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Youth-Caseworker Relationships and Academic Resilience of Youth in Foster Care

Creator:: Jaramillo, Jamie
Abstract:: Academic success is a salient domain of youth development and is related to positive lifelong outcomes among youth in foster care. However, youth in foster care experience compounding adversities, including maltreatment and foster care placement itself, which put them at risk of academic disengagement and underachievement. Despite these adversities, academic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Yosemite region nitrogen deposition and patterns in the composition of lichen communities

Creator:: Hutten, Martin
Abstract:: This dissertation describes patterns in epiphytic macrolichen community composition along a nitrogen deposition gradient in the Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada in California. This region is part of the largest federal air quality Class 1 designated air-shed in the western United States, covering the entire crest of the Sierra...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; hereafter: % dw) were then estimated using a LECO FP-528 N Analyzer (Dumas-method: Lee et al., 1996

Xenobiotic biotransformation in aquatic organisms

Creator:: Schlenk, Daniel K.
Abstract:: Aquatic animals are exposed to a variety of natural and anthropogenic xenobiotics. Biotransformation of xenobiotics was examined in three aquatic animals: a primitive mollusc (chiton); a shellfish which is an important human food source (oyster); and, a lower vertebrate model for toxicological studies (rainbow trout). Since digestive glands of Cryntochiton...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: invertebrates (see Lee, 1981 and Livingstone, 1985 for reviews). Cytochrome P- 450 has been partially purified

Women's perceptions of their children's experiences in domestic violence

Creator:: Wood, Barbara L.
Abstract:: Ten female survivors of physically assaultive domestic violence were interviewed three times each in a feminist, qualitative study designed to access their perceptions about their children's experiences in domestic violence. All participants had children living with them at the time of the abuse and were one to five years out...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee, Chair, Dr. Clara Pratt, Dr. Leslie Richards, Dr. Janet Lee, Dr. Sally Galleger, Dr. Jim Firth

Women in Forest Sector Leadership: A Qualitative, Multi-country Study

Creator:: Larasatie, Pipiet
Abstract:: Generally presented as a preferred social norm based on both ethical considerations and legislative demands, gender equality has been highly encouraged in recent years. For instance, The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 call out achieving gender equality and empowerment of women. However, although there are multiple efforts to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Bell et al. 2011; Pletzer et al. 2015; Post and Byron 2015). On one side, diversity improves decision

With Hardship Comes Ease: Exploring Muslim Identity Development at a Private Predominantly White Institution in the Mid-South through Counterstorytelling

Creator:: Saeed, Faran
Abstract:: The dominant narrative of U.S. Muslims in higher education is associated with violent rhetoric, anti-American values, and terrorism. After terrorist attacks took place on September 11th, 2001, this narrative expanded to include a depiction of U.S. Muslims as being oppressed and submissive. Hate crimes, discrimination, and Islamophobic attacks towards Muslims...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

William Keith Brooks (1848-1908) : a case study in morphology and the development of American biology

Creator:: Benson, Keith Rodney
Abstract:: The major historical studies that have examined American biology have emphasized the development of experimental biology at the end of the nineteenth century. In this characterization, the descriptive branch of biology has often been treated as less than important and, in several cases, as a hindrance in the application of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Wildlife Health in Managed Forests : Immunity and Infectious Diseases in Wild Rodents of Oregon

Creator:: Hanselmann, Rhea
Abstract:: With continual and worldwide human population growth, our impact on the natural environment expands and intensifies every day. We consume natural resources, burn fossil fuels, and release toxic compounds into the air, water, and earth. We build roads that fragment the landscape, construct new settlements, and develop agricultural lands in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: critical for preventing infection, maximizing fitness, and ensuring survival (Lee 2006; Previtali et al

Why does Regular Legume Consumption Matter for Colorectal Cancer Prevention?

Creator:: Perera, H. A. Thushanthi
Abstract:: Legumes are defined as the immature, germinated, or mature edible seeds of legume plants (Fabaceae). The primarily consumed legumes are dry beans, dry peas, lentils, chickpeas, cowpeas, fava beans, and pigeon peas, which are grouped as mature legumes, green beans and peas, which are considered green legumes, and sprouted or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Who Benefits from Development Aid? Exploring Agroforestry Technology Adoption, Food Security, and Path Dependence in Rural Tanzania

Creator:: Bruck, Sonia R.
Abstract:: Rural farmers in Tanzania depend on subsistence agriculture for their livelihood. Poor soil conditions, and the danger of drought, increases the risk of cyclical poverty conditions. Aid organizations, including the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the Millennium Development Projects (MDP), as well as industrial tobacco industry, have provided development programs...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: international research. I am so thankful to Dr. Randy Rosenberger, for his monetary support in writing the

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Youth-Caseworker Relationships and Academic Resilience of Youth in Foster Care

Yosemite region nitrogen deposition and patterns in the composition of lichen communities

Xenobiotic biotransformation in aquatic organisms

Women's perceptions of their children's experiences in domestic violence

Women in Forest Sector Leadership: A Qualitative, Multi-country Study

With Hardship Comes Ease: Exploring Muslim Identity Development at a Private Predominantly White Institution in the Mid-South through Counterstorytelling

William Keith Brooks (1848-1908) : a case study in morphology and the development of American biology

Wildlife Health in Managed Forests : Immunity and Infectious Diseases in Wild Rodents of Oregon

Why does Regular Legume Consumption Matter for Colorectal Cancer Prevention?

Who Benefits from Development Aid? Exploring Agroforestry Technology Adoption, Food Security, and Path Dependence in Rural Tanzania

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