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  • Botanical composition and diet quality of beef cattle grazing at three stocking rates following fuels reduction in mixed conifer forests

    Creator:
    Clark, Abe A.
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    An experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of forest fuels reduction on the diet quality, botanical composition, relative preference, and foraging efficiency of beef cattle grazing at different stocking rates. A split plot factorial design was used, with the whole plots (3 ha) being fuel reduced or no treatment...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF  Abe A. Clark for the degree of

  • Response to Hypoxia in the staghorn sculpin, (Leptocottus armatus)

    Creator:
    Wagner, Sara Anne
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    Long-term subae lal survival has been anecdotally noted in the staghorn sculpin, Leptocottus armatus. In this study, I quantified this phenomenon physiologically by examining the following parameters: standard metabolic rate and indications of reduced standard metabolic rate during subaerial exposure; capacity for and mechanism(s) of oxygen consumption in air; capacity...
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    Anne Wagner ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This study was directed by Dr. John A. Ruben. I wish to express my

  • Factors affecting coho salmon production in Oregon

    Creator:
    Scarnecchia, Dennis Leslie
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    Eight scale characters of known hatchery and wild coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) were compared, and a linear discriminant function was used to determine if hatchery and wild adult coho salmon could be correctly identified by their scales. Eighty-two percent of the hatchery and 89% of the wild fish were correctly...
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    approved: Redacted for Privacy I4 4rry H. Wagner Eight scale characters of known hatchery and wild coho

  • Sexuality education in Montana public high schools with a focus on implementation

    Creator:
    Wagner, Bonnie S.
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    The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether the 1981 recommendation by the Montana State Board of Public Education had in fluenced actual implementation of sexuality education in that state. The study also sought to describe sexuality education in Montana and to assess perceptions of Montana public high...
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    Bonnie S. Wagner A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

  • Fostering a Multidimensional, Metacognitive Landscape Through Rhetorical Narrative Analysis

    Creator:
    Breeden, Regan
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    Close reading has long been favored as an interpretative framework within those classrooms commonly united under the umbrella of English studies. This thesis explores the role of a particular brand of close reading—one often assessed through text-dependent questions—and critiques its centrality within assessment and curriculum materials for the AP Program...
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    Breeden for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on April 30, 2021. Title: Fostering a

  • Toward Critical Consciousness : Rhetorical Grammar as Anti-Racist Praxis in the First Year Composition Classroom

    Creator:
    Koneval, Addison B.
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    While grammar is a core aspect of written and oral communication, many find grammar instruction equally frustrating and boring, and as such, grammar receives very little formal attention in the university system (Hoffman). My thesis draws attention to this overlooked, and yet central component of composition, and asks a radical...
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    Year Composition Classroom Abstract approved: _____________________________________ Tim

  • (Com)Posing Rhetorical Ecology: Cultivating Phronesis via Permacultural Praxis

    Creator:
    Ferris, Ian
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    Contrasting the productive ground gained in ecological rhetorical theory through embedded fieldwork, composition as a discipline has yet to enact such transformative engagements with ecology. In this thesis, I put forward a praxis for ecological rhetoric and composition through permaculture design, utilizing the design framework’s system of ethics and principles...
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    : _____________________________________________________ Tim Jensen Contrasting the productive ground gained in ecological rhetorical theory

  • Steps and Strikes

    Creator:
    Scopatz, Shane
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    Steps and Stikes is an Environmental Arts and Humanities capstone thesis project taking the shape of an art film. The video layers contemporary dance with natural and industrial imagery on a foundation of personal narrative. It engages with contemporary environmental discourse as a choreographed essay, questioning why the environmental movement...
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    Capstone Project
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    : ______________________________________________________ Tim Jensen Steps and Stikes is an Environmental Arts and Humanities capstone thesis project

  • Steps and Strikes

    Creator:
    Scopatz, Shane
    Abstract:
    Steps and Stikes is an Environmental Arts and Humanities capstone thesis project taking the shape of an art film. The video layers contemporary dance with natural and industrial imagery on a foundation of personal narrative. It engages with contemporary environmental discourse as a choreographed essay, questioning why the environmental movement...
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    Video and Capstone Project

  • 'Reclaiming Voice : Enacting Social Discourse Communities in Belizean First-Year College Composition'

    Creator:
    Habet, André Antonio
    Abstract:
    This thesis explores the evolving purposes for the teaching of first-year English composition in Belize. Starting from an analysis of the underlying cultural assumptions of U.S. composition pedagogies, this thesis argues that American composition pedagogies need to be rethought when applied in a Belizean context to fulfill the country's unique...
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    College Composition’ Abstract approved: Tim T. Jensen This thesis explores the evolving purposes for