This thesis is the first of three sections in what will be a book-long project of creative nonfiction essays. The book will parallel the author's diary with three other family diaries, spanning four generations. This thesis deals with the first of those diaries, written by Antonio Bonetti's, the author's great-grandfather....
Emergency departments (ED) provide access to care for large numbers of patients who have nonemergent medical needs. More than half of the patients presenting to the ED at Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon, were found to be seeking care for nonemergent medical needs. In an effort to provide an alternative...
Over several decades, much attention has been paid to the preparation of K-12 teachers. More recently, the body of literature on graduate teaching assistants' preparation for teaching has begun to increase. Since many graduate teaching assistants are hired as community college and university instructors, it is important to understand how...
Open source software has become a powerful force in the world of computing. While once confined to the domain of technical specialists, people of all types have begun to adopt this software – from the casual web-surfer who uses Firefox, to the professional web developer who codes in PHP or...
In computer science, peer review, also referred to as code review, is known to be an efficient technique to ensure quality when developing software projects in various industries. Peer review is one method for encouraging computer scientists benefit from each other by providing them with the opportunity to evaluate other...
This thesis evaluates the contact zone of the remote composition classroom and offers mediations for leveling the authoritative powers by fronting disability studies in pedagogies. The purpose of this thesis is to create pedagogies from disability scholarship and real teaching experiences that can be implemented in the remote classroom to...
As industries relating to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in America continue to grow, employers will need more mathematicians and mathematically able workers than are currently graduating. Women are an underrepresented portion of these graduates, and researches say that this could be due to the difference between women’s and men’s...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine
the effectiveness, if any, of the P0₂ Aerobic Exerciser in
simulating high altitude training in cross country runners
living at sea level.
Procedures: This study was conducted during the 1982
winter term at Oregon State University. Four cross country
runners of...
The effect of pyridoxine (PN) supplementation on the activities
of erythrocyte alanine aminotransferase (EAlaAT) and aspartate aminotransferase
(EAspAT) was observed in five men, aged 22 to 25 years.
The subjects received a constant diet containing 1.34 mg of vitamin
B-6 Monday through Friday of each week during this five-week study....
The bioavailability of vitamin B₆ in four selected foods
(bananas, filberts, soybeans and beef) was determined in five men,
aged 22 to 25 years, who were saturated with pyridoxine. The study
consisted of a five-day adjustment period followed by a 28-day experimental
period. All subjects consumed a constant diet containing...