Index selection provides an efficient means of conducting selection on multiple traits by combining information on economic value,
heritability, and the genetic and phenotypic correlations between traits to improve overall merit. The use of this method in forestry has been hampered by the lack of knowledge of the relative importance...
Abstract: Relationships between tree traits and tree value for lumber production were investigated. For the purposes of
estimating relative economic weights for use in multitrait selection in coastal Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii
(Mirb.) Franco var. menziesii), tree height, diameter at breast height, and branch diameter were measured on 164 trees
(ages...
Carol is the process of moving and has many things to do today. We met in the sun porch room of the senior center where she had just finished eating lunch. During this interview I felt like a proctor because she seemed unaware of a lot of the questions I...
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a self-esteem inventory
for Thai college women. Research questions included whether or not the developed
inventory proved to be unidimensional or multidimensional and, if the
latter proved to be the case, how many dimensions underlie the construct. The
item pool...
This study was designed to determine whether or not students'
emotions and coping would change during stages of an examination.
If changes in emotions and coping were recorded at different phases of
an examination, then these findings would substantiate the position that
stress and coping are processes. In addition, the...
Overcrowding is a serious problem in prisons and jails. Most
people who are in prison and jail have substance abuse
problems. Long-term, intensive, therapeutic community,
substance abuse treatment in prison has proven effective in
reducing arrests, amounts of incarceration and time until
first arrest. Jails, with their shorter times of...
The central question of this study was to examine the moral orientation and the role of self in subject generated moral dilemmas for information on the developmental and cultural forces contributing to the etiology and maintenance of eating disorders in college women. The research was based on the theories of...
This study explores the influence that the sustainability of hotels has on the choice of hotels. Because of recent concern about global warming and reducing energy consumption, many designers are planning sustainable buildings. But often attractiveness is sacrificed for the goal of making a building sustain in its environment. The...
The problem discussed in this research concerns the content of
the dreams of low-functioning sex offenders and clinical applications
of those dreams in the treatment of these offenders. The subjects
of the research are five low-finctioning sex offenders in the Social
Skills Program (SSP) of the Oregon Forensic Psychiatric Center...
