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Adolescent motivation and learning in a summer youth employment program

Creator:: McCausland, Suzy G.
Abstract:: Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) provide disadvantaged youth jobs and employment experiences. These federally funded programs meet a practical need to help adolescents earn money and have positive summer activities. In addition, federal administrators have implemented program requirements designed to give youth relevant training for future employment. One federal requirement...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Adolescent Motivation and Learning in a Summer Youth Employment Program. Abstract approved: Leslie N

The effects of resistance exercise on lower extremity power in women with multiple sclerosis

Creator:: Summers, Louisa
Abstract:: A common perspective promoted by health care professionals is that exercise may help reduce symptoms and improve activities of daily living among persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Yet, the effects of resistance exercise on power, functional mobility, and fatigue are largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: women with multiple sclerosis AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Louisa Summers for the degree ofDoctor

Elementary and secondary teachers use of agriculture as a context for teaching : a concerns based approach

Creator:: Anderson, Shawn M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the concerns of past participants of the Summer Agriculture Institute regarding the use of agriculture as a context for teaching and to determine how they implement curriculum integration. The study used the Concerns-Based Adoption Model as a theoretical framework, which resulted in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: concerns of past participants of the Summer Agriculture Institute regarding the use of agriculture as a

Sedimentation in small active-margin estuaries of the northwestern United States

Creator:: Peterson, Curt D.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: tidal-currents during summer periods of low fluvial discharge. Average sediment compositions in these

Examining the Power Dynamics and Outcomes of Oregon Forest Collaboratives

Creator:: Kornhauser, Kailey
Abstract:: Forest collaboration emerged in Oregon about 30 years ago as a way to address increasing conflict and distrust amongst stakeholder groups and public land managers. The concept has spread widely, and forest collaboratives are now commonplace on most National Forests in the Pacific Northwest. These groups include a wide range...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: express my thanks to my academic committee, Drs. Emily Jane Davis, Hannah Gosnell and Ed Weber. This

Risk analysis of alternative tillage systems in North Central Oregon dryland wheat production

Creator:: Akbari, Ahmad, 1952-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sincerely thank Drs. John Edwards, Dick Johnston, and Ed Schmisseur for serving on my graduate committee

Inner-shelf circulation off the central Oregon Coast

Creator:: Kirincich, Anthony R.
Abstract:: Inner-shelf circulation and mechanisms of across-shelf transport of water masses were examined using seven years of observations collected by the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) program, a long-term monitoring effort along the central Oregon coast. Since 1998, moored velocity and hydrographic measurements have been obtained during the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: have been obtained during the summer upwelling season in water depths of 30, 15, or 8 m at 3-5

Simulating past, present, and future changes in ENSO : a model evaluation and data-model comparison

Creator:: Alder, Jay R.
Abstract:: This thesis presents the results of a formal evaluation of a new AOGCM, GENMOM, demonstrating its ability to simulate present-day climate and ENSO dynamics. The model is applied to simulate climate for the Last Glacial Maximum, deglacial, and Holocene time periods. The model output is evaluated against the best available...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: % reduction of ENSO strength, caused by a precession forced enhancement of the Indian summer monsoon, which

Diagnosis and Etiology of a Soilborne Disease Complex of Winter Squash (Cucurbita maxima) in the Willamette Valley, OR

Creator:: Rivedal, Hannah M.
Abstract:: Winter squash (Cucurbita maxima) grown in Oregon’s Willamette Valley for edible seed, frozen foods, and fresh markets is susceptible to an undiagnosed soilborne disease. Diseased squash fields exhibit symptoms of stunting, root and crown rot, vascular discoloration, and late-season wilt, which in extreme cases can lead to total crop failure....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee members, Alex Stone, Jerry Weiland, Inga Zasada, and Ed Peachey. I have been sincerely grateful

Decomposition of Brassicaceae Residue in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Berry, Pete A.
Abstract:: An important inoculum source of Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa (syn Plenodomus spp.), the pathogens that cause black leg in Brassicaceae crops, is infected plant residues. The general acceptance of conservation tillage in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA, has enabled a build-up in the amount of residue on or near...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and temperature treatments. Spring corresponds to 20% moisture at 18.3 C, summer had 13% moisture

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Adolescent motivation and learning in a summer youth employment program

The effects of resistance exercise on lower extremity power in women with multiple sclerosis

Elementary and secondary teachers use of agriculture as a context for teaching : a concerns based approach

Sedimentation in small active-margin estuaries of the northwestern United States

Examining the Power Dynamics and Outcomes of Oregon Forest Collaboratives

Risk analysis of alternative tillage systems in North Central Oregon dryland wheat production

Inner-shelf circulation off the central Oregon Coast

Simulating past, present, and future changes in ENSO : a model evaluation and data-model comparison

Diagnosis and Etiology of a Soilborne Disease Complex of Winter Squash (Cucurbita maxima) in the Willamette Valley, OR

Decomposition of Brassicaceae Residue in the Willamette Valley

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