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The Effect of Canopy Cover and Wildfire Smoke on Near-Surface Temperatures

Creator:: Brackett, Amanda
Abstract:: Recent shifts from clearcutting to partial retention harvesting on many ownerships and the importance of microclimate dynamics on biotic responses to regional climate highlight the need to understand how microclimate conditions in forest understories differ across gradients of partial overstories. This study compares below-canopy near-surface temperatures at 2cm above ground...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: ___________________________________________________ Klaus J. Puettmann & Christopher J. Still

Elucidating Key Aspects of the Biology of Select Species of Snail-killing Flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) in Oregon

Creator:: Alzahrani, Fares
Abstract:: Members of the family Sciomyzidae, known as snail-killing or marsh flies, are unique amongst insects in that the vast majority of reared species feed exclusively on mollusks and as a result their biological control potential has been well documented in the scientific literature. However, in North America there is a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: members, Dr. Andrew Hulting, Dr. Gail Langellotto, and Dr. Klaus Puettmann for their encouragement

Retirees and local governments in Oregon : an empirical study of the Tiebout sorting hypotheses

Creator:: Hill, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Brian), 1964-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Bruce A. Weber Six Oregon counties have been classified as retirement economies by the USDA

Ecological Forestry : A Critical Analysis

Creator:: Batavia, Chelsea
Abstract:: Although science is widely accepted as a fundamental source of information underlying decisions about forest management and conservation, considerably less attention has been paid to the inevitable role that normative values and beliefs play in such decisions. This thesis highlights the normative dimensions of "ecological forestry," a strategy of forest...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Jeff Hatten, John Vucetich, and Klaus Puettmann, for their patience and valuable advice, and

A comparative analysis of aggression by active male participants in intramural and open recreation basketball at Oregon State University

Creator:: Harty, Robert A. (Robert Alvin), 1962-
Abstract:: As an increase in Americans seek their leisure experience in rationalized forms of play, certain symptoms of non-enjoyment, non-flow achievement are present; i.e., aggression. This relationship between aggression and rationalized play has widely manifested in university intramural sports settings. The review of literature provides the logical development for this relationship...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , economic, and intellectual patterning" (Mitchell, 1986). This realignment is referred to by Max Weber as

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:: , 1982; Klaus and Kennell, 1976; Newton, 1971, 1976), and the economic advantages (Goldfarb and

Some enzyme changes in levers of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdnerii) fed aflatoxin B₁ and sterculic acid

Creator:: Taylor, Stephen Lloyd
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Klaus (32) and Bailey et al. (8). The latter method has been applied to trout lipids (29

Model programming of a direct contact condenser in solvent free microwave extraction of peppermint oil

Creator:: Du, Yihao
Abstract:: Solvent free microwave extraction (SFME) has been demonstrated to be feasible in extraction of essential oils from botanical materials. The benefits are no need for any solvent aside from the water naturally in the botanical material and a significant reduction in environmental impact for large scale production processes. However, the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"All the things you ask of me" : Law Enforcement Experiences of Infant Death Investigation

Creator:: Schindell, Jennifer R.
Abstract:: The sudden and unexpected death of a seemingly healthy infant sets in motion a number of linked processes with potentially complex and far-reaching ramifications. While individuals, families and communities grapple with the shock and heartbreak associated with the loss of a young life, a chain of multidisciplinary investigative responsibilities is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 2001; Hymel 2010; Jenny and Isaac 2006; Weber et al. 2012). Table

Toward Machine Learning-Enabled Adaptivity for Humorous Robots

Creator:: Gray, Carson C.
Abstract:: Social robots benefit from a sense of humor, which requires the ability to recognize and adapt to human responses during playful interactions. Past work on humorous robots has classified audience responses with audio-based and preliminary visual-based methods following the joke punchline. Building on this progress, we conducted a survey of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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The Effect of Canopy Cover and Wildfire Smoke on Near-Surface Temperatures

Elucidating Key Aspects of the Biology of Select Species of Snail-killing Flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) in Oregon

Retirees and local governments in Oregon : an empirical study of the Tiebout sorting hypotheses

Ecological Forestry : A Critical Analysis

A comparative analysis of aggression by active male participants in intramural and open recreation basketball at Oregon State University

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

Some enzyme changes in levers of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdnerii) fed aflatoxin B₁ and sterculic acid

Model programming of a direct contact condenser in solvent free microwave extraction of peppermint oil

"All the things you ask of me" : Law Enforcement Experiences of Infant Death Investigation

Toward Machine Learning-Enabled Adaptivity for Humorous Robots

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