TRIALS OF FORM: TWO ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SELVES: I. Letters from Ruth: Since the 1950s, my grandmother's children have been
scattered across the nation from the family farm in Iowa. My
family came to Oregon in the early '60s. Since then, my
grandmother has kept track of all her children...
A sample of 893 Oregon individuals from a Western Regional
Agricultural Experiment Station Project (W-159 "Consequences of Energy
Conservation Policies for Western Region Households") was used to
analyze consumer attitudes toward potentially restrictive energy
conservation regulations. Belief in the seriousness of the energy
problem, a psychological measure of internal control...
Energy expenditures, perceived family well being, and energy
conservation actions were analyzed by family composition and level of
income. Data were from a three state subsample (Arizona, Colorado,
and Oregon; N = 2,633) of a larger stratified random sample of
households in the Western United States. Data were collected in...
As the western United States faces warmer and increasingly varied climate conditions, as well as predicted water insecurity, concerns over water quality and water availability are growing. While humans, fish, and wildlife are dependent on clean water for survival in the present, management of water resources needs to consider future...
Commercial fishing research often focuses on ecological (gear, stock assessment, traceability) or economic factors. Truly understanding the social-ecological system requires considering the entire "human dimension" and this includes the social, cultural, and legal/policy aspects as well. An understudied yet important factor is women's contribution to fishing at the family and...
A survey was conducted of six North American cheese plants to
determine levels of bacteriophages present. Fifty-nine lactic streptococcal
host bacterial strains were utilized in the survey. Phage levels
were generally lower in plants employing modern manufacturing techniques
than in plants employing traditional manufacturing techniques; this
difference was attributed to...
The Normalized Burn Ratio and Composite Burn Index were used to classify burn severity in three sites that experienced lightning-ignited wildfire in the year 2000. The effect of burn severity (unburned, low, moderate, and high severity classes) was investigated on vegetation and soil microbial community composition. Vegetation communities showed a...
The increasing costs of labor and food accompanied by limited
budgets are some of the problems facing the school foodservice director.
A plausible solution for cost increases is more efficient
use of time. The purpose of this research is to develop a method to
determine the time spent in common...
Concern regarding the large numbers of personal bankruptcies
in Oregon prompted this study. Although information was available
from a few studies in other parts of the United States, none was
available for Oregon. Very little data has been collected on personal
and family characteristics of people filing bankruptcy and less...
Infestations of container nursery beds by Phytophthora spp. can be persistent and costly. One method of disinfestation that does not require the use of chemicals is soil solarization, which captures energy from the sun to heat soil and thermally inactivate target pathogens. In laboratory temperature gradient experiments, I investigated the...