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Coffee and Climate Change: Predicaments and Possible Solutions for Farmers in Latin America

Creator:: Roberts, Rose
Abstract:: Term paper for CROP 325.
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: Rose Roberts CROP 325 March 21st

Land use problem report with special reference to cut-over Douglas-fir areas in Benton County, Oregon

Creator:: Davis, John W.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Land-use problem report with special reference to cut-over

Abstracts of student research project reports for summer, 1966 (Invertebrate Zoology 451-452) (Special Problems in Zoology Z 501)

Creator:: Gonor, Jefferson J., Hedgpeth, J. W., and Pritchard, A. W.
Abstract:: Zoology 451-452; Abstracts of student papers, Summer 1967
Resource Type:: Other

Land planning with special reference to utilization of forest lands

Creator:: Saunders, Elton S.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Land planning with special reference to utilization of

Progress report preparation for National Forest timber sales

Creator:: Goodyear, Hal E.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Progress report preparation for national forest timber

Economic factors affecting stumpage prices with special reference to northwest stumpage

Creator:: Fox, Charles W.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Economic factors affecting stumpage prices with special

Forest recreation with special reference to problems of landscape architecture on our national forests

Creator:: Grimes, P. R.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Forest recreation with special reference to problems of

Operation of the small sawmill with special reference to operation in Oregon and Washington

Creator:: Tolonen, Paul
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Operation of the small sawmill with special reference to

Hygiene of the School-oom; with Special Reference to the Diseases of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat

Creator:: Pimm, Carrie Maude
Abstract:: The education of the child should consist of the organization of acquired habits of action and tendencies to behavior which shall fit him for the world in a social and physical sense. The subject of social effect is often dwelt upon with great length and detail, which to often the...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Hygiene of the school-room : with special reference to

A model woodworking shop : seminar report

Creator:: Steel, Joseph I.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Seminar Report Jos. I. Steel June, 1922. SCH&OL Of FORESTR, BJ&u(8f c #&.%, 4.W A MODEL

Report summarizing work done with "synthetic resins"

Creator:: Kuehnle, J. P.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Report summarizing work done with "synthetic resins

Report on films and filters in forestry aerial photography

Creator:: Winjum, Jack K.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Report on films and filters in forestry aerial photography

A report on five species of valviferous isopods in the vicinity of Newport, Oregon

Creator:: Roth, Eric M.
Abstract:: Keywords: Zoology 451-452; Newport, Oregon; Valviferous isopods; Idothea; Synidothea; Idothea wosnesenskii; Idothea montereyensis; Idothea schmitti; Idothea stenops; Boiler Bay; Yaquina Head; Strawberry Hill; Sally's Slough; Yaquina Bay
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: A REPORT ON FIVE SPECIES OF VALVIFEROUS ISOPODS UiRARY

Report on sanitation-salvage beetle control in the Ponderosa pine forests of the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Johnson, Norman E.
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Mr. Groshong: I have completed the report that you requested for Wr. 227. I am submitting this

The Siletz Eels: Oral History Interviews with Siletz Tribal Elders and Neighboring Residents Regarding The Decline in Siletz River Lamprey Populations

Creator:: Downey, Tom, Rilatos, Darin, Sondenaa, Annette, and Zybach, Bob
Abstract:: Lamprey eel harvesting has systematically and periodically occurred along the Siletz River and its tributaries for as many as hundreds, or thousands, or tens of thousands of years that human families and lamprey eel populations have coexisted in the Siletz Valley ecosystem. Historical, cultural, and biological information for the twentieth...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Lamprey Populations PRELIMINARY REPORT AUGUST 21, 1993 . PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL OF THE

The Geometry of the Penrose Diagram for Minkowski Spacetime

Creator:: Siebersma, Maxwell
Abstract:: Culture of Writing Award in Mathematics (2022)
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: space and time, the postulates of special relativity imply a more complicated causal structure. These

Sand mold clamping

Creator:: Bochtler, Benedikt, Teeter, John, and Thompson, Bobby
Abstract:: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PROJECT CONTEXT ESCO Incorporated manufactures a variety of steel parts using a sand mold casting process. In this process a clamping device is used to prevent the sand mold from leaking during the pouring process. The current clamp design has several deficiencies including an uneven distribution of the...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Final Report Benedikt Bochtler John Teeter Bobby Thompson 2012-13

An evaluation of the establishment and continued effectiveness of the Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve in Ecuador

Creator:: Asson, Danielle
Abstract:: Conservation of natural resources has become a new watchword of the scientific community. While many terrestrial ecosystems are well protected, marine ecosystems have only recently come to the forefront. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been introduced as a means of protecting biodiversity, commercial stocks, and ecosystem services. There are many...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . In 1998 the Special Law of the Galápagos created the Galápagos Marine Reserve, and instituted a

Under the Sea: An evaluation of the establishment and continued effectiveness of the Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve in Ecuador

Creator:: Asson, Danielle C.
Abstract:: Conservation of natural resources has become a new watchword of the scientific community. While many terrestrial ecosystems are well protected, marine ecosystems have only recently come to the forefront. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been introduced as a means of protecting biodiversity, commercial stocks, and ecosystem services. There are many...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . In 1998 the Special Law of the Galápagos created the Galápagos Marine Reserve, and instituted a

An Overview of SPACs and the 2020-2021 SPAC Surge

Creator:: Moon, Laura E.
Abstract:: This paper provides a literature review in order to capture the state of the Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) market, incorporating the most recent research from 2020 and 2021. SPACs are an alternative way to take a company public. Rather than going through the traditional IPO process to access public...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: :_____________________________________________________ Sean Yang This paper provides a literature review in order to capture the state of the Special

Quantitative Effects of a Fat Studies Class

Creator:: Bauman, Lia, Pham, Hellen, and Gerber, Madison R.
Abstract:: Fat Studies (FS) is a new interdisciplinary field that addresses oppression based on body weight, shape, and size as it intersects with oppression based on other areas of difference. As such, FS incorporates a weight-neutral approach to health, Health At Every Size® (HAES), that decries weight bias, promotes body self-acceptance...
Resource Type:: Poster
Full Text:: (Rothblum & Solovay, 2009), FS scholarship has proliferated. Various journals have dedicated special issues

A Method to Effectively Measure Sustainability in Non-Profit Organizations

Creator:: Vanlue, Mary Elizabeth
Abstract:: With the growing importance of sustainability, organizations in the non-profit sector need a way to measure, track, improve, and report their sustainability. Through research in current literature and a survey of practices within local non-profits, it is shown these organizations need a simple, flexible process with stakeholder participation to measure...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: , track, improve, and report their sustainability. Through research in current literature and a survey

So You’re Hosting a Conference: A Conference Planning Guide, NACURH Adventures in Conference Undertakings and a Resource Handbook A Qualitative Investigation and Analysis of NACURH, Inc. Regional Conferences

Creator:: Cheung, Cameo M.
Abstract:: Each conference hosted by a NACURH, Inc. affiliated school publishes a conference wrap-up report detailing the conference hosting process and the conference itself. As a resource, these reports are intended for future conference staffs, to share the lessons learned by the last conference staff. They contain pointers to and evaluations...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: conference hosted by a NACURH, Inc. affiliated school publishes a conference wrap-up report detailing the

The Bold and the Beautiful

Creator:: Kinser, Riley W.
Abstract:: This study looks at whether two physical characteristics, physical attractiveness and perceived competence, have an impact on student analysts finding large discrepancies between current price and target price. Equity reports published online by undergraduate and MBA students involved in student investment clubs and portfolio management classes are combined with pictures...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Indian .119 0 .325 0 1 Report Number 2.700 2 .740 1 5 24 safety using all individual analyst

Appearance and Exam Performance

Creator:: Anderson, Casey Lane
Abstract:: This undergraduate honors thesis was designed to investigate the relationship between students’ appearances and their college exam performance. The hypothesis was that if a student wears clothing that causes him or her to feel fashionable, professional, attractive, or otherwise well put together, then that student will earn higher marks on...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: with the intent to succeed on the exam in that they did not do anything different or special to

Voter Displeasure: The Role of Dislike For the Opposition In the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

Creator:: Schiek, Andrew
Abstract:: One of the surprising things about the 2016 presidential election was how much each presidential candidate was disliked. In this historic election, questions about whether voters made their decisions by supporting their candidate or voting against another have arisen. Studies have been done in the past that examine which traits...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: nature of the past year’s election merits a special examination that takes different factors into

Transracial adoptees, identity, and belonging : my story in a children's book

Creator:: Fastelin, Carrington L.
Abstract:: Motivated by my own struggle to find identity and belonging as a transracial adoptee (TRA), I sought to fulfill two thesis purposes: 1) answer the question “How do transracial adoptees find and create identity and belonging in a contemporary United States culture and context?” and 2) establish a) a rationale...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: families navigate their unique, special and sometimes difficult experience. Keywords: transracial adoption

A Hybrid-Dynamic Transition Phase for High Mix Low Volume Small-and-Medium Manufacturers

Creator:: Girod, Olivia J.
Abstract:: SMEs with high-mix and low-volume (HMLV) operations face special challenges when implementing lean manufacturing practices due to scarcity of resources and ever changing market conditions. This is especially critical for manufacturers that need to deliver orders to a high variety of customers with varying time response requirements. The objective of...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: ) operations face special challenges when implementing lean manufacturing practices due to scarcity of

Microscale thermal management using membrane vapor extraction

Creator:: Apreotesi, Mario A.
Abstract:: With the miniaturization of microelectronics and increase of processor speeds in the last few decades, thermal management is drastically affecting overall packaging and system capabilities. Due to the special needs introduced, research focusing on microscale cooling has increased. This study combines the positive characteristics of single- and two-phase flows in...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: system capabilities. Due to the special needs introduced, research focusing on microscale cooling

Writing A Detailed Introduction to String Theory

Creator:: Svesko, Andrew M.
Abstract:: String theory, one of the more popular approaches to quantizing gravity, is a highly complex theory, involving high level mathematics and physics. But the basic ideas of string theory are not inaccessible, even to the undergraduate. This document acts as report to my thesis project, the writing of A Detailed...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . This document acts as report to my thesis project, the writing of A Detailed Introduction to String

Greeting Styles and the Establishment of Rapport in a University Writing Center

Creator:: Redding, Tawnya
Abstract:: The present study examined whether the nature of the greeting between a writing assistant and a student influenced the subsequent rapport that developed over the course of the writing center session. Eighteen Oregon State University undergraduate and graduate students were greeted in one of three ways by two confederates: with...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: , and appeared to have a typical handshake, and because of this may have constituted a special sample

A Proposed Equine Business Model for the Training and Resale of Jumpers

Creator:: McCarthy, Liz
Abstract:: The goal of this project was to determine whether an equine business in which the sole income is from the short term retraining and resale of horses could be successful. Horses would hypothetically be kept for not less than six months and not longer than one year, and priced from...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: and maintenance would be accounted for. Special consideration was given to determine that all horses

The Never-Ending Story: An Analysis of Student Activism at Oregon State University

Creator:: Petty, Lyndi-Rae E.
Abstract:: Racism on college campuses continues to create a toxic environment for students of color to learn and thrive in. In order for institutions of higher education work to address the complexities of the issues that students of color face, it is important to understand the context in which those issues...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: able to use resources from the Special Collections & Archives Research Center at OSU to identify

Melee at the Edge of Empire: The Manifestation of the Reservation System in Southwest and Western Oregon 1850-1875

Creator:: Alves, Richard W.
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to explain why the reservation system manifested so disappointingly for the Native American groups of Southwest Oregon. It seeks to characterize the struggle that raged in Southwest Oregon from 1850 to 1856 between three main groups there: indigenous peoples, white squatters and miners, and...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: -1857). 25 Commissioner of Indian Affairs Report, 1850, serial 551, 937-38, 957-58; Commissioner of

Environmental Justice Inventory – Linn-Benton County, Oregon

Creator:: Patchell, Roman, Judokusumo, Madeline, Cortes, Mariana, and Fisher, Halle
Abstract:: The purpose of this inventory is to detail the state of environmental justice in the Mid- Willamette Valley in an up-to-date, centralized format. The inventory is based on information from various government sources, and a survey to gather first-person perspective to take a pulse of the wellbeing of our community....
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: . This report will detail the methodology, findings from the survey and secondary sources, and some

Attachment to Place Among Teenage Students in School Districts With Four-Day School Weeks

Creator:: Smith, Madeleine C.
Abstract:: Rural communities face acute challenges in providing education. Attachment to place plays a significant role in rural communities but little research exists on how it influences policy. One policy response to financial, physical, and cultural factors in rural Oregon is the four-day school week (FDSW). Through health survey responses of...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: , more likely to report that they volunteer in their local community, and report better mental health

Social Determinants to Real FreedomsAn Empirical Development of the Capabilities Approach

Creator:: Trujillo, Michael A.
Abstract:: In the Capabilities Approach literature “capabilities” are the real freedoms individuals possess to achieve certain “functionings,” which are the doings and beings that constitute a good life. I argue that this approach requires, or at least can benefit from, an account of the psychosocial mechanisms involved in capability limitation. The...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: recommendations made in the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health report and recommend policies to

Measuring inhibitory control in preschool children : A multi-method perspective

Creator:: Alley, Zoe M.
Abstract:: Inhibitory control, a salient component of self-regulation, predicts child academic and social competency into the college years. Typical measures of self-regulation (including teacher report, direct assessment, and observation) focus on inhibitory control and are each susceptible to unique flaws. The current study examined whether informant bias or differential contextual environments...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: teacher report, direct assessment, and observation) focus on inhibitory control and are each susceptible

A Study of the Impact of Core Values on Leadership Development and Performance in Military Trainees

Creator:: Lausmann, Nathan R.
Abstract:: Organizational values are an important factor in the work of many organizations and can guide both day-to-day decision-making and long-term strategic planning. Little previous research has documented the impact of core values on individual performance in military environments nor the effect of core values on leadership attributes. In this study,...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: - report performance measures used in AFROTC. Correlational analyses conducted on the data revealed that

An Analysis of U.S. News Media Coverage of E-Cigarettes: Does a Youth Epidemic Make a Difference?

Creator:: Winett, Julia R.
Abstract:: Rates of electronic cigarettes (or “e-cigarettes”) use among youth are so high that the Surgeon General declared them to be of “epidemic proportions” (A Report of the Surgeon General, 2012). If these rates go unchanged, e-cigarettes will likely be responsible for the creation of a new generation of combustible cigarette...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: are so high that the Surgeon General declared them to be of “epidemic proportions” (A Report of the

Fourier Analysis of Smartphone Call Quality

Creator:: Dempsey, Zackery E.
Abstract:: In recent decades, the cell phone has provided a convenient form of long-distance communi-cation to the general public. Despite the technological improvements since, cell phones and their smartphone successors have suffered from a lack of clarity over a typical voice call, a result of their limited bandwidth. New phone services,...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: not demonstrate they are provided. I have already made mention to how HD Voice only works in special

Perceiving Big Five Traits Accurately at True Zero Acquaintance

Creator:: Brown, Jill A.
Abstract:: This research focused on the accuracy of trait judgments at zero acquaintance and after five minutes of interaction. Thirty-five undergraduates judged the neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness of four to six others whom they did not know. Participants then interacted in one-on-one conversations with each target for five minutes....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: a brief self report consisting of ten items. Contrary to expectations, significant accuracy was

Photodimerization of Organic Semiconductors in the Strong Coupling Regime

Creator:: Puro, Richard
Abstract:: Organic semiconducting materials have emerged in the last few decades as viable alternatives to inorganics in broad applications from field effect transistors to LEDs to solar cells. Organics provide many benefits over inorganics such as flexibility, sustainability, and reduced cost. However, these materials are more susceptible to degradation in the...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: tetracene, had been observed exclusively prior to this report. Optical properties and chemical structure

Low temperature microscopy of organic optoelectronic materials

Creator:: Thieme, Mattson
Abstract:: We present a report on a new capability for low temperature microscopy of organic optoelectronic semiconductor materials. We may now perform photoluminescence (PL) and conductivity measurements as a function of temperature on a microscopic level. Testing confirmed the setup's ability to support microscopic measurements at pressures of 10^-6 Torr and...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: , Corvallis, OR 97331-6507 Abstract We present a report on a new capability for low temperature

The application of the reconnaissance method and the square foot density method

Creator:: Pratt, Frederick
Abstract:: This report describes the Reconnaissance and the Square Foot Density methods of range survey as used during the past few years on the National Forests and other range lands. These methods are used to estimate and help in calculating the carrying capacity of the range. The object of range surveys...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Approved: Professor of Forestry INTRODUCTION This report describes the Reconnaissance and the Square

Language as a barrier of teaching mathematics to English language learners

Creator:: Sechrist, Josephine
Abstract:: In recent years, there has been a steady increase in the number of English Language Learners (ELL) in the United States. According to the Education Commission of the States, ELLs have significantly lower achievement levels than their non-ELL peers. Further, numerous research studies report that teacher education programs lack ELL...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: studies report that teacher education programs lack ELL specific training, resulting in a documented 57

Examining Participation and Representation in the Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force

Creator:: Kurtz, Allison D.
Abstract:: This study seeks to examine the participation and representation of stakeholders involved in the Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force during their first year, culminating in the publishing of their Year One Report and Recommendations for actions with the goal of moving the Southern Resident killer whales toward recovery. This...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: in the publishing of their Year One Report and Recommendations for actions with the goal of moving

Partial Characterization of the Danio rerio and Xenopus tropicalis MT-‐Ox Enzyme Involved in Gadusol Biosynthesis

Creator:: Roemelt, Taylor
Abstract:: Ultraviolet (UV)-protective compounds, such as mycosporine-like amino acids (MAA) are critical for the survival of marine organisms exposed to high-solar radiation. A chemically similar compound, gadusol, was discovered in eggs of the atlantic cod in 1980, and was originally thought to be derived from MAAs that had been ingested. However,...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: as well characterized. Here, I report on the development of a

The Remember Center - Care Center for Trafficked Children in Ghana, Africa

Creator:: Briscoe, Halli L.
Abstract:: The Remember Center (TRC) is a long term care center for previously trafficked children. In Ghana, there is a huge child trafficking problem because of the impoverished state the country is in and the lack of involvement from the government. With the fishing industry depleting because Lake Volta is running...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: giving the child a chance to work for them. A report released in 2016 by Understanding Children’s Work

Peptide Non-planarity Regained

Creator:: Biel, Justin T.
Abstract:: The planar peptide model has guided our understanding and interpretation of protein crystal structures since its origin in the 1950s. It is well understood that deviations from this model occur, but the majority of peptides are planar, as measured by the standard omega torsion angle. Here, we report the first...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: report the first analysis in proteins of the contribution of pyramidalization of the peptide nitrogen

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