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Cross-Cultural Comparison of Business Practices Between Oregon and Taiwan

Creator:: Kizer, Kylyn
Abstract:: A cross-cultural analysis of business practices based on video recordings of interviews with business professionals in both Oregon and Taiwan, with the intent of finding evidence to support or question current beliefs about cultural differences between American and Asian cultures. Particular focus is paid to business practices such as networking,...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kylyn Kizer for the

Pulmonary Imaging of Dairy Calves with Naturally Acquired Respiratory Disease

Creator:: Fowler, Jennifer L.
Abstract:: Bovine respiratory disease complex (BRD) is an infection of both the upper and lower respiratory tract and includes components of rhinitis, otitis, tracheitis, and pneumonia. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality of calves in the United States and world-wide. Besides the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: major professor, image analysis, and data interpretation. Dr. Jorge Vanegas, your time and assistance

The Consequences of Infelicity : The Effects of Unhappiness on Biological and Social Evolution

Creator:: Martinez, Jorge R.
Abstract:: In social and biological evolution, infelicity can operate as a driving motor to force change. In this essay, for life other than human, infelicity is equated with physical unfitness to compete for the resources of a specific niche. For humanity it is defined as the result of an incongruity between...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: unhappiness on biological and social evolution AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jorge R. Martinez for the

Skew Brownian motion and branching processes applied to diffusion-advection in heterogenous media and fluid flow

Creator:: Ramirez, Jorge M.
Abstract:: This thesis contains three manuscripts addressing the application of stochastic processes to the analysis and solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) in mathematical physics. In the first manuscript, one dimensional diffusion and Burgers equation are considered. The Fourier transform of the solution to each PDE is represented as the expected...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jorge M. Ramirez for the degree of

Using Acoustic Measurements and Inventory Data to Estimate Stiffness in Standing Douglas-Fir Trees

Creator:: Delgado Trejo, Jorge Luis
Abstract:: Total US lumber production in 2011 was 77.9 million cubic meters. Its primary use was for housing and construction. There is a growing concern that the structural properties for wood are being reduced as trees are harvested at much younger ages as the wood supply shifts from older to younger...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Stiffness in Standing Douglas-Fir Trees. AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jorge Luis Delgado Trejo

Fisheries Connectivity Networks to Measure the Adaptive Capacity of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Creator:: Nomura, Keiko
Abstract:: Small-scale fisheries around the world are increasingly facing pressures from a range of environmental, economic, and social sources. In order to sustain the societal benefits of small-scale fisheries, it is imperative to understand how fishing communities adapt to disturbances. Fishermen often catch multiple different species as an adaptation technique because...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ___________________________________________________ James R. Watson Small-scale fisheries around the world are increasingly facing

The Deep Sea and Me: A Design-Based Research Study to Advance Public Literacy of the Deep Sea Using an Exhibit at a Public Marine Science Center

Creator:: Darr, Katherine D.
Abstract:: With growing populations and consumer demand, there has been a turn to the deep sea to meet our natural resource needs. The deep sea provides a range of benefits to humans—called ecosystem services—including carbon sequestration, fisheries, waste absorption and detoxification, and nutrient cycling, all of which are vital to life...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: ______________________________________________________ Andrew R. Thurber With growing

The effects of relaxation techniques on the quality of experience in people with dementia

Creator:: Chamberlin, Bethany
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to test the effects of guided imagery on cognition, depression, anxiety, quality of life, behavior symptoms, and perceptions of self and others in people with dementia. A nonequivalent control group quasi-experimental design was used to compare an attention control group to the intervention group....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________________ Michael R. Levenson The purpose of this study was to test the effects of guided imagery

Immigrant encounters : film narratives of the modern immigrant

Creator:: Yeager, Angela L.
Abstract:: This thesis employs a narrative analysis of more than twenty-five films that are centrally concerned with immigrants and the immigrant experience. In Part One, drawing from the work of Yosefa Loshitzky, I will focus on films that feature an immigrant lead character. In Part Two, I will explore movies that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ____________________________________________________________________ Jon R. Lewis This thesis employs a narrative analysis of more than twenty-five films that

Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

Creator:: Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
Abstract:: Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approval : l.ccrcf .z y x_ David R. Brauner Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Cross-Cultural Comparison of Business Practices Between Oregon and Taiwan

Pulmonary Imaging of Dairy Calves with Naturally Acquired Respiratory Disease

The Consequences of Infelicity : The Effects of Unhappiness on Biological and Social Evolution

Skew Brownian motion and branching processes applied to diffusion-advection in heterogenous media and fluid flow

Using Acoustic Measurements and Inventory Data to Estimate Stiffness in Standing Douglas-Fir Trees

Fisheries Connectivity Networks to Measure the Adaptive Capacity of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

The Deep Sea and Me: A Design-Based Research Study to Advance Public Literacy of the Deep Sea Using an Exhibit at a Public Marine Science Center

The effects of relaxation techniques on the quality of experience in people with dementia

Immigrant encounters : film narratives of the modern immigrant

Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

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