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Institutional Path Dependence in NASA’s Human Spaceflight Program: A Case Study of Technological Evolution and Persistence

Creator:: Waddell, Trevor W.
Abstract:: Despite extensive research on the historical and technical aspects of national space policy, little has attempted to understand the links between technological evolution in NASA’s spaceflight program in relation to its administrative, political and economic context. This essay explores these connections in the development and evolution of core systems in...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: persistence by Trevor W. Waddell MPP Essay Submitted to Oregon State University

Family, Community, & Tribal Influence on Native American Student Success

Creator:: Croucher, Racheal L.
Abstract:: The history of American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) in education is filled with conflict and painful memories for many. Indian boarding schools that lasted through the early 1900s were used as a tool for forced assimilation of AIAN people. With the disturbing motto of “Kill the Indian, save the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Racheal L. Croucher for the degree of Master of Science in Human Development and Family

Factors that affect a school district's ability to successfully implement the use of data warehouse applications in the data driven decision making process

Creator:: DeLoach, Robin
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence the ability of teachers and administrators to use data obtained from a data warehouse to inform instruction. The mixed methods study was guided by the following questions: 1) What data warehouse application features affect the ability of an...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Applications in the Data Driven Decision Making Process Abstract approved: Karen M. Higgins The

Dynamic linkages of personality and health : the effect of traits and states in predicting health-goal progress

Creator:: Choun, Soyoung
Abstract:: Optimal aging is strongly related to personality factors along with health-behavior habits. Personality has played a key role in understanding the interactions between human behavior and the environment and as a vital predictor in determining health outcomes of individuals. Although previous studies have found links between personality traits and health,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________________ Karen A. Hooker Optimal aging is strongly related to personality factors along with health

The spillways

Creator:: Rasmussen, Kimberly Ann
Abstract:: The Spillways is a collection of poetry investigating a wide range of themes: identity, memory, loss, illness, labor, suffering, and grief. At times, the poems investigate place−in the physical and natural world−as a driving force of the speaker's identity. Many of the poems also consider the role of work and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________________________ Karen Holmberg The Spillways is a collection of poetry investigating a wide range of themes

Awareness of Aging in Taiwan and the United States : An Examination of Ageism among College Students using Stereotypes and Future Self-views

Creator:: Allen, Pamela M.
Abstract:: Ageism in the context of global population aging could lead to increasing human and economic costs. Age stereotypes tend to be negative (Hummert, 1990) and ubiquitous (Nelson, 2002) there are a variety of well documented detrimental consequences of negative age stereotypes on older adults' physical, cognitive and psychological outcomes (Hummert,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Karen A. Hooker Ageism in the context of global population aging could lead to

Projected temperature and precipitation changes for Corvallis and Los Angeles for the 2030-2059 period using the Hadley Center's regional climate model (HadRM3P).

Creator:: Cheema, Karandeep Singh
Abstract:: Average monthly temperatures (maximum and minimum) and precipitation patterns are expected to change as a direct consequence of anthropogenic climate change. Temperatures are expected to be warmer in the future but precise estimates vary depending on factors like number of ensembles and emission scenario. For this study, we used 100...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: University Advisor-: Dr. Karen Shell, CEOAS Department, Oregon State University 1 Abstract

Bird-vegetation relationships across ten years after thinning in young thinned and unthinned Douglas-fir forests

Creator:: Yegorova, Svetlana
Abstract:: Bird-vegetation associations are a base for bird conservation and management, as well as for predictions of the effects of resource management and climate change on wildlife populations. A recent shift in forest management priorities from timber production to native species' habitat conservation on federal lands has emphasized the need to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Bolsinger and Waddell, 1993; Kennedy and Spies, 2004). After harvesting these stands were replaced by

VitisCyc: a metabolic pathway knowledgebase for grapevine (Vitis vinifera)

Creator:: Naithani, Sushma, Raja, Rajani, Waddell, Elijah N., Elser, Justin, Gouthu, Satyanarayana, Deluc, Laurent G., and Jaiswal, Pankaj
Abstract:: We have developed VitisCyc, a grapevine-specific metabolic pathway database that allows researchers to (i) search and browse the database for its various components such as metabolic pathways, reactions, compounds, genes and proteins, (ii) compare grapevine metabolic networks with other publicly available plant metabolic networks, and (iii) upload, visualize and analyze...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: vinifera) Naithani, S., Raja, R., Waddell, E. N., Elser, J., Gouthu, S., Deluc, L. G., & Jaiswal, P

The Collision of Quadratic Fields, Binary Quadratic Forms, and Modular Forms

Creator:: Smith, Karen
Abstract:: As indicated by the title The Collision of Quadratic Fields, Binary Quadratic Forms, and Modular Forms, this paper leads us to an understanding of the relationship between these three areas of study. In [4], Zagier gives the results of an intriguing example of the relationship between these areas. However there...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Modular Forms Karen Smith May 12, 2011 Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Preliminaries 5 2.1 Binary

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Institutional Path Dependence in NASA’s Human Spaceflight Program: A Case Study of Technological Evolution and Persistence

Family, Community, & Tribal Influence on Native American Student Success

Factors that affect a school district's ability to successfully implement the use of data warehouse applications in the data driven decision making process

Dynamic linkages of personality and health : the effect of traits and states in predicting health-goal progress

The spillways

Awareness of Aging in Taiwan and the United States : An Examination of Ageism among College Students using Stereotypes and Future Self-views

Projected temperature and precipitation changes for Corvallis and Los Angeles for the 2030-2059 period using the Hadley Center's regional climate model (HadRM3P).

Bird-vegetation relationships across ten years after thinning in young thinned and unthinned Douglas-fir forests

VitisCyc: a metabolic pathway knowledgebase for grapevine (Vitis vinifera)

The Collision of Quadratic Fields, Binary Quadratic Forms, and Modular Forms

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