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Truth to Nature: The Art and Ecology of Hudson River School Painting

Creator:: Loeb, Harper
Abstract:: Beginning with the inception of American art history as a formal discipline in the 1940s, the dominant mode of interpreting nineteenth-century American landscape painting has been to view aspects of the landscape as symbols for grand cultural, religious, national, and moral narratives. While this method of interpretation highlights some key...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: August 24, 2022 Title: Truth to Nature: The Art and Ecology of Hudson River School Painting

Comparison of Canine and Feline Gazing Behavior

Creator:: Hudson, Lea M.
Abstract:: Gazing behavior is a vital part of nonverbal communication, as it can provide information about attentional state, subtext, environment, and point of view. Both dogs and cats have previously been shown to display gazing behavior when presented with an unsolvable task, as well as follow nonverbal directional ques given by...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: by Lea Hudson A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University

Nitrate leaching and model evaluation under winter cover crops

Creator:: Minshew, Hudson F.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Hudson F. Minshew for the degree

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Exposure Trends, and Evidence of Adverse Health Effects in Infants and Children from Prenatal/Early-Life PAH Exposure

Creator:: Hudson-Hanley, Barbara A.
Abstract:: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are complex mixtures that form when organic matter is burned. Humans are primarily exposed to PAHs via air pollution from incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass, such a motor vehicle exhaust, cigarette smoke, wood smoke, or industrial emissions; or via ingestion of PAHs bound to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: LEFT BLANK AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Barbara A. Hudson-Hanley for the degree

Statistical enhancement of support vector machines

Creator:: Taylor, Aimee E.
Abstract:: Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Random Forests (RF) have consistently outperformed other machine learning algorithms on a variety of problems. SVM can be used for classification and regression on many types of data (e.g. nonlinear, high dimensional), but cannot handle missing or mixed data. This research implements a permutation-based variable...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Development of a model for context evaluation of community college competency-based curricula

Creator:: Noonan, Arthur Barry
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to develop and field test a model for context evaluation of objectives used in competency-based curricula at the community college level. The study: 1. Developed a decision and information matrix that identified objectives which should be considered for deletion from...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: community college competency-based curricula AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF ARTHUR BARRY NOONAN for the

"Land of War and Blood" : spectacular violence, conflicting medievalisms, and chivalric legacies in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones

Creator:: Horton, Kaely
Abstract:: This thesis examines depictions of medievalism in three central texts: Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones. Each of these texts provides an entry point for exploring the ways in which English and American writers have...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Influence of Entrepreneurs’ Physical and Cognitive Traits on Entrepreneurial Outcomes

Creator:: Farah, Nusrat
Abstract:: The dissertation examines the effect of two separate yet significant individual level factors—physical and cognitive traits—on entrepreneurial outcomes. The physical factor on which the dissertation focuses is the entrepreneur’s vocal cues and the cognitive traits that the dissertation investigates are the entrepreneur’s goal orientation and his/her ability to take perspectives....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Synthesis, structure and properties of some transition metal oxides

Creator:: Li, Jun
Abstract:: See pdf
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Properties of Some Transition Metal Oxides Abstract approved: Arthur W. Sleight Transition metal oxides

CEO Relative Pay and Celebrity Status: Implications for Executive Behavior and Strategic Decision-Making

Creator:: Lee, Gilsoo
Abstract:: In this three-essay dissertation I explore how CEOs’ self-serving motivation, specifically driven by their relative pay standing and celebrity status, is useful for advancing the understanding of executive behavior and strategic decision-making. In the first essay, focusing on CEOs’ motivation to reduce the dissonance caused by pay inequity, I examine...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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Truth to Nature: The Art and Ecology of Hudson River School Painting

Comparison of Canine and Feline Gazing Behavior

Nitrate leaching and model evaluation under winter cover crops

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Exposure Trends, and Evidence of Adverse Health Effects in Infants and Children from Prenatal/Early-Life PAH Exposure

Statistical enhancement of support vector machines

Development of a model for context evaluation of community college competency-based curricula

"Land of War and Blood" : spectacular violence, conflicting medievalisms, and chivalric legacies in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones

The Influence of Entrepreneurs’ Physical and Cognitive Traits on Entrepreneurial Outcomes

Synthesis, structure and properties of some transition metal oxides

CEO Relative Pay and Celebrity Status: Implications for Executive Behavior and Strategic Decision-Making

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