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Creator:: Avila, Colton C.
Abstract:: Wildfire management networks allow for collaborative intervention in mitigating the ever-present risk of major wildfire events. This thesis consists of two manuscripts that explore the topology and characteristics of wildfire management networks and their ability to influence wildfire severity in social-ecological systems. The first manuscript focuses on the characteristics of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Brent Steel, Dr. Cody Evers, for teaching me the true meaning of collaboration and whose work I’d be

Creator:: Rae, Samantha N.
Abstract:: California and Steller sea lions (Zalophus californianus, Eumetopias jubatus, respectively) are considered sentinel species because they have long life spans, are long-term coastal residents, feed at high trophic levels, and have large blubber stores that serve as depots for anthropogenic toxicants. There are few studies on sea lion health and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Peng, Yanqun
Abstract:: A public key cryptosystem allows two or more parties to securely communicate over an insecure channel without establishing a physically secure channel for key exchange. The RSA cryptosystem is the most popular public key cryptosystem ever invented. It is based on the difficulty of factoring large composite numbers. Once the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ever invented. It is based on the difficulty of factoring large composite numbers. Once the RSA

Creator:: Rizzolo, Daniel J.
Abstract:: I investigated the relationship between harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) behavior and lack of recovery from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. First, I evaluated the hypothesis that harlequin ducks in winter have little flexibility to increase foraging time in response to disturbance because they are constrained...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: monitored in this study rarely, if ever, fed by diving at night, possibly due to reduced foraging

Creator:: Diaz Mendez, Guillermo M.
Abstract:: Among Oregon's major tourist attractions is the State's beautiful and impressive coastal scenery. Sandy beaches, usually backed by sea-cliffs or dune fields, are regularly disrupted either by the mouths of shallow bays and estuaries, or by massive rocky headlands extending hundreds of meters into the Pacific Ocean. Storm-generated waves, tides,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , CONACyT, in September, 1996. Thanks to Dr. Brent G. Dalrymple, Dean of the College of Oceanic

Creator:: Wilcox, Joshua Robert
Abstract:: Micro air vehicles (MAV's) and small unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAV) are remotely piloted or autonomous aircraft with a take-off mass range between 50 g and few kilograms. These vehicles, as well as natural fliers such as bats and insects, utilize a variety of elastic wing structures including thin membranes. Over...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: research and classes with you all. In particular, to Brent Osterberg, Trenton Carpenter, and Mattia

Creator:: Khanna, Roli
Abstract:: With the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in every sphere of life in today's day and age, it has become increasingly important for non-AI experts to be able to comprehend the underlying logic of how AI systems work, assess them and find faults in these systems, particularly when they are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: being the best roommates I could ever ask for, and thank you Amreeta Chatterjee for the constant

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