Renewable energy resources, such as wind, solar, and wave, have a number of advantages compared to traditional fossil fuels. Numerous studies attest to the physical potential for wave energy development in Oregon. In transitioning from conventional fossil fuel to alternative energy provision, citizen understanding of the global energy problems and...
The purpose of this thesis is to understand the experiences that Nahua children, in rural Mexico, have as they attend schools that are primarily influenced by formal Western education in relation to their own ways of learning and knowing. This research took place over the course of three months within...
Quercus garryana dominated plant communities are found in
the interior coastal valleys and on foothills from southeastern
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, south to San Francisco,
California. They occur as savannas, intermixed with a variety of
conifers, and in almost pure stands. The diversity of habitats
occupied by the species and...
In this work, I examine the problem of understanding American football in video. In particular, I present several mid-level computer vision algorithms that each accomplish a different sub-task within a larger system for annotating, interpreting, and analyzing collections of American football video. The analysis of football video is useful in...
This study was conducted in the old-growth forests of Clatsop,
Tillamook, and Lincoln counties, Oregon. The three objectives of
the research were to describe and classify the near-climax plant
communities found within the forests, to relate the associes described
by a previous study to the forest communities characterized by the...
Effective separation of lanthanides (Ln) from the minor actinides (MA) is a crucial technical challenge to closing the nuclear fuel cycle. This separation is a necessary prerequisite to transmute long-lived isotopes of Am and Cm, which will allow a reduction of the repository volume, thermal load, and radiological toxicity of...
Previously established field trials of
MTTC-Fume continue to show that this
chemical remains in Douglas-fir and southern
pine poles at fungitoxic levels 5 years after
treatment. In general, increasing dosages
resulted in higher chemical levels in the poles.
All of the MITC-Fume treatments resulted in
higher residual M1TC levels than...