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Data Management for Graduate Students: A case study at Oregon State University

Creator:: Valentino, Maura and Boock, Michael
Abstract:: On academic campuses, graduate students produce data and that data is often being lost. This paper describes the efforts at Oregon State University to educate graduate students on the value of their data and of preserving it. Graduate students were interviewed and from this information a successful data management workshop...
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Full Text:: State University. Practical Academic Librarianship, 5(2), 77-91. Special Libraries Association

The high cost of textbooks: a convergence of academic libraries, campus bookstores, publishers?

Creator:: Pollitz, John H. and Christie, Anne
Abstract:: Recent publications about the rising cost of college textbooks by the Public Interest Research and the US Government Accountability Office have caused student groups across the country to explore novel ways to address the problem. Students, publishers, bookstores and academic libraries, because of their role of managing course reserves, are...
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Full Text:: status report we discuss issues concerned with textbook costs on campus and the possible roles of the

Forest Service Special Agents, Assistant Special Agents in Charge, Senior Special Agents, and Supervisory Special Agents Report: Nationwide Study

Creator:: Chavez, Deborah J. and Tynon, Joanne F.
Abstract:: This is the fourth in a series of studies to evaluate perceptions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service law enforcement personnel of the roles, responsibilities, and issues related to their jobs. An e-mail survey was administered to the 89 Forest Service special agents, assistant special agents in charge, senior...
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Full Text:: Agents in Charge, Senior Special Agents, and Supervisory Special Agents Report: Nationwide Study United

Forest Service Special Agent in Charge Report: Nationwide Study

Creator:: Chavez, Deborah J. and Tynon, Joanne F.
Abstract:: This study is the second in a series of studies to evaluate perceptions of USDA Forest Service law enforcement personnel of the roles, responsibilities, and issues entailed in their jobs. An e-mail survey was administered to the nine Forest Ser-vice special agents in charge (SACs) across the United States. All...
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Full Text:: Forest Service Special Agent in Charge Report

Introduction to the special issue on Sierran mixed-conifer research

Creator:: North, Malcolm and Chen, Jiquan
Abstract:: Like much of the western United States, California’s forest has been severely altered by a century of fire suppression. The Sierra Nevada’s largest forest type, mixed conifer, which is primary habitat for more vertebrate species than any other Californian forest community, historically burned every 12–17 years. In 1894, John Muir...
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Full Text:: Introduction to the Special Issue on Sierran Mixed-Conifer

Introduction to special section : Coastal Advances in Shelf Transport

Creator:: Barth, John A. and Wheeler, Patricia A.
Abstract:: The Coastal Ocean Advances in Shelf Transport (COAST) program conducted an interdisciplinary study of coastal upwelling off central Oregon during summer 2001. Two intensive field efforts during May–June and August 2001 were coordinated with ocean circulation, ecosystem, and atmospheric modeling of the region. A primary goal was to contrast the...
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Full Text:: jc003124 1..11 Introduction to special section: Coastal Advances

Taking the Show on the Road: Special Collections Instruction in the Campus Classroom

Creator:: Bahde, Anne
Abstract:: The article discusses how to bring the educational benefits that come from analyzing and interpreting physical materials to a bigger class environment and whether these benefits are worth the costs. It notes the growth of literature on instruction in special collections environments and the creative instructional methods presented by its...
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Full Text:: the Show on the Road: Special Collections Instruction in the Campus Classroom © 2011 Anne Bahde 75

Measuring the Magic: Assessment in the Special Collections and Archives Classroom

Creator:: Bahde, Anne and Smedberg, Heather
Abstract:: The article discusses effective methods for measuring the success of classroom instruction using original primary sources in special collections and archives and how to translate these effects to demonstrate learning impact that can be used in other assessment projects. The global economic crisis has reportedly pushed assessment activities in libraries...
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Full Text:: Measuring the Magic: Assessment in the Special Collections

Introduction to special section on Recent Advances in the Study of Optical Variability in the Near-Surface and Upper Ocean

Creator:: Dickey, T., Banner, M. L., Bhandari, P., Boyd, Timothy John, 1958-2013, Carvalho, L., Chang, G., Chao, Y., Czerski, H., Darecki, M., Dong, C., Farmer, D., Freeman, S., Gemmrich, J., Gernez, P., Hall-Patch, N., Holt, B., Jiang, S., Jones, C., Kattawar, G., LeBel, D., Lenain, L., Lewis, M., Liu, Y., Logan, L., Manov, D., Melville, W. K., Moline, M. A., Morison, R., Nencioli, F., Pegau, W. S., Reineman, B., Robbins, I., Roettgers, R., Schultz, H., Shen, L., Shinki, M., Slivkoff, M., Sokolski, M., Spada, F., Statom, N., Stramski, D., Sutherland, P., Twardowski, M., Vagle, S., Van Dommelen, R., Voss, K., Washburn, L., Wei, J., Wijesekera, H., Wurl, O., Yang, D., Yildiz, S., You, Y., Yue, D. K. P., Zaneveld, R., and Zappa, C. J.
Abstract:: Optical variability occurs in the near-surface and upper ocean on very short time and space scales (e.g., milliseconds and millimeters and less) as well as greater scales. This variability is caused by solar, meteorological, and other physical forcing as well as biological and chemical processes that affect optical properties and...
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Full Text:: Introduction to special section on Recent Advances in the Study

Geographic patterns of genetic variation in three genomes of North American diploid strawberries with special reference to Fragaria vesca subsp. bracteata

Creator:: Stanley, Lauren, Forrester, Nicole J., Govindarajulu, Rajanikanth, Liston, Aaron, and Ashman, Tia-Lynn
Abstract:: Geographic patterns of genetic variation in wild species reflect the interplay of ecological and evolutionary processes. We assessed genetic variation in three genomes across four North American diploid strawberry taxa, with special emphasis on the gynodioecious Fragaria vesca subsp. bracteata (A.Heller) Staudt. Specifically, we sequenced one chloroplast (rpoC2) and two...
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Full Text:: variation in three genomes of North American diploid 3 strawberries with special reference to Fragaria

Forest Service Patrol Captains and Patrol Commanders Report: Nationwide Study

Creator:: Chavez, Deborah J. and Tynon, Joanne F.
Abstract:: This is the third in a series of studies to evaluate perceptions of USDA Forest Service law enforcement personnel of the roles, responsibilities, and issues entailed in their jobs. An e-mail survey was administered to the 79 Forest Service patrol captains and patrol commanders (PCs) across the United States. Seventy...
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Full Text:: Report: Nationwide Study Forest Service Patrol Captains and Patrol Commanders Report: Nationwide

A Brief Report on Predicting Self-Harm: Is It Gender or Abuse that Matters?

Creator:: Gómez, Jennifer M., Becker-Blease, Kathryn, and Freyd, Jennifer J.
Abstract:: Self-harm, which consists of non-suicidal self-injury and attempted suicide, is a public health problem that is not well understood. There is conflicting evidence on the role of gender in predicting self-harm. Abuse history also is a potentially relevant factor to explore, as it is related to both gender and self-harm....
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Full Text:: A Brief Report on Predicting Self-Harm: Is It Gender

Hexagonal global parameterization of arbitrary surfaces

Creator:: Nieser, Matthias, Palacios, Jonathan, Polthier, Konrad, and Zhang, Eugene
Abstract:: In this paper we introduce hexagonal global parameterizations, a new type of parameterization in which parameter lines respect six-fold rotational symmetries (6-RoSy). Such parameterizations enable the tiling of surfaces with regular hexagonal texture and geometry patterns and can be used to generate high-quality triangular remeshing. To construct a hexagonal parameterization...
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Full Text:: . There are six special configurations on this half plane, the first satisfying ρ(p) = 0, i.e., the local

Rhizopogon togasawariana sp. nov., the first report of Rhizopogon associated with an Asian species of Pseudotsuga

Creator:: Mujic, Alija B., Hosaka, Kentaro, and Spatafora, Joseph W.
Abstract:: Rhizopogon subgenus Villosuli are the only members of the genus known to form an ectomycorrhizal relationship exclusively with Pseudotsuga. The specificity of this host relationship is unusual in that Rhizopogon is broadly associated with several tree genera within the Pinaceae and relationships with a host genus are typically distributed across...
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Full Text:: Rhizopogon togasawariana sp. nov., the first report of

Introduction of the exotic tick Hyalomma truncatum on a human with travel to Ethiopia: A case report

Creator:: Mathison, Blaine A., Gerth, William J., Pritt, Bobbi S., and Baugh, Stephen
Abstract:: An Oregon resident returned from a photography trip to Ethiopia with a male Hyalomma truncatum tick attached to the skin on his lower back. The tick was identified morphologically and deposited in the U.S. National Tick Collection housed at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia. The public health importance of Hyalomma...
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Full Text:: Hyalomma truncatum on a human with travel to Ethiopia: A case report Introduction of the exotic tick

Development of efficient and accurate skeletal mechanisms for hydrocarbon fuels and kerosene surrogate

Creator:: Zhong, Fengquan, Ma, Sugang, Zhang, Xinyu, Sung, Chih-Jen, and Niemeyer, Kyle E.
Abstract:: In this paper, the methodology of the directed relation graph with error propagation and sensitivity analysis (DRGEPSA), proposed by Niemeyer et al. [Combustion and Flame 157 2010) 1760–1770], and its differences to the original directed relation graph method are described. Using DRGEPSA, the detailed mechanism of ethylene containing 71 species...
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Full Text:: maller mechanis m with 249 species and 910 steps while retain ing good accuracy. If considering only

Simultaneous determination of phenolic compounds in Cynthiana grape (Vitis aestivalis) by high performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionisation–mass spectrometry

Creator:: Ramirez-Lopez, L. M., McGlynn, W., Goad, C. L., and Mireles DeWitt, C. A.
Abstract:: Phenolic acids, flavanols, flavonols and stilbenes (PAFFS) were isolated from whole grapes, juice, or pomace and purified using enzymatic hydrolysis. Only anthocyanin mono-glucosides and a few of the oligomers from Cynthiana grape (Vitis aestivalis) were analysed. Flavonoid-anthocyanin mono-glucosides (FA) were isolated using methanol/0.1% hydrochloric acid extraction. In addition, crude extractions...
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Full Text:: quantified. The content varied from 0.07 to 910 mg kg−1 dry weight. For pomace, a total of fifteen phenolic

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Managing Government Document Collections in a Digital World

Creator:: Sowell, Steven L., Boock, Michael H., Landis, Lawrence A., and Nutefall, Jennifer E.
Abstract:: An Oregon State University Libraries (OSUL) study group's review of its current policies, practices, and costs provides an illustrative case study of the challenges in managing government documents during this period of transition from print to digital. In its exploration of more aggressive approaches to greatly increasing access to electronic...
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Full Text:: disadvantages of retaining status as a federal depository library. Their report provided a brief history of the

Error in predicting hydrosol backscattering from remotely sensed reflectance

Creator:: Weidemann, A. D., Stavn, R. H., Zaneveld, J. Ronald, and Wilcox, M. R.
Abstract:: Monte Carlo simulations are carried out to determine the error in the inversion of backscattering from remotely sensed reflectance when geometrical shape factors of the light field are assumed to be unity. The results show that error in backscattering inversion can vary from a 40% overestimation to a 20% underestimation...
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Full Text:: . For a special case of nadir radiance, scattering angle •/= 0'). optical properties. The

Data report : trace element, Sr isotope, and Ge/SI composition of fluid and sediments in ridge-flank low-temperature hydrothermal environments

Creator:: Hulme, Samuel M., Wheat, C. Geoffrey, Coggon, Rosalind M., and McManus, James
Abstract:: The data presented in this report demonstrate significant improvements in the ability to constrain trace element and Sr isotopic concentrations in sediments overlying ridge-flank hydrothermal systems. Improved sampling methods orchestrated by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (i.e., advanced piston coring and anoxic sample processing) enabled the collection of reactive pore...
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Full Text:: DATA REPORT: TRACE ELEMENT, SR ISOTOPE, AND GE/SI

Late Holocene climate: Natural or anthropogenic?

Creator:: Ruddiman, W. F., Fuller, D. Q., Kutzbach, J. E., Tzedakis, P. C., Kaplan, J. O., Ellis, E. C., Vavrus, S. J., Roberts, C. N., Fyfe, R., He, F., Lemmen, C., and Woodbridge, J.
Abstract:: For more than a decade, scientists have argued about the warmth of the current interglaciation. Was the warmth of the preindustrial late Holocene natural in origin, the result of orbital changes that had not yet driven the system into a new glacial state? Or was it in considerable degree the...
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Full Text:: one in interglacial stage 5, and they proposed a natural explanation: “…Termination I is special since

The importance of lake-specific characteristics for water quality across the continental United States

Creator:: Read, Emily K., Patil, Vijay P., Oliver, Samantha K., Hetherington, Amy L., Brentrup, Jennifer A., Zwart, Jacob A., Winters, Kirsten, Corman, Jessica R., Nodine, Emily R., Woolway, Iestyn, Dugan, Hilary A., Jaimes, Aline, Santoso, Arianto, Hong, Grace S., Winslow, Luke A., Hanson, Paul C., and Weathers, Kathleen C.
Abstract:: Lake water quality is affected by local and regional drivers, including lake physical characteristics, hydrology, landscape position, land cover, land use, geology, and climate. Here, we demonstrate the utility of hypothesis testing within the landscape limnology framework using a random forest algorithm on a national-scale, spatially explicit data set, the...
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Full Text:: the future. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We offer special thanks to Pat Soranno, Emily Stanley, Shannon LaDeau

Single photon timing system for picosecond fluorescence lifetime measurements

Creator:: Turko, Bojan T., Nairn, John A., and Sauer, Kenneth
Abstract:: A single‐photon timing system is described which is capable of extracting fluorescence lifetimes as short as 25 ps. The system is an improved version of an earlier apparatus. The new system uses a synchronously pumped, mode‐locked dye laser with 10‐ps pulses operating at 82‐MHz repetition rate. A fast photodetector and...
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Full Text:: photodetector and a leading-edge discriminator were developed to use with this light source. Also, a special

Uses and Misuses of the Journal Impact Factor

Creator:: Wheeler, Patricia A. and Walker, Alexis
Abstract:: The second in a series of articles published in OSU This Week by members of the Faculty Senate Library Committee regarding threats to an open and sustainable system of scholarly communication and potential solutions. Article describes what journal impact factors are and how they are determined and makes recommendations for...
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Full Text:: the Journal Citation Report for a given year by the total number of articles published in the two

Surprising behaviour during dissipation and collision of flexural waves in carbon nanotubes

Creator:: Saranam, Venkata Rajesh and Greaney, P. Alex
Abstract:: The manuscript reports on simulations of the intrinsic dissipation of standing and traveling flexural vibrations in carbon nanotubes. It is found that extended traveling and standing waves exhibit anomalous dissipation, during which the excited modes experience massive damping that is triggered by the accumulation of energy in special gateway modes....
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Full Text:: massive damping that is triggered by the accumulation of energy in special gateway modes. In the second

Evaluation of Different Methods to Assess Model Projections of the Future Evolution of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Creator:: Schneider, Birgit, Latif, M., and Schmittner, Andreas
Abstract:: Climate models predict a gradual weakening of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC) during the twenty-first century due to increasing levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Using an ensemble of 16 different coupled climate models performed for the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on...
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Full Text:: Special Report on Emission Sce- narios, A1B (SRESA1B). Earlier findings are confirmed that even for the

A Primer on Peroxiredoxin Biochemistry

Creator:: Karplus, P. Andrew
Abstract:: Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) were not recognized as a family of enzymes until the 1990s but are now known to be the dominant peroxidases in most organisms. Here, the history and fundamental properties of peroxiredoxins are briefly reviewed, with a special focus on describing how an exquisitely tunable balance between fully folded...
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Full Text:: peroxiredoxins are briefly reviewed, with a special focus on describing how an exquisitely tunable balance

Global solutions to regional problems : collecting global expertise to address the problem of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. A Lake Erie case study

Creator:: Bullerjahn, George S., McKay, Robert M., Davis, Timothy W., Baker, David B., Boyer, Gregory L., D’Anglada, Lesley V., Doucette, Gregory J., Ho, Jeff C., Irwin, Elena G., Kling, Catherine L., Kudela, Raphael M., Kurmayer, Rainer, Michalak, Anna M., Ortiz, Joseph D., Otten, Timothy G., Paerl, Hans W., Qin, Boqiang, Sohngen, Brent L., Stumpf, Richard P., Visser, Petra M., and Wilhelm, Steven W.
Abstract:: In early August 2014, the municipality of Toledo, OH (USA) issued a ‘do not drink’ advisory on their water supply directly affecting over 400,000 residential customers and hundreds of businesses (Wilson, 2014). This order was attributable to levels of microcystin, a potent liver toxin, which rose to 2.5 μg L⁻¹...
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Full Text:: discussions at the Workshop. As additional reports in this special issue provide detailed reviews on many

Excited State Structural Events of a Dual-Emission Fluorescent Protein Biosensor for Ca²⁺ Imaging Studied by Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy

Creator:: Wang, Yanli, Tang, Longteng, Liu, Weimin, Zhao, Yongxin, Oscar, Breland G., Campbell, Robert E., and Fang, Chong
Abstract:: Fluorescent proteins (FPs) are luminescent biomolecules that emit characteristic hues upon irradiation. A group of calmodulin (CaM)-green FP (GFP) chimeras have been previously engineered to enable the optical detection of calcium ions (Ca²⁺). We investigate one of these genetically encoded Ca²⁺ biosensors for optical imaging (GECOs), GEM-GECO1, which fluoresces green...
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Full Text:: particular, our earlier report on wild-type (wt)GFP uncovered a dominant 120 cm-1 phenol ring-wagging

X-ray imaging and analysis techniques for quantifying pore-scale structure and processes in subsurface porous medium systems

Creator:: Wildenschild, Dorthe and Sheppard, Adrian P.
Abstract:: We report here on recent developments and advances in pore-scale x-ray tomographic imaging of subsurface porous media. Our particular focus is on immiscible multi-phase fluid flow, i.e., the displacement of one immiscible fluid by another inside a porous material, which is of central importance to many natural and engineered processes....
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Full Text:: author 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Abstract 28 29 We report here on recent developments and

The Western Pacific barred knifejaw, Oplegnathus fasciatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) (Pisces: Oplegnathidae), arriving with tsunami debris on the Pacific coast of North America

Creator:: Chapman, John W., Ta, Nicholas, Miller, Jessica A., Carlton, James T., Miller-Morgan, Timothy, Calvanese, Thomas, Pleus, Allen E., and Burke, James
Abstract:: The Western Pacific Ocean barred knifejaw Oplegnathus fasciatus was found from 2013 to 2015 along the Pacific Coast of North America from Washington to California. The knifejaw was found in derelict vessels that had arrived on the Pacific Coast and that had been lost during the March 2011 Great Japan...
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Full Text:: Special Issue: Transoceanic Dispersal of Marine Life from Japan to North America and the Hawaiian Islands

A Systematic Review of Physical Activity among People with Disabilities in Mainland China : From 1992 to 2013

Creator:: Liu, Haiqun, Si, Qi, Loprinzi, Paul D., Cardinal, Bradley J., and Wang, Linzhi
Abstract:: Context: Regular physical activity has increasingly been recommended to promote human health and wellbeing. However, information on participation in physical activities by people with disabilities is relatively scarce. The aim of this article is to conduct a systematically review of studies on physical activity among people with disabilities in mainland...
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Full Text:: Tianmushan Rd, Hangzhou, CHINA. 2Physical Education team, Zhejiang Special Education Vocational College

Analysis of potential impacts of climate change on forests of the United States Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Latta, Gregory, Temesgen, Hailemariam, Adams, Darius M., and Barrett, Tara
Abstract:: As global climate changes over the next century, forest productivity is expected to change as well. Using PRISM climate and productivity data measured on a grid of 3356 plots, we developed a simultaneous autoregressive (SAR) model to estimate the impacts of climate change on potential productivity of Pacific Northwest (PNW)...
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Full Text:: impacts of four different scenarios derived from the fourth IPCC special report on emissions

Phase formation of BaTiO₃–Bi(Zn[subscript 1/2]Ti[subscript 1/2])O₃ perovskite ceramics

Creator:: Triamnak, Narit, Brennecka, Geoff L., Brown-Shaklee, Harlan J., Rodriguez, Mark A., and Cann, David P.
Abstract:: Materials based on BiMO₃-modified BaTiO₃ have been shown to exhibit a number of attractive electrical and electromechanical properties. In addition, many of the materials in this broad family exhibit reduced sintering temperatures for densification as compared to pure BaTiO₃. We report here a study of the phase evolution and sintering...
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Full Text:: temperatures for densification as compared to pure BaTiO3. We report here a study of the phase evolution and

Consistent Differences in Climate Feedbacks between Atmosphere–Ocean GCMs and Atmospheric GCMs with Slab-Ocean Models

Creator:: Shell, Karen M.
Abstract:: Climate sensitivity is generally studied using two types of models. Atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs) include interactive ocean dynamics and detailed heat uptake. Atmospheric GCMs (AGCMs) with slab ocean models (SOMs) cannot fully simulate the ocean's response to and influence on climate. However, AGCMs are computationally cheaper and thus are...
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The History Labs: Integrating Primary Source Literacy Skills into a History Survey Course

Creator:: Bahde, Anne
Abstract:: In this case study, a special collections librarian and a history instructor partner to develop a series of cumulative exercises teaching primary source literacy skills for a small history survey course. This sequence of lab sessions is implemented to improve student performance in the history survey and to test this...
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Full Text:: BAHDE Oregon State University Libraries and Press, Corvallis, Oregon, USA In this case study, a special

Flow and transport when scales are not separated: Numerical analysis and simulations of micro- and macro-models

Creator:: Peszynska, Malgorzata, Showalter, Ralph E., and Yi, Son -Young
Abstract:: In this paper, we consider an upscaled model describing the multiscale flow of a single-phase incompressible fluid and transport of a dissolved chemical by advection and diffusion through a heterogeneous porous medium. Unlike traditional homogenization or volume averaging techniques, we do not assume a good separation of scales. The new...
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Full Text:: new model includes as special cases both the classical homogenized model and the double porosity model

Dynamics of a recovering Arctic bird population: the importance of climate, density dependence, and site quality

Creator:: Bruggeman, Jason E., Swem, Ted, Andersen, David E., Kennedy, Patricia L., and Nigro, Debora
Abstract:: Intrinsic and extrinsic factors affect vital rates and population-level processes, and understanding these factors is paramount to devising successful management plans for wildlife species. For example, birds time migration in response, in part, to local and broadscale climate fluctuations to initiate breeding upon arrival to nesting territories, and prolonged inclement...
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Full Text:: ) have a limited and northern breeding distribution, including the Colville River Special Area (CRSA) in

Dynamics of a recovering Arctic bird population: the importance of climate, density dependence, and site quality

Creator:: Bruggeman, Jason E., Swem, Ted, Andersen, David E., Kennedy, Patricia L., and Nigro, Debora
Abstract:: Intrinsic and extrinsic factors affect vital rates and population-level processes, and understanding these factors is paramount to devising successful management plans for wildlife species. For example, birds time migration in response, in part, to local and broadscale climate fluctuations to initiate breeding upon arrival to nesting territories, and prolonged inclement...
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Full Text:: ) have a limited and northern breeding distribution, including the Colville River Special Area (CRSA) in

The Emergence of Spatial Cyberinfrastructure

Creator:: Wright, Dawn J. and Wang, Shaowen
Abstract:: Cyberinfrastructure integrates advanced computer, information, and communication technologies to empower computation-based and data-driven scientific practice and improve the synthesis and analysis of scientific data in a collaborative and shared fashion. As such, it now represents a paradigm shift in scientific research that has facilitated easy access to computational utilities and...
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Full Text:: of the National Academy of Science Special Feature on Spatial Cyberinfrastructure Manuscript

Smoking Trends and Disparities Among Black and Non-Hispanic Whites in California

Creator:: Sakuma, Kari-Lyn Kobayakawa, Felicitas, Jamie, Fagan, Pebbles, Gruder, Charles L., Blanco, Lyzette, Cappelli, Christopher, and Trinidad, Dennis R.
Abstract:: OBJECTIVES: The current study examined disparities in smoking trends across African Americans and non-Hispanic whites in California. METHODS: Data from the 1996 to 2008 California Tobacco Survey were analyzed to examine trends in smoking behaviors and cessation across African Americans and non-Hispanic whites. RESULTS: A decrease in overall ever and...
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Full Text:: considered current smokers. All current smokers were also asked to report the number of cigarettes they

Translation of a behavioral weight loss intervention for mid‐life, low‐income women in local health departments

Creator:: Samuel-Hodge, Carmen D., Garcia, Beverly A., Johnston, Larry F., Gizlice, Ziya, Ni, Andy, Cai, Jianwen, Kraschnewski, Jennifer L., Gustafson, Alison A., Norwood, Arnita F., Glasgow, Russell E., Gold, Alison D., Graham, John W., Evenson, Kelly R., Trost, Stewart, and Keyserling, Thomas C.
Abstract:: Objective: To translate a behavioral weight loss intervention for mid-life, low-income women in real world settings. Design and Methods: In this pragmatic clinical trial, we randomly selected six North Carolina county health departments and trained their current staff to deliver a 16-session evidence-based behavioral weight loss intervention (special intervention, SI)....
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Full Text:: current staff to deliver a 16-session evidence-based behavioral weight loss intervention (special

“I don't think it's harder, just that it's different”: Librarians' attitudes about instruction in the virtual reference environment

Creator:: Gronemyer, Kate and Deitering, Anne-Marie
Abstract:: Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate librarians' attitudes towards instruction in virtual reference transactions and to review relevant literature. Design/methodology/approach – Librarians who provide virtual reference services are surveyed about attitudes towards providing instruction via virtual reference software. In addition to gathering demographic information respondents...
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Full Text:: academic libraries, potentially limiting its applicability to public or special library settings and the

Transformational change: creating a safe operating space for humanity

Creator:: McAlpine, Clive A., Seabrook, Leonie M., Ryan, Justin G., Feeney, Brian J., Ripple, William J., Ehrlich, Anne H., and Ehrlich, Paul R.
Abstract:: Many ecologists and environmental scientists witnessing the scale of current environmental change are becoming increasingly alarmed about how humanity is pushing the boundaries of the Earth’s systems beyond sustainable levels. The world urgently needs global society to redirect itself toward a more sustainable future: one that moves intergenerational equity and...
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Full Text:: change, by giving special attention to reflective learning, interaction, integration, and experimentation

Lessons learned about developing and coordinating an instruction program with freshman composition

Creator:: McMillen, Paula S., Miyagishima, Bryan, and Maughan, Laurel S.
Abstract:: In the Spring of 2001, the Oregon State University Libraries began planning for a collaboration with the university’s Freshman Composition Program. In implementing this project, with no additional library resources, and with the majority of library faculty less experienced in working with freshman students, the coordinators of the program learned...
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Full Text:: through reading, observation and workshop or conference attendance. Although they report a fair amount of

Semimonthly bird records through 1992 for Lincoln County, Oregon; Part II: Records sorted by species

Creator:: Bayer, Range D., 1947-
Abstract:: This paper supersedes and significantly revises my compilation of 1992. The focus remains on live birds seen on or from land, but special codes are now given for records of species only reported beached or at sea. Additionally, confirmation codes are now listed for records of some rare species and...
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Full Text:: live birds seen on or from land, but special codes are now given for records of species only reported

Density Can Be Misleading for Low-Density Species: Benefits of Passive Acoustic Monitoring

Creator:: Rogers, Tracey L., Ciaglia, Michaela B., Klinck, Holger, and Southwell, Colin
Abstract:: Climate-induced changes may be more substantial within the marine environment, where following ecological change is logistically difficult, and typically expensive. As marine animals tend to produce stereotyped, long-range signals, they are ideal for repeatable surveying. In this study we illustrate the potential for calling rates to be used as a...
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Full Text:: misleading because overall density can be a negative indicator of habitat quality.Under special circumstances

Impacts of disturbance on the terrestrial carbon budget of North America

Creator:: Kasischke, Eric S., Amiro, Brian D., Barger, Nichole N., French, Nancy H. F., Goetz, Scott J., Grosse, Guido, Harmon, Mark E., Hicke, Jeffrey A., Liu, Shuguang, and Masek, Jeffrey G.
Abstract:: Because it is an important regulator of terrestrial carbon cycling in North America, extensive research on natural and human disturbances has been carried out as part of the North American Carbon Program and the CarboNA project. A synthesis of various components of this research was carried out, and the results...
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Full Text:: out, and the results are presented in the papers contained in this special section. While the

A method for evaluating climate change adaptation strategies for small-scale farmers using survey, experimental and modeled data

Creator:: Claessens, L., Antle, J. M., Stoorvogel, J. J., Valdivia, R. O., Thornton, P. K., and Herrero, M.
Abstract:: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is predicted to experience considerable negative impacts of climate change. The IPCC Fourth Assessment emphasizes that adaptation strategies are essential. Addressing adaptation in the context of small-scale, semi-subsistence agriculture raises special challenges. High data demands including site-specific bio-physical and economic data are an important constraint. This paper...
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Full Text:: Global Circulation Models (GCMs) and two scenarios from the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES

Environmental Disclosure in China: An Examination of the Green Securities Policy

Creator:: Wang, Hua and Bernell, David
Abstract:: In 2008, China launched the Green Securities Policy to increase sustainability practices among companies listed on Chinese stock markets. An integral component of the policy is the environmental disclosure regulation, which directs publicly traded Chinese companies in 14 highly polluting industries to report required environmental information. This research explores the...
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Full Text:: highly polluting industries to report required environmental information. This

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