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Response of Soil Temperature, Moisture, and Respiration Two Years Following Intensive Organic Matter and Compaction Manipulations in Oregon Cascade Forests

Creator:: Gallo, Adrian Carlos
Abstract:: Forest soils contain a substantial portion of global terrestrial carbon stores. Forest management can influence the soil carbon pool and how soil organic matter functions. The long-term productivity of forests is an ongoing goal where land managers utilize biomass and timber. A site-specific understanding of intensively managed forests can ensure...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Adrian Carlos Gallo for the degree of Master of Science in Sustainable Forest Management

Entre crítica e imaginación: El contexto de las relaciones de México y Estados Unidos desde la perspectiva de La frontera de cristal y Gringo viejo

Creator:: Hansen, Tobin M.
Abstract:: What historical and political reality is reflected in the novels Gringo viejo and La frontera de cristal? What is revealed when the characters, plot, and setting of the novels are analyzed against research of the context of U.S.-Mexico relations? We begin to explore these questions by studying three periods crucial...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .-Mexico social context particularly because Carlos Fuentes, the author, develops both Anglo and Mexican

Enzyme Supplementation of Layer Hen Diets Containing Whole Flaxseed to Increase n-3 Fatty Acids in Chicken Eggs

Creator:: Westbrook, Lindsay A.
Abstract:: Flaxseed is a rich source of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). Feeding laying hens flax seed can increase n-3 fatty acids content (FA) in eggs, thus increasing human intake of n-3 FA. However, non-starch polysaccharides (NSP), which decreases digestibility of dietary lipids and proteins. Addition of carbohydrase enzymes to flax-based layer diets...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: would also like to thank Dr. Jean Hall and Dr. Carlos Ochoa for their time and commitment to my

An ethnographic crossing : voices from the Latino community in Yamhill County, Oregon

Creator:: Nicklous, Nan Gilmore
Abstract:: Changing demographics in Oregon, accompanied by a rising Latino population, serve to dispel myths that we live in homogeneous, monolithic communities. Migration studies indicate migration is reshaping communities, contributing to ethnic diversity thus challenging our notion of identity and culture. Through the medium of oral histories and ethnography, this study...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Rosaldo 1989; Guadalupe Valdes 1996; Leo Chavez 1992) in the Southwest and California, but considerably

The experience of first generation college students who cross class boundaries in internship

Creator:: Clark, Adry S.
Abstract:: Gaining professional experience via internship is a pivotal career development event for college students, but research indicates that there is class disparity in the access and benefit from of internship. Career counselors on college campuses have a role in facilitating preparation and coordinating systemic supports for equitable access and benefit...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Addressing Data Resolution in Precision Agriculture

Creator:: Kelley, Jason
Abstract:: Irrigated agriculture constitutes the greatest consumptive water use globally, so that irrigation efficiency measures are an important part of global efforts to best utilize this limited resource. However, greater irrigation efficiency must be achieved while simultaneously maintaining or increasing crop yields and farming profitability. Incremental water use decisions are made...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Chávez et al., 2010a, 2010b; Kim and Evans, 2009; Perry et al., 2003). Site-specific resource

Spatial variability of dust deposition in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico

Creator:: McClintock, Matthew
Abstract:: Dust deposition on ecosystems with highly weathered soils may provide vital rock-derived nutrients that maintain ecosystem productivity. Because of the difficulties in measuring temporally and spatially heterogeneous dust deposition over ecologically meaningful timescales, evaluations of the spatial variability in dust deposition are extremely rare. In the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

What says your heart: community, learning, and education in a Nahua indigenous village

Creator:: Anderson, Jessica
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to understand the experiences that Nahua children, in rural Mexico, have as they attend schools that are primarily influenced by formal Western education in relation to their own ways of learning and knowing. This research took place over the course of three months within...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , two boys and one daughter. Carlos is their oldest, he is 13 years old, Jazmine is nine years old

High resolution paleoclimatology from the varved sediments of the Gulf of California

Creator:: Baumgartner, Timothy Robert
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Phonological contrasts and word-decoding skills of the reader of English as a second language

Creator:: Morray, Marjorie Kuh
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of the present study was to investigate the extent to which phoneme and grapheme-phoneme contrasts between English and Spanish influence the word-decoding skills of Spanish-speaking adults who are early readers of English. The major objectives of the research were to investigate: 1. The differences...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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Response of Soil Temperature, Moisture, and Respiration Two Years Following Intensive Organic Matter and Compaction Manipulations in Oregon Cascade Forests

Entre crítica e imaginación: El contexto de las relaciones de México y Estados Unidos desde la perspectiva de La frontera de cristal y Gringo viejo

Enzyme Supplementation of Layer Hen Diets Containing Whole Flaxseed to Increase n-3 Fatty Acids in Chicken Eggs

An ethnographic crossing : voices from the Latino community in Yamhill County, Oregon

The experience of first generation college students who cross class boundaries in internship

Addressing Data Resolution in Precision Agriculture

Spatial variability of dust deposition in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico

What says your heart: community, learning, and education in a Nahua indigenous village

High resolution paleoclimatology from the varved sediments of the Gulf of California

Phonological contrasts and word-decoding skills of the reader of English as a second language

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