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  • Cloudiness in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

    Creator:
    Heinsohn, Frank Peter
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    Temporal and spatial patterns of daytime cloudiness in the Willamette Valley of Oregon were studied by utilizing monthly and daily sky cover data published by the U. S. Weather Bureau for the Portland, Salem, and Eugene stations. The 15-year period, 1949 through 1963, was selected as the maximum reliable period...
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    Masters Thesis
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    OF THE THESIS OF FRANK PETER HEINSOHN for the Master of Science (Name of student) (Degree) in

  • Disciplining the reception of Darwin : the botanical and sociological work of Lester Frank Ward

    Creator:
    Zimmerman, Katharine
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    The publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, truly a synthesized work of natural history, coincided with the emergence of specialized disciplines in the 19th century. This thesis aims to explore the relationship between the specialization of knowledge, in the form of disciplinization, and the reception of new...
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    Two: Lester Frank Ward’s Dual-Discipline-Career ……………... 21 3. Chapter Three: Ward, Darwin and

  • Frank and Friendly Pressure : U.S. Liberal Interventionism in the Early Cold War

    Creator:
    Fuller, Kevin J.
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    U.S. foreign policy during the period between World War II and the Vietnam War has been described as part of a “nation-­‐building” or “liberal” grand strategy. This thesis contends that understanding U.S. efforts to influence the internal affairs of sovereign states through the spread of liberal values and institutions during...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Frank and Friendly Pressure: U.S. Liberal Interventionism

  • Words of Well-Being : The Relation of an Individual's Word Choice to their Social Well-Being

    Creator:
    Krieger, Katy
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    The present research sought to investigate the relationship between an individual's word choice and their social well-being. In the present investigation, social well-being is a person's social health in relation to their social environment, social network, and ability to interact with others in a social context. This thesis was based...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Frank J. Bernieri The present research sought to investigate the relationship between

  • Personality Perception Accuracy Development within Newly Acquainted Groups

    Creator:
    Brown, Jill A. (Jill Anne)
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    The present research sought to investigate the effect of acquaintance on the accuracy of personality judgments and extend results to groups resembling families. Participants were college students ranging from 18 to 54 years of age enrolled in a ten week long "Psychological Assessment" research practicum. The study was designed to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: ____________________________________________ Frank J. Bernieri The present research

  • A multi-faceted method for validating emotional intelligence

    Creator:
    Reyna, Nicholas R.
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    The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) purports to assess emotional intelligence, which includes the ability to successfully identify and manage emotions. To test the validity of this claim, 21 students took the MSCIET along with a several other performance measures and personality scales, and their scores were correlated. The MSCEIT...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ (Frank J. Bernieri) The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) purports

  • Energetics and mechanics of swing phase during terrestrial locomotion

    Creator:
    Nelson, Frank E.
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    Previous attempts to understand the factors affecting the energetic cost of locomotion have found a direct link between the energetic cost and the mechanical work done during periods when the limb is in contact with the ground. However, when the limb is not in contact with the ground during the...
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    Dissertation
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    . Frank E. Nelson, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Thomas J. Roberts, my

  • Pragmatism and Pain: the Melioristic Rhetoric of Mirror Box Therapy

    Creator:
    Thompson, Anna F. B.
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    The phenomenon of phantom limb pain has been well documented for centuries, but little clinical work has been done to alleviate it. Physician and neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran began researching this condition nearly two decades ago, and has discovered a promising alternative treatment: mirror-box therapy. This therapy is not yet...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________________ Mark J. Porrovecchio The phenomenon of phantom limb pain has been well documented for

  • Drivers of Soil Fungal Communities Across Three Tropical Rainforests in Panama

    Creator:
    Schappe, Tyler
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    Fungi play critical roles in ecosystem processes and interact with plant communities in mutualistic, pathogenic, and commensal ways. Fungal communities are thought to be influenced by both associated tree communities and soil properties. However, the relative importance of the biotic and abiotic drivers of soil fungal community structure and diversity...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , 3818–3826. Jansa, J., Erb, A., Oberholzer, H.-R., Šmilauer, P. & Egli, S. (2014) Soil and geography

  • LSD, Mules and Men : Hypermediation in Hunter S. Thompson and Zora Neale Hurston

    Creator:
    Collins, Harold R., III.
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    Hypermediation, as described by Jay Bolter and Richard Grusin in their book Remediation, is a style of writing, recording, presenting, etc. that “makes us aware of the medium or media and (in sometimes subtle and sometimes obvious ways) reminds us of our desire for immediacy” (34). This mode of production...
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    Masters Thesis
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    presented on May 25, 2016. Title: LSD, Mules and Men: Hypermediation in Hunter S. Thompson and Zora