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  • Emergency contraceptive pills and college women : factors influencing intention and use

    Creator:
    Nelson, Heather A.
    Abstract:
    Approximately half of the 6.4 million pregnancies occurring each year in the United States are unintended (Finer & Henshaw, 2006). Unintended pregnancies, defined as pregnancies not wanted at the time conception occurs, regardless of contraceptive use (Chandra, Martinez, Mosher, Abma, & Jones, 2005) can have serious repercussions on women, children,...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Heather A. Nelson for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Remediation of atrazine in irrigation runoff by a constructed wetland

    Creator:
    Runes, Heather B.
    Abstract:
    Due to its frequent use in agriculture and its frequent detection in surface water, atrazine was chosen as a model compound to study the treatment capability of a surface flow wetland used to remediate irrigation runoff at a container nursery near Portland, Oregon. Further evaluation of treatment of atrazine was...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Heather B.Runes for the

  • One Service Robot’s Exploration of Entertainment Methods During COVID-19

    Creator:
    Tsai, Yao-Lin
    Abstract:
    The study focuses on how to use entertainment method approach to prompt people with best practices for COVID safety. During COVID times, there have been many robots deployed in public places such as social distancing enforcer or a robot that provide facial masks, but few investigations have been done to...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ Heather Knight The study

  • Innovative Experimental Methods in Human-Robot Interaction

    Creator:
    Wadgaonkar, Chinmay P.
    Abstract:
    User studies in human-robot interaction and social robotics in general involve human participants and their reactions, observations and expectations of robots. This thesis presents two innovative experimental methods aimed at gaining access to high-stakes social data not typically collectable with traditional user studies. The Actor Method provides access to data...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    : ____________________________________________________ Heather Knight User studies in human-robot interaction and social robotics in general

  • Systems and methods for multi-robot comedy

    Creator:
    Swaminathan, Janani
    Abstract:
    This thesis seeks to make developing multi-robot comedy performances more accessible to developers and performers, and suggests the use of duo comedy for robot-run research experiments. It involved four main steps: technology development, experimental deployments in the general public, the development of the Multi-Robot Comedy Performance System, and an analysis...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Multi-Robot Comedy Abstract approved: Heather Knight This thesis seeks to make developing multi-robot

  • Expressive Motion in Simple Robotics

    Creator:
    Berger, Jaden E.
    Abstract:
    This thesis follows two studies performed with simple robots. The first follows a robot interacting with eight improvisers to create scenes and perform five isolated gestures (towards, away, sideways, spin, and circle) for interpretation. The second follows a group of three robots performing the same five isolated gestures at two...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    : Expressive Motion in Simple Robotics Abstract approved: Heather Knight This thesis follows two studies

  • Socially Communicative Multi-Robot Motion and Formation: Algorithm Development and Validation

    Creator:
    Bacula, Alexandra
    Abstract:
    Expressive motion has been found to be a highly effective tool in communicating intent and motivation in single robot human-robot interaction, but work in exploring how groups of robots can use motion in interactions with humans is relatively nascent. There are many additional complexities to consider expanding from single robot...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    Multi-Robot Motion and Formation: Algorithm Development and Validation Abstract approved: Heather

  • Oregon's Emerging Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) Industry: A Literature Review and Three Case Studies of Sugaring Operations

    Creator:
    Scheb, John M.
    Abstract:
    This capstone report provides an overview of the emergence of the bigleaf maple sugaring industry in Oregon. This report consists of a literature review and three case studies. The literature review compiles information relevant to bigleaf maple sugaring within the wider context of maple sugaring in North America. The three...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    Reuter, and Professor Heather Stoven. I also want to thank the landowners who allowed me to visit their

  • The natural history of the Nelson antelope ground squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)

    Creator:
    Hawbecker, Albert Claude
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    The natural history of the Nelson antelope ground

  • Reproductive isolation and interspecific hybridization in the threatened species, Sidalcea nelsoniana

    Creator:
    Gisler, Steven D.
    Abstract:
    In addition to its longstanding recognition as an influential evolutionary process, interspecific hybridization is increasingly regarded as a potential threat to the genetic integrity and survival of rare plant species, manifested through gamete wasting, increased pest and disease pressures, outbreeding depression, competitive exclusion, and genetic assimilation. Alternatively, hybridization has also...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    threats posed by hybridization with the weedy annual sunflower, H. annuus, which has dramatically