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A Practical, Ethical Critique of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Shale Gas Extraction Process

Creator:: Bullock, Claude George, III
Abstract:: This thesis analyzes the emerging technology of hydraulic fracturing and shale gas extraction process through a pluralistic philosophical approach. Rather than defending traditional values in nature, such as intrinsic value, I defend a metaphilosophical pragmatism centered on policy implications. I argue that different philosophical positions will, most of the time,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Thompson This thesis analyzes the emerging technology of hydraulic fracturing and shale gas extraction

Environmental Virtue Ethics in Buddhism

Creator:: Peng, Chih-Wei
Abstract:: In this thesis, in order to understand why Buddhists in Southeast Asia protect rainforests and to establish a solid foundation for Buddhist environmental ethic, my first two tasks are to draw a clear picture regarding two major environmental concepts--nature and anthropocentrism--in Buddhism and to defend the claims that the Buddhist...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________ Allen Thompson In this thesis, in order to understand why Buddhists in Southeast

Ethics and Human Biomedical Enhancement : A Case for Compatibilism

Creator:: White, Benjamin A.
Abstract:: This thesis explores some of the ethical issues pertaining to the use of so-called radical enhancement technology. Key concepts analyzed include “normal function”, “human being”, and “personhood.” I argue that the use of these key concepts in the debate thus far has lacked philosophical rigor, and that a reexamination of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Allen Thompson This thesis explores some of the ethical issues pertaining to the use

A study of the differential equation d²w/dz² + (m + z²)w=0

Creator:: Morris, C. Gordon
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (l-a) admits one and only one analytic sol- ution of form w i'0 -t-$, ti+ ..... which with its

LSD, Mules and Men : Hypermediation in Hunter S. Thompson and Zora Neale Hurston

Creator:: Collins, Harold R., III.
Abstract:: Hypermediation, as described by Jay Bolter and Richard Grusin in their book Remediation, is a style of writing, recording, presenting, etc. that “makes us aware of the medium or media and (in sometimes subtle and sometimes obvious ways) reminds us of our desire for immediacy” (34). This mode of production...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: presented on May 25, 2016. Title: LSD, Mules and Men: Hypermediation in Hunter S. Thompson and Zora

Is "Smart Growth" smart? : health effects of urban renewal in Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Buerger, Catherine F.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the impact of urban renewal on individual health, specifically focusing on an urban planning model called Smart Growth that is being used in Portland, Oregon. Findings are based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of interview and survey data from study participants living in a community where renewal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee, Dr. Nancy Rosenberger, Dr. Robert Thompson, and Dr. Kate MacTavish, for their guidance and

"They called me the hyacinth girl" : T. S. Eliot, masculinity, and the Great War

Creator:: Query, Patrick
Abstract:: This thesis traces the relationship between the First World War, constructions of masculinity, and the life and poetry of T.S. Eliot. Central to this relationship is a study of homoeroticism, which the author characterizes as different from homosexuality but not exclusive of it, in late 19th and early 20th century...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: "They called me the hyacinth girl" : T. S. Eliot, masculinity

Conjuring September 11, 2001 : Midwest Narratives in the Time of Death

Creator:: Josten, Jonathon M.
Abstract:: Over the past fourteen years since the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Americans of varied political persuasions have continually identified the day as a defining moment in the history of the nation, which caused a rupture in the cultural rhythm and psyche. This sensibility is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: is like Mrs. Thompson…I’m trying, rather, to explain how some part of the horror of the Horror was

A Reproductive Justice Approach to Understanding Yoruba Women’s Experiences with Early Marriage and Bride Price in Nigeria

Creator:: Oladejo, Odunola D.
Abstract:: The cultural and social constructions of gender and sexuality play a major role in shaping an individual’s reproductive agency within the Yoruba society. This thesis suggests the need to apply a reproductive justice framework and transnational feminist theory as alternatives to individual-driven ‘choice’ and reproductive and sexual human rights. In...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: appreciate my committee members: Dr. Nana Osei-Kofi, Dr. Robert Thompson, and Laurie Bridges. Thank you for

Sites of Memory : Black Women's Geographies, #SayHerName, and Black Hair Politics

Creator:: Adkins, Daryl
Abstract:: According to Katherine McKittrick, black women’s geographies reveal and confront geographies of domination that have been erased or considered unworthy of analysis. This thesis positions #SayHerName protests and natural kink/coiled hair within a black women’s geographic analysis suggesting that both body and hair politics provide historical and contemporary geographic clues...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and Dr. Robert Thompson for your support throughout this project. • I would like to thank my best

A predictor-corrector method for the transient motion of a nonhomogeneous incompressible, viscous fluid

Creator:: Mercier, Howard T.
Abstract:: The system of partial differential equations which governs the motion of a Newtonian fluid has been known for over a century. Yet, due to the complexity of the equations, an analytical solution is known only for a few simple geometries or a few special cases such as very slow motion....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Variables w = u i+ v j= velocity p = density P = pressure T = temperature S = entropy per unit

Endocrine regulation of male sexual behavior in rough-skinned newts, Taricha granulosa : role of neurohormones

Creator:: Zoeller, Robert T.
Abstract:: To determine whether a homologous neurohormone, arginine vasotocin (AVT), can elevate the occurrence of clasping behavior in male rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa), intact, sexually inactive males were injected with either AVT or saline. The incidence of courtship was elevated in the group of males injected with AVT, but not in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: behaviors in male T. granulosa. Endocrine Regulation of Male Sexual Behavior in Rough-Skinned Newts

Negotiating purpose : Oregon's gleaning organizations and their roles in relieving hunger and poverty

Creator:: Drage, Kimberly T.
Abstract:: For over 25 years organized groups of low-income families in Oregon have been gathering food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing this food among organization members. The purpose of this research study is to explore the potential for these organizations (gleaning groups) to contribute not only to food...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kimberly T. Drage for the degree

Biorthogonal functions for frequency distributions

Creator:: Stone, William Matthewson, 1915-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - i) + (t - i)u(t - 2) - o. Following the notation of Mime-Thompson we introduce a new opera- tor

Multivariate interpolation

Creator:: Wheelock, James Dickinson
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Orthogonal polynomials

Creator:: Pomeroy, C. David
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Graduate Council AC KNOWLED GEMEN T I wish to express my great appreciation of the help and

The present status of industrial arts in the junior high schools of California

Creator:: Baldwin, Willis Ambrose
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: to aclaiowledge the he1pu]. assistance of Assistant Dean C. W. Salser, of the School of Education

The influence of tree cover and shade pattern upon the distribution of understory plants in ponderosa pine stands of central Oregon

Creator:: Robinson, Andrew Frederick, Jr.
Abstract:: Seven sites of uniform topography and soil were selected within a self perpetuating ponderosa pine forest found on the eastern flank of the central Oregon Cascades. These plots were located along a vegetational gradient caused mainly by an orographic rain shadow. Data gathered included density, frequency, and cover for all...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: IN PONDEROSA PINE STANDS OF CENTRAL OREGON Abstract approved: W. W. Chilcote Seven sites of

Lichen distribution in Oregon coastal dune communities

Creator:: Leuthner, Shirley Mae
Abstract:: Distribution of lichens was studied at seven coastal dune sites in Oregon. Lichens were sampled in the dry stable, dry meadow, meadow, rush meadow, marsh, shrub and forest deflation plain communities. Observations were made of the standing water in the marsh community. Quantitative measurements were made of the percent organic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: DUNE COMMUNITIES Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy W. W. Chilcote Distribution of lichens was

The Effect of Wear and Laundering on the Moisture Management Performance of Nomex Base Layer Garments

Creator:: Couvrette, Skye T.
Abstract:: Apparel has been described as a portable environment (Jintu & Tsang, 2008). This portable environment has the ability to facilitate human presence in a variety of situations, conditions, and circumstances that would otherwise be uncomfortable, harmful, or even fatal. Personal protective garments (PPGs) that provide thermal insulation from external heat...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THE THESIS OF Skye T. Couvrette for the degree of Master of Arts in Design and Human Environment

Evaluating the impact of National Park Service landscape preservation policies on archaeological site formation : archaeology of the Nevada Camp (42WS4484)

Creator:: Bonnifield, Juanita T.
Abstract:: Between 1927 and 1930 the Nevada Contracting Company of Fallon, Nevada constructed the Zion Tunnel and a portion of the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway in Zion National Park, Utah. During the construction approximately 200 workers lived at the contractor's camp, known today as the Nevada Camp. This camp, a temporary work...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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A GIS investigation of indigenous intensification of native food plants : humans as environmental variable in maxent habitat suitability modeling of Camassia in Oregon

Creator:: Elliott, Braden T.
Abstract:: This thesis merges the fields of Ecology and Anthropology by applying Habitat Suitability Modeling to the relationship between people and plants in the Pacific Northwest. In it, I create and optimize two Maxent habitat suitability models for camas (Camassia spp.) in Oregon. The first model describes the physical environment of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon" AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Braden T. Elliott for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied

Codified into the word : the intersections of language and violence in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian

Creator:: Hagan, Matthew T.
Abstract:: In this thesis I argue that Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel Blood Meridian serves as a critique of the American Western mythos by collapsing aspects of myth, ideology, and the sublime into the question of violence's relationship to language. In explicating the novel, I demonstrate how the ironies staged between the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Matthew T. Hagan for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on

Installation of a wood-Anderson accelerometer at Oregon State College

Creator:: Moore, William Hickman
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: other is a paper by Professor Edwin T. Hodge, dealing chiefly with the reasons vthy Oregon is free

I-Kiribati youth perceptions of HIV/AIDS and related risk behaviors

Creator:: Roman, Mike T.
Abstract:: The Republic of Kiribati is one of the last countries to face the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Pacific. First appearing in the region in 1982, HIV/AIDS was recognized as a national concern during the late 90s. Partnering with the National AIDS Committee, research was conducted using qualitative and quantitative methods...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Mike T Roman for the degree of

A study of patterns in sputteded films

Creator:: Ellickson, Raymond Thorwald
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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A study of friction between steel surfaces at ultra-slow speeds

Creator:: Anderson, Hubert Waterbury
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: my thanks to Dr. W. B. Anderson for sugges- tions, and to my sisters, Mrs. Jenet Dawson and Mrs

The magneto-optic method of chemical analysis

Creator:: Feldstein, Cyril
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by Dr. w. Weniger, Dr. w. R. Varner, and the rest of the physics staff in discussion, help, and

An experimental determination of the absorption bands of methyl chloride and dueterium oxide in the region lying between 1 and 2 microns

Creator:: Holmquist, Robert Edwin
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: M2 A concave mirror M3 focuses this diverging beam upon the element of the thermocouple T. The

Behavior of colored ions in electric and magnetic fields

Creator:: Wahl, Harold Frederick
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: color vr1ues and thefr chemical nature. T±iey re so chosen that the compie- mentary colors strongly

Extending and Visualizing Authorship in Comics Studies

Creator:: Brown, Nicholas A.
Abstract:: This thesis complicates the traditional associations between authorship and alphabetic composition within the comics medium and examines how the contributions of line artists and writers differ and may alter an audience's perceptions of the medium. As a fundamentally multimodal and collaborative work, the popular superhero comic muddies authorial claims and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Tim T. Jensen Ehren H. Pflugfelder This thesis complicates the traditional associations between

Preferred customers? : barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program

Creator:: Keys, Robert T. III
Abstract:: From February to September of 2001, a significant body of qualitive data was collected to investigate barriers for Hispanic participation in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program. As a means to investigate this topic, comments were solicited from physicians, hospital administrators, social service agencies, and low-income Hispanics through semi-structured focus groups...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE ThESIS OF Robert T. Keys III for the degree

Socio-ecological vulnerability in a Tibetan village on the Lancang River, China

Creator:: Galipeau, Brendan A.
Abstract:: This ethnographic research examines socioeconomic vulnerabilities to resettlement from a large hydropower dam and agricultural commodification in a Tibetan village in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. After providing an initial background on the dynamics of the research region and hydrodevelopment on its rivers, the research framework of examining vulnerability through a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A study of the wave equation for the dipole

Creator:: Andrews, Alfred W.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: it may be set equal to 'so that (18) becomes: (19) w" t sech' (tanh z - A) W - O This equation

A method of three-dimensional precipitation analysis by use of radar

Creator:: Pike, Julian McKendree
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Summation and table of finite sums

Creator:: Stalley, Robert Delmer
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Committee Dean of the Graduate School ACKOEDGE!'T The writer dshes to eicpreßs his thanks to Dr. W

Cyclotomy in the Galois fields

Creator:: Pearson, Patricia Margaret
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS June 1951 IPPEO?E)T Redacted for

Tissue metabolism of guinea pigs deficient in the anti-stiffness factor

Creator:: Simonsen, Donald Howard
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: appreciation to Dr. W. J. van Wagtendonk ±or his valuable advice. The author also wishes to thank LIiss

Orthogonal polynomials for curve fitting

Creator:: Price, James Ferris
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: t (~+I) (W1+1)5(-w!) (1') m+J S=O Then I ) (WJ-t-f)t seW!) ( R+ I +(k+ I ) (WI). (YYl+J) S=o

The effect of sublethal doses of dieldrin, parathion, and sevin on the calling song of Acheta domesticus L. (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

Creator:: Young, Conny Lee
Abstract:: The objectives of this study were: a) to obtain and evaluate equipment for bio-acoustical analysis for this work and for future work in the analysis of insect sounds, b) to study the acoustical and sexual behavior of Acheta domesticus L., and c) to determine methods for analyzing the changes effected...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: their assistance during the preparation of this thesis: To Dr. W. P. Stephen, my major professor, for

The cultural implications of a careers oriented relevant education approach in junior high school settings in Springfield, Oregon

Creator:: Pierson, William Wilbur
Abstract:: This research details the adoption, implementation, and outcomes of Project C. 0. R. E. (Careers Oriented Relevant Education) in District #19 junior high schools in Springfield, Oregon. Information was gathered from teachers, students, and parents associated with each District #19 junior high school via questionnaires, interviews, and by field observations....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Dr. Charles W. Cormack This research details the adoption, implementation, and out- comes of

Phospholipids of Tenebrio molitor larvae

Creator:: Kamienski, Francis Xavier
Abstract:: Phospholipids of Tenebrio molitor larvae were separated on columns of DEAE-cellulose and silicic acid-Hyflo Super Cel. The major phosphatide components were identified by various analytical procedures. Phosphatidyl choline was demonstrated to be the predominant phospholipid with a high percentage of phosphatidyl ethanolamine. A small amount of inositol-containing phosphatides were present....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Prediction of student deficiencies in surgical nursing with methods for correction

Creator:: Waples, Genevieve
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: accomplished by an increased amount of counseling and guidance from the teaching staff. This, t!aen, should

Source material for holiday programs in high school : an annotated bibliography

Creator:: Castle, Leola Blanche
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: College Library s-t Corvallis. The writerhas spent considerable time at each of these places in

A dietary factor essential for guinea pigs : the identification of the active factor in the low-melting fraction obtained from cane juice

Creator:: Ross, Laurids Edward
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: appreciation to Dr. W. J. van Wagtendonk for his inspiration and assistance during the course of' this work

The solidus curve of the zirconium tantalum alloys

Creator:: Havill, Jerry Ramonxen
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: are extended to Dr. Han T. Hayes, A. H. Roberson and Dr. 'è?. R. Verrier for their constant guidance

An investigation into the ecology and distribution of Kalmiopsis leachiana (Hend.) Rehder

Creator:: Marquis, Robert John
Abstract:: Ecological factors associated with the relictual distribution of the endemic shrub Kalmiopsis leachiana (Ericaceae) were investigated. A prostrate evergreen species with small coriaceous leaves, K. leachiana is restricted to two disjunct populations in the Siskiyou Mountains and southern Cascade Mountains of southwestern Oregon, USA. Exact distributions of individual populations were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for Privacy William W. Chilcote Ecological factors associated with the relictual distribution of the

An analysis of the drop-outs of Oregon secondary school students from the first-year Gregg shorthand simplified classes

Creator:: Spitznogle, Lee Ray
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: fqgrt f, 1950, * ItDrr br tr,rr #tmaI. ACKNOWLEDGMENT To Mrs. Bertha w. Stutz, the writer owes a

Aspects of respiration in vertically separated Mytilus californianus (California sea mussel)

Creator:: Moon, Thomas William
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for privacy Abstract approved: riusLin W. Pritchard Mytilus californianus occupies a wide vertical

Comparative embryology of Nomia melanderi, Megachile rotundata, and Bombus griseocollis (Hymenoptera:Apoidea)

Creator:: Hartman, Margaret Jane
Abstract:: Organogenesis was observed in different age embryos and first instar larvae of Nomia melanderi Cockerell (Halictidae), Megachile rotundata (Fabricius) (Megachilidae), and Bombus griseocollis (DeGeer) (Apidae) (Hymenoptera : Apoidea). It was found that, with the exception of the ventral nerve cord, comparable organ development had occurred by the beginning of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) Abstract approved: W. P. tephen Organogenesis was observed in different age embryos and first instar

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