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  • Evaluation of Cross-sector Collaborations in Transition Toward the Bioeconomy: Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities in the Forest Sector

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    Guerrero, José E.
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    Existing strategies and policies have emphasized the need for cross-sector collaboration as a means for the forest sector to be more competitive. Cross-sector collaboration initiatives of forest sector companies with neighboring industries such as energy, chemicals, plastics, textiles, and packaging are gaining increasing attention as a necessary element for a...
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    analysis of the third chapter of this research. My sincere thankfulness extends to Dr. Scott Leavengood

  • Marketing sophistication in the forest products industry

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    Han, Xiaoou
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    In the forest products business and management literature, one common categorization of different types of innovation is product innovation, process innovation and business systems innovation. Forest products companies have long placed high emphasis on process innovations, which are related to yield maximization, manufacturing efficiency and operating costs reduction. This is...
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    would like to extend my thankfulness to Dr. Scott Leavengood, Dr. Claire Montgomery, Dr. Dwaine Plaza

  • Utilizing wireless-based data collection units for automated vehicle movement data collection

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    Saeedi, Amirali
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    There are many different types of automatic data collection technologies that have been used in transportation system applications such as pneumatic tubes, radar, video cameras, inductive loops detectors, wireless toll tags, and global positioning systems (GPS). Nevertheless, there are still multiple examples of important and helpful transportation system data that...
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    . Many of these electronic devices include a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi wireless radio, whose presence in a

  • An examination of strategic challenges and opportunities in the wood-based building product industry

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    Tokarczyk, John A.
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    The wood-based building products industry has experienced significant turbulence over the past several decades as a function of multiple forces including among others globalization, product and process innovation, and shifting customer and consumer interest and demands. Collectively, these changes have challenged the historical tenets which have defined industry strategy and...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF John A. Tokarczyk for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Wood

  • Phytophthora species and riparian alder tree damage in western Oregon

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    Sims, Laura L.
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    The genus Phytophthora contains some of the most destructive pathogens of forest trees, including the most destructive pathogen of alder in recent times, Phytophthora alni. Alder trees were reported to be suffering from canopy dieback in riparian ecosystems in western Oregon, which prompted a survey of alder health and monitoring...
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    dieback in riparian ecosystems in western Oregon, which prompted a survey of alder health and

  • Towards an Integrated Decision Tool for Managing Wildlife with Visitor Restrictions in Glacier Bay National Park

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    Whitlock, Steven L.
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    The National Park Service has a dual mission of providing public access to exceptional natural resources, but in a manner such that these resources are left “unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.” Human activities in parks undoubtedly affect wildlife, but the degree to which such activities cause impairment is...
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    : ______________________________________________________ James T. Peterson The National Park Service has a dual mission of providing public access

  • An Investigation of the Impact of Adding Art Therapy to Mindfulness Enhancement Training

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    Douglas, Eileen K.
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    Attention to the benefits of mindfulness practice transcends the fields of mental health and medicine. Extensive research has explored the use of mindfulness-based practices in counseling and psychotherapy. Benefits of mindfulness practice, both during session and in cases in which mindfulness was only practiced by the therapist outside of session,...
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    for participating subjects. However, there is a distinct gap in the literature exploring the impact

  • Mass transfer at vertical plane electrodes as affected by electrode separation, porous separators and acceleration

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    Divine, James Robert
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    his support during the past four years. To Professors R. E. Gaskell, A. B. Scott, and R. V. Mrazek

  • Essays on the economics of wildlife management

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    Rashford, Benjamin S.
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    Wildlife managers are on the front lines of the effort to conserve wildlife and are required to do so cost-effectively. This dissertation consists of three manuscripts that integrate economics and ecology to inform cost-effective wildlife management. The first and second manuscripts focus on identifying cost-effective wildlife management plans. The third...
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    . JunJie Wu, Dr. Bruce Dugger and Dr. A. Scott Reed, for their valuable and thoughtful contributions

  • Indirect effects of fishing on predators and their prey

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    Stallings, Christopher Derek
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    Predators are fundamentally important for regulating and driving prey population dynamics as well as structuring ecological communities. Over-exploitation of marine resources has caused dramatic depletions of predatory fish species and shifts in marine community composition, with attendant declines in productivity and diversity of marine ecosystems. Despite the important ramifications of...
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    their Prey Abstract approved: ___________________________ Mark A. Hixon Predators