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  • The impact of microclimate variation on budburst phenology within a mature Douglas-fir tree (Pseudostuga menziesii)

    Creator:
    Miller, Rebecca A.
    Abstract:
    Budburst, the initiation of annual growth in plants, is sensitive to climate variation and is therefore used to monitor physiological responses to climate change. Budburst timing can vary between regions of an individual tree, but this phenomenon it is unaccounted for in current monitoring efforts and may contribute to the...
    Resource Type:
    Undergraduate Thesis

  • Systems and methods for multi-robot comedy

    Creator:
    Swaminathan, Janani
    Abstract:
    This thesis seeks to make developing multi-robot comedy performances more accessible to developers and performers, and suggests the use of duo comedy for robot-run research experiments. It involved four main steps: technology development, experimental deployments in the general public, the development of the Multi-Robot Comedy Performance System, and an analysis...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Multi-Robot Comedy Abstract approved: Heather Knight This thesis seeks to make developing multi-robot

  • Socially Communicative Multi-Robot Motion and Formation: Algorithm Development and Validation

    Creator:
    Bacula, Alexandra
    Abstract:
    Expressive motion has been found to be a highly effective tool in communicating intent and motivation in single robot human-robot interaction, but work in exploring how groups of robots can use motion in interactions with humans is relatively nascent. There are many additional complexities to consider expanding from single robot...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    Multi-Robot Motion and Formation: Algorithm Development and Validation Abstract approved: Heather

  • Development and Testing of an Integrated Sensor Suite for Cookstove Monitoring and Evaluation

    Creator:
    Miller, Heather M.
    Abstract:
    The health and environmental impacts associated with traditional methods of household cooking and heating have driven the development and dissemination of many types of improved cookstoves and fuels. However, adoption rates, household cooking practices, and even household ventilation can directly influence the magnitude of real-world impacts. Given the highly contextual...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Heather Miller for the degree of

  • Introducing and validating a high-throughput bud break sensor

    Creator:
    Kleinknecht, George J.
    Abstract:
    Bud break is a key adaptive trait that can help us understand how plants respond to a changing climate from the molecular to landscape scale. Despite this, acquisition of bud break data is currently constrained by cost, scale, and a lack of information at the plant scale on the environmental...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Sensor Abstract approved: Heather E. Lintz Bud break is a key adaptive trait that can help us

  • Robot vs. Stick: The Impact of Anthropomorphism on the Use of Hand Sanitizer

    Creator:
    Bana, Parthasarathy R.
    Abstract:
    Anthropomorphism is described as the human tendency to see human-like shapes in the environment and robots have the potential to be anthropomorphized. However, it is unclear if anthropomorphic robots are effective in human-robot interactions (HRI). Using the context of hand sanitizer service as an application, this work assessed whether a...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    . Heather Knight {banap,knighth}@oregonstate.edu Oregon State University Corvallis, oregon, USA Abstract

  • Designing and Evaluating a User Interface for Multi-Robot Furniture

    Creator:
    Stoddard, Brett
    Abstract:
    A chair, once placed, will stay put until moved. Or will it? With the rise of technology being embeddable into everyday objects, what if that chair could move itself? Such robotic furniture has been featured in advertisements, art, and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) research. Existing methods for operating robotic furniture have...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Heather M. Knight A chair, once placed, will stay put until moved. Or will it? With the

  • Beyond Data and Learning Outcomes: Understanding the Personal and Social Dimensions of Citizen Science Volunteer Engagement

    Creator:
    Harwell, Todd A.
    Abstract:
    Citizen science is a term broadly used to describe activities that typically involve the public in the process, methods, and standards of scientific research with the aim of advancing scientific knowledge or application. Engagement in citizen science for project and program volunteers is influenced by much more than an individual’s...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Heather A. Fischer Abstract Citizen science is a term broadly used to describe activities that

  • Emergency contraceptive pills and college women : factors influencing intention and use

    Creator:
    Nelson, Heather A.
    Abstract:
    Approximately half of the 6.4 million pregnancies occurring each year in the United States are unintended (Finer & Henshaw, 2006). Unintended pregnancies, defined as pregnancies not wanted at the time conception occurs, regardless of contraceptive use (Chandra, Martinez, Mosher, Abma, & Jones, 2005) can have serious repercussions on women, children,...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Heather A. Nelson for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • The use of motivational interviewing within school counseling programs for academically unmotivated eighth grade students

    Creator:
    Hadraba, Heather D.
    Abstract:
    School counselors are challenged with creating a wide range of programs to address three developmental domains: personal/social, career, and academic, with an increasing requirement to provide accurate and sufficient data substantiating their professional contributions to students’ academic achievement. At the same time, the professional literature reports that during adolescence there...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    DISSERTATION OF Heather D. Hadraba for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling presented on