Over the past fourteen years since the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Americans of varied political persuasions have continually identified the day as a defining moment in the history of the nation, which caused a rupture in the cultural rhythm and psyche. This sensibility is...
In response to the events on September the Eleventh, various media attempted to make sense of the seemingly radical altered political landscape. Comic books, though traditionally framed as low brow pulp, were no exception. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Walter Fisher's Narrative Paradigm to a...
Lack of growing season precipitation and the temperate climate in north central Oregon pose challenges to growing spring wheat crops. Phosphate and sulfate fertilization can improve early growth of spring wheat in this region and soil testing aids in determining rates of fertilization. In this study, anion exchange membranes (AEM)...
This paper records a study of two quadratic number fields. In the first field, denoted by Ra[[square root] 11], the unique factorization theorem holds. In the second field, denoted by Ra[[square root] 10], it is demonstrated that the unique factorization theorem does not hold and therefore ideals are introduced to...
The veteran population, about 18.5 million Americans in 2016 (US Census Bureau, 2018), is particularly at risk for mental health problems. As an example, the suicide rate of veterans is about one and a half times higher than the general population (US Department of Veteran Affairs [DVA], 2018b). Another group...
Tests using paired pens of barrows were conducted during a 13 month
period to determine the influence of protein level of the ration on
production traits of market barrows. One member of each pair of six to
ten full- and half-sib pairs was randomly allotted to each pen group;
thus,...
A digital computer is characterized by the instruction set it executes. Each machine instruction is a bit pattern which is to be interpreted by the central processing unit CPU. The traditional way to interpret a machine instruction is to use random hardware. A contemporary approach is to install a program...
Plethodontid salamanders are model organisms for studying evolutionary questions of gene flow, restricted ranges, and speciation. Plethodon, a diverse genus within Plethodontidae, is widely distributed in eastern and western North America. Much research has been based in the eastern United States where diversity of these salamanders is high. Because of...
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco), a shade intolerant species, and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.), a shade tolerant species, were compared to learn more about the temporal pattern of release from suppression in both species, whether hydraulic architecture or photosynthetic capacity constrain release and how wood functional properties change...