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  • Implementation of Distributed Localized Communications

    Creator:
    Snyder, Thomas
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    Artificial collectives are useful for accomplishing tasks that require teamwork from multiple simple robots. Multiple robot and collective testbeds have been developed, yet none stay committed to leverage the local interactions, group size, and imperfect information assumptions that strengthen biological collectives. A review of the collective and multiple robot literature,...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    By Thomas Snyder A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University Honors College in partial

  • Patterns of age and growth in young-of-year rockfish, sebastes spp., along the Oregon coast

    Creator:
    Young, Thomas
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    Rockfish of the genus Sebastes are important components of Oregon reef communities. I examined patterns of age and growth in young-of-year rockfish across two nested spatial scales – local and regional – along the Oregon coast. Using otolith microstructural examination, I examined the relative importance of local versus regional factors...
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    Thomas H. Young for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Zoology presented August 12, 2004

  • Addressing Children with Disabilities through Inclusion Literature

    Creator:
    Kerrigan, Michelle D.
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    This project aimed to address the topic of children with disabilities through a well-researched children’s book. Dancing with my friend Maddie is a children’s book that focuses on a friendship between Claire, a typically developing first grader, and Maddie, a first grader with Down syndrome. Research has shown that addressing...
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    younger age so that negative attitudes are less likely to form (Smith-D’Arezzo & Moore-Thomas, 2010

  • Retrospective study of the prevalence of Pseudoloma neurophilia between zebrafish sexes

    Creator:
    Chow, Fidelis
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    As a major biological model for biomedical research, maintaining healthy zebrafish (Danio rerio) is imperative for accurate and consistent lab results. This retrospective study focuses on Pseudoloma neurophilia, a microsporidium, because it is the most common pathogen found in laboratory zebrafish. An online database maintained by the Zebrafish International Resource...
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    would also like to thank Dr. Thomas Sharpton for providing me with valuable guidance on the

  • Label communication of acute and residual toxicity to honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) on insecticides of high-risk to Oregon hives does not align with federal recommendations

    Creator:
    Bucy, Matthew T.
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    BACKGROUND: Training pesticide applicators on how to understand a product’s toxicity to honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) by reading the product label is a way of reducing pesticide exposure to bees. Many applicator resources focus on how to interpret the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA’s) recommended language for communicating...
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    bees. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank Thomas Steeger (USEPA) for his input and the acute toxicity

  • A Historical Reflection of Cultural Factors Inhibiting American Healthcare Reform

    Creator:
    Leathers, James S.
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    Past healthcare reform has been blinded by the presence of competing philosophies and ideologies that ultimately yielded ineffective compromises or short-terms solutions. With the ever-shifting political and economic landscapes, the future of our nation’s healthcare is in great peril. This paper is a meta-analysis on obstructions to healthcare reform that...
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    the second day of the Conference, Attorney General Dr. Thomas Parran gave a statement in a national

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

    Creator:
    Alley, Zoe M.
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    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...
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    (Casey, Gidd, & Thomas, 2000; Fuster, 2002). Around five years of age, neurons create millions of new

  • National Review of U.S. Medical Education Curricula for Physical Activity-Related Content

    Creator:
    Park, Eugene A.
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    Purpose To provide an update on the amount and type of physical activity education that occurs in medical education in the United States. Methods All accredited doctor of medicine (M.D., n = 141) and doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O., n = 29) institutions were reviewed using their publicly accessible websites....
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    population, but, only 40% were aware of the government guidelines for physical activity (Dunlop & Murray

  • Analyzing the prevalence of the newly reintroduced sea otter in coyote and wolf diet

    Creator:
    Garcia, Lani M.
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    Following their extirpation due to the maritime fur trade, northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) reintroduction in the 1960s has facilitated their recolonization in southeast Alaska. Sea otters are now sympatric with wolves (Canis lupus), which are widespread in southeast Alaska, and a colonizing coyote population (Canis latrans). Recent studies...
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    . Deagle, B. E., A. C. Thomas, J. C. McInnes, L. J. Clarke, E. J. Vesterinen, E. L. Clare, T. R. Kartzinel

  • The Culture of Names – A Comparison between Vietnam and Denmark

    Creator:
    Ngo, Toan Tri Dung
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    This project discusses the topic of personal names and the cultures of different peoples and their particularities, specifically in Vietnam and Denmark. The first part of this paper gives a brief history of naming traditions (mostly relating to Western European traditions). The second part of the paper compares two families...
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    Robert Margaret David Jennifer 7 Thomas Ruth Richard Maria 8 Henry Virginia Charles Susan 9 Joseph Jean