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  • The phytosanitation of solid wood packaging materials using wood preservatives

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    Schauwecker, Christoph F.
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    New species introductions have been associated with the movement of people for thousands of years. For instance, horses were introduced into North America by Spanish explorers, while pigs were introduced by the Polynesians into many Pacific islands long before the establishment of permanent European settlements. Both of these species introductions...
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    Ross and Kimberly Wallin for their help with the entomology portion of this study. Dr. Michael

  • Fluid flow on interacting, deformable surfaces

    Creator:
    Neill, Patrick
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    Fluid simulation is an interesting research problem with a wide range of applications including mechanical engineering, special effects in movies and games, and scientific simulation. Due to the complex nature of typical fluid flow equations, there are circumstances where a full volumetric fluid simulation may not be necessary to generate...
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    presents an approach on incorporating fluid dynamics into a tradional animation environment [55]. McNamara

  • Visualization and design systems for road infrastructure

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    Esch, Gregory
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    Transportation infrastructure provides a vital service for the functionality of a city. The efficient design of road networks poses an interesting topic in computer science for digital content developers. For civil engineers, the visualization of analysis results on infrastructure both efficiently and intuitively is crucial. The following contributions are made...
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    visualization, I would like to thank Eugene Zhang and Michael Scott. Without Michael, the bridge visualization

  • Building Economically Resilient Rural Communities

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    Sorte, Bruce Michael
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    Rural communities will continue to be disproportionately shocked by economic fluctuations. Market forces are likely to lead to the decline of many rural communities and they will need to be economically resilient to survive. This thesis draws on several social sciences and the natural sciences to develop ideas that communities...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bruce Michael Sorte for the degree

  • Oregon Health & Science University's understanding of cultural competency

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    Racansky, Pamela A.
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    The United States population continues to increase and diversify. The cultural composition within the United States embodies a multitude of people from a variety of belief systems, religious backgrounds, and ethnicities. Within current biomedical practice, many of these differences are often marginalized, leaving populations with unsatisfactory experiences in seeking health...
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    McNamara, Naomi Weidner, and Peggy Peirson. I wish to extend my thanks and a Boodma" to all four of these

  • Preferred customers? : barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program

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    Keys, Robert T. III
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    From February to September of 2001, a significant body of qualitive data was collected to investigate barriers for Hispanic participation in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program. As a means to investigate this topic, comments were solicited from physicians, hospital administrators, social service agencies, and low-income Hispanics through semi-structured focus groups...
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  • Evaluation of the 2001 pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

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    Saylor, Kirsten N.
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    The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), piloted in Oregon in 2001, provided $100 worth of vouchers (aka coupons) to low-income seniors to buy fresh local produce from farmers at farmers' markets and roadside stands. Presented in a political ecology framework, this research integrated the perspectives of beneficiaries and their...
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  • A study of the accidents within the trucking industry and the effectiveness of the accident countermeasures

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    Lewellyn-Barnett, Tracey A.
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    A random sample of Oregon motor carriers was selected to determine the effectiveness of the Accident Countermeasures (ACM), a process created to address the factors involved in truck accidents and recommendations a motor carrier may utilize to prevent future similar accidents from occurring. Two groups of fifty motor carriers were...
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    (McNamara 1995). Many people are beginning to realize that we need to make people aware of the problem at

  • Effects of quinolinate and nitro-, or thio- substituted analogs of quinolinate on glutamate receptor-mediated neurotoxicity in cerebellar granule cell cultures

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    Zhang, Jinying
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    Quinolinate (QUIN) is an endogenous neurotoxic product of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism. Quinolinate is a selective agonist of the NMDA family of glutamate receptors and, as such, may play a role in the pathology of a number of major central nervous system (CNS) disorders. These include both chronic...
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    compounds used in the experiment. I thank the members of my graduate committee, Dr. Michael Schimerlik, Dr

  • The effectiveness of a static and dynamic balance training program for children with cerebral palsy

    Creator:
    Senisi, Michael
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    Balance is the ability to establish an equilibrium between the body and its environment. Balance is a key component which is associated with a variety of movements and postural control. Children with cerebral palsy (CP) have difficulties with movement and postural control due to physical and neurological limitations. The purpose...
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    program for children with cerebral palsy AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michael Senisi for the degree of