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Forest vegetation and soils of terraces and floodplains along the McKenzie River, Oregon

Creator:: Hawk, Glenn M.
Abstract:: A study of the McKenzie River floodplains, terraces and glacial outwash plains was undertaken to classify and describe the vegetation and soils of a previously little studied synecological unit. During the summer of 1971, 54 analytic vegetation and soil plots (stands) were studied. Cover and frequency of all trees, shrubs,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: along the McKenzie River, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF GLENN MARTIN HAWK for the MASTER OF

Aspects of the autecology of the plethodontid salamander, Aneides ferreus (Cope)

Creator:: McKenzie, Donald Samuel
Abstract:: Laboratory experiments and simulated field conditions were utilized to gain a better understanding of the ecology of the clouded salamander. Animals collected in western Oregon were utilized for studies in habitat selection, where it was shown that there was a significant pattern of selection of litter types (rock, bark, and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF DONALD SAMUEL McKENZIE for the

Studies on the interaction of polylysine with deoxyribonucleic acid

Creator:: McKenzie, Raymond Leslie
Abstract:: The interaction of polylysine with DNA may be divided into two separate phenomena: the primary interaction involved in formation of a well-defined complex, and secondary interactions leading to aggregation of these complexes. Most studies on the interaction of polylysine with DNA have used techniques which measure properties of the aggregated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: deoxyribonucleic acid AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF RAYMOND LESLIE McKENZIE for the DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Name of

Metabolic adaptations of the marine gastropod Thais emarginata

Creator:: Sweat, Sister Jean
Abstract:: Thais emarginata is a gastropod which inhabits the midlittoral zone of the intertidal region. Oxygen consumption of high-level and low-level organisms was determined at various seasons of the year over an experimental temperature range of 5 to 20° C. No significant difference in respiratory rate between separate populations of high-level...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: interest and suggestions, Dr. Peter Dawson, Dr. Paul Farber, Dr. Donald McKenzie, Dr. Austin Pritchard

Stomatal activity patterns in provenance plantations of Abies concolor and Abies grandis

Creator:: Keys, Steven Charles
Abstract:: Seedlings from 25 provenances of Abies grandis and Abies concolor were studied at two plantations, 12 at Philomath, Oregon, and 13 at Camino, California. Native seedlings were studied at four of the provenances' field sites. Stomatal infiltration pressure measurements and plant moisture stress measurements were made throughout one summer on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Redacted for Privacy Dr. Donald B. Zobel Seedlings from 25 provenances of Abies grandis and Abies

Hemispheric processing of kinesthetically oriented spatial perception

Creator:: Nishizawa, Sho
Abstract:: Right cerebral hemispheric lateralization for spatial perception has been reported by using visual and tactile spatial tasks in brain-damaged patients, split-brain patients, and normal subjects. The main purpose of the present study was to investigate whether or not kinesthetic spatial perception was dominantly processed with the right cerebral hemisphere as...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ORIENTED SPATIAI"PERCEPTION Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Donald E. Campbell Right cerebral

A proteomic approach to 1,2-dichloroethane bioactivation and reaction with redox-active protein disulfide isomerase

Creator:: Kaetzel, Rhonda Sue
Abstract:: Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), a member of the thioredoxin superfamily, contains two domains with significant sequence homology to the active sites in thioredoxin. PDI facilitates the folding of nascent proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), binds hormones and Ca²⁺, catalyzes the glutathione dependent reduction of dehydroascorbate, serves as a major...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: Donald J. Reed Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), a member of the thioredoxin

The influence of diet and dieldrin on the growth and body composition of underyearling rainbow trout

Creator:: Phillips, Glenn R.
Abstract:: The effects of a sublethal concentration of dieldrin (0. 2 ppb) in the water on the growth and body composition of underyearling rainbow and cutthroat trout held in aquaria and fed different rations of tubificid worms or Oregon moist pellets were studied at Oak Creek Fisheries Research Laboratory, Oregon State...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: TROUT Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Donald R. Buhler The effects of a sublethal

Magnetic and gravity interpretation of Yaloc-69 data from the Cocos plate area

Creator:: Lu, Richard Shih-Ming
Abstract:: Magnetic, gravity and bathymetry data were collected on an extended cruise of the R/V Yaquina in 1969. The last set of data was obtained from those track lines leaving the Panama Basin. The area covered is mainly the Cocos plate (Molnar and Sykes, 1969). The data is analyzed and compared...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: INTERPRETATION OF YALOC-69 DATA FROM THE COCOS PLATE AREA Abstract approved: Donald F. Heinrichs Magnetic

Effects of enhanced mid-ultraviolet radiation (290-315 NM) on development and survival of Boreal toad (Bufo boreas boreas) tadpoles

Creator:: Worrest, Robert C., 1935-
Abstract:: More than 3700 fertilized toad eggs were used in a series of studies designed to determine the effects of UV-B radiation (290- 315 nm) on temporal developmental patterns, systematic development and viability prior to metamorphic climax. The eggs were exposed to radiation from either "white-light" fluorescent lamps (Vita-Lite, Duro-Test Corporation,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Donald J. KlmOdorf / More than 3700 fertilized toad eggs were used in a series of studies designed to

Glutathione conjugation as a determinant in 1,2-dihaloethane and alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate toxicity

Creator:: Jean, Paul A.
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comparative study of temperate Chamaecyparis forests

Creator:: Hawk, Glenn M.
Abstract:: The objectives of this study include: (1) analysis of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, C. taiwanensis, and C. formosensis forests including the structure, composition, and dynamics of plant communities and their environmental relationships; and (2) comparison of the temperate Chamaecyparis forests of Taiwan and the Pacific Northwest with emphasis on structural and successional...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: TEMPERATE CHAMAECYPARIS FORES2 Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Donald(B. del The objectives of

Toxicity and in vitro metabolism of Senecio jacobaea pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the rat and mouse

Creator:: Ramsdell, Howard Scott
Abstract:: Senecio jacobaea (tansy ragwort) is a common weed in the Pacific Northwest that contains toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs). Jacobine, the major PA in Senecio jacobaea, was incubated with rat liver microsomes and metabolites were isolated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and identified by mass spectrometric analysis. Metabolites included a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Mouse Abstract approved: D ai \- Donald R. Buhle “ r oe > Senecio

Environmental contaminants in male river otters collected from Oregon and Washington, 1994-99, with reproductive organ hypoplasia observed in otter males

Creator:: Grove, Robert Allan
Abstract:: A large number of river otter (Lontra canadensis) males were collected from areas of high and low contaminant concentrations throughout western Oregon and Washington during the fall and winter of 1994-99. Few significant non-reproductive organ morphometric differences were found in the large series of male otters collected, except for adrenal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Hypoplasia Observed in Otter Males. Abstract approved Donald R. Buhier A large number of river otter

Environmental contaminants in male river otters collected from Oregon and Washington, 1994-99, with reproductive organ hypoplasia observed in otter males

Creator:: Grove, Robert Allan
Abstract:: A large number of river otter (Lontra canadensis) males were collected from areas of high and low contaminant concentrations throughout western Oregon and Washington during the fall and winter of 1994-99. Few significant non-reproductive organ morphometric differences were found in the large series of male otters collected, except for adrenal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Donald R. Buhler A large number of river otter (Lontra canadensis) males were collected from areas of

Heritabilities and associations between some agronomic characters in a two-row x six-row barley cross

Creator:: Bray, Donald William
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: CHARACTERS IN A TWO -ROW x SIX -ROW BARLEY CROSS by DONALD WILLIAM BRAY A THESIS submitted to

Intra-and interspecific variation in Rana of the central Oregon Cascades and adjacent lowlands

Creator:: Dunlap, Donald Gene
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: CASCADES AND ADJACENT LOWLANDS by DONALD GENE DUNLAP A THESIS aubmitted to OREGON STATE COLLEGE

The decay of ⁶¹Cu and ⁵⁹Cu--energy levels of ⁶¹Ni and ⁵⁹Ni

Creator:: Walker, Donald Arthur
Abstract:: The decay of ⁶¹Cu and ⁵⁹Cu produced by (d, n) reactions on natural nickel has been investigated. Gamma-ray energies and relative intensities were measured with a high resolution Ge(Li) spectrometer. The gamma-gamma coincidence spectrum of ⁶¹Cu was studied with a Ge(Li)-NaI(T1) system. From these data decay schemes of ⁶¹Cu and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: 59Ni AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF DONALD ARTHUR WALKER for the (Name) in PHYSICS presented on

An investigation of alternative means of achieving water quality objectives

Creator:: Kerri, Kenneth Donald
Abstract:: Storage of water for water quality control is one of the alternative means of achieving water quality objectives. Authorities in the field of water quality management disagree regarding the use of precious water for the dilution of wastes. The costs of achieving water quality objectives by treatment of wastes at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: quality objectives AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF KENNETH DONALD KERRI for the Ph. D. in Civil

Advances in Passive Sampling : Measuring Chemical Transport and Human Exposures

Creator:: Donald, Carey E.
Abstract:: Passive sampling devices have been used for decades to measure complex mixtures of bioavailable organic chemicals in a variety of environmental media. More recently passive sampler applications have expanded beyond monitoring chemical concentrations, and this dissertation continues to advance methods of passive sampling on many fronts. Despite their growing use,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: E. Donald for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Toxicology presented on April 17, 2017 Title

The paleoecology of Silurian trilobites with a section on the Silurian stratigraphy of southeastern Wisconsin

Creator:: Mikulic, Donald G.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the Silurian stratigraphy of southeastern Wisconsin AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Donald George

Taxonomy and evolution of the Orthotyline genus Lopidea (Heteroptera: miridae)

Creator:: Asquith, Adam
Abstract:: The genus Lopidea Uhler is revised for America north of Mexico. The relationship of Lopidea to other orthotyline genera is discussed and it is proposed that the genus Ilnacora Reuter is the sister group of Lopidea. Forty-eight species of Lopidea are recognized in North America, one of which is described...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . I also wish to thank Dr. Donald Zobel and Dr. Arnold Appleby for serving on my committee and for

The potency of Oregon digitalis

Creator:: Lee, Donald Kuo-Chih
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of the requirements for the egree of LIST O' SCI10E by Donald. Kuo-Chih Lee July l93

Consumptive use of surface water by Willamette Basin municipalities

Creator:: Mittelstadt, Richard Lee
Abstract:: The consumptive water use of six cities in the Willamette Basin of northwestern Oregon was evaluated for the period 1960-66. Consumptive use ratios were obtained by analyzing data from monthly water supply and sewage flow records. The average annual consumptive use for the six cities was found to be 26...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: WATERS BY WILLAMETTE BASIN MUNICIPALITIES A=M110.1E1.11 Donald C. Phillis Abstract approved

Characterization of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induced modification of hepatic pyruvate carboxylase gene expression in C57BL/6J male mice

Creator:: Sparrow, Barney R.
Abstract:: The effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) exposure on hepatic pyruvate carboxylase (PC) gene expression were investigated in C57BL/6J Ah[superscipt b/b male mice. A dose-dependent reduction of PC levels and activity occurred in animals given a single intraperitoneal dose of TCDD in a corn oil carrier. The dose ranged from 1 to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: appreciation for the members of my committee: Dr. Dan Selivonchick, Dr. Donald Buhler, Dr. Donald Reed, and

An analysis of first-year accounting curriculum/methods at the high school, community college, and university levels in Oregon : implications for teacher education

Creator:: Sawyer, Rita, 1957-
Abstract:: This study was designed to determine the differences and similarities among first-year accounting curricula in high schools, community colleges, and four-year colleges in Oregon. The areas studied were teaching methods, testing methods, communication skills, evaluation methods used in the communication skills, inclusion of necessary computer application skills, and the testing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Dr. Joseph Hlebichuk, and Dr. Donald Amort, for their expertise, interest and assistance in the study

Purification and properties of a ferredoxin from Rhizobium japonicum bacteroids

Creator:: Carter, Kevin Richard
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: during this investigation. I also thank Drs. Donald J. Reed, Kensal E. VanHolde, Donald J. Armstrong and

Applied nitrogen effects on yellow mustard (Sinapis alba L.) production in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: DuVal, Alyssa Susan
Abstract:: Nitrogen management recommendations for yellow mustard (Sinapis alba L.) production in the high rainfall environment of Oregon's Willamette Valley (WV) are not available. The objectives of this investigation were: (i) to determine the effect of applied nitrogen (N) on seed yield and yield components in yellow mustard, and (ii) to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Dr. Sabry Elias, Dr. Donald Wysocki, and Dr. Paul Doescher for serving on my graduate committee

Design, analysis and evaluation of bridge superstructures for live loads

Creator:: Turan, O. Tugrul
Abstract:: Due to age, original design that is deficient by modern standards, inadequate maintenance, environmental conditions, and increasing loads, large numbers of bridges in United States and elsewhere are classified as deficient and in need of rehabilitation or replacement. According to a national bridge inventory established by the Federal Highway Administration,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Kennedy, Dr. Michael Scott, and Dr. Donald C. Solmon for their helpful comments and feedback. I

Physiological and nutritional interrelationships of mineral elements to growth and reproduction in turkeys

Creator:: Egwuatu, Charles Obiajulu
Abstract:: Experiments involving poults were conducted with the primary objective of studying the effects of sodium chloride on field rickets. A second objective was to study the effects of mineral elements on reproduction of turkey breeder males and females. Three experiments were conducted with poults. A comparison of added dietary sodium...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: are due to the members of my graduate committee; to Dr. Donald Helfer of the School of Veterinary

The consumption and design process of handcrafters : theoretical implications

Creator:: Stannard, Casey Rhea
Abstract:: The overarching purpose of this research was to determine characteristics of raw materials which impacted the consumption and design process of crafters. The characteristics were related to the three levels of design as described by Donald Norman and the concept of linking value in consumer tribes. The specific focus of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: characteristics were related to the three levels of design as described by Donald Norman and the concept of

Management effects on the nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulphur status of grass-legume pastures

Creator:: Impithuksa, Viroch
Abstract:: These studies were initiated to investigate the influence of previous superphosphate fertilizer practices and grazing stock history on nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur status in soils from grass-legume pastures. Four Western Oregon soil series, Dixonville, Demint, Winema and Josephine, were included in the study. Laboratory experiments and greenhouse trials were conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: different previous management. 15 Average dry matter yields (grams/pot) of ryegrass grown in the McKenzie

Some hormonal factors associated with the regulation of ewe reproductive patterns

Creator:: Reeves, Jerry John
Abstract:: Twenty-eight Columbia ewes were made available for study during their breeding and anestrous seasons. After the regularity of the estrous cycles had been established, eight of the ewes were sacrificed in pairs at four different stages of the estrous cycle. Eight additional ewes were sacrificed during anestrus. Pituitary glands, ovaries,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sexual season in sheep is in- versely related to the length of daylight (McKenzie and Terrill, 1937

Observations on the movements and reproduction of the Cascade form of cutthroat trout

Creator:: Wyatt, Bruce
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Center of the U.S. Fore3t Service. In 19g]. arid 19S2, Mr. Donald Wustenberg (11, p. 1 - s

The chromosomes of the two Oregon subspecies of Crotalus viridis (Rafinesque)

Creator:: Monroe, James E.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . To Dr. Robert Storm, Donald McKenzie, Eric Skov, and Tom Bonn, i extend my special thanks for

An evaluation of temperature reduction on low flow augmentation requirements for dissolved oxygen control

Creator:: Feigner, Kenneth Darrel
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 23,370 14,430 12,840 Santiam Jefferson 161,000 7,383 McKenzie Coburg 88,200 6,081 Middle Fork

The urea denaturation of bovine serum albumin, polyglycyl bovine serum albumin and poly-L-phenylalanyl bovine serum albumin

Creator:: Chung, Po-luen
Abstract:: A comparative study was made on the effect of urea denaturation of bovine serum albumin (BSA), polyglycyl BSA and poly-L-phenylalanyl BSA. The denaturation process was followed by ultraviolet spectrophotometry and optical rotation. A blue shift in the absorption maximum at 278 mμ was observed in urea denatured proteins, In 7M...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: mµ with Alm = 6. 60 (Glazer, McKenzie and Wake, 1963). The stock 21 urea buffer (10 M

A conceptual model of women entrepreneurs in small businesses

Creator:: Putnam, Carol A.
Abstract:: Women entrepreneurs are an economic force within the American and Oregon economy. Women are starting businesses at two to five times the rate of men. There has been significant research detailing the demographics, barriers, and business management skills of women business owners. Yet, the research to date has been limited...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: McKenzie 88 General Description 88 Family Background/Early Adulthood 88 Relationships 91 Personal Values 93

Estimates of genetic variability resulting from single, top, and double cross populations in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum)

Creator:: Abdennadher, Mourad
Abstract:: The success of a plant breeding program depends upon the availability of useable genetic diversity. Such diversity may be enhanced depending on the type of hybridization strategy employed. Segregating progenies resulting from F2 populations, a double cross, and a top cross were compared for the amount of useable genetic diversity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: heterotic expression when the Fls come from genetically diverse parents (Walton, 1969; Grant and McKenzie

Isostatic evolution and crustal structures of the Amazon continental margin determined by admittance analyses and inversion of gravity data

Creator:: Braga, Luiz F. S.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: DETERMINING THE STRENGTH OF THE LITHOSPHERE McKenzie [1967] has shown evidences that both gravity anomalies

Dry coniferous forests in the Western Oregon Cascades

Creator:: Means, Joseph E.
Abstract:: Pseudotsuga menziesii dominates the forests of the Pacific Northwest. But though it is dominat, Tsuaa heteroohylla or Abies amabilis is usually climax. Many researchers have studied Pseudotsuga on the widespread mesic sites where it is seral, but few have examined the relatively rare ecosystems in which Pseudotsuga or its associate...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of the Detroit, McKenzie, Blue River, Oakridge and Rigdon ranger districts on the Willamette

Conversion of a model DBS Loran indicator to a fixed time-base oscilloscope

Creator:: Trolan, J. Kenneth
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . 4. Fink, Donald G. The Loran System. Electronics, Volurac l: 94-99, November 1945. 5. Fink

Employee theft : a study of the major sociological, economic and business causal theories

Creator:: Voit, Irene Elaine
Abstract:: Although employee theft is claimed by many authors to be a significant problem in America with corrosive and damaging effects upon business and society, very little research has been done to establish the causes of such behavior. The purpose of this thesis was to identify, discuss, and critically evaluate theories...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - land's Principles of Criminology. Later editions of the Sutherland text written by Donald R. Cressey

A comparison of three systems of phenotypic selection for grain yield in three spring barley populations

Creator:: Hayes, Patrick M.
Abstract:: Concerns regarding the most effective means of evaluating segregating generations of spring barley prompted this investigation. Three methods of selection were considered: bulk, pedigree, and single seed descent. F₆ lines derived by each method were grown in a replicated yield trial. The effectiveness of each method was measured in terms...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: populations (Harlan and Martini, 1938; Bal et al., 1959; Hamblin and Donald, 1974). Under such conditions

Is "Smart Growth" smart? : health effects of urban renewal in Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Buerger, Catherine F.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the impact of urban renewal on individual health, specifically focusing on an urban planning model called Smart Growth that is being used in Portland, Oregon. Findings are based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of interview and survey data from study participants living in a community where renewal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: community health. There is a large body of research connecting social networks and good health (McKenzie

Heart rate, survivorship, oxygen consumption, and metabolic end product accumulations in the intertidal limpets Collisella pelta and Collisella digitalis in relation to desiccation and hypoxia

Creator:: Boese, Bruce Leon
Abstract:: The heart rate, oxygen consumption, survivorship, and 1-lactate accumulation were determined in the intertidal limpets Collisella pelta and Collisella digitalis in relation to laboratory desiccation at 15°C or 30°C. Water loss was computed as a percentage of total initial body water (wet weight - dry weight). Although water was lost...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Biochem. Physiol. 54(3B): 313-324. Doran, Sharon Rose and Donald S. McKenzie. 1972. Aerial and aquatic

Iroquois of the Pacific Northwest fur trade : their archaeology and history

Creator:: Jameson, Jennifer E.
Abstract:: During the early 19th Century, the fur trade brought many Iroquois to the Pacific Northwest as working primarily as voyageurs for the North West Company. When the North West Company merged with the Hudson's Bay Company, the Iroquois employees merged as well. After retirement, some settled in the Willamette Valley...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: violence was to avenge a loved one’s death (Donald 1997 : 261). The Iroquois are famous for their hit

A system analysis method for water quality management by flow augmentation

Creator:: Worley, John Larry
Abstract:: A rapid expansion of population and industrialization in recent years has created new and difficult problems in water resources management. Prudent management of water quality will require that more efficient methods be developed for evaluating large volumes of data on complex river systems, and tabulating the results in a form...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Merryfield for inspiration and guidance; Mr. K. D. Feigner and Mr. Donald P. Dubois for their suggestions

An investigation into the possible arousal of psychological reactance as a consequence of interest inventory feedback

Creator:: Beller, Stephen Mark
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine whether feedback from vocational interest inventories leads to the arousal of psychological reactance. The data for the study was collected from 80 male and female subjects who were first year students at Oregon State University enrolled in Psychology 111, Personal Development. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: avoid misusing them in vocational guidance. Lister and McKenzie (1968) believe that inven- tory

Digenetic trematodes of Ascaphus truei in western Oregon

Creator:: Anderson, Glenn Arthur
Abstract:: The Tailed Frog Ascaphus truei, the only species in the family Ascaphidae found outside New Zealand, is a common inhabitant of the mountain streams of the Northwestern United States and British Columbia. The anatomical peculiarities of this primitive anuran have been investigated, but no literature is available on the digenetic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: collected in a small stream entering the south fork of the McKenzie River in the Cascade Mountains in

Association of selected traits with visual selection for yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum, L. em Thell.)

Creator:: Marciniak, Michael E.
Abstract:: Visual selection for grain yield may be a limiting factor in identifying superior yielding genotypes in a breeding program. This investigation was conducted (1) to compare the effectiveness of visual selection for grain yield by three selector groups representing different levels of plant breeding experience, and (2) to examine the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ability to select high yielding lines supports the use of low selection pressure for yield. McKenzie

Biology and distribution of the Dicosmoecinae (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) in western North America

Creator:: Wisseman, Robert William
Abstract:: Literature and museum records have been reviewed to provide a summary on the distribution, habitat associations and biology of six western North American Dicosmoecinae genera and the single eastern North American genus, Ironoquia. Results of this survey are presented and discussed for Allocosmoecus, Amphicosmoecus and Ecclisomvia. Field studies were conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Big Elk River in the Coast Range, tributaries of the McKenzie River in the western Cascades, and

A study of the mathematical competence requirements for graduation among Oregon's A-AA-AAA senior high schools

Creator:: MacFarlane, William Henry
Abstract:: Competency-based education was introduced to the state of Oregon in the early 1970's, mandating that the graduating classes of 1978 would meet these competency requirements for graduation. The Oregon Department of Education allowed each school district to compile its own lists of competencies in each of the mandated areas. There...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Competency- Based Mathematics Education;' Donald Chambers included lists of objectives and test items

‘Tis a Gift to be Simple : On Passive Sampling and Compatible Techniques for Reducing the Complexity of Environmental Mixtures

Creator:: Bergmann, Alan J.
Abstract:: Assessing the risk from exposure to a chemical mixture in the environment can seem prohibitively challenging. Most components of the mixture are not readily identifiable, chemicals may interact to cause other-than-additive toxicity, and the number of potential combinations of environmental contaminants is enormous. These challenges can make it seem impossible...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my best friend, Carey Donald, for your patience, perspective, and candor; for your enthusiasm for

The identification of variables discriminating between groups differing in level of self-actualization through the use of multiple discriminant analysis

Creator:: Wills, Byron Steiner
Abstract:: The study was conducted to identify variables, from among the theory related and demographic/biographic variables included in the study, which were able to discriminate between groups of male and groups of female freshmen who differed in their level of self-actualization. Five hundred and forty freshmen (277 males and 263 females)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Special gratitude is ex- tended to Dr. Donald E. Campbell for the use of his program, for his help with

Pharmacokinetic analysis of antimicrobials and an anthelmintic agent in alpacas and llamas with theoretical applications

Creator:: Wattananat, Triporn
Abstract:: The pharmacokinetics of two antimicrobials were investigated in alpacas. Six healthy alpacas were each administered a single dose of 10 mg/kg of oxytetracycline by IV injection and IM injection. In addition, a single dose of 20 mg/kg of florfenicol by IV administration was given to alpacas in a separate study....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Copper and streptomycin resistance in Pseudomonas syringae isolated from Pacific Northwest nurseries

Creator:: Scheck, Heather J.
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The Identification of Early Prehistoric Settlement Patterns Along the Coast of Southwest Oregon : A Survey Based Upon Amateur Artifact Collections

Creator:: Pullen, Reginald John
Abstract:: Surveys of amateur artifact collections in southwest Oregon indicate that traditional settlement pattern models for this region may be in error. Based on the distribution of major styles of projectile points, at least two distinct periods of occupation are definable. The Early period is tentatively dated between 1000 B.C. and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A follow-up of the graduates of Agricultural Education at Oregon State University

Creator:: Ferguson, John Marshall
Abstract:: Agricultural education at the high school level, like all vocational programs, is expanding vertically as well as horizontally. With this increased emphasis placed on vocational agriculture, the shortage of teachers is already being felt and the situation will, in all probability, become more critical. The expansion of the programs to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Selected demographic variables as predictors of small group attendance or nonattendance among adult Conservative Baptists : a discriminant analysis

Creator:: McBride, Neal
Abstract:: Small groups are an important and widely used educational format in adult church education. It is estimated that ninety percent of the churches that belong to the Conservative Baptist Association of Oregon provide some type of small group eductional opportunity for their adult members. The purpose of this study was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The size of the Oregon coastal salmon runs in the mid-1800s

Creator:: Meengs, Chad C.
Abstract:: Increasing the abundance of salmon in coastal Oregon rivers and streams is a high priority public policy objective. Salmon runs have been reduced from pre-development conditions (typically defined as the 1 850s), but it is unclear by how much. Considerable resources have been allocated to restoring salmon runs, but it...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: aboriginal populations (Baunhoff 1963, Sneed 1972, Donald and Mitchell 1975, Huim 1982). Therefore, with an

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Creator:: Schweickert, Tina K.
Abstract:: Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: environmental historians should avoid this pitfall. Writing in 2001, environmental historian J. Donald Hughes

Human Exposure to PAHs in Air, Water, and Crayfish

Creator:: Paulik, L. Blair
Abstract:: There are many links between exposure to environmental pollution and risks to human health. While advances in the fields of toxicology, exposure science, and environmental chemistry have shown light on many of these links, many more research challenges remain. One major challenge is how to accurately characterize the toxicity of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the manuscript. In Chapter 3, Carey Donald helped select sampling sites, design the sampling plan

Finding Fantasy : Three Newspapers Tell the Story of Kip Kinkel and Thurston High School

Creator:: Wood, Josie MaryAnne Soules
Abstract:: On May 21, 1998 Kip Kinkel drove to Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon. Kinkel killed two students and wounded another twenty-two students. He killed his parents the day before. The shootings at Thurston High School came on the heels of a number of prominent school shootings and Kip Kinkel...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The deposition and storage of hepatic lipids in the frog Ascaphus truei (Stejneger) : an electron microscopic histochemical and chromatographic study

Creator:: Belton, John Clair
Abstract:: Electron microscopic, histochemical and thin-layer chromatographic techniques have been used to study some cytological changes associated with seasonal lipid deposition in the liver of Ascaphus. Histochemical and chromatographic information has shown that unsaturated triglycerides occur in great quantities in the liver of pre-ovulatory females and may serve as a solvent...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: populations, Marys Peak in western Benton County and the South -fork of the McKenzie River in eastern Lane

Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Tree Establishment in the M1 Meadow of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest

Creator:: Jones, Katherine E.
Abstract:: Montane meadows in the Cascade Range of Oregon have been declining due to tree establishment since records began. Montane meadow complexes in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest shrank by 60 to 75% from 1949 to 2005, but fine scale temporal and spatial processes of tree establishment in these meadows are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: McKenzie Bridge station (elev. 450.5 meters, Lat. 44.1781, Long. -122.1156), (http://cdiac.ornl.gov

Minimalic construction in the Oregon schools

Creator:: Aubol, Quentin Seldon
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Portland, and S. L. Godard, Instructor at McKenzie High School, Vida, Oregon, have contributed much to

The relationship of blood glucose levels to ovulation rate and early embryonic mortality in gilts

Creator:: Day, Paul E.
Abstract:: A study was made of blood glucose levels and their relationship to reproduction in gilts. Twelve blood samples, two in each of three successive weeks, before and after breeding were taken. Half of the samples were obtained from gilts in a fasting state and half after feeding. All samples were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: was done by 11 McKenzie (1928) in a study of swine growth and reproduction. Based on litter size

Clay mineralogy in relation to landscape instability in the coast range of Oregon

Creator:: Istok, J. D.
Abstract:: The mineralogy of soils involved in mass movement in Oregon's coast range was examined to determine relationships between clay mineralogy and landscape instability. The objectives were: 1) to determine what kind of materials constitute the less than 2μ fraction of soils involved in different categories of mass movement, and 2)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: chloritic intergrade (McKenzie, 1970). The presence of a broad endotherm at 140-150°C is attributed

Hormonal stimulation of breeding activity in different genetic groups of ewe lambs

Creator:: West, Dennis Errol, 1942-
Abstract:: An investigation of the effects of exogenous gonadotropic treatments on fertility of various genetic groups of ewe lambs were run over a six-year period. Since hormonal treatments varied and the experimental animals were different from one breeding season to the next, each year comprised a separate study. Hormone treatment included...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: month old ewe lambs (Casida,1934). McKenzie and Bogart (1935) produced estrus in 70% of the ewes

N fertilizer effects on soil solution Mn and Mn response of barley and oats

Creator:: Petrie, S. E.
Abstract:: A series of field experiments was established in 1978, 1979, and 1980 on Lower Klamath Lake where Mn deficiency of oats had been observed in previous years. The pH of the soils ranged from 7.6 to 8.3 and the organic matter content was between 17 and 19%. The objectives of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Some aspects of the ecology of the bryophytes in the Three Sisters primitive area

Creator:: Pechanec, Anna Alice
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The interaction of polylysine with DNA as studied by polarization of flurescence

Creator:: Evett, Jay Fredrick
Abstract:: A fluorescent dye, 1-dimethylaminonaphthalene-5-sulfonyl chloride (dansyl chloride), was covalently bonded to polylysine. The dansyl tagged polylysine was complexed to DNA by gradient dialysis. The polarization and intensity of fluorescence of the dansyl and the turbidity of the complex were measured as a function of salt concentration for a variety of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . McKenzie for carrying out the syntheses. The poly- lysine was analyzed by Spencer L. Baird, Jr. for its

An analysis of the impact of residential setting on the development of selected dimensions of self-actualization

Creator:: Schroeder, Charles C.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine if there were initial differences in selected dimensions of self-actualization, as measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI), between the freshmen who selected co-educational residence halls and those who selected single-sex residence halls; and to determine if the type of residence hall...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An Archaeological Analysis of the Architectural Artifacts and Features at the Robert Newell Homestead Site (35MA41)

Creator:: Modelski, Emily
Abstract:: This thesis will explore the architectural material culture excavated at the Robert Newell Homestead (35MA41), currently located in Champoeg, Oregon. Specifically, the research focuses on the vernacular architecture or the features and construction methods used that both reflect the environment and the cultural traditions of the dwellings occupants. The Robert...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Ettienne Lucier, Joseph Gervais and Donald McKenzie, all known Champoeg settlers, may have 14

Patterns from the past : exploring gender and ethnicity through historical archaeology among fur trade families in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Creator:: McAleer, Carolyn Patricia
Abstract:: This thesis examines archaeological material in order to explore gender and ethnicity issues concerning fur trade era families from a settlement in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Ethnohistorical information consisting of traders journals and travelers observations, as well as documentation from the Hudson's Bay Company, Catholic church records, and genealogical information...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (sub-divided) Around Forest Grove Calapooya (Sub-divided) Willamette River, McKenzie River Chelamela

A case study in the evaluation of public domain in a Bureau of Land Management transfer area

Creator:: Barney, Robert Adling
Abstract:: The problem of this thesis is to evaluate small tracts of public domain land as to their best use in an area where the Bureau of Land Management desires to terminate managerial responsibilities. The area chosen is located in the Prineville District, Bureau of Land Management and is within the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: assistance for this study. In particular, appreciation is extended to Donald Z' Robins, District Manager

An analysis of stated preferences for marginal water allocation in the western United States

Creator:: Unruh, Melissa N.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ], Hotelling [1935], and McKenzie [1956-7]. After Hicks and Allen, Samuelson [1938] further developed the

Arthropod communities on understory plants in thinned and unthinned Douglas-fir forests in the Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Doolittle, Alyssa M.
Abstract:: This study assessed the effects of thinning on arthropod communities on understory plants in the Central Oregon Coast Range. Arthropods were sampled from five understory plants in five pairs of thinned and unthinned, young (50-80 yrs), managed Douglas-fir stands, from late May to mid-July of 1998. Vine maple (Acer circinatum),...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Urban residents and non-point source pollution : an examination of practices, influences, and values in the Tualatin watershed

Creator:: Nielson, Lisa M.
Abstract:: In July of 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) activated the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDLs) provisions of the Clean Water Act. As the first river in Oregon to implement TMDL regulations, people and agencies in the Tualatin basin face many challenges. Non-point source pollution affects water quality in the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effects of the Mazama tephra-falls : a geoarchaeological approach

Creator:: Matz, Stephan E.
Abstract:: About 7,000 years ago two major tephra-falls blanketed the Pacific Northwest in volcanic ash. These two tephra-falls, identified as the Llao and climatic tephra-falls, were a part of the eruptive events that led up to the collapse of Mount Mazama to form Crater Lake in the southern Oregon Cascades. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Hydrogeologic field investigation and groundwater flow model of the southern Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Craner, Jeremy D.
Abstract:: Elevated groundwater nitrate (NO3 -) concentrations in the Southern Willamette Valley (SWV) caused the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) to declare a Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) in Spring, 2004. To better understand direction of groundwater flow, groundwater age, and nitrate transport pathways of the SWV we developed a steady-state...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of the Coast Range), McKenzie River, Mohawk River, Muddy Creek, Calapooia River, and South

Survival and persistence of Bacteroidales human and ruminant specific fecal markers and occurrence with fecal pathogens

Creator:: Walters, Sarah P.
Abstract:: Aquatic fecal contamination from non-point sources impairs environmental health and serves as a vehicle for transmission of waterborne disease, resulting in economic losses worldwide. Accurate methods of diagnosing fecal pollution and its source are needed to prevent human exposure, remediate pollution, and reduce economic impacts. In order to obtain this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An industrial-arts program for a small high school

Creator:: Harter, Leland Ivor
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Music appreciation and theory courses in Class B high schools of Oregon

Creator:: Peterson, Wilbur John
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Building construction as a practical arts core for the sixth grade

Creator:: Roloff, Arthur Daniel
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Godard, then an instructor at McKenzie High School, Vida, Oregon, and M. M. Romig, Industrial Arts

Isotopic exchange reactions in sulfur monochloride

Creator:: Wiggle, Ronald Rene
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Occurrence of the protozoan parasite Ceratomyxa shasta among salmonid fishes in Oregon waters

Creator:: Sanders, James Edward
Abstract:: This project was initiated to determine the incidence, distribution and species of fish affected by Ceratomyxa shasta in Oregon waters. Returning adult Pacific salmon and steelhead trout were chosen for the survey because they were known to be susceptible to infection. The parasite was also believed to be an important...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - tion of samples made this survey possible. To John Conrad, Mark Decew, Daniel Romey and Donald

In the midst of a revolution : science, fish culture, and the Oregon Game Commission, 1935-1949

Creator:: Hahn, Linda
Abstract:: This thesis will address the transformation of biological sciences during the 1930s and 1940s and it effects on fisheries science. It will focus on Oregon State College and specifically the Department of Fish and Game Management and the interaction with the Oregon Game Commission. Support for mutation theory and neo-...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: histories. Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West (1985)38 by Donald Worster

An assessment of differences in perceived training needs among entrepreneurs

Creator:: Herbert, Bruce Edmund
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Megascopic plant remains from three housepits along the Applegate River, southwest Oregon

Creator:: Cole, Madeline L.
Abstract:: In 1982 a protohistoric archaeological site along the Applegate River in southwest Oregon was excavated by Oregon State University Department of Anthropology. Three housepits and a possible menstrual but were uncovered with lithic, faunal, and archaeobotanical elements recovered from house floors and hearths. Seven botanical taxa were represented by carbonized...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Lower Salmon River Cultural Resource Management Plan

Creator:: Sisson, David A.
Abstract:: Cultural resource inventories have identified,205 individual sites on public land along the Lower Salmon River, Idaho. These sites represent a rich and diverse record of the human occupation and utilization of the river canyon during the past 10,000 years. Each of these 205 sites contains its own unique record of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A survey of handicrafts in Oregon

Creator:: Moser, Ruth Annetta
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The development of an instrument to assess Oregon high school students' nutrition knowledge

Creator:: Passwater, Glenn Darrell
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to develop a valid and reliable instrument to assess Oregon high school students' nutrition information. The following steps were taken in order to achieve this purpose. First, a review of the literature pertaining to high school nutrition curriculum was conducted. Second, numerous published tests...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Influence of landscape-scale variables on the age and growth of coastal cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii in headwater streams

Creator:: Rehe, William G., Jr.
Abstract:: This thesis provides the first general description of the natural variation in age structure, growth rates, and survival in headwater populations of coastal cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii from western Oregon, and a subsequent synthesis of these life-history characteristics across the range of the subspecies. Age, growth, and survival were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

King's Valley resources utlization, problems and development

Creator:: Danyluk, Apolinaryj Paul
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: white men headed by Donald McKenzie came south along the Willamette River gathering furs from the

A study of automotive mechanics education with suggestions for improving industrial arts automotive programs in Oregon secondary schools

Creator:: Aldrich, Leslie LeRoy
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Voc.Agr. 527 Voc.Agr. 845 Voc. OBend. Bethel o o McKenzie 695 I.A. Voc.84 I.A.362 I.A.Eu3Ee + 2,1

Urinary 17-ketosteroids, rate of gain, feed efficiency, and certain blood constituents of beef cattle

Creator:: Nelms, George Estes, 1927-2011
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: advice made this stu~y possible, and to Fred F. McKenzie, Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry

An analysis of attitudes toward career education

Creator:: Ghaffari, Joe H.
Abstract:: The Purpose of the Study The overall purposes of this study were: (1) to identify and analyze the attitudes of the school board members, vocational teachers, non-vocational teachers, school administrators and career education administrators toward career education; (2) to identify and analyze the attitudes of the above five personnel groups...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effect of broadcast burning on the quality of winter forage for elk, westen Oregon

Creator:: Friesen, Cheryl Ann
Abstract:: The Roosevelt elk (Cervus elephus roosevelti) is a National Forest management indicator species on the westside of the Cascade mountains, Western Oregon. A Habitat Effectiveness model is used by State and Federal agencies to evaluate elk habitat in the region. Concerns about the model's lack of differentiation between winter and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: dedicated to the memory of my father, Donald William Friesen. He passed away before seeing his oldest

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