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  • Tugboat compliance with the International Maritime Organization Area to be avoided off the Washington Coast

    Creator:
    Smith, Daniel R.
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    Vessel traffic places the sensitive environmental, natural, and cultural resources of Washington’s outer coast at risk of oil or hazardous materials spills. In 1995, International Maritime Organization established the Area to be Avoided off the Washington Coast (ATBA) to reduce this risk. Annual estimates of vessel compliance with the ATBA...
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    north and west bound vessels that would have no reason to pass through the ATBA to begin with (18

  • The Partition Function and Ramanujan Congruences

    Creator:
    Bucher, Eric
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    The study into specific properties of the partition function has been a rich topic for number theorists for many years. Much of the current work involving the arithmetic properties of the partition function and their seed in some keen observations of Ramanujan.In particular he discovered what are referred to as...
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    there are no equally simple properties for any moduli involving primes other than these three.” It is

  • Presence of farm and non-farm produced nuisances within the urban fringe of Eugene and Springfield, Oregon

    Creator:
    Daughton, Kevin
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    The loss of important agricultural land is presently a highly significant resource problem. Urbanization processes, such as subdivision development in urban fringe areas, is a primary factor in converting agricultural land to urban land. The State of Oregon has addressed this issue by requiring all cities and urban counties to...
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    assistant. Her typing abilities have been especially helpful. No level of gratitude can adequately express

  • The problems of implementing flood damage reduction measures in the vicinity of Malheur/Harney Lakes, Oregon

    Creator:
    Wahab, Amin
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    The rise of water level in Malheur Lake in Southeastern Oregon has become a major issue of concern in Harney County, where the lake is located, and on a state-wide level. The concern is due to the extensive damage caused by flood water to agricultural land, highways and roads, a...
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    ........................................... 26 VII. REASONS FOR NO ACTION ................................ 27 VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND THE FUTURE

  • A comparison and contrast of pcARC/INFO vs. AutoCAD

    Creator:
    Smith, Pamela Ann
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    This paper explores the confusion that exists between general definitions of what constitutes a GIS or CAD system. Then a comparison and contrast is made of microcomputer versions of GIS and CAD programs using as examples two of the most popular, pcARC/INFO and Aut0CAD. The differences and similarities are discussed...
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    is no longer solely dependent on human memory and complex analyses can be conducted which were not

  • Environmental correlates of freshwater fish species richness in Oregon

    Creator:
    Rathert, Daniel E.
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    Native freshwater fish biodiversily is imperiled in Oregon with 36 species or sub-species listed by the State of Oregon as sensitive, threatened, or endangered, and 9 species or sub-species listed as endangered or threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. Understanding and managing biodiversity is critical to its conservation. Using...
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    has no intrinsic ecological meaning and so imposes no initial assumptions of meaningful environmental

  • Evaluation of high-altitude color infrared photography for forest inventory

    Creator:
    Kelley, Thomas H.
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    High-altitude color infrared photography is found to be an effective tool for forest inventory in the Umpqua National Forest of southwestern Oregon. Intelligent resource management requires the rapid, accurate, and economical inventory results that can be supplied by remote sensing. Color infrared film is shown to possess properties that make...
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    , in the near infrared there is no absorption by chlo- rophyll. As the level of reflectance here is

  • From myth to reality: mapping the Northwest 1790 to 1850

    Creator:
    Mathewson, Sandy
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    The prevailing image of the Northwest at the beginning of the nineteenth century, as portrayed on maps published at the time, was based more on myth and wishful thinking than on geographic fact. During the next fifty years these myths were exploded as exploration of this previously unknown territory progressed,...
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    recognize Gray's American claim to the river) only as far as Point Vancouver, and show no inland features

  • Evaluating the Potential for Expanding Oregon State University’s E-campus to Africa : A Training Needs-Assessment for Developing African Fisheries Management Capacity

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    Price, Caleb O.
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    The marine and freshwater fishery resources of West Africa are some of the most productive in the world, and hold vast potential to provide economic prosperity and food security for the developing nations of that region. Nevertheless, the realized social benefits from fishery resources to West African nations have fallen...
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    and Barriers to e-Learning 54 5. DISCUSSION 63 5.1 Key Findings and Recommendations 63 5.2

  • Soil mounds and patterned ground of the Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve

    Creator:
    Johnson, Colleen Burch
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    The Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve, located in Wasco County, Oregon, exhibits a wide variety of soil mounds and patterned ground features. The size, shape, and distribution of several elements of this peculiar landscape were analyzed with a detailed map, field observations, and statistical procedures. Common soil mound shapes are circular,...
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    detailed map, field observations, and statistical procedures. Common soil mound shapes are circular