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  • The Narrative of Environmentalism in Kuwait

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    Husain, Abdullah M.
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    Kuwait has undergone dramatic political and economic transformations over the past century. From the rapid transition to an oil-based economy in the 1940s to the unexpected Iraqi invasion in 1990, change has been constant. While much of the focus has been on the economy and society, it is also true...
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    also like to thank Professors Sally Duncan, Allen Thompson, and Jonathan Katz for being members of my

  • Political economy and trade effects of invasive species regulation : the case of noxious weeds

    Creator:
    Min, He
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    Many non-native weed pests of food, fiber, and nursery crops pose threats to U.S. environment and agriculture. Noxious weed regulations play an important role in preventing the introduction and spread of non-native plants, thereby protecting the local biodiversity, environment and economic activities. However, these regulations could also hamper agricultural trade....
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    . Reimer and Dr. Jonathan Kaplan , for their invaluable comments and suggestions in this dissertation

  • Three essays on the effectiveness of Oregon's land-use planning system : economic analysis with quasi-experimental methods

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    Dempsey, Judith
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    Oregon's land use planning system is often recognized as having been successful in its goals of limiting urban sprawl and protecting resource lands from development. However, it is difficult to quantify the impact of these regulations, because we cannot observe what would have happened in the absence of land use...
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    M. Antle, Lan Xue and Jonathan Kaplan, for offering their valuable time and advice. I am grateful

  • Two Essays on Local Government Finances in the United States

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    Jung, Jaeho
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    County governments in the United States play important roles in the tax collection and public service provisions. Thus, a better understanding of the local government finances is closely related to the welfares of residents. In this dissertation, I provide two essays: in the first essay, I examine the fiscal impacts...
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  • Essays of Land Use Changes, Open Space, and Water Pollution

    Creator:
    Hagimoto, Toru
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    Land use is one of the leading factors that cause environmental degradation, such as water pollution, open space contraction and habitat loss. This dissertation consists of three essays. First paper investigates the relationship between land use and water pollution. Combining land use choice model and water pollution data, I simulate...
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    also like to thank Dr. Junjie Wu, Dr. William Jaeger, and Dr. Jonathan Kaplan for serving on my

  • Influence of aging and behavioral experience on expression of GluN1 splice variants of the NMDA receptor in prefrontal cortex of mice brain

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    Das, Siba Ranjan
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    As the aging population continues to grow the world over, age related complications become more and more apparent among the elderly population. One such complication is age associated memory impairment, which makes the elderly more dependent on caregivers early on. NMDA receptors in the brain are important for memory formation,...
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    Hagen, Dr. Ling Jin and Dr. Jonathan Kaplan for taking time to make sure I qualify for the task ahead

  • Three essays on food security, food assistance, and migration

    Creator:
    Lewin, Paul A.
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    This dissertation's three essays explore the determinants of food insecurity for rural farm households, the influence of rainfall variability and long-run changes in rainfall levels on the migration decisions of working-age household heads, and the distributional impacts in core and periphery regions of food assistance to households in the hinterland....
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    committee Munisamy Gopinath, Steve Buccola, Jeff Reimer, and Jonathan Kaplan, for kindly offering their

  • Water scarcity and reservoir reliability in basins affected by climate and land use change : impacts of hydrogeology, sensitivities, and uncertainties in the Santiam River Basin, Oregon

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    Mateus, M. Cristina
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    Multipurpose management of hydrosystems face a number of uncertainties related to hydrologic variability and nonstationarity. Anticipated air temperature increases in the Pacific Northwest region are projected to alter the timing and quantity of streamflow associated with precipitation shifting from snow to rain, including shorter winter runoff periods, earlier spring runoff,...
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    , thoughtful ideas, and contributions to my success. I thank my graduate council representative, Dr. Jonathan

  • Community Resilience to Climate Change in Rural Java, Indonesia

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    Utami, Arini Wahyu
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    Climate change increases weather unpredictability, threatens communities whose livelihoods depend on natural resources, such as rural communities. Utilizing a Community Capital Framework (Flora and Flora, 2013) and Governance of Complex Adaptive Systems (Duit and Galaz, 2008), this study concentrated on the role of cultural and political capital in supporting rural...
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    , Drs. Nancy Rosenberger, Brent Steel, Susan Capalbo, and Jonathan Kaplan, for their patient guidance

  • Characterization of acid sensing ion channel (ASIC) in mouse olfactory bulb

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    Kratzer, Eric Martin
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    This study examined the role of acid- sensing ion channels (ASICs) in interneuron synaptic modulation. ASICS are ultra fine discriminators of acidic conditions in the neuronal microenvironment. Each ASIC subunit isoform has innate, subtly different electrophysiological properties and tissue distributions. Structurally, ASICs may form homo- or heteromeric channels, yielding combinatorial...
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    the tissue both gently and thoroughly. Cells were plated on poly-L-ornithine coated plastic 35mm