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  • Four centuries of soil carbon and nitrogen change after severe fire in a Western Cascades forest landscape

    Creator:
    Giesen, Thomas William
    Abstract:
    Fire is a major disturbance process in many forests. Long-term studies of the biogeochemical effects of fires, especially on soils, are very rare. Consequently, long-term effects of fire on soils are often hypothesized from short-term effects. In a chronosequence study, I studied 24 western Cascades (Oregon) forest stands thought to...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Thomas William Giesen for the degree of Master of Science in Forest

  • Collaborative salmon fishery management in Prince William Sound, Alaska

    Creator:
    Sheridan, Thomas M.
    Resource Type:
    Presentation
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    Collaborative salmon fishery management in Prince William

  • An Evaluation of Collaborative Salmon Fishery Management in Prince William Sound, Alaska

    Creator:
    Sheridan, Thomas M.
    Abstract:
    Collaborative decision-making is often promoted as a means to achieve socially acceptable and enduring solutions to natural resource management issues, and one that holds promise for resolving “wicked” problems. However, success rates for implementation of collaborative recommendations are unknown. This paper explores challenges to collaborative salmon fishery management in Prince...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Salmon Fishery Management in Prince William Sound, Alaska by Thomas M. Sheridan A FINAL REPORT

  • Fantastic Histories: How Malory's Morte Darthur Influenced Tolkien's The Silmarillion

    Creator:
    Tatom, Simon K.
    Abstract:
    My thesis, entitled "Fantastic Histories: How Malory's Morte Darthur Influenced Tolkien's The Silmarillion," argues that J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion shares distinct similarities in style and content with Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, primarily in the lack of detail in the descriptions of characters and events, as each attempts to create a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    similarities in style and content with Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, primarily in the lack of detail in

  • Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

    Creator:
    Schweickert, Tina K.
    Abstract:
    Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , 2009. Title: Nature in Chains: The Effects of Thomas Jefferson’s Rectangular Survey on a Pacific

  • Community perceptions of flooding, water quality, and riparian habitat in Thomas Creek watershed of Oregon

    Creator:
    Doolittle, Lisa
    Abstract:
    The complexity of human/riverine systems has led to an increasing focus on land use patterns and policy. My goal is to understand the dynamics of a coupled human and natural system. The central question is how people in the community of Scio, Oregon perceive flooding, water quality, and riparian habitat....
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    Masters Thesis
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    Habitat in Thomas Creek Watershed of Oregon. Abstract approved: The complexity of human/riverine systems

  • The Thomas Kay Woolen Mill in Salem, Oregon, 1900-1959

    Creator:
    Gertenrich, Caryl
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    The Thomas Kay Woolen Mill once manufactured cloth with a reputation renowned throughout the United States. This study is an attempt to report the history of the mill. Data are categorized by: the Kay family; production including plant, machinery, raw materials used, goods manufactured; management including the effects of national...
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    Masters Thesis
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    THOMAS KAY WOOLEN MILL IN SALEM, OREGON, 1900-1959 Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Ruth E

  • Hamlet's delay : an attempt at synthesis

    Creator:
    Cohen, Martin, 1943-
    Abstract:
    The study of the question of why Shakespeare's Hamlet delays killing Claudius in revenge for his father's murder is examined in light of the major critical theories from neo-classical to modern scholarship. An expanded treatment of the works of Fredson Bowers, Eleanor Prosser, Bertram Joseph, and Roland Frye, is provided...
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    Masters Thesis
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    anonymously in 1736 and attributed to Thomas Hanmer, is the first detailed critical study of the play

  • Space and movement : dance, art, and the poetry of William Carlos Williams

    Creator:
    Hoch, Jamie
    Abstract:
    The Modern era, roughly the time between 1860-1930, brought about a significant restructuring of artistic mediums. From the canvas to the page, artists of the twentieth century turned towards collaboration as a means by which they could reconfigure their works. Painters, writers, and dancers, borrowed aesthetic techniques from one another...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Poetry of William Carlos Williams. Abstract approved: Tracy The Modern era, roughly the time between

  • Distributed temperature sensing with neodymium-doped optical fiber

    Creator:
    Lounsbury, Jimson S.
    Abstract:
    Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells are being studied for use as high efficiency power plants in alternative fuel vehicles. To maintain high efficiency the operating temperatures of the membranes in these fuel cells must be closely monitored and controlled. However, the environment inside of the fuel cell is not...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : _______________________________________________________________ Thomas K. Plant Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells are being studied for use as