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Geographic variation and systematics of the western Plethodon

Creator:: Brodie, Edmund D.
Abstract:: The western Plethodon include vandykei vandykei, v. idahoensis, larselli, dunni,vehiculum, stormi, elongatus, and an undescribed form referred to as the "unstriped" Plethodon. These salamanders have been placed into three species groups: the Vandykei group, the Vehiculum group, and the Elongatus group. Range maps are provided and geographic variation is discussed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, James E. Bohlke. CA, Chicago Academy of Sciences, George

A study of aquifer protection : the Spokane case

Creator:: Moon, George Edmund Jr
Abstract:: This case study of the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie aquifer, deals with the evolution of water quality protection. A number of institutional efforts on multijurisdictional levels have established a piecemeal approach for this aquifer's protection. Federal legislation includes designation as a 'Sole Source' aquifer under sec. 1424(e) of SDWA, and 1...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Edmund Moon Jr. A RESEARCH PAPER submitted to THE DEPARTMENT OP GEOGRAPHY Oregon State University in

A synthesis of significant developments in the history, calculation, and properties of the number e

Creator:: Beecroft, James Lewis
Abstract:: This thesis brings together under one cover a survey of the history of the real number e along with a study of the present state of its theory and calculation.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the History, Calculation, and Properties of the Number e by James Lewis Beecroft A THESIS

Some effects of plant estrogens on animals

Creator:: Noteboom, William Duane
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . James E. Oldfield, Professor of Animal Husbandry. Especial thanks are extended to Dr, Carroll W. Fox

Local shell-side heat transfer coefficients in the vicinity of baffles in tubular heat exchanges

Creator:: Gurushapkariah, Mysore Shamanna
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -randt1 number r (î.\31 L1°' J ...... (3) e the angle measured from the leading edge This equation

Heat transfer in a fluidized bed tubular heat exchanger

Creator:: Genetti, William Ernest
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: EXCHANGER Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy . J. 'G. Knudsen Local and average heat transfer

An investigation of qualities predictive of future counselor effectiveness

Creator:: Brown, Brian Hale
Abstract:: Nature of the Phenomenon The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if the predisposition of counselor candidates on selected factors found to be associated with effective counseling, upon entering a counselor education program, was predictive of effective counselors at the end of that program. Hypotheses Two central hypotheses...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Dr. Jo Anne J. Trow Dr. Craig C. Lundberg Dr. Robert F. Cain Dr. Glenn E. Clark Dr. George M. Gazda

An appraisal of evening community college student personnel services in Western United States

Creator:: Mitchell, James Gerald
Abstract:: This investigation has as its purpose: (1) to identify present student personnel practices in evening community college programs, (2) to identify student personnel practices considered "desirable" or "undesirable" in evening community college programs, and (3) to develop student personnel service guidelines for an evening community college program. Securing and Treating...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: have 1, 000 community colleges with a student population of 1.75 million (2, p. 6). Edmund J. Gleazer

Experimental investigation of natural convection of mercury in an open, uniformly heated, vertical channel

Creator:: Colwell, Robert G.
Abstract:: An experimental investigation was conducted to determine characteristics of natural convection of mercury in a vertical channel, which was open at both ends. Two cases were investigated separately: 1) both walls uniformly and symmetrically heated, and 2) one wall heated with the other insulated. Heat transfer correlations in laminar flow...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Dr. J. R. Welty, who directed the work and somehow had the insight necessary to select people who

Transport and Mixing of Buoyant Water from Small Mountainous Rivers : An Investigation of Estuarine Residence Timescales and Coastal Current Propagation

Creator:: Lemagie, Emily P.
Abstract:: Small rivers, such as those that line the Oregon coast, have been shown to deliver significant concentrations of suspended sediments and nutrients to estuaries and the coastal ocean during wet seasons during which winds are predominantly downwelling-favorable. The fate of the buoyant source water and of any suspended or dissolved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Estuarine Residence Timescales and Coastal Current Propagation Abstract approved: James A. Lerczak Small

The effects of EMG biofeedback training and relaxation training on self-reported measures of trait anxiety and sports competition anxiety

Creator:: Brik, James
Abstract:: This study examined the singular and combined effects of a progressive relaxation and biofeedback monitoring program upon Trait Anxiety, Sports Competition Anxiety, blood pressure, heart rate, and muscle tension as measured by EMG readings. The programs were administered over a six-week sequence, with pre-measures utilizing the Spielberger Trait Anxiety measure,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THESIS OF James Brik for the degree of Doctor of Education in Education presented on March 9, 1984

Charles Babbage, philosopher, reformer, inventor : a history of his contributions to science

Creator:: Bell, Walter Lyle
Abstract:: This history concerns the scientific contributions of Charles Babbage (1791-1871) to mathematics, to the invention of calculating machines, and machine tools, to the development of scientific ideas through a wide variety of scientific investigations and his involvement in several different scientific reforms. Babbage considered himself a philosopher in the broadest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: SCIENCE Red acted for Privacy Abstract approved James Bkrsiokes Spencer i This history concerns the

Effect of restriction of water intake on growth and feed consumption of broiler chickens

Creator:: Kellerup, Stanley Ulrick
Abstract:: A trial was conducted to determine the effects of increasing levels of water restriction on body weight, feed consumption, feed conversion and mortality of broiler chicks to eight weeks of age. In addition, the effects of water restriction on water:feed ratios, water consumption per pound of body weight and on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author is thankful to Dr. J. E. Parker, the major professor, whose guidance and help were

A study of mathematical skills needed for entry-level employment in a cluster of electricity-electronics occupations

Creator:: LeDoux, Clarence E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to determine if differences existed in mathematical skills needed for entry-level employment in selected electricity-electronics occupations in Oregon. The four primary objectives of the study were to: 1. Identify mathematical skills from task analyses of key electricity-electronics occupations. 2. Validate the identified mathematical skills....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Isabella McQuesten, and committee members Drs. Curtis Loewen, Henry Ten Pas, Carvel Wood, James Herzog

Boundaries of research : civilian leadership, military funding, and the international network surrounding the development of numerical weather prediction in the United States

Creator:: Harper, Kristine C.
Abstract:: American meteorology was synonymous with subjective weather forecasting in the early twentieth century. Controlled by the Weather Bureau and with no academic programs of its own, the few hundred extant meteorologists had no standing in the scientific community. Until the American Meteorological Society was founded in 1919, meteorologists had no...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Century, Tore Frangsmyr, J. L. Heilbron, and Robin E. Rider, eds., (Berkeley: University of California

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:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF J. Christopher Jolly for the

An analysis of the effectiveness of a career education cluster curriculum as reflected by student growth in career maturity

Creator:: Hamby, Jeannette J. Johnson, 1933-
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study was to determine whether there were significant differences in students' career maturity as a result of exposure to the concepts of career education. The study evaluated the relative effectiveness of a developing comprehensive career education project to help students attain increased...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: JEANNETTE J. HAMBY for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in EDUCATION presented on August 9, 1976 Title

Theory and Practice in Eighteenth-Century British Medicine: "Regimental Practice" by John Buchanan, M.D.

Creator:: Kopperman, Paul E.
Abstract:: In 1746, Dr John Buchanan, a recently retired medical officer in the British Army, produced a manuscript, 'Regimental Practice, or a Short History of Diseases common to His Majesties own Royal Regiment of Horse Guards when abroad (Commonly called the Blews).' Revised almost until the time of Buchanan's death in...
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: Paul E. Kopperman, Ph.D. Professor of History Oregon State University CONTENTS Preface Page i

Student performance in lower division collegiate general biology programs in selected community colleges and four-year institutions in Oregon

Creator:: Tolman, Richard Robins
Abstract:: It was the intent of this investigation to compare the performance of community college students to four-year institutional students, both of whom were enrolled in a college general biology program (GS 101, 102, 103) during the 1967-68 academic year. During the week of May 27, 1968 measurements were taken of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee: Professors Stanley E. Williamson, Albert L. Lee land, Robert J. Morris, Robert M. Storm, Harry K

Achievement as a family theme in drama

Creator:: Gray, Cecilia D.
Abstract:: The development and maintenance of a family achievement theme was analyzed using two dramas: Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill and A Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Three propositions were tested: 1) The development of a family achievement theme involves a transaction between individual personality needs...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , 1978 Title: ACHIEVEMENT AS A FAMILY THEME IN DRAMA Abstract approved: Arthur E. Gravatt The

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