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  • Removing Residual Lane Markings to Reduce Driver Confusion

    Creator:
    Weber, Jane B.
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    When pavement markings on roadways are removed, scarring can occur leaving behind traces of where the marking used to be called ghost lines. These ghost lines can confuse drivers on the roadway and divert their attention from the correct lane markings leading them into the false lane. Previous research has...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ David S. Hurwitz When

  • An Exploration of the Ecological and Geographical Variability of Rhizopus microsporus Clinical and Environmental Isolates

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    Stairs, Brandon S.
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    Rhizopus microsporus is a globally ubiquitous opportunistic human and plant pathogen that is known to harbor endosymbiotic bacteria. Differences between populations of clinical and environmental R. microsporus isolates have yet to be assessed on a global scale. Whole-genome sequence data were used to explore fungal biology and to assess potential...
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    most recently discovered variety is Rhizopus microsporus Teigh. var. azygosporus (G.F. Yuan & S. C

  • The role of documentation in program modification tasks

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    Tolman, David M.
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    This paper reports the findings of two studies conducted at Oregon State University. The first set of studies compares use of header comments versus mnemonic procedure and function names by programmers performing tasks relating to modification tasks. The second study compares the use of header comments versus in-line comments when...
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    Capstone Project
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    Submitted by David M. Tolman · in partial fulfillment of the requirements for ·the degree ·~ Master of

  • A SOAR-based computational model of mechanical design

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    Warrier, Ulhas S.
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    Considerable progress ha been made in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) techniques to assist Mechanical Engineers in the detail design stages and adaptive redesign tasks. Currently, CAD tools support the designer in system layouts, sizing of components, drafting, analytical calculations, generating NC machining data and even motion or energy simulations. However, the...
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    Mechanical Design by Ulhas S. W arrier A research paper submitted to Oregon State University in

  • Performance-Based Design Methodology for Using Emergent Vegetation to Mitigate Wave Overtopping

    Creator:
    Ostrow, Kayla
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    To facilitate the design of Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) for flood protection, this thesis expands an existing engineering design methodology to NNBF systems. The existing approach is a Level III reliability method for the performance-based design of traditional coastal engineering systems. The expanded methodology incorporates uncertainties inherent to both...
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    David Bernell, for their time and feedback. This project has allowed me to learn from and work with

  • The Number of Lanes and Crash Injury Severities of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers: Advanced Econometric Models and Applications

    Creator:
    Kim, Jaekook
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    Considering the deadly impacts of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes on road safety, many previous studies have put in efforts to find the determinants of CMV crash injury severities. However, studies examining the impact of the different number of lanes on CMV crash injury severities are lacking. Besides, the importance...
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    University. I would also like to express my special thanks to my graduate committee members, Dr. David

  • Exploring and Implementing the "Monitoring of a Multi-stage Manufacturing Process" using Dynamic Bayesian Networks

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    Jearanaitanakij, Kietikul (Lee)
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    Hewlett-Packard (HP) is one of the world's largest computer companies and the foremost producer of test and measurement instruments. In Corvallis, Oregon, HP manufactures several precision products on high speed, automated assembly lines. The alignment process of a cap to a base part is one of the essential processes in...
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    , John S., and David Heckerman. Decision-Theoretic Troubleshooting : A Framework for Repair and

  • Vegetation composition and response to fire of native Willamette Valley wetland prairies

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    Pendergrass, Kathy L. (Connelly)
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    Fires set by Native Americans were important in shaping and maintaining Willamette Valley prairie plant communities. With fire exclusion after Euro-American settlement in the 1840's, composition of the remaining prairies shifted toward shrub and tree dominance with a concomitant decline in endemic prairie plant populations. I hypothesize that by restoring...
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    communities. With fire exclusion after Euro- American settlement in the 1840's, composition of the remaining

  • Linda, tuple spaces and its implementation on a network of Unix workstations

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    Cherala, Janakiram
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    In this paper we outline an implementation of Linda on a network of Unix worksta­tions. A literature survey was done to gain a better perspective on state of the art and to learn from the experiences of other implementations. The tuple space which is central to the Linda system is...
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    Capstone Project
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    Test routine/ Linda system II Cogent I Sequent I S/Net I Net Linda j Basic - Null body µsecs 2.4 7

  • Shape transformation using compactly supported radial basis functions

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    Park, Byungsoo
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    Shape transformation is a technique for gradually changing one geometric shape to another. A recent approach presents the use of thin-plate radial basis functions as opposed to traditional "blobby sphere" implicit functions. Without the explicit evaluation of he energy function, this approach combined the two traditional steps into one by...
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    ) ............... ...... ........ .... .......... .... ...................................................... 16 8 3D shape tran sfo rmation sequence defined by the cow ' s 751 vertices and its norma ls and