Oregon has the most extensive land-use planning program of any state in this country. Every acre of privately owned land in this state is zoned. Every acre is subject to a comprehensive plan. Planning affects the cost of your home, the distance you drive to work or shop, your property...
This study investigated the private costs to individual households
of large-lot zoning policies. The study asked whether typical
zoning ordinances create shortages of small lots or small structures
and, if so, what the magnitude of the resultant welfare loss is.
The hypotheses were suggested by a theoretical model developed
to...
The primary problem of this study was to evaluate the post-high
school plans component of a high school counseling program. The
intent was to determine the effectiveness of the program component in
relation to the purpose it was designed to serve: providing information
and guidance for high school students who...
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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...
The primary purpose of this study was to identify the competencies
needed to perform effectively as a long-term care administrator.
An original list of competency statements was generated from the literature
and from persons active in the field of long-term care administration.
This list of 53 statements was placed into...
Increasing demand for home birth has created an upheaval in the
American medical profession and, is a controversial political and
legal issue as well. This research, utilizing ethnographic, historical,
and survey data analyzes contemporary home birth.
A review of the so called "medicalization" of childbirth is presented noting that the...
The effects of different dietary lipids on the growth, nutrition
and tissue lipid profiles of rainbow trout raised to market size on a
commercially available ration were examined. Rainbow trout of 80 g
mean initial weight were fed pellets prepared according to Oregon
Moist Pellet specifications for 20 weeks. Salmon...
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...
Maintenance of one's self and one's people in a free
society requires educational, cultural, and economic
literacy. This is fully as imperative in a democracy as the
maintenance of ignorance of slaves is required in an
oppressive society. The requisite skills needed both to
sustain one's self and become a...