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  • Estimating Tree Defect and Log Quality with Terrestrial Structure from Motion Photogrammetry and Handheld LiDAR

    Creator:
    Morgan, Carli J.
    Abstract:
    Forest inventories are periodic resource assessments that can estimate items such as timber volume and value, tree growth rates, carbon sequestration, forest health status, wildlife habitat, fuel loading, and more. Traditional inventories require a large investment of resources and well-trained workforce. To date, most foresters and timber cruisers inventory forests...
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    THE THESIS OF Carli J. Morgan for the degree of Master of Science in Sustainable Forest Management

  • Closing the Gap : Using Theory to Analyze the African American Division 1 Football Player Graduation Gap

    Creator:
    Smith, Dorian
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    African American male students are a small portion of the student body at NCAA Division 1-A schools, but they make up a large portion of population of college football players. African American male college students are also one of the most at-risk student populations on campus in regards to retention....
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    : Matthew W. Nyman African American male students are a small portion of the student body at NCAA

  • African American/Black Upward Mobility through Sports : A Critical Analysis

    Creator:
    Smith, Michael D.
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    Research has shown that African Americans/Blacks, especially those with low socioeconomic status, acknowledge athletics as an avenue for upward mobility (Coakley, 2011). Although the chances of becoming a professional athlete might seem unachievable through sports, athletes develop tangible and intangible abilities that transfer and are useful in the years following...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Matthew W. Nyman Research has shown that African Americans/Blacks, especially those

  • Overstory Growth, Structural Development, and Regeneration Success Following Uneven-Aged Conversion Treatments in Douglas-fir Plantation of the Cascade Range in Oregon

    Creator:
    Marcum, Sean R.
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    Uneven-aged management has been suggested as a method for balancing biodiversity conservation and wood production goals from managed forests in a variety of regions. In coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forests of the Pacific Northwest, implementation of uneven-aged management is hindered by a lack of experience with uneven-aged silvicultural systems, including...
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    :______________________________________________________________ Matthew Powers Uneven-aged management has been suggested as a method for balancing

  • Automated Tradeoff Analysis of Cost Versus Machinability for Design Feedback

    Creator:
    Grier, Alan Thomas
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    As CAD tools become more sophisticated, engineers are able to more easily create complex part geometries with minimal mass given strength and stiffness requirements. However, these complex part geometries can be difficult to subtractively manufacture, which consequently increases manufacturing cost and production time. This thesis presents a method independent of...
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    Analysis of Cost Versus Machinability for Design Feedback Abstract approved: Matthew I. Campbell As CAD

  • Design and Modeling Techniques for Impedance Based Flow Cytometry

    Creator:
    Dawes, Jacob
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    Microfluidic devices have enabled lab-on-a-chip (LOC) systems that allow for complex sample analysis and preparation in a compact form factor. One technology that may benefit from a microfluidic approach and further miniaturization is flow cytometry. Flow cytometry is an analysis technique for enumerating and characterizing populations of cells; this is...
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    Modeling Techniques for Impedance-Based Flow Cytometry Abstract approved: Matthew Johnston Microfluidic

  • Automated Synthesis of Planar Mechanisms with Revolute, Prismatic and Pin-In-Slot Joints

    Creator:
    Huang, Weifeng
    Abstract:
    The intent of this research is to explore the entire design space of mechanism topologies by using a graph grammar synthesis approach. A new graph representation of planer mechanism has been developed to represent the planar mechanism with revolute (R), prismatic (P), and pin-in-slot (RP) joints. Following Gruebler's equation, the...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Matthew I. Campbell The intent of this research is to explore the entire design space of

  • Reburn Severity and Vegetation Recovery in Southwestern Oregon, USA

    Creator:
    Weber, Rebecca N.
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    The Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion of southwest Oregon and northern California is greatly departed from its historic, mixed-severity fire regime. This departure manifests in larger wildfires, greater proportions of high burn severity within wildfire perimeters, and decreased diversity of post-fire vegetation successional stages and trajectories across the landscape compared to historical norms....
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    : ______________________________________________________ Matthew Powers The Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion of southwest Oregon and northern California is

  • The effects of supercritical CO₂ on the bending properties and treatment defects of four refractory wood species

    Creator:
    Anderson, Matthew E.
    Abstract:
    It is difficult to treat the heartwood of many wood species with liquid preservatives using conventional liquid processes. Supercritical fluids (SCF) used as carriers of preservatives to impregnate refractory wood species may be an attractive alternative to conventional liquid carriers. While SCF impregnation has many potential advantages, some wood species...
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    privacy. AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew E. Anderson for the degree of Master of Science in Forest

  • The objects within : an applied OOO literary criticism

    Creator:
    Dodson, Matthew J.
    Abstract:
    For centuries, continental philosophy has clung to the belief that the world only meaningfully exists through human perception--that, in other words, when a tree falls in the forest, it does not make a sound. Literary theory, which has strong roots in continental philosophy, followed suit, remaining tied to humanism even...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew J