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  • Headwater

    Creator:
    Martens, Jacob L.
    Abstract:
    These essays are an attempt to rebuild memories that explore the nature of work and family. They explore how work knocks against the joints of the body and against the joints between family members, and, as time passes, how the next generation inherits the family line of work only to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Rights Reserved Headwater by Jacob L. Martens A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in

  • Relative rigidity in abstract Witt rings

    Creator:
    Dougherty, Anne M.
    Abstract:
    This paper deals with finite abstract Witt rings in the case where -1 = 1 in the square class group. The results also apply to Witt rings of quadratic forms over fields where √-1 is in the field. The concept of relative rigidity is studied in finite abstract Witt rings...
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    : Bill Jacob /7 This paper deals with finite abstract Witt rings in the case where -1 = 1 in the square

  • An investigation of signal strength variations at broadcast frequencies

    Creator:
    Feikert, Grant Stephen
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    Masters Thesis
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    . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . . 31 A Study of Portland Broadcasting Stations. . . . . 46 Wavelnterference

  • Solidarity’s Last Stand: Rudi Nussbaum and the Hanford Downwinders

    Creator:
    Vitale, Anthony
    Abstract:
    The Hanford Nuclear Reservation drew public ire during the 1980s and 1990s when activist groups forced the declassification of 19,000 documents and discovered proof of accidental and intentional releases of radioactive materials into the environment. These releases had been kept from the public. Although many locals had for decades wondered...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Jacob Darwin Hamblin The Hanford Nuclear Reservation drew public ire during the 1980s

  • Decaying in Storage: The Closures of Three Nuclear Reactors in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Oney, Celia E.
    Abstract:
    People involved in a nuclear activity, whether they are developing it, benefiting from it, or opposing it, see inherent connections between various aspects of nuclear science and technology. This thesis investigates three nuclear sites: a university research reactor, a dual-purpose reactor that produced plutonium for the U.S. military and electricity...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Jacob Darwin Hamblin

  • Dig Sites and Domesticity: Jessie Camp and the 1947 University of California Africa Expedition

    Creator:
    Fraas, Picabo K.
    Abstract:
    In 1947, scientists from the University of California departed for a fifteen-month expedition to Africa. Jessie Camp, wife of the head paleontologist Dr. Charles L. Camp, had no official position on the expedition. Yet in performing her traditional domestic duties, she greatly contributed to the overall success of the expedition....
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    Masters Thesis
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    Jacob D. Hamblin In 1947, scientists from the University of California departed for a fifteen

  • Feeding Victory: The Challenge of Agriculture, Food Distribution, and Nutrition During the Second World War in the United Kingdom and Germany

    Creator:
    Paoli, Gus R.
    Abstract:
    The Second World War was not just a military struggle but also a struggle between two different agriculture, food distribution, and nutrition systems in the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany. At the start of the war, both countries understood that food and nutrition would play an important role and carefully...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Paoli, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jacob Hamblin Ph.D. for helping me find a thesis topic and

  • The Space Between: How We Understood, Valued, and Governed the Ocean Through the Process of Marine Science and Emerging Technologies

    Creator:
    Newton, Samantha
    Abstract:
    Ian Angell, in the New Barbarian Manifesto, said “A ‘brave new world’ is being forced upon unsuspecting societies by advances in information technology.” It would seem then, that technological advances happen automatically and have a life of their own. There is a logic to technological advancements that is outside human...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Jacob Darwin Hamblin Ian

  • Analytical Meditation on Motivation to Meditate

    Creator:
    Lindsley, Jacob
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    Meditation research in recent decades has disproportionately focused on the Buddhist derived practice of “mindfulness” meditation while leaving most other Buddhist meditation practices unstudied. The current study seeks to remedy this homogeneity through the adaptation of a novel meditation practice used in Tibetan Buddhism to affect motivation. We explored traditional...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Analytical Meditation on Motivation to Meditate by Jacob Lindsley A

  • Assessing Mechanisms of Douglas-fir Growth Response to Operational Nitrogen Fertilization in Western Oregon

    Creator:
    Putney, Jacob D.
    Abstract:
    Nitrogen (N) fertilizer is a commonly applied silvicultural treatment in intensively managed Douglas-fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco] plantations. When attempting to maximize average growth responses through fertilization, landowners experience difficulty prioritizing stands for treatment based on the likely magnitude of response and return on the operational investment. Field trials were...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jacob D