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  • Toward Machine Learning-Enabled Adaptivity for Humorous Robots

    Creator:
    Gray, Carson C.
    Abstract:
    Social robots benefit from a sense of humor, which requires the ability to recognize and adapt to human responses during playful interactions. Past work on humorous robots has classified audience responses with audio-based and preliminary visual-based methods following the joke punchline. Building on this progress, we conducted a survey of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Carson Gray for

  • Ecophysiology of Marine Bivalves : Physiological Rate Processes in Dynamic Environments

    Creator:
    Gray, Matthew W.
    Abstract:
    Marine bivalves are globally recognized as ecologically and commercially valuable species and, for over a century, researchers have been studying their feeding, digestion and other related physiological processes. These studies have shown that marine bivalves have complex feeding and particle processing behaviors to maximize growth in dynamic environmental conditions. Additionally,...
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    Dissertation
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    THE DISSERTATION OF Matthew W. Gray for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fisheries Science

  • 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.
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    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

  • Using oral histories to document changing forest cover patterns : Soap Creek Valley, Oregon, 1500-1999

    Creator:
    Zybach, Bob
    Abstract:
    This thesis examines forest history of a portion of the Douglas-fir Region: Soap Creek Valley, a 15,000 acre sub-basin of the Luckiamute River in northern Benton County, Oregon. The primary reasons for the research were to test oral history methodology, document sub-basin scale forest cover pattern changes, and determine basic...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Describing the thermal regimes of two northeastern Oregon streams

    Creator:
    Raven, Sonja E.
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    Two tributaries of the south fork of the Burnt River, near Unity Oregon were studied during the summers of 2000 and 2001 to determine water heating and cooling patterns. Hourly temperature data were recorded for air, water, and soil parameters at four elevations 150m apart on Barney and Stevens Creeks....
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    Masters Thesis
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    (LeBlanc et al. 1997; Meisner 1990; Gray and Edington 1969; Brown and Krygier 1967). It is important to

  • The Impact of Internet and Videogame Use on College Student Development

    Creator:
    Calhoun, Benjamin W.
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    In recent decades, there has been a tremendous change in the college student experience. In many ways this change has been driven by developments in technology, which have in turn changed the way students conduct research, socialize, and recreate. This thesis seeks to gain an understanding as to how Internet...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , and Lizbeth Gray for your guidance and encouragement throughout this process. You have all made

  • Biological considerations for a new approach to regulating genetically modified crops in the United States

    Creator:
    McDonough, Ashley
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    The debate over GM crops is one of the most controversial issues of recent decades. The debate has many dimensions, including environmental impacts, benefits and risks to human health, intellectual property rights, adequacy of biosafety regulations, and fundamental ethical acceptability. The potential benefits of GM crops are numerous, including improved...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    : ____________________________________________ Steven Strauss The debate over GM crops is one of the most controversial

  • Nitrogen dynamics across silvicultural canopy gaps in young forests of western Oregon

    Creator:
    Thiel, Aaron L.
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    Silvicultural canopy gaps are emerging as an alternative management tool to accelerate development of complex forest structure in young, even-aged forests of the Pacific Northwest. I investigated patterns of nitrogen (N) availability along transects through 0.1 and 0.4 ha silvicultural gaps in three 50-70 year old Douglas-fir forests of western...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Steven S. Perakis Silvicultural canopy gaps are emerging as an alternative management tool to

  • A Novel Elysium

    Creator:
    Anderson, Evan Crichton
    Abstract:
    As a metafictional work of science fiction literature, A Novel Elysium explores the timelessness of both the human mind and its literary surroundings, comparing the self-awareness of its characters to the sometimes tragic or empowering metaphysical realizations of human beings. Within this framework, any concrete place or time is unimportant;...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________ Steven Kunert As a metafictional work of science fiction literature, A Novel Elysium

  • Understanding the New Outdoor Recreation Paradigm in the Era of Social Media and Increasing Public Health Advisories

    Creator:
    Lowe Mackenzie, Ashley
    Abstract:
    In this dissertation, I examine emerging economic issues which intersect outdoor recreation, environmental quality, public land use, and public health advisories. First, I explore the potential impacts of social media on visitation to public land. Social media, and in particular Instagram, has been suggested by journalist and land managers as...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Steven J. Dundas In this dissertation, I examine emerging economic issues which