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  • Racism and Bad Faith

    Creator:
    Jones, Gregory Alan
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    Human beings are condemned to freedom, according to Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness. Every individual creates his or her own identity according to choice. Because we choose ourselves, each individual is also completely responsible for his or her actions. This responsibility causes anguish that leads human beings to avoid their...
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    . In 1940, Ralph Ellison wrote a short story posthumously titled "A Party Down At The Square." The

  • Geometric and wall pressure characterization of patient abdominal aortic aneurysm

    Creator:
    Aslani, Elham
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    In this study, we have characterized a series of patient Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAAs) based on their geometric parameters, wall pressure distributions and ages. Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are localized aortic dilations that have been estimated to occur in 5 to 7 percent of the U.S. population over age 60....
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    approved: Robert A. Peattie In this study, we have characterized a series of patient Abdominal Aortic

  • The light within us : Quaker women in science

    Creator:
    McCabe, Leslie N.
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    This thesis explores the role of Quaker women in science in an attempt to arrive at some understanding of what motivated Quaker women in nineteenth century America to go into the sciences. George Fox founded the Society of Friends in the mid-seventeenth century in England and the Quaker theology centered...
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    in Science. Abstract approved: Robe?t A. tye This thesis explores the role of Quaker women in

  • Identical confusion : the history of twin studies on sexual orientation, 1952-1973

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    Boltseridge, Nathan H.
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    In 1952, at the height of the McCarthy era, Franz Kallmann, a Jewish psychiatrist and eugenicist who fled the National Socialist regime in Germany, published a study, in which he claimed to have found a one hundred percent concordance rate for homosexuality among forty pairs of identical twins. From this...
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    . I wish to thank my advisor, Robert A. Nye for challenging me to constantly perform at the top of my

  • Quantitative analysis of nearshore morphological variability based on video imaging

    Creator:
    Alexander, Patricia Soupy
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    In the past, classification systems for the analysis of morphodynamic variability have been developed in an attempt to understand large scale coastal behavior. The motivation behind the creation of these classification systems has been to provide a framework of analysis, in order to understand large scale response to seasonal variability,...
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    of Nearshore Morphological Variability Based on Video Imaging. Abstract Approved: Robert A. Holman

  • Hydrothermal links between ocean plateau formation and global anoxia at the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary

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    Snow, Laura J.
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    The Cretaceous was a period of extreme climatic conditions accompanied by major perturbations in ocean-atmosphere biogeochemical cycles. One of the most intriguing features is the sporadic interruption of normal marine pelagic sediment deposition by organic rich sediments deposited during oxygen-deficient conditions (ocean anoxic events OAEs). A current model for the...
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    Plateau Formation and Global Anoxia at the Cenomanian-Turonian Boundary Abstract approved: Robert A

  • A seasonal study of sediment reworking by Neotrypaea californiensis in Yaquina Bay, Oregon

    Creator:
    Fritz, Cara E.
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    A year-long field study was undertaken to investigate the influence of a number of physical and biological factors, specifically temperature, organic carbon content, and shrimp population dynamics on sediment reworking rates by the ghost shrimp Neotrypaea calforniensis. Because of its role as a structuring agent in estuaries along the West...
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    approved -----L-------------t--- Robert A. Wheatcroft A year-long field study was undertaken to

  • The sediment response of a dissipative beach to variations in wave climate

    Creator:
    Haxel, Joseph H.
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    Using wave and wind data from nearby buoys and gauges, real time kinematic global positioning system (RTK-GPS) and light detection and ranging (lidar) topographic survey data, and a robust video record, we have quantified the Large Scale Coastal Behavior (LSCB) of a dissipative end member beach in the Pacific Northwest....
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    Dissipative Beach toVariations in Wave Climate. Abstract Approved: Robert A. Holman Using wave and wind

  • Measuring surface longshore currents with an optical technique

    Creator:
    Chickadel, Carmine C.
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    Longshore currents are frequently occurring phenomena capable of transporting beach sediments, causing accretion and erosion of the shoreline. Forcing mechanisms are understood and well modeled for cases of alongshore homogeneous and monotonic bathymetry, yet the extension of these models to complex and irregular bathymetry sometimes fails. To test and improve...
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  • An X-radiographic study of the October 2000 Po River flood deposit, Italy

    Creator:
    Hunt, Louise
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    During October 2000 the Po River, Italy's largest river, experienced a historically significant flood, producing a deposit on the adjacent prodelta. In December 2000 an event-response study of the deposit was conducted, and during the ensuing 16 months three additional sampling cruises were conducted to study the subsequent evolution of...
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    October 2000 Po River Flood Deposit, Italy. Abstract approved Robert A. Wheatcroft During October 2000