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The effect of format on the understanding and preferences for selected components by typical users of farm building plans

Creator:

Johnson, Dexter W.

Abstract:

Plans for farm buildings should efficiently explaininformation about their construction. User understandingand actual use made of plans has received little study.The format used for plans should enhance their wider useand greater satisfaction by individuals concerned withconstructed buildings.This study addressed two research questions: (1) Isthere a relationship among typical formats used...

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Dissertation
Economic efficiency of the particle board industry of Oregon

Creator:

Johnson, Walter W.

Abstract:

This study consists of an evaluation of economic efficiency in the particleboard industry of Oregon between 1958 and 1970. Measures of efficiency included aggregate capital and labor use in the production process, relative economies of scale, and relative technological efficiencies of individual particleboard plants. The rapid growth of the industry...

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Dissertation
Selection on larval and adult body size in a marine fish: potential evolutionary responses and effects on population dynamics

Creator:

Johnson, Darren W.

Abstract:

Many species have complex life cycles in which a dispersive larval stage is followed by a relatively sedentary adult stage. For such species, reproductive output is often high and large variation in survivorship throughout early life-history phases (eggs and larvae) can lead to dramatic fluctuations in recruitment which may in...

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Dissertation

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Darren W. Johnson for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in