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Evaluation of Deforestation in the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras

Creator:: Wade, Michael C.
Abstract:: Satellite imagery has been a useful tool in monitoring land cover changes, including changes within protected areas. In the 1980’s and 1990’s Honduras created over 100 protected areas, yet few resources have been dedicated to their management. This study used Landsat satellite imagery to evaluate deforestation in the Río Plátano...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Aug, 2007 Directed by Dr. Laurence Becker ACKNOWLDEGEMENTS I would like to thank my

Change detection of land cover in a meadow landscape : the“Ranches” meadow, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

Creator:: Anderson, Carl G.
Abstract:: From a landscape ecology perspective, meadows are often seen as landscapes in transition. Succession and change in meadows may be investigated by considering the physical and anthropogenic factors that influence the landscape through time. What is often unknown is how changes occur and how physical and anthropogenic factors contribute to...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , Allen, and Betancourt 1999: 1196). Land cover succession and change in meadows may be investigated by

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....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , OSU Dr. Laurence Becker, Graduate Council Representative, OSU Dr. Edward J. Valeau

Opposing worldviews : Cuicatec values of cultural and natural resources in a western paradigm

Creator:: Hearn, Kyle P.
Abstract:: Both conflicts and new identities result when indigenous' traditional values of landscape and resource management are superimposed with federal governments' management of archaeological and forest resources in federally designated protected areas. This thesis examines the relationship and discourse between two Cuicatec towns in Oaxaca, Mexico and three Mexican government agencies...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: encouragement to complete this thesis. I express sincere gratitude and appreciation for Joan Gross, Laurence

Sea surface temperature fronts in the California Current System from geostationary satellite observations

Creator:: Castelao, Renato M., Mavor, Timothy P., Barth, John A., and Breaker, Laurence C.
Abstract:: Sea surface temperature (SST) fronts are determined for the 2001–2004 time period from Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) data in the California Current System (CCS). The probability of detecting a SST front at an individual pixel location in the CCS is presented as a bi-monthly climatology. Fronts clearly indicate the...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: John A. Barth,1,2 and Laurence C. Breaker5 Received 15 February 2006; revised 12 May 2006; accepted 14

Kabuki and culture : an analysis of Kabuki’s history and artistic influences

Creator:: O'Brien, Kaelyn C.
Abstract:: Kabuki theatre, popular entertainment in Edo Period Japan, is a colorful and lively genre that has thrived in the island nation for the past four centuries. Influenced by Japan’s other theatre arts—noh, kyogen, and bunraku—kabuki grew up from simple (if not sordid) origins, and worked for decades to create for...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Substance,” 29. 8 Allen Hockley, Inside the Floating World (Washington: University of Washington Press

Focus ; Fall 2008

Creator:: Oregon State University. College of Forestry
Abstract:: Focus is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry. Our goal is to keep Forestry alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students informed about the College of Forestry and its many activities and programs.
Resource Type:: Other

Responsible pedagogy : (re)framing contemporary educational theory and American cultural politics

Creator:: Rust, Stephen
Abstract:: Responsible Pedagogy is examination of contemporary education in the United States. Responsible educators are dedicated to being representative, responsive, and respectful. These three principles guide the best teaching and learning that are taking place in classrooms across the country. Launched in 2003, Shakespeare in American Communities is the most ambitious...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Creator:: Stoller, Kevin R.
Abstract:: William James came of age at a time of great social and intellectual change in the United States. During this period, new professional identities proliferated, and a new culture of professionalization developed with important ramifications for conceptions of individual and social identity. Professionalization was also closely related to key intellectual...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: most weightily on his William.2 James felt dearly the 'Gay Wilson Allen, William James, A Biography

Marine Science and Technology

Creator:: Webster, Janet G. and Butler, Barbara A.
Abstract:: Our oceans surround us, and we depend upon them for food, transportation, and recreation. They affect us daily as they shape our climate and rattle our world with unexpected events. Current headlines indicate that they are in flux and perhaps in trouble. Coral reefs are dying due to rising ocean...
Resource Type:: Part of Book
Full Text:: , adv. Refereed. Circ: 1397. Vol. ends: No. 12. Online: Allen Press Inc.; EBSCO Host; Northern Light

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Evaluation of Deforestation in the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras

Change detection of land cover in a meadow landscape : the“Ranches” meadow, Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

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

Opposing worldviews : Cuicatec values of cultural and natural resources in a western paradigm

Sea surface temperature fronts in the California Current System from geostationary satellite observations

Kabuki and culture : an analysis of Kabuki’s history and artistic influences

Focus ; Fall 2008

Responsible pedagogy : (re)framing contemporary educational theory and American cultural politics

On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Marine Science and Technology

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