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  • Commodification in an Ersu Tibetan village of Sichuan, China

    Creator:
    Schmitt, Edwin Anton
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    This ethnographic research aims to discover the implications of the commodification of production processes amongst the Ersu Tibetans of Sichuan, China. This thesis examines the commodification of Ersu agriculture and ethnic identity in the historical context of both China and the world-system. Ethnohistorical and ethnoecological methodologies are utilized to answer...
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    THESIS OF Edwin Anton Schmitt for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology presented

  • Gene expression in the peripartum canine placenta

    Creator:
    Fellows, Elizabeth Jane
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    This research investigated gene expression in the canine placenta during the peripartum period. Previous studies have recognized molecular changes that occur in the placenta around the time of placental release in other species, but no study has looked at gene expression in the late gestation canine placenta. Of particular significance...
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    difference in MMP-9 mRNA expression in pre-term samples compared to pre- labor and parturient samples (p

  • Ecological Forestry : A Critical Analysis

    Creator:
    Batavia, Chelsea
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    Although science is widely accepted as a fundamental source of information underlying decisions about forest management and conservation, considerably less attention has been paid to the inevitable role that normative values and beliefs play in such decisions. This thesis highlights the normative dimensions of "ecological forestry," a strategy of forest...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Michael  P.  Nelson

  • Building Character Through Metaphor and Ideology: A Rhetorical Examination of John F. Kennedy’s Use of Metaphor to Combat the Religious Issue in 1960

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    Smith, Jonathan Michael
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    On September 12th 1960, just two months prior to one of the closest Presidential elections in American history, John F. Kennedy faced the Houston Ministerial Association and delivered a powerful speech on religion and Americanism. The "religious issue" of the 1960 campaign drew immense interest and trumped other issues pertinent...
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    that concerns rhetorical strategies in political discourse, this thesis utilizes Edwin Black’s

  • Preach my gospel : a metaphoric analysis of Mormon missionary rhetoric

    Creator:
    Roberts, Myra Nichole
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    The rhetorical significance of Mormonism stems from its history and its success—this success being measured by its consistent increase in membership. The total membership of the Mormon Church has grown from 6 members in 1830 to just over 14 million in just over 180 years. A consistently high rate of...
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    as an enactment of Edwin Black’s method of rhetorical criticism. The findings of this study

  • Top-down and Bottom-up Controls of Adelges tsugae in the Pacific Northwest Inform Its Biological Control in Eastern North America

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    Rose, Alexander
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    The hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae: Adelges tsugae; HWA) is an invasive and damaging pest on hemlock in eastern North America. HWA is native to the Pacific Northwest, where it does not damage hemlock. In support of classical biological control of HWA in eastern North America, abundances of native predators...
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    ANOVAs (HWA: F-value = 1.88; d.f. = 3, 21, p-values = 0.17; Leucopis: F- value = 1.95; d.f. = 3, 21, p

  • Reproductive success and foraging ecology of the rusty blackbird on the Copper River Delta, Alaska

    Creator:
    Loomis, David M.
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    The Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) has suffered significant population declines across its entire geographic range and the mechanisms associated with this decline are poorly understood. Although much of the Rusty Blackbird breeding habitat in Alaska has remained relatively unaltered by anthropogenic activities, this species continues to decline by an estimated...
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    study. Clutch-initiation date (CID) was significantly different between years (p-value < 0.0001), with

  • The effects of a S.M.A.R.T. goal setting and self-monitoring intervention on physical activity and fitness in middle school students

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    McDonald, Samantha M.
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    A large body of evidence suggests physical activity is inversely associated with several cardio-metabolic risk factors among children and adolescents. Despite these health benefits, a majority of youth are not meeting the physical activity guidelines set forth by the USDHHS. Schools have been identified as an ideal vehicle for interventions;...
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    in comparison to the control school ((F(1,257) = 58.0) p<0.0001)). The PACER scores in intervention

  • Short-tailed weasel space use in managed forests of western Oregon

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    Linnell, Mark A.
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    Although short-tailed weasels (Mustela erminea) are important predators of small mammals, little is known about their space use, habitat selection, or vulnerability to predation in North America. To evaluate the effects of forest management and social structure on home range size and habitat selection of short-tailed weasels, I conducted a...
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    ± 4.6 g, respectively. Adult males averaged ~12g heavier than juvenile males (t19 = 6.1, p<0.001

  • Hybridization between yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) and meadow knapweed (Centaurea x moncktonii)

    Creator:
    Miskella, John
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    Centaurea solstitialis L. (yellow starthistle) and C. × moncktonii Britt. (meadow knapweed) are members of the genus Centaurea in the Asteraceae family. Both species have become serious management concerns as invasive species in North America, often displacing native vegetation and costing land managers millions of dollars to eradicate. Seven plants...
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    :255-260. Grime, J. P., J. M. L. Shacklock, S. R. Band. 1985. Nuclear DNA contents, shoot phenology