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An informed and ignorant readership : the contradictions of creative nonfiction

Creator:: Rush, Lani
Abstract:: Creative nonfiction is a genre replete with contradictions--the name itself shows that: nonfiction writing is true and factual, but creative writing is imaginative and inventive. Because of fundamental contradictions like this, there is no standardized or even most common definition of the genre. This creates confusion for both critics and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: nonfiction is a genre replete with contradictions—the name itself shows that: nonfiction writing is true

Sound and death in John Haines's poetry

Creator:: Noble, Darren L.
Abstract:: Poet John Haines is best known for his first book of poetry, Winter News, which was published in 1966. The book contains poems about the Alaskan landscape that surrounded Haines during his many years of living in Richardson, Alaska. The recurring motifs in his poems include hunting, trapping, the Arctic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: like to thank my parents John and Gail Noble for all of their support. Finally, a special thank- you

Evaporative heat loss of the upper Middle Fork of the John Day River, northeastern Oregon

Creator:: Benner, David A.
Abstract:: Evaporation was studied along the Middle Fork of the John Day River in northeastern Oregon. Evaporation pans and various meteorological sensors recorded data at nine sites during the summer of 1998; measurements were made at each site over a 3-4 day period. A Dalton-type evaporation model was produced using water...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The economics of western juniper management on ranches located in the John Day Ecological Province of north-central Oregon

Creator:: Aldrich, Gwendolyn A.
Abstract:: Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook) is a species of juniper native to arid regions of the Pacific Northwest. The western juniper tree has a number of competitive strategies that, in conjunction with an almost complete removal of fire from the ecosystem, have resulted in a significant expansion of its population...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

John Turberville Needham (1713-1781) and eighteenth century theories of generation

Creator:: Benson, Keith Rodney
Abstract:: There were two viable theories of generation, preformation and epigenesis, existing in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Due to their irreconcilable nature, they were often at loggerheads during this time interval. The status of these generation theories can be effectively understood in terms of Thomas Kuhn's conception of preparadigm science....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - plain a given set of natural phenomena. John Turberville Needham provides an exemplary figure of a

Development of mucosal vaccines for avian influenza A virus composed of recombinant Lactococcus lactis and Streptococcus gordonii

Creator:: Reese, Kaleb A.
Abstract:: Novel mucosal vaccines (LL-M2e, LL-HAe, SG-HAe) were constructed from live, non-pathogenic Lactococcus lactis or Streptococcus gordonii that express conserved regions of HA or M2 antigens from avian influenza virus (AIV) A. All three vaccines evoked antigen-specific serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses in vaccinated chickens. The addition of the adjuvant cholera...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kaleb A. Reese for the

Shallow aquifer characteristics adjacent to the upper Middle Fork John Day River, eastern Oregon

Creator:: Hopson, Richard G.
Abstract:: Subsurface inputs into lotic systems are a primary mechanism for cooling streams with high ambient water temperatures. Objectives of this study include: 1) to determine the effectiveness of Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) thermal imagery to detect shallow aquifers, 2) to characterize certain physical, spatial, and temporal characteristics of the fluvial,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Determination of mode of death of John Day Merycoidodontidae (Oreodontidae) by populaton age structure analysis

Creator:: Brown, Melinda Elaine
Abstract:: Volcanic activity during the Tertiary has long been held responsible for the deaths and subsequent fossilization of the vertebrate populations of the John Day region in Oregon. Oreodonts as plains or savannah dwelling ruminant herbivores, were likely to have been subject to potential exposure throughout their lifetime to volcanic debris...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: structure analysis Redacted for privacy Abstract approved: Dr. John A. Ruben Volcanic activity during the

Seasonal life history of Oncorhynchus mykiss in the South Fork John Day River Basin, Oregon

Creator:: Tattam, Ian A.
Abstract:: Understanding seasonal changes in growth, survival, and movement rates is crucial to salmonid management. These life history characteristics provide a context for evaluation of management actions. We evaluated the life history of individually marked Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri in the South Fork John Day River basin in Northeastern Oregon. This thesis...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oncorhynchus mykiss in the South Fork John Day River Basin, Oregon by Ian A. Tattam

Narrative frames and the works of John Coltrane

Creator:: Duncan, James Bryan
Abstract:: In Culture and Imperialism, Said illustrates that we have no "autonomous cultural forms," but rather "impure" ones that are the products of historically "discrepant experiences." American culture has an interesting relationship with the history of imperialism. The Europeans that settled the U.S. imported slave labor to assist in the growth...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: was John Coltrane, a saxophonist who took these controversial approaches into unconventional musical

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An informed and ignorant readership : the contradictions of creative nonfiction

Sound and death in John Haines's poetry

Evaporative heat loss of the upper Middle Fork of the John Day River, northeastern Oregon

The economics of western juniper management on ranches located in the John Day Ecological Province of north-central Oregon

John Turberville Needham (1713-1781) and eighteenth century theories of generation

Development of mucosal vaccines for avian influenza A virus composed of recombinant Lactococcus lactis and Streptococcus gordonii

Shallow aquifer characteristics adjacent to the upper Middle Fork John Day River, eastern Oregon

Determination of mode of death of John Day Merycoidodontidae (Oreodontidae) by populaton age structure analysis

Seasonal life history of Oncorhynchus mykiss in the South Fork John Day River Basin, Oregon

Narrative frames and the works of John Coltrane

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