Models were developed that described cohort strength of female
Dover sole (Microstomus pacificus) and female English sole (Parophrys
vetulus) in stocks off the Columbia River as functions of environmental
variables. The environmental variables considered were those
that could hypothetically influence spawning success or survival.
They included a spawning power index,...
A controversy regarding literacy lies at the heart of debates over the
current state of American education. In response to the debate, this study
reviews and analyzes the literacy theories of E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Walter Ong,
Sylvia Scribner and Michael Cole, Shirley Brice Heath, and Paulo Freire. The
author presents...
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss concepts and strategies that provide a general framework which can be used to develop a microcomputer simulation model for educating senior public officials on the linkages between the macroeconomy and agriculture in a developing country. Tradition has it that agriculture is preeminently...
Despite the availability of distance education technology, Oregon
State University Extension Service educators have made limited use of
this equipment for delivery of educational programs to clients of the
state's 36 county Extension Service offices. Some Extension educators
may be hesitant to use distance technology because they are unsure
whether...
Writing groups are used regularly in the academic
arena, but they are also used in the non-academic
community. This paper is an exploration of the use of nonacademic writing groups in Salem, Oregon. In Chapter 2 I discuss the theory behind writing groups--what it is about
writing and responding that...
The classroom practices discussed in this thesis come slowly and at a "slant" to feminism through critical reading of texts, a practice that I call a (re)presentation of the silent women in texts. Given our patriarchal western culture, making meaning, and especially making sense, of the role and representations of...
Presenting and synthesizing several paradigms for the teaching of literature in American colleges, I investigate how definitions of reading, readers, texts, interpretations, and knowledge affect student acts of reading and writing. In addition, I draw upon specific examples of text-based, reader-based, and social-cultural based models for the teaching of reading...
The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to guide middle school and high school students into critical thinking about environmental issues. Through keen observation of their bioregion and through an integration of interdisciplinary literature which focuses on Oregon writers, students will be challenged to think, write, and discuss current issues...
In twentieth century America, women continue the age-old struggle for recognition
as whole, intelligent individuals, not just an "other," less hearty, less deserving
or less capable being than man. Sarah Grimke spoke of the inequalities over 150 years
ago during the abolitionist movement when she compiled her major arguments into...
John Keats, as a principal figure in the Romantic
movement in Europe, reacted against the philosophy of the
Enlightenment. His poetry and letters are testament to his
distrust of, and resistance to, an ever increasingly
clinical and "reasonable" society. Keats's poetic thought--imaginative,
speculative, dialectic--is the antithesis of an
Enlightenment philosophy...
The basic problem of this investigation was to determine if
peer counselors could be effective as group counselors for Educational
Opportunity Program (EOP), freshman students. This effectiveness
would be demonstrated by changes in self concept and
academic adjustment for those students who participated in the group
counseling process. This investigation...
In Oregon’s northern Willamette Valley, cabbage maggot (CM), Delia radicum (L.) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) often renders Brassica root crops unmarketable. Scheduled insecticides are the only current control. Studies were conducted to: 1) describe and characterize spring emergence of CM flies and their seasonal flight activity relative to degree-day (DD) accumulations; 2)...
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of birth
order, sex, and the interaction of birth order and sex on the self concept
as measured by the 29 mean scores of the Tennessee Self-
Concept Scale (TSCS). Procedures: This research is restricted to...
Foresters care about site productivity and stem quality in Douglas-fir plantations for many reasons. The profitability of forest land and the economic returns on silvicultural investments are directly related to site productivity. Thus, understanding the relationships among Douglas-fir productivity, stem form and site characteristics is important economically. My objective was...
The study examined associations between rural interschool district expenditure allocations and high school student achievement, after accounting for socioeconomic factors. Both cross-sectional and time series per-student expenditure data (1982-1988) were used. Eleven performance criteria were evaluated based on 1985-1988 data. The sample included 27 small Central and Eastern Oregon school...
Research was conducted in the field and greenhouse to determine if a
kaolinite-based particle film, Surround®, would reduce colonization and early season
feeding damage in cucurbits by the Western Striped Cucumber Beetle, Acalymma
trivitattum (Mannerheim). Greenhouse studies were designed to determine effect of
particle film on cucumber dry weight production...
Sugar pine and western white pine are widely distributed, economically valuable, and ecologically important native tree species in North America. However, white pine blister rust (WPBR), caused by a non-native fungal pathogen, Cronartium ribicola J.C. Fisch. in Rabh., has substantially affected populations of these species. Cronartium is an obligate parasite,...
The problem of this study was to determine whether graduate students
in education (the experimentals) participating in a counseling
practicum would demonstrate a change in self-actualization which would
be significantly different when compared with other graduate students
in education (the comparisons) who were not participating in the above
program. The...
The primary problem of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of trained peer counselors on the personal growth of freshman students at a small liberal arts college. An effort was also made to determine if training residence hall student assistants in counseling skills affected freshman perceptions of those assistants.A...
The GRASS (V. 4.0) geographical information system (GIS) was used to test
the hypothesis that pheromone trap based predictions of Helicoverpa zea (Boddie)
damage in processed sweet corn could be improved by considering spatial patterns of
corn plantings and wind blocking features around the trap. Wind blocking features
include: tree...
The adult western spotted cucumber beetle (WSCB), Diabrotica undecimpunctata
undecimpunctata Mannerheim is considered a major pest of snap beans grown for
processing in Western Oregon. Control consists of 1 or 2 insecticide sprays prior to
harvest. A commercial semiochemical-based insecticide bait, Adios TIC®, 1.3% carbaryl
+ 5% buffalo gourd root...
The primary purpose of this research was to compare posttest scores
for changes in depression and self-esteem in spouses of stroke patients
with aphasia who received group counseling with those who did not receive
group counseling. Depression was measured by the Depressive Adjective
Checklist (A-D) and self-esteem by the Tennessee...
In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce used
the form or structure of his language to connote a meaning which
supported the content of the text. The elements of form he used
most often were sentence and paragraph structure, punctuation,
rhythm, and classical rhetorical schemes....
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which personal
values congruence and self-actualization related to the question
of counselor effectiveness. The subjects consisted of the 20 Oregon
State University graduate students enrolled in the counseling practicum
class fall term, 1972, at Oregon State University. Most of...
An investigation was conducted in 1980 and 1981 on the larval
parasitoid complex of the orange tortrix, Argyrotaenia citrana
(Fern.), a major contaminant in cane fruits (Rubus spp.) in the
Pacific Northwest. A total of 13 parasitoid species were reared from
1,350 larvae predominantly collected from red raspberries in western...
In the past, a major emphasis of child development
research and theory building has been the study of
acquisition of sex role learning. Today, an additional
dimension is seen in the study of the effect of sex role
stereotypy on self-concept. As a result of the research in
this area,...
Three areas of liquid state theory are considered.
First, Monte Carlo computer simulation of a two-dimensional hard
disk fluid with an imbedded ellipse was undertaken to determine how a
non-spherical molecule affects intermolecular ordering. The
elliptical molecule (with axial ratios of 2, 5 and 10) altered the
isotropic distribution of...
The twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), is a
worldwide pest of numerous agronomic and horticultural plants. Conservation
biological control of this pest can be unreliable due to asynchrony of natural enemies
and certain horticultural practices that have a direct or indirect affect on natural
enemies and the...
Biology of Scaptomyza apicalis Hardy (Diptera: Drosophilidae) was studied in
relation to its host, meadowfoam, Limnanthes alba, a recent oil seed crop grown in the
Willamette Valley, Oregon. Populations of flies and larvae were monitored weekly over
three consecutive crop-years beginning in 1996. Yellow sticky traps gave relative
population estimates...
The author and compiler of Design Data for Field Engineers has
included in his volume short cuts in design, and miscellaneous data
and information used on general civil engineering projects from inception
to completion.
The book is intended for the engineer who may be stationed in
isolated areas and who...
Native populations of forest trees are specifically adapted to the climates they inhabit. The farther trees are moved from their local climates (i.e., as the climatic transfer distance increases), the more growth and survival tend to decrease. The transfer limit is the climatic transfer distance beyond which plantation performance is...
The seasonal life history of the cereal stem moth (CSM), Ochsenheimeria
vacculella Fischer von Roslerstamm, (Lepidoptera : Ochsenheimeriidae) was investigated
in a commercial field of annual ryegrass in the Willamette Valley, OR from January
1993 to August 1994. Phenology of life stages, effect of temperature on eclosion, and
development of...
In 1954, International Engineering Company, Inc. was employed by the Royal Government of Afghanistan to complete the design and supervise construction of the Girishk Power Development Project. The major project features include: two hydraulic turbine driven generating units and appurtenant facilities, completion of the six meter drop structure, and provision...
The primary problem of this study was to evaluate the post-high
school plans component of a high school counseling program. The
intent was to determine the effectiveness of the program component in
relation to the purpose it was designed to serve: providing information
and guidance for high school students who...
Wood stiffness is one of the most important properties of lumber and veneer. We studied wood stiffness (modulus of elasticity, MOE), wood density, microfibril angle, and knots in a 25 year-old wind pollinated progeny test (50 families, ~ 373 trees) of coastal Douglas-fir to understand the potential for genetically improving...
The shake and wash technique (samples placed in a jar with alcohol added and
shaken to remove the mites) was effective in removing 100% of the predator mites, and adult
spruce spider mites from Douglas-fir foliage and 98% of the spruce spider mite nymphs.
Eighty-eight percent of the spruce spider...
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is a widely distributed, ecologically important, and commercially valuable tree species in North America. However, climate change is expected to adversely impact Douglas-fir trees, and assisted migration may become necessary to lessen the effects of climate change. Because drought stress is one of the projected effects of...
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Glenn Thomas Howe
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is a widely distributed, ecologically
Wood modulus of elasticity (MOE), also known as wood stiffness, is one of the most important wood properties. Wood stiffness is a measure of the resistance to deflection, and is important because some products such as laminated veneer lumber, plywood, and dimension lumber require stiff and strong wood. Incorporating wood...
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Glenn T. Howe
Wood modulus of elasticity (MOE), also known as wood stiffness, is one of