Organizational values are an important factor in the work of many organizations and can guide both day-to-day decision-making and long-term strategic planning. Little previous research has documented the impact of core values on individual performance in military environments nor the effect of core values on leadership attributes. In this study,...
Grazing cattle usually have access to streams as a
source of drinking water. A model was developed for the
personal computer to predict the bacterial quality of
these streams. The model estimates the number of
organisms that enter the stream by the direct deposit of
feces and by runoff from...
Studies of physiological effects of fungicides on fungi are critical for understanding
modes of action and mechanism of resistance; however, studies are difficult to perform
on filamentous fungi because of the inability to produce homogeneous a biological
system using a mass of mycelium. Moreover, the presence of rigid cell wall...
Computer oriented techniques and procedures are presented for the analysis of single and multiple cable systems. Application is made to a two-point mooring system influenced by surface and subsurface hydrodynamic loading. The effects of the various parameters are presented and the numerical method is compared to exact solutions obtained from...
This study examined the role perceptions of trustees
in the locally controlled Oregon community college system
and the state controlled Washington community college
system. Authorities in the literature were consulted to
define the "ideal trustee role" and the study determined
which governance system was most effective in fostering
this "ideal...
Genetic code expansion (GCE) is a technology that allows us to incorporate noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) site-specifically into recombinant proteins using engineered translational machinery. Typically, an orthogonal aaRS/tRNA pair is engineered by directed evolution to recognize the ncAA and incorporate it at a reassigned codon while not interacting with the...
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John Perona, Committee Member, representing Portland State University Department of
Chemistry
Resilient water, food, and energy management strategies for an ever-growing population and changing environment depends on our understanding of water and carbon cycles from local to global scales. Fluxes of water and carbon are coupled by photosynthesis and plant transpiration cycles the largest fraction of terrestrial water from the land...
Alternative silvicultural systems, such as group
selections, have recently come into vogue in the U.S.
Pacific Northwest in response to political and public
pressure against traditional, even-aged silviculture. There
is also interest in silvicultural systems for multiple
resources. Little is known about planning logistics,
operational requirements, and harvest costs for...
Farlowia mollis is a marine red alga that grows in the
intertidal region along the coast of Oregon. We began studying
the chemistry of this alga after a survey of Oregon seaweeds
revealed possibly interesting chemistry and antimicrobial activity
in its crude organic extract.
Over the past three years the...
This thesis describes the design of a single-chip
logic analyzer. The utility of such a chip in measuring
and recording digital system parameters is illustrated.
Possibilities for future applications of this chip in
performance monitoring of computer systems are discussed.