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  • AI, Robot: A Rhetorical Analysis of Jeopardy! Matches Featuring IBM’s Artificial Intelligence

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    Steele, Evan T.
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    The relationship between the public and new technologies has historically been a tumultuous one, with public perceptions ranging from excited rapid adoption to standoffish pessimism. In 2011, IBM tried to use competition as a means of showcasing a new technology to the public. This thesis is a work of rhetorical...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Evan T. Steele, for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies

  • Transactional analysis applied to a community development issue

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    Manolescu, Kathleen M.
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    Barth's theory of transactional analysis is applied to the community of Tiller, Oregon and its reaction to a development proposal. Community behavior patterns vis-a-vis the development proposal are examined from a processual point of view to determine how these patterns are generated. The community's history and contemporary situation are described....
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    the winding South Umpqua River has a quiet splendor. The forest and hills along rtr .1! Reece t

  • NAFTA and Chiapas : problems and solutions

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    Veit, Steven J.
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    On New Year's Eve 1993, there was little indication that popular President Carlos Salinas de Gortari was about to take a monumental fall. Mexico was in the midst of unprecedented prosperity. The world's oldest ruling political party, Mexico's PRI, enjoyed substantial support. Allegations of corruption within an authoritarian regime were...
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    than the ejidos" (Barry 12 -13). 9 rural communities lack electricity. The state's standard of

  • The Effects of Endogenous and Exogenous Cues on Task-Set Inhibition

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    Kuhns, David (David Paul)
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    Task-set inhibition has been proposed to be an important mechanism for cognitive control in task switching. Its existence is supported largely by the observation of the N-2 repetition cost (e.g., A-B-A is slower than C-B-A). Many studies have reported an N-2 repetition cost, but several have not. Because of the...
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    members Zachary Goodin, Logan Cornett, Glen Morrison, Rena McGrath, James Warren, Sarah Hulse, Thuy Le

  • Influence of Political Liberalism on Contracting Prison Health Care

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    Yarnall, Robert G.
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    Studies on prison contracting have typically focused on the privatization of entire facilities and carceral services offered to inmates. There has been limited research, however, as to how political ideology influences the extent to which state prisons contract out health care services. There also appears to be a need for...
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    & Cowhig, 2018). The growing number of persons funneled through t Yarnall 4 he criminal

  • From sister to sister to woman : the role of sororities in the social transmission of gender

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    Gilmore, Jennifer
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    Sororities play an important role in the process by which sorority women become gendered by influencing members' ideas about what it means to be a woman. Women and men become gendered through regular social interaction with other women and men, and sororities have a particularly strong impact on their members...
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    and economic position of women, people of color, the alter-abled, and the poor (Acker, Barry

  • The Impact of a Relaxation Exercise on Communication, Apprehension in the Classrogm

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    Hitchcock, Romi C.
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    The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a deep breathing and stretching exercise on communication Apprehension, Cohesiveness and Attentiveness. An empirical method was used in this study. All of the subjects involved in the study were students in beginning public speaking courses, Speech 112, at Oregon...
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    Experimental and Control Groups 3 9 TABLE 2: t-Test Comparison of Control and Experimental Group's Pretest CA

  • A Mystical Metamorphosis: Conceptualizing the Extraordinary in the Mundane Through Land Art

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    McClarence, Shoshana H.
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    Mystical experiences are ineffable, thus defining mysticism itself is a difficult feat. To aid in the construction of a definition of mysticism it is imperative to break down the unique elements of a mystical experience and try to give examples of where we can see all of these elements interacting....
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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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  • The Promise and Unfinished Business of Title IX

    Creator:
    Mannen, Noelle
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    The law commonly referred to as Title IX, which was passed in 1972, called for an end to sex-based discrimination in educational and federally-funded settings. Before long, it became particularly associated with the quest for equality for women’s sports. As Title IX was a major catalyst in advancing and even...
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    Years Held Date of Interview 1 Ceal Barry University of Colorado Head Coach 1983-2005