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  • Experiences and Expectations of Youth Correctional Facility Teachers

    Creator:
    Stevens, Katelyn Ann
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    Youth corrections teachers are an under-researched group of individuals who have much to lend to the discussion surrounding youth corrections including teaching methodologies, challenges, and benefits. This report summarizes the available academic literature of the characteristics of effective youth corrections teachers in comparison with teachers who work in traditional public...
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    corrections including teaching methodologies, challenges, and benefits. This report summarizes the available

  • Rethinking Change: Measuring Quality of Life Outcomes in Housing First Residents in Portland, Oregon

    Creator:
    Campbell, Shannon M.
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    The undisputed cost-effectiveness of the anti-homelessness program “Housing First” is well established in the empirical literature, but fewer studies have considered the impact of the program on individual residents. This mixed-methods study examines the lives of a cohort of residents in a Portland-based Housing First project, seeking to determine whether...
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  • Resilience Planning for Elderly Residents in Oregon Coastal Communities

    Creator:
    Whelan, Patrick
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    When a catastrophic event happens, senior residents who are physically or mentally disabled, are placed at a much greater risk of injury or death. Researchers in the aftermath of hurricanes’ Katrina, Sandy, and Harvey, consistently record elderly residents presenting the most difficult challenges for emergency personnel during evacuation and post...
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    UNIVERSITY – CORVALLIS April 9, 2019 With special recognition to my thesis committee: Erika Wolters

  • Donating Democracy: Measuring the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid in Central Asia

    Creator:
    Michaels, Julia
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    The promotion of democracy abroad has become a critical national security objective for the United States. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, newly independent states have received millions in aid to facilitate their transition to democracy. A significant portion of this funding has been administered by the United States...
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    post-communist countries, with a special focus on the struggling region of Central Asia. The results

  • Exploring a Mental Health Crisis : An Examination of Mental Health Arrests in Benton County, OR

    Creator:
    Lanfear, Charles C.
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    Benton County, Oregon is presently experiencing a crisis level of police contacts with mentally ill suspects. The cause of this sudden increase is currently unknown and local law enforcement is not adequately equipped or funded to respond to this development. This report summarizes the recent literature on law enforcement encounters...
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    enforcement is not adequately equipped or funded to respond to this development. This report summarizes the

  • Securing the Vulnerable : Documenting Food Security Status Among Single Mothers of Oregon (2001-2015)

    Creator:
    Gonzalez, Veronica
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    Recent reports using data from the 2013-2015 Current Population Surveys reveal that while the overall food insecurity rate in Oregon is 16.1%, single mothers in Oregon experience food insecurity rates as high as 44.1%. This study will portray how household assets and capital relate to food insecurity for single mothers...
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    disruptions because of insufficient money or other resources. The most recent report (2016) claims that

  • The Melamine Milk Scandal and Its Implication for Food Safety Policy in China

    Creator:
    Chen, Zhe
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    China suffered its biggest food-safety crisis in 2008 when it was discovered that melamine had been illegally added to the milk formula. More than 290,000 children were poisoned and at least six infants were dead. Chinese citizens and the governments around the world gave the Chinese government a lot of...
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    four had died (The Sydney Morning Herald 2008). By November 2008, there had been an estimated report

  • Understanding policy change in hydropower development by using MSA: A case study of the Nu River Project, China

    Creator:
    Zhong, Huaxia
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    In 2003, due to the dramatic growth of economy, China’s National Development and Reform Commission proposed to build 13 dams on the Nu River to fulfill the nation’s rapidly growing demand for hydropower. The 13 dams that comprise the Nu River Project (NRP) are considered among the biggest hydropower development...
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    from my committee members, Professor Alison Johnston and Todd Pugatch. Special thanks goes to my

  • Theoretical and Quantitative Analysis of Chronological Changes of Wetland Mitigation Policy in the United States

    Creator:
    Masuda, Yosuke
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    The purpose of this research is to evaluate longitudinal changes of wetland mitigation policy in the United States theoretically and quantitatively. This study offers a deeper understanding of critical wetland conservation policy in the United States while providing a useful reference for policy makers and policy implementers of biodiversity offset...
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    . Yosuke Masuda, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A special thank you to my chair, Dr. Lori Cramer

  • Policy Shifting at the Federal Reserve Bank: A Punctuated-Equilibrium Perspective

    Creator:
    Campbell, Michael
    Abstract:
    A considerable amount of research and literature exists that attempt to explain the policymaking processes of central banks and, in particular, the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB). As with those studies, the purpose of this study is to explain FRB policymaking in order to understand FRB policy shifts during financial crises....
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    Mobilization 29 Special Interest Groups 30 Issue Attentiveness 32 Issue Definition