A Stream Reach Inventory and Channel Stability Evaluation procedure has been used to assess the nature and extent of erosional nonpoint sources of pollution in the Evans Creek basin, a tributary to the Rogue River, in southwestern Oregon. The study is based upon the results of the Oregon Department of...
The purpose of this report is to address the problem of supplying
construction aggregates to Oregon's coastal areas that are currently, or
will in the near future, be deficient of good quality materials. This
is done primarily by studying methods of utilizing marginal aggregates
that are abundantly available in the...
This thesis examines depictions of medievalism in three central texts: Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. Each of these texts provides an entry point for exploring the ways in which English and American writers have...
In this thesis I examine the ideological mechanisms that work to constitute, construct, and maintain subject identity. Such mechanisms include repetition, performativity, identification, and interpellation. I incorporate structuralist, post-structuralist, and psychoanalytic theories as a means to discuss the ways in which gender, sexuality, and identity are performative masquerades. Furthermore, these...
Meadowfoam (Limnanthes R. Br. spp.), a source of C₂₀
and C₂₂ fatty acids, is a new industrial oilseed crop
adapted to the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Increased oil
yield per land area may increase the rate of meadowfoam
commercialization. Using two half-sib L. floccosa x L.
alba lines, 85-765 and...
The objective of this research project was to evaluate the toxicity of
local pyrrolizidine alkaloid containing plants and to examine the influence
of dietary protein, with particular reference to the amino acid cysteine,
upon this toxicity.
Senecio vulgaris (common groundsel) was shown to be more toxic than
Senecio jacobaea (tansy...
The relationship between the public and new technologies has historically been a tumultuous one, with public perceptions ranging from excited rapid adoption to standoffish pessimism. In 2011, IBM tried to use competition as a means of showcasing a new technology to the public. This thesis is a work of rhetorical...
The efficacy of a new broad-spectrum anthelmintic, Netobimin[subscript R]
(coded SCH 32481-Schering Corporation) was evaluated in two trials
conducted during either the spring or fall grazing seasons of 1984 in
Western Oregon using 20 cross-bred yearling beef heifers and 30
cross-bred spring lambs, respectively. Percent efficacies were
determined in both...
Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) were first successfully introduced into Oregon and Washington in the 1960s; the population has grown in size and expanded in distribution to a point where it provides an important recreational hunting opportunity in both states that generates significant funds for habitat conservation and contributes financially to...
Recent conflicts in America concerning the environment (the harvesting of old growth timber in the Pacific Northwest, or the proposed opening of public lands in southern Utah to mining interests, for instance) have precipitated a personal examination of "historical others" (Jensen 64), individuals that possess very different sensibilities from a...