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Extensions for paired comparisons models

Creator:: Kolsky, James D.
Abstract:: The Thurstone-Mosteller and Bradley-Terry Models are commonly used to rank items from paired comparisons experiments in which one item in each pair "wins," and to assess the importance of time-independent explanatory variables on such rankings. The first part of this thesis clarifies the use of probit and logistic regression models...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of this thesis presents an extension of the model to permitting the "performances" or "worths" of

Extensions to Gaussian copula models

Creator:: Fang, Yan
Abstract:: A copula is the representation of a multivariate distribution. Copulas are used to model multivariate data in many fields. Recent developments include copula models for spatial data and for discrete marginals. We will present a new methodological approach for modeling discrete spatial processes and for predicting the process at unobserved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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The status of graduate study through extension

Creator:: Moore, Viron Alonzo
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: status of 1,475 Graduate Extension Students 141 XLV Highest Academic Degrees Held by 1,475 Graduate

An algebra placement and diagnostic examination for Portland State Extension Center

Creator:: Buschman, William Owen
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Portland State Extension Center AN ALGEBRA PLACEMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION FOR PORTLAND STATE

A study of the effectiveness of using distance education to present training programs to Extension Service Master Gardener trainees

Creator:: Rost, Robert C.
Abstract:: Despite the availability of distance education technology, Oregon State University Extension Service educators have made limited use of this equipment for delivery of educational programs to clients of the state's 36 county Extension Service offices. Some Extension educators may be hesitant to use distance technology because they are unsure whether...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: present training programs to Extension Service Master Gardener trainees AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

The Deschutes Formation: evidence of extension-enhanced explosivity in the early High Cascades

Creator:: Pitcher, Bradley W.
Abstract:: The eruptive history of the Quaternary Cascades arc has been relatively well characterized. However, much less is known about the frequency and sizes of explosive eruptions produced by earlier stages of the arc. The Late Neogene Deschutes Formation of Central Oregon preserves a remarkable record of heightened pyroclastic activity during...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Deschutes Formation: Evidence of Extension-Enhanced Explosivity in the Early High Cascades

Novel Extensions and New Applications for Nonparametric Self-Exciting Point Processes

Creator:: Boyd, Peter C.
Abstract:: In this dissertation I will demonstrate a novel application of self-exciting point process models to mass shooting data. I will also introduce two adaptations to the traditional nonparametric Hawkes process modeling framework. One such modification allows for the estimation of the additional productivity introduced by an event that is not...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: CTMISD and MISD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 5.10 Replication Study

Extension and volcanism : tectonic development of the northwestern margin of the Basin and Range Province in southern Oregon

Creator:: Scarberry, Kaleb C.
Abstract:: The northwestern corner of the Basin and Range Province (NWBR) lies in southeast Oregon where extensive Late Miocene, mafic to bimodal basalt-rhyolite volcanism and extensional faults dominate a stark and arid landscape. Near Lake Abert, the Late Miocene volcanic section abuts Early Miocene, dominantly intermediate composition volcanoes at the Coleman...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: formation of NW-striking fault systems. Extension and Volcanism: Tectonic Development of the

An extension of the method of Haar for determining the asymptotic behavior of integrals of the inverse Laplace transform type

Creator:: Reudink, Douglas Otto John
Abstract:: See pdf
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: EXTENSION OF THE METHOD OF HAAR FOR DETER- MINING THE ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF INTEGRALS OF THE INVERSE

Bacterial hydrophobicity : assessment techniques, applications and extension to colloids

Creator:: Saini, Gaurav
Abstract:: This research details laboratory assessment of bacterial hydrophobicity, variations in bacterial adhesion properties with growth and extended starvation as well as extension of this assay to colloidal hydrophobicity measurement. Hydrophobicity is an integral component of surface interactions and has been studied extensively for its role in a number of engineering...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Applications and Extension to Colloids Abstract approved: Brian D. Wood This research

Becoming more Latino : the journey of an extension nutrition education program

Creator:: Hernandez, Rebecca
Abstract:: Latinos are the fastest growing minority group in the U.S. and are expected to be 25% of the population by the year 2050. Latinos also are more vulnerable and at higher risk for poor health outcomes including diabetes and other chronic health ailments than Anglos. Many of the serious effects...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Title: Becoming More Latino: The Journey of An Extension Nutrition Education Program. Abstract approved

Examining the Contribution of Self-Regulation and Executive Function Skills to School Readiness and Longer-Term Achievement Gaps: A Replication and Extension in Statewide and National Datasets

Creator:: Finders, Jennifer K.
Abstract:: Self-regulation in early childhood encompasses higher-order executive function processes and lower-order emotional responses that enable children to navigate the classroom environment. Although self-regulation and executive functions are overlapping constructs, self-regulation represents a broad assessment of children’s ability to call upon executive function processes in order to meet contextual demands. Prior...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to School Readiness and Longer-Term Achievement Gaps: A Replication and Extension in Statewide

Extension of fuel burnup in light water reactors by using a strict in-out refueling scheme

Creator:: Yen, Julian Yu-liang
Abstract:: To utilize energy resources as efficiently as possible has become a necessity today. The purpose of this study is to see how this can be done by extending burnup in a light water reactor. Specifically, an in-out refueling scheme might extract the maximum energy from nuclear fuel during its redidence...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Extension of fuel burnup in light water reactors by

Investigation of Chain Extension Approaches for the Stereoselective Reagent-Controlled Synthesis of alpha-Heteroatom Substituted Alkyl Boronic Esters

Creator:: Barsamian, Adam L.
Abstract:: Two distinct strategies were explored for the enantioselective synthesis of α-heteroatom substituted alkyl boronic esters by stereoselective reagent-controlled homologation using transient chiral carbenoid reagents CHYMX (Y = heteroatom, X = nucleofuge, M = electrofuge). In the first case, a stereospecific reagent-controlled homologation (sStReCH) approach to α-alkoxyalkylboronates using α-metalated S,O- and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Investigation of Chain Extension Approaches for the

A new approach to pricing real options on swaps : a new solution technique and extension to the non-a.s. finite stopping realm

Creator:: Chu, Uran
Abstract:: This thesis consists of extensions of results on a perpetual American swaption problem. Companies routinely plan to swap uncertain benefits with uncertain costs in the future for their own benefits. Our work explores the choice of timing policies associated with the swap in the form of an optimal stopping problem....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Options on Swaps: A New Solution Technique and Extension to the Non-a.s. Finite Stopping Realm. Abstract

Total synthesis of phorboxazole A

Creator:: Lee, Tae Hee
Abstract:: The total synthesis of a highly potent cytotoxic marine natural product, phorboxazole A, is described. Both a palladium(II)-mediated and a palladium(II)-catalyzed intramolecular alkoxycarbonylation were used as key steps for the preparation of the two cis-2,6-disubstituted tetrahydropyran rings (C22-C26 and C11-C15) of phorboxazole A. The synthesis used a convergent approach involving...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (129). Assembly of two subunits, 130 and 131, employed Evans coupling protocol and provided 141 in

Riparian and adjacent upslope beetle communities along a third order stream in the western Cascade Mountain Range, Oregon

Creator:: Brenner, Gregory John
Abstract:: Monitoring wildlife habitats has become important to forest ecosystem management because it provides valuable information about the response of forests and their species to harvest practices, impacts from recreational use, conservation efforts, and natural and human-caused disturbances. Monitoring is a complex task that requires a variety of abiotic and biotic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: collected from 141 pitfall traps placed along 10 transects in 3 different channel morphologies along

“I Could Make Impossible Things Happen”: Latina Entrepreneurs Nurturing Intuitive, Spiritual, and Relational Knowledge to Grow a Business

Creator:: Fonseca, Ana Lucia
Abstract:: Entrepreneurship is regarded as a viable way for women to enter the economy and improve their quality of life (Morris et al., 2018). However, little attention has been paid to understanding how women, and specifically women of color, utilize their ways of knowing to learn entrepreneurship. Grounded in Chicana/Latina feminism...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Positionality: My Epistemology and Pathways to Extension Education .. 51 Research Design

A study of carbon anode polarization in fused carbonate fuel cells

Creator:: Hauser, Victor Emerald
Abstract:: The graphite anode reaction in a fused carbonate electrolyte is studied theoretically and experimentally. Data on open circuit cell potentials indicate, for operation below 900°C, only a small fraction of the free energy of reaction is converted to electrical work. Anode polarization measurements were made for current densities of up...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: current densities from 13.7 ma /cm 2 to 141 ma /cm2 and for temperatures from 650oC to 870 °C. High

Case study of the student-to-student interactions in an online course offered by a community college, and how the interactions impact learning community

Creator:: Cvetko, Marlene G.
Abstract:: This study was conducted to investigate the student-to-student interactions that take place in an online community college course, and how the interactions impact an online learning community. The literature review revealed three related themes: (a) the impact of the teaching/learning environment on student interaction, (b) barriers in the online environment,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: including bulletin board forum postings, email, group papers, and interviews. Six of the 16 students

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