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Port Orford cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) has a reputation for being resistant to fungal attack, but much of the work to support this premise used older growth material (80-100 yr old). Given the tendency for the heartwood from the second...
2014 (iso8601)
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Routine inspection of wood utility poles to detect internal decay involves drilling holes at or about the ground line. While these holes are useful for detecting internal decay, their presence raises concern among engineers about their potential...
2014 (iso8601)
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In this project, I apply Judith Butler's late twentieth century theory of gender performance, outlined in her book Gender Trouble, to three major novels from William Faulkner's early career, The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Sanctuary,...
2013-05 (iso8601)
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: Disability identity involves affirming one’s status as a person with a
disability and incorporating this group membership into one’s identity. It is associated with well-being
in populations of people with disabilities, but its...
2015-02 (iso8601)
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On low-latitude breeding grounds, humpback whales produce complex and highly stereotyped
songs as well as a range of non-song sounds associated with breeding behaviors. While on their
Southeast Alaskan foraging grounds, humpback whales produce a...
2015-01 (iso8601)
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Transcription of the VERNALIZATION1 gene (VRN1) is induced by prolonged cold
(vernalization) to trigger flowering of cereal crops, such as wheat and barley. VRN1 encodes a
MADS box transcription factor that promotes flowering by regulating the...
2015-01-06 (iso8601)
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The Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) is conducting
scoping studies for the conversion of its fuel from a
highly enriched uranium (HEU) composition to a low-enriched
uranium (LEU) composition, through the
Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test...
2015-02 (iso8601)
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Root rot of raspberry (Rubus idaeus), thought to be primarily caused
by Phytophthora rubi, is an economically important disease in the
western United States. The objectives of this study were to determine
which Phytophthora species are involved in...
2014-12 (iso8601)
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A majority of the world’s largest net-based fisheries target
planktivorous forage fish that serve as a critical trophic link between the plankton
and upper-level consumers such as large predatory fishes, seabirds, and marine
mammals. Because the...
2014-12 (iso8601)
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Japanese cornmint, also known as menthol mint (Mentha canadensis L. syn
M. arvensis L.), is an essential oil crop cultivated in several countries in Asia and South
America. The plant is currently the only commercially viable source for natural...
2015-01 (iso8601)
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For many years, scientists worldwide have been using glacial ice to
reconstruct and study Earth’s past climates. While the most continuous
records we have are from sites near both poles, there is also mid-latitude
perennial ice in the form of...
2014-05-22 (iso8601)
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Academic libraries that offer digital asset management systems (DAMS) and services such as an institutional repository, data curation services, and digitization of historic documents face the need to assess and refine services. This need can be...
2015-02-13 (iso8601)
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Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are huge assemblies
formed from ~30 different nucleoporins,
typically organized in subcomplexes. One module,
the conserved Nup82 complex at the cytoplasmic
face of NPCs, is crucial to terminate mRNA export. To
gain...
2015-02-02 (iso8601)
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Despite limited success, today’s information retrieval (IR) systems are not intelligent and reliable. IR systems return poor search results when users formulate their information needs into incomplete or ambiguous queries (i.e., weak queries)....
2013-09 (iso8601)
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The lived experiences of graduate student mothers and their unique challenges in comparison to working or faculty mothers are explored through their own words utilizing the theoretical perspective of Dorothy E. Smith. Their jobs as graduate...
2014 (iso8601)
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This survey research was the basis of the dissertation for the researcher's doctoral program at George Fox University, and was conducted at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). The purpose of this study was to measure the perception of...
2011 (iso8601)
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The topic of student success is beginning to grow in popularity throughout the United States. Student success has a wide variety of definitions ranging from a direct definition of graduation to an indirect definition of a student setting a goal...
2015-02-17 (iso8601)
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Camelids are known for frequent occurrence of general ill-thrift. In other species, neutrophil dysfunction has been identified as a cause of ill-thrift, and linked to chronic fungal and bacterial infections. However, no reference values exist for...
2015-02-24 (iso8601)
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The purpose of this study was to identify a select set of variables which would, when in linear combination, adequately predict scores on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP), among graduates of western Conservative...
1992 (iso8601)
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Fire regimes across the western United States have been altered due to past land management and changing land use. Mitigating increased risks of wildfire occurrence in landscapes such as central Oregon requires landscape level management from both...
2015-02-17 (iso8601)
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Supervision is an essential component of the development of pre-professional school counselors. Oftentimes, school counseling site supervisors are called upon to supervise graduate school counseling students without any requisite supervision...
2015-03-03 (iso8601)
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Pedometers have become a frequently used tool to measure physical activity. The accuracy of pedometers has been an interest of many researchers given the popularity of the tool. When, pedometers are employed, there are many potential sources of...
2014-05-15 (iso8601)
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This dissertation explores the structural dynamics of human understanding and particularly the concept of meaning and its connections to concepts of ultimate ground, necessity and contingency, language, and perception. It focuses on the history of...
2015-03-17 (iso8601)
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Teams of artificially intelligent planetary rovers have tremendous potential for space exploration, allowing for reduced cost, increased flexibility, and increased reliability. However, having these multiple autonomous devices acting...
2014 (iso8601)
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