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  • Yosemite region nitrogen deposition and patterns in the composition of lichen communities

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    Hutten, Martin
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    This dissertation describes patterns in epiphytic macrolichen community composition along a nitrogen deposition gradient in the Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada in California. This region is part of the largest federal air quality Class 1 designated air-shed in the western United States, covering the entire crest of the Sierra...
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    would like to thank my graduate committee members, Linda Geiser, Pat Muir, and Steve Perakis for their

  • X-ray structure studies of oriented phospholipid multilayers

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    Lytz, Robert Keith
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    Lamellar x-ray diffraction was studied from thin films of L-α-1,2-dipalmitoyl lecithin (DPL) and a 1:1 mixture (BrDPL) of L-α-l-palmitoyl-2-(9- bromopaimitoyl) lecithin and its 10-bromo analog. The specimens had high lamellar order, with an upper bound on the mosaicity of 6 mrad (0.4°) for DPL and BrDPL. With various water contents,...
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    in my graduate work. I would like to thank Margaret Brault, Ted Hopkins, Steve McCann, and Eric

  • Women's perceptions of their children's experiences in domestic violence

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    Wood, Barbara L.
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    Ten female survivors of physically assaultive domestic violence were interviewed three times each in a feminist, qualitative study designed to access their perceptions about their children's experiences in domestic violence. All participants had children living with them at the time of the abuse and were one to five years out...
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  • Women's feelings about the work-family interface of long-haul truck drivers : six days on the road and he's gonna be home tonight

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    Moon, Susan F.
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    Long-haul truck drivers are absent from their families for prolonged periods of time. This paper examines the methods trucking families use to remain connected given such absences. Interviews with ten women married to long-haul truck drivers underwent qualitative analysis. Initially, personal profiles were developed to illustrate life experiences of the...
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    safety. John Sallak (1998), Director of Safety for the Oregon Trucking Association, adds that many non

  • Women in Forest Sector Leadership: A Qualitative, Multi-country Study

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    Larasatie, Pipiet
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    Generally presented as a preferred social norm based on both ethical considerations and legislative demands, gender equality has been highly encouraged in recent years. For instance, The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 call out achieving gender equality and empowerment of women. However, although there are multiple efforts to...
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  • Wildlife Health in Managed Forests : Immunity and Infectious Diseases in Wild Rodents of Oregon

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    Hanselmann, Rhea
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    With continual and worldwide human population growth, our impact on the natural environment expands and intensifies every day. We consume natural resources, burn fossil fuels, and release toxic compounds into the air, water, and earth. We build roads that fragment the landscape, construct new settlements, and develop agricultural lands in...
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    Carol Turner; Steve Lehto and Ryan Mitchell in Maintenance at OSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine

  • Wildfire risk management : strategic interaction and spatial interdependence

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    Busby, Gwenlyn M.
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    In this dissertation, I examine how the spatial configuration of forest ownership influences the risk-mitigating behavior of public and private forestland owners over time. I determine whether or not the predicted equilibrium outcomes are socially optimal and, if not, whether the introduction of regulation, liability, or private insurance would lead...
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    , Richard Haynes, Jeffrey Arthur, and Steve Buccola, for their valuable comments throughout the evolution

  • Who's in place, who's out of place : examining the politics of natural resource collaboration

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    Cheng, Antony S.
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    A qualitative research approach composed of three strategies was employed to systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds as a case study, the behavioral assumptions of natural resource policy instruments enabling collaboration were uncovered and analyzed. Three key assumptions emerge:...
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    advisor, Steve Daniels, for providing me the opportunity to seek my own path while guiding me back when

  • Where have all the women and children gone? An examination of domestic life at the Newell Farmstead (35MA41) in the early Oregon country

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    Manion, Mollie Jo
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    The Newell Farmstead (35MA41) archaeological site lies in the heart of the French Prairie in the Willamette Valley in the Champoeg State Heritage Area, Oregon. The integrity and depth of deposition have made the Newell site a unique opportunity to look at activity areas and domestic life of early Euro-American...
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    -American Settlement .........................................13 John Ball

  • Watershed response to western juniper control

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    Deboodt, Timothy L.
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    Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) encroachment has been associated with increased soil loss and reduced infiltration resulting in the loss of native herbaceous plant communities and the bird and animal species that rely on them. Hydrologically, however, change in water yield has been linked with the amount of annual precipitation a...
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    John C. Buckhouse Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) encroachment has been associated with