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  • The Heart of Elevation: Investigating the Physiological and Neural Mechanisms Underlying Moral Elevation

    Creator:
    Hutchinson, James Spencer
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    Moral elevation refers to the distinct state of warmth and expansion that some individuals experience after witnessing or learning about the altruistic acts of others. Elevation is a particularly interesting positive emotion for its capacity to promote various altruistic behaviors, as well as motivate witnesses to improve their character. The...
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    Honors College Thesis
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        AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF James Spencer Hutchinson for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of

  • Optimizing shared mooring and anchoring strength for floating offshore wind turbine arrays

    Creator:
    Devin, Michael C.
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    Energy from offshore wind could provide substantial power generation if further utilized. One area of significant research focus is in developing floating offshore wind devices, which would allow for wind energy to be gathered in deep water where driven monopile turbines are infeasible. However, floating offshore wind is not currently...
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    . _____________________________________________________________________ Michael C Devin, Author Acknowledgements To Sanjay Arwade and Spencer Hallowell

  • The Relationship between Self-Enhancing Humor, Self-Compassion, and Emotional Traits

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    Brydone-Jack, Michael J.
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    This research focused on characterizing the relationship between self-enhancing humor, self-compassion, and long-term emotional traits.. It was hypothesized that self-enhancing humor would be related to self-compassion and the related subscales of mindfulness and self-kindness. In addition, it was predicted that self-enhancing humor would relate most strongly to positive emotional traits....
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    OF THE THESIS OF   Michael J. Brydone-Jack for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in

  • Context is Key: Examining the Impact of Ethical Considerations Supporting Vaccine Distribution Guidelines on Vaccine Adoption

    Creator:
    Malladi, Snigdha
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    In the face of limited resources, how should those resources be allocated? The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the difficulty of allocating a limited number of vaccines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued standard guidelines based on ethical principles, yet all 50 states in the United States (US) interpreted...
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    criteria (Waterman, 2020). With the development of limited quantities of vaccine however, the

  • An investigation of cultural cohesion and value divergence in a community bank

    Creator:
    Payne, Bryce M.
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    Interest in organizational culture has grown enormously over the last twenty years and much effort has gone into investigating the relationship between organizational culture and performance. Because most research to date has focused on large organizations, we chose to investigate the culture in a community bank undergoing a cultural transformation....
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    Honors College Thesis
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    ; 5 6 Peters & Waterman, 1982) as a critical turning point in the concept becoming mainstream

  • Attuned: Essays

    Creator:
    Kibler, Jessica N.
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    This creative nonfiction thesis is an attempt to create a conversation between personal and collective truths. All four of the essays share the subject of music: one focusing on a band’s strange performance, another on an artist and his album, another on a cover band’s live show, and the last...
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    , Spencer McElmurry, whose patient ear helped me develop some of the ideas in this collection and who

  • The Art and Craft of John Williams

    Creator:
    Lincoln, Danae A.
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    The intent of this paper is to bring more attention to the mastery involved with film composition as an art form. The research focuses specifically on the life, style, influences, and works of John Williams as a conductor, film composer, and composer. It addresses his biography, filmography, and working relationships,...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    thank Professor Michael Coolen for helping me to start on this project, creating a better project

  • Mythical anatomy of dragons

    Creator:
    Coughlin, Emma
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    I researched depictions of dragons in several works of modern literature to conceptualize what a dragon looks like and how they generally function in popular media. From there, I researched several key characteristics of dragons to see how they work with science’s current understanding. I looked into size and scaling,...
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    -breathe-fire. Fowler, Michael. “Scaling: Why Giants Don't Exist.” Galileo and Einstein: Lectures

  • Investigating the Relationship between Affectionate Communication, Positive Emotions, and Prosocial Behavior

    Creator:
    Darr, Courtney L.
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    Affection is one of the most fundamental needs of humans. The current study aimed at better understanding how affectionate communication positively influences others, specifically through prosociality. It was hypothesized that individuals who give or receive affection more frequently are more altruistic and tend to feel more empathy, love, and compassion...
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    Michael Brydone-Jack, Sam Colby, Megan Eng, Jillian Garrison, Melody Howe, Spencer Hutchinson, Danielle

  • Klamath County, OR and Youth Suicide: Current Challenges and Hope Through Social Support

    Creator:
    Aguirre-Burk, Allan M.
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    Suicide has become a national health crisis over the last twenty years in the U.S as rates have increased 35%. Rates of suicide among rural and youth (10-24 age range) populations have been shown to disproportionately contribute the most to upwards trends though, and this is especially true in Klamath...
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    Challenges and Hope Through Social Support by Allan Michael Aguirre-Burk