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The flow mechanics and resulting erosional and depositional features of explosive volcanic density currents on earth and Mars

Creator:: Reimers, Clare E.
Abstract:: Straight, radial, erosional channels and fan-like deposits of tephra develop around steep-sided cones and composite volcanoes, but are not characteristic features of shield volcanoes. The channels and deposits normally are formed by explosive volcanic density currents which originate as nuées adrentes or base surges. The physical processes of explosive volcanic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master

Museum education programs : Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Scherer, Leigh Anne Whitney
Abstract:: In this study I explored the variety of educational opportunities available in museums. Next, I examined the museum education programs in the Portland, Oregon area and described what types of opportunities are available to teachers. Finally, I made suggestions for teachers on how to best access museum programs and for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Programs: Portland, Oregon Abstract Approved: Roberta Hall In this study I explored the variety of

Analysis of fresh fish sales as a function of promotion in the Portland metropolitan area

Creator:: Batie, Sandra S.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Portland, Oregon, metro- politan area. The data were then analyzed with the aid of single

The incidence and duration of breast feeding among women in the greater metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Marshall, Joyce M.
Abstract:: The incidence and duration of breast feeding were determined via telephone questionnaires from a sample of 95 women who delivered healthy infants during the month of September 1982, in the greater metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon. This sample was limited in that the women were married, predominately white, over 25...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Duration of Breast Feeding Among Women in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Portland, Oregon Abstract

Importance of country-of-origin at point of purchase in women's decisions to purchase sweaters

Creator:: Gipson, Kay
Abstract:: The present study examined the influence of country-of- origin on the apparel purchase decision. One-hundred and eighty-one adult female sweater purchasers were surveyed directly following the purchase of a sweater for personal use in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. The sample consisted of 138 department store shoppers and 43 discount...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: following the purchase of a sweater for personal use in the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. The

Women's commuter cycling apparel : functional design process to product

Creator:: Steinhardt, Lauren
Abstract:: Bicycle commuting is increasing in popularity due to exercise benefits, cost savings, and environmental concerns. Available specialized cycling apparel does not reflect the aesthetic and expressive needs of the bicycle commuter. Urban bicycle commuters need clothing that allows them to bicycle safely and effectively while maintaining their identity as professionals....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: INTRODUCTION Commuting by bicycle is more popular than ever, especially in the city of Portland, Oregon

An evaluation of the industrial engineering practices in the greater Portland area

Creator:: Weatherbee, Lyle Eugene
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the greater Portland area N EVALUATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING PRACTICES IN THE GREATER

A dynamic landscape formed by the power of volcanoes : geology training manual for interpreters at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

Creator:: Ashton, Rebecca H.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of social interaction and social comfort among five undergraduate ethnic groups: African American, American Indian, Asian American, Caucasian American, and Hispanic American. Another purpose was to explore the correlation between the level of social contact and comfort among the five...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Landscape Formed by the Power of Volcanoes: Geology Training Manual for Interpretative Rangers at Hawai'i

Isotopic and Geochemical Signatures of Mantle and Crustal Contributions in Rhyolites from Okataina and Taupo volcanoes, New Zealand

Creator:: Rocco, Nicole D.
Abstract:: Silicic caldera-forming eruptions are some of the largest and most destructive volcanic eruptions known, and present significant local and global hazards. The underlying processes within crustal magma plumbing systems that lead to the accumulation and eruption of large volumes of evolved magma remain enigmatic, yet there is broad consensus that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

Castle Rocks : a late miocene eruptive center at the north end of Green Ridge, Jefferson County, Oregon

Creator:: Wendland, David W.
Abstract:: Castle Rocks is 12 miles east of Mt. Jefferson, in the central Cascades of Oregon. The area contains volcanic rocks ranging from mid-Miocene to Holocene in age. These rocks record alternating periods of tholeiitic and calc-alkaline volcanism. The oldest rocks in the area range from basaltic andesite lava flows to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Interactive influences of wildfire and nonnative species on plant community succession in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Creator:: Ainsworth, Alison
Abstract:: The role of fire as a natural disturbance, its interactions with nonnative species and effects of repeated fires in the Hawaiian Islands have received little investigation. We are unsure of the role fire played in shaping forest structure and composition as well as affecting evolutionary processes of the native biota....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of the permanent collection of Oregon State University Libraries. My signature below authorizes

The Jews of Portland (Oregon) : their religious practices and beliefs

Creator:: Segal, Jack
Abstract:: This dissertation is concerned with the synagogue-affiliated Jews of Portland, Oregon. Employing an elaborate questionnaire this writer examined the ritual practices (home and synagogue) and traditional beliefs of Judaism as practiced or accepted by the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Jews of Portland and thereby attempted to reach a conclusion whether...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: with the synagogue-affiliated Jews of Portland, Oregon. Ernploying an elaborate questionnaire this

Stream channel stability and sensitivity to landscape history and land use changes in Kelley Creek, Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Murphy, Yarrow M.
Abstract:: This study examines stream channel erosion processes in a small urbanizing watershed influenced by deposits of the Columbia Basin catastrophic floods: Kelley Creek, a 12-km² tributary of Johnson Creek, located just east of Portland, Oregon. Information on landscape history, stream channels, and sediment dynamics was compiled. The effects of future...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (City of Portland Oregon 2004). The vegetation class did not distinguish between agriculture, forest

Desegregation, integration and the charter of Portland Public Schools

Creator:: Doyle, Judith Helene
Abstract:: Portland Public School District and in particular Jefferson High School are examined in a functionalist framework to determine the extent to which they meet community needs. B. Malinowski's functionalist theory is employed to analyze desegregation and integration policies and actions of the Portland Public School District and Jefferson High School,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Charter of Portland Public Schools by Judith Helene Doyle A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

Potential effects of ungulate exclusion fencing on displaying Hawaiian Petrels (Pterodroma sandwichensis) at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

Creator:: Swift, Roberta
Abstract:: Recently the National Park Service has proposed raising fence heights to exclude mouflon sheep (Ovis musimon) from conservation areas at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Concern over previous mortality of Hawaiian Petrels (Pterodronia sandwichensis) due to collision with fences prompted this study to quantify the potential effects of raising fence heights...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: area for seven weeks during the summer of 2003. We recorded petrel behavior around three simulated

A preliminary study of a counseling program for veterans in the Portland area

Creator:: Chown, Eleanor Eakin
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in the Portland area A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF A COUNSELING PROGRAM FOR VETERANS IN THE PORTLAND AR RA

National lumber exchange in Portland

Creator:: Schmelzlee, Robert
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ".he sources of supply,. A.tlanta, Georg:i.a and Portland, Oregon. At P.tlanta and Portland, the

A conceptual paradigm for the evaluation of recreation resources

Creator:: Stankey, George H.
Abstract:: One of the most serious problems confronting modern America is the efficient and rational utilization of the recreation resource base, not only in terms of present demands and needs, but future as well. The resource manager, in the past, has had few guidelines from which to determine the type and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A THESIS submitted to OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY in partial fulfillment of the requirements for

Source, evolution, and eruptive history of the Cold Spring Creek volcanics, Beaverhead County, Montana

Creator:: Ivy, Susan Denise
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: rocks from the Bannack area define a high-potassium calcalkaline suite of andesites and dacites. FeO

Managing our urban forest : what do officials and managers think and need? A case study from the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area

Creator:: Driscoll, Abbey N.
Abstract:: Urban forests are fundamental to the health and sustainability of urban communities. In 2012, the U.S. Forest Service launched the Vibrant Cities, Urban Forests: A National Call to Action initiative which posed a variety of recommendations to advance urban forest management and programs throughout the country. In response to that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area is a metropolitan region spanning the states of Oregon and

Submarine plateau volcanism and Cretaceous Ocean Anoxic Event 1a : geochemical evidence from Aptian sedimentary sections

Creator:: Walczak, Paul S.
Abstract:: Marine sediments exceptionally rich in organic carbon, known as black shales, occur globally but intermittently in well correlated Cretaceous successions. The presence of black shales indicates that sporadic, ocean-wide interruption of normal respiration of marine organic matter during oxygen-deficient conditions has occurred. Submarine volcanism on a massive scale, related to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: that the increased sea level during this time increased the area of shallow banks and inland seas

An economic analysis of prices and consumption of potatoes in Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Strachan, Bruce Bennett
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ;ricee in Portland with Oregon and the United States Farm Prices 52 13. Influence of Gregon, Western

Interrelationships among attitudes toward and practice of nutrition and health of prepaid health plan members

Creator:: Daoust, Jan Morgan
Abstract:: Interrelationships among attitudes toward and practice of nutrition and health were determined from results of 335 responses to a survey mailed to members of a prepaid health plan in Portland, Oregon, in the Spring of 1981. The scales used to test attitudes included Subjective Index of General Well-Being, Health Locus...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: members of a prepaid health plan in Portland, Oregon, in the Spring of 1981. The scales used to test

Riparian bird communities in Portland, Oregon : habitat, urbanization, and spatial scale patterns

Creator:: Hennings, Lori A.
Abstract:: Urban ecosystems are characterized by human disturbance and changes in the amount, types, and spatial arrangement of wildlife habitat. The relative importance of habitat and human associated variables to urban birds is unknown. In 1999, I surveyed spring bird and plant communities along 54 perennial streams in the Portland, Oregon...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of ten, 50-m buffers surrounding 54 riparian sites in the Portland, Oregon area, 1999. All

The value of Portland Puzzolan cement in mass concrete

Creator:: Clark, Roy Ross
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: The value of Portland Puzzolan cement in mass concrete

An analysis of the costs of producing Grade A milk in the Portland, Oregon and Boise, Idaho areas

Creator:: Harrison, Virden Leslie
Abstract:: The objectives of this study are: (1) Determine and compare the relative costs of producing Grade A milk in the Portland, Oregon and Boise, Idaho areas for the year 1964. (2) Determine by analysis the extent of inefficiencies in milk production and whether adjustments can be made. (3) Determine adjustments...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Business office survey of representative Portland firms

Creator:: Orem, Elizabeth Bryant
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: representative business offices of Portland, Oregon, and, further, to determine the extent to whIch these

A critical examination of the organization for handling juvenile delinquents in the Portland public schools

Creator:: Chase, Leslie Milton
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , the City Club of Portland, Oregon appointed a oommittee to stud the general problem in the Portland

A study of the recreational facilities in the Portland high schools

Creator:: Emigh, George Elmer
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Commission Survey (5) In 1936 the City Planning Commission of the city of Portland, Oregon, made a survey

A Demand System Analysis of Marketing Strategies for Apples and Pears in the Conventional Supermarket Environment

Creator:: McFetridge, Marc V.
Abstract:: This research examines how marketing strategies of produce managers affect consumer expenditures for fresh apples and pears. The objective of this study is to determine how display size, point-of-purchase material, product origin, product information and display placement impact consumer expenditures for fresh apples and pears. These variables were incorporated into...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Development of a Portland cement concrete of high dielectric strength

Creator:: Olson, Oliff Neil
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: NEIL OLSON A THESIS submitted to the OREGON STATE COLLEGE in partial fulfillment of the

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

Creator:: Goodale, Dorothy Louise
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: is vital to Portland and to Oregon. Objectives in the compiling of this history are: 1. To record

Evaluation of the Boleyn solar home, Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Ehm, Hans
Abstract:: The Boleyn home located in Portland Oregon (latitude 45°) is evaluated based on monitoring data taken from 1977 to 1982. The Boleyn home is a two-story (plus basement) frame home. It takes benefit of passive solar gains and is equipped with an active solar system. The active solar system consists...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Evaluation of the Boleyn solar home, Portland, Oregon

Health services in the public high schools of Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Younce, Earl Sanford
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Oregon HEALTH SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS OF PORTLAND, OREGON by EARL SANFORD YOUNCE A

The beginnings of a Russian natural history : the life and work of Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 - 1755)

Creator:: Koroloff, Rachel
Abstract:: Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (1711 – 1755) was a successful early Russian naturalist whose professional and social destinies were linked to eighteenth-century Russia's nascent but growing naturalist tradition. During his own time Krasheninnikov bridged the gap that existed in Russia between a distinctly European scientific practice and a tradition of Russian...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature

Typewriting for high school students in the Portland public schools

Creator:: Murphy, Katherine Frances
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: rorri the Portland, Oregon, High choo1 of Coin- niercol935-l94oinclusive, ....... 8tudy of the

A study of techniques used by the students of Benson Polytechnic School in selecting a course

Creator:: Battaglia, Frank Edward
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: conducted with the entering class of the fall 1937, of Benson Polytechnic School at Portland, Oregon

A human health risk assessment of hazardous air pollutants in Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Tam, Bonnie
Abstract:: In 1990, the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments authorized the regulation of 188 hazardous air pollutants (HAP). Exposure to HAPs at sufficient concentrations and durations can increase both cancer and serious adverse non-carcinogenic effects. The purpose of this study was to conduct a human health risk assessment using data of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Risk Assessment of Hazardous Air Pollutants in Portland, Oregon Abstract approved:.. Catherine

A study of acculturation : ORMU57, Portland's Old Chinatown, ca. 1870-1920

Creator:: Wernz, Maralee
Abstract:: This archaeological based research uses ceramics in the study of acculturation from a site excavated by an urban archaeology contract firm, and utilizes the theories of consumer choice, ethnicity and acculturation. Artifact analysis took place in the form of minimum vessel counts, artifact relative frequencies, and Chinese artifact values, as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) ................................................... 7 2. Top: C. E. Watkins 1867 panoramic of Portland, Oregon, showing the original plat and the area

A program for in-service training of police women in Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Brown, Elizabeth Bennett
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Multnoxnah County, Oregon, and covers an area of 66.86 square miles. Portland, the largest city in the

'Hysterical preservationists' and 'gouge-and-run bulldozer boys' : the land-use controversy in Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains, 1968-1972

Creator:: Jensen, Erica (Erica Lyn)
Abstract:: Similar to other spectacular scenic areas in the American West, Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains have been a contested landscape since the beginning of the 20th century. Although, legislation was introduced in Congress as early as 1913 to protect the towering mountains of south-central Idaho as a national park, the issue...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

Acculturation and food : a study of Vietnamese women in Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Sarasin, Heather M.
Abstract:: This study is intended to provide information about the situation of first-generation Vietnamese women to the IRCO Parent and Child Program Department in Portland, Oregon. Nutrition intervention and food assistance currently offered to Vietnamese women enrolled in this program is the focus of the study. The women interviewed characterize themselves...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : A Study of Vietnamese Women in Portland. Oregon. Abstract Approved: Sunil Khanna This study is

The marine geomorphology of American Samoa : shapes and distributions of deep sea volcanics

Creator:: Roberts, Jed T.
Abstract:: The geologic processes at work in American Samoa have long been a point of scientific debate. Of its numerous volcanic formations, few breach sea level, leaving an enormous proportion of their mass unavailable to traditional observation. This study aims to describe the deep sea geomorphology of American Samoa through compilation,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in the Pacific. Finally, a qualitative interpretation of the entire study area is undertaken that

Effect of peer group presence on the gross motor performance of young children

Creator:: Bates, Margaret K.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if passive peer group presence had a significant effect on the performance of students on the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD). Fifty-eight volunteer nonhandicapped children aged five, eight, and ten years were subjects for the study. There were 18 subjects aged...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Margaret K. Bates A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the

An application of item response theory to the test of gross motor development

Creator:: Cole, Emily Lynne
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to (a) provide insight into the use of item response theory (IRT) with psychomotor skills, (b) assess the psychometric properties of the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD) using IRT, and (c) provide a basis for future studies of the TGMD using IRT. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: wide range of abilities. Evaluations must be specific to the area of educational need and students

Effects of Douglas-fir tussock moth infestation on outdoor recreationists in the Blue Mountains, Oregon

Creator:: Delucchi, Philip B.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the Douglas-fir tussock moth, spray control program and salvage operations have had on outdoor recreationists in the Blue Mountains in northeastern Oregon during the 1972-1974 outbreak. Eight hundred ninety-four parties were interviewed one year after the outbreak in four...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -fir tussock moth in the Blue Mountain area of Oregon and Washington - 1972, 1973 (with map overlay of

A study of drop-outs from the accelerated mathematics classes of the Portland public schools, Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Palmer, Joyce Eileen
Abstract:: Statement of the problem: The study sought to determine whether certain measurable differences existed between students who had withdrawn after acceptance into the accelerated mathematics classes in the Portland schools and students who had persisted after acceptance into the program. Examined were: scores on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: classes of the Portland public schools, Portland, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Joyce Eileen

The impact of health and environmental motives and economic factors on the choice of organic produce

Creator:: Andrade, Diego
Abstract:: This research examines the factors that influence consumer choice of organic over conventional fresh produce. The emphasis of this study is to determine the relative importance of environmental and health motives and economic factors in explaining this choice. A survey was designed to collect data about consumer preferences and purchasing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

History and educational program of the Portland Labor College

Creator:: Flood, Gerhard Ragnvald
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Selected characteristics of personal bankruptcy petitioners in Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Matsen, Shirley Suzanne
Abstract:: Concern regarding the large numbers of personal bankruptcies in Oregon prompted this study. Although information was available from a few studies in other parts of the United States, none was available for Oregon. Very little data has been collected on personal and family characteristics of people filing bankruptcy and less...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: isolate some of these character- istics from a sample of petitioners in the Portland, Oregon area. The

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