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  • Molecular systematic studies in the genus Ribes (Grossulariaceae)

    Creator:
    Messinger, Wes
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    Infrageneric classification in Ribes has previously relied on a few, often conflicting, morphological markers, such as spines, glands, and inflorescence morphology. Suggestions that hybridization drives the evolution of the genus have not been tested using phylogenetic methods. To assess the validity of infrageneric classifications and the importance of hybridization to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    (Grossulariaceae) AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Wes Messinger for the degree of Master of Science in Botany and

  • North Pacific Humpback Whales (Megaptera Novaeangliae) in Northern Southeast Alaska: Population Trends, Monitoring, and Management

    Creator:
    Thurber, Rhianna L.
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    After the commercial exploitation of humpback whales (Megaptera Novaeangliae) ceased, population trends in the North Pacific increased with the implementation of federal protective legislation. The recovery of the population prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to divide the population into 14 Distinct Population Segments (DPSs) based on discrete geographic...
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    adapted from the Center for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modeling and the University of St

  • Why we worship the economy : a Burkean analysis of South Park's "Margaritaville"

    Creator:
    Holderness, William Robert
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    The television show South Park, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, is viewed by millions of people each week, regularly addresses a number of controversial issues and plays a major role in contemporary popular culture. Current academic research acknowledges Parker and Stone's willingness to attack the dominant views surrounding...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ……………………………… 41 3 Toward an Interdisciplinary Foundation for Human Decision Making…… 49 Symbolic

  • Connections between science and business to increase environmentally-friendly food production

    Creator:
    Rieder, Rebekka M.
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    This study represents an internship, as a requirement of the Professional Science Masters program at Oregon State University, performed with Western Ag Innovations Inc. The study consisted of two aspects -- one business and one science oriented. The two objectives of this internship were to: 1) qualitatively evaluate how two...
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    gratefully acknowledge the support and aid of USDA-ARS employees at the Columbia Basin Agriculture Research

  • Implementing remote laboratories for control engineering : foundations for distance learning

    Creator:
    Bohus, Carisa
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    Distance learning enables students to study effectively from remote locations. With televised lectures now commonplace, many disciplines can provide effective distance learning. While the lecture format serves many disciplines, it does not serve those that require laboratory work. Currently, there is little distance learning support for laboratory work. Second Best...
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    Masters Thesis
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    system that supports the implementation of remote laboratories. In this thesis, we define a paradigm for

  • Teacher-Researchers in Composition Studies : Subverting Education's Political Hierarchy

    Creator:
    Hardin, Holly E.
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    This study focused on composition teachers in elementary and secondary schools who researched their own teaching practices. Specifically, it examined political implications of their work within the larger context of the education hierarchy. Central to this examination were teacher-researcher (t-r) perceptions of and interactions with other members of the education...
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    politically charged origins of the t-r movement support the hypothesis of this study: t-rs research (at least

  • Cycles of life and landscape : interpreting the geological foundation of Shenandoah National Park

    Creator:
    Kelly, Wendy Sonya
    Abstract:
    The significance of geology is commonly overlooked by the general public and underrepresented in free-choice learning environments including national parks that exhibit spectacular examples of geological features and processes. Parks are a major contributor to public learning, and a key way to teach how geology influences many aspects of our...
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    Masters Thesis
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    and support. My thanks to Shenandoah National Park for their collaboration in this effort

  • Empathy, Person and Community: the Foundation of the Sciences in the Phenomenology of Edith Stein

    Creator:
    Lovestone, Lauren R.
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    During the first decades of the twentieth century different attempts were made to unify the diversifying and specializing sciences. One of these attempts manifested as the History of Science. Established in 1913 with the academic journal Isis, its first article written by George Sarton clarified that the field was created...
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    Masters Thesis
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    for the humanities, both in her time and ours, is her argument that the foundation of science is the

  • Citizen Science Research : A Focus on Historical Whaling Data and a Current Marine Mammal Citizen Science Project, Whale mAPP

    Creator:
    Hann, Courtney
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    Citizen science work has built the foundation of much of our knowledge on regional-scale large cetacean spatial patterns through historical whaling data. Historical whaling data on sperm whales was used as an example to show the type of ecological questions large-scale, long-term citizen science datasets can address. Results from the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    season in Southeast Alaska. Thank you to Hatfield Marine Science Center for the Mamie Markham Research

  • Coupled response of compliant offshore platforms

    Creator:
    Young, Raymond A.
    Abstract:
    A three dimensional finite element analysis is developed which is capable of simulating the coupled static and dynamic behavior of compliant ocean structures. Nonlinearities which result from large-deflection, reduced or zero stiffness in compression, and the nonconservative fluid loading are considered. The spatial variation of fluid loading is also addressed....
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    for the nonlinear coupled analysis of a compliant guy- 17 structure system in an ocean environment