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The success of Carl Raymond Gray scholarship students at Oregon State College

Creator:: Fuller, William Arthur, 1932-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by WILLIAM ARTHUR FULLER JR. A THESIS submitted to OREGON STATE COLLEGE in partial

A study of transportation practices and needs in the Willamette Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Baker, Forrest S.
Abstract:: This study was undertaken to gather empirical data on the transportation practices of manufacturers, processors, and carriers in the Willamette Basin. Emphasis was placed on determining the adequacies of current transport facilities and the direction of future needs. Specific objectives were: (1) To identify the transportation practices of manufacturers and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved (Ray F. l3rokken) This study was undertaken to gather empirical data on the transportation

Multiple pest suppression with cover crops in strawberry

Creator:: Datta, Braja Bandhu
Abstract:: The experiment was conducted to compare multiple pest (weed, soil arthropod and diseases) suppression by cereal cover crops in 'Selva' and 'Totem' strawberry. In addition, perlite was used to compare improvement of soil and root aeration which might modify strawberry black root rot complex. Small-seeded summer annual weeds were suppressed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: with Cover Crops in Strawberry. Abstract approved: Ray D William The experiment was conducted

The construction and use of student-made apparatus for high school physics classes

Creator:: Woodson, Millard Lee
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE June 1940 APPIWVED

Substituent effects in hydrogen abstraction by trichloromethyl radical from 10-substituted-9-methylanthracenes : a linear free energy study

Creator:: Nolan, Gary Scott
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF GARY SCOTT NOLAN for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in CHEMISTRY presented on e IP t cv-vi

Factors influencing spawning migration of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in the North Fork Skokomish River, Olympic National Park, Washington

Creator:: Brenkman, Samuel J.
Abstract:: Distribution and life history characteristics of lacustrine-adfluvial bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) were described in the North Fork Skokomish River Basin (including Lake Cushman, a reservoir) from 1994 to 1996. Day snorkeling was conducted in the river to determine initiation of the bull trout spawning migration, abundance of spawners, and duration...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Gary L. Larson Distribution and life history characteristics of lacustrine-adfluvial bull trout

A follow up study of industrial arts graduates of Oregon State College since 1915

Creator:: Meyer, Edwin David
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: SCIENCE June 1940 .PPROVED: Redacted for privacy -V- Professor of ö.ucat1on In Charge of

Big-eyed bugs as predators of the green peach aphid

Creator:: Puls, Karl A.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: feeding on lygus bugs have been recorded by Stitt (1940), and Champlain and Sholdt (1967). Cage

Movement of elemental constituents in sagehill loamy sand treated with municipal waste

Creator:: Halvorson, Gary Alfred
Abstract:: Metropolitan solid wastes and sewage sludges present a serious disposal problem for many communities. To assess the feasibility of disposal or utilization of these waste products on soils, a study was initiated to evaluate plant growth and soil elemental interactions on a loamy fine sand treated with metropolitan waste. Shredded...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF GARY ALFRED HALVORSON for the

Recent foraminifera and associated sediments of the continental shelf in the vicinity of Newport, Oregon

Creator:: Jarman, Gary Davis
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: CONTINENTAL SLELF IN TUE VICINITY 0F NEWPORT, OREGON by GARY DAVIS JAI1AN P. THESIS submitted to

Age, growth, and diet of fish in the Waldo Lake natural-cultural system

Creator:: Swets, Nicola L.
Abstract:: Waldo Lake, located in the Oregon Cascades, is considered to be one of the most dilute lakes in the world. Even with very low nutrient concentrations and sparse populations of zooplankton, introduced fish in the lake are large in size and in good condition when compared to fish from other...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Dr. Gary Larson and Dr. Courtland Smith for serving on my graduate committee and providing

Search for protein-protein interactions underlying the cis-preferential replication of turnip yellow mosaic virus

Creator:: Wallace, S. Ellen
Abstract:: Coreplication experiments have revealed that replication of turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) RNA in turnip protoplasts is cis-preferential. Genomes encoding mutant p141 or p66, proteins essential for virus replication, were inefficiently rescued by a helper genome. One model for the cis-preferential replication of TYMV is that p66 and p141 form...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: members of my committee, Gary Merrill, Lyle Brown and Lloyd Swanson. The assistance of Kay Bransom and

Sediment characteristics and the trophic status of four Oregon lakes

Creator:: Meyerhoff, Roger Dean
Abstract:: There is evidence that recent ecological changes in lakes and their watersheds can be detected from analysis of lake sediments. This study was initiated to correlate changes in some sediment characteristics of four Oregon lakes with past cultural developments of the lakes and their watersheds. The lakes chosen for this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: appreciation to Drs. Gerald E. Davis, Gary L. Larson, and H.K. Phinney who served as members of my graduate

The effects of concentration and particle size of suspended materials on growth and condition of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)

Creator:: Wilson, William Joseph
Abstract:: The effects of exposure to suspended silt, kaolin and fuller's earth on growth and condition of Pacific oysters, 16 months of age, were studied. The exposure apparatus maintained a continuous flow of turbid water through chambers containing test oysters. Additional studies measured the filtration rates of oysters exposed to suspended...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: oysters during two-week exposures to three levels of 5 la fuller' s earth particles. 42 20. Growth of

Talking back: voices from an empty house: the interior space of the Frantz-Dunn House as artifact

Creator:: Bryant, Kathleen J.
Abstract:: The 134-year old Frantz-Dunn House in Hoskins, Oregon is an intact, well-preserved example of rural Gothic architecture in the Willamette Valley. The old farmstead sits on a former Civil War Fort site and represents a link in the history of the region to the larger patterns of expansion in America...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . For further discussion of methodology, see Gary Carson, "Themes for the Research of Early American Lft

A revision of the Nearctic species of Sympherobius Banks (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae)

Creator:: Oswald, John D. (John David)
Abstract:: The Nearctic species of the genus Sympherobius Banks are revised. Seventeen species are recorded from the region. Two new species, S. constrictus and S. quadricuspis are described from California and Arizona respectively. Four new specific synonyms are proposed (junior synonym(s) first): S. brunneus Nakahara and S. stangei Nakahara = S....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee, Drs. Kenton L. Chambers, Jefferson J. Gonor and Paul Oman. Fellow graduate studens Gary M

Taxonomic status of the isolated populations of tui chub referred to Gila bicolor oregonensis (Snyder)

Creator:: Bills, Frederick T.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: mean of anal fin ray counts in populations of Gila bicolor from south- centralOregon

A proposed range management plan for the Bull Run study area

Creator:: Robinson, Max Edward
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , bacod on 1940 estiniates. . . . .... . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . ,. 51 A PROPOSED RANGE

The concentration profile of diffused radio-active antimony in a silicon-dioxide layer

Creator:: Khanna, Satya Pal
Abstract:: The selective masking effect of a thermally grown layer of silicon dioxide has been widely utilized as a technique for controlling the geometry and impurity concentration in semi-conductor device technology. It is also recognized that the passivation of the silicon surface by the vitreous silicon dioxide envelope protects the underlying...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: accurate the greater the differ- ence in their resistivities. This method was used by Fuller and

American marten distributions over a 28 year period : relationships with landscape change in Sagehen Creek Experimental Forest, California, USA

Creator:: Moriarty, Katie M.
Abstract:: The distribution of American martens (Martes americana) within Sagehen Creek Experimental Forest (SCEF), Tahoe National Forest, California has been periodically documented from 1980–1993. This area has been the location of nine marten surveys, each involving a systematic detection/nondetection survey on the same grid. These data are an unprecedented time series...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Gary Roller, and staff at U.C. Berkeley were kind enough to contribute their plot and vegetation data

Fisheries Connectivity Networks to Measure the Adaptive Capacity of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Creator:: Nomura, Keiko
Abstract:: Small-scale fisheries around the world are increasingly facing pressures from a range of environmental, economic, and social sources. In order to sustain the societal benefits of small-scale fisheries, it is imperative to understand how fishing communities adapt to disturbances. Fishermen often catch multiple different species as an adaptation technique because...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: portfolios (Stoll, Fuller, and Crona 2017). Further, increased uncertainty over environmental and climatic

Theoretical physics takes root in America : John Archibald Wheeler as student and mentor

Creator:: Christensen, Terry M.
Abstract:: John Archibald Wheeler (09 July 1911- ) is a familiar name to physicists and historians of physics alike. Among his many contributions to the corpus of knowledge, in 1939 John Wheeler and Niels Bohr co-authored the first paper on the generalized mechanism of nuclear fission. Beyond that seminal work, Wheeler...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Fundamental factors in the evolution of non-vocational auto-mechanics

Creator:: Kilpatrick, Joseph Jay
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of of schools has prevented the installa- gary equipment and has therefore prevent- many of the

Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) of Oregon and Northern California: seasonal haulout abundance patterns, movements of marked juveniles, and effects of hot-iron branding on apparent survival of pups at Rogue Reef

Creator:: Scordino, Jonathan
Abstract:: The Steller Sea Lion Research Initiative was passed in 2001 to provide funding to help scientists determine causes and solutions for the population crash of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). In response to need to understand population dynamics of Steller sea lions, NOAA Fisheries has spearheaded a large-scale, range-wide research...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Katrina, Mike, Steve, my parents and my in-laws Julie and Gary were always there for me to call when I

Studies on the host-parasite relationships of the "salmon poisoning" trematode--Nanophyetus salmincola (Chapin)

Creator:: Baldwin, Norman Lewis
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: given during the preparation of this manuscript. Gratitude is expressed to Mr. Gary A. Gebhardt and Mr

Modern and ancient marine rhythmites from the Sea of Cortez and California continental borderland : a sedimentological study

Creator:: Donegan, David P.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: magic of ele- mental determinations, Mark Hower who was especially helpful with X- ray diffraction

A special report on some of Oregon's underutilized species

Creator:: Elwell, H. Terry
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Foraging strategies of Glaucous-winged Gulls : influences of sea otter predation

Creator:: Irons, David B
Abstract:: Diets and foraging strategies of Glaucous-winged Gulls were studied in areas with and without sea otters in the western Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Gulls foraged on invertebrates (e.g., sea urchins, limpets, chitons, mussels, and others) in the rocky intertidal community and on fish at sea; this study was conducted on gulls...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: provided encouragement and stimulating conversations at the beginning of the study. Rick Madigan and Gary

It's in the blood : the varieties of Linus Pauling's work on hemoglobin and sickle cell anemia

Creator:: Gormlet, Melinda (Melinda Brooke)
Abstract:: Linus Pauling incorporated hemoglobin and a disease of the blood, sickle cell anemia, into many of his researches between the mid-1930s and mid-1970s. In the early 1930s Pauling became interested in organic chemistry and named hemoglobin as one of the first biochemical substances that he planned to analyze. In 1935...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: difficult task since Pauling made important contributions to such a wide variety of fields, including X-ray

A course of study in chemistry which meets adolescent needs

Creator:: Colburn, Alonzo Bert
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to make his life fuller and. richer. Statement and Purpose of the Problem This course of study

The fermentation losses, changes in bacterial flora, and acidity of grass silage preserved with dried molasses beet pulp and sodium metabisulfite

Creator:: Bateman, John Victor
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: amounts of beet pulp, sodium metabisulfite, and without any preservative . To facilitate a fuller

Genetic and meristic relationships of coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki) residing above and below barriers in two coastal basins

Creator:: Griswold, Kitty E.
Abstract:: An investigation of the genetic and meristic patterns of coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki clarki) in two coastal basins, one in Oregon and one in Alaska, revealed varying degrees of differences among populations within each site. Coastal cutthroat trout collected from seven sites above and below barriers from Elk River,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Chris Zimmerman provided ideas that directed this work. Gary Susak and Ken Flizar of Oregon

Synthesis and opioid activity of dynorphin analogues with the modifications in the message sequence

Creator:: Kulkarni, Sandhya N.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Murray and Dr. Gary DeLander for explaining the pharmacological evaluation of radioligand binding

Group activities to help children in their adjustments

Creator:: Young, Mary Elizabeth
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A Tale of Two Counties : Exploring Co-Produced Coastal Adaptation Strategies in Tillamook County, OR and Grays Harbor County, WA

Creator:: Evans-Wilent, Janan K.
Abstract:: Coastal communities throughout the US West Coast and elsewhere are facing the daunting task of preparing for climate change impacts, particularly the hazards from increased flooding and erosion. With sea-level rise, changing storminess patterns, and possible changes to the frequency and severity of major El Niño events, communities are already...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The conflict between leisure time uses and traditional uses of water in Hells Canyon

Creator:: Szramek, Joseph J.
Abstract:: Recreational activity is growing faster than facilities can be built to keep up with demand. This is evident during periods of peak use such as the summer for water based activities and the winter for snow related pursuits. During these periods of intense use, many recreationalists cannot find the facilities...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , inimum 12,000 15,050 14,250 14,250 Optimum 12,000 23,425 22,000 22,000 Feb. 'arch Aoril ray rinimum

An investigation of the need for a college program in graphic arts on the Pacific coast

Creator:: Wake, Selmer O., 1914-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: transfer ink to paper without pressure. Then there is X- Ray printing, by which it is possible to record

Competition for water : federal-state conflicts in the Klamath Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Cordill, M. Kim
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: rejects universal solutions and seeks recognition of a fuller range of management alternatives. The

Nuclear investigations of the eletrolysis of D₂O using palladium cathodes and platinum anodes

Creator:: Zahm, Lance Leon
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: gamma ray data show no observable quantities of traditional D-D fusion reaction products during

Ecology in high school biology courses in the eleven western states

Creator:: Carmichael, Jack Winston
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Relationships among phosphorus soil tests, forms of soil phosphorus, and plant uptake of phosphorus for selected southwestern Oregon soils

Creator:: Doerge, Thomas A.
Abstract:: A diversity in climate, geologic parent material, and soil characteristics exist in Jackson, Josephine, Coos, and Douglas Counties of southwest Oregon. Previous field trials and soil testing results have revealed uncertainties as to the phosphorus (P) status of the soils in this area. Twenty-four sites from nine agriculturally significant soil...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: difference (Mehta et al. , 1954; Pearson, 1940; Harrap, 1963). There are numerous references in the

Performance of Willamette Valley native plants following herbicide exposure

Creator:: Blakeley-Smith, Matthew R.
Abstract:: Prairies were once the dominant vegetation type in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Land use conversion, fire suppression, succession, and invasive species have reduced Willamette Valley prairies to less than 1% of their historical area. The remnant prairies that persist today are small in size and are highly fragmented. Marginal strips of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Meander scars : reflections on healing a river

Creator:: Metzger, Abby P.
Abstract:: As Europeans settled the Willamette Valley in the 1800s, they began to simplify Oregon's largest river contained wholly within state boarders—the Willamette. The river lost miles of channels from dikes, dams, and development. Some channels vanished under concrete. Others became meander scars, or shallow, dry depression in the land where...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Black, L. D. (1940). Willamette River history: The peopling of the middle Willamette Valley

The effect of broadcast burning on the quality of winter forage for elk, westen Oregon

Creator:: Friesen, Cheryl Ann
Abstract:: The Roosevelt elk (Cervus elephus roosevelti) is a National Forest management indicator species on the westside of the Cascade mountains, Western Oregon. A Habitat Effectiveness model is used by State and Federal agencies to evaluate elk habitat in the region. Concerns about the model's lack of differentiation between winter and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: using SAS General Linear Model (GLM) analysis (Ray 1982) for each species. The model was designed to

Community resources as a means of teaching related information in industrial arts

Creator:: Siegner, Clarence Vernon
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: increase from 36,3O2 in 1940. Seattle's topographical location is one of the most sightly in the

Optimum temporal and contrast considerations in extremely high speed motion neutron radiography

Creator:: Greek, Kevin J.
Abstract:: A facility developed using the OSU TRIGA pulsing capability and high speed motion photography has been used successfully for more than a decade to produce dynamic neutron radiographs of solid propellant combustion, two phase flow, and liquid streamflow. The existing imaging components have undergone little modification since the experiment's inception...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: eighty years of X-ray practice, and X-ray imaging continues as its mainstay. However, an urgent

CER and leaf characteristics of four tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) selections differing in forage yield

Creator:: Cohen, Cynthia Joy
Abstract:: Gas exchange, leaf area development, leaf anatomy and stomatal characteristics of four tall fescue selections differing in forage yield were examined to provide further insight into characteristics associated with yield differences of these selections. Winter-growing TFM 26 and TFM 16, the highest and lowest-yielding selections, respectively, and summer-growing selections TFK...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Improving wood strength and stiffness through viscoelastic thermal compression

Creator:: O'Connor, John P.
Abstract:: The objective of this research project was to increase the density, strength, and stiffness of two low to medium-density diffuse-porous hardwood species. Wood used in this study was processed using a method of wood densification known as “Viscoelastic Thermal Compression” (VTC). The VTC process is a three phase treatment which...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Excellence Grant; Tom Gallagher, Auburn University; Shep Zedaker, Jim Fuller, and Mason Jefferies, Virginia

Edible food coatings to control potassium sorbate diffusion from surface into food bulk : characterization of the diffusion process in polysaccharide based films

Creator:: Vojdani, Fakhrieh
Abstract:: Edible coatings controlling preservative migration from surface to food bulk could inhibit surface microbial growth which is often the main cause of spoilage for many food products. In this project we focused our attention upon methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, and chitosan as the structural component for such edible films. These films...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: resulting from increased hydrophobic interactions (Vacher, 1940) . The gel point can be raised by the

The contribution of industrial arts to the hobbies of high school boys in selected California counties

Creator:: Brown, Ronald Alfred
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Biological control of purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae) : stability of control and integration with wetland management practices

Creator:: Schat, Marjolein
Abstract:: Purple loosestrife is a wetland perennial that came to the eastern seaboard of North America in ship ballast and raw wool in the 1800's. Since coming to the United States, it has spread across the country, forming dense monospecific stands in wetlands. Mechanical and chemical control was expensive and ineffective,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Fuller deserve many thanks for keeping me in good spirits and reminding me that a thesis is abandoned

Demographic effects on school support in Oregon

Creator:: Kepler, Richard J.
Abstract:: The differences in the per student cost of education and the taxes to pay for that education can be attributed, in part, to the rate of population growth within a school district. The lowest coats and taxes are found in those school districts with the fastest growing populations. As the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . National Academy Press, 1980. Berry, Brian J. L., Edgun C. Conkling and Ray D. Michael, The Geography of

The economic impact of nonearnings exports on residentiary sectors for rural Oregon counties, 1979-1984

Creator:: McLeod, Donald M.
Abstract:: From 1979 through 1984 the economic bases of rural Oregon counties have undergone structural change. Nonwage income, especially transfer payments, has played an important role in these changes. Demographic changes in rural counties have contributed to the growth in unearned income. The economic structure of rural Oregon counties was estimated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Losch (1940). They assumed a rural plain of homogeneous productivity, an evenly dispersed population

Evaluation of six tools for estimating woody biomass moisture content

Creator:: Becerra Ochoa, Fernando Amador
Abstract:: Woody biomass transportation costs and market values/costs are strongly correlated with the woody biomass moisture content. Properly managing moisture content can potentially lead to economic and environmental advantages in biomass energy markets. Good management requires accurate moisture content measurements. Therefore, availability of accurate, precise, reliable, and efficient tools to assess...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , private forestry owners (Dallas); Bruce Summers and Gary Gresset from GreenWood Resources (Clatskanie

Comparison of head morphometric traits within five selected performance types of Quarter Horses (Equus caballus)

Creator:: Smith, Elana Morgana
Abstract:: A study was conducted to investigate if morphometric facial measurements could be utilized to differentiate five categorical performance types of Quarter Horses. The five categories being Western, Halter, English, Reining, and Cutting. The measurements were collected from 323 registered Quarter Horses representing animals who ranged in age from one year...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An evaluation of coastal Oregon's marginal aggregates

Creator:: Clemmons, Gregory H.
Abstract:: Coastal Oregon is deficient in quality construction aggregates. There is, however, an abundance of lower quality, or marginal, aggregate available for construction purposes. An evaluation of these marginal aggregates is the purpose of this paper. There are four classes of marginal rocks found on the Oregon Coast. Basalts, high in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: assistance they provided: Vanit Chintakovid, Gary Evans, Rob Vander- zanden and Chen Chang . The coordinated

A survey of certain phases of selected general shop programs in secondary schools west of the Mississippi river

Creator:: Forsea, Harold Lazard
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and yac. Ea., Vol. 29, p. 8, arch, 1940. 5 in original Quotation) is very broad. There are

What Lies Below: Options to Improve Sustainable Management of U.S./Mexico Transboundary Aquifers

Creator:: Welch, Christina, N.
Abstract:: Globally, as surface water quality and quantity diminishes there is increasing reliance on groundwater to buffer water demands of growing populations. Today in many arid regions around the world aquifer pumping rates far exceed recharge rates. Often the groundwater is nonrenewable, or thousands of years old. Despite the known hydrologic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , 1964). Contrarily, Theis 1940 argues every time a pump is turned on, groundwater is mined. This

Food demand during the stage of rapid economic development : the cases of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan

Creator:: Okutsu, Takamasa
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to comprehend food demand structure and its changes under rapid economic development theoretically and statistically. The recently developed Far East Asian countries, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan were chosen to obtain implications for the food demand patterns in the future industrialized countries around the world....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -Western markets are India (e.g., RAY, 1980), Brazil (e.g., THOMAS, STRAUSS, and BARBOSA, 1989), Sierra

The Hanford Laboratories and the growth of environmental research in the Pacific Northwest, 1943 to 1965

Creator:: Ellis, D. Erik
Abstract:: The scientific endeavors that took place at Hanford Engineer Works, beginning in World War II and continuing thereafter, are often overlooked in the literature on the Manhattan Project, the Atomic Energy Commission, and in regional histories. To historians of science, Hanford is described as an industrial facility that illustrates the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Philosophical Society; Gary Lundell in the Manuscript and Archive center, University of Washington Library; and

Incinerated sewage sludge use as a soil amendment for sweet corn (Zea mays L.)

Creator:: Mellbye, Mark Edward
Abstract:: Field and greenhouse experiments were conducted to determine the suitability of using incinerated sewage sludge ash as a soil amendment for sweet corn production on Willamette silt loam. In 1977, field plots were treated with 0, 11, 22, and 43 mt/ha of ash containing lime, in factorial combination with a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Gary Kiemnec who provided consider- able advice (and almost as many solutions) to numerous practical

The Relationship between Hydroregime and Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Spawning in Three Streams of the Smith River Watershed, Oregon

Creator:: Baxter, Mackenzie R.
Abstract:: Migration and spawning phenology of Pacific Salmon is linked to the hydroregime, and thought to be triggered by increases in river discharge and decreases in water temperature. However, little data exists that describes direct fine-scale linkages between the hydroregime and spawning in Coho Salmon. This study evaluated the spatial and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Retirees and local governments in Oregon : an empirical study of the Tiebout sorting hypotheses

Creator:: Hill, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Brian), 1964-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: put the "graduate school bug" in ray ear, and he showed me how to enjoy life's many challenges

Drug resistance, source, and environmental factors that influence fecal coliform levels of Tillamook Bay

Creator:: Kelch, William James
Abstract:: In order to determine the source of bacteria in Tillamook Bay, Oregon, water samples were collected monthly for six months during the rainy season from October 1975 through March 1976 from the bay and its tributaries, the Kilchis, Trask, Tillamook, and Wilson Rivers. Fecal coliform levels of these samples were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: information for the human population. Special thanks are extended to Gary Beyer of the Clough Rexall Drug

The economic incentives facing illegal Mexican aliens in the U.S. : a case study at Hood River, Oregon

Creator:: Cuthbert, Richard W.
Abstract:: Illegal Mexican migration to the U.S. appears to have increased substantially over the past fifteen years. Most illegal Mexican aliens migrate with the aim of obtaining better employment opportunities and higher earnings in the U.S. than are available in Mexico. The potential impacts of this migration on various U.S. interests,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: addition, Marshall Serna and Gary Lockwood were both instrumental to the completion of the Hood River

A proposed framework for increasing the accessibility of systems thinking intervention approaches for non-systems thinking practitioners

Creator:: Solberg, Thomas Roe
Abstract:: Meta-methodologies have been created to assist systems thinking practitioners in selecting applicable intervention approaches for different system states; however, current meta-methodologies do not address the lack of accessibility for non-systems thinking practitioners. To address this problem, the key system states that contribute the most to reduce the variety gap between...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: used for research conducted by investigators from different disciplines) in the 1940’s and 1950’s, as

Utilizing Pacific Coast hardwoods in the public school industrial arts program

Creator:: Hand, Frederic Abraham
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: this country's youth, especially in the western states, towards thinking of a fuller utilization

Developing a learning package that will help high school home economics students develop their creative potential

Creator:: Field, Melody Ann
Abstract:: Every student has a creative potential. An atmosphere needs to be maintained in the classroom that motivates and encourages the student to use and to develop this potential. Evidence indicates that teachers need help in freeing and in stimulating each student's creative potential. A learning package on design principles was...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Chemical modification of wood : dimensional stabilization of viscoelastic thermal compressed wood

Creator:: Gabrielli, Christopher P.
Abstract:: The tendency of wood to shrink and swell with changing moisture content remains as one of the most significant challenges to using wood in its many applications. Viscoelastic Thermal Compression (VTC) has been shown to significantly increase the density, strength and stiffness of wood. However, dimensional stability is still a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the late 1930’s and early 1940’s. Two veneer-based products, Impreg and Compreg, were produced

Grass straw residues as a feed source for wintering beef cattle

Creator:: Stamm, Michele M.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: you. And my brother, Todd, for all your brotherly advice and love. To Terri and Gary, thank you for

Fertilizer requirements of wheat grown under conservation tillage

Creator:: Nibler, Francis J.
Abstract:: Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and sulfur (S) fertilization trials with Stephens winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) were conducted on the Columbia Plateau under minimum and no tillage conditions. The crop rotation was either wheat-summer fallow (summer fallow) or wheat-wheat (recrop). Nitrogen variables included: N rates, N timing, and N source...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of their land but also donated their time and materials; Gary Wirth for his assistance with the

Insect pests of economic importance on cereal crops in the Senegal River Basin, West Africa

Creator:: Sy, Adama
Abstract:: Cereal crops cultivated in Mali, Mauritania and Senegal consist primarily of sorghum, millet, rice and maize. They form the gramineous crops that, are programmed for the agricultural improvement of the Senegal River Basin. Twelve economically important insect pests on these crops were selected for study and treated with regard to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Risbec (1950) and Appert (1963). Venturi (1940, 1968) in Deeming (1971) also de- scribed A

Evaluating Field Production Issues by Investigating Grain Dormancy and Plant Segregation Patterns in Soft White Winter Wheat

Creator:: McCarthy, Christy A.
Abstract:: Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a highly valuable crop that makes up a large portion of the world’s food. However, breeding for improved varieties with desirable characteristics can be a challenge. This research examined two different issues wheat breeders deal with throughout the selection process all the way to production of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: model for Translocation Inheritance.” Advances in Applied Probability 8.4:643-645. Vocke, Gary

Mid-Nineteenth Century Clay Smoking Pipes from Fort Hoskins (35BE15) and Fort Yamhill (35PO75), Oregon

Creator:: Zentgraf, Diane M.
Abstract:: Over the past 42 years clay smoking pipes have been excavated from two U.S. army posts, Fort Hoskins (35BE15) and Fort Yamhill (35PO75) and curated at Oregon State University. These two forts were established in Western Oregon in 1856 and by 1866 both had been decommissioned. Numerous theses have focused...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Soil moisture and temperature relationships under fallow in eastern Oregon

Creator:: Russelle, Michael P.
Abstract:: Time of stand establishment is a critical factor affecting yields of winter wheat and barley in the fallow-crop rotation areas of the Pacific Northwest. Farmers in this winter-rainfall region are dependent on residual moisture in the seed zone for germination, because significant precipitation does not usually occur until after the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Investigations of gluten proteins from functional and historical perspective

Creator:: Zhang, Ying
Abstract:: Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the world’s major staple food crops, with flour produced from starchy endosperm being used for breads, cakes, noodles and various other wheat-based foods. The unique bread making properties of wheat are primarily attributed to its gluten-forming storage proteins: gliadins and glutenins. This study investigated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Attitudes, perceptions and coping skills of long-term breast cancer survivors

Creator:: Baskerville, Linda F.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to document, through personal interviews, perceptions, attitudes and coping skills utilized by women who have survived breast cancer treated by mastectomy for at least 5 years without recurrence. A semi-structured interview guide was developed with input from professionals in the field. The questions were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: survival rates. The 5-year survival rate for localized breast cancer has risen from 78% in the 1940's to

Boredom, Buttons, and Booze: The Lifeways of an Enlisted Soldier Stationed at Fort Hoskins (35BE15), Oregon

Creator:: James, Shane P.
Abstract:: In 1976-77 and 2010, Oregon State University (OSU) excavated portions of the enlisted men’s barracks and privy at Fort Hoskins, a Civil War-era fort. In operation from 1856 to 1865, this fort served as part of a security network to protect and monitor the recently created Coast Indian Reservation. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Decomposition of organic matter in estuarine sediments by sulfate reduction : a field study from Yaquina Bay and sediment incubation experiments

Creator:: Powell, Heidi Sara
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Steve Davis, Russ Flegal, Robin Brown, and Gary Hewitt for historical reasons. Mitch Lyle's office

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