Alzheimer's disease, a chronic and irreversible form of
dementia, has been recognized as one of the most critical
medical-social-economic problems facing our country. As
Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias progress,
the patient becomes increasingly dependent upon family and
natural support systems to provide care. This dependency
can place the...
The primary foci of the study were to determine the relationships
among perceptual modality, temporality, and academic achievement,
and to develop implications for the academic counseling of
middle school students based on the findings.
The sample was composed of 613 students enrolled in Prineville
Junior High School. The Edmonds Learning...
Independent systems theory has been used to interpret the
circular dichroism (CD) spectra in the vacuum uv of three cyclic
dimers of amino acids. First, the theory for rotational strengths is
developed in terms of degenerate and nondegenerate group functions.
All terms to first order in perturbation theory are kept....
Forest management is typically associated with a high degree of uncertainty, since it relies on predictions of natural growth processes over long periods of time. A number of methods exist for mitigating the risk associated with this uncertainty, but few have the ability to explicitly minimize risk. This study will...
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between land management practices of Indian communities prior to contact with Europeans and the nature or character of subsequent catastrophic forest fires in the Oregon Coast Range. The research focus is spatial and temporal patterns of Indian burning across the...
Dicamptodon is the single, extant genus of the
ambystomatid subfamily Dicamptodontinae. Two species, D.
ensatus (Eschscholtz) and D. copei Nussbaum are recognized.
D. ensatus is found in the forested, mountain regions of
northwestern California and western Oregon, in the Willapa
Hills and Cascade Mountains of Washington, in extreme
southwestern British...
This dissertation focuses on personal privacy in human-robot interaction, which we call "privacy-sensitive robotics." Our understanding of "privacy" is very broad, including not just information privacy but also physical, psychological, and social privacy. We begin by surveying the scholarly literature on privacy and talking about why it applies to interactions...
The purpose of this study was to test a proposed procedure for
providing seniors in small high schools of Oregon with information
in regard to the private colleges and universities of the state. It included
the development of an audio-visual technique and its trial on
a sample group.
Scope and...
The purpose of this study was to answer three questions in
terms of learning methodology: (1) Is the inductive or deductive
approach more effective in teaching phonic generalizations to second
grade children? (2) Is the inductive or deductive approach more
effective in promoting retention ability after a three week interim?...