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Modern Piracy: Regional Cooperative Security: Southeast Asia and the Middle East

Creator:: Christensen, Adam K.
Abstract:: Over the past ten years, reports of piracy and other forms of maritime violence have been dramatically on the rise. As these reports increase, so too does international attention toward how to solve this. This thesis examines the development of cooperative maritime security efforts in both Southeast Asia and the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Adam K Christensen

Assessing the Potential for a Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Occupation at the Tahkenitch Landing Site (35DO130), Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

Creator:: Kirkpatrick, Molly C.
Abstract:: The archaeological record of the First Americans is known almost exclusively from interior sites located away from coastal margins. While archaeologists hypothesize that early peoples initially migrated into the Americas along the Pacific coast, environmental changes associated with postglacial sea level rise may have destroyed or obscured such early sites....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A Tale of Two Schools : Exploring Race and Class Inequalities for Latino Students in the Salem-Keizer School District

Creator:: Hendrick, Lisa
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine significant and persistent problems within the Salem-Keizer School District, particularly when comparing Douglas McKay High School to West Salem High School. Douglas McKay High School is one of the physically smallest schools in the district, with over 2000 students and has the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ____________________________________ Ronald L. Mize The purpose of this study is

The Impact of Motivation in the University Spanish Classroom

Creator:: Canete Blazquez, Raisa
Abstract:: The study of motivation in second language acquisition has been a matter of interest for many years. The research objective of this project was to conduct a study that would determine the motivation level of students of Spanish 113 during Spring term 2016 at Oregon State University, and how their...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The effects of North American Free Trade Agreement on sustainable and human development in Mexico

Creator:: Sontirat, Suthasinee
Abstract:: The effects of trade liberalization and trade integration can be seen in many developing countries around the world. While freer trade can be said to create benefits from efficient allocation of resources, it does not ensure that gains from trade will be allocated equitably in a society. Nor does it...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Free Trade Agreement on Sustainable and Human Development in Mexico. Abstract approved: L. The

Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

Creator:: Roland-Schwartz, Michele L.
Abstract:: In this paper, my aim is to call attention to the meanings women attach to their birthing experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I argue that the obstetrical model of childbirth defines the course of the relationship between the laboring woman and attendant, limiting...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michele L. Roland-Schwartz for the degree of Master of Arts in

FUBAR: A Narrative Analysis of War Remains

Creator:: Williams, Clay R.
Abstract:: The virtual reality (VR) experience War Remains created by Dan Carlin claims that it is an immersive memory in attempt to give its audience the “tiniest taste of” what-it-was-like to experience a WWI battle (Carlin, 2020). This claim aligns with the growing belief that VR can be the ultimate empathy...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Moroz and Kroll (2018) argue that stepping-into another person’s shoes is synonymous to the definition

Assessment of Feedstock Materials for Producing a Suitable and Cost-Effective Biochar to Use as a Soil Amendment for Northern Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Creator:: Kumari, Pooja
Abstract:: Biochar is a highly porous, carbon-rich residue produced by thermochemical conversion (pyrolysis) of plant biomass and carbonaceous organic materials under oxygen-controlled conditions. Chars produced by this process tend to have high ion-exchange capacities and, when added to soil, increase retention of water and nutrients and improve soil aggregation, porosity, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: mixed at 20%, by volume, with Atkins sandy loam soil and planted in 4-L pots with ‘Duke’ northern

In Pursuit of Literacy

Creator:: Freemole, George Maynard
Abstract:: My teaching experiences raised questions about the nature of literacy, especially about its relationship with education and schooling. Common sense, straightforward definitions of literacy failed to address those questions adequately, and that inadequacy led to the study which culminates in this thesis. In Pursuit of Literacy focuses on literacy in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of the definition, development, and pedagogy of literacy. Eugene Kintgen, Barry Kroll, and Mike

Finding Fantasy : Three Newspapers Tell the Story of Kip Kinkel and Thurston High School

Creator:: Wood, Josie MaryAnne Soules
Abstract:: On May 21, 1998 Kip Kinkel drove to Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon. Kinkel killed two students and wounded another twenty-two students. He killed his parents the day before. The shootings at Thurston High School came on the heels of a number of prominent school shootings and Kip Kinkel...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: card. The cards are then 16 media accounts. Bormann, along with Kroll, Watters, and McFarland

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Modern Piracy: Regional Cooperative Security: Southeast Asia and the Middle East

Assessing the Potential for a Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Occupation at the Tahkenitch Landing Site (35DO130), Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

A Tale of Two Schools : Exploring Race and Class Inequalities for Latino Students in the Salem-Keizer School District

The Impact of Motivation in the University Spanish Classroom

The effects of North American Free Trade Agreement on sustainable and human development in Mexico

Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

FUBAR: A Narrative Analysis of War Remains

Assessment of Feedstock Materials for Producing a Suitable and Cost-Effective Biochar to Use as a Soil Amendment for Northern Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

In Pursuit of Literacy

Finding Fantasy : Three Newspapers Tell the Story of Kip Kinkel and Thurston High School

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