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  • An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

    Creator:
    Fluharty, Suzanne M.
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    This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...
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    presented on August 13, 2007. Title: An Environmental History of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon: A Case Study for

  • Two epidemiological studies in central Haiti

    Creator:
    Bonnlander, Heinke P.
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    Two epidemiological studies, designed to expand our knowledge of morbidity and mortality indicators concerning malaria and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccination in the Hospital Albert Schweitzer health district located in Central Haiti's Artibonite Valley, are presented. The hospital serves a rural population of 190,000 in its 610 square mile district. A large...
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    a rural population of 190,000 in its 610 square mile district. A large proportion of the rural

  • Distribution, decay, and quantification of fecal source-tracking markers

    Creator:
    Green, Hyatt C.
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    Waterborne fecal contamination poses serious risks to human health and can disrupt aquatic ecosystems. Molecular marker methods are widely used to identify and, in some cases, quantify the sources of contamination and guide management decisions regarding water resource protection. However, methods to detect some likely sources of fecal contamination such...
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    interference can be a significant source of variability and error during sample analysis could prevent

  • "Instead of tumbleweed, we have mitigation systems" : an ethnography of toxics risk, mitigation, and advocacy in IBM's deindustrialized birthplace

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    Little, Peter C.
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    This dissertation draws on ethnographic data and political ecological theory to analyze the experience of residents living in the IBM-Endicott Superfund site in Endicott, New York. Combining in-depth narratives and quantitative measures from a household survey, it highlights residents' perceptions of 1) environmental health risk, 2) risk mitigation, 3) deindustrialization...
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    . Combining in-depth narratives and quantitative measures from a household survey, it highlights residents