Importance of tenure structures is often ignored in agricultural
development planning in India. Emphasis instead is commonly
placed on agro-techniques for increasing productivity to meet the
growing needs of food supply. To evaluate the affects of institutionalized
tenure structure on agricultural efficiency, two pairs of contiguous
districts from Madhya Pradesh,...
Published October 1974. Fourth reprinting August 1979. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Following World War II, the United States enjoyed unprecedented power and prestige. The wartime alliance with the Soviet Union quickly collapsed amid mutual suspicion and fear, however, resulting in the Cold War. Science was a significant political component in that ideological conflict. In the United States, inspired by Franklin D....
In 2007, the Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET) put out a request for proposals
to begin to discover answers to many of the environmental and human dimensions
questions. A multidisciplinary group of social scientists – Flaxen Conway, Brent Steel,
Michael Harte, and Bryan Tilt, Oregon State University – responded to...
During the summer of 1986, an archaeological testing project was
completed at seven prehistoric campsites primarily located in the
upper Deschutes River Basin of central Oregon. Testing was focused on
two low-density "lithic scatters", an archaelogical site type which is
especially abundant in this obsidian-rich region but which, to date,...
In 2007, the Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET) put out a request for proposals
to begin to discover answers to many of the environmental and human dimensions
questions. A multidisciplinary group of social scientists – Flaxen Conway, Brent Steel,
Michael Harte, and Bryan Tilt, Oregon State University – responded to...
Modern science was produced by a Christian society,
and although science has had an effect on Christianity, it
could not itself remain unaffected. In the second half of
the nineteenth century, the subject of evolution was as
much a religious as a scientific issue. The battle line
was drawn and...
Biologists have long been fascinated with reproductive traits, in part because they are frequently exaggerated or showy, and they commonly vary among closely related species. Exaggerated sexual traits, in particular, have been the focus of intense empirical and theoretical research, but most of this work has focused on traits involved...