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  • The classification and structure of marine macrobenthic assemblages at Arthur Harbor, Anvers Island, Antarctica

    Creator:
    Richardson, M. D. (Michael D.)
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    In January-February 1971 five replicate 0.07 m² Van Veen grabs were obtained from each of 12 stations in Arthur Harbor and nine Van Veen grabs were obtained from two stations in nearby Bismark Strait. The 69 grab samples yielded 78,395 individuals which were separated into 282 taxa, including 108 species...
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    Figure LIST OF FIGURES Pag e Arthur Harbor, Anvers Island, Antarctic Peninsula, showing location of 12

  • Forest associations and secondary plant succession in the southern Oregon coastal range

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    Bailey, Arthur Wesley, 1938-
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    Forest associations, secondary succession, and relationships of plant communities to Roosevelt elk were investigated. Stratification of vegetation into ecological units and an understanding of secondary succession by habitat-type were a necessary first step in investigations into browsing of conifers by elk. The study was jointly conducted by the Oregon State...
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    southern Oregon coast range AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF ARTHUR WESLEY BAILEY for the Ph. D. in Range

  • Statistical enhancement of support vector machines

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    Taylor, Aimee E.
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    Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Random Forests (RF) have consistently outperformed other machine learning algorithms on a variety of problems. SVM can be used for classification and regression on many types of data (e.g. nonlinear, high dimensional), but cannot handle missing or mixed data. This research implements a permutation-based variable...
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  • Achievement as a family theme in drama

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    Gray, Cecilia D.
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    The development and maintenance of a family achievement theme was analyzed using two dramas: Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill and A Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Three propositions were tested: 1) The development of a family achievement theme involves a transaction between individual personality needs...
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    , 1978 Title: ACHIEVEMENT AS A FAMILY THEME IN DRAMA Abstract approved: Arthur E. Gravatt The

  • Sociability, constraints, network involvement, and the self-esteem of older women

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    Ames, Sheila A. (Sheila Ann)
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    The major purpose of this exploratory study was to develop an explanatory model of self-esteem and to interpret the model using the Social Exchange framework. To this end, a main effects and an interaction model emerged which offer promise toward understanding the components of self-esteem. This study examined 325 individual...
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    INVOLVEMENT, AND THE SELF-ESTEEM OF OLDER WOMEN // Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy \Arthur E

  • A comparative analysis of childless women with low birth expectations

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    Hunt, Shirley Jeanne Persons
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    In response to the growing preference for the small family, this study was carried cut to acquire information about women who expect zero, one, or two children. The purposes of the study were: to identify the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of these women; and to determine which of these characteristics...
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    Expectations Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Arthur E. Gravatt In response to the growing preference

  • A study of the relationship between the firefighter occupational role and dyadic adjustment

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    Fjelstad, Margaret Ann
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    Arthur E. Gravatt Sixty-one male firefighters and 44 dyad partners were questioned about their dyadic

  • A reliability and validity study of a measure of preschool competence

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    Pettygrove, Willa Bowman
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    Social competence has emerged in research on social development as a construct unifying behavioral and motivational dimensions of social development in the preschool child. It draws from theories of social learning, cognitive development, and competence motivation. The theoretical relevance and empirical utility of the construct indicate the need for further...
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    --\Arthur E. Gravatt Social competence has emerged in research on social development as a construct

  • Digenetic trematodes of Ascaphus truei in western Oregon

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    Anderson, Glenn Arthur
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    The Tailed Frog Ascaphus truei, the only species in the family Ascaphidae found outside New Zealand, is a common inhabitant of the mountain streams of the Northwestern United States and British Columbia. The anatomical peculiarities of this primitive anuran have been investigated, but no literature is available on the digenetic...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF GLENN ARTHUR ANDERSON for the

  • Cost structure of the local telecommunications industry

    Creator:
    Gainutdinova, Olesya
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    Using a panel data set on the local telecommunications companies reporting to the FCC for 1988-95, this paper investigates the subadditivity of the cost function, as well as technical and allocative inefficiency of the U.S. local telephone industry. The subadditivity test on the estimated translog cost function indicates that certain...
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    approved: Arthur O'Sullivan Using a panel data set on the local telecommunications companies reporting to