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Professional competencies for church ministry as perceived by seminary faculties, church lay leaders, and seminary seniors

Creator:: Sweeney, James E.
Abstract:: The conceptual foundations of the study emerged from a review of the literature, suggesting that a serious gap exists between clergy and laity in terms of ministerial expectations. This gap has been attributed in part to a growing estrangement between seminaries and the churches they serve. Thus, the central problem...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

A quantitative method for using an inventory of the soil and water resources of the state of Oregon to determine human population carrying capacities for two acceptable qualities of life

Creator:: Karr, Don John
Abstract:: A method was developed for converting the food producing capabilities of Oregon's soils to numerical data from which state and county carrying capacities for human populations could be calculated. Another method was developed for converting the needs for housing and related support construction to numerical data which would consume cultivated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR USING AN INVENTORY OF THE SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF OREGON TO DETERMINE

Optimizing spatial and temporal aspects of nature reserve design under economic and ecological objectives

Creator:: Nalle, Darek J.
Abstract:: Alteration of natural areas in attempts to support increasing human populations has been a crucial yet less publicized contributor to the fall of many of the world's greatest civilizations, since healthy ecosystems can help maintain stable societies and economies. Given this unhappy fact and the ancient relationship between people and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ;school I understand that my dissertation will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State

Who's in place, who's out of place : examining the politics of natural resource collaboration

Creator:: Cheng, Antony S.
Abstract:: A qualitative research approach composed of three strategies was employed to systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds as a case study, the behavioral assumptions of natural resource policy instruments enabling collaboration were uncovered and analyzed. Three key assumptions emerge:...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon

Diversity and Evolution of Sexual Traits in Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae)

Creator:: Gomez, R. Antonio
Abstract:: Biologists have long been fascinated with reproductive traits, in part because they are frequently exaggerated or showy, and they commonly vary among closely related species. Exaggerated sexual traits, in particular, have been the focus of intense empirical and theoretical research, but most of this work has focused on traits involved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

Macro Stories: Policy Process Dynamics of Presidential Environmental Ideas

Creator:: Peterson, Holly L.
Abstract:: Public policy narratives and stories are often referenced by the media, politicians, advocacy groups, and across many disciplines in academia. Studies of social and political narratives support the notion narrative matters, but often lack systematic design capable of producing generalizable findings. The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has responded to this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A DISSERTATION Submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of

Death Investigation: Factors Associated with Scene Investigation and Autopsy Completion at Two US Medicolegal Offices

Creator:: Snippen, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: Background/Purpose: US public health, criminal justice, and many other social and scientific processes are affected by the quality of data obtained about death. Yet, little research has focused on how death investigations are conducted. The overall goal of this research was to examine the process by which information was obtained...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements

Determinants of electrical energy demand for a state; methodology and system simulation

Creator:: Devine, Warren D.
Abstract:: The determinants of electrical energy demand for the State of Oregon are represented in a mathematical model. This model is structured to operate in parallel with a computer simulation model of the state and is utilized independently to investigate electrical energy consumption during various scenarios of economic activity and energy...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (John C. Ingle) The determinants of electrical energy demand for the State of Oregon are represented

Boundaries of research : civilian leadership, military funding, and the international network surrounding the development of numerical weather prediction in the United States

Creator:: Harper, Kristine C.
Abstract:: American meteorology was synonymous with subjective weather forecasting in the early twentieth century. Controlled by the Weather Bureau and with no academic programs of its own, the few hundred extant meteorologists had no standing in the scientific community. Until the American Meteorological Society was founded in 1919, meteorologists had no...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: dissertation will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature

Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

Creator:: Hall, Robert Dale, 1947-
Abstract:: The education (particularly graduate education) of Americans who were active in astronomical research between 1876 and 1941 is assessed for its effectiveness in preparing the astronomers for careers in research. This period contains three dynamic changes: the growth of American astronomy in becoming the world's leading community of astronomers, the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature below authorizes

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Professional competencies for church ministry as perceived by seminary faculties, church lay leaders, and seminary seniors

A quantitative method for using an inventory of the soil and water resources of the state of Oregon to determine human population carrying capacities for two acceptable qualities of life

Optimizing spatial and temporal aspects of nature reserve design under economic and ecological objectives

Who's in place, who's out of place : examining the politics of natural resource collaboration

Diversity and Evolution of Sexual Traits in Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae)

Macro Stories: Policy Process Dynamics of Presidential Environmental Ideas

Death Investigation: Factors Associated with Scene Investigation and Autopsy Completion at Two US Medicolegal Offices

Determinants of electrical energy demand for a state; methodology and system simulation

Boundaries of research : civilian leadership, military funding, and the international network surrounding the development of numerical weather prediction in the United States

Education of American research astronomers, 1876-1941

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