The relationship between the public and new technologies has historically been a tumultuous one, with public perceptions ranging from excited rapid adoption to standoffish pessimism. In 2011, IBM tried to use competition as a means of showcasing a new technology to the public. This thesis is a work of rhetorical...
This data set is used in the Master thesis of Yulin Sun (2017). It contains geospatial vector data (shapefiles), Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The geospatial vector data include both the data of original soil delineations and that of the convex hull of individual soil delineations....
The goal of this paper is to classify linear operators with octonionic coefficients and octonionic variables. While building up to the octonions we also classify linear operators over the quaternions and show how to relate the linear operators over the quaternions and octonions to matrices. We also construct a basis...
This study was interested in determining whether vocal communications or facial expressions and body language are more effective in communicating positive, neutral or negative affects when used in isolation and without deception. A sample of six male and six female (n = 12) students in Dr. Bernieri’s Winter term 2016...
Senate Bill 100 (1973) and the Oregon Land Conservation and Development
Commission’s (LCDC) goals (1975) required:
- Cities to adopt urban growth boundaries (UGBs) to contain sprawl, and
- Counties to use zoning to limit 15.6 million acres of farmland to farm use, and 8.0
million acres of forest land...
This is the PowerPoint (PDF) file for a 60-minute workshop for graduate students covering data management best practices. Topics covered include general recommendations for data management in terms of planning, data description (metadata), file formats and naming conventions, ethics and consent, copyright, and sharing and archiving of data. The workshop...
As tail docking bans are sweeping Europe, Australia, and South Africa, the United States is facing increased scrutiny on whether or not the procedure should be permitted. Many European countries are reestablishing breed standards to allow dogs of natural composition to be shown, unlike most major U.S. shows. The American...
Executive Summary:
Oregon State University Libraries and Press (OSULP) demonstrates the value of openness in a variety of ways. We worked with faculty to pass an open access policy to provide the broadest possible access to university scholarship. We teach faculty and students to use data tools that promote the...
Oregon State University Libraries and Press (OSULP) has a long history of digitizing, creating, and curating digital objects. These objects include digital representations of unique items from the Special Collections and Archives Research Center (SCARC) such as the photographs, maps, manuscripts, audio, and video housed in Oregon Digital. The ScholarsArchive@OSU...