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  • Propagation of the filbert, Corylus avellana L. by seedage and graftage

    Creator:
    Nussbaum, Emily S.
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    The filbert is propagated by layerage and a faster method is needed to keep pace with the rapidly expanding industry and the demand for new cultivars. Propagation by seedage and graftage were the two methods selected for evaluation in the research. Seed experiments were initiated to identify optimum treatments for...
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    GRAFTAGE by Emily S. Nussbaum A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial

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

    Creator:
    Vitale, Anthony
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    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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    defendants. Dr. Rudi Nussbaum, a nuclear physicist and Holocaust survivor working at Portland State

  • Fantastic Histories: How Malory's Morte Darthur Influenced Tolkien's The Silmarillion

    Creator:
    Tatom, Simon K.
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    My thesis, entitled "Fantastic Histories: How Malory's Morte Darthur Influenced Tolkien's The Silmarillion," argues that J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion shares distinct similarities in style and content with Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, primarily in the lack of detail in the descriptions of characters and events, as each attempts to create a...
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    the descriptions of characters and events, as each attempts to create a "historical" work based on

  • A data-driven model of pedestrian movement

    Creator:
    Casburn, Ledah
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    This thesis presents a model for simulating individual pedestrian motion based on empirical data. The model keeps track of a pedestrian’s position, orientation, and body configuration and leverages motion capture data to generate plausible motion. Our model can automatically incorporate a pedestrian’s physical limitations when making movement decisions, since it...
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    Movement Abstract approved: Ronald A. Metoyer This thesis presents a model for simulating individual

  • A structural description of Oregon counties, 1973-1978

    Creator:
    Ledeboer, M. Vivian
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    Local government officials and county planners may find descriptive information concerning the economic structure of each Oregon county useful for planning for future economic development. Specifically, citizens of counties and planning districts need to know whether industries in their area are growing or declining and in which industries a comparative...
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    indebted to Dr. Ronald A. Oliveira for his perceptive and timely suggestions as well as his continued

  • Studies to inform a visual language for authoring interactive exercise prescriptions

    Creator:
    Dodge, Jonathan E.
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    Communicating dynamic motion content, such as exercise, with a static medium, such as paper, is difficult. The technology exists for presenting 3D animated exercise content to patients; however, the tools for allowing exercise domain experts to effectively author the content do not exist. We conducted two formative studies with exercise...
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    Inform a Visual Language for Authoring Interactive Exercise Prescriptions Abstract approved: Ron

  • Interactive human locomotion using motion graphs and mobility maps

    Creator:
    Srinivasan, Madhusudhanan
    Abstract:
    Graph-based approaches for sequencing motion capture data have produced some of the most realistic and controllable character motion to date. Most previous graph-based approaches have employed a run-time global search to find paths through the motion graph that meet user-defined constraints such as a desired locomotion path. Such searches do...
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    Locomotion Using Motion Graphs and Mobility Maps Abstract approved: Ronald A. Metoyer Graph-based

  • Interactive football playbook

    Creator:
    Neumann, Christoph
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    This thesis presents a domain specific visual language designed to allow coaches to create content that exhibits the complex 2D interactions observed in the game of American football. Coaches can visually program the content by using symbols and drawing primitives similar to those that they currently use to design static...
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    Abstract approved: Ronald A. Metoyer This thesis presents a domain speci�c visual language designed to

  • Studying electricity feedback for the home with an emphasis on the user

    Creator:
    Hunter, Josie Elizabeth
    Abstract:
    As non-renewable resources dwindle and costs increase, it becomes ever more important for people to understand and control their electricity usage. Eco-feedback devices are being developed to increase user awareness and reduce consumption. In order for feedback devices to be successfully adopted into the home, however, they must be appealing...
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    Home with an Emphasis on the User. Abstract approved: Ronald A. Metoyer As non-renewable resources

  • Anticipating impacts

    Creator:
    Hermens, Benjamin J.
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    We present an approach for generating a character’s response in anticipation of an impending impact. Protective anticipatory movement is built upon several simple actions that have been identified as response mechanisms in monkeys and in humans. These actions are parameterized by a model of the interaction based on the approaching...
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