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An examination of the perceptions of the goals for community colleges by internal and external constituent groups from selected Washington State community colleges

Creator:: Maxwell, Nancy A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Charles Carpenter, my major professor, who so gently demanded excellence, clarity, consis- tency, and

An analysis of trustee role perceptions in the state controlled Washington community college system and the locally controlled Oregon community college system and the relationship between trustee personal characteristics and these role perceptions

Creator:: Boyse, Peter Dent
Abstract:: This study examined the role perceptions of trustees in the locally controlled Oregon community college system and the state controlled Washington community college system. Authorities in the literature were consulted to define the "ideal trustee role" and the study determined which governance system was most effective in fostering this "ideal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , and encouragement throughout the process. Charles Carpenter, my major professor, was always there to

Design of liquid-liquid contractor for the experimental studies of mass transfer : the evaluation of interface mass transfer coefficients on the binary system water-n-butanol

Creator:: Al Dahhan, Muthana H.
Abstract:: A contactor has been designed and constructed for experimental studies of mass transfer with or without chemical reaction between two fluid phases. The contactor is flexible enough to investigate a wide range of variables affecting mass transfer coefficients. It is easy to operate; it could be operated either as a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I wish to express my thanks and gratitude to Dr. Charles E. Wicks, my major professor, for his

Habitat relationships of birds and young-growth Douglas-fir in northwestern California

Creator:: Marcot, Bruce G.
Abstract:: Ninety-one species of birds were surveyed in grass/forb, early and late shrub/sapling, pole, and medium sawtimber stages of young-growth Douglas-fir in northwestern California; patterns of bird distribution and abundance were related to habitat conditions and even-age silvicultural treatments. Seven species (band-tailed pigeon, western wood pewee, dusky flycatcher, western bluebird, fox...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Service personnel lent logisitic support. My sincere thanks to my two main mentors, E. Charles Meslow

Structural and synthetic studies of higher terpenoids : Part I. The absolute configuration of (-)-botryococcene : Part II. Total synthesis of (±)-2-desoxystemodinone

Creator:: Somers, Todd Charles
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -desoxystemodinone AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Todd Charles Somers for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Twenty-one years of secondary succession in Pseudotsuga forests of the western Cascade Range, Oregon

Creator:: Halpern, Charles B.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Charles B. Halpern for the degree

Analysis of evapotranspiration for various climatic regimes using geostatistics

Creator:: Nuss, Jeffery L.
Abstract:: Research was conducted to determine the applicability of using the theory of regionalized variables or geostatistics in characterizing the spatial variability of reference evapotranspiration (ETr) over various climatic regimes for the state of Oregon. The state was divided into five climatic regions based on topographic features and local meteorological conditions:...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: suggestions: Dr. Jonathon Istok, Dr. Walter Trimmer, and Dr. Charles Wicks. Special thanks should go to Dr

Experimental taxonomy, 1930-1950 : the impact of cytology, ecology, and genetics on ideas of biological classification

Creator:: Hagen, Joel Bartholemew
Abstract:: During the years between 1930 and 1950 a number of attempts were made to introduce techniques and ideas from cytology, ecology, and genetics into the field of taxonomy. Advocates of this "experimental taxonomy" believed that cytological, ecological, and genetic techniques would provide a rigorous, objective methodology to replace the traditional...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Spencer, and Charles Warren have all been extremely generous with their time and have provided keen

The role and function of physical education and sport in the nation building of Thailand

Creator:: Tapsuwan, Sakchye
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate physical education and sport in Thailand and, based upon expert opinion, to develop a blueprint of physical education and sport for the nation building of Thailand. The investigation concentrated on the history, role and function, purpose of governmental involvement, and future prospects...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Wood, Dr. Robert J. Houston, Dr. A. Marie Boarman, Dr. Les D. Streit, and Dr. Charles H. Dailey for

Distortions to travel cost derived demand curves : water quality and durable goods

Creator:: Garifo, Susan E.
Abstract:: The travel cost method of deriving demand and value of recreation does not include fixed costs of recreational durable goods purchases or allow for supply restrictions on the number of suitable sites available. The omission of these two real-world situations results in derivation of demand curves which are more inelastic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Adams, William G. Brown, and R. Charles Vars; and my graduate representative, Floyd W. Bodyfelt. I am

Blood calcium and phosphorus perturbations in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) : some correlates of physiological stress

Creator:: Adams, Brett Alan
Abstract:: Changes in blood calcium and phosphorus concentrations were characterized for rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) following intense exercise or exposure to suspended volcanic ash or topsoil. Significant elevations in blood calcium and phosphorus accompanied exercise-induced acidemia in both S. qairdneri and O. kisutch. These elevations persisted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , magnesium, and bone. Pages 269-398 in Morton H. Maxwell and Charles R. Kleeman, eds. Clinical disorders of

OSU theses and dissertations : 1970-1977

Creator:: Brown, Pia Tollo
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: 11. Herndon. Charles Frederick. Comparative per- ceptions of students, financial aid admini- strators

Oregon women : a bio-bibliography

Creator:: Leasher, Evelyn M.
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: , Charles Henry C.2 History of Oregon. Chicago, Pioneer Historical Pub.Co. , 1922. vols.2-3. Clackamas

Citizens' guide to environmental impact statements

Creator:: Harris, Tiffin D. and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Published July 1981. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . According to CEQ Chairman Charles Warren, the regulations are designed "to reduce paperwork, to reduce

Oregon women : a bio-bibliography

Creator:: Leasher, Evelyn M.
Abstract:: This index provides access to infonnation about women in 102 books and journals. The information contained in each entry is only as good as the original and the quality varies considerably. Much of this infonnation has not before been easily accesible in this form. My hope is that this index...
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: , 1930. L.-Carey, Charles Henry History of Oregon. Chicago, Pioneer Historical Pub.Co., 1922. vols.2-3

Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

Creator:: Read, Richard Thomas
Abstract:: In February 1905 the Oregon State Academy of Sciences formed in Portland to promote scientific research and diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oregon. The founders also planned to assist in the discovery and development of the state's natural resources. The Academy was the first scientific society in Oregon with professional...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Dorothy O. Johansen and Charles M. Gates, Empire of the Columbia, 2nd ed. (New York: Harper and Row

Lane County historian Index ; Vol. 1 - 28 (1956-1983)

Creator:: Lane County Historical Society (Or.) and Barton, Lois
Abstract:: Gerald W. Williams Collection
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: -wholesalers: rnent. 4, 14; 25, 29. Allen, Bartin: ment. 3, 25. Allen, Charles, Clifford: illus. 28, 13. Allen

Foraging ecology of prairie falcons in northern California

Creator:: Haak, Bruce A.
Abstract:: Nine Prairie Falcons (Falco mexicanus) were radio-tagged in northern California during the spring and summer of 1976 and 1977 to study foraging behavior. The mean home range size for 3 males was 227.8 km²; largest portions of the home range were used during the incubation period. Shifts in foraging areas...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: edited the paper. Comments were offered by E. Charles Meslow, Robert B. Bromely, S. Jonathan Denton

Sex role patterns of school age children in time used for household work : an analysis of single parent/two-child and two-parent/two-child California households

Creator:: Peters, Jeanne M.
Abstract:: Systems theory and role theory were used in this study to develop a management model, integrating the managerial and psycho-social subsystems of the family system. The integrated theory and model were used to derive hypotheses concerning whether or not type of task and actual/relative amount of time spent on household...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Development of a marine bioassay system using the gooseneck barnacle, Pollicipes polymerus

Creator:: Dunn, Julie Ellen
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to develop a marine bioassay procedure using eggs and larvae of Pollicipes polymerus, a stalked barnacle common on the west coast of North America. A series of experiments were run to determine optimal culture conditions for the eggs, to see if they could be...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Morton and Wu 1977, Blundo 1978) and chronic (Rosenberg 1972) toxicity tests. Spawning by the

Redefining the past : essays in diplomatic history in honor of William Appleman Williams

Creator:: Williams, William Appleman and Gardner, Lloyd C., 1934-
Abstract:: The essays in this collection do not cluster about a specific theme, nor do they present a single unified interpretative approach to issues in the history of American foreign policy. Above all, William Appleman Williams is a teacher. And good teachers are disappointed with conformity. No one would ever come...
Resource Type:: Book

Timber lines ; Vol. 25 (August 1983)

Creator:: United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region. Thirty Year Club
Abstract:: Gerald W. Williams Collection
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: . BROWN (Husband) DANIEL E. BULFER CHARLES DON CAMERON CHARLES H. COLLINS AUDREY W. CROW AVON DENHAI4

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
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Charles Otis Whitman (1842-1910), the first director of the MBL and the coordinator of the MBL lectures

Consumers of used clothing

Creator:: Richardson, Susan Ogawa
Abstract:: The study was undertaken to investigate characteristics of consumers of used clothing and the outlets in which used clothing is sold. The investigation of consumer characteristics involved demographic factors such as sex, age, educational level, employment status, family composition, income level, user of clothing purchased, use of clothing, reasons for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: class was not a good predictor of fashion leadership. Hiller (1971:66), Myers (1971:64), and Morton

Eating disorders among female athletes : factors to be included in coaches' prevention/intervention guide

Creator:: Roe, Lisa Lynn
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the major content areas for inclusion in an Eating Disorders prevention-intervention guide for coaches of female college athletes. To achieve this goal the current literature was reviewed to identify the major issues associated with eating disorders and female college athletes. From this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: des- cription of "nervous atrophy" was made by Richard Morton in 1689 (cited in Barlow 1981). Later

Oregon State Forester ; Vol. 27, No. 1 (January 1985)

Creator:: OSU Forestry Alumni Association
Abstract:: Annual Magazine of the OSU Forestry Alumni Association.
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: Morrell on problems of wood protection. Dr. Charles Brunner is the latest ad- dition to our faculty. He

The Porter house in Shedd, Oregon, circa 1874

Creator:: Willson, Mary
Abstract:: The 109-year-old Porter house in Shedd, Oregon is one of few remaining, well-preserved examples of Rural Gothic architecture in the Willamette Valley. This study attempts to record its history: the economic circumstances which led the pioneering David Putnam Porter family to build this relatively large house, the family background, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by Charles Eastlake, who had created his own unique style (p. 193). The decades of eclecticism were

Identifying knowledge and attitudes toward sexual expression among selected 65 to 74 year olds, utilizing a structured interview

Creator:: Smith, Margaret M. (Margaret Mary), 1942-
Abstract:: The two major purposes of this study were to gather data relative to the knowledge and attitudes toward sexual expression among sixty-five to seventy-four year olds and to determine whether or not significant differences existed between the sexes. The study focused on six research questions: These were: 1. Do older...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Determination of geographic information system database characteristics : an application of the information integration theory

Creator:: Brooks, Kris
Abstract:: The development of a geographic information system (GIS) requires the development of large databases of spatially related information. Scale, resolution and the classification of thematic data can vary considerably in terms of the level of detail at which the data are compiled and converted to machine readable form. The level...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Abstracts of reports from the 43rd annual Pacific Northwest Vegetable Insect Conference

Creator:: Pacific Northwest Vegetable Insect Conference
Abstract:: Proceedings of the 43rd Pacific Northwest Vegetable Insect Conference, held January 9-10, 1984 at the Imperial Hotel in Portland, Oregon.
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: , OR 97331 Charles E. Curtis USDA, SEA 5578 Air Term. Dr. Fresno, CA 93727 Tom Darnell 418 N. Main

Motor psychophysics training : its effects on the development of dynamic muscular power strength in male college athletes and non-athletes

Creator:: Chung, Sung Tai
Abstract:: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness, if any, of ten weeks of motor psychophysics training on the development of dynamic muscular strength (as measured by the bench press and squat) in male college athletes and non-athletes. Procedures: This study was conducted during the first (spring)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (62). Psychophysics has two branches. Morton (38) describes: Most psychophysics is sensory

Northwest common-name check list of plants

Creator:: Anderson, E. William, Bedell, Thomas E., and Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station
Abstract:: Published January 1987. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , Brant S. and Arnold Tiehm. 1979. Vascular plants of the Charles Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada

Body awareness as related to clothing interest of college men and women

Creator:: Paeth, Linda Kirk
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between clothing interest and body awareness, between clothing interest and selected demographic variables for college men and women, and between body awareness and selected demographic variables for college men and women. To assess these relationships two measures were used. Body awareness,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , emotions, and attractiveness. Sociologist Charles Horton Cooley (1902) stated that an individual develops

Time use for household tasks performed by school-age children in two-parent, two-child Oregon families

Creator:: Kennedy, Louise Claudia
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the household tasks that school-age children perform and the average amount of time spent performing those tasks. The sample included 219 children in 135 families taken from the Oregon sample of 210 families interviewed for the Northeast Regional Research Project 113: "An...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: later studies researchers indicated that the amount of time children spent on tasks had changed. Morton

An empirical study of the possible relationship between adult perception of parents and expressed self-concept

Creator:: Singer, Daniel Jay.
Abstract:: This study examined the possible relationship that perception of parents has in determining the self-concept of the adult offspring. The literature search revealed that there has been a lack of studies regarding the adult offspring's perception of parents. Furthermore, until this study, no instrument that measures the adult offspring's perception...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Regionalism and the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: William G. Robbins, Robert J. Frank, and Richard E. Ross
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: whom he thought might one day be taken seriously: George Horatio Derby, Charles Farrar Browne, and

Description of the plant communities and succession of the Oregon coast grasslands

Creator:: Ripley, James Douglas
Abstract:: In an effort to describe the plant communities and succession of the Oregon coastal grasslands, vegetation and environmental data were collected from 75 stands at 24 separate locations ranging from Cape Falcon in Tillamook County to Cape Ferrelo in Curry County. The vegetation data consisted of cover and frequency values...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: a great help. Other graduate students whose valuable advice I sought included Charles Halpern

Agricultural erosion and sediment in the western Willamette Valley as indicated by redistribution of Cesium-137

Creator:: Brown, R. B. (Randall Barber)
Abstract:: Modern agricultural erosion was studied using ¹³⁷Cs from fallout as an indicator of erosion/deposition. The study area was a 285 ha agricultural watershed in the hilly western margin of the Willamette Valley, a high winter rainfall zone in which fall-planted crops are commonly grown. Objectives of the study were (i)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Benson, 1960; Schulz et al., 1960; Morton, 1961; Tamura, 1964; Lomenick and Tamura, 1965; Sawhney, 1965

Oregon Energy Extension Service State Plan

Creator:: Osborne, Owen D., Oregon State University. Extension Service, Oregon. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy
Abstract:: Published January 1980. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: : Charles Bliege, Kirby Brumfield, Fredrick Burgess, Roger Conkling, Scott Cummings, Lynn Frank, William

A study of the relationship of academic achievement in accounting courses to the readability of required textbooks and the reading ability of two-year accounting students

Creator:: Peterson, Erik Alfrid
Abstract:: Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which the readability of accounting textbooks and two-year accounting students' reading ability were related to academic achievement. Procedure This research used two designs. Design one consisted of two samples from the population of two-year accounting students. One sample...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . 2Kenneth B. M. Crooks, and Charles H. Smith, The Reading Problem in College Science Instruction", Science

The Identification of Early Prehistoric Settlement Patterns Along the Coast of Southwest Oregon : A Survey Based Upon Amateur Artifact Collections

Creator:: Pullen, Reginald John
Abstract:: Surveys of amateur artifact collections in southwest Oregon indicate that traditional settlement pattern models for this region may be in error. Based on the distribution of major styles of projectile points, at least two distinct periods of occupation are definable. The Early period is tentatively dated between 1000 B.C. and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: rest of western Oregon. Morton Peck has stated that "the vegetation of this area is decidedly

A study of the relationship between a cloze and a word opposite reading vocabulary placement instrument designed for adults

Creator:: Orr, Evelyn Bonnie Fairburn
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of placing adults in reading materials based on scores from a word-opposite test. The population was randomly selected from students attending developmental education classes at three Oregon community colleges. The Word Opposite Reading Placement Instrument (WOPI) was derived from a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Natural vegetation of Oregon and Washington

Creator:: Franklin, Jerry F. and Dyrness, C. T.
Abstract:: Revised edition of the author's "Vegetation of Oregon and Washington", originally published by the U.S. Forest Service in 1973. Reprinted with new bibliographic supplement by the OSU Press in 1988.
Resource Type:: Book

A theoretical design of rational autonomy : integrating elementary and early childhood teacher education through a contemporary derivation from Maria Montessori's social cognitive field paradigm

Creator:: Mitchener, Virginia Wedler
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Changes in strength, anthropometric measurements and cardiovascular function as a consequence of participation in a coed weight training course

Creator:: Boonchai, Wiriya
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the weight training responses of college males and females on the development of muscular strength, body weight, body composition, muscular hypertrophy, and cardiovascular fitness. A total of 60 males and 60 females volunteered to participate in this study. They...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . I am also grateful to Dr. Charles H. Dailey and his wife, Laura, for their loving support and warm

Conflicts over the Columbia River : seminar conducted by Water Resources Research Institute, Oregon State University, spring quarter, 1980

Creator:: Oregon State University. Water Resources Research Institute
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: MARSHALL J . ENGLISH ROBERT BESCHTA LARRY BOERSMA KENNETH CUMMINS R . CHARLES VARS, JR . July

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The identification of long-term care administrator competencies

Creator:: Smith, David Adelbert
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: are the works of Andrew Ure, Charles Dupin, Robert Owen, Charles Babbage, Henry Fayol, and Max Weber

Timber lines ; Vol. 24 (August 1981)

Creator:: United States. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region. Thirty Year Club
Abstract:: Gerald W. Williams Collection
Resource Type:: Journal
Full Text:: Director, Qiarlie Krebs, 140 - To Portland RO Deputy Regional Forester f or Administration, Don Morton

The Wilderness movement and the national forests : 1980-1984

Creator:: United States. Forest Service
Abstract:: Gerald W. Williams Collection
Resource Type:: Book

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