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  • The feasibility of implementing a campfire closure in a heavily used portion of Eagle Cap Wilderness

    Creator:
    Orr, Taylor
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    Gathering and burning firewood in heavily used subalpine areas contributes to campsite deterioration. Forest Service policy directs wilderness managers to implement the principle of nondegradation. As a result, campfires may be prohibited in areas where fire-related impacts are significant. The Lakes Basin and Ice Lake Travel Zones in the Eagle...
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    Capstone Project
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    USED PORTION OF EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS by TAYLOR ORR A RESEARCH PAPER submitted to THE DEPARTMENT OF

  • Traditional Medicine and Self-Determination in Resolving Mental Health Problems Among Southwest Oregon Native Americans

    Creator:
    Otis, Alison Taylor
    Abstract:
    Native Americans in southwest Oregon are a heterogenous group comprising one-quarter of the state's total Indian population. Despite their notable size, Native Americans in this six county area are either ineligible for, or inaccessible to, federally sponsored Indian health facilities available to Native peoples elsewhere. Research was conducted over an...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Taylor Otis for in Interdisciplinary Studies in Studies, and Geography Presented Title: Traditional

  • British policies toward Palestine

    Creator:
    Earl-Taylor, Michael A.
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    This study traces British government policies with regard to Palestine from the time the British Expeditionary Forces under General Allenby invested Jerusalem in December 1917 to the imposition of the Mandate with Britain as the Mandatory power, which came into effect on July 22, 1922. The first chapter provides an...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michael A. Earl-Taylor for

  • Norbert Wiener and the growth of negative feedback in scientific explanation : with a proposed research program of "cybernetic analysis"

    Creator:
    Hellman, Walter Daniel
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    Negative feedback has become ubiquitous in science both as a technique and as a conceptual tool. As a technique, negative feedback has a long history; devices based in its use were made in antiquity. It has only been during the last century, however, that rigorous quantitiative methods have become associated...
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    Dissertation
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    approved: / J. Brookes Spencer Negative feedback has become ubiquitous in science both as a technique

  • Oceanographic basis for managing the effects of noxious phytoplankton blooms on cage salmon aquaculture

    Creator:
    Clément, Alejandro
    Abstract:
    The project presented here emphasizes a specific biological problem affecting the salmon cage culture with the final goal being to propose a realistic management strategy for fjordic estuaries worldwide.
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my adviser Dr. Fred J. Smith for his continuous understanding, support and

  • Creation and investigation of musical forms designed to promote relaxation

    Creator:
    Montgomery, Sue
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    The study was a creative endeavor in which researchfindings from the areas of medicine, mental health andeducation concerning effects of background music were combinedinto an experimental musical form designed to promote andfacilitate the relaxation response. This experimental musicwas cormared with Baroque largo musical background, as recommendedin Lozanov's method of accelerated...
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    Dissertation
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    Designed to Promote Relaxation Redacted for privacy Abstract approved: Dr. Karl J. Nice The study was a

  • Cultural integrity and marginality along the South Fork of the Salmon River, Idaho

    Creator:
    Rebillet, S. J.
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    This work examines the varied populations which have inhabited the South Fork region from prehistoric times to the present. It disclosed that even though almost no archaeology has been done in the area, data from contiguous regions suggest that persistent and careful archaeological investigation should reveal valuable and informative sites...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the Salmon River, Idaho AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF S. J. Rebillet for the degree of Master of

  • The Takelma and their Athapascan kin : an ethnographic synthesis of southwestern Oregon

    Creator:
    Gray, Dennis J.
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    This study is a synthesis of the available ethnographic and relevant archaeological data pertaining to the Native American groups who formerly occupied the upper Rogue River drainage of southwestern Oregon. The information presented in this synthesis concerns the material, social and religious aspects of aboriginal life as practiced by the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Dennis J. Gray for the

  • 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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    Masters Thesis
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    schools AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sally J. Morita for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • The influence of map complexity on interpolation accuracy.pdf

    Creator:
    Young, Brian K.
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    In this paper "map complexity" refers to the inherent intricacy of a mapped geographic pattern. Map complexity and sample size are two variables shown to influence the accuracy of interpolated dasymetric maps. An automated experiment was designed to investigate the precise relationship among map complexity, sample size, and the accuracy...
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    Masters Thesis
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    professor and mentor; committee members Dr. Phillip L. Jackson and Dr. Charles L. Rosenfeld; Dr. William J