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  • A comparison of three alcohol education instructional approaches on the attitudes and knowledge of college students

    Creator:
    Fischer, Joseph Miller
    Abstract:
    Alcohol use/abuse among college students is a serious concern for higher education. Despite efforts to address this problem student use/abuse of alcohol continues. The purpose of this study was to determine which of three alcohol education instructional approaches more significantly impacted students' attitudes regarding the acceptance of alcohol use/abuse. Three...
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    Dissertation
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    support and encouragement. Dr. Edward Bryan, Dr. Marjory McBride and Dr. Patricia Wells have served on

  • Influences on State-funded categorical enrollment patterns in thirteen of Oregon's community colleges

    Creator:
    Smart, Ann Dillie
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this investigation was to examine the influence of selected historical, fiscal, and organizational factors on enrollment patterns in Oregon Community Colleges during the academic years 1978-79, 1981-82, and 1984-85. Oregon was selected insofar as it is one of the few remaining states which observes the principle of...
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    Dissertation
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    : Redacted for Privacy Thomas E. Grigsby The purpose of this investigation was to examine the influence of

  • An examination of subsidies provided by public universities to affiliated foundations

    Creator:
    Hughes, Peter Mark
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    The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which public universities are providing subsidies to tax-exempt, non-profit, legally distinct corporations which serve as university-affiliated foundations. Specifically, this investigation sought to determine (a) the percentage of universities providing subsidies, (b) the types of subsidies provided, (c) the dollar...
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    Dissertation
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    Thomas E. Grigsby 0 I/ The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which public uni

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

    Creator:
    Helmich, Bryan T.
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    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 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bryan Terry Helmich for the degree of Master

  • A closed root environment for plant production

    Creator:
    Blackburn, Bryan (Bryan Keith), 1955-
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    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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    For Plant Production by Bryan Blackburn A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

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

    Creator:
    Capitano, Bryan R.
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    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

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

    Creator:
    Wemple, Bryan E.
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    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

  • 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.
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    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

  • Pragmatics of parallel suffix tree construction

    Creator:
    Miller, Bryan
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    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