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The biology and control of Phytophthora root and stem rot of apple rootstocks from stool beds

Creator:: Tidball, Carolyn Jean
Abstract:: The present studies were conducted to better understand the etiology, epidemiology and potential control of the Phytophthora stem root rot as it occurs in apple stool beds. Symptoms of Phytophthora root and stem rot occurred as early as May and continued to develop throughout the growing season. Sunken brown-black lesions...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of apple rootstocks from stool beds AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Carolyn Jean Tidball for the

On-line to healthy weighs : electronic messages for employed women on maintaining a healthy weight

Creator:: Sullivan, Angelique S.
Abstract:: A nutrition education program for employed women on maintaining a healthy weight was developed and evaluated. Delivery of eight messages (two per week for four weeks) by electronic mail was tested for effectiveness. The subjects were 243 members of the Oregon State University Office and Personnel Association who were randomly...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Dr. Carolyn Raab, for her continual dedication and exceptional guidance. My sincere thanks goes to

Food safety knowledge and continuing education interests of hospital foodservice managers

Creator:: Ramsay, Jean D.
Abstract:: Hospital patients are at high risk for foodborne illness; it is essential that hospital foodservice managers know food safety principles. The purpose of this research was to assess the basic food safety knowledge of hospital foodservice managers and to determine their interest in continuing education related to food safety. A...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A N ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jean D. Ramsay for the degree of

An Ecoregion-Based Reference Condition and Classification Scheme for Determining Nutrient Criteria in Oregon Lakes

Creator:: Brenner, Jacqueline M.
Abstract:: The anthropogenic introduction of nutrients to water bodies has been shown to alter the structure and function of natural aquatic ecosystems, yet national EPA lake and reservoir nutrient criteria remain too broad for effective regional water quality management. This study uses a reference site approach to propose numeric nutrient criteria...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _______________________________________________________________________ Carolyn Fonyo Boggess The anthropogenic introduction of nutrients to water bodies has been

Patterns from the past : exploring gender and ethnicity through historical archaeology among fur trade families in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Creator:: McAleer, Carolyn Patricia
Abstract:: This thesis examines archaeological material in order to explore gender and ethnicity issues concerning fur trade era families from a settlement in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Ethnohistorical information consisting of traders journals and travelers observations, as well as documentation from the Hudson's Bay Company, Catholic church records, and genealogical information...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Carolyn Patricia McAleer for the

Requisite family living competencies for high school graduates of Oregon, as perceived by participants of public health prenatal classes

Creator:: Taylor, Carolyn Diane
Abstract:: The main objective of this study was to identify family life competencies needed by high school graduates, as perceived by a majority of respondents. In addition, the null hypothesis tested was: that age, sex, and educational level are each independent of response on each individual competency statement. Testing was done...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF CAROLYN DIANE TAYLOR fore the MASTER OF SCIENCE (Name of student) (Degree) in Home Economics

The effects of time-temperature relationships of nitrogenous constituents of stored irradiated beef

Creator:: Blair, Carolyn Jane
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: CONSTITUENTS OF STORED IRRADIATED BEEF by CAROLYN JANE BLAIR A THESIS submitted to OREGON STATE

Young adults' beliefs about and use of herbal supplements in relation to their dietary attitudes and behaviors

Creator:: Koorndyk, Tamberly
Abstract:: Today in the United States, herbal supplements are growing increasingly popular, however, little is known about the safety and efficacy of these products. This study contributes to the growing body of information about the prevalence of herbal supplement use among young adults (18 to 24 years) and the beliefs young...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and experience. I also want to thank my committee members Mary Cluskey, Carolyn Raab, Roberta Hall

Relationship between learning of basic weaving techniques and visual perception abilities of primary school children

Creator:: Kitts, Anne Garland Harvell
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the weaving performance and the visual perception abilities of primary school children. The sample population consisted of 50 first-graders, 26 boys and 24 girls. A measure was developed to test weaving performance; the children participated in a weaving lesson...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) while complex weaving is under- taken by the master weaver (Tidball, 1966). This indicates that some

Screen printing on tensioned warps in handwoven fabrics

Creator:: Mezera, Margaret Ann
Abstract:: The creating of pattern in woven fabrics by placing design on the warps and/or wefts before they are woven is ancient. Primary examples of these textiles are ikat, which is a resist dyeing technique, and chine, in which design is painted or in some way printed on the tensioned warp...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: served as my minor professor. Jean Scorgie, for her enthusiasm and inspiration. Her interest and

Analysis of variability of some forest soils in southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Wicherski, Bruce P.
Abstract:: The variability of selected physical, chemical, and morphological soil properties in two landtype mapping units on'the Rogue River National Forest in southwestern Oregon was studied. The objectives of the study were (i) to quantify soil variability in several soil resource inventory mapping units, (ii) to explore methods of describing soil...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effect of Crafted with Pride in the USA cues on evaluations of sweaters made in the USA a developed country, and a developing country

Creator:: Surerus, Jo Anne M.
Abstract:: The present study examined the influence of Crafted With Pride in the USA stimuli and country of origin on consumers' attitudes toward and evaluations of clothing. The sample consisted of 112 female college students enrolled in one of three courses in the College of Home Economics, Spring term, 1988. A...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , suggestions, and constructive criticism of this research. My special thanks are given to Carolyn Tidball for

A study of certain reactions of 4-chloro-6-methylhydrazino-5-nitropyrimidine and the 4-methoxy and 6-dimethylamino analogs

Creator:: Tantivanich, Amnard
Abstract:: The reaction between 4- chloro- 6- methoxy- 5-nitropyrimidine and methylamine was investigated. The reaction product was identified as 4-methoxy-6-methylamino-5-nitropyrimidine from synthesis of the product via 4-chloro-6-methylamino-5-nitropyrimidine. The product was the result of displacement of chloro substituent with methylamine. The reaction occured under mild condition (e. g. 15-20 C. in dioxane)....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: tote (1, 1 92 Typed by Carolyn Irving for Amnard Tantivanich ACKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to express

Iroquois of the Pacific Northwest fur trade : their archaeology and history

Creator:: Jameson, Jennifer E.
Abstract:: During the early 19th Century, the fur trade brought many Iroquois to the Pacific Northwest as working primarily as voyageurs for the North West Company. When the North West Company merged with the Hudson's Bay Company, the Iroquois employees merged as well. After retirement, some settled in the Willamette Valley...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Dr. Brauner’s students have completed work on this very subject. For example, one student, Carolyn

“Gold Dirt:” An Exploratory Study of Beginner Women Farmers’ Experiences with Farmland Tenure Mediating Care for Soil in Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Christophel Michaels, Rosa J.
Abstract:: This thesis investigates how beginning, women farmers, within in a women farmers’ network in the Willamette Valley, Oregon are accessing land and farming information. Using ethnographic, community-based research methods, I ask how land access mediates their ability to care for their land and soil. Are these farmers interested in fostering...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: practices. Carolyn Sachs, the residing expert on women farmers within the United States tells us that

Extending and Visualizing Authorship in Comics Studies

Creator:: Brown, Nicholas A.
Abstract:: This thesis complicates the traditional associations between authorship and alphabetic composition within the comics medium and examines how the contributions of line artists and writers differ and may alter an audience's perceptions of the medium. As a fundamentally multimodal and collaborative work, the popular superhero comic muddies authorial claims and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Women combatants in the United States Navy : a victory for equal opportunity

Creator:: Rosenberg, Holly A.
Abstract:: The issue of Navy women in combat has been widely discussed since women first served during World War I. In this paper I intend to present the political, philosophical, and historical reasoning behind the changing of the regulations to allow women in combat. History shows that the Navy has faced...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . : Air University Press, 1991), 2. 2 Becraft, Carolyn, "Women in the Military, 1980-1990," (Washington

Irreconcilable differences : modernist representations of class and gender in the early work (1911-1936) of Rebecca West

Creator:: Pence, Peggy D.
Abstract:: This thesis on Rebecca West's writing (1911-1936) addresses the relationship between her polemical essays and her fiction, exploring modernist representations of class and gender differences and conflicts. West expresses a view of gender and class relations in early twentieth century Great Britain that is based on opposed and dichotomous pairs...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Source material for holiday programs in high school : an annotated bibliography

Creator:: Castle, Leola Blanche
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: characters. We1l, Carolyn. The meaning of Thanksgiving Day. Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 1922. o.p

Falling Into Place: Relational Perspectives on the US Creative Residency Field

Creator:: Baker, Jay A.
Abstract:: Falling Into Place: Relational Perspectives on the US Creative Residency Field is an Environmental Arts & Humanities thesis built around a research project called Creative Residencies and Expanded Senses of Community: Interviews With Artists & Residency Leaders. It’s an extended meditation on arts residencies via research, interviews, and experiential learning,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Culture Work 24 Jean-Baptiste Joly, “In the Margin of a Marginal Segment: An interview with Jean-Baptiste

Assessing Post-fire Tree and Understory Vegetation Response to a Mixed-severity Fire Gradient in the Klamath Mts., Oregon, USA

Creator:: Terzioglu, Cihat
Abstract:: Severe wildfires are increasing in the western United States, impacting vegetation structure, and in turn, forest regeneration conditions. These wildfires are also raising a substantial amount of scientific and management concern regarding the resilience of forested ecosystems, or the ability of the ecosystem to return to a pre-fire condition. This...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Sexologists, What of the Night?: Parody and Resistance in Nightwood

Creator:: Simpson, Taylor
Abstract:: The present study considers the mid-nineteenth century origins of the term “sexual inversion,” as it became applied to a variety of nonnormative subjects and sexual practices. Djuna Barnes’ Nightwood (1936) has long been recognized as a discursive space wherein socially constructed notions of sexuality and gender are interrogated. A key...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: /00144940.2016.1171200. 2 See Carolyn Allen. “The Erotics of Nora's Narrative in Djuna Barnes's ‘Nightwood.’” Signs, vol

Flavor development of cheddar cheese under different manufacturing practices

Creator:: Lemus, Freddy Mauricio
Abstract:: Cheddar Cheese samples (good cheese, weak cheese, cheese made with pasteurized milk, cheese made with heat-shocked milk, cheese from production plant A, cheese from production plant B, cheese made with adjunct culture, and cheese made without adjunct culture), were evaluated during the ripening stage. Proteolysis was studied by a fractionation...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A Rhetorical Analysis of Feminist Critics' References to Virginia Woolf

Creator:: Stockton, Judith D.
Abstract:: Virginia Woolf wrote both prose and poetry, both fiction and non-fiction: she was both a creative writer and a politically conscious reporter. She left a wealth of beautifully crafted observations and comments that continue to be immensely quotable and influential. Feminist critics today use Woolf's vocabulary to continue the feminist...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Western culture . . . . something has been left out: 'merely,' in Carolyn Kizer's ironic understatement

Wild nature or the garden : conservation themes in the forests of Tarzan and Herland/Ourland

Creator:: Davis, Caryn M.
Abstract:: At first glance, Edgar Rice Burroughs's wildly popular romantic fantasy novel, Tarzan of the Apes (1912), and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist science fiction-utopian novel, Herland (1915), with its dystopian companion, With Her in Ourland (1916), may appear to have little in common. Tarzan celebrates the human connection with wild nature...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Some suggestions for the use of visual education in teaching illiterate Chinese parents

Creator:: Loh, Woh Ping
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Choice behavior as a function of memory in preschool children

Creator:: Glim, Margaret Ellen
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the memory factors associated with preschoolers' performance in a two-choice, uncertain outcome decision situation. Choice behavior was examined under two conditions: one, (NMA), in which the child was required to rely on his memory to establish an appropriate prediction of the occurrence...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

House design scores of forty Corvallis, Oregon, residences related to homemakers' expressed satisfaction and ranking of values

Creator:: Teitzel, Freda Anne
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to gain information regarding interrelationships among homemakers' expressed satisfaction with their houses, their expressed hierarchy of values and house design scores. The sample consisted of 40 homemakers who lived in owner-occupied residences located in Corvallis, Oregon, constructed since 1955, and ranging in size from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: city and village dwellings. Jean Warren (1961), a specialist in home management from Cornell, states

Global Citizen, Global Consumer: Study Abroad, Neoliberal Convergence, and the Eat, Pray, Love Phenomenon

Creator:: Barbour, Nancy Staton
Abstract:: This thesis examines the convergence of neoliberal rhetoric across popular media, academic, and institutional discourses, and draws connections between contemporary women's travel literature and common scripts in study abroad promotion. Finding such narratives to be freighted with ethnocentric constructs and tacit endorsements of market-based globalization, I critique the mainstreaming of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Management practices used in family meal service

Creator:: Carlson, Winona Havranek
Abstract:: Since the management of family meals has been a major task in most homes throughout the United States and because of its importance to family members, this study was undertaken to examine the management practices used by homemakers in preparing and serving meals. A questionnaire, developed by the researcher with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: is presented Typed by Carolyn Irving for Winona Havranek Carlson ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Appreciation is

Examining Wave Attenuation Rates and Subsurface Pore Pressures Across Three Marsh Restoration Sill Structures on a Sandy Bed

Creator:: Converse, Jordan D.
Abstract:: With rising sea levels and more frequent exposure to extreme storms, coastlines worldwide are vulnerable to increased erosion and loss of natural marsh lands. In an effort to lessen these impacts, there is a growing practice of adapting hard or “gray” coastline protection techniques to more nature-based features that promote...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The relationship between specific mother-child interactions and selected aspects of language development in Head Start children

Creator:: Owen, Martha-Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between specific mother-child interactions and selected aspects of language development in "disadvantaged" children. The subjects were 19 preschool children in a summer Head Start program in Denver, Colorado. Their ages ranged from four years-nine months to five years-seven months. Eighteen...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: helping to put them into effect; Mrs. Rose Lopez, Mrs. Jo Norman, Miss Carolyn Sukup, and Mrs. Genevieve

Femslash Fanfiction as a Reparative Practice of Critique

Creator:: Johnson, Colleen E.
Abstract:: Ever since Henry Jenkins’ groundbreaking _Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture_ (1992), fan studies has slowly worked its way further into mainstream academia. However, particular practices and cultures of femslash fandom, and the contribution of queer women to fandom archives and circulation have, in many ways, been neglected. In...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ” works such as Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea have already garnered academic interest and critical

Eaffective Ecopoetics as a Practice for Feeling a World in Crisis

Creator:: Platt, Benjamin D.
Abstract:: Discussions of ecopoetics often seek to investigate how poetics as a form can be rendered more ecological, often in contrast to nature poetry. These conversations tend to concentrate on this generic contrast and the formal qualities of an ecological poetics. Ecopoetics as a field emerged largely as a response to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A Trend Analysis of Nitrate in the Southern Willamette Valley Groundwater Management Area (GWMA)

Creator:: Piscitelli, Cody M.
Abstract:: The shallow aquifer in Southern Willamette Valley (SWV) has high levels of nitrate, and we are exploring the time trends in nitrate, and the hydrologic and land management factors that contribute to this problem. Nitrogen (N) inputs to farmland from fertilizer is thought to be the primary source of nitrogen...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Science Graduate Program Director, Carolyn Fonyo, also played a pivotal role in helping to find funding

The sum of its parts : investigating the component pieces of GenderMag

Creator:: Hill, Charles
Abstract:: Previous work introduced the GenderMag method, a software inspection method used to help software creators identify features within their software that are not gender-inclusive. Inclusiveness of software (gender or otherwise) matters because supporting diversity matters—it is well-known that the more diverse a group of problem-solvers, the higher the quality of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effects of soaking and low temperatures on germination and seedling vigor of snap beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Slenderette)

Creator:: Walls, Timothy W.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Horticulture ih charge of Major He6fd of Horticulture Department W W V. V . ■» » Jean of

Identifying Design Discussion Topics in Open Source Software

Creator:: Chatterjee, Amreeta
Abstract:: When contributing to a software system, developers need to understand the rationale for previous design decisions so that they can adhere to the system’s design. Not doing so can lead to erosion of the overall design quality of the system. However, discussions embedded in a large volume of communication on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Newcomers’ Barriers. . . Is That All? An Analysis of Mentors’ and Newcomers’ Barriers in OSS Projects

Creator:: Balali, Sogol
Abstract:: Newcomers’ seamless onboarding is important for open collaboration communi- ties, particularly those that leverage outsiders’ contributions to remain sustainable. Nevertheless, previous work shows that OSS newcomers often face several barriers to contribute, which lead them to lose motivation and even give up on contributing. A well-known way to help newcomers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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:: American Mind (1967), Donald Worster’s Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s (1979), Carolyn

Women Farmers and Ranchers and Agricultural Knowledge: Gender. Experience, and Connection

Creator:: Filan, Trina Robin
Abstract:: This research is based on in-depth interviews with 20 women farmers and ranchers from the state of Oregon. These women employ a variety of methods and subscribe to a number of divergent philosophies regarding agricultural practices. The intention of this study is to examine how women who are the primary...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Carolyn Sachs' The Invisible Farmers: Women in Agricultural Production (1983). The Invisible Farmers

Just do it : an analysis of cultural factors behind the growth of Nike, Inc.

Creator:: Chen, Roger L.
Abstract:: The success of NIKE, Inc. is deemed miracle by professionals on both Wall Street and Madison Avenue. Research done in the past tends to credit the growth of NIKE, Inc. to its marketing strategies. By placing the achievement of the company in the postmodern context, this study analyzes the cultural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Lei, Jean Fang, Cheng Ping, and many others, I wish to extend my appreciation for their

Cytokinin antagonists and antibiotics related to nalidixic acid : effects on Phaseolus and Nicotiana callus tissues

Creator:: Marsden, Katherine E.
Abstract:: The effects of five cytokinin antagonists on the growth of cytokinin-autonomous lines of Phaseolus lunatus cv. Kingston, Phaseolus vulgaris cv. Great Northern, and Nicotiana tabacum cv. Wisconsin 38 callus tissues have been compared. The antagonists tested included four N⁴-substituted 4-amino-2-methylthiopyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines bearing the following N⁴ side chains, 4-n-pentyl- (ms²pnN⁴Prp), 4-n-hexyl- (ms²HxN⁴Prp),...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Carolyn Patyner for all of their assistance and guidance in the laboratory. I am very grateful

The Legend of the Three Living and the Three Dead : The Development of the Macabre in Late Medieval England

Creator:: Sandeno, Robin M.
Abstract:: Many authorities state that the development of macabre images were a result of the plague that first swept through western Europe 1347-1350. However, many aspects of the macabre were already in place prior to the plague. A more realistic explanation for the macabre is in the modification of religious belief,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . 'Carolyn Walker Bynum, Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval

A settlement model at the Robert Newel Farmstead (35MA41), French Prairie, Oregon

Creator:: Manion, Mollie Jo
Abstract:: This thesis is based on the excavations of the Robert Newell farmstead (35MA41), excavated in 2002 and 2003 by the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology archaeological field school. Robert Newell lived at this farm from 1843- 1854. Major architectural features, including a brick hearth and postholes were discovered at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: field. There are two ladies in particular I need to thank. Carolyn McAleer, you were such a mentor for

Cosmic Heritages: Multiraciality and Epistemologies of Black and Native Storytelling

Creator:: Miller, Gabrielle
Abstract:: This thesis thinks through the ways in which Black and Native storying offer epistemological interventions on neoliberal formations of multiracial identity. I argue that Black and Native storytelling methods and methodologies facilitate rethinking and re/unlearning relationships to the racial and ethnic categories of mixed-race, biracial, and multiracial, as well as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

'Mejor Amancebada que Mal Casada' : Rhetoric and Practice of Amancebamiento in Seventeenth-Century New Spain

Creator:: Hisey, Aimee
Abstract:: Following a history of tensions surrounding concubinage in medieval and early modern Spain, the Church sought greater control of religious life, particularly over the sacrament of marriage, via the Holy Office of the Inquisition. The Church exercised its strengthened restrictions and prosecuted these relationships with more frequency, as did civil...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Factors associated with use of care labels by home sewers

Creator:: Gallaher, Helen Adele
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Little houses on the prairie : a predictive model of French-Canadian settlement in Oregon's Willamette Valley

Creator:: Kinoshita, Jun R.
Abstract:: Using GIS, this study creates a predictive model of a distinct population of French-Canadian settlers, highlighting shared environmental characteristics of known sites that may have factored into their decision-making process as they chose locations for their farmsteads. While traditional historic and archaeological research has been conducted on French Prairie, the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Michelle Wilson, Rebecca Snyder, Carolyn Flizack, Scott MacAleer, and Michael Rogers who provided

A history of the Good Samaritan Hospital of Portland and its place in the community

Creator:: Goodale, Dorothy Louise
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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