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  • Reproductive and aggressive behaviors in the giant hairy desert scorpion

    Creator:
    Tallarovic, Sara K.
    Abstract:
    The giant hairy desert scorpion, Hadrurus arizonensis, is a long-lived species of North American scorpion that is presented here as an important model for research in mating systems evolution and sexual selection. Many behaviors found in this species were undocumented and are described here for the first time. This thesis...
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    Dissertation
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    desert scorpion AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sara K. Tallarovic for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

  • Mike Rose : composing a reading of inclusion

    Creator:
    Jameson, Sara
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    Mike Rose researcher, professor, scholar, and author of numerous articles and books including the literacy memoir - Lives on the Boundary - has been active in the field of education and composition for over 30 years. This thesis looks back at the development of the discipline of composition studies to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sara Jameson for the degree of

  • Metaphor and Bias : An In-Depth Look at CNN and Fox News Channel

    Creator:
    Duncan, Sara R.
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    This study links together two very complicated, but very important subjects: media bias and metaphor. More specifically, this study investigates whether or not examining a media outlet's use of metaphor is an effective methodology for investigating media bias. Using cluster analysis, I identified the source metaphors most commonly used on...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sara R. Duncan for the

  • The lived experience of women student mentors

    Creator:
    Rennick, Vikki
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    This is a phenomenological research study of the lived experience of women student mentors at one community college located in an urban setting on the West Coast. The study participants were women students who served as mentors to other women at the community college who are participants in a returning...
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    Dissertation
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    guidance that I received from my doctoral committee: Drs. Richard Shintaku, Alex Sanchez, Sara Martin

  • Steelhead

    Creator:
    Willis, Stephen E.
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    The thesis is the first third of a novel entitled Steelhead. The story takes place in and around a small southern Oregon town in the summer of 1967. The narrator, eighteen-year-old hot-rodding Emil Reese, discovers hippies swimming naked in the river near his house. The hippies, newly arrived from San...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . "And who's that floating?" I said. "That's Sara." Nicky touched Sara on the arm and she came up on

  • DNA binding and beyond : an investigation of proteins involved in PAH-induced carcinogesesis

    Creator:
    Hooven, Louisa Ada
    Abstract:
    Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) has been determined to be a risk factor for various forms of human cancer. PAH DNA adducts have been shown to cause mutations, but carcinogenesis is also accompanied by alterations in gene expression. Inhibiting individual cytochrome P450s could clarify the interaction...
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    Dissertation
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    ). SARA and TSA increased EROD activity and in RT-PCR. SARA and TSA reduced B[a]P induced CYP1A1 and

  • Interpreting a weird and scenic landscape to park visitors : tectonic and volcanic processes of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho

    Creator:
    Truitt, Kimberly E.
    Abstract:
    This thesis develops a geology training manual for the Interpretation staff of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO) in southern Idaho. The manual will help the staff convey geologic principles to park visitors who are experiencing a landscape formed by volcanic processes. Basic geology and the most...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Robert J. Lillie This thesis develops a geology training manual for the Interpretation

  • Identifying Audiences: A Rhetorical Analysis of Mary Shaw’s Suffrage Plays

    Creator:
    Wright, Amanda R.
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    American women’s quest for equality came into focus in the early 1900s. Amidst the cultural and societal forces pushing for suffrage, some chose the mechanism of theater. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Lloyd Bitzer’s situational approach to two suffrage theater artifacts: Mary Shaw's The Woman...
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    Masters Thesis
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    my friends: Megan, Katrina, Casey, and Sara—who were there to drink tea, do crosswords and talk

  • Development of artificial diets for delivery of water-soluble nutrients to altricial fish larvae

    Creator:
    Onal, Umur
    Abstract:
    In the present study, the potential of low-melting point lipids, namely methyl palmitate (MP) and menhaden stearine (MS), were studied for delivery of water-soluble materials to fish larvae. Addition of the solid emulsifier, sorbitan monopalmitate (SMP) resulted in higher RE compared to the liquid emulsifier sorbitan sesquioleate (SSO). Additions of...
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    Dissertation
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    Diets for Delivery of Water Soluble Nutrients to Altricial Fish Larvae. Abstract approved: Chris J: In

  • Composition, structure, and biomass of cottonwood-dominated gallery forests along a successional gradient, Willamette River, Oregon

    Creator:
    Fierke, Melissa K.
    Abstract:
    Recognizing the importance of native black cottonwood-dominated riparian forests is especially important to preserve, protect, and manage for biodiversity in the Willamette River Valley. Species composition, structure, and biomass along a successional gradient from stand initiation to late succession of black cottonwood (Populus balsamfera L. subsp. trichocarpa (T. & G.)...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , FRLA 22, POTR 32, ACMA 12". I am grateful to J. Boone Kauffman for giving me the opportunity to