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A study of the effectiveness of using distance education to present training programs to Extension Service Master Gardener trainees

Creator:: Rost, Robert C.
Abstract:: Despite the availability of distance education technology, Oregon State University Extension Service educators have made limited use of this equipment for delivery of educational programs to clients of the state's 36 county Extension Service offices. Some Extension educators may be hesitant to use distance technology because they are unsure whether...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: present training programs to Extension Service Master Gardener trainees AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

DNA transformation of Saprolegnia parasitica, an Omega-3 fatty acid producing fungus, with the β-galactosidase gene of kluyveromyces lactics

Creator:: Beattie, Samuel E.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : DNA Transformation of Saprofeania parasitica. an Omega-3 Fatty Acid Producing Fungus, with the 6

A Diachronic Linguistic Analysis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

Creator:: Rensi, Matthew T.
Abstract:: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has reached a level of authority and ubiquity within the mental health field. It is the guidance force in insurance reimbursement or coverage for mental health treatment, determinations of disability related to mental health and in determinations of competence to stand...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Abstract approved

Quality management factors and related performance measures in the cooperative extension system

Creator:: Boltes, Barbara V.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify the critical factors for effective quality management in the Cooperative Extension System (CES) and develop an instrument that measured quality management performance in selected CES organizations as a means of identifying organizational training needs. Three procedures were applied in this study. First,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: specified quality management factors? 3 3. What empirical utility dos Extension professionals place on

Interview manual for student personnel workers

Creator:: Derthick, Charles Henry
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Interview manual for student personnel workers INTERVIEW

Extensions for paired comparisons models

Creator:: Kolsky, James D.
Abstract:: The Thurstone-Mosteller and Bradley-Terry Models are commonly used to rank items from paired comparisons experiments in which one item in each pair "wins," and to assess the importance of time-independent explanatory variables on such rankings. The first part of this thesis clarifies the use of probit and logistic regression models...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics presented on May 3, 1996. Title: Extensions for Paired Comparisons

Extensions to Gaussian copula models

Creator:: Fang, Yan
Abstract:: A copula is the representation of a multivariate distribution. Copulas are used to model multivariate data in many fields. Recent developments include copula models for spatial data and for discrete marginals. We will present a new methodological approach for modeling discrete spatial processes and for predicting the process at unobserved...
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An algebra placement and diagnostic examination for Portland State Extension Center

Creator:: Buschman, William Owen
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Portland State Extension Center AN ALGEBRA PLACEMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION FOR PORTLAND STATE

Trace forms and self-dual normal bases in Galois field extensions

Creator:: Kang, Dong Seung
Abstract:: Let G be a finite group, G₂ be a Sylow 2-subgroup of G, and L/K be a G-Galois extension. We study the trace form qL/K of L/K and the question of existence of a self-dual normal basis. Our main results are as follows: (1) If G₂ is not abelian and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Extraction and production of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrate from Pacific sardines (Sardinops sagax)

Creator:: Okada, Tomoko
Abstract:: Intrinsic characteristics of Pacific sardines were determined. The lipid content in sardines was initially low (6.79%) in the beginning ofthe season, increased to 22.95% in mid-August, and decreased slightly by the end of September. An inverse correlation (R² = -0.90) was found between lipid and moisture content. Analysis showed that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Extraction and Production of n-3 Polvunsaturated Fatty Acid Concentrate from Pacific Sardines (Sardinops

Extension of fuel burnup in light water reactors by using a strict in-out refueling scheme

Creator:: Yen, Julian Yu-liang
Abstract:: To utilize energy resources as efficiently as possible has become a necessity today. The purpose of this study is to see how this can be done by extending burnup in a light water reactor. Specifically, an in-out refueling scheme might extract the maximum energy from nuclear fuel during its redidence...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Extension of fuel burnup in light water reactors by

The Deschutes Formation: evidence of extension-enhanced explosivity in the early High Cascades

Creator:: Pitcher, Bradley W.
Abstract:: The eruptive history of the Quaternary Cascades arc has been relatively well characterized. However, much less is known about the frequency and sizes of explosive eruptions produced by earlier stages of the arc. The Late Neogene Deschutes Formation of Central Oregon preserves a remarkable record of heightened pyroclastic activity during...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Deschutes Formation: Evidence of Extension-Enhanced Explosivity in the Early High Cascades

The status of graduate study through extension

Creator:: Moore, Viron Alonzo
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: extension work or the amount a student should be permitted to take. 3. That there is great variation in the

Biogeochemical signals of mountainous forested watersheds' response to disturbance

Creator:: Guerrero-Bolaño Francisco J.
Abstract:: Small mountainous watersheds are disproportionate sources of land-derived particulate organic matter (POM) to long-term sinks like lake bottoms and the ocean. As such, these ecosystems are an essential component of the global carbon cycle. The burial of POM in lacustrine and marine sediments contributes to the drawdown of atmospheric CO2...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) ...................................................................................................... 58 Chapter 3 Event-associated Overbank Deposits as Testimonies of Particulate Organic Carbon

Extensions of the proportional hazards loglikelihood for censored survival data

Creator:: Derryberry, DeWayne R.
Abstract:: The semi-parametric approach to the analysis of proportional hazards survival data is relatively new, having been initiated in 1972 by Sir David Cox, who restricted its use to hypothesis tests and confidence intervals for fixed effects in a regression setting. Practitioners have begun to diversify applications of this model, constructing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: smoothed, non- parametric baseline hazard partially solves this problem. In Chapter 3, we derive new

Sustainability, awareness, and commitment : examining Natural Resource Extension programs in the United States

Creator:: Broussard, Shorna Renell
Abstract:: Today's landowners, citizens, and natural resource professionals are increasingly concerned about issues surrounding resource sustainability. Charged with addressing societal concerns through education, Cooperative Extension is uniquely capable of meeting educational needs related to natural resource sustainability. In this research, we examined the program inputs, activities, and participation in Natural Resource...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Topological entropy for noncompact spaces and other extensions

Creator:: Hofer, Jack Edward
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: cardinality. It is clear that join of a and (3, written a v (3, is defined by a V (3 = {U n V:U e a, V e

Bacterial hydrophobicity : assessment techniques, applications and extension to colloids

Creator:: Saini, Gaurav
Abstract:: This research details laboratory assessment of bacterial hydrophobicity, variations in bacterial adhesion properties with growth and extended starvation as well as extension of this assay to colloidal hydrophobicity measurement. Hydrophobicity is an integral component of surface interactions and has been studied extensively for its role in a number of engineering...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Applications and Extension to Colloids Abstract approved: Brian D. Wood This research

Nontraditional students in nontraditional graduate programs in education : coping with the conflicts between family and career responsibilities and the institutional demands of higher education

Creator:: Brazier, Allan A.
Abstract:: This qualitative study was designed to identify factors that might affect the psychological and educational wellness of nontraditional students in nontraditional graduate programs in Education. Specifically, informants were selected purposefully from three Oregon State University extended-campus graduate programs in Education. Student informants were working professionals with family obligations. Faculty informants...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: enroll in a graduate program. 3. Wellness, both psychological and physical, can be significantly

Becoming more Latino : the journey of an extension nutrition education program

Creator:: Hernandez, Rebecca
Abstract:: Latinos are the fastest growing minority group in the U.S. and are expected to be 25% of the population by the year 2050. Latinos also are more vulnerable and at higher risk for poor health outcomes including diabetes and other chronic health ailments than Anglos. Many of the serious effects...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development and Family Studies presented on December 3. 2004

Plant-Pollinator Interactions in a Changing World: Cryptic Specialization, Pollinator Movement, and Landscape Genetics of Pollinator-Dependent Plants

Creator:: Gannon, Dustin G.
Abstract:: Plant-pollinator mutualisms are one of the most prevalent and economically important mutualisms in nature. Like many other ecological systems, plant-pollinator communities are threatened by anthropogenic activity, both directly (e.g., habitat conversion and fragmentation) and indirectly (e.g., climate change). While we are aware of many of the activities that adversely impact...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: change. In Chapter 3, I explored how forest encroachment into alpine meadows in the Cascade Mountains

History of trade and industrial education in Oregon

Creator:: Menegat, Paul Anthony
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Bulletin No . 3 79 Bulletin No. 4 80 Bulletin No. 5 81 Third, Fourth and Fifth Biennial Reports « 85 Sixth

A training aids plan based on army experiences, with applications to Oregon

Creator:: Eby, George Samuel
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: educational organizations in the state. 3. The writer of this report has been informed that the American

Discursive and Psychological Processes in Project MATCH Treatment Manuals and 12-Step Program Literature

Creator:: O'Hara, Margaret A.
Abstract:: Addiction is a word that represents a condition that, at best, causes minor disruptions to one’s life and, at worst, is lethal. The current definition was developed by 80 neuroscientists. It references substance use and other behaviors and includes food and sex. Addictions do not seem to be lessening but...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Many represent behavioral addictions, which in theory, were recognized in the last diagnostic manual

Examining the Contribution of Self-Regulation and Executive Function Skills to School Readiness and Longer-Term Achievement Gaps: A Replication and Extension in Statewide and National Datasets

Creator:: Finders, Jennifer K.
Abstract:: Self-regulation in early childhood encompasses higher-order executive function processes and lower-order emotional responses that enable children to navigate the classroom environment. Although self-regulation and executive functions are overlapping constructs, self-regulation represents a broad assessment of children’s ability to call upon executive function processes in order to meet contextual demands. Prior...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to School Readiness and Longer-Term Achievement Gaps: A Replication and Extension in Statewide

Chain extension of boronic esters with stereo- and regio-defined lithiated oxiranes

Creator:: Alwedi, Embarek
Abstract:: The stereospecific reagent-controlled homologation (StReCH) of boronic esters with putative lithiooxiranes generated in situ from appropriate precursors via sulfoxide-lithium exchange, tin-lithium exchange, and direct lithiation is described with an emphasis on the first lithiation technique which allows for the regio- and stereo-specific generation of all types of lithiooxirane isomer. Transient...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Longitudinal electroproduction of charged pions from Hydrogen, Deuterium, and Helium-3

Creator:: Gaskell, David J.
Abstract:: Conventional pictures of nuclear interactions, in which the pion mediates the long/medium range part of the nuclear force, predict an enhancement of the virtual pion cloud in nuclei relative to that in the free nucleon. Jefferson Lab Experiment E91003 measured charged pion electroproduction from Hydrogen, Deuterium, and Helium-3. The longitudinal...
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Full Text:: , Deuterium, and Helium-3 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF David J. Gaskell for the degree of Doctor of

An extension of Hilbert's axioms of incidence and order to n dimensions

Creator:: Murray, Peter John
Abstract:: This paper presents an extension of Hubert's incidence axioms to n dimensions and uses these and his order axioms to prove several theorems. We prove extensions of Pasch's Axiom, the Crossbar Theorem, and Desargues' Theorem for n dimensions. A non-Euclidean model is presented and proved to satisfy the axioms. In...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: prove the following k-dimensional forms. Theorem 3.k. (Extension of,Pasch's Axiom). If a line 13 is a

Extension of the experimental field-current law to regions of high fields and large currents

Creator:: Trolan, J. Kenneth
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Extension of the experimental field-current law to regions

An extension of the quantum theory of scattering to the non-asymptotic regime using Bohmian trajectories

Creator:: Stenson, Jared R.
Abstract:: Quantum mechanics provides a conventional theory of scattering that is limited in at least two ways: it focuses exclusively on the asymptotic regime and, in a more general sense characteristic of all quantum descriptions, provides no concrete account of individual particle evolution in spacetime. This is particularly true during the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physics presented on March 22, 2010. Title: An Extension of the

Novel Extensions and New Applications for Nonparametric Self-Exciting Point Processes

Creator:: Boyd, Peter C.
Abstract:: In this dissertation I will demonstrate a novel application of self-exciting point process models to mass shooting data. I will also introduce two adaptations to the traditional nonparametric Hawkes process modeling framework. One such modification allows for the estimation of the additional productivity introduced by an event that is not...
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Full Text:: 3. Patrick Cummings provided assistance in the development of computational tools utilized in

Investigation of Chain Extension Approaches for the Stereoselective Reagent-Controlled Synthesis of alpha-Heteroatom Substituted Alkyl Boronic Esters

Creator:: Barsamian, Adam L.
Abstract:: Two distinct strategies were explored for the enantioselective synthesis of α-heteroatom substituted alkyl boronic esters by stereoselective reagent-controlled homologation using transient chiral carbenoid reagents CHYMX (Y = heteroatom, X = nucleofuge, M = electrofuge). In the first case, a stereospecific reagent-controlled homologation (sStReCH) approach to α-alkoxyalkylboronates using α-metalated S,O- and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Chemistry presented on September 3, 2015. Title: Investigation of Chain Extension Approaches for the

Magnetotelluric Constraints on Lithospheric Properties in the Southeastern United States

Creator:: Murphy, Benjamin S.
Abstract:: By inverting EarthScope long-period magnetotelluric (MT) data from the southeastern United States (SEUS), we obtain electrical conductivity images that provides key insights into the geodynamics of this region. Significantly, we resolve a highly electrically resistive block that extends to mantle depths beneath the modern Piedmont and Coastal Plain physiographic provinces....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Chapter 3: We thank Brandon Schmandt and Derek Schutt for their valuable insights that inspired and

Extension and volcanism : tectonic development of the northwestern margin of the Basin and Range Province in southern Oregon

Creator:: Scarberry, Kaleb C.
Abstract:: The northwestern corner of the Basin and Range Province (NWBR) lies in southeast Oregon where extensive Late Miocene, mafic to bimodal basalt-rhyolite volcanism and extensional faults dominate a stark and arid landscape. Near Lake Abert, the Late Miocene volcanic section abuts Early Miocene, dominantly intermediate composition volcanoes at the Coleman...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: vents (Figure 3). Later andesite and basaltic andesite volcanism centered at the tip of an extension

A comparison of two diagnostic models using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders : toward the development of a teaching paradigm for counselor education

Creator:: Downs, Louis
Abstract:: The present study was conducted to examine the effects of early orientation of counseling related students to the two most prevalent paradigms of psychodiagnostic decision-making on first, the integration of the model, and second, on the ability to make proficient diagnostic decisions while in training. Using an experimental, pretest posttest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Models Using The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Toward the Development of a

An extension of the method of Haar for determining the asymptotic behavior of integrals of the inverse Laplace transform type

Creator:: Reudink, Douglas Otto John
Abstract:: See pdf
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: EXTENSION OF THE METHOD OF HAAR FOR DETER- MINING THE ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF INTEGRALS OF THE INVERSE

College preparation for teaching manipulative activities in the elementary school

Creator:: Fagan, Raymond Edward Benedict
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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The effects of 3-months of foot orthotic wear on measures of postural stability in persons with chronic injury and normal lower limb function

Creator:: Hornyik, Maria L.
Abstract:: Under researched somatosensory contributions to postural stability, in addition to high incident rates of foot injury in the physically active population, lead to two investigative studies. An initial research study compared variables of two postural stability assessment devices to determine reliability of outcome measures and commonality of outcome measures to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of 3-Months of Foot Orthotic Wear on Measures of Postural Stability in Persons with Chronic Injury

Evaluating the public health risks of methylmercury exposure and benefits from omega-3 fatty acids and selenium from fish consumption

Creator:: Cusack, Leanne K.
Abstract:: Although fish are a nutritious food source, they also are the main source of methylmercury exposure in U.S. populations. This research examined the risks from methylmercury and benefits from omega-3 fatty acids and selenium from fish consumption. The first study provided the first region-specific quantitative risk/benefit analysis for nine commonly...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Benefits from Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Selenium from Fish Consumption

A new approach to pricing real options on swaps : a new solution technique and extension to the non-a.s. finite stopping realm

Creator:: Chu, Uran
Abstract:: This thesis consists of extensions of results on a perpetual American swaption problem. Companies routinely plan to swap uncertain benefits with uncertain costs in the future for their own benefits. Our work explores the choice of timing policies associated with the swap in the form of an optimal stopping problem....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Options on Swaps: A New Solution Technique and Extension to the Non-a.s. Finite Stopping Realm. Abstract

Gas-phase electron-diffraction investigations of, I. WF₆, ReF₆, OsF₆, IrF₆, PtF₆, O₂⁺PtF⁻₆, II. 3-aminoacrolein, III. 3-chloro-1-propanol, IV. 2,2',5,5'-tetramethyl-1,1'-distibacerrocene

Creator:: Richardson, Alan D.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ₆, ReF₆, OsF₆, IrF₆, PtF₆, O₂⁺PtF⁻₆, II. 3-aminoacrolein, III. 3-chloro-1-propanol, IV. 2,2',5,5

Suppression of Met signaling by the green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG)

Creator:: Larsen, Christine A.
Abstract:: Met is a prognostic indicator of colorectal cancer patient survival. Therapies that target Met may therefore have beneficial outcomes in the clinic. Recently, EGCG was reported to suppress Met activation, although the mechanisms were not elucidated. HCT116 and HT29 human colon cancer cells were used to examine the relationships between...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Green Tea Polyphenol (-)- Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate (EGCG) Abstract approved

Indole-3-acetic acid in (2-chloroethyl)-trimethylammonium chloride-treated club wheat (Triticum aestivum compactum)

Creator:: Gould, Walter Leonard
Abstract:: Studies were conducted to verify the existence of IAA in wheat seedlings and to determine the effect of (2-chloroethyl)-trimethyl-ammonium chloride (CCC) on the IAA content of club wheat, Triticum aestivum compactum, variety Omar. The shoots of CCC-treated and untreated wheat plants were extracted with ethanol, the plant extract purified, separated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: INDOLE-3-ACETIC AC ID IN (2-CHLOROETHYL)- TRIME THYI,AMMONIUM CHI,ORIDE- TREA TED C LUB WHEA T (TRITIC

Identification and quantitation of 3-hydroxy-N-nitrosopyrrolidine in fried bacon and fried-out fat

Creator:: Lee, Jae-sung
Abstract:: The formation of 3-hydroxy-N-nitrosopyrrolidine from decarboxylation of 4-hydroxy-N-nitrosoproline was demonstrated in model heating system designed to simulate the conditions of frying bacon. The identification of the nitrosamine was achieved by comparison of its TLC R [subscript f] value, gas chromatographic retention time, and mass spectral fragmentation pattern with those of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTITATION OF 3-HYDROXY-N- NITROSOPYRROLIDINE IN FRIED BACON AND FRIED-OUT FAT

Seed-head development in tall fescue as influenced by date of application of 3 Chloro IPC

Creator:: Dunn, Samuel Jefferson
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Application of 3 Chloro IPC SEED-HEAD DEVELOPT IN TALL FESCUE AS INFLUENCED BY DkTE OF

Characterization of the role of the 3' noncoding region of turnip yellow mosaic virus RNA

Creator:: Tsai, Ching-Hsiu
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Characterization of the role of the 3' noncoding region

The conserved biology of herpesvirus latency : a study in cyprinid herpesvirus 3

Creator:: Reed, Aimee N.
Abstract:: Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3), commonly known as koi herpesvirus (KHV), is a member of the Alloherpesviridae and is a deadly pathogen for koi and common carp, Cyprinus carpio. It causes severe gill necrosis and nephritis, dermal ulceration and hemorrhage, and mass mortality of up to 100% of affected fish. Fish...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Cyprinid Herpesvirus 3

Studies of low melting 1-methyl-3-ethylimidazolium chlorocuprate(I) fused salts

Creator:: Bolkan, Steven A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Studies of Low Melting 1-Methyl-3-ethylimidazolium

Indole-3-carbinol in the maternal diet provides chemoprotection for the fetus against transplacental carcinogenesis by dibenzo[a,l]pyrene in the B6 129 mouse model : role of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor

Creator:: Yu, Zhen
Abstract:: Lymphomas and leukemias are the most common cancer in children and young adults and in utero exposure to carcinogens may contribute to the etiology of these cancers. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DBP), was administered to pregnant mice (15 mg/Kg b.w., gavage) on gestation day 17. Significant mortalities in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Doctor of Philosophy in Toxicology presented on November 30. 2005. Title: I[ndole-3-Carbjnol in the

Investigation of the complexes of 3-(2-arsonophenylazo)-4,5-dihydroxy-2, 7-naphthalenedisulfonic acid, "arsenazo," with alkaline earths

Creator:: Warren, Herbert Dale
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Investigation of the complexes of 3-(2-arsonophenylazo

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