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  • Mothers and Caretakers’ Perception of Childhood Eye Care In the Ashanti Region of Ghana

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    Lowe, Lianna M.
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    According to the World Health Organization, there are an estimated 1.4 million blind children in the world, of whom approximately 300,000 live in Africa. About one-half of these cases of childhood blindness could have been prevented. Each year, an estimated half a million children become blind (nearly one per minute),...
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    . " " v" Honors Baccalaureate of Science in General Science project of Lianna M. Lowe presented on

  • Breaking Down Blackout: Building Understanding of Media Effects at OSU

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    Dillard, Lauren L.
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    In the days following Oct. 5, 2007, the staff of The Daily Barometer - the student newspaper at Oregon State University - was left scrambling for understanding. The paper published a image of a man wearing black face paint for an event called "Blackout Reser." That black face paint looked...
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    allowed me to grow while enduring this difficult situation. Instructor Eric Hill helped me decide the

  • View-based editing of variational code

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    Van de Wetering, Miles
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    This paper discusses the merits of providing users variational views when editing variational code. I provide a plugin for the popular Atom Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which replaces #ifdef annotations commonly used by the C PreProcessor (CPP) with colored backgrounds, thus reducing code clutter and attempting to help programmers quickly...
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    . Title: View-based Editing of Variational Code Abstract approved: Eric Walkingshaw This paper

  • An American College Experience: It Tastes Like Burning

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    Shapiro, David L.
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    A collection of short stories in the style of flash fiction. The themes of the stories include relationships, legality, and friendship. The stories are connect by themes, cross self-referencing, repetition, fragmentation, and characters. The main unifying feature is the characterization of the narrator through his response and commentary. The styles...
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    . Abstract approved: _________________________________________________ Eric Hill A collection of

  • Student Understanding and Generalization of Functions from Single to Multivariable Calculus

    Creator:
    Kerrigan, Sarah
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    Students struggle with the concept of functions and the notation associated with it in various mathematical contexts. This thesis investigates student understanding of function notation through their generalization of single variable functions to multivariable functions in a variety of situations. Semi-structured student interviews were conducted and analyzed through a framework...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Eric Weber Students struggle with the concept of functions and the notation associated with it

  • Analysis of the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Mexicans and Mexican Americans

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    Sobolik, Julia Silva
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    Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), commonly known as type 2 or delayed onset diabetes, is a recognized growing global epidemic, which is connected to cultural and behavioral factors, such as diet, exercise, obesity, and genetics. In a recent survey of both men and women in Mexico City, the prevalence of...
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    : __________________________________________________ Eric R. Hill Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), commonly known as type 2 or

  • The Eyes of Tunis

    Creator:
    Van Bossuyt, Douglas L.
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    People often grow increasingly culturally confused when spending significant amounts of time in a foreign land. Identity can become lost only to reform in the image of the host society. This thesis presents a creative nonfiction series of essays that explore the author’s loss of self and contextual identity, the...
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    :___________________________________________________________ Eric Hill Keywords: Tunisia, Creative

  • Punitive Versus Rehabilitative Educational and Prison Systems: An In-Depth Comparison and Analysis of the School-to-Prison Pipeline

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    Hawash, Sarra M.
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    Youth in the United States of America are disproportionately affected by the School-to-Prison Pipeline, especially low-income and/or BIPOC youth. This is a result of centuries of historical classism and racism that serve as the foundation of the United States and is directly correlated with mass incarceration and the Prison Industrial...
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    Pipeline Abstract approved: . Eric Hill Youth in the United States of America are disproportionately

  • An ethnomusicological study of the globalization of the quena in Andean music and the world

    Creator:
    Bustamante, Galo C.
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    This ethnomusicological study has examined the forces that have globalized the Andean instrument of the quena and the genre of Andean music as a whole. This thesis specifically addresses the cultural, and socio-political factors over the last century that has led to the quena being circulated across the globe. Much...
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    world. Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ Eric Hill

  • The Impact of Guiding Questions and Rubrics in the Scientific Writing of Middle-Division Physics Students

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    Watson, Drew M.
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    The aim of this Physics Education Research project was to implement a modified version of Calibrated Peer Review and measure the impacts in junior-level students' scientific writing. The project developed and implemented a set of guiding questions, instructor written examples, and a rubric which were implemented in a multi-staged process,...
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    Professor Eric Hill, a dedicated writing instructor who both helped focus my research on the