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  • 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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    . This will easily separate the three state academies of science. 12 II. CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND

  • Community-based sea turtle conservation in Baja, Mexico : integrating science and culture

    Creator:
    Bird, Kristin E.
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    This thesis discusses both theoretical and practical considerations inherent in conducting community-based research within a case study of sea turtle conservation in Baja California, Mexico. A brief background, including the general ecology, status and distribution of sea turtles of the Baja peninsula is presented, with an overview of the current...
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    Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Applied Anthropology. Wildlife Science, and Philosophy

  • Fish Tales: Salmon Stories, 1945-1980

    Creator:
    Finley, Carmel
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    Approximately $1 billion a year is spent on salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Spending has escalated, yet the number of wild runs placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act has increased, creating social and political controversy. For more than 100 years, salmon management in the Pacific Northwest has...
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    the National Sea-Grant College Program in 1966. Some of the Sea-Grant funded research at Oregon

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

    Creator:
    Christensen, Adam K.
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    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...
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    research associate at the Institute of National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, suggested in a book in

  • The formation of capitalist market-relations in the Arab Middle-East

    Creator:
    El-Ashban, Abdul Aziz
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    The formation of capitalistic market-relations in the Third World (known also as the underdeveloped world) has been an ongoing process for hundreds of years. The degree of such capitalistic formation has been mainly a function of the quantitative and qualitative nature of the contact between the industrialized metropolitan centers (basically...
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    and Sub-Imperialism 81 H. Summary 87 V. Development-Underdevelopment 89 A. Oil and the Needs of the