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  • Controlling damage by ring-necked pheasants to sprouting corn in southwestern Idaho

    Creator:
    Helmich, Bryan T.
    Abstract:
    During the springs of 1988 1989, experiments were conducted to determine effective methods of controlling damage by ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus coichicus) to sprouting corn in southwestern Idaho. Plot evaluations (1988) failed to demonstrate the ability of Miller Hot Sauce Animal Repellent, Isotox Seed Treater (F), provision of alternate food, and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Corn In Southwestern Idaho by Bryan T. Helmich A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

  • A closed root environment for plant production

    Creator:
    Blackburn, Bryan (Bryan Keith), 1955-
    Abstract:
    Thesis research focused on: 1) Water and fertilizer gradients within the plant root zone, and effects of chemical and physical gradients on Trichoderma harzianum populations. 2) Regulation of root growth physically with permeable fabric containers and chemically with copper compounds. 3) Effects of copper coatings for fabric containers on Glomus...
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    Masters Thesis
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    adequate to meet the demand of plant transpiration. Populations of T. harzianum increased with increasing

  • Pragmatics of parallel suffix tree construction

    Creator:
    Miller, Bryan
    Abstract:
    Suffix trees are a well known data structure for facilitating a variety of queries on strings. Construction of the trees requires a considerable number of choices concerning the implementation. Several of those choices are examined in this paper. Performance studies are presented that reveal the consequences of these choices. The...
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    Research Paper
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    ) Pragmatics of Parallel Suffix Tree Construction Bryan

  • Effectiveness of index size reduction techniques

    Creator:
    Jacobson, Bryan L.
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    Index size savings from three techniques are measured. The three techniques are: 1) eliminating common, low information words found in a "stop list" (such as: of, the, at, etc.), 2) truncating terms by eliminating word stems (such as: -s, -ed, -ing, etc.), and 3) simple data compression. Savings are measured...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bryan L. Tacobson for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science

  • Development of systems analysis program for space reactor studies

    Creator:
    Lewis, Bryan R.
    Abstract:
    An overall systems design code was developed to model an advanced in-core thermionic energy conversion based nuclear reactor system for space applications at power levels of 10 to 50 kWe. The purpose of this work was to provide the overall shell for the systems code and to also provide the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    studies Bryan R. Nuclear Title: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Lewis for the degree of Master of

  • Hazardous materials commodity flow study for Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties, Oregon

    Creator:
    Wemple, Bryan E.
    Abstract:
    Hazardous materials data from business and industrial chemical information and incident databases were analyzed to study the types of chemicals located in Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties, Oregon. Federal and Oregon Department of Transportation data were analyzed to study traffic patterns and truck and railroad traffic levels. Results indicate more...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Lincoln counties, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bryan E. Wemple for the degree of Master of

  • Aliens and academics : how cultural representations of alien abduction support an entrenched consensus reality

    Creator:
    Bryan, Frederick Clark
    Abstract:
    The alien abduction phenomenon has garnered considerable media attention in the last fifteen years, including many representations in books, film, and television. An overview of significant abduction literature is presented. Contrasts and comparisons are noted between popular written accounts and both the visual representations they engender and reports outside the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Bryan for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on August 10, 1998. Title: Aliens and

  • The infection and colonization of Douglas-fir needles by the Swiss needle cast pathogen, Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii (Rhode) Petrak

    Creator:
    Capitano, Bryan R.
    Abstract:
    Phaeocryptopus gaeumannii is a pathogenic fungus on Douglas-fir needles which has become a serious threat to timber production in the last decade along the Oregon coast This research was undertaken to describe the general biology and pathology of F. gaeumannii on Douglas-fir needles and how environmental variables affect fungal development....
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bryan R. Capitano for the degree

  • An assessment of community-based adaptive watershed management in three Umpqua Basin Watersheds

    Creator:
    Habron, Geoffrey Bryan
    Abstract:
    The dissertation introduces community-based adaptive watershed management (CAWM) as a holistic conservation framework. The CAWM framework integrates social and ecological suitability to achieve conservation outcomes. The core theoretical concepts consist of adaptive management, adoption-diffusion, symbolic interactionism, community-based conservation, spatial analysis and watershed management. The CAWM framework is applied to the...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Geoffrey Bryan

  • "Living Outside the Madness" : reform and ecology in the work of Henry Thoreau and Gary Snyder

    Creator:
    Hiatt, Bryan
    Abstract:
    Recent conflicts in America concerning the environment (the harvesting of old growth timber in the Pacific Northwest, or the proposed opening of public lands in southern Utah to mining interests, for instance) have precipitated a personal examination of "historical others" (Jensen 64), individuals that possess very different sensibilities from a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    of Henry Thoreau and Gary Snyder AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bryan Hiatt for the degree of