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Pheromonal mediation of reproductive behavior in the brown tree snake

Creator:: Greene, Michael John
Abstract:: In animals, reproductive behaviors serve to attract individuals together during the breeding season and to coordinate the behavioral and physiological states of individuals so that mating can successfully occur. In snakes, the various reproductive behaviors including courtship, mating, courtship inhibition, male combat and trailing are mediated primarily by pheromones. Pheromones...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michael J. Greene for the degree

Fatigue reliability predictions in silicon nitride ceramics based on fatigue behavior, bridging stresses and fracture data

Creator:: Greene, Rawley Brandon
Abstract:: Because of its attractive material properties like high hardness, high toughness, and excellent high temperature strength, materials like silicon nitride are becoming more common for use in high performance applications. However, there have been limited studies of the fatigue behavior of small cracks in silicon nitride and other materials toughened...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Brandon Greene for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science presented on September 6

Phytochemical investigation of Arctostaphylos columbiana Piper and Arctostaphylos patula Greene

Creator:: Constantine, George Harmon
Abstract:: There are numerous references in the literature concerning the use of various Arctostaphylos species as medicinal plants. One of the species, A. uva-ursi, was listed in the United States official compendia from 1820 until 1946 as a urinary antiseptic. Many species indigenous to the Pacific Northwest were employed by the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF ARCTOSTAPHYLOS COLUMBIANA PIPER AND ARCTOSTAPHYLOS PATULA GREENE Abstract

The influence of cognitive conflict on religious thinking in fifth and sixth grade children

Creator:: Abraham, Kitty Greene
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of two religious education curricula in facilitating measure-able concrete-to-abstract movement in children's religious thinking. Subjects for the study were 47 fifth and sixth grade children enrolled in the Sunday School classes of four Oregon United Methodist Churches. Twenty-four children who...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in fifth and sixth grade children AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF KITTY GREENE ABRAHAM for the DOCTOR

Byron, Don Juan, and catharsis

Creator:: Greene, Wanda S.
Abstract:: This thesis seeks to explain how Lord George Gordon Byron achieves catharsis through the writing of his truth in Don Juan. In the poem the narrator expresses Byron's innermost emotion while at the same time the protagonist, Juan, relates to readers on a more conscious level. The ability that Byron...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ASTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Wanda S. Greene for the degree of

Abundance and habitat associations of Washington ground squirrels in north-central Oregon

Creator:: Greene, Eric
Abstract:: Much of the Columbia River Basin has been cultivated for agriculture, which has reduced and fragmented the native shrub-steppe habitats. As a result, the range of the Washington ground squirrel (Spermophilus washingtoni) has been significantly reduced, prompting the states of Washington and Oregon to review their status. Consequently, I investigated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Eric Greene for the degree of

John Fiske's philosophy of science : the union of science and religion through the principle of evolution

Creator:: Lester, Jacob Franklin
Abstract:: Modern science was produced by a Christian society, and although science has had an effect on Christianity, it could not itself remain unaffected. In the second half of the nineteenth century, the subject of evolution was as much a religious as a scientific issue. The battle line was drawn and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: John Fiske's Philosophy of Science: The Union of Science

Sugar uptake, fruit growth and carbon partitioning in the strawberry

Creator:: Forney, Charles F.
Abstract:: Sinks, plant organs which depend on the import of assimilates for growth, play a central role in determining assimilate distribution patterns within the plant. The strawberry fruit is a strong sink for dry matter and its effect on carbon partitioning and assimilation in the plant as well as the mechanism...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ranking on the inflorescence. Rates of l^C-sucrose uptake by fruit tissue discs cut from fruit having

Playing with pedagogy : a case study of contextual teaching and learning for the natural resources classroom

Creator:: Greene, Kim (Kimberly Kate)
Abstract:: This thesis investigates Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) as a method of instruction for natural resources education. The research follows the adoption of CTL in the K-12 classrooms of six teachers focusing on natural resources education at two rural schools in Western Oregon. CTL is being investigated because it connects...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kim Greene for the degree

Biology studies of Macrosiphum avenae (Fabr.), Acyrthosiphon dirhodum (Walker), and Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) on Gramineae in western Oregon

Creator:: Greene, Gerald L.
Abstract:: Field biology studies of three grain aphids, Macrosiphum avenae (Fabr.), Acyrthosiphon dirhodum (Walker), and Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) were conducted near Corvallis, Oregon, from 1961 to 1964. Populations of M. avenae were found on grain plants, and alatae entering spring barley may have been from wheat fields. Specimens were found more...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: THESIS OF Gerald L. Greene (Name) Date thesis is presented for the Ph. D. in Entomology (Degree

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Pheromonal mediation of reproductive behavior in the brown tree snake

Fatigue reliability predictions in silicon nitride ceramics based on fatigue behavior, bridging stresses and fracture data

Phytochemical investigation of Arctostaphylos columbiana Piper and Arctostaphylos patula Greene

The influence of cognitive conflict on religious thinking in fifth and sixth grade children

Byron, Don Juan, and catharsis

Abundance and habitat associations of Washington ground squirrels in north-central Oregon

John Fiske's philosophy of science : the union of science and religion through the principle of evolution

Sugar uptake, fruit growth and carbon partitioning in the strawberry

Playing with pedagogy : a case study of contextual teaching and learning for the natural resources classroom

Biology studies of Macrosiphum avenae (Fabr.), Acyrthosiphon dirhodum (Walker), and Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) on Gramineae in western Oregon

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