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  • Inside, Outside : Light and Dark

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    Knotts, L. William
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    In a story of his life Les reflects on what he has gained and what he has lost while seeking success in the moving and shifting of military and academic life through homes and schools all over the United States. He describes himself as between races, languages, and cultures.
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    THESIS OF L. William Knotts for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, in the co

  • Transnational feminism and the microfinance (r)evolution : excavating microlending from neoliberalism

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    Ireland, Heather Montes
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    This study employs interdisciplinary methods to make transnational feminist sense of the microfinance phenomenon. Drawing upon a combination of discourse approach, textual analysis, political economics and critical theory construction, I fused a feminist critical discourse approach to excavate microfinance from neoliberalism. I designed an economic justice framework and executed an...
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    : Excavating Microlending from Neoliberalism. Abstract approved: Patti L. Duncan This study

  • Investigating the Structural Barriers to Equal Education in Oregon - How Laws, Rhetoric & Values Translate into Practice

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    Ludvik, Tracey L.
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    This study helps to answer the broader question of why Latino students across the U.S. persistently drop out of school at the highest rates compared to students of other racial groups by focusing on the institutional workings of the various levels of the Oregon school system. Latino students have the...
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    Tracey L. Ludvik for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Sociology, Sociology

  • Comparison of the Characteristics and Attitudes of Dog Adopters from Three Dog Rescue Groups

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    Zimmerman, Zelda L.
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    A web-based survey was conducted to investigate the relationships between adopters and the dogs they adopted from three types of rescue groups/organizations: humane societies, greyhound rescues, and pit bull rescues. The dog selected to adopt can vary for many reasons, one of which is breed preference. This study found dog...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Zelda L. Zimmerman for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

    Creator:
    Read, Richard Thomas
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    In February 1905 the Oregon State Academy of Sciences formed in Portland to promote scientific research and diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oregon. The founders also planned to assist in the discovery and development of the state's natural resources. The Academy was the first scientific society in Oregon with professional...
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    the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914 Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy `Paul L

  • The effects of rise-time and frequency on the auditory brainstem response using high-frequency tone-bursts

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    Gray, Pamela S.
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    The effects of rise-time and frequency on the auditory brainstem response were studied in six normal hearing adults. Stimuli were high-frequency gated tone-bursts with center frequencies of 8, 10, 12, and 14 kilohertz (kHz). Examined rise-times were .1, .25, .5, and 1.0 milliseconds (msec). Duration was maintained at 2 msec....
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    approved: ----7 Redacted for privacy -- Evan L. Evans The effects of rise-time and frequency on the

  • The reflection of culture in biological evolution

    Creator:
    Yates, Dean Arnold
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    Kelso's theory of Biocultural Evolution states that as culture evolves, the variation between groups diminishes while the variation within groups increases. The theory is tested with stature, cephalic index and nasal index. Means and standard deviations for these traits are examined for 237 ethnic groups. The groups are organized according...
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    EVOLUTION Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Kenneth L. Beals Kelso's theory of Biocultural

  • "Pushing for the Highline" : The Diffusion of Innovations in the Oregon Otter Trawl Fishery

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    Stephenson, Garry Owen
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    Implementation of. the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 affords opportunities for fishery expansion and economic development in the Oregon otter trawl fishery. The changes stimulated by the Act should occur, according to social science theorists, by the diffusion of innovations from innovative fishermen to less innovative fishermen, with...
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    Trawl Fishery ^ Redacted for privacy Abstract approved: Professor Courtland L. Smith Implementation

  • Measurement and meaning of archaeological diversity

    Creator:
    Betz, Virginia Marie
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    Archaeologists use diversity as one way of characterizing their assemblages. Diversity refers to both the number of artifact classes present (richness) and the proportional representation of classes (evenness). Numerical diversity indices measure one or both components. Archaeologists use assemblage diversity to infer behavior of prehistoric cultures. Archaeological inferences about behavior...
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    Courtland L. Smith Archaeologists use diversity as one way of characterizing their assemblages. Diversity

  • Museums and Tourism : On the Oregon Coast

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    Pool, Marilen A.
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    Museums and tourism have had a long and interrelated history. In this paper this relationship is reviewed in general, and the contemporary issues common to them both in the 1990's are discussed. This relationship is also explored in the context of the Oregon Coastal Zone. Two projects set on the...
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    Tourism On the Oreaon Coast Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Roberta L. Hall Museums and tourism