This thesis combines elements of forestry, interpersonal communication, and rhetoric to describe where residents of Coos Bay and North Bend Oregon obtain information about forests and forest uses, and how they view the credibility of that information. As a qualitative exploratory study, grounded theory methodology was used to develop theme...
Old-growth dry-mixed conifer forests are valued as habitats for late seral forest species, for the
ecosystem services and landscape diversity they provide, and for their aesthetic appeal. The
structure of these forests has been heavily altered by historic logging of overstory ponderosa
pine and Douglas-fir. Additionally, changes in fire regime...
This study involved the development of two bilingual and inquiry-based forest education programs within the Central Willamette Valley of Oregon. The first program used the participatory research (PR) process to engage 7th and 8th grade Latino students as participatory researchers to interview members of their community to learn their perspectives...
Virtual tours are among the many new Internet-based tools with potential applications as continuing forestry education programs. While technology exists to create virtual tour websites, little is understood about how well they meet educational objectives and whether they are complementary alternatives to traditional field tours. The Sustainable Forestry Partnership and...
With the advent of underground testing, the study of the propagation of seismic signals has become of great importance. This thesis investigates the design of electrical analogs to represent the propagation of seismic waves. The analogs developed allow for the study of the effects of variations in the characteristic constants...
This thesis deals with the problem of realizing
filter and delay functions by means of an active network
structure composed of distributed RC networks in
conjunction with a negative-impedance converter. Presented
is a general synthesis technique which can be
used for the realization of rational filter and delay
functions such...
A circuit which functions as a controlled negative-resistance is
described and analyzed; the circuit contains two transistors, a breakdown
diode, and five resistors connected in a stable feedback configuration.
From the analysis a set of design equations is derived.
An experimental circuit is described and a comparison between
measured performance...
A method for the synthesis of networks with specified complex
terminations is presented. The specification function is realized
within a multiplicative constant. The technique presented differs
somewhat from present methods employed in the synthesis of networks
with resistive terminations.
The technique is one of rearranging a transfer function and
separating...
The design and operation of a completely automatic trigger
circuit is presented. This circuit differs from conventional trigger
circuits in that manual control adjustments are not necessary. It
will automatically provide stable triggering over a wide range of
trigger signal amplitudes, repetition rates and waveshapes. The circuit
consists of three...
A method for the synthesis of bilateral networks is
presented. A new algorithm for the realization of basic
cut-set matrices is developed. This is done by the
following procedure:
1) We form submatrices, M[subscript j] (i), j= 1,2,..., of the
given cut-set matrix, such that M[subscript j](i) satisfies
the properties...