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  • Predicting county-level food insecurity and hunger in Oregon

    Creator:
    Grussing, Jay D.
    Abstract:
    Oregon’s high hunger and food insecurity rates have been a concern throughout the last decade. These high rates earned Oregon the dubious distinction as the most food insecure with hunger state in the late 1990’s. While Oregon’s ranking has improved in recent years, our understanding of why Oregon ranked so...
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    Capstone Project
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    : _________________________________________________________________ Bruce Weber Oregon’s high hunger and food insecurity rates have been a concern

  • Investigation of the biomechanics of running and rapid change-of-direction tasks

    Creator:
    Golden, Grace M.
    Abstract:
    Rapid change-of-direction tasks have been associated with non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and females are more likely to suffer this injury compared to males. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the biomechanical behavior of running and three rapid change-of-direction tasks and determine whether sex differences exist across...
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    Dissertation
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    Change-of-Direction Tasks Abstract approved: Mark A. Hoffman, Michael J. Pavol

  • Applying theories of capital to understand parent involvement at school as a component of family-school interaction : the special case of children with special needs

    Creator:
    Dogaru, Cristian M.
    Abstract:
    This study used a nationally representative dataset of 21,260 kindergartners, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (National Center for Education Statistics, 2001a), and a conceptual framework of theories of cultural and social capital (Bourdieu, 1986) embedded in an ecological framework (Bronfenbrenner, 2005) to identify unobserved socio-cultural classes in...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    Theories of Capital to Understand Parent Involvement at School as a Component of Family-School Interaction

  • Mapping semi-regular autonomous underwater vehicle glider observations onto a cross-shelf section

    Creator:
    Peery, Andrew Tristan
    Abstract:
    Two Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Gliders have alternated continuous sampling of a 45-nautical mile transect line (the Newport Hydrographic Line) across the Oregon continental shelf since April, 2006. Strong currents (>25cm/s) push the gliders off their trajectories as they survey this transect line, preventing them from sampling the historically occupied stations...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    onto a Cross-Shelf Section Abstract approved

  • Barriers to Community Involvement across Rural and Urban Communities

    Creator:
    Torgerson, Melissa
    Abstract:
    Many communities emphasize participatory involvement in local development or reinvention efforts. Recognizing barriers among specific groups could help community leaders identify what may be constraining underrepresented groups from joining in. Utilizing data from the Social Capital Benchmark Survey, this research examined identified “barriers” to community involvement among individuals in rural...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    service, manufacturing and government sectors in more populated, surrounding areas. As a result, Elgin’s

  • Test of English as a foreign language (TOEFL) : good indicator for student success at Community Colleges?

    Creator:
    Ng, Jacob N. K.
    Abstract:
    Community colleges in the United States have become an important educational destination for international students. According to the Institute of International Education (IIE, 2006), international students who enrolled for the first time at a U.S. campus increased by 8 per cent, from 131,946 students in 2004/2005 to 142,923 in 2005/2006....
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    Dissertation
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    , OSU Dr. Laurence Becker, Graduate Council Representative, OSU Dr. Edward J. Valeau

  • Solving algebra word problems : solution strategies Thai students used and potential connections with teachers' instructional strategies

    Creator:
    Swangrojn, Porntip
    Abstract:
    The main purpose of this study was to investigate and describe strategies that Thai ninth grade students use to solve algebra word problems. The second purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' instruction during word problem solving lessons. Three mathematics teachers and one of each of their classes participated...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    -strategies in the non-algebraic strategies were found: verbal or written arithmetic, a drawing or graph

  • Assessing cumulative influences of watershed-scale landuses on reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) abundance

    Creator:
    Inahara, Satomi
    Abstract:
    The West Eugene Wetlands, Eugene, Oregon, which provide habitat for number of endemic and endangered plant species, are currently threatened by a Reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) invasion. This study addresses the hypothesis that Phalaris spread can be explained in part by using watershed-scale landuse patterns as surrogates of the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    faculty at Oregon State University. Mary E. Kentula, James A. Moore, and Michael J. Gamroth served as my

  • Amorphous oxide semiconductors in circuit applications

    Creator:
    McFarlane, Brian Ross
    Abstract:
    The focus of this thesis is the investigation of thin-film transistors (TFTs) based on amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) in two circuit applications. To date, circuits implemented with AOS-based TFTs have been primarily enhancement-enhancement inverters, ring oscillators based on these inverters operating at peak frequencies up to ~400 kHz, and two-transistor...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    active channel layer; a traditional full bridge rectifier with diode-tied transistors and a cross-tied

  • The aging endoplasmic reticulum

    Creator:
    Dixon, Brian M.
    Abstract:
    Hallmarks of aging include the accumulation of aberrant proteins and a lower resistance to stresses. Because the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) functions to fold proteins and possesses unique stress sensing pathways, the central hypothesis of this dissertation is that the ER is a target of cellular aging and significantly underlies these...
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    Dissertation
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    M. Hagen Hallmarks of aging include the accumulation of aberrant proteins and a lower