Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

Software for configuration of a video server

Creator:: Venkataraman, Saumya
Abstract:: A video server is the multimedia equivalent of a data file server. As video goes digital video servers that support digital media are required for production and broadcasting in television companies. Grass Valley Group provides comprehensive digital video solutions through a range of video servers called Profiles. The Profile Media...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Java implementation of a MathML rendering engine

Creator:: Dragunov, Anton N.
Abstract:: Current approaches to presentation of mathematics (on paper or in electronic format have usability drawbacks that make learning and appreciation of mathematics challenging and often frustrating. In a framework of a big research project of identifying new approaches to communicating mathematical ideas in a highly usable and effective manner, we...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Average-reward reinforcement learning for product delivery by multiple vehicles

Creator:: Tang, Hong
Abstract:: Real time delivery of products is the context of stochastic demands and multiple vehicles is a difficult problem as it requires the joint investigation of the problems in inventory control and vehicle routing. We model this problem in the framework of Average reward Reinforcement Learning (ARL) and present experimental results...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Visual SQL analyzer project report

Creator:: Li, Xiaoyan
Abstract:: Structure Query Language (SQL) is widely used to access data stored in relational database systems. Although a powerful and flexible language, SQL can also be complex and hard to learn. For most new SQL users, it's easy to write SQL statement by following SQL grammar and syntax rules, but it's...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Crop Rotation Economic and Environmental Impact Decision Aid (CREEDA) : a COM-based application

Creator:: Chang, Song
Abstract:: CREEDA (Crop Rotation Economic and Environmental Impact Decision Aid) is a Windows application for assessing economic and environmental impacts of agricultural activities. In implementing it, we extended the ProCosts database and incorporated the RUSLE (Revised Universal Soil-Loss Equation) application and the SCI (Soil Conditioning Index) application as COM components. ProCosts,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A timing attack on software implementations of RSA

Creator:: Murari, Aneel
Abstract:: A timing attack on a cryptosystem allows the attacker to deduce the secret key information based on the timing differences with respect to different inputs given to an encryption or decryption algorithm. Cryptosystems can take variable amounts of time to process due to performance optimizations in software, branching or conditional...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

SPEAR : Superlative Plagiarism Explorer And Reporter

Creator:: Pavithran, Siddharth
Abstract:: In this project, we have investigated three different techniques for plagiarism detection and have compared its effectiveness against that of an unaided human grader. The techniques investigated were word frequency analysis, sentence inclusion analysis and sub string inclusion analysis. We found that a combination of word frequency analysis and sub...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

WebGD : Framework for web-based GIS/database applications

Creator:: Wangmutitakul, Paphun
Abstract:: We have developed a framework for Web-based GIS/database applications which allow users to insert, update, delete, and query data with a map interface displayed by Web browsers. The framework was designed so that a Web-based GIS application that uses ArcIMS as a map server can be easily created, customized, and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

WebSiteGen3 : a tool for generating ASP.NET forms

Creator:: Naik, Parijat
Abstract:: Web-Site Generator 3 (WebSiteGen3) is a rapid application development (RAD) tool that generates ASP.NET forms to insert, query, update and delete data stored in the user tables in a SQL Server 2000 database. WebSiteGen3 uses a graphical user interface to show the user tables in a hierarchical tree based on...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Satellite data ingestion tool

Creator:: Kalinati, Nimmi
Abstract:: Satellite data ingestion tool is an automated database application for processing and archiving the ocean and land data that is broadcasted by a remote sensing satellite. This Ingestion system has a two-tier architecture, with data processing algorithm forming the first tier and the database server forming the second tier. The...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

PedVac - a graphical interface and front-end to a parallel pedestrian evacuation simulator

Creator:: Vimawala, Ankush V.
Abstract:: The World Trade Center disaster brought into focus, tragically, the need for well-designed evacuation systems in modem buildings. Today, designing an efficient evacuation system has become an integral part of designing large buildings. Simulation software enables an evacuation system to be evaluated. Modern day buildings, whether airports, auditoriums, public office...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Visualizing oceanographic data using a cluster of Sony Playstation2s

Creator:: Yoon, Irwin
Abstract:: A cluster of computers can be used to render large amounts of data at very high resolutions. One application of clusters is scientific visualization, which often involves the display of large data sets. This paper describes a prototype system that allows oceanographers to interactively view oceanographic data using a cluster...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

TextGen : an exemplary generator for generative programming

Creator:: Maki, Alec
Abstract:: Generative programming is a paradigm that seeks to automate the manufacture of software products the same way other industries automated the manufacture of consumer, electric, and mechanical products. I examine how meta-programming fits into the context of generative programming and, along the way, expose theoretic and taxonomic deficiencies. In some...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A router architecture for QoS capable clusters

Creator:: Subramanian, Madhusudhanan Anantha
Abstract:: Interconnection Networks have been used as a high performance communication fabric in parallel processor architectures. Parallel processors built using off-the-shelf components, called clusters, are becoming increasingly attractive because of their high performance to cost ratio over parallel computers. Many web servers and database servers make efficient use of clustering from...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Separabilities for a new class of gray codes

Creator:: Park, Jung Pil
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Theory and implementation of the cache behavior analysis attack on DES

Creator:: Kan, Ying
Abstract:: Modern cryptanalysis is generally based on the mathematical theory. However, side-channel analysis has become increasingly popular recently. The benefit of side-channel cryptanalysis is due to the fact that performers can mount attacks with low costs in terms of time and equipment and are highly successful in extracting useful results. The...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Galileo - a system for analyzing Java bytecode database handlers subsystem

Creator:: Balasubramanian, Eswar, Sharma, Hitesh, and Thorat, Aarti
Abstract:: Analysis of programs forms an important activity in the field of software engineering. It is necessary to help understand the code, which facilitates comprehensive testing, maintenance and optimization of code. Aristotle is a tool for analyzing programs written in C. We have designed a system on similar lines for Java...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Web-WEPP : Web-based Water Erosion Prediction Project

Creator:: Jain, Manobal
Abstract:: WEPP (Water Erosion Prediction Project) is a stand-alone Windows application for predicting water erosion from overland flow on a hillslope. This application was developed by the National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory (NSERL). To make the WEPP application more accessible and easy to use, we created a web version of WEPP,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A Java based mobile wireless messaging model

Creator:: Prabhu, Ramya
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A computer-simulated Stern-Gerlach laboratory

Creator:: Jia, Lichun
Abstract:: This project aims at building a Java application and a Java applet that would simulate a Stern-Gerlach laboratory in Quantum Mechanics. The project provides a tool for allowing the student to quickly design and run on the computer screen a number of experiments involving spin systems. This application could be...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Regression testing methodologies for spreadsheet languages

Creator:: Jin, Dalai
Abstract:: Spreadsheet languages are widely used by end users for many different purposes. Previous research shows that spreadsheets often contain faults. To help end users test their spreadsheets, in previous research, a testing methodology for spreadsheets has been developed. Th.is methodology is supported by an automatic test case generation (ATCG) methodology....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A TINI infrared application

Creator:: Ritchie, Clark
Abstract:: Monitoring the performance of electrical utility assets is a critical activity for power companies. Gas chromatography has long been established as the analytical technique of choice for assessment of transformer fault conditions by detection of the presence of key fault gases through analysis of transformer oil. Chromatography is one of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Java byte code obfuscator

Creator:: Mundle, Maithily
Abstract:: This paper discusses Java Bytecode Obfuscation techniques that make the reverse engineering task more difficult. This paper is structured as follows: Java virtual machine and Java language specifications are discussed first. Then the paper talks about different techniques for protecting software and then details one promising approach named Obfuscation. The...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Power saving in WAP

Creator:: Potti, Girish
Abstract:: Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an industry standard aimed to bring the web to handheld devices. The handheld devices are constrained by battery life and it becomes important that power is conserved across web transactions. The power consumed by the handheld device is directly proportional to the time taken for...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Shape transformation using compactly supported radial basis functions

Creator:: Park, Byungsoo
Abstract:: Shape transformation is a technique for gradually changing one geometric shape to another. A recent approach presents the use of thin-plate radial basis functions as opposed to traditional "blobby sphere" implicit functions. Without the explicit evaluation of he energy function, this approach combined the two traditional steps into one by...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Constraint based personalization

Creator:: Nagboth, Sai Rajkiran
Abstract:: Personalization is defined as a process that facilitates interaction among consumers and providers such that individual consumers are enabled to more readily access the content and services of providers, and individual providers are enabled to more effectively and easily deliver their content and services to consumers. This project presents a...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A visual XML query interface

Creator:: Zhao, Shiwei
Abstract:: As XML becomes more and more popular, easy-to-use and powerful XML query languages are in great need. Xing is a visual query and restructuring language for XML documents. The objective of this project is to develop a basic version of Xing, including a user-oriented XML query interface and a simple...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Protein geometry and conformation resource database

Creator:: Wang, Nan
Abstract:: This project is about helping protein naturalists understand the protein structure. The database system developed here provides a convenient tool for scientists to explore conformational information in a database of known structures and thereby provide researchers with a deeper and wider view of the empirical data. In this way, it...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Integrating fire model into BIOMAP (Biogeochemistry model (BIOME-BGC) - Mapped Atmosphere Plant Soil System (MAPSS))

Creator:: Takkallapally, Satya
Abstract:: BIOMAP (Biogeochemistry model (BIOME-BGC) - Mapped Atmospheric Plant Soil System (MAPSS)) is a computer program that predicts ecosystem distribution and behavior over spatial grid cells of 10km at a daily timestep. It needs to consider events like fire for a more realistic prediction. This project involved integrating a new fire...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

KeyQuery : improving the preciseness of search engines by automatic translation of keywords into structured queries

Creator:: He, Jianglin
Abstract:: We demonstrate an approach to transform keyword queries automatically into queries that combine keywords appropriately by boolean operations, such as and and or. Most current search engines will preprocess the queries before they really use these queries to search locally stored files or web pages. However, the search engines usually...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

WebWEPP version 2.0 : Web-based water erosion prediction project

Creator:: Gyu Han, Hong
Abstract:: The WEPP (Water Erosion Prediction Project) application computes soil loss and sediment yield from a field based on the data on crops, management practices, and operations. In order to make WEPP, which is a Windows-based application, easily accessible, Web WEPP (Web-based WEPP) was developed by our research group. Web WEPP...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Designing and implementing an information system for a self service stockroom using a relational database

Creator:: Chen, Rongliang
Abstract:: The goal of this project is to design and implement an information system for self-service chemistry stockroom at Oregon State University. The system will have the following major functionalities: (1) Recording inventory purchases and sales; (2) Customer account administration and periodic billing of customers; (3) Inventory monitoring; ( 4) Allowing...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The empire infrastructure for testing experimentation

Creator:: Davia, Brian
Abstract:: It is widely believed that there is not enough experimentation in the field of computer science. One area in particular in which additional experimentation is needed involves regression testing of large, real software. Regression testing is the expensive process of validating changes made to previously tested software. One reason why...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Responder tracking application

Creator:: Wanalertlak, Naroot
Abstract:: We have developed a prototype web-based GIS application for tracking the locations of moving entities. This application, which is called the Responder application, consists of two parts: the Responder client and the Responder server. The Responder client is a .NET application written in C#. It reads the location data from...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Modeling architecture from photographs : an implementation of the Façade system

Creator:: Heath, Zach
Abstract:: The Façade photometric modeling system, developed by Paul E Debevec at Berkley, is capable of transforming a sparse set of camera images of an architectural scene into a photorealistic 3D model. Users define a rough model out of primitive building blocks and mark where a portion of the edges of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

An experimental evaluation of auto-exploratory, average-reward reinforcement learning

Creator:: Mach, Kimberly
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Digital library software architectures : TeachEngineering case study

Creator:: Suryadevara, Venkata Satya Gokul
Abstract:: Digital libraries are digitally accessible, organized collections of knowledge. Although under this broad definition any digitally accessible data set might be considered a digital library, the term is generally reserved for collections whose structures are carefully documented and made available in the form of so-called metadata. There is no specific...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Metacontent based techniques for the regression testing of component based software : a case study

Creator:: Williams, Vasanth
Abstract:: Component based software technologies are viewed as essential for creating the software systems of the future. However, the use of externally provided component has serious drawbacks for a wide range of software engineering activities often because of a lack of information about the components. One such drawback involves validation of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Web-based analysis module for a germplasm collection

Creator:: Sharma, Akash
Abstract:: GEM-GIS is a prototype of a web-based GIS/Database application for managing a germplasm collection. This application include a database, a map interface, a set of web forms for database access, and an analysis module. The analysis module perform statistical analysis for the accessions of a species selected by the user...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Wavelet expansion of long-range boundary potentials on self-gravitating system

Creator:: Liu, Hongbo
Abstract:: Algorithms and MP1 parallel C programs are developed for constructing wavelet expansions of long-range potential functions with O(n) time complexity. A new high frequency correction algorithm is introduced. The emphasis is on the common potential expansion encountered in physics that behaves as l/r in three-dimensions. The central B-Splines are used...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Web-PST : web-based pesticide screening tool

Creator:: Yao, Hua
Abstract:: Web-based Pesticide Screening Tool (Web-PST) is a web-based software application for evaluating the potential risk of pesticides on the surrounding environment. It uses the formulas and standards specified by the Soil/Pesticide Interaction Screening Procedure Version II (SPISP II). Web-PST closely models the stand-alone Windows application Windows Pesticide Screening Tool (WIN-PST)....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

New algorithms for the functional graph library

Creator:: Zerón, Luis
Abstract:: The Functional Graph Library (FGL) contains type and function definitions to address graph problems. In this report, we present the implementation of several graph algorithms to be added to the FGL. The current implementation of the FGL follows an inductive view of graphs, and all the presented graph algorithms try...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

WebSiteGen2 : web-based database application generator 2

Creator:: Jung, Seikyung
Abstract:: In this project we implemented WebSiteGen2, which is a software tool that automatically generates HTML pages and server-side scripts for a Web-based database application. A user of WebSiteGen2 can select the tables and columns for which HTML pages and server-side scripts are generated. The menus for this selection process are...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

CREEDA budget generator

Creator:: Tao, Wenfang
Abstract:: CREEDA-BG (Crop Rotation Economic and Environmental Decision-Aid Budget Generator) is a web-based enterprise budgeting tool that allows a user to manage information on her fields, rotations, crops, and operations, and to view estimates of income and expenses. The user can then use this information to evaluate alternative plans and make...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A J2EE and XML-enabled, web-based technical report management system

Creator:: Qian, Ying
Abstract:: The new Technical Report Management System (TRMS) is a client/server web application developed for the Compute Science Department. It provides web services like online browsing, viewing, searching and online database administration including creating and modifying the existing bibliographic records. It is a multi-tiered, component-based application that deploys the latest J2EE...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A genetic dominance simulation program and its distribution web site for estimates of population genetic statistics

Creator:: Wu, Junyuan
Abstract:: In order to aid comparison of estimates of genetic parameters between dominant and codominant makers for population genetics society, we developed a genetic dominance simulation program to determine how the dominance and biallelism could affect the estimation of population genetic statistics. The simulation indicates that genetic diversities within populations based...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Web-based GIS/database application : motels in Oregon

Creator:: Kritphonchai, Thitisak
Abstract:: We developed a Web-based GIS/database application designed to help motel businesses reach target customers effectively. By using an interactive map along with a relational database, users can view any particular area of the map and perform some basic operations as their groups privileges permit. With different types of privileges, users...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A tool for visualizing sequence alignments and associating annotations

Creator:: Zhang, Wenpeng
Abstract:: Alignment of genomic sequences from different species is becoming an increasingly powerful method in biology, and is being used for many purposes. The result of sequence alignments is a list of pairs of matched locations between the pattern string and the text string. However, without any proper visualization tools to...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Design and implementation of a web-based turfgrass information system

Creator:: Wu, Jing
Abstract:: A Turfgrass Information and Decision Support System (TIDSS) was developed by international collaborators. In this project, an efficient and effective web-based information system, composed of a Turf Content System (TCS), a Turf Resource System (TRS), and the supporting tools, was developed to support the cooperative efforts. A comprehensive schema of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Design and implementation of a COM interface for a bug tracking software

Creator:: Sundar, Gurumurthy
Abstract:: The Component Object Model (COM) defines a completely standardized mechanism for creating objects and for clients and objects to communicate. Unlike traditional object-oriented programming environments, these mechanisms are independent of the applications that use object services and of programming languages used to create the objects. In the present work, a...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Design and implementation of Surface Irrigation Soil Loss (SISL) and Soil Condition Index (SCI), (SISL-SCI) database

Creator:: Nkansah, Alexander K.
Abstract:: The Soil Conditioning Index (SCI) aids the conservationist in designing crop rotations and residue management practices when low organic matter, poor soil tilt, and crusting problems are identified. The Natural Resources and Conservation Services (NRCS) field staff and others use the SCI as a qualitative tool during conservation planning. In...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Metacontent based techniques for the regression testing of component based software : a case study

Creator:: Chattopadhyay, Soumya
Abstract:: Component based software technologies are viewed as essential for creating the software systems of the future. However the use of externally provided components has serious drawbacks for a wide range of software engineering activities often because of a lack of information about the components. One such drawback involves validation of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Wireless Network Simulator

Creator:: Yadav, Ram Narain
Abstract:: The use of mobile devices is increasing and these devices run on batteries. Therefore, it becomes important to save power in these devices. To do so, we need to have a mechanism that estimates the power consumption in transmission as well as power used by the CPU while processing a...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Social and political dimensions of forest health

Creator:: Abrams, Jesse
Abstract:: The concept of forest health has recently emerged as a focal concept for federal forest policy. At the same time, social and political conflicts over the characteristics of a healthy forest, and over the causes of poor forest health, underscore the lack of a shared understanding of what the term...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Developing the "Exploration of Oregon Forests: High School Modules"

Creator:: Woodward, Julie
Abstract:: This paper describes the development of an educational project of comprehensive modules focused on Oregon forests for a high school audience. It includes a rationale for the project design and development. An analysis of the current high school forestry programs was conducted and the results are provided. This paper includes...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

A Demand System Analysis of Marketing Strategies for Apples and Pears in the Conventional Supermarket Environment

Creator:: McFetridge, Marc V.
Abstract:: This research examines how marketing strategies of produce managers affect consumer expenditures for fresh apples and pears. The objective of this study is to determine how display size, point-of-purchase material, product origin, product information and display placement impact consumer expenditures for fresh apples and pears. These variables were incorporated into...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The development and application of benthic classifications for coral reef ecosystems below 30 m depth using multibeam bathymetry : Tutuila, American Samoa

Creator:: Lundblad, Emily Ruth
Abstract:: Coral reef ecosystems are the most diverse on earth, and their subsistence is being threatened by natural and adverse anthropogenic patterns and processes. In an effort to understand and protect these marine environments, several programs have outlined strategies and initiatives. For example, the United States Coral Reef Task Force’s Mapping...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Comparison of screening, evaluation, rehabilitation and design provisions for wood-framed structures

Creator:: Baxter, Preston
Abstract:: Many publications, documents, codes and guidelines exist related to the seismic evaluation and rehabilitation design of existing buildings. This report discusses the assumptions and methods employed for investigation of two wood structures using four references: FEMA 154, FEMA 356, ASCEI per SEI 31, and 1997 UBC. The screening performed using...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The relationships between Thai girls' and boys' attitudes and beliefs about mathematics and mathematics achievement, future mathematics coursework intentions, and career interests

Creator:: Katwibun, Duanghathai
Abstract:: The intention of this study was to explore the relationships between Thai middle school girls' and boys' attitudes and beliefs about mathematics and mathematics achievement, future mathematics coursework intentions, and career interests. Participants in this study were 523 students who were enrolled in The Chiang Mai University Demonstration School during...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A fecal isolates associated with human gastrointestinal diseases in the United Kingdom

Creator:: Harrison, Ben
Abstract:: Clostridium perfringens type A isolates producing enterotoxin (CPE) are an important cause of food poisoning and non-food-borne human gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, including antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD), and spontaneous diarrhea (SD). In enterotoxigenic type A isolates, the cpe gene is found on the chromosome in food poisoning isolates, but is present on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Integrated small broomrape (Orobanche minor Sm.) management in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)

Creator:: Ross, Kyle C.
Abstract:: Small broomrape, a holoparasitic weed, is a relatively new weed introduction in the Pacific Northwest that has contaminated a limited number of red clover fields in Oregon. Greenhouse and field studies were conducted to evaluate small broomrape response to common crop and weed species in the Pacific Northwest. Host species...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Finding and Using Chokepoints in Stratagus

Creator:: Brewster, Benjamin
Abstract:: This paper describes a method for finding areas of interest on a two-dimensional grid map used in the real-time strategy engine Stratagus. The method involves discovering chokepoints where through all simulation agents must pass. Using a set of tunable parameters, a full set of chokepoints are located. The redundant and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Using Web Services for Image Processing in a Desktop Widgets Engine

Creator:: Le, Hien
Abstract:: Desktop widget engines have emerged as an alternative for completing simple tasks without the need for a full-blown application or constant user interaction. Widgets can simply display data in a compact and visually appealing manner (such as stock tickers, weather forecasts, and news notifications), or go so far as to...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Intermetallic microlamination for high-temperature microreactors

Creator:: Dewey, Tyler
Abstract:: Chemical microreactors offer opportunities for portable power generation, on-site waste remediation and point-of-use chemical synthesis. Much of the existing development of microreactor devices involves silicon-based microfabrication techniques. It is recognized that new refractory materials are important to realizing high-temperature microreactors. Requirements of these materials include high-temperature resistance, chemical inertness and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Centrifuge modeling of the seismic performance of pile supported wharves on sloping rockfill

Creator:: Schlechter, Scott M.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Relationships of exotic species and wildfire to the threatened plant Silene spaldingii

Creator:: Menke, Carolyn A.
Abstract:: In the canyon grasslands of Garden Creek Ranch Preserve in Idaho, where the threatened plant Silene spaldingii occurs and invasion by the exotic species Centaurea solstitialis and Bromus tectorum is proceeding rapidly, I examined environmental and community patterns of site invasion, and evaluated the apparent influence of invasion on Silene...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A product development process measurement methodology applied to small manufacturing companies

Creator:: Schlegel, Stephen C.
Abstract:: The implementation of concurrent engineering into many large companies has greatly improved their product development processes. These companies have seen significant gains in quality and customer satisfaction with reduced product costs, defects, and time-to-market (Lake, 1992). Many large companies have successfully employed this relatively new product development philosophy. However, smaller...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Temporal programming in grid-oriented visual programming languages

Creator:: Cao, Nanyu
Abstract:: Specifying varying speeds and temporal relationships is necessary when programming graphical animations, but support for temporal programming has usually been done by adding new language features to a Visual Programming Language (VPL), and these features must be mastered over and above the other aspects of the VPL. However, some researchers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Modeling microarchitecture simulator using object-oriented approach

Creator:: Chan, Chung-lun
Abstract:: With the success of the CounterDataFlow Pipeline microarchitecture developed by Oregon State University, there is increasing demand for a highly flexible high-level simulator modeling tool to support the further expansions and studies of the Counterflow pipeline processors family. This work examines the implementation of a Java-based execution-driven simulator modeling tool,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Influence of nitrogen fertilization management on the bread making quality of different wheat genotypes

Creator:: Derényi, Marina Castro
Abstract:: Breadmaking quality is an important criterion in breeding and development of hard wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars. Improvements in N management are needed to produce superior quality grain and satisfy market demands for protein content. Field experiments with three hard red and two hard white spring wheat cultivars were conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Effects of orifice geometry and surface boundary condition on heat transfer of impinging jet array

Creator:: Kanokjaruvijit, Koonlaya.
Abstract:: The effects of the orifice geometry and the surface boundary condition on the heat transfer distribution to a flat surface of an impinging jet array were investigated. The jet array impinged normally onto the surface which was either isothermal or had a uniform heat flux. The experiments were performed for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Influence of ankle orthoses on ankle joint motion and postural stability before and after exercise

Creator:: Jorden, Ryan A.
Abstract:: Ankle injuries comprise more than 15% of all sports injuries worldwide. The efficacy of the ankle taping for injury prevention has long been under scrutiny as numerous studies have shown that tape rapidly loses its ability to constrain ankle motion with exercise. Consequently, ankle braces (orthoses) are being used with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Itraconazole formation using supercritical carbon dioxide

Creator:: Tang, Yi-Min
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A methodology for testing spreadsheet grids

Creator:: Sheretov, Andrei
Abstract:: Although there has been research into ways to design spreadsheet systems to improve the processes of creating new spreadsheets and of understanding existing ones, little attention has been given to helping users of these environments test their spreadsheets. To help address this need, we introduce two visual approaches to testing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) interleukin-1 beta plasmid DNA generates inflammation in vivo and demonstrates adjuvant potential for vaccine against infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus

Creator:: Jordan Hayes, Dawn Christine
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Relationships between relative abundance of resident bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) and habitat characteristics in Central Idaho mountain streams

Creator:: Zurstadt, Caleb Frederick
Abstract:: Resident bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) may be particularly vulnerable to human related disturbance, however very few studies have focused on resident bull trout populations. The abundance of bull trout is one measure of the strength and potential for persistence of a population. Habitat characteristics may influence resident bull trout abundance...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Electrochemical deposition of thin film CuGaSe₂ for photovoltaics

Creator:: Permanasari, Rina
Abstract:: CuGaSe₂/CuInSe₂ tandem junction solar cell is currently being pursued to be a low cost and high efficiency renewable energy source. A reported theoretical efficiency of 33.9% solar cells has been the motivation to fabricate CuGaSe₂ films in a simple and low cost method. Electrodeposition is a potentially suitable method to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Post-occupancy evaluation of the Linn-Benton Housing Authority lobby and reception office

Creator:: Binder, Susan K.
Abstract:: The research evaluated the remodeled lobby and reception office of the Linn- Benton Housing Authority, Albany, Oregon. Programming goals identified five needs: protect client privacy, provide for orderly queuing at the reception counter, decrease contact time between clients and staff, and improve reception office for attention focused tasks and for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Mapping surficial geologic habitats of the Oregon continental margin using integrated interpretive GIS techniques

Creator:: Romsos, Christopher G.
Abstract:: We map the regional physiography and surficial lithology (Surficial Geologic Habitat or SGH) over the continental margin of Oregon. This thesis develops, describes, and implements an iterative interpretive method to map seafloor habitat types from disparate geological and geophysical datasets including: bathymetric images, sidescan sonar images, seismic reflection profiles, sediment...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Relation between bandstructure and magnetocrystalline anisotropy : iron and nickel

Creator:: Wang, Haiyan
Abstract:: A large amount of research has been done in which the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy for fcc Ni and bcc Fe was calculated based on the electronic structure of these elements. Unfortunately; the results of these studies don't agree with each other and also differ from the experimental observation. In a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Microcosm study of enhanced biotransformation of vinyl chloride to ethylene with TCE additions under anaerobic conditions from Point Mugu, California

Creator:: Pang, Incheol Jonathan
Abstract:: This microcosm study demonstrated the enhanced anaerobic transformation of vinyl chloride (VC) to ethylene. A previous microcosm study from Point Mugu site showed the accumulation of VC due to the slow transformation step of VC to ethylene. To overcome the rate-limiting step, two laboratory experiments tested the effect of trichloroethylene...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A numerical study of the response of Lake Kinneret to wind forcing

Creator:: Vernieres, Guillaume
Abstract:: Lake Kinneret is Israel's only fresh water lake (unless you count the Dead Sea). It spans roughly 20km from north to south, and about 12km at its widest east west extent. It is not quite 50m deep at its deepest point. In late spring, the lake stratifies significantly and remains...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Penman-Monteith surface resistance for hybrid poplar trees

Creator:: Butler, Dana Anthony
Abstract:: The application of the widely used Penrnan-Monteith evapotranspiration equation to hybrid poplar trees is impossible without a valid surface resistance. The increase in applications of drip-irrigated hybrid poplar trees for wood chip stock and veneer production, as well as bioremediation, constitutes a need for estimating the evapotranspiration of these trees....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Stochastic analysis of the nonlinear response transition behavior of an ocean system

Creator:: Yuk, Dongjun
Abstract:: The nonlinear response of an ocean system subjected to random excitations can exhibit very complex dynamic behaviors including jump phenomena and coexistence of attractors. In this study, the stochastic system response behavior of a simple (Duffing) oscillator under narrow-band random excitations is first examined in the subharmonic resonance region. A...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Structure, function, and analysis of Coleoptera and Heteroptera assemblages on two species of hazelnut in Oregon

Creator:: Wetherill, Karen R.
Abstract:: The European hazelnut, Corylus avellana L., was imported into the U.S. in the late 1800's and is now grown throughout the Willamette Valley in Oregon. A native species of hazelnut, C. cornuta Marshall, is a common shrub found in forested areas of the Pacific Northwest. Foliage of both C. avellana...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Empirical studies of a WYSIWYT testing methodology

Creator:: Rothermel, Karen J.
Abstract:: Is it possible to achieve some of the benefits of formal testing within the informal programming conventions of the spreadsheet paradigm? We investigate an approach that attempts to do so via the development of a testing methodology for this paradigm. The "What You See Is What You Test" (WYSIWYT) methodology...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effect of the color scheme of a bank interior on subjects' evaluations of the bank and its employees

Creator:: Sferi, Rahma
Abstract:: Previous research suggested that unlike marketing goods, marketing services required manipulating the physical environment as well as price, promotion, production, and place. This indicates a role for interior design in the marketing strategy of a service business. Research also indicated that little was known about the effect of the different...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Arthropod community structure in regenerating Douglas-fir and red alder forests : influences of geography, tree diversity and density

Creator:: Schaerer, Brett L.
Abstract:: The structuring of canopy arthropod communities was reviewed and investigated in relation to tree species diversity and its component factors, interspersion of different species and density of each tree species. Fifteen treatments of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and red alder (Alnus rubra) (various densities and proportions of each) were randomly assigned...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A methodology for real-time scheduling of jobs with splitting on unrelated parallel machines

Creator:: Subur, Fenny
Abstract:: Unrelated parallel machines are machines that perform the same function but have different capacity or capability. Thus, the processing time of each job would be different on machines of different types. The scheduling environment considered is dynamic in both job release time and machine availability. Additionally, each job considered can...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Active power filter for the cancellation of harmonic line current distortion

Creator:: Merk, Marcel
Abstract:: With the increased attention on high efficiency and energy savings, power electronic energy conversion equipment is increasingly incorporated in all levels of the power system. The drawback of such equipment is the generation of nonsinusoidal currents in the power distribution network due to the nonlinear operation. Harmonic currents may distort...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Conserving energy in TCP for mobile ad-hoc networks

Creator:: Agarwal, Sandeep, 1973-
Abstract:: The widespread use of TCP as a transport layer protocol for mobile ad-hoc networks and wireline networks has motivated the need to make its implementation highly power efficient specially with respect to ad hoc radio networks. Over the past years many researchers have developed energy efficient protocols for mobile ad-hoc...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Epidemiology of grape powdery mildew, Uncinula necator, in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Hall, Tyrone W.
Abstract:: An important disease of Vitis vinifera production in Oregon and all other commercial growing regions is powdery mildew of grape, caused by the obligate fungal pathogen Uncinula necator (Schwein.) Burril. Grape production can be characterized as a long-term investment in the establishment and maintenance of the vineyard. Establishment times have...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Fecal progestins in the early gestation ewe monitored by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Creator:: Miller, Charles W.
Abstract:: Previous work in this laboratory revealed that hormone analysis using fecal samples may predict the number of fetuses carried by pregnant ewes at mid- to late gestation. Reliable lambing number prediction is useful to the producer. Using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry the 5α- and 5β-series of pregnanes and selected 4- and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Model extraction of a paddle in plastic surface-mount RF-IC packages

Creator:: Sundberg, Garth
Abstract:: Plastic packaging is a cost-effective solution for housing RF and microwave integrated circuits in low cost communication devices. While enabling low cost packaging of integrated circuits, plastic packages including the circuit ground patch (paddle) inside the package can have a significant parasitic effect on circuit performance. The purpose of this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Designing a dedicated TCP/IP core used for internet appliances at home : an example of a simple hardware web server

Creator:: Liu, Huibo
Abstract:: Internet appliances at home are still at the beginning stage of development now. Many solutions are provided to connect those home appliances on net by wireless way or through wire. However, this thesis only focuses on the key issue of internet appliances, which is connectivity symbolized by the TCP/IP layer...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Biology and management of the obliquebanded leafroller, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in sweet cherry

Creator:: Omeg, Michael Kent
Abstract:: The seasonal biology of the obliquebanded leafroller, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris), was studied to improve its management in Mid-Columbia area sweet cherry orchards. Overwintering OBLR larvae began to emerge from hibernacula at bud stage 2 (side green). Most overwintering larvae emerged from hibernacula within three weeks of first bud swell and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Experimental verification of a new model for bipolar transistor flicker noise

Creator:: Li, Ling
Abstract:: Previous studies on low frequency flicker noise in bipolar junction transistors (BJT) are reviewed. The original BJT flicker noise sources are mainly attributed to the fluctuation in base surface recombination and the fluctuation in the mobility or diffusivity of free charge carriers. Our experiments were done to verify a newly...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The contribution of trade to on economic growth and productivity

Creator:: Khaodhiar, Suthikul
Abstract:: The relationship of openness, growth and total factor productivity is investigated empirically using panel regressions for 48 countries. This study tests a variety of openness measures, including the ratio of trade (exports plus imports), imports, exports and primary exports to GDP. We also study the effects of the interaction of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Ibis, journal of the British Ornithologists' Union : a pre-synthesis portrait

Creator:: Johnson, Kristin Renee
Abstract:: In 1959 the British Ornithological journal, The Ibis, published a centenary commemorative volume on the history of ornithology in Britain. Over the previous few decades, the contributors to this volume had helped focus the attention of ornithologists on the methods, priorities, and problems of modem biology, specifically the theory ofevolution...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Effects of Preinoculation with VAM fungi isolated from different sites on plant tolerance to salinity in soils amended with sodium chloride

Creator:: Cantrell, Isabella Cardona
Abstract:: The hypothesis that inoculation of transplants with vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi before planting into saline soils would alleviate salt effects on growth and productivity was tested on lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and onion (Allium cepa L.). A secondary hypothesis was that the fungi isolated from a saline soil would be...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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