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Investigation of Deep Seismic Reflections Beneath the Forearc in the South Central Chile Subduction Zone

Creator:: Zhang, Edward
Abstract:: The south central Chilean margin is one of the most seismically active subduction zones on Earth, generating some of the largest earthquakes on the planet, including the largest ever recorded in 1960 near Valdivia, Chile (Mw 9.5). Using the 15 km streamer and 6600 in3 tuned seismic airgun array aboard...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Edward Zhang for the

Needs Assessment and Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ+ People Experiencing Houselessness along the I-5 Corridor in Oregon

Creator:: McKenna, Julia
Abstract:: Most studies suggest that LGBTQ+ young adults make up between 20 and 40 percent of the houseless young adult population (Edidin, Ganim, Hunter, and Karnik 2011; Nolan 2006). However, LGBTQ+ young adults compose only 1.3–3.8% of the general young adult population (Rosario, Schrimshaw, and Hunter 2012). Thus LGBTQ+ young adults...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The Role of Social Networks in Federal Agency Hiring: A Comparison of Employees from Diverse Backgrounds

Creator:: Moreno Luna, Arlyn Yire
Abstract:: Due to past hiring practices U.S. federal agencies have workforces that do not match the diversity of the populations they serve. In 2011, the Partnership for Public Service found that the United States Forest Service (USFS) ranked number 149 out of 206 agencies in the category of ‘Support for Diversity,’...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ). Getting a Job; a Study of Contacts and Careers. In H. U. Press (Ed.). Cambridge, Mass. . Green, Gary

Karmic Effects: How Aggressive Behavior Toward Important People Changes the Perception of Others

Creator:: Whitman, Frederick R.
Abstract:: Synthesizing perspectives from Bruner (1957), and the Mind Only School of Buddhism, the current study examined the effect of a persons’ own behavior on knowledge activation. Both social cognitive psychology and the Mind Only School posit that perception is based on previously learned knowledge. Knowledge is accumulated through an individual’s...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: writing, and guidance in my education. My sister Mariha Peters and my Brother Gary Boies for

Catastrophic Wildfire in California's Wildland Urban-Interface: A Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team Case Study

Creator:: Koutnik, Charles Zachary
Abstract:: Wildfires across the Western United States, specifically in California have increased in size and intensity in recent decades. These fires are encroaching on California’s Wildland Urban-Interface (WUI), often with devastating results. Most recently, these destructive results were displayed in the 2018 fire season in the Camp and Carr Fires and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: APPROVED: Edward Weber, representing Political Science Scott Akins, representing Sociology Emily Jane

Beyond free will: an empirical case for a capacity model of human agency

Creator:: Helzer, Erik G.
Abstract:: Although the question of free will has persisted throughout the history of philosophy as an important metaphysical consideration, rarely does the inquiry include empirical evidence from other disciplines concerned with human behavior. In this interdisciplinary paper, I combine the wisdom of psychologists, metaphysicians, and philosophers of science to comment on...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Assessing the Adaptive Governance Capacity of Western Water Communities

Creator:: Pakenham Stevenson, Anna
Abstract:: One of the greatest challenges in the West is the sustainable management of limited water resources. In recognition of localized responses to natural resource challenges, there has been considerable work in the area of adaptive capacity and collaborative governance to help understand a community’s capacity to manage change. This study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Edward P. Weber One of the greatest challenges in the West is the sustainable management of limited

Phylogeny and Evolution of Gall-Associated Plant Pathogenic Bacteria

Creator:: Davis, Edward W., II
Abstract:: Gall-associated phytopathogens have unique evolutionary histories that haveshaped both their modes of infection and genomic structures. Pathogenicity of the gall-associated plant pathogens of the Rhodococcus, Agrobacterium, and Rathayibactergenera is mediated by horizontally acquired virulence loci. The relative ease of gainand loss of the virulence loci has confounded accurate characterization of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Edward W. Davis II for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular and Cellular Biology presented

Archaeological Symbols of Status and Authority : Fort Hoskins. Oregon. 1856-1865

Creator:: Bowyer, Gary C.
Abstract:: Fort Hoskins is located near Kings Valley, approximately 16 miles from Corvallis. The Fort, built after the Rogue Wars of the 1850s, was intended to safeguard the newly created Indian reserves. During its' ten-years of existence, U.S. Army Regulars manned the Fort from 1856-1861 while volunteers from California, Washington, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Gary C. Bowyer for the degree of

Understanding Signals of the South Pole Ice Core: Chronology, Climate, and Firn Processes

Creator:: Epifanio, Jenna A.
Abstract:: The South Pole ice core (SPC14), drilled in the field seasons of 2014/2015 and 2015/2016, is an intermediate length, 1,751-m ice core which preserves a 54,000-year record of past climate and atmospheric composition. The SPC14 ice core adds to the spatial grid of ice cores in Antarctica extending into the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , and Firn Processes Abstract approved: Edward J. Brook The South Pole ice core (SPC14), drilled in

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Investigation of Deep Seismic Reflections Beneath the Forearc in the South Central Chile Subduction Zone

Needs Assessment and Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ+ People Experiencing Houselessness along the I-5 Corridor in Oregon

The Role of Social Networks in Federal Agency Hiring: A Comparison of Employees from Diverse Backgrounds

Karmic Effects: How Aggressive Behavior Toward Important People Changes the Perception of Others

Catastrophic Wildfire in California's Wildland Urban-Interface: A Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team Case Study

Beyond free will: an empirical case for a capacity model of human agency

Assessing the Adaptive Governance Capacity of Western Water Communities

Phylogeny and Evolution of Gall-Associated Plant Pathogenic Bacteria

Archaeological Symbols of Status and Authority : Fort Hoskins. Oregon. 1856-1865

Understanding Signals of the South Pole Ice Core: Chronology, Climate, and Firn Processes

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