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African-American women faculty teaching at institutions of higher-learning in the Pacific Northwest : Challenges, dilemmas, and sustainability

Creator:: Townsend-Johnson, Linda
Abstract:: Title: African-American Women Faculty Teaching at Institutions of Higher Learning in the Pacific Northwest: Challenges, Dilemas, and Sustainability Institutions of higher learning in the Pacific Northwest have successfully recruited African-American faculty, yet these institutions have difficulty retaining African-American faculty for at least five years. African-American women faculty experience problems obtaining...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Geneticist L.C. Dunn : politics, activism, and community

Creator:: Gormley, Melinda (Melinda Brooke)
Abstract:: L. C. Dunn (1893-1974) spent most of his scientific career conducting research in developmental genetics as a member of the Zoology Department at Columbia University in the City of New York. He had an accomplished scientific career researching mutations in mice, which earned him respect from other geneticists and scientists....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Sheila Connor at the Arnold Arboretum Horticulture

Mechanisms for the interaction of environmental mycobacteria with host cells

Creator:: Harriff, Melanie J.
Abstract:: Environmental mycobacteria are important opportunistic pathogens for many hosts, including humans, cattle, and fish. Two well-studied species are Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium, a significant cause of disseminated bacterial disease in patients with AIDS, and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, the cause of Johne’s disease in cattle. Many other species that are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: contribution to my projects, I wouldn’t be here today. To name a few: Julie Early, Lia Danelishvili, Martin

Revisioning grandeur : an exploration of intertextuality in Alice Munro and Virginia Woolf

Creator:: King, Michelle L.
Abstract:: In this thesis I argue that Alice Munro’s work takes part in an ongoing feminist discourse that examines alterations in male and female gender relations, as they have been represented in domestic fiction by women writers since the late nineteenth century. I analyze two short stories written by Munro: “Meneseteung,”...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Enhancing cultural resources management and improving tribal involvement inthe NEPA process through the development of atribal environmental policy act

Creator:: Sloan, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: This dissertation presents an analysis of the historic preservation framework on tribal cultural resources management (CRM). It examines some of the challenges this framework poses to tribal governments working on cultural resources protection efforts within a compliance framework. An examination of five major laws that regulate the practice of CRM...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: parents Phil and Sharon and my sisters Laura, Mary, and Sheila, for their encouragement along the way

Weight stigma consciousness and perceived physical appearance : their key precursors and relationship to health behaviors

Creator:: Concepcion, Rebecca Yahnke
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between weight stigma consciousness, perceived body appearance, social physique anxiety, and the health outcomes of physical activity levels and eating behaviors. Select precursors were also examined. These relationships were based on Harter's model of self-worth. Two-hundred fifteen adults with a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: endeavors. To Sheila, Scott, Angela, Sara, Gene, Jan, Sandy, Tucker, I am ever thankful for your

El Nino related variations in nutrient and chlorophyll distributions off Oregon

Creator:: Corwith, Holly L.
Abstract:: The Oregon continental shelf waters are typically characterized by four to five major upwelling events that occur between May and October. The upwelled water is rich in nutrients, which fuels an increase in phytoplankton biomass. The onset of El Nino, however, can disrupt the normal physical processes along the Oregon...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Northeast Pacific GLOBEC physical oceanography team: Bob Smith, Jane Huyer, Mike Kosro, Sheila O'Keefe, and

Geochemical cycling in a Pacific Northwest estuary (Tillamook Bay, Oregon, USA)

Creator:: Colbert, Debbie L.
Abstract:: This thesis investigates the behavior of major inorganic nutrients (P, N, Si), trace metals (Mn, Fe), and alkaline-earth metals (Ba) within Tillamook Bay over seasonal cycles and under a range of river discharge conditions from October 1997 through December 1999. Located in the Pacific Northwest region, Tillamook Bay is an...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: me blow off steam on a regular basis (Sheila O'Keefe, Renellys Perez Dano, Brandy Kuebel Cervantes

Synthesis of novel ambifunctional atropisomeric 2,2',6,6'-tetrasubstituted biphenyls and investigation of their properties and organocatalytic activity

Creator:: Sephton, Mark Alan
Abstract:: Ambifunctional axially chiral 2,2',6,6'-tetrasubstituted biphenyls containing nucleophilic (or basic) functional groups juxtaposed with hydrogen-bond donors were synthesized and their properties studied. Applications for the prepared biaryls as potential organocatalysts for enantioselective carbon-carbon bond forming reactions were examined. Processes investigated included: aldol, Michael, nitroaldol (Henry), and Baylis-Hillman reactions. The novel amidoamine...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: three subject areas I studied at A-level. I would firstly like to thank my parents Bob and Sheila

Use of decision tree analysis for predictive soils mapping and implementation on the Malheur County, Oregon initial soil survey

Creator:: Hash, Sarah Jane
Abstract:: Soil surveys provide essential information for making land use and management decisions on publicly-owned lands in the semi-arid Great Basin. Soil maps produced with conventional mapping techniques are time-consuming, costly, and do not explicitly document the soil scientist's mental soil-landscape model. Predictive soils mapping using decision tree analysis (DTA) can...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: students Abdelhamid Elnaggar, Sheila Slevin, Melanie Malone and Jeff Pace for their cooperative input

An exploratory study of the social factors of small dam removal : Chiloquin Dam at Sprague River Mile 0.87, Oregon

Creator:: Hatch, Jason M.
Abstract:: Several reports related to dams and dam removal have been released this decade by non-governmental organizations including Dam Removal: Science and Decision Making by The Heinz Center which focused on small dams, since most of the dams removed to date as well as those likely to be removed in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: fisheries (Martin 2003; Bailey 2007). Figure 5: Photo of Chiloquin Dam-2006 Source: Klamath

Kinship, environment and the Forest Service : homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

Creator:: Prior, Jan M.
Abstract:: The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: constructive criticism. They include David Voss, Robbin Johnston, John Wells, Sheila Forster, Rick McClure and

The timber harvesting behavior of family forest owners

Creator:: Butler, Brett J.
Abstract:: To increase our understanding of the timber harvesting behavior of family forest owners, I developed theoretical and empirical timber harvesting models for family forest owners in the southeastern United States. An individual-choice model was the basis for the models. Family forest owners were modeled as utility-maximizers who made harvesting decisions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , along with graduate committee members, including Ralph Alig, Sheila Cordray, and Steve Radosevich

Effects of vegetation and disturbance on fungal communities in the western Cascades of Oregon

Creator:: Kageyama, Stacie Ann, 1967-
Abstract:: The use of high throughput molecular methods that allow for the study of bacterial communities in environmental samples is commonplace in microbial ecology. Until recently, fungal community ecology has focused on isolation, collection of sporocarps, or collection of ectomycorrhizal roots. The techniques used to extract and amplify DNA from environmental...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: would like to thank Heath Keirstead, Sheila Slevin, Laurel Kluber, Julia Kerrigan, Teresa Matteson

Fabrication and geometrical characterization of metal and metal-dielectric composite periodic nanostructures

Creator:: Bhowmik, Siddhartha
Abstract:: Periodic metal and metal-dielectric composite nanostructures have been of interest from the field of plasmonics and metamaterial fabrication. In order to exploit the behavior of these unique materials in the visible region of the optical spectrum, these structures need to be significantly shorter than the wavelength of response, and hence...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . I want to express my gratitude to my wife, Linette, daughter, Sheila and son, Ruben who bore with

"Instead of tumbleweed, we have mitigation systems" : an ethnography of toxics risk, mitigation, and advocacy in IBM's deindustrialized birthplace

Creator:: Little, Peter C.
Abstract:: This dissertation draws on ethnographic data and political ecological theory to analyze the experience of residents living in the IBM-Endicott Superfund site in Endicott, New York. Combining in-depth narratives and quantitative measures from a household survey, it highlights residents' perceptions of 1) environmental health risk, 2) risk mitigation, 3) deindustrialization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Why we worship the economy : a Burkean analysis of South Park's "Margaritaville"

Creator:: Holderness, William Robert
Abstract:: The television show South Park, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, is viewed by millions of people each week, regularly addresses a number of controversial issues and plays a major role in contemporary popular culture. Current academic research acknowledges Parker and Stone's willingness to attack the dominant views surrounding...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: actually an economics professor (Johnson-Woods 3). Kyle's mother, Sheila, shares a name with Stone's mom

Causal attributions and the dissolution of casual-dating relationsips

Creator:: Loyer-Carlson, Vicki L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to understand the role of causal attributions in casual-dating dissolution. Of 88 participants in a longitudinal investigation of casual-dating relationships, 48 completed termination questionnaires. Data were examined for common themes of break-up using Kelley's theory of interdependence. Reflecting concern for one's own outcomes in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: flexibility. Special thanks are extended to Anise Zvonkovic, Eleen Bauman, Sheila Cordray, and Arlene

Attitudes toward computers of ROC public middle school teachers

Creator:: Liou, Horng-Hwang
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Sound and death in John Haines's poetry

Creator:: Noble, Darren L.
Abstract:: Poet John Haines is best known for his first book of poetry, Winter News, which was published in 1966. The book contains poems about the Alaskan landscape that surrounded Haines during his many years of living in Richardson, Alaska. The recurring motifs in his poems include hunting, trapping, the Arctic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: goes to my wife Sheila Noble; her support and words of encouragement helped me immensely. Table of

Characterization of organic matter quality and content in Columbia River suspended particulate matter by cupric oxide oxidation

Creator:: Alleau, Yvan M.
Abstract:: The organic content of the Columbia River suspended particulate matter (SPM) results from the input of autochthonous (phytoplankton) and allochthonous (terrestrial vascular plants) production. The contribution of these two sources appears seasonal and responds to factors such as rainfall, runoff, river flow, light and nutrients availability. While numerous studies have...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Francois et Marie- France Guerin, Sheila and Ray Westbrook, Woody Moses, Julie Arrington, Pam and Curt

Social challenges in managing natural resources in coastal fishing communities

Creator:: Sharp, Shayla B.
Abstract:: Two topics concerning fisheries management are considered in this thesis. The first concerns the social values that commercial fishing communities associate with commercial fishing. A survey of residents from eleven Oregon Coastal fishing communities was conducted to examine the social values associated with the commercial fishing occupation and fishing heritage....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thesis. I would also like to thank Dr. Sheila Cordray and my program Chair, Dr. Bill Winner for helping

Understanding chlamydial biology through genome sequencing and comparative genomics

Creator:: Jeffrey, Brendan
Abstract:: The human pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis displays different phenotypes between serovars both in vivo and in vitro. The study of chlamydial biology has been hampered by the lack of a tractable genetic system. Here, chlamydial isolates with known phenotypes as well as strains generated though recombination were fully sequenced to address...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Night dreamer walks

Creator:: Groves, John M. (John Martin)
Abstract:: In Night Dreamer Walks, the first eight chapters of a novel of the same name, John M. Groves imagines the predicament of a young Native American man living 8,000 years ago in Oregon's Klamath Basin. Beginning as a story to avenge his father's death during an unusual outbreak of tribal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thank my writing teachers: Cleland Selby, George Voland, Sheila Mable, Wayne Harrison, Marjorie Sandor

The use of burned forest by breeding birds following the Biscuit Fire in southwest Oregon

Creator:: Donaghy Cannon, Michelle M.
Abstract:: Fire severity is hypothesized as an important driver of bird responses to wildfire. For those species that typically respond negatively to increasing severity, Accessibility of high-severity burned forest may be dependent on the proximity of unburned or low-severity burned forest to meet all of the needs of breeding bird species...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: through the ups and downs of the last few years. My mother, Sheila spent untold hours caring for my

Women: Pregnancy and Sexual Activity

Creator:: Kilkenny, Michelle
Abstract:: The perception of the self as a sexual being is challenged by the experience of pregnancy. Included in the experience of pregnancy are issues with perceptions of the self, body image, transition into motherhood, and reconciliation of the self as a sexual being during pregnancy. Through a review of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: plague American women. In Ourselves as Mothers, Sheila Kitzinger (1995) writes, "In some strange way

Detection techniques for biomolecules using semi-conductor nanocrystals and magnetic beads as labels

Creator:: Chatterjee, Esha
Abstract:: Continued interest in the development of miniaturized and portable analytical platforms necessitates the exploration of sensitive methods for the detection of trace analytes. Nanomaterials, on account of their unique physical and chemical properties, are not only able to overcome many limitations of traditional detection reagents but also enable the exploration...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Pregnancy, class and biomedical power : factors influencing the prenatal care experiences of low-income women in an Oregon community

Creator:: Pearce, Laurie Kathleen
Abstract:: Low-income women in an Oregon city of approximately 35,000 inhabitants have limited access to prenatal care services during their pregnancies. The purpose of this study was to uncover the impacts of several factors on the experiences of twenty-seven health department clients with public health department prenatal care practitioners and with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: material advantages differently than they do women with abundant resources (Martin 1987:4). These social

Negotiating purpose : Oregon's gleaning organizations and their roles in relieving hunger and poverty

Creator:: Drage, Kimberly T.
Abstract:: For over 25 years organized groups of low-income families in Oregon have been gathering food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing this food among organization members. The purpose of this research study is to explore the potential for these organizations (gleaning groups) to contribute not only to food...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

From sister to sister to woman : the role of sororities in the social transmission of gender

Creator:: Gilmore, Jennifer
Abstract:: Sororities play an important role in the process by which sorority women become gendered by influencing members' ideas about what it means to be a woman. Women and men become gendered through regular social interaction with other women and men, and sororities have a particularly strong impact on their members...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Cape Scene & the path to a conscientious tourism product

Creator:: Sykes, Kimberly M.
Abstract:: Many countries around the world are looking to tourism as a sustainable solution for economic development and many individuals seek business opportunities in the tourism industry. Researchers in the field of anthropology and other disciplines alike have recorded findings of the environmental, economic and cultural impacts of tourism development that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Dixy Lee Ray, marine biology, and the public understanding of science in the United States (1930-1970)

Creator:: Ellis, Erik
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on the life of Dixy Lee Ray as it examines important developments in marine biology and biological oceanography during the mid twentieth century. In addition, Ray's key involvement in the public understanding of science movement of the 1950s and 1960s provides a larger social and cultural context...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Relationships between forest-floor invertebrate distribution, movement, and microclimate under alternative riparian management practices

Creator:: Rykken, Jessica J.
Abstract:: Headwater streams and their riparian zones are a common, yet poorly understood, component of Pacific Northwest landscapes. I sought to describe the ecological significance of headwater stream riparian zones as habitat for forest-floor invertebrate communities, and to assess how alternative management strategies for riparian zones may impact these communities. I...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: along the muddy trails of Mac Forest. And finally, I owe my sanity and a great deal of thanks to Sheila

"Walloped" by the weather? Deflections, diversions, and dubious representations of women in climate change discourse

Creator:: Brinker, Rachel K.
Abstract:: Research shows that women's lives are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. While the topic of women is largely absent from climate discourse overall, the representations of women that occur reveal underlying structures of power rooted in imperialism and colonial dominance. This thesis presents an analysis of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Thresholds of uncertainty : radiation and responsibility in the fallout controversy

Creator:: Jolly, J. Christopher
Abstract:: The public controversy over possible health hazards from radioactive fallout from atomic bomb testing began in 1954, shortly after a thermonuclear test by the United States spread fallout world wide. In the dissertation, I address two of the fundamental questions of the fallout controversy: Was there a threshold of radiation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Johnson, Erik Ellis, and Bill Martin (wherever you are these days, Bill) for their sanity-saving

On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Creator:: Stoller, Kevin R.
Abstract:: William James came of age at a time of great social and intellectual change in the United States. During this period, new professional identities proliferated, and a new culture of professionalization developed with important ramifications for conceptions of individual and social identity. Professionalization was also closely related to key intellectual...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Virtual virtuosos : cyborgs and integrative ethics in the intimate machine

Creator:: Clemenhagen, Ronda L.
Abstract:: Standard accounts of women's relationship with technology stress women's need to overcome anxiety to achieve competence with computers. Recent studies provide evidence that this woman-anxiety-technology connection is an oversimplification of the relationship between women and computers. New literature also suggests that making computers more appealing will help girls overcome computational...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Sex and life stage sensitivity of rainbow trout to xenoestrogens

Creator:: Carlson, David B., 1970-
Abstract:: Numerous natural and anthropogenic chemicals interact with endocrine systems of animals. The most widely studied of these endocrine active chemicals (EACs) are estrogen receptor agonists and antagonists. Because of the many important roles of estrogens in animals, xenoestrogens have the potential to impact environmental health. It has been proposed that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: at O.S.U. was the perfect way to pursue environmental and biomedical research. Dr. Martin

Culture and identity expression in interiors : an ethnography of sorority study rooms

Creator:: Carter, Bev
Abstract:: This ethnographic study describes the patterns of decorating in the study rooms of university sorority women. The primary method of data were collection was by means of interviews with sorority members. Observations and photographs of the study rooms of these members supplemented the interviews and provided validation for categorization purposes....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: women (Martin, 1928). The establishment of secret societies, similar to those already in existence for

Prehistoric Land-Use Patterns in the North Santiam Subbasin, On the Western Slopes of the Oregon Cascade Range

Creator:: Kelly, Cara McCulley
Abstract:: This thesis examines prehistoric land use patterns of the entire North Santiam subbasin, located on the western slopes of the Oregon Cascade Range. The objective of this analysis is three-fold: 1) to contribute to reconstructing the cultural chronology of the area; 2) to address the use of raw material by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A sociological analysis of fishing regulation conflicts : an ethnographic study

Creator:: Dwyer, Jennifer A.
Abstract:: This is an investigative, descriptive study that explored fishing regulation conflicts between commercial fishermen and fishery resource management agencies. The purpose of the study was to develop a rich picture of the conflict phenomenon and apply sociological theory in order to illuminate the underlying structures and functions which contribute to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Sheila Cordray whose support, encouragement and theoretical prowess was fundamental in my completion of

Aspects of flowering in hazelnut : self-incompatibility and light requirement

Creator:: Hampson, C. R.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Soeldner, John Potter, Dr. Baggett, Shawn Mehlenbacher, Tony Chen, and Sheila Nelson for plant material

Sex role attitudes among female alcoholics : changes due to an assertiveness group intervention

Creator:: Roth, Laurie
Abstract:: The first purpose of this study was to determine if the effects of experiencing an assertiveness treatment group influenced the perceived attitudes toward sex roles in alcoholic women in aftercare. It was expected that alcoholic women in aftercare who had received an assertiveness group intervention, with an emphasis on awareness...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: supports the findings of Halverson and Martin (1983) who found that the more androgynous the adult

Characteristics of the contemporary quilter : a case study of a western Oregon quilt guild

Creator:: Gay, Catherine E.
Abstract:: Historically, women made quilts for utilitarian and for aesthetic purposes. Quilting was for many women one of the few outlets in which they could express themselves in a patriarchal society. Quiltmaking in groups afforded women the opportunity to increase their personal and political empowerment and to legitimate social gatherings. Because...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: learning at OSU (Colleen, Rahma, Karim, Jacqueline, Mourad, Alison, Jeff, Sheila, Murray, Tiffany

Taxomony and mycorrhizal ecology of the desert truffles in the genus Terfezia

Creator:: Alsheikh, Abdulmagid M.
Abstract:: Mycorrhizal fungi in arid and semiarid rangelands have received little study in southwest Asia and north Africa, although they are important in food production and rangeland productivity. The desert truffles of the genera Terfezia and Tirmania form fruiting-bodies and mycorrhizae with rangeland plants. This thesis treats the taxonomy and the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Date thesis JULY 8th, 1994thesis is presented Typed by: Ginny Bissel, Sheila Till, Sarah Berry, and

Effect of vitamin E on scours in neonatal beef calves

Creator:: Nunn, Calvin L.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Noreen, and Sheila were there to help answer computer questions and help order supplies. Mike

The influence of selenium on selenoprotein W

Creator:: Yeh, Jan-ying
Abstract:: The objective of our study was to investigate the effect of selenium on selenoprotein W. Western blot analysis indicated that selenoprotein W is present in muscle, brain, testis and spleen of rat tissues. Tissue distribution of selenoprotein W was not altered in rats fed various selenium levels. Among muscle, brain,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: secretaries, Ms. Deloras Martin and Ms. Helen Chesbrough, in Department of Animal Sciences for their

Resource policy implications of animal rights activism : a demographic, attitudinal and behavioral analysis

Creator:: Jamison, Wesley V.
Abstract:: The thesis analyzes the demographic, attitudinal and behavioral characteristics of animal rights activists, placing them in the context of resource policy. It is argued that the animal rights movement combined the Victorian critique of empiricism with a reaction to modernity that was characteristic of other contemporary mass movements. Animal rights...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: movement (Martin 1982; Greanville and Moss 1985; Herscovici 1985; Kopperud 1989; Miller 1989; McCabe 1990

Whole farm case studies : a how-to guide

Creator:: Murray, Helene
Abstract:: Calls for increased farmer involvement in research and extension programs have been numerous and well supported. One approach to integrate the collective knowledge and experience of agricultural scientists and farmers is through whole farm case studies (WFCS). An interdisciplinary team of 34 research and extension personnel at Oregon and Washington...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my committee members, Russ Karow, Richard Dick, Sheila Cordray, David Acker, and Anita Azarenko, for

Design and implementation of a heuristic-based decision support system for nurse scheduling

Creator:: Sitompul, Darwin
Abstract:: A decision support system (DSS) for nurse scheduling in hospitals is developed and implemented on microcomputer. The system includes algorithms and databases for developing weekly work and shift patterns and combining these into working schedules for nurses for a specified time horizon, and interface modules for the user to interact...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The influence of phosphatase-producing bacteria on phosphatase activity and available phosphorus in soil

Creator:: Nelson, Sheila J.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: phosphatase activity and available phosphorus in soil AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sheila J. Nelson for the

Anonymous screening process for selecting the most qualified finalists in administrative employment searches

Creator:: Groll, Bruce Jeffrey
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to design an objective-based Anonymous Screening Process (ASP) for selecting the most qualified finalists for non-tenured administrative employment searches in public higher education. The intent was to design a viable employment process that substantially meets equal opportunity mandates, the dual aim of the Federal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: minimized biased and stressful hiring practices that can elicit applicant ambivalence (Pettigrew & Martin

An evaluation of a change effort

Creator:: Carlson, Ron
Abstract:: School districts across the nation are engaged in an ongoing attempt to bring about change. Educational researchers strive to initiate change in the classroom with students as well as the teachers of these students. The evaluation of a change effort is a key element in any implementation model; as the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Spousal Violence: An Exploration of the Interrelationships of Fundamentalist Protestant Religious Discourse, Women's Economic Dependency and Violent Conflict in Marital Relationships

Creator:: Goetz, Kathryn W.
Abstract:: Violence within marital dyads is a problem with deep historic roots in American culture. Although the family is idealized as a safe and loving haven from a cruel world, this ideal is often not achieved by many couples. This study develops an integrated theoretical perspective that combines feminist theory and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: analysis. Another individual who has contributed greatly to my success as a graduate student is Sheila

Analysis of ras gene mutations in rainbow trout tumors

Creator:: Chang, Yung-jin
Abstract:: For ras gene mutation analysis in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) model system, a partial trout ras sequence was identified using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Two synthetic oligonucleotides based on rat K-ras gene sequence were used as primers for the PCR procedure. A 90 base pair (bp) sequence, referred...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Barnhill, Sheila Cleveland, Connie Owston, Theodore Will, Kathy Mangold, Kate Mathews, Koenraad Marien

A process for evaluating the instructional component of developmental education programs using the educational Opportunities Program at Oregon State University as a case study

Creator:: Fox, Margaret Wynne
Abstract:: Although the literature is replete with techniques to assist the researcher with the evaluation task, very few techniques regarding an effective process for evaluating developmental education programs have emerged. Those techniques that have emerged have been criticized for not producing useful results. The central purpose of this research was to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comprehensive solid waste management plan for San Xavier District, Tohono O'Odham Nation

Creator:: Quiring, Nathan
Abstract:: This study had two purposes: to determine solid waste management needs of residents and organizations of the San Xavier District Indian reservation near Tucson, Arizona; and to develop a solid waste management plan to be recommended to the San Xavier District Tribal Council. A solid waste generation study compared the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: questionnaire and applicable statistical methodology, to Ms. Sheila Rasmussen for her extensive work on graphs

An investigation to determine the existence of sex bias in counselor-trainee responses to a video-based simulation

Creator:: Trotzky, Arthur Seth
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if male and female Counselor-Trainees enrolled in master's degree programs in the State of Oregon would emit significantly different responses to a new and professionally developed video-based client simulation. The sample consisted of ninety-two Counselor-Trainees enrolled during the 1975-76 academic year in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Epidemiological study of low back pain : association with socio-demographic and occupational factors

Creator:: Adera, Tilahun
Abstract:: Low back pain (LBP) is a major-health and economic problem with uncertain etiology, and no known effective means of prevention and control. Data for this investigation were obtained from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. The NHANES II...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: support. I appreciate the unceasing support of Dr Donald and Sheila Belcher, both professionally and as

The impact of doctoral education on the marriages of doctoral students

Creator:: Dudzik, Shirley M.
Abstract:: The study was designed to determine the effect of doctoral study upon the marriages of doctoral students. The sample for the research was drawn from the total population of married doctoral students enrolled in Oregon State University/Western Oregon State College's School of Education and Oregon State University's College of Home...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Dose-effects relationships in non-human biota : development of field sampling, dosimetric and analytic techniques through a case study of the aquatic snail Campeloma decisum at Chalk River Laboratories

Creator:: Ruedig, Elizabeth B.
Abstract:: In the last decade regulatory bodies have begun to implement standards to protect populations of non-human biota (NHB) from the consequences of radiation exposure. This is a departure from previous regulatory frameworks which were concerned only with protecting man. The implementation of these new standards has started an ongoing discussion...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Sheila Kramer-Tremblay provided countless hours of assistance with radiochemical purification and

The effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on acetyl-CoA carboxylase and other lipogenic enzymes

Creator:: McKim, James M.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Jerry D. Hendricks, John Casteel, Ted Wills, and Sheila Cleveland for their advice and assistance

The Porter house in Shedd, Oregon, circa 1874

Creator:: Willson, Mary
Abstract:: The 109-year-old Porter house in Shedd, Oregon is one of few remaining, well-preserved examples of Rural Gothic architecture in the Willamette Valley. This study attempts to record its history: the economic circumstances which led the pioneering David Putnam Porter family to build this relatively large house, the family background, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Comparisons of teacher control ideology and student attitudes in elementary Christian schools

Creator:: Clark, Larry R.
Abstract:: This research project compared teacher attitude using the Pupil Control Ideology Form with student attitude using the Arlin-Hills Student Attitude Survey. P.C.I. Forms were collected from 834 teachers from 95 elementary Christian schools in several states. A total of 1074 student attitude surveys were collected from Christian school students in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Wholistic primary education : investigation and development of an integrated curriculum model

Creator:: Beyer, Elmira K.
Abstract:: A five year longitudinal study was begun in 1976 to find a solution to the problem of early primary children who fail in school and then adopt the failure syndrome. The study was conducted in four elementary schools in Oregon which had distinctly different socio-economic populations. The tests used for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Sociability, constraints, network involvement, and the self-esteem of older women

Creator:: Ames, Sheila A. (Sheila Ann)
Abstract:: The major purpose of this exploratory study was to develop an explanatory model of self-esteem and to interpret the model using the Social Exchange framework. To this end, a main effects and an interaction model emerged which offer promise toward understanding the components of self-esteem. This study examined 325 individual...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: self-esteem of older women AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF SHEILA A. AMES for the degree of DOCTOR OF

Moral judgment and cognitive reasoning among young children

Creator:: Moran, Thomas
Abstract:: Relationships between moral judgment and cognitive reasoning among 102 six-, nine-, and twelve- year -old boys and girls from predominantly middle class backgrounds were studied. Findings obtained supported Gutkin's (1972) formulation of a four stage approach toward describing the transitional shift in children's moral judgments from heteronomous to autonomous thought....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Newburgh, Dean of Graduate School Final Oral Exam 17 June 1977 Typed by Joy Martin for Thomas Moran

Chitinase production of Arthrobacter sp. BN2

Creator:: Miranda-Chavez, Alcibiades Heli
Abstract:: A chitinase producing bacterium was isolated from soil and identified as a species of Arthrobacter. The organism grew well at temperatures between 27 and 33.5 C, and the chitinase production was highest at 25.5 C. As the temperature increased above the optimum point, the level of enzyme production rapidly decreased,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: provided me with his friendship, advice and ideas along with laboratory facilities. Jon Beaty, Ms. Sheila

An analysis of ecological indices and leisure participation with selected dimensions of self-concept among the elderly

Creator:: Guadagnolo, Frank Bernard, 1940-
Abstract:: The primary focus of this investigation was to assess whether or not selected ecological indices and leisure preferences demonstrated statistically significant relationships with the aged's self-concept. Gerontology, a relatively embryonic discipline, has only recently begun to examine the impact of demographic, physical and socio-psychological stresses upon the geron's self-concept. Even...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Fabrication of a flexible glucose sensing catheter for human implantation

Creator:: Matthews, David J.
Abstract:: Flexible electronics processing techniques were applied to integrate a glucose sensor with a hormone-delivery catheter in order to create a cheap and minimally invasive method for patients with type 1 diabetes to continually monitor and control their blood sugar levels. Ultimately, this work intends to move toward the development of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Castle, Sheila Benware, Pete Jacobs, Kristin Morris, Tyler Milhem, and Peter Hannaway, provided

The relationship between specific mother-child interactions and selected aspects of language development in Head Start children

Creator:: Owen, Martha-Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between specific mother-child interactions and selected aspects of language development in "disadvantaged" children. The subjects were 19 preschool children in a summer Head Start program in Denver, Colorado. Their ages ranged from four years-nine months to five years-seven months. Eighteen...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: volunteer in the classroom; and Mrs. Sheila Marquez for her assistance and for her optimism; Mrs. Warren

Bionomics of the hop cyst nematode, Heterodera humuli Filipjev, 1934 (Nematoda : Heteroderidae)

Creator:: Sen, Arun Kumar
Abstract:: The hop cyst nematode, Heterodera humuli Filipjev, 1934 was first reported from Europe in 1894, however, very little is known with respect to the biology and economic importance of this pest. Abundant material from Oregon hop yards provided an excellent opportunity to add additional details concerning the bionomics of this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: have differed widely according to Shepherd (1962). Dropkin, Martin and Johnson (1958) summarize

The biological significance of low molecular weight RNA associated with tumor virus

Creator:: Carnegie, John William
Abstract:: RNA isolated from BAI strain A (Myeloblastosis) Avian Tumor Virus can be fractionated into two fractions on a sucrose density gradient, one of higher molecular weight and one of low molecular weight. The low molecular weight (LMW) virus RNA was found to chromatograph the same as E. coli tRNA on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - sarily produced at the same frequency or to the same extent. This phenomenon is called polarity (Martin

A comparison of the personal and social adjustment of 38 never-married women and 38 married women

Creator:: Baker, Luther Galloway, Jr.
Abstract:: A survey of scholarly and popular contemporary literature reveals two persisting stereotypes regarding the nature of women. First is the theory that woman is inferior to man and that since she is the "negative" of man's masculine nature, she cannot develop her humanity to the fullest extent without fusion with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Central Washington State College, and Dr. Bernard Martin, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at C. W. S

Rocks and reactors : an atomic interpretation of human rights, 1941-1979

Creator:: Richards, Linda Marie
Abstract:: The atomic age was enacted by many scientists as a way to realize health and human rights. Human rights were conceived in this context as rights to economic development, science education, and nuclear medicine. The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) acted hand in hand with UN agencies and educators...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Some effects of CMU (3-para-chlorophenyl 1, 1-dimethylurea) as a preemergence herbicide on peppermint, potato and grain crops

Creator:: Renney, Arthur James
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Sheila Buchanan A C O W LDGMENT The author is ìndebtod to personnel of the Departnents of Farm

A study of the value of the high school English literature course

Creator:: Reichart, Robert Ray, 1896
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Judicial deference and its potential effect on agency science and natural resource management

Creator:: Grisa, Amanda Marie Schenk
Abstract:: The USDA Forest Services' actions have come under greater scrutiny by a public that has become increasingly concerned with the legality of their actions. Often, challenges involve the quality of science used in the decision-making. Congress has mandated that the agency use the "best available science" in its decision making...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Cynthia Grisa, my sister Amy Schenk, Leigh Martin, and my family from Hobart and William Smith Colleges

"I'm a Mom too!" - Stigma, Support & Contested Identities among Adolescent Mothers in the United States

Creator:: Everson, Courtney L.
Abstract:: This dissertation aims to provide a comprehensive portrayal of doula care in the lives of pregnant and parenting adolescent mothers. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationships between psychosocial stress, social support, institutionalized constraints, and their impacts on health and well-being among adolescent mothers in the Northwestern...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: birth rate of 26.5 live births per 1000 population (Martin et al. 2015). Further, the United States

Onset and breakdown of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis : a survey of the host transcriptomic response and characterization of the sphingosine rheostat during symbiont colonization and hyperthermal stress

Creator:: Kitchen, Sheila Ann
Abstract:: The symbiosis between cnidarians, such as corals and sea anemones, and photosynthetic dinoflagellates belonging to the genus Symbiodinium spp. is one of the most productive in the marine environment. This mutualistic endosymbiosis allow reef-building corals to lay down the foundation of coral reef ecosystems, which supports a highly biodiverse community...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Sheila A. Kitchen for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology presented on January 29, 2016

Predictability and constraints on the structure of ecological communities in the context of climate change

Creator:: Barner, Allison K.
Abstract:: Ecologists must increasingly balance the need for accurate predictions about how ecosystems will be affected by climate change, against the fact that making such predictions at the ecosystem-level may be infeasible. Although information about responses of individual species to a changing environment is increasing, scaling such information to the community...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: skateboarders. Sheila Kitchen was my partner-in-crime, whose friendship, support and advice has meant so much

Composing for Social Change : Clashes of Ideographs and Ideology in the Composition Classroom

Creator:: Gasser, Chris
Abstract:: Clashes of ideology are all around us, from our computer and television screens to our composition classrooms, and they merit attention within the composition classroom. This thesis examines the justifications and pedagogies that scholars in rhetoric and composition use to infuse issues of ideology and social ethics into writing instruction...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Wildlife Health in Managed Forests : Immunity and Infectious Diseases in Wild Rodents of Oregon

Creator:: Hanselmann, Rhea
Abstract:: With continual and worldwide human population growth, our impact on the natural environment expands and intensifies every day. We consume natural resources, burn fossil fuels, and release toxic compounds into the air, water, and earth. We build roads that fragment the landscape, construct new settlements, and develop agricultural lands in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Sheila Kitchen, Cammie Crowder, David Taylor, and Katie Dziedzic, and to my cohort in IB. Of course

The Construction of Masculinity in the Online Communities Where Men Talk About Their Experiences as Buyers in the Sex Trade

Creator:: Rosario Sanchez, Raquel
Abstract:: This thesis on online communities for sex buyers seeks to understand questions such as “what can we learn from online communities for sex buyers?” We explore these issues with the framework of Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis and through the use of qualitative research of both the review boards at Punternet...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , by scholars like Sanders, as having trouble with individual male sexual desires. Sheila Jeffreys

Changing Climate, Changing Contexts : Variation in Rocky Intertidal Predator-prey Interactions Seen Through an Environmental Stress Framework

Creator:: Cerny-Chipman, Elizabeth B.
Abstract:: The multifaceted role of the environment in regulating the structure and dynamics of biological communities has long fascinated ecologists and motivated much debate and research. Now, in a time of accelerated global changes due to human impacts, the need to understand how the environment shapes communities has gained new urgency....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: intellectually and socially, including Casey Benkwitt, Tye Kindinger, Jessie Reimer, Sheila Kitchen, and Trang

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

Cosmovisions and Farming : An Investigation of Conventional and Alternative Farmers' Environmental Values along the Willamette River

Creator:: French, Melissa M.
Abstract:: Understanding which factors motivate farmers to adopt certain practices is an important part of helping to solve many agri-environmental issues. This study uses 19 interviews with farmers along Oregon’s Willamette River, a statewide producer survey, and select interviews with organizations and agencies active in the farming community to examine the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Effects of Host and Pathogen Variation on Infection Dynamics in the Amphibian-Chytrid System

Creator:: Dang, Trang D.
Abstract:: This dissertation uses manipulative experiments to explore amphibian-Bd infection dynamics. Although there has been almost two decades research since the discovery of Bd, many questions still remain regarding what conditions mediate chytridiomycosis virulence. My research shows how certain host and pathogen factors can influence disease virulence. Identifying how host and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Broughton, Emily Hartfield-Kirk, Sheila Kitchen, Angela Poole, and Sarah Alto. My fellow grad school

Kinship, Environment and the Forest Service : Homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

Creator:: Prior, Jan M.
Abstract:: The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: constructive criticism. They include David Voss, Robbin Johnston, John Wells, Sheila Forster, Rick McClure and

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