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  • An Overview of SPACs and the 2020-2021 SPAC Surge

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    Moon, Laura E.
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    This paper provides a literature review in order to capture the state of the Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) market, incorporating the most recent research from 2020 and 2021. SPACs are an alternative way to take a company public. Rather than going through the traditional IPO process to access public...
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    :_____________________________________________________ Sean Yang This paper provides a literature review in order to capture the state of the Special

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

    Creator:
    Asson, Danielle
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    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...
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    . In 1998 the Special Law of the Galápagos created the Galápagos Marine Reserve, and instituted a

  • Under the Sea: An evaluation of the establishment and continued effectiveness of the Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve in Ecuador

    Creator:
    Asson, Danielle C.
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    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...
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    . In 1998 the Special Law of the Galápagos created the Galápagos Marine Reserve, and instituted a

  • A Method to Effectively Measure Sustainability in Non-Profit Organizations

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    Vanlue, Mary Elizabeth
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    With the growing importance of sustainability, organizations in the non-profit sector need a way to measure, track, improve, and report their sustainability. Through research in current literature and a survey of practices within local non-profits, it is shown these organizations need a simple, flexible process with stakeholder participation to measure...
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    , track, improve, and report their sustainability. Through research in current literature and a survey

  • Appearance and Exam Performance

    Creator:
    Anderson, Casey Lane
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    This undergraduate honors thesis was designed to investigate the relationship between students’ appearances and their college exam performance. The hypothesis was that if a student wears clothing that causes him or her to feel fashionable, professional, attractive, or otherwise well put together, then that student will earn higher marks on...
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    with the intent to succeed on the exam in that they did not do anything different or special to

  • Transracial adoptees, identity, and belonging : my story in a children's book

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    Fastelin, Carrington L.
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    Motivated by my own struggle to find identity and belonging as a transracial adoptee (TRA), I sought to fulfill two thesis purposes: 1) answer the question “How do transracial adoptees find and create identity and belonging in a contemporary United States culture and context?” and 2) establish a) a rationale...
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    families navigate their unique, special and sometimes difficult experience. Keywords: transracial adoption

  • A Hybrid-Dynamic Transition Phase for High Mix Low Volume Small-and-Medium Manufacturers

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    Girod, Olivia J.
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    SMEs with high-mix and low-volume (HMLV) operations face special challenges when implementing lean manufacturing practices due to scarcity of resources and ever changing market conditions. This is especially critical for manufacturers that need to deliver orders to a high variety of customers with varying time response requirements. The objective of...
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    ) operations face special challenges when implementing lean manufacturing practices due to scarcity of

  • Microscale thermal management using membrane vapor extraction

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    Apreotesi, Mario A.
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    With the miniaturization of microelectronics and increase of processor speeds in the last few decades, thermal management is drastically affecting overall packaging and system capabilities. Due to the special needs introduced, research focusing on microscale cooling has increased. This study combines the positive characteristics of single- and two-phase flows in...
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    system capabilities. Due to the special needs introduced, research focusing on microscale cooling

  • Writing A Detailed Introduction to String Theory

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    Svesko, Andrew M.
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    String theory, one of the more popular approaches to quantizing gravity, is a highly complex theory, involving high level mathematics and physics. But the basic ideas of string theory are not inaccessible, even to the undergraduate. This document acts as report to my thesis project, the writing of A Detailed...
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    . This document acts as report to my thesis project, the writing of A Detailed Introduction to String

  • Greeting Styles and the Establishment of Rapport in a University Writing Center

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    Redding, Tawnya
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    The present study examined whether the nature of the greeting between a writing assistant and a student influenced the subsequent rapport that developed over the course of the writing center session. Eighteen Oregon State University undergraduate and graduate students were greeted in one of three ways by two confederates: with...
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    , and appeared to have a typical handshake, and because of this may have constituted a special sample