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  • Supply Chain Management of Timber and Biomass from Mountain Pine Beetle Infested Forests

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    She, Ji
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    Mountain pine beetle infested forests in the Rocky Mountain region raise complicated economic, environmental, and social impacts and pose severe forest management challenges to land managers and public and private landowners. Harvesting infested forest stands provides an opportunity to utilize otherwise wasted resources, mitigate economics losses to landowners, and generate...
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    OF THE DISSERTATION OF Ji She for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainable Forest

  • The supply and demand of university agricultural biotechnology research

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    Yang, Hui
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    The objectives and characteristics of university biotechnology research, including its applicability to such industries as agriculture and food processing, arise from formal and informal linkages among university scientists, public and private-nonprofit funding sources, and industry. In the present study I develop, specify, and estimate a model of the supply and...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Hui Yang for the degree of

  • Understanding school bullying and workplace abuse in a Taiwanese context

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    Lin, Yu-Hui
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    Bullying prevents its targets from enjoying a safe, stress-free living, learning, and working environment. For most children, bullying experiences will be merely unpleasant childhood memories. This remains the same in adult's working environment. During the past decade, the concept of workplace abuse has had an increasing resonance within western countries....
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    time and guidance. I want her to know that she is not just the wind behind me, as she used to say

  • Volatile composition of Pinot Noir grapes and wines under different viticultural practices in western Oregon

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    Feng, Hui
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    High vegetative growth of Pinot Noir vine is a common problem in most vineyards of Oregon's Willamette Valley, where sunlight exposure and heat accumulation are limited. Consequently, growers in this region commonly use vineyard management strategies to regulate vine vigor and improve grape and wine quality. Wine quality is greatly...
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    to any reader upon request. Hui Feng, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like

  • The development of nursing agency in the context of oppression : a study of the experiences of nurse educators

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    Schneider, Alisa L.
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    The purpose of this phenomenological study was to discover the experiences nurse educators (NEs) have had with oppression and to uncover how their experiences may have impacted their teaching. This study was significant as nurse retention is negatively affected by oppressed group behaviors (Duchscher & Myrick, 2008; Tinsley & France,...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Shelley I. Dubkin-Lee The

  • Perceptions of "Dropouts" Recovered as Adults : A Life Course Case Study on Older High School Graduates

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    Bogen, Susan Lori
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    Research has established that poor outcomes are the future for those without a high school diploma--yet students continue to drop out and become members of that population. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the experiences and perceptions of individuals who did not complete high school within the...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Shelley I. Dubkin-Lee Research has established that poor outcomes are the future for

  • The Second Chance Program : A Participatory Research with Formerly Incarcerated Community College Students

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    Macale, James R.
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    Approximately 600,000 individuals will be eventually released from the prison system and millions will be released from jails across the United States each year (Mukamal et al., 2015). Some of these individuals will make their way to a local community college to make a better life for themselves. There is...
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    Students. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Shelley I

  • STEM Partnerships: Drawing on Historicity to Negotiate Tensions in Engagement

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    Talamantes, Adam C.
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    This qualitative study examines how FIESTAS (Family Involved in Education, Sociocultural Teaching and STEM) partners (comprised of out-of-school time (OST) educators, university student STEM instructors, and local business representatives) came together to facilitate a local STEM Club located in two dual-immersion elementary schools in the Pacific Northwest. The study addresses...
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    : ______________________________________________________ SueAnn I. Bottoms This qualitative study examines how FIESTAS (Family Involved in

  • The effects of increased enrollment of international students on student services at six Washington State community colleges

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    Acob-Nash, Maria
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    Institutions of higher education face a global mandate, understanding and addressing the concept of internationalization in the 21st century. As the world becomes "smaller", there is a need for college students to expand their awareness and understanding of multinational cultures and issues. Recently, many four-year colleges and universities have taken...
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    , was a guiding light for me for years. She lived to the amazing age of 97. I missed the opportunity

  • Organizational Integration of Part-Time Faculty Teaching Developmental Mathematics

    Creator:
    Gray, Sylvia
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    This dissertation was a qualitative case study focused on part-time faculty teachingdevelopmental mathematics courses in one large Pacific Northwest community college. Thecollege was selected for its size and maturity; the topic was selected for three related reasons:part-time faculty have been widely relied upon to teach these courses nationwide; students indevelopmental...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Shelley I. Dubkin-Lee This dissertation was a qualitative case study focused on part-time