A sequence of volcanic, volcaniclastic, and epiclastic deposits from Oligocene to Recent age are exposed in the region from Lake
Simtustus to Madras in central Oregon. The epiclastic sediments of the Oligocene John Day Formation are unconformably overlain by two flows of the middle Miocene Columbia River Basalt Group. The...
Bigleaf maple (Acer iaacrophyllunt) is a deciduous, persistent, sprouting species that frequently accounts for as much as 20% of the basal area in Douglas-fir forests. Because of the lack of knowledge of the role of bigleaf maple in Douglas-fir forest ecosystems and the problems that it poses as a vigorous...
The purpose of the study was to address the three limitations of
previous research as identified by the Western Region W-139 Technical
Committee (1980). First, specific hypotheses were tested. Second,
through hypotheses testing, understanding was gained of energy conservation
behavior and energy problem perceptions. Third, the sample size
was large...
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"...
The individual through earliest recorded history reveals contradictory views of the
human life-span. "Am I a free and unique individual, able to make choices and decide my
own destiny?, or, "Am I only a victim of circumstance, a speck of dust in the universe's
whirlwind of fate?"
Each view is...
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 purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of
three Oregon State Penitentiary minority inmate groups -
Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans - towards the Activities
Programs as a rehabilitative tool. Two other purposes
were to (1) determine significant differences among group
attitudes, and (2) determine the degree...
The topic of this study is the cultural impact of the computer in a school. "Impact" is 'defined as the cultural consequences of intended and unintended learning that occur when computers are used in the school. The major theoretical orientations of the work include the concepts of manifest and latent...
In recent years, the role of the City Manager in municipal
policy making has been the focus of considerable attention and debate in
both the academic and local government arenas. The purpose of this
study was to determine the differences in views of elected mayors and
appointed managers with regard...
The objective of the study was to identify and evaluate a methodology
of market segmentation analysis for use in postsecondary education
institution enrollment management. Two approaches to segmentation were
examined: A priori and post hoc., The a priori approach was based on
subject's intent to enroll at one of five...
An analytic model for implementation of participatory process control was
designed from a literature review of management theory, organizational development,
statistical process control and base study methodology. A fieldwork research
plan was developed using case study methods to explain the functional flow of the
model. The research data on a...
This study investigated the effect of cooking on the
neutral detergent fiber (NDF) content of cauliflower and
carrots. For each replication the vegetable was divided
in half to serve as its own control. One half was used
raw and the other half was cooked in 60 ml of distilled
water...
This study was conducted to determine the level of knowledge required
by graduating manufacturing engineering students in various
manufacturing engineering competency areas as perceived by managers
of manufacturing from 17 major manufacturing industrial classifications
in the state of Oregon.
Methods and Procedures
A preliminary listing of competency areas was developed...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of theological
education on philosophy of human nature among Sunday school teachers in
the Church of the Nazarene. Research materials consisted of Wrightsman's
Philosophy of Human Nature scale and a demographic questionnaire
constructed by the researcher. These materials were mailed...
This compilation of theses and dissertations (a part of the OSU Bibliographic Series) for the period 1970-1977 reflects this university's emphasis on research and graduate study. It may be viewed as an indicator of the contributions made to the state of Oregon through graduate study and research at Oregon State...
Arthropod communities in pear are conceptualized as hierarchically
organized systems in which several levels of organization or subsystems
can be recognized between the species population level and the community
as a whole. An individual tree is taken to be the community habitat with
arthropod subcommunities developing on leaf, fruit and...
The goal of this study was to better understand stream communities through a perspective that might make their structure, organization, and development more understandable. This goal was approached
through the following objectives:
1. To determine the assemblages of stream organisms and define subsystems within a stream community.
2. To explain...
The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether
certain variables have significant bearing on the education of adult
undergraduate students. During the 1970's Pace (1977) and Shaver
(1978) suggested that the "quality of effort" that college and
university students invest in their own learning and development is a
key...
Under the sponsorship of the Klamath National Forest, 25 log cabins
which were built in western Siskiyou County between 1850 and 1937 were located
and studied. First, 11 exterior dimensions of these cabins were selected,
measured and recorded. Then 26 building elements were identified for the
purpose of finding whether...
Influence of temperature and wood moisture content on
spore germination and colonization of Douglas-fir
(Pseudotsuga jnenziesii) heartwood by Poria carbonica
basidiospores and chlamydospores was studied. Both spore
types germinated and colonized wood at moisture contents
above the fiber saturation point, but not below.
Germination and wood colonization occurred at 22°C...