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  • Flying Under the Radar : An Exploratory Assessment of Portland’s Burmese Refugee Parent Needs

    Creator:
    Thogmartin, Asia A.
    Abstract:
    War and persecution have devastating consequences, and the United States (U.S.) has a time-honored commitment to providing refuge to those most afflicted. Over the last four decades, the U.S. has provided sanctuary to more than 3.2 million refugees through its resettlement programs (U.S. Department of State, 2015a). Burma’s long-standing civil...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Asia A. Thogmartin for the degree of Master of Science in Human Development

  • Pathways to Well-Being : A Mixed Methods Study on Purpose in Life in Middle Adulthood

    Creator:
    Ko, Han-Jung
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    An ability to meet the changing demands associated with development promotes purpose in life, a defining feature of psychological well-being. Midlife adults consistently report higher purpose in life compared to older adults. However, less is known about the dynamics of purpose in life in the transition from middle to older...
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    Dissertation
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    and Family Studies presented on June 8, 2015. Title: Pathways to Well-Being: A Mixed Methods

  • The effect of acquisition and analysis automation failure in a low-fidelity multitasking system

    Creator:
    Secor, William R.
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    Research into the effect of automation on human multitasking performance is primarily focused on Decision Automation (a machine suggesting a certain course of action for a human operator to take) and Action Automation (a machine carrying out a certain course of action on behalf of the human operator) while Acquisition...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Acquisition and Analysis Automation Failure in a Low-Fidelity Multitasking System Abstract approved: Kenneth

  • An Electrophysiological Study of Attention Capture: Does Rarity Enable Capture?

    Creator:
    Noesen, Birken
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    Several behavioral studies have suggested that rarity is critical for enabling irrelevant, salient objects to capture attention. We tested this hypothesis using the event-related potential (ERP) component, N2pc, thought to reflect attentional allocation. A cue display was followed by a target display in which participants identified the letter in a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ) component, N2pc, thought to reflect attentional allocation. A cue display was followed by a target

  • Central and Peripheral Nervous System Underpinnings of Moral Elevation

    Creator:
    Piper, Walter T.
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    The present study characterized physiological responsivity during moral elevation, or elevation, a prosocial emotional state triggered by witnessing displays of altruism and moral beauty. Participants watched video stimuli that induced elevation, or amusement as a control condition, while heart rate (HR), respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), skin conductance responses (SCR), and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    elevation, a prosocial emotional state triggered by witnessing displays of altruism and moral beauty

  • Effect of Accountable Care in Oregon Medicaid on Healthcare Utilization, Quality, and Spending among Children with Mental-Physical Comorbidities

    Creator:
    Govier, Diana J.
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    In 2012, Oregon began it enrolling its Medicaid beneficiaries in an accountable care model called Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs). As one of the of the earliest state-wide efforts to implement this type of healthcare reform among Medicaid enrollees, and thus one of the most mature, Oregon’s CCO implementation provided a...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    the most mature, Oregon’s CCO implementation provided a natural experiment to explore the effects of

  • Dynamic linkages of personality and health : the effect of traits and states in predicting health-goal progress

    Creator:
    Choun, Soyoung
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    Optimal aging is strongly related to personality factors along with health-behavior habits. Personality has played a key role in understanding the interactions between human behavior and the environment and as a vital predictor in determining health outcomes of individuals. Although previous studies have found links between personality traits and health,...
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    Dissertation
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Karen A. Hooker Optimal aging is strongly related to personality factors along with health