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Creator:: Min, He
Abstract:: Many non-native weed pests of food, fiber, and nursery crops pose threats to U.S. environment and agriculture. Noxious weed regulations play an important role in preventing the introduction and spread of non-native plants, thereby protecting the local biodiversity, environment and economic activities. However, these regulations could also hamper agricultural trade....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: three essays of this dissertation address the causes and consequences of cross-state differences in

Creator:: Merfeld, Michele Kay
Abstract:: A sample of 893 Oregon individuals from a Western Regional Agricultural Experiment Station Project (W-159 "Consequences of Energy Conservation Policies for Western Region Households") was used to analyze consumer attitudes toward potentially restrictive energy conservation regulations. Belief in the seriousness of the energy problem, a psychological measure of internal control...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Creator:: Iwasaki, Natsuko
Abstract:: This dissertation addresses issues of oligopoly markets where advertising plays a prominent role. The first study empirically investigates the effect of advertising regulations on equilibrium consumption of an addictive commodity using U.S. cigarette industry data. The results of the first study show that the advertising regulations reduced cigarette consumption by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

Creator:: Henderson, Tammy L.
Abstract:: The current study was a content analysis of court opinions on grandparent visitation rights using the method of grounded theory. The research questions addressed in this study were: (a) On what bases were grandparents granted legal standing to petition for visitation with their grandchildren? (b) What was the legal reasoning...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: overview of landmark family law cases. These landmark cases help to explain how state 14 interests

Creator:: Jamison, Wesley V.
Abstract:: The thesis analyzes the demographic, attitudinal and behavioral characteristics of animal rights activists, placing them in the context of resource policy. It is argued that the animal rights movement combined the Victorian critique of empiricism with a reaction to modernity that was characteristic of other contemporary mass movements. Animal rights...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Behavioral Analysis by Wesley V. Jamison A THESIS Submitted to Oregon State University in partial

Creator:: Scarborough, Amy D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the possible relationship among fashion media, the social responsibility agenda of the Audubon Society, and the use of birds in millinery in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Both the content analysis method and the historic method were used to gain...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the United States in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Abstract approved

Creator:: O'Dell, Richard M.
Abstract:: In the 27 years since the establishment of federal law mandating special education, no state has been fully in compliance. In addition, the voices of school personnel (special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, and school psychologists) charged with implementing these laws and regulations have been largely silent in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: federal law mandating special education, no state has been fully in compliance. In addition, the voices

Creator:: Sloan, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: This dissertation presents an analysis of the historic preservation framework on tribal cultural resources management (CRM). It examines some of the challenges this framework poses to tribal governments working on cultural resources protection efforts within a compliance framework. An examination of five major laws that regulate the practice of CRM...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , a well-rounded knowledge of tribal history, federal Indian law and policy, and federal, state, and

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