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Oxidative phosphorylation and respiratory control in insect mitochondria

Creator:: Gregg, Charles Thornton
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effectiveness of introducing regular dictation of unpracticed material before the completion of Gregg shorthand theory

Creator:: Baird, Stanley Jack
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to test, by means of a controlled classroom experiment, the effectiveness of an experimental method involving the introduction of regular dictation of unpracticed material beginning with Lesson 25 in the Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified, Second Edition, by Gregg, Leslie, and Zoubek. The study involved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: unpracticed material before the completion of Gregg shorthand theory AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stanley

The development and validation of a predictive instrument to measure student success in the first semester of Gregg shorthand

Creator:: Skaff, Lorrine B.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: SUCCESS IN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF, GREGG SHORTHAND Redacted for privacyAbstract approved: Fred E. inger

Opinions and characteristics of Portland Community College black students

Creator:: Bonaparte, Lawson Gregg, 1921-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to analyze and describe the opinions and characteristics of black students enrolled in Portland Community College. Data were obtained through a random sampling of two groups of subjects who were invited to participate in the study as follows: (1) Black subjects were 109 students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: black students AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF LAWSON GREGG BONAPARTE for the DOCTOR OF EDUCATION (Name

Charles Babbage, philosopher, reformer, inventor : a history of his contributions to science

Creator:: Bell, Walter Lyle
Abstract:: This history concerns the scientific contributions of Charles Babbage (1791-1871) to mathematics, to the invention of calculating machines, and machine tools, to the development of scientific ideas through a wide variety of scientific investigations and his involvement in several different scientific reforms. Babbage considered himself a philosopher in the broadest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Charles Babbage, philosopher, reformer, inventor : a

Vibrations of suspended cables

Creator:: Gale, John Gregg
Abstract:: The equations of motion of an elastic cable suspended in a viscous medium from two arbitrary points are derived. These are then linearized for the undamped, inextensible case, and it is found that the equations describing the in-plane motion of the cable are then independent of the equation describing the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF JOHN GREGG GALE for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Mechanical Engineering presented on

The development and validation of a writing self-efficacy scale for adult basic writers and its use in correlational analysis

Creator:: Prickel, Donald O.
Abstract:: The major purposes of this study were (1) to construct a reliable and valid scale for measuring writing self-efficacy levels in adult basic education students, (2) to further test the scale's validity and reliability by administering it to a second selected group of adult basic education students, and (3) to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Finally, I offer a special thanks to Dr. Charles Carpenter, my major professor, who was unquestionably

Organizational Transformation and Social Construction : How Community College Faculty Make Meaning of the Completion Agenda

Creator:: Moore, Sally Widenmann
Abstract:: How do organizational members socially construct the shared meaning of a mandated change in the external environment? The opportunity to address this question presented itself when President Barack Obama set forth a goal for American community colleges to increase the number of students completing certificates and degrees by 5 million...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: unflagging support. To my parents, my late mother, Margaret Lyon Widenmann, and my father, Charles

A purchasing specification sharing model for community colleges in Oregon

Creator:: Reed, Dale Holmes
Abstract:: This dissertation addresses the problem of how best to share purchasing specifications among the community colleges of the State of Oregon. In order for Oregon's community college administrators who are responsible for the acquisition of goods and services for vocational and other programs to perform successfully, it requires the development...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: MODEL FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN OREGON Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy Dr. Charles Stamps

Values and perceptions of community college professional staff in Oregon

Creator:: Pritchett, Betty Jensen
Abstract:: This study attempted to develop a profile of values held by Oregon's full-time professional staff members as a group. It also tried to ascertain if there are differences in the values and perceptions held by sub-groups within the community college staff. The main questions to be answered were: 1. Are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Charles Carpenter This study attempted to develop a profile of values held by Oregon's full-time

An examination of the relationships between morale and teaching faculty participation in institutional governance on collective bargaining and non-collective bargaining California public community college campuses

Creator:: Rich, Joseph A. (Joseph Ash)
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to gather participant/ campus data, and to measure morale and teaching faculty participation in institutional governance on the 107 California public community college campuses to determine if collective bargaining faculty have statistically higher or lower morale and greater or lesser participation in institutional governance....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: version of the AAUP instrument. I wish to acknowledge the Purdue Research Foundation and Dr. W. Charles

The relationship between student ratings and selected characteristics of university transfer instructors in the community college

Creator:: Haugen, Roger Earl
Abstract:: The major problem examined in this study was that of determining whether or not there is any relationship between student ratings of instruction in the community college university transfer area and the professional teacher-training backgrounds of instructors. In addition, several other factors which may influence ratings and which might interact...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Community College Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved:( Charles E. Carpenzgr, Ph. D. The major problem

Life history and ecology of Calanus marshallae Frost in the Oregon upwelling zone

Creator:: Peterson, William T.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF William Thornton Peterson for the

Edge wave response to a modulating incident wave field

Creator:: Lippmann, Thomas Charles
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Thomas Charles Lippmann for the

A profile of professional improvement needs as perceived by occupational education instructors in Oregon community colleges

Creator:: Reinmuth, Charles Morris
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to develop a profile of the professional improvement needs of occupational instructors in Oregon community colleges as perceived by selected instructors. Specific objectives included: (I) to determine on a 5-point rating scale how proficient occupational instructors feel they should...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF CHARLES MORRIS REINMUTH for the

Comparative perceptions of students, financial aid administrators, and presidents regarding the required competencies of community college financial aid administrators

Creator:: Herndon, Charles Frederick
Abstract:: The central purpose of this study was to determine various views of the professional competencies required by community college student financial aid administrators. Respondents in the study included a student financial aid recipient, a student financial aid administrator and a president from forty-five selected community colleges. The major tasks were:...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: administrators AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF CHARLES FREDERICK HERNDON for the DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Name of

A Likert scaling of student value statements, field independence-field dependence, and experimentally induced change

Creator:: Paeth, Charles August
Abstract:: In recent years, changes in values have occurred in major elements of the population, most notably among the late adolescents and the college students. That this holds portent for the future was referred to by Revel in WITHOUT MARX OR JESUS when he said, "The American revolution is without doubt...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF CHARLES AUGUST PAETH, JR

Radioactivity in oceanic organisms

Creator:: Osterberg, Charles
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: night, and moving into the depths in the daytime. RADIOACTIVITY IN OCEANIC ORGANISMS by Charles

An inquiry into the bases and effects of teacher militancy through an analysis of collectively bargained contracts in Oregon's largest school districts

Creator:: Logan, Charles Allen
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF THE THESIS OF Charles Allen Logan for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education presented

Wave runup on high energy dissipative beaches and the prediction of coastal erosion

Creator:: Ruggiero, Peter
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: rest of my committee, Dr. Charles Sollitt who served as my major advisor during my masters degree and

Pattern systems and methodologies for multiparadigm analysis and design

Creator:: Knutson, Charles D.
Abstract:: In this research, we have captured, in pattern form, key elements of programming and design in four programming paradigms (imperative, object-oriented, functional and logical) as well as multiparadigm programming. These pattern sets have formed a foundation upon which we were able to build a deeper understanding of multiparadigm programming and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: DISSERTATION OF Charles D. Knutson for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science presented on

Similarity inheritance : a model of inheritance for declarative visual programming languages

Creator:: Djang, Rebecca W. (Rebecca Walpole)
Abstract:: Declarative visual programming languages (VPLs), including spreadsheets, make up a large portion of both research and commercial VPLs. Spreadsheets in particular enjoy a wide audience, including end users. Unfortunately, spreadsheets and most other declarative VPLs still suffer from some of the problems that have been solved in other languages, such...
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Full Text:: Rothermel, Tim Adams and Frank Cort. I thank Drs. Timothy Budd, Curtis Cook, Gregg Rothermel and David

Connecting local values and forest policy to the international forest sustainability dialogue

Creator:: Morré, Susan K.
Abstract:: Sustainable management of the world’s forests is a key component for conserving biodiversity, soil and water resources, mitigating climate change, strengthening economies, and promoting sustainable communities and human well-being, now and in the future. While international cooperation is important, the actual policies and management actions that affect forest conditions and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Badege Bishaw, and Randy Rosenberger, Forest Ecosystems and Society; Gregg Walker, Speech

Ecohydrological mediation of water budget partitioning and time scales of subsurface flow in a seasonally semi-arid grassland

Creator:: Pangle, Luke A.
Abstract:: Understanding how the interactions and feedbacks between plant function, climate, and soils ultimately affects the terrestrial water balance and subsurface flow processes is major challenge in scientific hydrology. This dissertation summarizes the findings of a manipulative climate warming experiment, an observational field study that utilized stable-isotope tracers, and associated modeling...
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Full Text:: Jillian Gregg for the terrific opportunity to work at the Terracosm facility, for funding support during

An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

Creator:: Fluharty, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Is dam development a mechanism for human security? Scale and perception of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia and the Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River in Laos

Creator:: Veilleux, Jennifer Corinne
Abstract:: Human security is a framework related to the stability and sustainability of political, environmental, economical, and socio-cultural areas of concern. Water resources around the world are under increased pressure from increased development, growing populations, pollution, and global climate change. Large-scale dam development while still popular for political and economic development...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to members of my committee Michael Campana, Bryan Tilt, and Gregg Walker for the hours of invested

Interpersonal communication factors in the management of biomedical instructional development projects

Creator:: Thomas, Julie Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the professional interaction and interpersonal communication factors in the management of biomedical instructional development projects which involved the use of electronic media. Reference is made, repeatedly, in instructional development literature to the need to include interpersonal communication skills in the education and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Major Professor, Dr. Ruth E. Stiehl, Dr. Henry (Hank) Sredl, Dr. Gregg Walker, Dr. Jonathan King, and

An exploration of current specific morals, values and beliefs of parents, students and faculty at a church-related college

Creator:: Coles, Donald James
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to ascertain to what degree, if any, there was a difference of opinion among students, parents and faculty in regard to student behavior as that behavior pertained to general conduct, drug use, mischief, sex offenses, drinking, cheating and theft. The research study was conducted...
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Full Text:: , and Dr. Charles F. Warnath. In addition, the author is indebted to Dr. Norbert Hartman and Dr

An analysis of the source, nature, and resolution of grievance filings in Oregon community colleges, school years 1979-80 and 1980-81

Creator:: Searcy, Julie A. Davies
Abstract:: Although public sector unionism dates back at least to 1916, collective bargaining emerged mid-century when President John Kennedy signed into law Executive Order 10988 which established federal policy recognizing unions for federal employees. Today all levels of public education have unions. In today's community college, the curriculum, the professional background...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my graduate work. Tom Grigsby Oregon State University Charles Carpenter Oregon State University

Experimental taxonomy, 1930-1950 : the impact of cytology, ecology, and genetics on ideas of biological classification

Creator:: Hagen, Joel Bartholemew
Abstract:: During the years between 1930 and 1950 a number of attempts were made to introduce techniques and ideas from cytology, ecology, and genetics into the field of taxonomy. Advocates of this "experimental taxonomy" believed that cytological, ecological, and genetic techniques would provide a rigorous, objective methodology to replace the traditional...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Spencer, and Charles Warren have all been extremely generous with their time and have provided keen

The perception of attitudes by selected community college teachers and administrators : a multidimensionally scaled analysis

Creator:: Morris, Richard Dale
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of the study was to determine whether multidimensional scaling analysis could be applied to a set of perceived attitude relationships of selected community college personnel. The questions to be answered were: 1. Could perceived attitude relationships regarding the concepts of academic freedom, academic rank,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Representative Dr. James Armitage Dr. Donna Cruse Dr. Charles Carpenter Dr. Henry Ten Pas has also been a

Enhancing cultural resources management and improving tribal involvement inthe NEPA process through the development of atribal environmental policy act

Creator:: Sloan, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: This dissertation presents an analysis of the historic preservation framework on tribal cultural resources management (CRM). It examines some of the challenges this framework poses to tribal governments working on cultural resources protection efforts within a compliance framework. An examination of five major laws that regulate the practice of CRM...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An Interdisciplinary Agent-based Evacuation Modeling Framework: Seeking Convergence of Social, Natural, and Engineered Systems to Improve Life Safety in the Cascadia Subduction Zone

Creator:: Chen, Chen
Abstract:: Social scientists have studied people's responses to disasters for many decades, and behavioral commonalities and variations are summarized in different mental schemes/models in disaster studies. Integrating those findings from social science into evacuation simulation can improve simulation accuracy and eventually better support decision-making and disaster preparedness. However, this kind of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A student model in economic education : factors influencing a student's learning of economics

Creator:: Udompijitkul, Tumrong
Abstract:: The major focus of this research was to examine the factors, both instructional factors and student factors, that influence student gains in economic knowledge in economic education. This study sampled twelfth grade students from randomly selected high schools in the Williamette Valley of Oregon. The stepwise regression analysis was used...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee members- - Dr. E. Wayne Courtney, Dr. Charles Carpenter, Dr. Lafayette G. Harter, Jr., Dr. David

Personality characteristics of selected community college dropouts

Creator:: Edelbrock, Gary Ray
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study The central purpose of this study was to determine if certain personality characteristics differ between community college persisters and those who drop out of school. The following 12 a priori hypotheses involving six Adjective Check List personality scales were tested: 1. Male persisters would have...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: appreciation goes to the others who served on my doctoral committee: Dr. Charles E. Carpenter, Dr. Larry G

An experimental study of combined forced and free convective heat transfer to non-Newtonian fluids in the thermal entry region of a horizontal pipe

Creator:: Kim, Yong Jin, 1956-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Dr. Charles E. Wicks and Dr. Logen Logendran who have served as members of my graduate committee

The staff development needs of full-time instructional faculty as reported by professional staff members in Oregon community college

Creator:: Justice, Patricia Kallberg
Abstract:: PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: The study examined administrator and faculty perceptions toward staff development needs and ascertained the differences which exist between the reported staff development needs of full-time community college instructors within the state of Oregon. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: The three objectives identified for this study were: 1....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: climate of understanding, encouragement and assistance . . To Dr. Charles Carpenter, Dr. Ray Needham, Dr

Transpiration cooling of a rotating disk

Creator:: Cosart, William Primm
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: theoretical prediction by Sparrow and Gregg is made. Air was injected into an air environment in this study

Coordination and cooperation between community colleges and community schools in selected community college districts

Creator:: Weiss, Marvin Wesley
Abstract:: The most important purposes of this study were to: (1) determine the extent of cooperation and coordination that currently exists in selected community colleges which have community school programs in their college districts, and (2) clarify the multi-roles of community schools and of community education in community colleges. Other purposes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: established at the rate of 20-30 each year in the United States (Thornton, 1966) and by 1980, it is

Second nature : domestication as experiment and metaphor in 20th century American psychobiology

Creator:: Blanchard, Nicholas
Abstract:: By 1900 domestication was a promising, if somewhat vexed, subject in biology. Volumes had been written about domestication, but little serious scientific inquiry was directed toward the phenomenon. Expertise lay with practical men, primarily breeders and fanciers. The bulk of scientific commentary on domestication came from anthropologists who derived theories...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ………….....249 Freedom from the Tyranny of Instinct: Charles Otis Whitman, Progressivism, and

A comparative analysis of clerical office occupations teachers' and business employers' perceptions of the competencies important for a high school graduate of clerical office occupations program to possess for an entry-level job in Oregon

Creator:: Akeyo, Valerie Tabitha
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study: The primary purpose of this study was to compare the clerical office occupations teachers' and business employers' perceptions of the competencies important for a high school graduate to possess for an entry-level clerical office job in Oregon. A secondary purpose was to determine the best...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: materials and references, and suggested evaluation techniques (Wright and Thornton, 1963). 3. Cluster

The spatial distribution of wood-nesting ants in the central Coast Range of Oregon

Creator:: Nielsen, Gary R. (Gary Richard), 1956-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: reviews of Joe Antos, Charles Halpern, Hiram Larew, Teresa Magee, and Annette Olson. Finally, I wish to

An appraisal of evening community college student personnel services in Western United States

Creator:: Mitchell, James Gerald
Abstract:: This investigation has as its purpose: (1) to identify present student personnel practices in evening community college programs, (2) to identify student personnel practices considered "desirable" or "undesirable" in evening community college programs, and (3) to develop student personnel service guidelines for an evening community college program. Securing and Treating...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: community college are a vital part of the total educational program of the institution. Charles C. Collins

Depth estimation and frontal imaging via X-band marine radar

Creator:: Honegger, David Andrew
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on two core aspects of remote sensing: (a) interpretation of the remotely sensed data to identify and characterize sea surface features of interest, and (b) the quantitative analysis of previously characterized features to produce robust estimates of geophysical variables. Specifically, these aspects are addressed in the context...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: image pixels [Thornton and Guza, 1982]. After preliminary tests at a single point in optical imagery

The effectiveness of controlled reading-rate practice techniques in the development of speed and accuracy in second-quarter college typewriting

Creator:: Perkins, Edward A., 1928-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: comprehension, and (3) the validity of the Gregg production word-count system. This experiment was conducted

An evaluation of understory vegetation dynamics, ecosystem resilience and state and transition ecological theory in an eastern Oregon ponderosa pine forest

Creator:: Carr, Craig A.
Abstract:: Relatively recent increases in ponderosa pine abundance have effected unprecedented changes to ecosystem structure and function. Efforts to restore ponderosa pine systems are often focused on the manipulation of tree structure and the re-introduction of a more natural fire regime. Successful restoration should also incorporate understory components but information addressing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The development of guidelines for student personnel services in the two-year community college

Creator:: Yoder, Marlen Dean
Abstract:: The purposes of this investigation are twofold: (1) to identify the functions necessary for an adequate student personnel program in the two-year community college and (2) to develop guidelines based on the functions identified. Securing And Treating Of Data: The data for this study were obtained by using a questionnaire...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: this functional approach to student personnel services (30). James W. Thornton emphasizes the same

Thermal Ecology and Population Dynamics of Female Greater Sage-Grouse Following Wildfire in the Trout Creek Mountains of Oregon and Nevada

Creator:: Anthony, Christopher R.
Abstract:: The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, sage-grouse) is a ground nesting gallinaceous bird that requires large contiguous patches of sagebrush. Sage-grouse populations have declined, especially in the Great Basin where changes in wildfire regimes and the invasion of annual grasses have contributed to habitat loss and fragmentation. During the last...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Predicting the longshore-variable coastal response to hurricanes

Creator:: Stockdon, Hilary F.
Abstract:: The longshore variability of the coastal response to hurricanes may be examined within the framework of a storm-impact scaling model that compares spatially-variable beach morphology and fluid forcing. The relative elevations of dune height and storm-induced water levels are used to define three impact regimes (swash, collision, and overwash), within...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Dedicated to Charles W. Stockdon PREDICTING THE LONGSHORE-VARIABLE COASTAL RESPONSE TO

The role of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in the neuroendocrine control of seasonal reproduction in male rough-skinned newts, Taricha granulosa

Creator:: Zoeller, Robert T.
Abstract:: One hypothesis proposed to explain how the endocrine system controls reproductive cycles in seasonally breeding animals is that the hypothalamus undergoes seasonal changes in sensitivity to negative feedback by gonadal steroids. The result is seasonal changes in the secretion of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) and gonadotropin secretion. The present experiments...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: helpful throughout the course of this study. Finally, I would like to thank Dr. Charles King and the

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