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  • Science Through the Lens of Art

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    Garton, Elizabeth
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    There is a connection between science and art. This study is specifically looking at the connection between soil science, art, and biochemistry. The traditional display of research in the sciences is in a written form such as a manuscript or journal article. To challenge this traditional presentation of scientific knowledge...
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    department, specifically my advisers, Jay Noller, Michael Boonstra, Phil McFadden, and my graduate

  • Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Human Ecologies: A Case Study of Phytoliths from the Lower Salmon River Canyon, Idaho

    Creator:
    Knapp, Dante L.
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    Archaeological excavations of the Cooper's Ferry site in the Lower Salmon River Canyon, Idaho, have revealed a stratified record of cultural occupation, spanning the late Pleistocene and early Holocene periods. The purpose of this study was to contribute to the understanding of cultural adaptive strategies represented in the archaeological record...
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    . Jay Noller and Leah Minc—for their guidance and leadership. To faculty from the Departments of

  • Sex stereotypes in Thai elementary school textbooks

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    Pobsook, Thanitthar
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    This study analyzed Thai textbooks as a dimension of research on sex-role stereotypes in Thailand. One hundred and sixty-two stories in Thai elementary school textbooks were investigated, using both quantitative and qualitative methods of content analysis. This study was a modified replication of Britton and Lumpkin's study (1977) and partly...
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    approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. Charles C. 191hgford This study analyzed Thai textbooks as a dimension

  • The Knee That Shook America: A Case Study of Colin Kaepernick and Historical Analysis of Protest

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    Okonkwo, Charles
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    America is said to be the land of the free and the home of the brave. With the unfair treatment of people of color in this country, however, one would believe that somewhere in the fine print, they were excluded from that phrase. The very foundation of this country was...
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    THESIS OF Charles Okonkwo for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Applied

  • ‘Uncle Ho’: A Rhetorical Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Hồ Chí Minh

    Creator:
    Meyers, Kaden R.
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    This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of American newspaper coverage of Hồ Chí Minh from 1954-1969. My method is the Pragmatic Attitude, created by Elizabeth and Jay Mechling. My foci of study are the polls and letters to the editor from this same period. These foci of study are used...
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    Attitude, created by Elizabeth and Jay Mechling. My foci of study are the polls and letters to the editor

  • A New Method for the Analysis of Human Hair : A Morphological Case Study of Five Sample Populations

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    Weitzel, Misty A.
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    Hair is an important piece of evidence in forensic and archaeological investigations. Analysis of the morphological features of hair has been reported since at least the early 1800's. However, many questions still remain unanswered such as, how can human groups (or local populations) be analyzed and possibly distinguished from each...
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    (Anderson 1969; Clement et al. 1980; Hicks 1977; and Niyogi 1962). Morphology has long been used in

  • Influence of Political Liberalism on Contracting Prison Health Care

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    Yarnall, Robert G.
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    Studies on prison contracting have typically focused on the privatization of entire facilities and carceral services offered to inmates. There has been limited research, however, as to how political ideology influences the extent to which state prisons contract out health care services. There also appears to be a need for...
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    for joining the committee when I was at a loss of direction. Dr. Charles Murneiks, you gave me

  • The Art of Noticing : An Essay on Contemporary Ecological Writing

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    West, Rex Alan, 1967-
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    A number of thinkers are becoming increasingly persuaded that our anthropocentric view of nature is inadequate, that we need a "new morality" with regard to the environment. In this essay, I argue that an alternative to anthropocentricism is available to us now-and has been since at least 1836. I look...
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    . The thrush darts back, the jay squalls, a beetle scuttles under the grasses, and the signal is passed

  • Archaeological Symbols of Status and Authority : Fort Hoskins. Oregon. 1856-1865

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    Bowyer, Gary C.
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    Fort Hoskins is located near Kings Valley, approximately 16 miles from Corvallis. The Fort, built after the Rogue Wars of the 1850s, was intended to safeguard the newly created Indian reserves. During its' ten-years of existence, U.S. Army Regulars manned the Fort from 1856-1861 while volunteers from California, Washington, and...
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    authority between social groups and forts. According to Charles Cleland (1988:16-17) questions should be

  • Of dragons, palaces, and gods : a mormon perspective on C. S. Lewis

    Creator:
    Garrett, Christopher Edward
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    During his lifetime C. S. Lewis chose to speak to Christians in plain and simple language that they could understand. Lewis taught and defended truths that he felt were discernible through reason. Morality, free will, and the divinity of Jesus Christ were fundamental to his core beliefs and teachings. His...
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    Truman G. Madsen and Charles D. Tate, Jr. (Salt Lake City: Deseret, 1972), p. 100. 13 Imagine