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  • Systematics of the genus Otidea in the Pacific Northwest

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    Peterson, Eric T.
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    The fungal ascomycete genus Otidea as represented in the Pacific Northwest of North America includes eight well known species and two poorly-known species. Cladistic analysis utilizing characters from ribosomal DNA and morphology allowed the development of a robust phylogenetic species concept for Otidea. The combination of characters from the ribosomal...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Eric T. Peterson for the

  • Formative Work Toward a Mixed-Initiative Programming Language

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    Abbott, Keeley
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    Mixed-initiative programming entails collaboration between a computer system, and a human to achieve some desired goal or set of goals. Often these goals change or are amended in real time during the course of program execution. As such, the plans these programs are based on must adapt and evolve to...
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    Mixed-Initiative Programming Language Abstract approved: Eric T. Walkingshaw Mixed-initiative

  • The computer, the computer user group, and the civil engineer

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    Cunningham, Gerald Robert
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    An attempt to determine the relationship between the computer, the computer program exchange organization and today's practicing civil engineer has just been completed. A questionnaire was used to obtain information and opinions from 850 selected practicing civil engineers. Based on those questionnaires reaching their addresses, a return rate of 81.7...
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    , AND THE CIVIL ENGINEER Abstract approved: r. John Peterson An attempt to determine the

  • Snag longevity, bird use of cavities, and conifer response across three silvicultural treatments in the Oregon Coast Range

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    Walter, Scott T.
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    In the interest of meeting multiple forest management goals that include maintenance of wildlife, particularly cavity-nesting birds, uneven-aged silvicultural treatments are used increasingly in the Pacific Northwest. However, questions remain regarding the responses of cavity-nesting birds and residual green trees to different harvest intensities and patterns. To study these issues,...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Scott T. Walter for the

  • Segmenting single-family homebuilders on a measure of innovativeness

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    Fell, David R.
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    The goal of this study is to provide a better understanding of new product adoption by single family homebuilders. Information from this study will be useful to producers of new and existing engineered wood products in targeting their market development efforts. Homebuilders are studied with the goal of segmenting them...
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    Approved: -----------.----~ Eric Hansen The goal of this study is to provide a better understanding of

  • Provenance, lifespan, and phylogeny : testing a conceptual framework for plant community management

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    Benfield, Cara D.
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    Successful conservation management requires an understanding of how species respond to intervention. Native and exotic species may respond differently to management interventions due to differences arising directly from their native or exotic origin (i.e., provenance) or from differences in life-history or phylogenetic lineage that are associated with provenance. Thus, selection...
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    Abstract approved: Elizabeth T. Borer Eric W. Seabloom Successful conservation management

  • Evaluating the Effects of a Parasitic Copepod (Salmincola californiensis) on the Performance of Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

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    Neal, William T.
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    Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) rearing in lakes and reservoirs have been known to become heavily infected with an ectoparasitic copepod (Salmincola californiensis). Little is known about the factors that affect the parasite infection prevalence and intensity. However, previous research suggests that the parasite may negatively affect the fitness and survival...
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    : ______________________________________________________ James T. Peterson Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) rearing in lakes and reservoirs

  • Prespawning Mortality of Fall Creek Willamette Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): Evaluation of the Effects of a New Trap at the Adult Fish Collection Facility

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    Carey, Katherine
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    Annual rates of prespawn mortality (PSM) in adult Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) trapped and transported upstream of dams in the Willamette River basin are high (often >40%) and could limit the ability to restore natural populations of spring Chinook salmon if not reduced. Improvements at the U.S. Army Corps of...
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    : ______________________________________________________ James T. Peterson ABSTRACT Annual rates of prespawn mortality (PSM) in adult Chinook

  • Patch dynamics of desert fishes in the arid wetlands of western Utah

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    Sáenz, Jessica
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    The conservation of declining desert fish species requires the identification of relations between fish population dynamics and their environments. Dynamic occupancy modeling, an approach that requires less information than traditional mark-recapture studies, may help identify important factors affecting population processes and aid desert fish conservation and restoration efforts. I used...
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    : ______________________________________________________ James T. Peterson The conservation of declining desert fish species requires the

  • Development of a Structured Adaptive Approach to Klamath Basin Sucker Recovery Planning

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    Barajas, Miguel F.
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    Listed as endangered in 1988, the Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and Shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) were once abundant and widely distributed in the Klamath Basin in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Populations of both species have been declining since the late 1960’s. Factors thought responsible for declines include naturally...
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    : ______________________________________________________ James T. Peterson Listed as endangered in 1988, the Lost River sucker (Deltistes

  • Factors affecting circulating growth hormone binding protein in chickens

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    Tobar-Dupres, Eric T.
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    Growth hormone binding protein (GHBP) may be an important factor in the regulation of growth as well as an indirect, less invasive way of predicting the status of growth hormone receptors. Several factors (age, nutritional status, sex, and glucocorticoid administration) have been reported to influence circulating growth hormone (GH) levels,...
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    protein in chickens AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Eric T. Tobar-Dupres for the degree of Master of

  • An Evaluation of the Effects of the Parasite Salmincola californiensis on At-Risk Chinook Salmon Populations

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    Gardner, Ethan N.
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    Once abundant in their native range, Pacific salmon species (Oncorhynchus spp.) were widely distributed across the northern Pacific Rim from South Korea and Japan to the Sacramento River in California. Remaining populations are subject to population-level threats, including pathogens. The freshwater parasitic copepod Salmincola californiensis is associated with the reduced...
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    Populations. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ James T

  • Implementation Techniques for Variational Data Structures

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    Meng, Meng
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    Many applications require not only representing variability in software and data, butalso computing with it. To do so efficiently requires variational data structures thatmake variability explicit in the underlying data and the operations used to manipulate it.Variational data structures have been developed ad hoc for many applications, but thereis little...
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    Techniques for Variational Data Structures Abstract approved: Eric T. Walkingshaw Many applications require

  • Remote detection and predicted locations of NIPF fuel treatments in central Oregon

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    Hall, Michael P.
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    Fire regimes across the western United States have been altered due to past land management and changing land use. Mitigating increased risks of wildfire occurrence in landscapes such as central Oregon requires landscape level management from both governmental and private organizations. Non-industrial private forest (NIPF) owners manage a relatively small...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Eric M. White Fire regimes across the western United States have been altered due to past

  • American marten distributions over a 28 year period : relationships with landscape change in Sagehen Creek Experimental Forest, California, USA

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    Moriarty, Katie M.
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    The distribution of American martens (Martes americana) within Sagehen Creek Experimental Forest (SCEF), Tahoe National Forest, California has been periodically documented from 1980–1993. This area has been the location of nine marten surveys, each involving a systematic detection/nondetection survey on the same grid. These data are an unprecedented time series...
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    : Eric D. Forsman The distribution of American martens (Martes americana) within Sagehen Creek

  • Age-specific and lifetime reproductive success of known age Northern Spotted Owls on four study areas in Oregon and Washington

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    Loschl, Peter J.
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    Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) are a long-lived forest owl and range-wide declines in their numbers have resulted in the species being listed as threatened under the endangered species act. While many studies have been focused on population trends and reproductive performance of Spotted Owls from different age-classes, none...
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    Areas in Oregon and Washington. Abstract approved: Eric D. Forsman Northern Spotted Owls

  • Modeling and optimization of a combined cycle Stirling-ORC system and design of an integrated microchannel Stirling heat rejector

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    Ingram-Goble, Robbie
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    The performance of a combined Stirling-ORC power cycle is evaluated, and an integrated microchannel heat exchanger is designed as an annular cold-side heat rejector for a free piston Stirling engine. Reasonable designs for a combined cycle can increased power output efficiency by 3 - 9% compared to that of a...
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    Stirling Heat Rejector Abstract approved: Richard B. Peterson The performance of a combined Stirling-ORC

  • Time-dependent deflection of Douglas fir beams in bending and shear modes

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    Capell, Harry Thomas
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    Creep in wood has been observed since 1833 but only recently has it been studied quantitatively. The aim of this paper is to study the time-dependent deflections of Douglas fir, Coast Region beams in bending and shear modes. The general method of approach used is that of large scale observation....
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    ---7q-6" ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author wishes to express his appreciation to Dr. John Peterson for

  • Design considerations for a miniature atmospheric engine with a magnet-actuated autonomously-reciprocating in-cylinder regenerator for portable power production

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    Yarger, David J.
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    Driven by the need for high energy-density power sources, demand has stimulated the development of small-scale engines. A small-scale engine with a fuel supply could replace batteries and utilize higher energy-density liquid hydrocarbon fuels; such an advance could deliver a new age of portable devices. Currently, operable small-scale engines exist;...
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    Regenerator for Portable Power Production. Abstract approved: Richard B. Peterson Driven by the need for

  • An exploration of microcombustor feasibility

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    Hatfield, Jonathan M.
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    The goals of this research were first to examine flame quenching in tubing smaller than the quench diameter, and then to place lower size limits on microcombustor and microreactor systems by studying a catalytic microcombustor burning propane. In the first set of experiments, flame quenching was examined as a function...
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    Exploration of Microcombustor Feasibility. Abstract approved: Dr. Richard Peterson The goals of this

  • Design and performance of a small scale waste heat recovery unit

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    Ward, Christopher
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    A microchannel heat exchanger was designed for diesel waste heat recovery and its performance was evaluated. The 21x15x8 cm unit was constructed from diffusion brazed stainless steel lamina and weighed 11 kg. Operating from a 13.4 kW generator with an exhaust temperature of 500 °C the unit delivered 11.1 kW...
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    : Richard B. Peterson A microchannel heat exchanger was designed for diesel waste heat recovery and

  • The present status of plastics as an engineering material

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    Summersett, John Steve
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    The present status of plastics is one of constant change, but this thesis attempts to focus attention on the state of the industry as of 1967. Beginning with a brief title definition and history of plastics, the writer proceeds to a discussion on the structural characteristics of plastics. Under this...
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    Peterson, for his guidance. I would also like to express my appreciation for the interviews and tours

  • Frequency analysis of timber-joist floors

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    Polensek, Anton
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    ANALYSIS OF TIMBER-JOIST FLOORS Abstract approved; John Peterson Matrix formulation was combined with the

  • Single- and multi-functional arrayed microchannel fluidic devices

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    Fisher, Luke W.
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    Novel fluidic devices that utilize an array of microchannels to achieve their designed purpose are discussed. Examples of devices include: fuel reforming using Microreactors, chip cooling using microchannel heat sinks, and microchannel devices used for biological applications. The devices that have directly contributed to this research include: a microchannel water...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Richard B. Peterson Novel

  • The geometric characterization and thermal performance of a microchannel heat exchanger for diesel engine waste heat recovery

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    Yih, James S.
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    Rising energy demands and the continual push to find more energy efficient technologies have been the impetus for the investigation of waste heat recovery techniques. Diesel engine exhaust heat utilization has the potential to significantly reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and reduce the release of greenhouse gases, because diesel...
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    Exchanger for Diesel Engine Waste Heat Recovery Abstract approved: Richard B. Peterson

  • A treatise on structures without bending

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    Taleb-Agha, Ghiath Abdul-Kareem
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    There are several factors which affect the cost and efficiency of a structure. The most important and basic factors are: the predominant stress, the way the structure carries the loads and the shape of the structure. The structures in which the predominant stress is not bending have been chosen to...
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    Abstract approved: John Peterson There are several factors which affect the cost and efficiency of a

  • Liming requirement of selected Willamette Valley soils

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    Peterson, Paul William
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    There are two major problems associated with soil acidity and lime response investigations: A. Determining how much lime (100% "available" CaCO₃ equivalent) is required to raise a soil pH (or degree of acidity) from its existing level to a specified level - presumably where need for lime is eliminated. B....
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Paul William Peterson (Name) for the Master of Science in Soils

  • The effects of population age on trade

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    Peterson, Zack T.
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    This paper empirically examines the effects of population aging on international trade using a cross-country panel data set for a select group of 22 OECD countries. Other recent studies have examined the effects of population age on other economic variables such as growth, savings, and investment but none till now...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Zack T. Peterson for the

  • Thinning effects on stand and tree growth : different perspectives on same old questions

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    Romero Castaño, Pablo
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    The search for the stand density that optimizes growth and hence generates the maximum amount of wood is one of the philosopher’s stone in modern forestry. Since scientific methods were applied to forestry, numerous generations of foresters have studied the relations between stocking density and growth, obtaining diverse results and...
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    . ii The Black Rock Unit of the George T. Gerlinger Experimental Forest in Oregon holds one of the

  • Northern goshawk breeding habitat selection within high-elevation forests of southwestern Colorado

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    Ferland, Cheron L.
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    The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is a species of concern in the western United States due to its association with mature structural stage forests. I employed a use-versus-availability study design to quantify the vegetative, physiographic, and landscape variables associated with goshawk breeding habitat selection in the San Juan Mountains of...
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    : _______________________________________________________________ Eric D. Forsman The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is a species of concern in the

  • Comparing Migratory Patterns and Survival Between Wild and Wild Fish Surrogate Juvenile Spring Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

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    Pollock, Amanda M. M.
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    Anadromous salmonid populations in the Pacific Northwest have declined over the past 150 years. In 1999, wild spring Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) were federally listed as threatened within the Willamette Basin, OR. Currently, practices to restore wild populations in the upper Willamette Basin involve trapping wild adults at the base...
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    : _______________________________________________________________ David L.G. Noakes James T. Peterson Anadromous salmonid populations in the Pacific

  • The MiniSpec : a low-cost, compact, FPGA-based gamma spectrometer for mobile applications

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    Becker, Eric M.
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    There is a significant role in emergency response and personal radiation safety that can be played by a compact radiation detector that is capable of identifying radionuclides. Herein is described the design, construction, and characterization of a small, low-cost, low-power gamma ray spectrometer prototype intended to fill this role, conducted...
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    Spectrometer for Mobile Applications AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Eric M. Becker for the

  • Buoy and satellite observation of wind induced surface heat exchange in the intraseasonal oscillation over West Pacific and Indian Ocean

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    Araligidad, Nilesh
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    The importance of wind-driven latent heat fluxes for supporting tropical intraseasonal precipitation variability is analyzed. Tropical intraseasonal variability in the west pacific and Indian ocean is analyzed for northern and southern hemisphere summer during 1999-2005 using satellite and buoy observations. A composite analysis of QuikSCAT ocean vector winds and TRMM...
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    Indian Ocean Abstract approved: Eric Maloney The importance of wind-driven latent heat fluxes for

  • A Formal Foundation for Variational Programming Using the Choice Calculus

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    Hubbard, Spencer
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    In this thesis, we present semantic equivalence rules for an extension of the choice calculus and sound operations for an implementation of variational lists. The choice calculus is a calculus for describing variation and the formula choice calculus is an extension with formulas. We prove semantic equivalence rules for the...
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    for Variational Programming Using the Choice Calculus Abstract approved: Eric T. Walkingshaw In this

  • Late Pleistocene Slip Rate along the Panamint Valley Fault System, Eastern California

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    Choi, Na Hyung
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    The Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ) is a broad zone of dextral shear inboard of the North American - Pacific plate boundary. Despite decades of study, the significance of a mismatch between geodetic velocities and geologic fault slip rates across the ECSZ remains incompletely understood. Geodetically determined interseismic strain across...
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    Eric Kirby The Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ) is a broad zone of dextral shear inboard

  • The range expansion of the northern barred owl : an evaluation of the impact on spotted owls

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    Kelly, Elizabeth G.
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    Since their range expansion into the Pacific Northwest, anecdotal evidence suggests that northern barred owls (Strix varia varia) may be displacing northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina). My objectives were to characterize barred owl distribution and population increase in Oregon, investigate spotted owl territory performance before and after barred owl...
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    : ----------.---------....,...._------- Signature redacted for privacy. Eric D. Forsman Since their range expansion into the Pacific Northwest

  • Integrating Side Effects in Variational Programs Using Algebraic Effects

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    Alkubaish, Ghadeer
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    Variational programming supports efficiently executing many related programs at once by encoding all of the programs in one "variational program" that captures the differences among them statically and explicitly. An open problem in variational programming is how to handle side effects—if two program variants perform different side effects, we cannot...
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    Effects in Variational Programs Using Algebraic Effects Abstract approved: Eric Walkingshaw Variational

  • A modeling study of katabatic flows

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    Smith, Craig M.
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    A modeling study is undertaken to better understand the physics of katabatic flows. This study is divided into three topics; a comparison between a large eddy simulation (LES) and a mesoscale model of katabatic flows, a sensitivity study of katabatic flows to various physical parameters, and an investigation into the...
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    thanks and appreciation to my adviser, Dr. Eric Skyllingstad, for providing me with an interesting

  • Geomorphic Evidence for Differential Rock Uplift Across the Southern Cascadia Forearc

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    von Dassow, Wesley
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    The nature of upper plate deformation along the Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) is poorly understood. Systematic covariation among topographic relief, geodetically determined uplift rates, decadal to millennial erosion rates, and the frequency of episodic tremor and slip (ETS) along the Cascadia forearc suggest a genetic association between forearc topography and...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Eric Kirby The nature of upper plate deformation along the Cascadia subduction zone

  • Late Holocene Earthquake History Recorded in Alluvial Fan Sequences, Panamint Valley, Eastern California

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    Sethanant, Israporn
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    The Panamint Valley fault zone (PVFZ) is an active, dextral-oblique normal fault that partially accommodates dextral shear across the Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ). The fault system has a complex geometry, characterized by a relatively high-angle dextral oblique normal fault in the south and a low-angle detachment system that accommodates...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Eric Kirby The Panamint

  • Feasibility of exporting plywood to United Arab Emirates

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    Salim, Nizam Ahmmed
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    Plywood is the second largest, by value, wood-based product being imported by United Arab Emirates (UAE), below paper products and also second in terms of volume below sawn wood. Very few studies have been done of the UAE market for plywood. This thesis takes a scientific, marketing planning approach to...
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    : Feasibility of Exporting Plywood to United Arab Emirates. Abstract approved: Eric

  • Formal Verification of the Variational Database Management System

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    Khan, Fariba
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    Variation in data is abundant and ubiquitous in real-world applications. Managing variation in databases is, however, difficult and has been extensively studied by the database community. Schema evolution, data integration, and database versioning are examples of well-studied forms of database variation with effective context-specific solutions. However, variation appears in different...
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    Variational Database Management System Abstract approved: Eric Walkingshaw Variation in data is abundant

  • Corporate social responsibility and its implementation : a study of companies in the global forest sector

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    Han, Xiaoou
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    Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be defined as companies acting in accordance with societal demands. In recent years, CSR has gradually become a leading issue in business. Heightened corporate attention to CSR has not been entirely voluntary. Many companies awoke to it only after being surprised by public response to...
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    : Eric N. Hansen Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be defined as companies acting in

  • Imperative Programming with Variational Effects

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    Grasley, Alexander B.
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    Variation is a commonly encountered element of modern software systems. Recent research into variation has led to increasing interest in the development of variational programming languages and corresponding variational models of execution. Variational imperative languages pose a particular challenge due to the complex interactions between side effects and variation. The...
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    Variational Effects Abstract approved: Eric T. Walkingshaw Variation is a commonly encountered element of

  • Object highlighting : real-time boundary detection using a Bayesian network

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    Jia, Jin
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    Image segmentation continues to be a fundamental problem in computer vision and image understanding. In this thesis, we present a Bayesian network that we use for object boundary detection in which the MPE (most probable explanation) before any evidence can produce multiple non-overlapping, non-self-intersecting closed contours and the MPE with...
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    Boundary Detection using a Bayesian Network. Abstract Eric Mortensen image segmentation continues to be

  • Scenario planning, a new planning tool for the U.S. Pacific Northwest forest academy

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    Portugal, Rodrigo S.
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    Human society is in continuous movement, physically or politically, willing or not . With digitalization and global warming, the pace of change has increased, and unpredictability has grown, challenging society and its institutions to evolve within a highly globalized and interactive environment, while facing even higher uncertainty in the future....
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Eric Neal Hansen Human

  • Investigation of the dimensional stability of an ultra-thin film gas/liquid contactor

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    Peterson, Jerrod P.
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    The use of a permeable membrane to mechanically constrain a film of water with an area of 12 cm² and a thickness of 150 μm in a gas/liquid contactor was investigated. The membrane separated the vapor and liquid phases, and a stiffener plate made from a gas-permeable material was used...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jerrod P. Peterson for the degree

  • Design, modeling, and performance of miniature reciprocating thermocompressor

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    Edwards, Michael J.
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    Research in the miniaturization of thermomechanical systems in recent years has proven to be both rewarding and challenging. Micro-scale devices have tremendous technological potential but come with a new set of design problems. One such problem is energy storage. Heat actuated systems, driven primarily by thermal energy, take advantage of...
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    . Abstract approved: __ _..,....~=~~--=-~-~~-~-~~"'----'-==--- Richard B. Peterson Research in the

  • Genetic factors that provide adult plant resistance against Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici to wheat cultivar 'Stephens' in a multilocation analysis.

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    Vazquez, Maria Dolores
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    Stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) has been receiving increased attention in the USA since the appearance of more virulent races detected in the past decade. These races caused yield losses even in areas where the disease previously was rarely detected. Host plant resistance is the most cost effective...
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    Peterson Stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) has been receiving increased

  • Integrated dual cycle energy recovery using thermoelectric conversion and an organic Rankine bottoming cycle

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    Miller, Erik W.
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    Hot engine exhaust and industrial process exhaust represents a resource that is often rejected to the environment without further utilization. This resource is prevalent in the transportation and industrial process sectors, but stationary engine-generator systems also typically do not utilize this resource. Engine exhaust is considered high grade heat and...
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    . Peterson Hot engine exhaust and industrial process exhaust represents a resource that is often