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  • Nine native Mexicans families in the Willamette Valley

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    Cervantes, Willan A.
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    The Mixteco primarily reside in the Mexican State of Oaxaca in Southwestern Mexico. They have been arriving in larger numbers then ever before to this part of the North American continent in the last twenty years.Their experience is composed of different dynamics compared to those of their mainstream Mexican counterpart....
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    THESIS OF Willan A. Cervantes for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in

  • Estranged Eating

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    Lacy, Amber D.
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    The “fat-hunger paradox” is a relatively recent phenomenon in the United States in which people of low socioeconomic status are disproportionately overweight or obese, and yet frequently lack access to adequate food and nutrition. Research indicates additional disparities in the prevalence of overweight and obesity amongst most racial and ethnic...
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    obesity, appear at first glance to mark opposite extremes along a continuum of food intake. Presence of

  • Voices of CALYX: Narratives of Feminist Publishing Activism, 1976-2006

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    Steuben, Marieke L.
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    This thesis examines the nature of publishing as a political endeavor through a detailed investigation of the feminist publishing movement in the U.S. since the 1970s. Feminist publishers emerged from an activist context of feminist struggle, and they evolved within changing political and social climates, facing ideological and economic challenges...
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    : ________________________________________________________________________ Laura P. Rice This thesis examines the nature of publishing as a political endeavor through

  • Language Differences between Women and Men and the Attribution of Leadership

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    Dunsworth, Sabrina J.
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    This research addresses the perception of leadership attributes in light of evaluator and target gender. It specifically investigates whether there is a difference in language usage when the evaluator is female versus when the evaluator is male. Two studies were conducted. A pre-test used instrumental development drawing from studies conducted...
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    of evaluator and target gender. It specifically investigates whether there is a difference in

  • Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

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    Paullin, Pamela K.
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    Although the timber industry was the major economic force in the lives of several generations of Oregon families, very little archaeological investigation has been done on the dozens of abandoned logging camps that are scattered throughout the forests of the Pacific Northwest. This project focuses on Camp 1, a 1920s...
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    Boring to the Core: A dendrochronological investigation into

  • Entre crítica e imaginación: El contexto de las relaciones de México y Estados Unidos desde la perspectiva de La frontera de cristal y Gringo viejo

    Creator:
    Hansen, Tobin M.
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    What historical and political reality is reflected in the novels Gringo viejo and La frontera de cristal? What is revealed when the characters, plot, and setting of the novels are analyzed against research of the context of U.S.-Mexico relations? We begin to explore these questions by studying three periods crucial...
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    Mexican Revolution, and the current, post-NAFTA situation. Then, we compare them to a literary analysis

  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration: The Dental Hygienist’s Role

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    Swanson Jaecks, Kelli M.
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    Recent scientific studies show strong correlations between oral and systemic disease, creating a crucial need for increased collaboration between the medical and dental professions. Interdisciplinary collaboration between medical and dental providers is emerging as a critical component to effective patient care. The role of the dental hygienist in interdisciplinary collaboration...
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    Recent scientific studies show strong correlations between oral and systemic disease, creating a

  • For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

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    Owens, Michael V.
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    The purpose of this study is to examine the rhetorical efforts of President George W. Bush in defending his administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Specifically, the study attempts to determine the president's underlying motives when he defended the National Security Agency in a December 2005 radio address by applying Kenneth Burke's...
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    Abstract approved: ____________________________________________________________________ Mark P. Moore

  • Beagle, Oregon, An Unknown Casualty of War: Camp White and the Destruction of a Farming Community During the Second World War

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    Shelnutt, Kay
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    This project examines the landscape of the farming community of Beagle, Oregon prior to and during the Second World War and the effect on it due to the construction of Camp White, a World War II training facility. The Beagle landscape is examined through the prism of current theory that...
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    destruction of a farming community during the Second World War AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kay Shelnutt

  • 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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    repetition cost (e.g., A-B-A is slower than C-B-A). Many studies have reported an N-2 repetition cost, but