perform material balances on chemical processes using the simultaneous modular approach and the equation-based approach. The performances of these packages were compared for five different processes under at least two conditions: one with no design specifications, and one with two or more design...
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    literature. Strategies for Process Flowsheeting by Carlos C. Sanz A THESIS submitted to Oregon State