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  • The Design of Good Work

    Creator:
    Hattrup, Steven H.
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    Work occupies a considerable amount of time in most peoples’ lives and can be a source of great pleasure or a source of pain. To enhance peoples’ experience at work, we must first understand how to measure and improve the design of work. This research sought to do just that,...
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    thank you to my committee, Dr. Mark Edwards, Dr. Allen Thompson, Dr. Karl Haapala, and Dr. Laurel

  • Examining the Causes of Variation between States in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s Participation Rates: Empirical and Case Study Analysis

    Creator:
    Elkaramany, Mohamed A.
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    The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the largest federal nutrition assistance program in the US aiming at improving health and nutrition among low-income individuals and households. SNAP is a means tested program that provides monthly cash benefits to eligible households and individuals whose assets and net monthly incomes are...
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    from the beginning to the end of this project. Dr. Mark Edwards helped me a lot in narrowing down

  • The late holocene atmospheric methane budget reconstructed from ice cores

    Creator:
    Mitchell, Logan E.
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    Ice cores are considered the gold standard for recording past climate and biogeochemical changes. However, gas records derived from ice core analysis have until now been largely limited to centennial and longer timescales because sufficient temporal resolution and analytical precision have been lacking, except during rare times when atmospheric concentrations...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Edward J. Brook Ice cores are considered the gold standard for recording past climate and

  • Terahertz Imaging and Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Semiconductors using Plasmonic Devices

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    Thompson, Zachary James
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    In this dissertation, a series of studies in the field of terahertz (THz) science are presented, specifically using nonlinear THz spectroscopy. We exploit huge field enhancement and subwavelength confinement in plasmonic structures. There are three distinct projects which will be discussed: nonlinear THz spectroscopy using plasmonic induced transparency (PIT), THz-triggered...
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    Semiconductors using Plasmonic AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Zachary James Thompson for the degree of

  • A Sense of “Shared Responsibility” for Teaching English Learners: Connections Between Teacher Experience, Administrator Support, Co-planning and Co-teaching

    Creator:
    Woodruff, Karrie S.
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    Co-teaching and collaboration are an increasingly popular service model for English as a second language (ESL). In this model, the language specialist, sometimes called the ESL teacher, works together with a content teacher, each using their respective expertise to meet the needs of students who are identified as English learners...
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    : _____________________________________ Karen D. Thompson Abstract Co-teaching and collaboration are an increasingly popular service

  • The first year of teaching secondary agricultural education : a national study

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    Warnick, Brian K.
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    The purpose of this study was to describe the perceptions of the first year experience of teaching secondary agriculture and to explore the relationships between these perceptions, the characteristics of beginning agriculture teachers, and the types of support provided to beginning teachers. An additional focus of the study was to...
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    Teaching Secondary Agricultural Education: A National Study. Abstract approved: W. Thompson The purpose

  • Perceptions of agricultural education teacher preparation programs toward distance education

    Creator:
    Nelson, Susanne J.
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    The purpose of this study was to identify if differences existed in perceived barrier factors and perceived attitude factors toward distance education between faculty and administrators in the decision stage and those in the implementation stage of distance education technology adoption. Information was gathered from teaching faculty and program leaders...
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    dissertation. A sincere appreciation is extended to my major advisor, Dr. Greg Thompson, who has been patient

  • A Critical Policy Analysis of Dyslexia Policy in One Oregon School District

    Creator:
    Wiger, Sara L.
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    Persistent reading difficulties are prevalent in U.S. schools and can lead to lower student performance across all subjects as well as distress, anxiety, and depression. In 2022, only 32% of fourth graders in the United States tested as proficient in reading. While there are many factors which affect reading progress...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Karen D. Thompson Abstract Persistent reading difficulties are prevalent in U.S

  • Investigating the effects of temperature on secondary metabolism in Vitis vinifera L. cv. merlot berries

    Creator:
    Cohen, Seth D.
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    Grapes (e.g. Vitis vinifera L.) are one of the more important fruit crops from an economic standpoint with world market values over 550 million US dollars in 2007 and 2008, second to apples (United States Department of Agriculture). While a satisfactory level of ripeness is of primary concern, the quality...
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    committee; Dr. Brian K. Bay, Dr. Mark A. Daeschel, Dr. Simon P. Robinson, Dr. Patricia Skinkis, and Dr

  • Assessing the Adaptive Governance Capacity of Western Water Communities

    Creator:
    Pakenham Stevenson, Anna
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    One of the greatest challenges in the West is the sustainable management of limited water resources. In recognition of localized responses to natural resource challenges, there has been considerable work in the area of adaptive capacity and collaborative governance to help understand a community’s capacity to manage change. This study...
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    Edward P. Weber One of the greatest challenges in the West is the sustainable management of limited