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The Legends of a Traveler : Excavating a Transnational Past through Storytelling in Irving's Alhambra

Creator:: Lammers, Jack
Abstract:: To the chagrin of his American comrades, Washington Irving would spend much of his life in Europe as a writer and cross-cultural explorer, including a stay in the halls of the Alhambra. This experience led to the completion of Tales of the Alhambra (1832), a collection of sketches, anecdotes, and...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Peter Betjemann To

Redefining “The Romance of Travel” in Edith Wharton’sA Motor‐Flight Through France

Creator:: Balleby, Breanna
Abstract:: In the beginning of her travelogue, A Motor‐Flight Through France (1908), Edith Wharton declares that “the motor‐car has restored the romance of travel.” Many scholars have taken this statement as an index to the book’s themes. However, my reading closely examines particular moments of travel (specifically Wharton’s visits to Beauvais...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: approved: _______________________________________________________________ Peter Betjemann In the

DNA UV damage-related control of ribonucleotide reductase : possible relationship to mutagenesis and the incidence of and attitudes toward skin cancer in several western nations

Creator:: Stenberg, John C.
Abstract:: Two strains of Escherichia coli were studied to determine the effect of constitutive expression of the SOS DNA damage repair response on the activity of ribonucleotide reductase. Activity of the reductase and cellular deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) pools were both determined before and after exposure of the cells to ultraviolet radiation....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: OF THE THESIS OF John C. Stenberg for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Biochemistry

The Culture of Names – A Comparison between Vietnam and Denmark

Creator:: Ngo, Toan Tri Dung
Abstract:: This project discusses the topic of personal names and the cultures of different peoples and their particularities, specifically in Vietnam and Denmark. The first part of this paper gives a brief history of naming traditions (mostly relating to Western European traditions). The second part of the paper compares two families...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . .................................................................. 7 Table 2. Translation and Transliteration of the Names "John" and "Mary

A Different Kind of Fatigue : A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Etiology of Burnout in Medical Literature

Creator:: Tran, Jessica
Abstract:: The rate of physician dissatisfaction is steadily rising. Between 2011 and 2012, the number of physicians that would not choose a career in medicine if given the opportunity to decide again increased by 15% (Adams). This discontentment has major repercussions in the midst of the rising need for physicians: it...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: behavior (Jensen); Cox demeans his colleagues and emasculates his intern John Dorian by addressing him

Reason as Race : Enlightenment Voyages of Discovery and their Effect on 18th Century Racial Discourse

Creator:: Parker, Katherine A.
Abstract:: The proper way to order knowledge and find truth about the natural world in the eighteenth century lay in one’s ability to correctly learn and employ the quality of reason. While all had the right to seek reason, only a privileged few achieved its proper use, creating an intellectual elite...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: 1 Peter Hulme and Ludmilla Jordanova, eds., The Enlightenment and its Shadows (London: Routledge

An evaluation of the establishment and continued effectiveness of the Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve in Ecuador

Creator:: Asson, Danielle
Abstract:: Conservation of natural resources has become a new watchword of the scientific community. While many terrestrial ecosystems are well protected, marine ecosystems have only recently come to the forefront. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been introduced as a means of protecting biodiversity, commercial stocks, and ecosystem services. There are many...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: my fiancé Peter, for their continued support during my college career, without which this would not

Surfacing Behavior of Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in North Carolina

Creator:: Patton, B. Wren
Abstract:: Sea turtles are endangered species that can be censused with aerial surveys, but the number of turtles in an area must be extrapolated to include animals that are submerged. Twenty-one satellite tags were attached to juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in North Carolina. I analyzed surfacing and dive behavior...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: time of day (Parrion 1958; Schwartz and Jensen 1991; Revelles et all 2007), season (Schwartz and

Surfacing Behavior of Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in North Carolina

Creator:: Patton, B. Wren
Abstract:: Sea turtles are endangered species that can be censused with aerial surveys, but the number of turtles in an area must be extrapolated to include animals that are submerged. Twenty-one satellite tags were attached to juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in North Carolina. I analyzed surfacing and dive behavior...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: time of day (Parrion 1958; Schwartz and Jensen 1991; Revelles et all 2007), season (Schwartz and

Relationships of hydraulic traits and wood morphology in Douglas-fir branches from wet vs. dry regions and sites

Creator:: Flamenco, Herman Noe, Jr.
Abstract:: It is well known that water transport in xylem depends on its anatomy, but recent research shows that water transport through different parts of the growth ring are affected by the water potential in different ways. The goal of the project was to learn the extent to which wood morphology...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Ecosystems and Society Edward C. Jensen, Committee Member, representing Forest Ecosystems and Society

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The Legends of a Traveler : Excavating a Transnational Past through Storytelling in Irving's Alhambra

Redefining “The Romance of Travel” in Edith Wharton’sA Motor‐Flight Through France

DNA UV damage-related control of ribonucleotide reductase : possible relationship to mutagenesis and the incidence of and attitudes toward skin cancer in several western nations

The Culture of Names – A Comparison between Vietnam and Denmark

A Different Kind of Fatigue : A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Etiology of Burnout in Medical Literature

Reason as Race : Enlightenment Voyages of Discovery and their Effect on 18th Century Racial Discourse

An evaluation of the establishment and continued effectiveness of the Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve in Ecuador

Surfacing Behavior of Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in North Carolina

Surfacing Behavior of Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in North Carolina

Relationships of hydraulic traits and wood morphology in Douglas-fir branches from wet vs. dry regions and sites

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