This thesis is an exploratory and descriptive study of the relationship between a US
military base and Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan, presented in the form of ethnography.
Guided by James Scott's theory of "weapons of the weak," it explores the relationship
between the two in terms of how the townspeople...
The oldest sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks exposed
in the Himalayan foothills of Pakistan record a gradual transition
seaward from the evaporites of the Salt Range Formation to pelitic
sediments deposited in deeper water to the north. The Upper
Proterozoic Tanawal Formation was derived from erosion of a
northern highland produced...
A massive release of methane on the Cascadia Hydrate Ridge was documented
during a ROPOS program in August 1998, consistent with previously reported
observations in 1996. An extensive survey of the seafloor revealed that the
seeps lie within a narrow band trending 109 degrees. This feature parallels larger
mounds imaged...
A concern which has restricted the use of parthenocarpic pickling cucumbers in the
United States has been firmness of fruit processed by brining. Fruit firmness and defects
of parthenocarpic and nonparthenocarpic pickling cucumbers were evaluated in 1992 and
1993. Fruits were produced with or without pollination by growing plants with...
Transportation costs compose fifty to sixty percent of
the total operating cost in the forest products industry.
This paper develops a framework for incorporating rail
transportation into a statewide multi-modal transportation
planning model. It will allow for the analysis of various
transportation scenarios that can possibly increase the
efficiency of...
A partially automated radio-tracking system with semi-continuous
azimuth data collection and XYLOG5 and MAP computer programs for azimuth
data analysis was used for studies of California quail (Callipepla
californica) at the E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area, Oregon, in 1988 and 1989.
Movements of 58 hens were monitored daily to determine nest...