Legislated wilderness, first created in the United States with the Wilderness
Act of 1964, is being more widely established internationally. The Mavuradonha Wilderness
Area in Zimbabwe is the first wilderness set up to be managed by the local community.
Because of the importance of both conservation and rural development goals...
We consider wide bandwidth electromagnetic pulse interrogation problems for the determination of dielectric response parameters in complex dispersive materials. We couple Maxwell’s equations with an auxiliary ODE modeling dielectric polarization. A problem of particular interest is to identify parameters in a standard polarization model (e.g., Debye or Lorentz) using time-domain...
These essays are an attempt to rebuild memories that explore the nature of work and family. They explore how work knocks against the joints of the body and against the joints between family members, and, as time passes, how the next generation inherits the family line of work only to...
Affection is one of the most fundamental needs of humans. The current study aimed at better understanding how affectionate communication positively influences others, specifically through prosociality. It was hypothesized that individuals who give or receive affection more frequently are more altruistic and tend to feel more empathy, love, and compassion...
This dissertation aims to provide a comprehensive portrayal of doula care in the lives of pregnant and parenting adolescent mothers. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationships between psychosocial stress, social support, institutionalized constraints, and their impacts on health and well-being among adolescent mothers in the Northwestern...
This research was aimed at providing the foundation for changing standards of care in a critical care setting using Catholic concepts of respect for human dignity, subsidiarity, common good, and solidarity as a matter of social justice. I first unpacked the nature of ICU care and the inevitability of the...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy approach developed for the treatment of women struggling with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Derived from classical Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), DBT emerged to treat patterns of behavior seen in female patients with BPD who were difficult for therapists to treat, such as...
Citizen science work has built the foundation of much of our knowledge on regional-scale large cetacean spatial patterns through historical whaling data. Historical whaling data on sperm whales was used as an example to show the type of ecological questions large-scale, long-term citizen science datasets can address. Results from the...
Stream restoration techniques in western Oregon and Washington include
physical habitat restoration and more recently the addition of salmon carcasses to
improve food availability for juvenile fish. Although both are common practices, few
studies have examined the effects of carcass placement and the interaction of nutrient
enrichment with physical habitat...
The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents continues to rise
and is considered a major public health problem. The aim of this investigation was to
evaluate the contributions of sport participation, and calcium intake (controlling for mean
energy intake, sex, and maturation status) on the development of...
The low physical activity levels of children today are a cause for serious concern. When examining certain populations of children, such as children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), there is a possibility of even lower overall physical activity levels. However, when exploring the current literature examining the physical activity levels...
Microscopic organisms inhabit virtually every niche on this planet, where they perform functions vital to all life on earth. Accordingly, humans host a complex community of microorganisms (i.e. the gut microbiome) that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract and modulate host physiology. Insight into the specific mechanisms through which gut microbes influence...
Pulmonic stenosis (PS) is one of the most commonly encountered congenital cardiac defects in canine patients. English bulldogs have an increased risk of PS as compared to other dog breeds and have a higher reported prevalence of type II/type B/dysplastic pulmonic valve morphology. It has been shown that the dysplastic...
The purpose of this study is to use an integrated biocultural perspective to examine the decision-making processes of young survivors as they navigate breast cancer treatment and reproductive health care options. This retrospective study utilizes a mixed-methods approach that integrates quantitative survey data (Phase I) with interview (Phase II) and...
Commercial fishing is deeply embedded in the economy and culture of many coastal communities. Recent ecological, economic, and regulatory changes impacting fisheries are likely to have important consequences for this industry and the communities it supports. The objective of this study is to improve understanding of coastal community resilience through...
In this paper I focus on the process of formulating an ethnic identity in the United States for individuals of mixed-ethnicity. My main question explores the complexities an individual with parents of separate and distinct ethnic heritages faces when constructing an ethnic identity in our society. American society is reaching...
Sociosexual Orientation (SSO) is a measure of individual differences in the willingness to engage in uncommitted sexual relations. This study explores the relationship between SSO and two preferences for hierarchy in society, including Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) and Social Values Orientation (SVO). All of these constructs share the common element...
This thesis is a study of the types and numbers of items of apparel in a selected group of Oregon State University women's present college wardrobes and in a college wardrobe they consider to be adequate, the occasions for which each type of clothing is worn, the amount of time...
As the importance of empathy in medicine has become more understood the dynamic of the patient-doctor relationship has changed. However, how to properly incorporate empathy into a healthcare relationship has not been thoroughly investigated. There is also continued disagreement on how to appropriately define empathy in a healthcare setting. The...
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Courtney Campbell
As the importance of empathy in medicine has become more understood the
This study sought to understand the commonality of vaccine misconceptions among college students and where individuals feel they are obtaining their vaccine information. An IRB approved survey was used to collect 126 responses from Oregon State University students. Individuals, on average, correctly answered only 54.10% of the statements based on...
In the U.S., the number of people waiting for an organ donation is increasing exponentially while the number of registered donors is slowly rising. This discrepancy leads to a great number of people dying while waiting for an organ donor. The opt-in system, lack of education around donation, and having...
Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this study was to analyze, in the mathematics
classrooms, career-oriented verbal mathematics problems on the
achievement and attitude of the vocational mathematics student.
These career-oriented mathematics problems, used as advanced
organizers, were contrasted with mathematics word problems of a
more abstract and generalized...
The main objective of this research was to determine the professional
in-service development needs of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade
teachers in the metropolitan school districts of Portland and Seattle.
The primary objectives for conducting this research investigation were
as follows:
1. To determine the professional in-service development needs
of...
The medical system in healthcare facilities is characterized by its hierarchical nature. This hierarchy is demonstrated in the authority assumed by physicians. Professional respect and communication between doctors and the nurses are necessary for overall job satisfaction and the creation of an optimal environment for quality patient care. The significance...
The purpose of this study was to determine if
differences existed between computer specialists and
computer-using teachers on the perceived level of
importance of selected computer competencies for elementary
teachers. The sample consisted of 102 computer specialists
and 111 computer-using teachers in public elementary
schools of Oregon. Data were gathered...
This thesis aims to investigate the reasons for discordance in the physician-family relationship, to explore how to improve that relationship, and to develop a set of practices to help prevent conflicts. The research was done by analyzing research on surrogate decision making, conflicts surrounding end of life, and case studies....
The art of medicine refers to physicians’ abilities to skillfully navigate interpersonal interactions with patients. These interactions are vital to the formation of exceptional physician-patient relationships. Certain elements of healthcare today such as the advancement of diagnostic tests, the emergence of the electronic medical record, and the presence of market...
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to identify a set of core competencies needed to meet the minimal requirements for high school graduation and to test their level of acceptance by administrators, counselors, teachers and parents in 50 Oregon secondary school districts. PROCEDURES: Utilizing the 1136 existing graduation competencies...
Communication is an aspect of healthcare that affects healthcare providers and patients at each step of their medical journey. The purpose of this research is to identify the effects that language barriers cause between healthcare workers and patients and the patients’ families and how those effects are perceived by and...
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Courtney Campbell
Communication is an aspect of healthcare that affects healthcare providers and
The relationship between physicians and patients is undeniably unique. To understand the qualities of a healing relationship, it is essential to analyze the perceptions that influence physician behavior. Metaphors and relationship models are often used in bioethics to analyze the construction of perceptions. The goal of this study is to...
In this thesis, I argue that Christian fundamentalism is a threat to the traditions of religious liberty and the separation of church and state in US liberal democracy. I support this claim by exploring the writings of men who were instrumental in the foundation of the US, concluding that they...
Nurses are known to have “big hearts,” but in order to fully understand their own thoughts and actions in practice, nurses need to develop their minds. Nursing ethics deserves recognition because all nurses need an understanding of ethical concepts in order to recognize ethical issues and dilemmas. The ideal ways...
This thesis explores the metaphor of hospice nurses as "midwives to the dying" by
applying philosophical inquiry to the field of hospice. I focus on the history of the
movements, their professional approaches to caregiving, and the core commitments of
both the modern midwifery and hospice movements. Although focused on...
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Courtney S. Campbell
This thesis explores the metaphor of hospice nurses as “midwives to
The Walla Walla Subbasin (WWSB) in Oregon is underlain by formations of the extensive Columbia River Basalt Group (CRBG) which have been deformed by post-Miocene folding and faulting. Extensive irrigation with groundwater from these basalt groups, as well as sedimentary aquifers and surface water diversions from the Walla Walla River,...
Ubiquitous fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposures significantly impact global public health, yet little is known about the mechanisms causing these known adverse health effects. Oxidative stress due to PM2.5 associated chemical constituents, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), is a proposed possible mechanism for PM2.5 mediated health effects. Variations in...
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Courtney Roper, Committee Member, representing Environmental and Molecular
Toxicology
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of the study was to determine whether
there were significant differences in students' achievement
and attitudes as a result of two different instructional
strategies utilized in a vocational graphic arts
program. In order to accomplish this, the following
procedures were considered.
Procedures
This comparative...
INTRODUCTION:
Data on the safety of waterbirth in the United States are lacking.
METHODS:
We used data from the Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, birth years 2004 to 2009. We compared outcomes of neonates born underwater waterbirth (n = 6534), neonates not born underwater nonwaterbirth (n = 10,290),...
The physician-patient relationship is one that relies heavily on the premise of trust. In contemporary medicine, trust is difficult to sustain due to the distractions created by technological documentation, rules, an increasing number of patients seen by a fewer physicians that diminish the human interaction within the relationship. To emphasize...
This study determined the importance of specific research tasks to the present job requirements of State Department of Education professionals, college and university instructional faculty, and secondary school counselors in Oregon. The instrument utilized in the research was designed and validated through a Delphi process. The computed reliability coefficient was...
Purpose of the Study
The main purpose of this study was to determine the influence
of the use of written advance organization, post organization or both
advance/post organization on learners as compared to the use of
non organization for the learning and retention of verbal, academic
material. An additional interest...
This research evaluated the importance of select competencies in
the area of human behavior, important to home-based caregivers
employed independently and/or within a service agency in the State
of Alaska. Data were gathered from respondents working in
home-based care (N=76), and from those working in a related field
(N=38). Data...
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,...
This study identified the skills necessary to successfully complete the
beauty culture program of Alberta. The (Alberta) beauty culture teachers (N =40)
were surveyed, with their responses being used to assess the perceived skills.
The instument, a 41 item survey, was established through the use of a
Delphi panel to...
The purpose of this research was to assess the gain in critical thinking skills with a consideration of grade point averages during a semester in two high school home economics courses, and one language arts course which was used as a control group.
The study was conducted by administering the...
The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable, instrument for
determining the mathematics subject matter knowledge of Thai preservice elementary
teachers at eight (8) teachers' colleges in eight (8) provinces in northern Thailand.
The focus of the content of interest was the operation of division of...
Purpose of the Study The purpose of this study was to analyze a set of instructional materials for sex bias/sex stereotyping and to test statistically for the significance, direction, frequency, and amount of change between the original (PRE) and the revised (POST) selected cognitive style mapping inventory element items. Procedure...
The Purpose of the Study:
The central purpose of this study was to compare the role perceptions
of (A) non-degree vocational teachers recruited from business
and industry, (B) experienced vocationally certified teachers who had
been teaching more than five years, and (C) new-degree vocational
education graduates from Oregon State University....
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of the study was to determine whether there were
significant differences in students' career maturity as a result of
exposure to the concepts of career education. The study evaluated the
relative effectiveness of a developing comprehensive career education
project to help students attain increased...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a guidance-based career exploratory program related to skilled trades and technical occupations for internal-external locus of control middle school females in Murray, Kentucky. The problem was to determine the change in career interests resulting from the interaction between a...
This research evaluated the ethics competencies which were
determined to be important to the curriculum of an ethics course for
students studying Nondestructive Testing and Welding Inspection. Data
were gathered from samples of American Society of Nondestructive
Testing Nationally Certified Level III's (N = 268), American Welding
Society Nationally Certified...
Communication cannot be successful without the
cooperative listening response of an auditor. Auditors must
feel empowered to act as agents of change or their decisions
and actions cannot be influenced by the discourse. Their
every response depends upon their ability to perceive
themselves as potential mediators of change.
A review...
Purpose of the Study The primary focus of this study was to compare Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) subtest scores with achievement letter grades (A, B, C, D, and F) in vocational education classes at Bartlett High School, Anchorage, Alaska. The two secondary purposes of the study were to...
Small groups are an important and widely used educational
format in adult church education. It is estimated
that ninety percent of the churches that belong to the
Conservative Baptist Association of Oregon provide some
type of small group eductional opportunity for their adult
members. The purpose of this study was...
The primary question to be answered as a result of the
research was: Do native English-speaking undergraduate
students learn CD-ROM database search skills more
effectively through the use of conventional instruction
method or by training confined to a written manual self-instructional
method? Thirty-seven Oregon State
University students were randomly assigned...
Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of the study was to determine the characteristics
of existing secondary school advisory committees and the effects
that these groups have on local vocational programs which they
serve. The major purpose of this study was to ascertain, through
statistical analyses, the degree to which...
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of community trust in state systems. Consideration of community concerns by public health agencies may help to establish more equitable policies, engaging community in emergency response and promoting inclusivity and trust. This paper outlines varying definitions of trust, then describes key considerations in...
The purposes of this study were to identify the common elementary
education competencies necessary for a Master's degree curriculum in
Thailand as perceived by elementary education instructors in
universities and colleges, by elementary school teachers, and by
principals, supervisors, and administrators in Thailand; to determine
the common clusters of selected...
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this research project was to identify
minimum
competencies needed for elementary and secondary teachers in the
fields of ESL and bilingual education.
Procedures
Two procedural phases were applied in this study.
The first
phase was the construction of a survey questionnaire which was...
The purposes of this study were to determine which research tasks
were necessary to the job descriptions of public school
administrators, secondary and elementary teachers; what task clusters
could be identified for college and university curriculums; what
differences existed between sample groups.
The instrument was validated through the Delphi technique....
The study measured and compared the philosophies of education of OSU graduates who are experienced teachers of vocational education and undergraduate vocational teacher trainees on an essentialist-progressive scale at OSU. The objectives of this study were to (1) determine if experienced teachers of vocational education and undergraduate vocational teacher trainees...
This thesis seeks to explore how an ecofeminist lens is currently the most useful approach for improving farmed animal welfare. Through examining Western conceptions of non-human animals, I seek to shed light upon the inconsistent treatment of domestic species. Species that are dependent upon us deserve, at a minimum, not...
This research evaluated the statistically-related
computer application tasks which were deemed to be important
to the graduate curriculum of doctoral students who
major in Education. Data were gathered from samples of
foreign (N=22) and American (N=117) students who held
degrees in Education from Oregon State University.
The sixteen (16) item...
The purpose of this study was to test the use of the published simulation, Jeffrey's Department Store (Koeninger and Hephner, 1978), in high school Distributive Education classrooms. The simulation was compared to "traditional" methods of instruction, testing for achievement (knowledge gained) and attitude (feelings about the class after instruction). Control...
At the conclusion of the novel The Healing of America, T.R. Reid challenges the American people to decide whether health care is a human right prior to any appropriate service reform occurring. From Reid’s perspective, the design of any nation’s health service system is primarily dictated by the morals of...
Adults with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) are overrepresented in the homeless population, and Oregon’s homeless population has expanded in recent years. In the 1950s, the mentally ill were moved out of the state hospitals and into the community. However, due to a lack of support services in the...
The purpose of this study was to gather and interpret data in
order to contribute to a better understanding of older employed women
as they prepare for the transition from the paid workforce to
retirement.
Selected descriptive variables were measured to determine
their relationship to retirement readiness in a sample...
The study examined multicredentialed allied health workers in rural Wisconsin hospitals. The objectives identified differences in perceptions between rural allied health employers and employees regarding (1) allied health personnel shortages; (2) interest for multicredentialed allied health workers; (3) the educational preparation of rural multicredentialed allied health workers, and (4) factors...
The conceptual foundation of the study emerged from a concern
regarding the application of managerial competencies in the local
church. A review of the literature suggests that in spite of the
increasing awareness for the need to make greater use of these skills,
little consensus currently exists regarding their relative...
Purpose of the Study:
The purpose of this study was to develop and field
test a model for context evaluation of objectives used
in competency-based curricula at the community college
level.
The study:
1. Developed a decision and information matrix that
identified objectives which should be considered
for deletion from...
This study was conducted to develop a statistical model of the influence of
course characteristics on student ratings of instruction. Unique to this study was
the inclusion of the student participation rate as a variable. Other course
characteristics studied were: expected grade, attendance, grade point average,
sex of students, reason...
Though empathy has proven to be a vital component of the physician-patient relationship, recent studies have shown that medical students tend to lose empathy during their third year of medical school as they start interacting with patients for the first time. The main objective of this project was to find...
This study was designed to determine the common personal finance
competencies needed by graduating high school students in Oregon as
perceived by personal finance teachers from the subject matter areas
of business education, home economics, mathematics, and social studies
and the business community. Two other purposes were to (1) determine...
Most philosophical discussions of moral consideration for animals focus on
animals as a single category, neglecting to differentiate them by type or role (such as
wild, domestic, laboratory, or companion). Moreover, the importance of the individual
animal in terms of relationship to humans is de-emphasised.
Animals should not be discussed...
The meaning of life is an enduring philosophical question. This paper seeks to explore the thought of Albert Camus and Robert Nozick on the meaning of life and critically examine their contributions to philosophy. Camus begins with contemplating whether life is worth ending or worth living and concludes that only...
Northern rock sole (Lepidopsetta polyxystra) is a commercially
important fish in the North Pacific and a
focal species in understanding larval transport to nursery
grounds in the Bering Sea. However, the temperature-dependent vital rates and settlement dynamics for
this species have not been described in detail. We
reared northern rock...
This study investigates the use of a mobile application, Whale mAPP, as a citizen science tool for collecting marine mammal sighting data. In just over three months, 1261 marine mammal sightings were observed and recorded by 39 citizen scientists in Southeast Alaska. The resulting data, along with a preliminary and...
Two novel research approaches were developed to facilitate controlled access to, and long-term monitoring of, juvenile Steller sea lions for periods longer than typically afforded by traditional fieldwork. The Transient Juvenile Steller sea lion Project at the Alaska SeaLife Center facilitated nutritional, physiological, and behavioral studies on the platform of...
The extensive literature in biomedical ethics on physician-assisted death has represented the debate to involve three parties with significant interests. First, there are arguments regarding the legitimacy of terminally patients seeking to exercise an expanded right of self-determination. Furthermore, questions have been posed regarding the compatibility of a patient request...
This study was undertaken to determine if the structured observation of student teaching affects student teacher performance. A Structured Observation Scale (SOS), as an instrument for student teaching classroom observation, and a Satisfaction Scale (SS), to assess the satisfaction of cooperating teachers, student teachers, and university supervisors with the observation...
The overall purpose of this study was to investigate
certain aspects of the effectiveness of adult career programs.
The central focus was to compare the differences
in vocational self-concept crystallization among the participants
exposed to the classroom group program and the
individualized telecourse programs. Further information
was desired regarding the...
This thesis examines the origins and outcomes of Operation Paperclip, a program the U.S. government operated in the years immediately following WWII to recruit former Nazi doctors, scientists, and technicians, and capitalize on their research experience. As part of this operation, the U.S. welcomed two doctors who had conducted medical...
Unintended pregnancy has been found to be one of the most prominent challenges that the public health system is forced to overcome due to the financial and social burdens that accompany it (Yazdkhasti et al., 2015). With nearly 48% of reproductive-age American female patients having experienced at least one unintended...
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Courtney Campbell, representing the School of History, Philosophy and Religion
Females do not seek out pelvic exams routinely, which can lead to an increase in undetected pelvic cancers. While there are studies depicting women’s perspectives during gynecological exams, there are not many compilations of negative experiences during pelvic exams with individuals of other identities and recommendations for providers. This scoping...
Development of protocols and media for culturing immune cells from marine invertebrates has not kept pace with advancements in mammalian immune cell culture, the latter having been driven by the need to understand the causes of and develop therapies for human and animal diseases. However, expansion of the aquaculture industry...
The issue of Navy women in combat has been widely discussed
since women first served during World War I. In this paper I intend to
present the political, philosophical, and historical reasoning behind the
changing of the regulations to allow women in combat.
History shows that the Navy has faced...
This thesis analyzes the ways in which the practices of yoga, mindfulness and meditation can be of benefit to hospice and palliative care practitioners in addressing job-related stress. The research suggests that these contemplative practices can be effective in addressing compassion fatigue among hospice and palliative care professionals. The thesis...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the weight training responses of college males and females on the development of muscular strength, body weight, body composition, muscular hypertrophy, and cardiovascular fitness. A total of 60 males and 60 females volunteered to participate in this study. They...
Pediatricians and other physicians in the United States identify themselves with various religious or spiritual affiliations and use its practices and customary ways to influence their medical practice. Pediatricians and physicians affiliated in the pediatric medical field have an important role in monitoring the health of many children, teenagers, and...
Mental health services are vital during this time where mental health issues in college students have been increasing in prevalence and in severity around the world. However, mental health care is not always accessible to all. This project explores the needs of students at Oregon State University who identify as...
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Courtney Campbell, Committee Member, representing School of History, Philosophy, and
Religion
The Hippocratic Oath has served as the standard for ethical conduct for physicians and scientists alike since its establishment in 400BCE. In stating, “according to my ability and judgement, I will keep this Oath and this contract…” and through the use of other language, the Hippocratic Oath implies that the...
The activity of chymosin, plasmin, and Lactococcus
lactis enzymes (cell envelope proteinase, intracellular
peptidases, and glycolytic enzymes) were determined
after 5-min exposures to pressures up to 800 MPa.
Plasmin was unaffected by any pressure treatment.
Chymosin activity was unaffected up to 400 MPa and
decreased at 500 to 800 MPa....
Management of marine ecosystems increasingly demands comprehensive and quantitative assessments of ocean health,
but lacks a tool to do so. We applied the recently developed Ocean Health Index to assess ocean health in the relatively
data-rich US west coast region. The overall region scored 71 out of 100, with sub-regions...
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Benjamin S. Halpern1,2,3*., Catherine Longo1., Courtney Scarborough1., Darren Hardy1,9.,
Benjamin D. Best1
Management of marine ecosystems increasingly demands comprehensive and quantitative assessments of ocean health,
but lacks a tool to do so. We applied the recently developed Ocean Health Index to assess ocean health in the relatively
data-rich US west coast region. The overall region scored 71 out of 100, with sub-regions...