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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

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

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

Spring Cereal Forage Applied Water Use

Creator:: Bohle, Mylen
Abstract:: Drought is a major concern for producers of food and forage crops. According to the U.S. Drought monitor, Central and Eastern Oregon in particular, are in severe drought. In the early 1990's, a trial was conducted to determine the yield per inch of water applied to 5 cereal species: barley,...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

2009 Wallowa County Vitality Assessment

Creator:: Etuk, Lena and Crandall, Mindy
Abstract:: This presentation summarizes a collaborative effort of the Wallowa Resources, Northeast Oregon Economic Development District and Oregon State University faculty members jointly affiliated with Extension Service and the Rural Studies Program to develop indicators of Wallowa County community vitality in a way that reflects the goals and values of the...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Wallowa County Indicators of Vitality: 2009 Report Summary

Creator:: Etuk, Lena and Crandall, Mindy
Abstract:: This document summarizes a collaborative effort of the Wallowa Resources, Northeast Oregon Economic Development District and Oregon State University faculty members jointly affiliated with Extension Service and the Rural Studies Program to develop indicators of Wallowa County community vitality in a way that reflects the goals and values of the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

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

Cereal Leaf Beetle: Identification, Control, and California Quarantine Alert

Creator:: Royce, Lynn A. and Simko, Ben
Abstract:: Provides distribution, host-plant, life history, habits, signs of damage, and identification information for the cereal leaf beetle, first found in Oregon in 1999. Discusses methods of chemical and biological control. Includes information on California's quarantine on agricultural products from Oregon and four color photographs of the cereal leaf beetle and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Horticultural weed control report : 2007 and 2008

Creator:: Oregon State University. Department of Horticulture
Abstract:: Crops were grown at the experimental farms using accepted cultural practices (within the limits of experimentation) or trials were conducted on growers' fields. Most experiments were designed as randomized complete blocks with three to five replications. Herbicide treatments were applied uniformly with CO₂ precision plot sprayers. Unless otherwise indicated, preplant...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Horticultural weed control report : 2005 and 2006

Creator:: Oregon State University. Department of Horticulture
Abstract:: Crops were grown at the experimental farms using accepted cultural practices (within the limits of experimentation) or trials were conducted on growers' fields. Most experiments were designed as randomized complete blocks with three to five replications. Herbicide treatments were applied uniformly with CO₂ precision plot sprayers. Unless otherwise indicated, preplant...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Horticultural weed control report : 2003 and 2004

Creator:: Oregon State University. Department of Horticulture
Abstract:: Crops were grown at the experimental farms using accepted cultural practices (within the limits of experimentation) or trials were conducted on growers' fields. Most experiments were designed as randomized complete blocks with three to five replications. Herbicide treatments were applied uniformly with CO₂ precision plot sprayers. Unless otherwise indicated, preplant...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Horticultural weed control 2002 report

Creator:: Oregon State University. Department of Horticulture
Abstract:: Crops were grown at the experimental farms using accepted cultural practices (within the limits of experimentation) or trials were conducted on growers' fields. Most experiments were designed as randomized complete blocks with three to five replications. Herbicide treatments were applied unifonnly with precision plot sprayers. Unless otherwise indicated, preplant herbicide...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Horticultural weed control 2001 report

Creator:: Oregon State University. Department of Horticulture
Abstract:: Crops were grown at the experimental farms using accepted cultural practices (within the limits of experimentation) or trials were conducted on growers' fields. Most experiments were designed as randomized complete blocks with three to five replications. Herbicide treatments were applied unifonnly with precision plot sprayers. Unless otherwise indicated, preplant herbicide...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Horticultural weed control 2000 report

Creator:: Oregon State University. Department of Horticulture
Abstract:: Crops were grown at the experimental farms using accepted cultural practices ( within the limits of experimentation) or trials were conducted on growers' fields. Most experiments were designed as randomized complete blocks with three to five replications. Herbicide treatments were applied uniformly with precision plot sprayers. Unless otherwise indicated, preplant...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

A story of the Blue Lake pole bean industry in Western Oregon

Creator:: Baggett, James R. and Lucas, William
Resource Type:: Book

Reducing over-winter nitrogen loss

Creator:: Hart, John M., Horneck, Donald A., Sullivan, Dan M., and Christensen, Neil W.
Abstract:: Nitrogen can be lost when the quantity of available nitrogen exceeds crop demand or nitrogen availability is not in synchrony with crop demand. Either situation results in accumulation of available nitrogen, primarily in the nitrate form, at the end of the growing season. Over-winter nitrogen loss occurs primarily as nitrate-...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding

Shrimp-Processing Byproducts: a source of nitrogen, phosphorus and lime

Creator:: Sullivan, Dan M.
Abstract:: Recent price increases for inorganic fertilizers have renewed interest in the use of nutrient-rich food processing by-products as nutrient sources. On the south Oregon coast, shrimp processing byproducts typically consist of the shrimp shells and heads of the Pacific pink shrimp that have undergone a cooking and peeling process. Shrimp...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding

Social bonding : connections between the work of Erving Goffman and chemistry as models for social understanding

Creator:: Schindler, Jason A.
Abstract:: To understand human social environments and interaction, it is often necessary to examine them in creative and metaphorical terms. In this thesis, a model of chemical interaction, atomic and molecular bonding, and the role of electrons, nuclei, and other chemical principles are used to describe the social environment of human...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Investigating Grain Boundaries in BaCuS1-xSexF Using Impedance Spectroscopy

Creator:: Horgan, Briony
Abstract:: Impedance spectroscopy is a method of modeling materials with equivalent circuits to determine electrical properties, such as the resistivity and the dielectric constant. We explore impedance spectroscopy, both theoretically and experimentally through applying the method to samples of BaCuS1-xSexF. Grain boundary effects were dominant in the results, and although they...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

The apple maggot in Oregon [2002]

Creator:: Fisher, Glenn C. and Olsen, Jeff
Abstract:: The apple maggot (AM), Rhagoletis pomonella, is a threat to the Northwest apple and pear industry. The maggot has been reported on apples, crabapples, quince, pears, cherries, plums, apricots, the fruits of native and domesticated hawthorn, Pyracantha berries, and wild rose hips. To date, apple maggot populations in Oregon seem...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

My 4-H project record [2008]

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Information within this publication may be outdated. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Other

Bean CAP Snap Bean Diversity Panel Passport Data

Creator:: Myers, James R.
Abstract:: The accessions used to create the Snap Bean Diversity Panel were 150 snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) cultivars and breeding lines selected from North American and European germplasm to create a population that is representative of the snap bean market class from a historical and geographical viewpoint. This panel was developed...
Resource Type:: Dataset
Date Created:: 2009-11-10 to 2010-01-28

4-H crochet record [2008]

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: A more recent revision exists. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Learning Object

4-H crocheting project : member guide and record [2000]

Creator:: Sawer, Barbara J.
Abstract:: A more recent revision exists. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Learning Object

4-H Advancement Certificate [2000]

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Certificate stating the recipient has achieved knowledge and skills necessary to advance to the next step in the 4-H Advancement program.
Resource Type:: Other

Compost quality attributes, measurements and variability

Creator:: Sullivan, Dan M. and Miller, Robert O.
Abstract:: This chapter addresses compost quality specifications, chemical and physical properties of compost, evaluation of compost maturity and stability, and variability in compost analytical data.
Resource Type:: Part of Book

Tide gates in the Pacific Northwest : operation, types, and environmental effects

Creator:: Giannico, Guillermo and Souder, Jon A.
Abstract:: This report is an attempt to address some critical information gaps regarding the effects of dikes and tide gates on coastal ecosystems and fisheries resources. The authors have identified the information needs during their work with landowners, community organizations, and resource management agencies and through a compilation and summary of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Agronomic biosolids application rates for dryland wheat across a range of northwest climate zones

Creator:: Sullivan, Dan M., Bary, Andrew I., Cogger, Craig G., and Shearin, Todd E.
Abstract:: Predicting agronomic rates is important to derive optimum economic and environmental benefits from biosolids fertilizer applications. We conducted this research to 1) evaluate dryland wheat response to biosolids applications over a range of climate zones in the Pacific Northwest and 2) compare agronomic application rates predicted from yield curves with...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding

Developing Extension guidance for management effects on ammonia loss: a computer simulation modeling approach

Creator:: Sullivan, Dan M.
Abstract:: Computer simulation models provide insight into ammonia loss processes and the sensitivity of ammonia loss predictions to environmental and management variables. As an example of how a simple computer simulation model can inform the Extension guideline development process, the ALFAM (Ammonia Volatilization from Field-Applied Animal Slurry) model was used to...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding

Facilitating the marketing of peppermint compost by determining product stability and nitrogen release characteristics

Creator:: Sullivan, Dan M.
Abstract:: Report to the Agricultural Research Foundation.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Soil and plant test calibration to improve nutrient management

Creator:: Cogger, Craig G., Bary, Andrew I., Cramer, T. N., and Grusenmeyer, D. C.
Abstract:: Addendum to final report, Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer Nitrate Management Project G9500254.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Microsatellite Markers for Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus

Creator:: Saillant, E., Cizdziel, K., O'Malley, Kathleen G., Turner, T. F., Pruett, C. L., and Gold, J. R.
Abstract:: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers are reported for 68 nuclear-encoded microsatellites developed during the past several years from genomic libraries of red drum (Sciaenops ocelwtus). All68 microsatellites were tested for reproducibility and polymorphism on a sample of five to 12 red drum; 60 of the microsatellites were found to be...
Resource Type:: Article

A latitudinal cline in the Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Clock gene: evidence for selection on PolyQ length variants

Creator:: O'Malley, Kathleen G. and Banks, Michael A.
Abstract:: A critical seasonal event for anadromous Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the time at which adults migrate from the ocean to breed in freshwater. We investigated whether allelic variation at the circadian rhythm genes, OtsClock1a and OtsClock1b, underlies genetic control of migration timing among 42 populations in North America. We...
Resource Type:: Article