A record of the first seventy years in the life of Oregon State College - the illustrated story of her growth to the "major industry in the state', complete with the changing life and activity of her students and alumni.
The underlying aim of my dissertation was to contribute knowledge that may better support and foster STEM education improvement initiatives at public research universities. The two research studies included in my dissertation advance knowledge per perspectives of key stakeholders targeted by initiatives attempting to foster change, students and faculty. In...
This history concerns the scientific contributions of Charles
Babbage (1791-1871) to mathematics, to the invention of calculating
machines, and machine tools, to the development of scientific ideas
through a wide variety of scientific investigations and his involvement
in several different scientific reforms. Babbage considered himself
a philosopher in the broadest...
In response to concern over a lack of diversity in STEM postsecondary programs, institutions of higher education across the nation have promoted opportunities for undergraduate research. Such opportunities have been shown to enrich student experiences and success, especially for students from historically underrepresented groups. While these benefits have been fairly...
Sharp-shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus), and Cooper's Hawks (A.
coo erii) in the conifer forests in northwestern Oregon and A.
striatus, A. cooperii, and Goshawks (A. gentilis) in the conifer
forests of eastern Oregon were syntopic during the nesting season.
In this study density of nests, nest success, and utilization of...
Between 1970 and 1974, data were collected on the distribution and biology of the spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) in Oregon. One-hundred and sixteen pairs and seven single birds were located. Spotted owls occurred throughout the mountains of western Oregon and on the east slope of the Cascade Range at least...
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS Lead States, 2013) recommend that science courses engage communities of students in scientific practices that include building accurate conceptual models of phenomena central to the understanding of scientific disciplines. We offer a set of activities, implemented successfully at both the secondary and postsecondary levels,...
During the depression era, millions of Americans listened to the weekly radio
addresses given by Father Charles Edward Coughlin. He devoted his career to
speaking out against the evils of America and felt it his duty to warn Americans
against the perpetrators of this evil. But after 1934, the tone...
Dedicated to recording, portraying, and indicting
the social inequities that he witnessed in nineteenth
century Victorian England, one of Charles Dickens' many
concerns was the roles assigned to women both in the
public and private spheres.
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the
narratives of Amy Dorrit and...
This thesis examines a range of generic influences in William Shakespeare's Richard II. By exploring the play's references to conflicting interpretations of history from different generic perspectives, I hope to advance a more nuanced reading of the play's dynamic staging of history. In Chapter One, I suggest that Richard II...
Submicron particulate (mean size of 0.52 microns) was filtered
from air at substantially atmospheric temperature and pressure by
passing air up through a bed of fluidized glass shot in a two inch column.
Removal efficiency, defined as the percentage removal of
particulate from the air stream, was essentially constant during...
Nineteenth-century England witnessed burgeoning urban growth and the resultant struggle of the poor to find adequate shelter. Against this backdrop, Charles Dickens was a fierce advocate for the rights of the street people of London to have sanitary and adequate housing, earning him the title of radical. By combining sentimentality...
Based on a pilot study completed near Heceta
Beach, Oregon, guidelines have been proposed for
the development of Oregon coastal sand areas.
The guidelines, in the form of performance standards
are designed with respect to the variability of
coastal sand areas. Landscape units and vegetation
associations were grouped to reflect...
In attempting to provide modern water and
sewerage services to the non-indigenous inhabitants of
Canadian Arctic communities, engineering modifications are
necessary owing to the presence of a continuous permafrost
zone and a severe climate. Modifications are constraints
on communities in that the costs of providing water and
sewerage services are...
Redlich and Kister have developed two methods for evaluating
thermodynamic consistency of vapor-liquid equilibrium data. These
same authors also developed a power series for classifying systems
according to the number of coefficients required to define the data.
Stockett found it was difficult to classify systems by this method.
Macan suggested...
The surface mining of coal has accelerated in
northwest Colorado to the point where public pressure
plus impending state and federal regulations dictate the
need for comprehensive reclamation plans. A large coal
company operating in Moffat County has solicited recommendations
concerning soils, hydrogeology, geomorphology,
aesthetics, wildlife, vegetation, microclimatology, and
legal...
A log step develops when large woody debris extends across the active
channel, creating a change in the water surface elevation as the stream
spills over the log step. By forming a series of vertical falls, log
steps reduce the amount of potential energy available for conversion to
kinetic energy...
A study conducted along the Lincoln County, Oregon coast
delineated the exact location of 153 landslides. The landslides were
found through the interpretation of aerial photographs. Each landslide
was verified in the field and its class (ancient, historic, recent),
type (slump, debris slide or flow, planar slide), and status (stable,...
The logging industry is defined as being comprised of firms
which combine capital and labor resources in a production process
for converting stumpage into industrial roundwood. The industry
occupies an important position in a series of inter-connected markets
and manufacturing processes which links stumpage producers with
wood product manufacturers and...
The frequency of exchanges was measured in a reversed
acrocentric compound X chromosome that is deficient for interstitial
heterochromatin. Previous studies on similar chromosomes
containing interstitial heterochromatin have demonstrated a very
low frequency of single exchanges, and high frequencies of the
double and no exchange classes. It has been postulated...
PART I. A chemical examination of the materials toxic to fish in
kraft pulp mill wastes has been made as part of a water pollution
study. Thirty gallons of "foul condensate" from a typical kraft mill
gave 14 g of organic material when extracted with methylene chloride,
and an additional...
Studies were conducted to determine the post-mortem stability
of lysosomes in the white muscle of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
and to determine whether lysosomal stability was related to rigor
mortis and its subsequent dissolution. In addition, isolated lysosomes
were subjected to different environments in an attempt to detect some
of...
In three separate trials rats were fed either a basal diet deficient
in selenium and vitamin E or the same diet supplemented with
one or both of these factors. In addition to these treatments in two
of the trials, ethoxyquin was included to provide adequate lipid antioxidant
protection and to...
A new photosystem-II mutant of the green alga Scenedesmus
obliquus D₃, strain PS-28, has been shown to lack a-tocopherol
(vitamin E). The photosynthetic activity of dark grown samples of
PS-28 is about 20% of the wild-type control. Culturing the mutant
at low light intentisites (10⁴ ergs/sec-cm ²) stimulates photosynthetic
activity...
Physical, chemical and bacterial water quality parameters of
the upper Wallowa River were sampled periodically between July 2,
1978 and June 9, 1979 at nine stream and lake sampling sites. Water
upstream from Wallowa Lake was typified by low nutrient concentrations
( generally below detectable limits except for nitrates), low....
The general objective of this study is to analyze the production
and the consumption of food in Korea for the years 1955 through 1969
and to project them for the years 1970 through 1980. This study has
the following purposes;
(1) To examine the trend in food production and yield....
Research was conducted to determine the applicability of using the theory of
regionalized variables or geostatistics in characterizing the spatial variability of reference
evapotranspiration (ETr) over various climatic regimes for the state of Oregon. The state was
divided into five climatic regions based on topographic features and local meteorological
conditions:...
The purpose of this research was to determine if there were
initial differences in selected dimensions of self-actualization, as
measured by the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI), between the
freshmen who selected co-educational residence halls and those who
selected single-sex residence halls; and to determine if the type
of residence hall...
Seal Rock (35LNC14) is a late prehistoric shell midden site located on the central Oregon coast. Information derived from the faunal remains, radiocarbon dates, and location and size of the midden deposits suggest the site represents a late littoral stage of cultural adaptation. Analyses of lithic artifacts, and bone and...
The Pacific salmon market may often be characterized by
disequilibrium conditions and less than perfect information. Thus the
study of the decision-making behavior, especially short-run pricing,
of wholesale market participants in this industry requires the use of
alternative models to the conventional, price-taking, perfect
competition model of the firm.
This...
A year-long caged study the belted kingfisher (Megaceryle
alcyon) combined time-budget and food-balance techniques to obtain
data on daily energy consumption (DEC) throughout an annual cycle.
This study tested the hypothesis that seasonal variations in DEC
could be predicted as a function of temperature, photoperiod, and
timed-activity data. The DEC...
Portland, Oregon Is in the northern end of the Willamette River Basin and
Valley. The Willamette River caries the runoff discharge from approximately 12,000 square
miles of basin area, and flows northward where it bisects the Portland metropolitan area
and enters the confluence with the Columbia River. However, high discharge...
Adequate management and scientific investigation of ecosystems
depends on classification of landscape systems based on all significant
bio-physical and associated cultural properties. The present
classification is a hierarchical systems design that can be modeled in
terms of a natural system interacting with its level-specific
environment. A watershed system in this...
The effects of discharged sewage on physico-chemical conditions
and the distribution and abundance of marine benthic animals were
studied in Shilshole Bay, a part of Puget Sound, off Seattle,
Washington. For over 50 years prior to 1965, when this study was
initiated, 87,300 pounds (32,400 pounds BOD) per day of...
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe
the nature of local school-community human service agency
collaboration undertaken to address the needs of at-risk
youth. The study focused on the experience of four youth
services teams in two Oregon counties.
A qualitative, multiple-case study approach was used as...
Ptychoptera townesi (false crane fly, Diptera) occur in high densities in an experimental stream section that has not been allowed to exceed bankfull flow for more than two decades, but are quite rare in areas both upstream and downstream from this section. By contrast, Paraleptophlebia spp. (mayfly, Epherneroptera) are relatively...
The biotransformation of hop aroma via yeast is a prominent topic in the brewing industry with considerable interest placed on how yeast can enhance volatile thiol production during wort fermentation. Three potent thiols are known contributors to tropical qualities in wine and beer aroma, specifically 3-mercaptohexan-1-ol (3MH), 3-mercaptohexyl acetate (3MHA),...
Many regions in North America are experiencing water shortages, and these conditions are expected to worsen. The next generation of irrigation scheduling applications must therefore be capable of providing operational advice in support of deficit irrigation strategies. However, the theoretical, technical, and practical challenges associated with deficit irrigation scheduling are...
The wetlands are distinguished from other lands of the Mid-Willamette Valley by excessive soil moisture. The wetlands, as defined for this study, consist of 20 soil series (in 22 soil mapping units) which are classified by the Soil Conservation Service as having excessive wetness as the major factor limiting their...
The North Unit irrigation District of Central Oregon,
a water project developed under the guidelines of the
Bureau of Reclamation, is characterized by limited water
and the need for efficient utilization and control of the
irrigation system. To manage the limited water resource,
irrigators need a timely and economical method...
This study attempted to determine the predictability of adult students' educational orientations and college environmental relationship perceptions according to their enrollment in three contrasting liberal arts baccalaureate degree programs. Additionally, it sought to determine if there was a positive relationship between selected educational orientations and college environmental perceptions of adult...
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of the study was to determine whether multidimensional scaling analysis could be applied to a set of perceived attitude relationships of selected community college personnel. The questions to be answered were: 1. Could perceived attitude relationships regarding the concepts of academic freedom, academic rank,...
We investigate the use of automata theory to model strategies for nonzero-sum two-person games such as the Prisoner's Dilemma. We are particularly interested in infinite tournaments of such games. In the case of finite-state strategies (such as ALL D or TIT FOR TAT) we use graph traversal techniques to show...
The central purpose of this study was to determine various
views of the professional competencies required by community
college student financial aid administrators. Respondents in the
study included a student financial aid recipient, a student financial
aid administrator and a president from forty-five selected community
colleges. The major tasks were:...
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Consists of 12 PowerPoint presentations created for a course in subject analysis taught at Charles University, Prague, in 2005. Topics covered include subject heading construction, classification, shelf listing, and subject authority work, with emphasis on Library of Congress Subject Headings and Library of Congress Classification.
Intercollegiate wrestling at Oregon State University had its
inception on March 20, 1909. On that day, the Oregon Agricultural
College wrestling team wrestled in a home meet against the team
from Washington State College. The Beavers, under the tutelage of
their first coach Eddie O'Connell, won their first intercollegiate meet,...
This study examined the relationship and strength of association
of the two independent variables of gender (male, female) and perceived
sex role identity (masculine, androgynous, feminine, and
undifferentiated) on the leadership style, leadership range (number of
back-up styles), and leadership adaptability (effectiveness) of nonforeign
graduate students at a Land Grant...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the Oregon State
University environment as perceived by students, faculty and student
services staff. The students were divided into two age groups to
determine if there were any major differences in perception based on
age.
Three hundred and twenty-three people, representing four...
The general purpose of this study was to investigate the question:
Is unionization disruptive of intra-institutional relationships on community college campuses ?
The introduction of faculty unions into the
college community is often perceived, even by proponents, as a process
which engenders hostility and disruption. Social conflict theory
is the...
The publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, truly a synthesized work of natural history, coincided with the emergence of specialized disciplines in the 19th century. This thesis aims to explore the relationship between the specialization of knowledge, in the form of disciplinization, and the reception of new...
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Paul Lawrence Farber Mina Carson
The publication of Charles Darwins On the Origin
This thesis is comprised of two articles that examine sympathy, material culture, and ownership in Victorian literature. In the first article, I explore the figure of the heiress in the Victorian literary tradition, focusing on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. George Eliot marked the heiress figure...
This study investigated the practices public and academic
library administrators find useful and utilize in analyzing
use of collections. The study also investigated
administrators' satisfaction with their collection use
analysis practices, and the impact they perceived automation
to have upon collection use analysis practices.
A survey developed for this study...
Radioactive chromium-51, a waste byproduct from operation
of nuclear reactors at Hanford, Washington, has been followed down
the Columbia River and into the Pacific Ocean. Chemical factors
influencing the partitioning of ⁵¹Cr between solution and sediment
have been considered.
Chromium-5l, in a hexavalent oxyanion when introduced into the
Columbia River,...
This study attempted to develop a profile of values held by
Oregon's full-time professional staff members as a group. It also
tried to ascertain if there are differences in the values and perceptions
held by sub-groups within the community college staff.
The main questions to be answered were:
1. Are...
A Stream Reach Inventory and Channel Stability Evaluation procedure has been used to assess the nature and extent of erosional nonpoint sources of pollution in the Evans Creek basin, a tributary to the Rogue River, in southwestern Oregon. The study is based upon the results of the Oregon Department of...
Oregon College of Education (OCE) is a small, liberal arts college with a special emphasis on the preparation of teachers. Its student population is predominantly from Oregon's Willamette Valley area. OCE developed specific objectives for its teacher education program and the purpose of this study was to determine whether the...
This dissertation addresses the problem of how best to share purchasing specifications among the community colleges of the State of Oregon. In order for Oregon's community college administrators who are responsible for the acquisition of goods and services for vocational and other programs to perform successfully, it requires the development...
In this thesis, I read the teachers in four mid-century Victorian novels--Charles Dickens' David Copperfield (1850) and Hard Times (1854), Thomas Hughes' Tom Brown’s Schooldays (1857) and Charlotte Brontё's Villette (1853)-- within the context of mid-century English educational debate in an effort to explicate the ways in which these characters...
This is a psycho-socio-linguistic study of language
as the primary tool of institutions such as education,
government, and religion. These institutions have goals
associated with identifying with, communicating with, and
influencing individuals in the general public who are not
Part of the group. A review of psycho-socio-linguistic
theory suggests that...
Czech libraries have undergone significant changes since the fall of communism in 1989. All facets of Czech librarianship
have been affected and continue to evolve as the country adopts international practices and standards. OSU catalog
librarian Richard Sapon-White's presentation covers the state
of Czech libraries, drawing on his six months...
The goal of many machine learning problems can be formalized as the creation of a function that can properly classify an input vector, given a set of examples of that function. While this formalism has produced a number of success stories, there are notable situations in which it fails. One...
This study was designed to measure the results on public
school teachers of training in three teaching systems. The results
of the study were intended to provide evidence that might be used
for designing a single system which would bring together the most
effective aspects of each of the systems...
The stoichiometric model of organic decomposition in seawater
(Redfield, Ketchum, and Richards, 1963) was used to describe the
oceanic distribution of total carbon dioxide. It was assumed that the
concentration of total carbon dioxide was the sum of three terms:
(1) the initial concentration of carbon dioxide, (2) the increase...
This thesis addresses numerical simulation of flow maldistribution in microchannels. Microchannels are often associated with two phase-flows which can generate many problems such as plugging the channel or perturbing the flow. In this study we have used CFD and fully resolved technique to simulate what would happen in the case...