A sharp temperature front, oriented along the south-west corner of the leading edge of a Tropical Instability Wave (TIW) warm trough, was encountered at 0°N, 140°W on November 2, 2008 and detected by a 0.45°C increase in SST that occurred over 7 s. The distinct SST signal was observed at...
Expenditure data of 13 households receiving. Aid to Families
With Dependent Children (AFDC) were collected through use of
specially designed record booklets for one month and by a brief
interview. Welfare workers in southeast Portland discussed the
study with families meeting the criteria of 1) a one-parent family
with one...
This study was designed (1) to examine credit usages as they relate
to financial problems of young married couples, (2) to investigate the
similarities of financial practices of two populations, (3) to determine
the sources of educational financial assistance and guidance used by
young couples, and (4) to compare demographic...
Across from the Memorial Union on Oregon State University’s campus sits Milam Hall, the former site of the Department of Home Economics. The building is named for Ava Milam Clark, the dean of home economics for thirty-three years, from 1917 to 1950. I aim to understand Ava Milam’s early career...
The purpose of this study was to assess the attitudes of students, teachers, and principals toward skills taught in consumer and
homemaking education. The sample included 35 principals, 58
teachers, and 272 students in Oregon secondary schools. Respondents'
attitudes were assessed by analyzing the data on the basis of the...
The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate the jobrelated
expenditures of married clerical workers. Also examined
were the economic contribution married clerical workers made to
the total family income and their reasons for working.
The sample was taken from the 1973-74 Staff Directory at Oregon
State University. Only...
The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to examine the
choice of living setting of university sophomore women in relation to
their value preferences and in relation to selected settings, socioeconomic
background, and circumstance factors surrounding their
choices. The secondary aim of the study was to investigate how the...
Sixteenth century Elizabeth I of England has long been a figure of interest to Renaissance scholars, and their work largely focuses on how her gender impacted the power, politics, and culture of her day. Many have perceived her to be a heroine whose ingenuity and determination circumvented the limitations imposed...
In this study, I examine the influence of habitat gradients created by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington USA on a recently established Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) population in the Spirit Lake basin. My goal was to evaluate the responses of fish in seven streams across a volcanic...