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Life in (an)other world : issues of otherness and magic in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

Creator:: Fennell, Dalicia K.
Abstract:: My thesis is comprised of two articles, titled "Journeying Through (An)Other World: Examining the Role of Magic and Transformational Otherness in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and "Magic, Muggles, and Mudbloods: Examining Magical Otherness in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series." The introduction frames the thematic, theoretical, and critical connections...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Dalicia K

Neighborhood emergency networks in Uzhhorod, Ukraine and Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A. : women's neighborhood network and Linn-Benton neighborhood emergency training

Creator:: Weidner, Naomi
Abstract:: This thesis examines two neighborhood emergency preparedness programs: the Linn-Benton Neighborhood Emergency Training (LB NET) program in Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A., and the Women's Neighborhood Networking Program (WNNP) in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. In Corvallis, the LB NET began in 1996, in part out of concerns that in a large disaster the local...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Neighborhood Emergency Training Abstract app Roberta Hall This thesis examines two neighborhood emergency

The benefits of diversified agricultural systems among Maya Mopan farmers in southern Belize

Creator:: Hofbauer, Derek M.
Abstract:: Maya Mopan farmers in southern Belize face socio-economic hardships, persisting environmental constraints, and an unfavorable political climate that has prevented land tenure stability on reservation lands. This thesis describes the agricultural practices of a group of Mopan farmers and examines farm-site diversification and its relationship to ecological knowledge, out-migration, agricultural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Diversified Agricultural Systems Among Maya Mopan Farmers in Southern Belize Abstract approved: Roberta Hall

Dust storm transport of pathogenic microbes to Viking Scandinavia : a query into possible environmental vectors or disease pathogenesis in a closed biological and ecological system

Creator:: Boling, David Carter
Abstract:: This thesis is an integrated study that links several disciplines-archaeology, anthropology, geography, atmospheric sciences, and microbiology. It attempts to generate an argument that central to climate change is disequilibrium in human ecologies- in my case, disease ecologies in Iceland during the 15th century. This thesis investigates the environment's effect on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Pathogenesis in a Closed Biological and Ecological System Abstract approved: Roberta Hall This thesis is an

Some digenetic trematodes of Oregon's tidepool cottids

Creator:: Hall, James Raymond
Abstract:: The host fish for this study were collected from January through June of 1965. Tidepools were selected at Bar View, Cape Arago, Neptune State Park, Seal Rock, and Yaquina Head. Of the 187 fish examined, 132 were infected. The following host fishes yielded the following parasites. New Host records are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF JAMES RAYMOND HALL for the (Name) in ZOOLOGY (Major) presented on M. A

Plague in London : a case study of the biological and social pressures exerted by 300 years of yersinia pestis

Creator:: Hall, Alice
Abstract:: The Second Pandemic had a profound impact on the people of Europe. In the few years between 1347 and 1350, a new epidemic disease spread across the entirety of Europe and killed between one third and two thirds of the population. While this initial wave was important, the real significance...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Social Pressures Exerted by 300 Years of Yersinia pestis AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Alice Hall for

Dark Yolk: Decolonial Two-Spirit Storytelling

Creator:: Hall, Tiramisu D.
Abstract:: This work examines the decolonial potential of queer and Two-Spirit Indigenous storytelling by telling stories using graphic novel chapters, literary analysis, and graphic analysis. I explore the importance of stories in defining us as individuals, as peoples, and as humans. As a mixed-race Indigenous (unregistered Cherokee) transwoman, I engage with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Tiramisu Hall for the degree of

The grassroots response to HIV/AIDS in Nyanza Province, Kenya : an analysis of the community-based approach for combating the multisectoral impact of an epidemic

Creator:: Johnson, Becky A.
Abstract:: From July to September, 2002 I spent ten weeks in Kenya conducting full-time research on the macroeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS and community action towards combating the epidemic in locations dominated by members of the Luo tribe in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Gathering data from both the Ministry of Health and non-governmental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Multisectoral Impact of an Epidemic. Abstract approved: Sunil K. Khanna From July to September, 2002 1 spent

The long and short of it : the reliability and inter-populational applicability of stature regression equations

Creator:: McCarthy, Donna
Abstract:: In this thesis, stature reconstruction of three prehistoric/protohistoric Native American populations (from Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, and South Dakota) was performed using the Fully Anatomical method in order to formulate regression equations and analyze the ability of regression equations of other researchers to accurately estimate the statures within my study...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Roberta L. Hall In this thesis, stature reconstruction of three prehistoric/proto}-iistoric Native

Taphonomy of cervids of a Southern Oregon coast site using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction

Creator:: Bodman, Susannah L.
Abstract:: One taphonomic problem plaguing archaeologists and physical anthropologists, whether their research is in North American cultures or hominid sites in Africa, is the difficulty in distinguishing bone altered by burning and heating from bone altered by soil processes. Archaeologists working to understand the recent prehistory of the Southern Oregon Coast...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 600 and 3,500 years ago. Calibrated ages are from BC 2130 to AD 1490 for areas B, C, D and E (Hall

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Life in (an)other world : issues of otherness and magic in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

Neighborhood emergency networks in Uzhhorod, Ukraine and Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A. : women's neighborhood network and Linn-Benton neighborhood emergency training

The benefits of diversified agricultural systems among Maya Mopan farmers in southern Belize

Dust storm transport of pathogenic microbes to Viking Scandinavia : a query into possible environmental vectors or disease pathogenesis in a closed biological and ecological system

Some digenetic trematodes of Oregon's tidepool cottids

Plague in London : a case study of the biological and social pressures exerted by 300 years of yersinia pestis

Dark Yolk: Decolonial Two-Spirit Storytelling

The grassroots response to HIV/AIDS in Nyanza Province, Kenya : an analysis of the community-based approach for combating the multisectoral impact of an epidemic

The long and short of it : the reliability and inter-populational applicability of stature regression equations

Taphonomy of cervids of a Southern Oregon coast site using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction

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