Experiments were designed to determine whether and how steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss affect chinook salmon O. tshawytscha when the two species are confined together. In a behavioral experiment, we observed groups of juvenile chinook salmon and steelhead together and groups of chinook salmon alone to determine whether the steelhead were aggressive...
The Columbia Basin once supported a diversity of native fishes and large runs of anadromous salmonids that sustained substantial fisheries and cultural values. Extensive land conversion, watershed disruptions, and subsequent fishery declines have led to one of the most ambitious restoration programs in the world. Progress has been made, but...
Well-functioning food webs are fundamental for sustaining rivers as ecosystems and maintaining associated aquatic and terrestrial communities. The current emphasis on restoring habitat structure-without explicitly considering food webs-has been less successful than hoped in terms of enhancing the status of targeted species and often overlooks important constraints on ecologically effective...
The early care and education workforce, including those who work in center- and home-based child care (HBCC) settings, is situated within outside systems of child care supports and resources. Some outside system components serve to support compliance with regulatory guidelines (e.g., child care licensing: health and safety protocols, minimum training...
This study examined four occupational health risks that contribute to job strain, the experience of infectious disease, musculoskeletal strain, job dissatisfaction, and depressive symptoms, for toddler teachers as predictors of classroom quality. Both the physical and social settings of early care and education (ECE) are influential in shaping children’s early...
Automation of computational chemistry, while only an engineering feat, has the potential to accelerating computational research be removing all by the science. The work in this thesis mainly discusses fundamental understanding of complex chemical systems. What is not obvious are the numerous tasks necessary for this fundamental understanding. Under the...
We computed band gaps of amorphous oxides within the In-Ga-Zn triad. These included ZnO, Ga2O3, In2O3, Ga2ZnO4, Ga2Zn8O11, In2ZnO4, InGaZnO4, and InGaO3. Comparing the computed band gap to experimental measurements, the results were promising with a mean unsigned error of 0.28 eV and an unsigned standard deviation of 0.28 eV....
We computed band gaps of amorphous oxides within the In-Ga-Zn triad. These included ZnO, Ga2O3, In2O3, Ga2ZnO4, Ga2Zn8O11, In2ZnO4, InGaZnO4, and InGaO3. Comparing the computed band gap to experimental measurements, the results were promising with a mean unsigned error of 0.28 eV and an unsigned standard deviation of 0.28 eV....
We computed band gaps of amorphous oxides within the In-Ga-Zn triad. These included ZnO, Ga2O3, In2O3, Ga2ZnO4, Ga2Zn8O11, In2ZnO4, InGaZnO4, and InGaO3. Comparing the computed band gap to experimental measurements, the results were promising with a mean unsigned error of 0.28 eV and an unsigned standard deviation of 0.28 eV....
We computed band gaps of amorphous oxides within the In-Ga-Zn triad. These included ZnO, Ga2O3, In2O3, Ga2ZnO4, Ga2Zn8O11, In2ZnO4, InGaZnO4, and InGaO3. Comparing the computed band gap to experimental measurements, the results were promising with a mean unsigned error of 0.28 eV and an unsigned standard deviation of 0.28 eV....