The purpose of this study was to identify and examine risk and protective factors associated with residential instability within a sample of rural low-income mothers. Residential instability was defined as two or more residential moves within the course of a year. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to compare residentially...
Seafood is one of the most diverse and highly traded natural resources worldwide. Widespread evidence of increased seafood fraud and IUU fishing has placed enormous pressure on industry and governments to determine the authenticity, safety, and sustainability of seafood. The recently established US National Ocean Council has addressed several gaps...
As an increase in Americans seek their leisure experience in
rationalized forms of play, certain symptoms of non-enjoyment, non-flow
achievement are present; i.e., aggression. This relationship between
aggression and rationalized play has widely manifested in university
intramural sports settings. The review of literature provides the
logical development for this relationship...
Scientists say that climate change is very likely to cause more frequent and more severe weather events. In order to understand how communities respond to changing weather patterns, an exploration of the connection between extreme weather events and climate change awareness, collective action, and policy is warranted. This case study...
Managing invasive species is vital to preserving native species and maintaining the integrity of environments and ecological roles. Rats are one of the most prolific and intrusive invasive species that have successfully cohabitated with humans over centuries as we have expanded and advanced our societies. Thus, rats have historically been...
Small-scale fisheries often suffer from weak, formal governance, and in response they organize in various ways. These self-organizational arrangements rely on the capacity of informal institutions, such as norms and communication, in generating social cohesion among actors in the supply chain and therefore improve the likelihood of generating commonly devised...
Effects of habitat and season on guild structure of avian
communities were examined for islands in the estuary zone of the
Columbia River, Oregon. Bird species were classified into guilds
according to their major food item, typical foraging substrate, and
foraging behavior. Variation in community structure indices (number of
guilds,...
Oregon State Federal Credit Union (OSU FCU) members' attitudes
toward proposed services, and the association between the importance
rating of a "common bond" (loyalty) and use of selected services of
the OSU FCU were examined. The study utilized data from the member
survey commissioned in 1982 by the OSU FCU...
This paper focuses on the explosive and controversial growth in finfish farming in general and salmon aquaculture in particular, and the response of Alaska policy makers to this emerging industry. It seeks to define and analyze why Alaska policy makers chose to prohibit all commercial culture of finfish at a...