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RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology

Volume 12, Number 2

Special Festure: The Other Japan; Investing in Community; Energy Entrepreneurs; Ecological Design

RAIN began in October 1974 as a publication of ECO-NET, an environmental education network funded by the Hill Foundation and an Environmental Education grant. Its office was based in the Environmental Education Center at Portland State University. With a focus on the Pacific Northwest, particularly Oregon, RAIN originally described itself as a “bulletin board” with an “emphasis on environmental/energy related and communications kinds of information” and interested in “the evolutionary possibilities of inter-disciplinary connections.”

Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Plan, Sadaka Abjuljabbar, Aziz Ammar, Tom Dixon, Mohamed Hassan, Hamid Iravani, Tom Kloster, Michael Matteucci, Abdullah Motlak, Vivian Parker, Joseph Percival, Barbara Sack, Kamal Sayadpour, Hossein Taiby-Pachi, Pat Wild, Zulkeefli Zakaria

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects

A comprehensive land use plan for the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood located on the eastside of the Willamette River in Portland Oregon. Produced by fifteen Portland State University students as part of their Comprehensive Planning Workshop.

Faculty Consultants: Deborah A. Howe, PhD, AICP, Assistant Professor and Michael S. Harrison, M. Arch., AICP, Lecturer

User Needs Assessment And Technical Issues For A Multipurpose Cadastre For Multnomah County, Oregon, Kenneth Dueker, Larry Conrad, Daniel Kjerne

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

The objectives of this study are: 1) to provide the County Assessor with a survey of the current usage of the assessor's mapping system ; 2) to assess the future data needs of the users based upon implementation of the assessor's plans for a computerized cadastral mapping system, or multipurpose cadastre (MPC}; 3) to identify the locational accuracy requirements of the proposed mapping system; and 4) to identify a strategy to facilitate gradual improvement in accuracy of locational data.

Report On Regional Government In The Portland Metropolitan Area, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Meeting Notes 1986-03-13 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet March 1986, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The March 1986 Monthly packet includes the March agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held February 1986.

Meeting Notes 1986-02-13 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Phase Two Redevelopment Project South Park Blocks, Portland (Or.). Development Commission

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet January 1986, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The January 1986 Monthly packet includes the January agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held December 1985.

Modeling Location For Cadastral Maps Using An Object-Oriented Computer Language, Daniel Kjerne

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

The challenge to designers of multipurpose computer-aided land information systems is to capture enough of the "deep structure" of the problem domain to enable a system to answer user questions and requests in a satisfactory way. Criteria defining "satisfactory" in each case must include considerations of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and cost. These considerations, when applied to the location in space of parcel boundaries and property corners, present unusual difficulties. This is in large measure due to the fact that important elements of the field measurement process, and the determination of location based on what are essentially logical {legal) abstractions, are …

Portland State Perspective; Summer 1986, Portland State University

Portland State Perspective

A quarterly alumni newsletter. In this issue: The Sixties remembered; PSU's fifth president; and math teachers explore new ways to reach students

Portland State Perspective; Fall 1986, Portland State University

Portland State Perspective

A quarterly alumni newsletter. In this issue: reflecting on the '70s & '80s; a feature on Ann Childer's, owner of Animal School, inc.; and homecoming

Quadtree-Based Processing Of Digital Images, Ramin Naderi

Dissertations and Theses

Image representation plays an important role in image processing applications, which usually. contain a huge amount of data. An image is a two-dimensional array of points, and each point contains information (eg: color). A 1024 by 1024 pixel image occupies 1 mega byte of space in the main memory. In actual circumstances 2 to 3 mega bytes of space are needed to facilitate the various image processing tasks. Large amounts of secondary memory are also required to hold various data sets.

In this thesis, two different operations on the quadtree are presented.

There are, in general, two types of data …

Organizational Development: An Investigation Into The Knowledge Obsolescence Of Engineers In The Electronics Industry, Cheryl J. Hubbard

Dissertations and Theses

Purpose. This study investigated organizational development climate within the context of an organization experiencing rapid change in its environment resulting in employee knowledge obsolescence. Secondary purposes were: (1) determine current development methods and behavior; (2) identify preferred development methods; (3) examine the influence of educational background on development; (4) examine the influence length of service on development and (5) investigate reward preferences and their link to development. Procedure. The data were collected through a sample of 550 nonmanager engineers. The questionnaire consisted of individual background information and a modified version of the Work Description Questionnaire for Engineers (WDQE). Environment factors …

Portland State Perspective; Spring 1986, Portland State University

Portland State Perspective

A quarterly alumni newsletter. In this issue: Memories of the 1950s; chemist aims to reveal new energy source; oldest and youngest students share passion for learning; and a feature on Anthony P. Armstrong

Portland State Perspective; Winter 1986, Portland State University

Portland State Perspective

A quarterly alumni newsletter. In this issue: Memories of Vanport; Portland State's 40th birthday celebration; and grooming the high school student for college.

An Econometric Study Of An Oil-Exporting Country: The Case Of Iran, Abbas Heiat

Dissertations and Theses

The main objective of this study is to contribute toward an analytical and empirical work on the oil-based developing economy of Iran. It focuses on the aggregate behavior of the Iranian economy through a simple linear econometric model. After a survey of the literature on the theoretical framework of macroeconomic models for the developing countries in general, and for the oil exporting developing countries in particular, a linear econometric model for the Iranian economy is formulated and its logical and economical aspects are explained. The proposed model consists of basic consumption, production, foreign trade, and employment relationships. Estimation of the …

Propagation Of Optical Waves In Tapered Fibers And Metallic Wave Guides, Bahram Zandi

Dissertations and Theses

The equations tor the propagation of Electromagnetic and Optical waves in tapered fibers and metallic waveguides are derived. Solutions are derived for the displacement of the beam from the waveguide axis as a function of distance along the axis, and also tor the beam width as a function of distance. These equations are solved numerically for a variety of tapered guides. Experiments are conducted which verify the theoretical results.

Enhanced Computer Graphics For Decision Makers, Floyd James Brock Jr.

Dissertations and Theses

Words need a context to be understood. Visual patterns also need a context to convey their meaning. When patterns represent quantities in business graphics, decision makers (DMs) depend on contrasting visual contexts to discern patterns and discover relationships. Depending on the context in which DMs see trends, differences between two trends may point to a problem, to continuity, or to an opportunity. Can enhancing the context in computer graphics help DMs visualize problems? To answer this research question, three experiments were done in the field on computer graphics. One hundred five DMs tried 17 different contexts for time-series trends displayed …

Post-Buckled Performance Of Partially Restrained And Intermediately Supported Steel Angles, Perumal Radhakrishnan

Dissertations and Theses

The post-buckled performance of cross-braced single angles was experimentally determined. The results of this study will be used by the Bonneville Power Administration for the analysis of member performance in transmission towers.

Fuzzy Multiobjective Mathematical Programming In Economic Systems Analysis: Design And Method, Li Da Xu

Dissertations and Theses

Economic systems analysis is a systems analysis technique of setting out the factors that have to be taken into account in making economic systems decisions. The inquiring and operational systems of the technique are almost exclusively designed for well-structured systems. In review of economic systems analysis against systems thinking, there is a growing tendency to discard the analytical approach as inappropriate for dealing with an ill-structured issue. Therefore, economic systems analysis needs both the inquiring and operational systems which are appropriate for ill-structured systems. The foregoing leads to the introduction of an extensive methodology. Mainly, the weakness of economic systems …

Meeting Notes 1985-12-05 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet December 1985, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The December 1985 Monthly packet includes the December agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held November 1985.

Beam Propagation In Periodic Quadratic-Index Waveguides, Lee W. Casperson

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Several techniques are described for studying the propagation of off-axis polynomial Gaussian beams in media having straight axes and periodic z variations of the quadratic refraction and loss coefficients. For some periodic variations, exact analytical solutions of the paraxial equations are possible, and for sufficiently slow variations, WKB solutions can always be obtained. All results are expressed in conventional beam matrix form.

Juvenile Delinquency In Saudi Arabia, Yousef Ahmed Alromaih

Dissertations and Theses

The present study involved an examination of the delinquency problem in Saudi Arabia within the framework of social control theory. Specifically, the study was based on the thesis set forth by Travis Hirschi, i.e., that delinquent acts result when an individual's bond to society is weak or broken. Also taken into account, however, were the findings from the research of Wiatrowski, et al. that suggest a need for a) some modifications in Hirschi's conceptual framework and b) inclusion of socio-economic factors in the social control model.

Meeting Notes 1985-11-14 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet November 1985, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The November 1985 Monthly packet includes the November agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held October 1985.

Portland State Perspective; Winter 1985, Special Edition, Portland State University

Portland State Perspective

A quarterly alumni newsletter. In this issue: 1984-1985 Annual Gifts Report

Rain, Eco-Net

RAIN: Journal of Appropriate Technology

Volume 12, Number 1

Inside: A.T. in Nicaragua; Homegrown Economy; Bioregional Government

RAIN began in October 1974 as a publication of ECO-NET, an environmental education network funded by the Hill Foundation and an Environmental Education grant. Its office was based in the Environmental Education Center at Portland State University. With a focus on the Pacific Northwest, particularly Oregon, RAIN originally described itself as a “bulletin board” with an “emphasis on environmental/energy related and communications kinds of information” and interested in “the evolutionary possibilities of inter-disciplinary connections.”

Forecasting For Local Water Management, Douglas Alan Putnam

Dissertations and Theses

Forecast models are investigated and developed for use in local water management to aid in determining short term water requirements and availability. The forecast models include precipitation occurrence and depth using a Markov chain model, temperature and solar radiation with a multivariate autoregressive model, and streamflow with autoregressive-moving average models. The precipitation, temperature, and solar radiation forecasts are used with a soil moisture model to determine water demands. A state space approach to the Muskingum-Cunge streamflow routing technique is developed. The forecast water demands and streamflow forecasts are used as inputs to this routing model. Forecast model errors and propagation …