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A systematic and ecological study of Astragalus diaphanus (Fabaceae)

Creator:: Wright, Carolyn E.
Abstract:: Astragalus diaphanus is a rare plant endemic to the John Day River drainage of north-central Oregon. This species has several interesting features, including the dimorphism of its fruit and its geographical isolation from the two nearest taxonomically related species, which occur in Colorado. This study addressed the species' distribution and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: anthesis, 2-3 (4) mm in 39 A B 1 2 lc m u 3 Figure 7. Pods of Astragalus diaphanus var. diurnus. 1

Assessment of factors regulating growth hormone binding in pigs

Creator:: Mullins, Tracy M.
Abstract:: These studies were conducted to examine the influence of several variables on the growth hormone binding protein (GHBP) in serum of pigs. Continuous long term porcine somatotropin (pST) injections (daily for 6-7 wk) increased GHBP activity (p < .05). However, periodic short term pST injections (daily, every second d or...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: x 10-11M. They observed the max of ovine GHBP for hGH to be 6.0 x 10-10M, and the B, of chicken

From teacups to lumber : archaeological site content and integrity of the Copeland Site (35BE90), Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Kanaby, Kara M.
Abstract:: This thesis describes the archaeological site content and integrity of the Copeland site (35BE90) in Corvallis, Oregon. The Copeland site is owned by the Benton County Historical Society and is the future home of the Benton County Historical Museum. In 2001, an Oregon State University archaeological field school was conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kara M. Kanaby for the degree of

Non-linear nitrogen dynamics and calcium depletion along a temperate forest soil nitrogen gradient

Creator:: Sinkhorn, Emily R.
Abstract:: Understanding how N availability influences base cation stores is critical for long-term ecosystem sustainability. Indices of nitrogen (N) availability and the distribution of nutrients in plant biomass, soil, and soil water were examined across ten young, unpolluted Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) stands in the Oregon Coast Range spanning a three-fold soil...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Speciation of N leaching at 20 cm (a) and 1 m (b)………………………92 3.1. Location of study area and sites in

Anthocyanin pigment, nonvolatile acid and sugar composition of blackberries

Creator:: Fan-Chiang, Ho-ju
Abstract:: The pigments of blackberry fruit were investigated by analytical and preparative high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to characterize anthocyanin patterns in commercially important blackberry (Rubus eubatus) cultivars and selections. Five anthocyanin pigments were detected in Evergreen blackberry and they were identified as cyanidin-3-glucoside, cyanidin-3-rutinoside, pentosecyanidin derivative and two acylated cyanidin...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ranged from 15.2 to 1892 mg/lO0g (mean, 572 mg/lO0g). Presence of fumaric acid has not previously been

Incorporation of diet information derived from Bayesian stable isotope mixing models into mass-balanced marine ecosystem models : a case study from the Marennes-Oléron Estuary, France

Creator:: Pacella, Stephen Roger
Abstract:: This thesis presents two related studies on the methodology for creating, and subsequently analyzing, an inverse food web model of an intertidal seagrass bed. The first study (Chapter 2) describes, for the first time in the literature, a method for incorporating isotopic information gained from Bayesian mixing models into an...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Spatial and temporal variability of carbon dynamics in a tropical forest of Colombia

Creator:: Sierra, Carlos Alberto
Abstract:: Despite the importance of tropical forest ecosystems in the global carbon cycle, there have been few studies of carbon dynamics in this biome. The magnitude of carbon stocks in the tropics and their changes over time are poorly known since ground-based observations are lacking. In this study, total carbon stocks...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: error). Of this amount, soil organic carbon to 4 m depth represented 59%, total aboveground biomass 29

Archival Anthropometry: An Analysis of the Anthropometric Data of Native American Children Gathered by Franz Boas, 1888-1902

Creator:: Kirkpatrick, Kristin A.
Abstract:: Franz Boas collected anthropometric data on approximately 15,000 people from over 200 Native American tribal groups between 1888 and 1902. Twelve basic measurements were taken: standing height, shoulder height, height to digit III, arm span, sitting height, shoulder width, head length and width, face height and breadth, and nose height...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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The influence of houseplants in a child development center on young children's directed attention

Creator:: Harte, J. Davis
Abstract:: The near physical environment is believed to be an integral component in creating quality learning and classroom environments for young children. Free-choice play periods during preschool daily curriculums are a widespread component of preschool early childhood education. Research has demonstrated that the presence of houseplants may be a contributor to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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The Porter house in Shedd, Oregon, circa 1874

Creator:: Willson, Mary
Abstract:: The 109-year-old Porter house in Shedd, Oregon is one of few remaining, well-preserved examples of Rural Gothic architecture in the Willamette Valley. This study attempts to record its history: the economic circumstances which led the pioneering David Putnam Porter family to build this relatively large house, the family background, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Furnishings Recommendations for Future Studies BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C

Impact of seasonal variation and growing environment on blackberry aroma

Creator:: Wang, Yuanyuan
Abstract:: Blackberries have been enjoyed for their delicious flavor and high nutritional value for hundreds of years. In North America, blackberries were cultivated since 1850-1860. Blackberries have their characteristic and unique aromas depending on the cultivar and growing conditions. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of seasonal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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The Development of Astronomy in the United States Prior to 1900

Creator:: Harburg, William A.
Abstract:: From the earliest English colonization to the present day, there has been interest in astronomy in this country. The purpose of this thesis is to show how the science of astronomy developed in America from the earliest observations by educated colonists using imported instruments and publishing in European journals, to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Philosopher (1721) in Gilman M. Ostrander, The American Enlightenment: A Source Book in American Intellectual

A comparison of the value of forest plans developed under three levels of detail regarding management intentions

Creator:: Hirte, Sarah Rebecca
Abstract:: In the field of forest planning, assumptions regarding the appropriate modeling of management behavior, translated through management prescriptions, minimum harvest ages, green-up periods, and other variables are needed if a stand-level optimization process is not used to guide the selection of stand management regimes Forest planners thus generally have a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED APPENDIX B. A PORTION OF THE REPORT BY BETTINGER AND SCHOONOVER (2002

Talking back: voices from an empty house: the interior space of the Frantz-Dunn House as artifact

Creator:: Bryant, Kathleen J.
Abstract:: The 134-year old Frantz-Dunn House in Hoskins, Oregon is an intact, well-preserved example of rural Gothic architecture in the Willamette Valley. The old farmstead sits on a former Civil War Fort site and represents a link in the history of the region to the larger patterns of expansion in America...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .........................................................................156 Appendix B Architectural Drawings From AssessmentReport

Evaluation of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) protoplast inoculation with Prunus necrotic ringspot virus

Creator:: Jochimsen, Kenneth N.
Abstract:: Hop tissue (Humulus lupulus L.) was grown in vitro in callus, suspension, and protoplast cultures. Medium components were evaluated for optimal callus growth. Solid Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with picloram at 1.5 uM, 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) at 10 uM, 1 g/1 casein hydrolysate, and 100 mg/1 citric acid induced white,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: osmolarity adjusted to 0.7 M with mannitol (a) with and (b) without hormones, 3) supplemented B5 medium

Validation of the TOPEX Ku-band wet atmospheric attenuation correction

Creator:: Masturzo, Donald E.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: on Witter and Chelton (1991)). (b) Derivative of (a) with respect to a0

Bench-scale study for the bioremediation of chlorinated ethylenes at Point Mugu Naval Air Weapons Station, Point Mugu California, IRP Site 24

Creator:: Keeling, Matthew Thomas
Abstract:: Laboratory scale microcosm studies were conducted using site specific groundwater and aquifer solids to assess the feasibility of stimulating indigenous microorganisms in-situ to biologically transform Trichloroethylene (TCE) and its lesser chlorinated daughter products dichloroethylene (DCE) and vinyl chloride (VC). Three different treatments were conducted to determine the best approach for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: APPENDIX A. ANAEROBIC STUDY SUPPLEMENTAL FIGURES 124 APPENDIX B. AEROBIC STUDY 130 B.1 Microcosm Set

On his own terms : William James, identity, and the development of American Psychology

Creator:: Stoller, Kevin R.
Abstract:: William James came of age at a time of great social and intellectual change in the United States. During this period, new professional identities proliferated, and a new culture of professionalization developed with important ramifications for conceptions of individual and social identity. Professionalization was also closely related to key intellectual...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Reluctant Modernism: American Thought and Culture, 1880-1900 (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992); James B

Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

Creator:: Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
Abstract:: Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Frontier Prostitution 318 BIBLIOGRAPHY 323 APPENDIX A 332 APPENDIX B 339 APPENDIX C 345 KEY FOR TABLES

Reconstruction and Validation of the Integrated Diagnostic SystEm for DAiry Cow WeLfare (IDEAL) to Assess Real-time Animal Well-being on Confined and Grazing Dairy Farms

Creator:: Krueger, Angela K.
Abstract:: Animal welfare is an essential component of agricultural production and animal use in teaching and research. However, defining animal welfare is intrinsically difficult because of how history and societal values and perceptions have shaped the term. Animal welfare encompasses three main ideas: physical well-being, normal affective/emotional states, and the ability...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: description a brief example of how indicators are scored is presented (see Appendix B for the full scoring

An evaluation of chlorine as a disinfectant for potable water supplies in the United States : weighing the human health risks

Creator:: Monaghan, Pegeen
Abstract:: The removal of microbial populations from potable water has been a practice with great importance towards public health, as it has resulted in the reduction of literally millions of cases of infectious disease. In the United States, pathogenic organisms are most commonly removed from drinking water through the application of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ). The perceived benefit of mass filtration was further enhanced in 1892 by Dr. Robert Koch's

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Creator:: Schweickert, Tina K.
Abstract:: Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Clough and Kathleen Moore have also been an inspiration, both in their pedagogy and scholarly wisdom

A study of hyporheic characteristics along a longitudinal profile of Lookout Creek, Oregon

Creator:: Ninnemann, Jeffery J.
Abstract:: The primary goal of this research project is to quantitatively measure the temporal scales of hyporheic exchange along a stream network. Our goal is to examine how hyporheic exchange varies with increasing stream size. Many previous studies focus on single stream reaches or on several reaches of similar sized streams,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Lookout Creek below Mack Creek, A) fitted simulation curve using the conventional exponential model, B

The effects of alternative future development scenarios on ecological processes and social-ecological resilience in Central Oregon

Creator:: Duncan, James A.
Abstract:: This research sought to explore the implications of different tenure regimes for both landscape-level ecological processes and the overall resilience of a social-ecological system in Central Oregon. The purchase by an investor of former industrial timberlands known as the Bull Springs tract raised the specter of dispersed residential development on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: conversion rates relative to other states (Moore and Nelson 1994; Nelson and Moore 1996). Later studies

The "tops" of porphyry copper deposits - mineralization and plutonism in the Western Cascades, Oregon

Creator:: Power, Sara Glen
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - 5.5 m. Late Miocene (Andean) B - 11 m.y. Middle Miocene (Col umbi an) 14 - 17 m.y. Table 1

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