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  • Doing time : papers from Framingham prison

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    Power, Katherine A.
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    This thesis is an arrangement of essays, poems, and journal entries expressing and exploring experiences from the author's six years in a medium security women's prison. They are collected around the themes of longing and grief, of despair, of survival, of joy, and of the complexity of homecoming.
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    inches of glossy paper. I get a lot of letters from a lot of people. They were still going through them

  • Extension orientations toward poverty : bootstrap, culture of poverty, systemic : an empirical study

    Creator:
    Fletcher, Roger LeRoy
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    This study describes Extension field staff orientations toward poverty. Expressions on origins, solutions and definitions of poverty were elicited from informants. Responses were then classified by categories, coded and analyzed using the Statistical Interactive Programming System (SIPS). Orientations were then measured by identifying modal categories. A category was identified as...
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    . Summary Critique 24 Conclusion 27 II. Research Design A Conceptual Model 28 Area of Study 29 Objective of

  • The Maturest Deliberation : Colonial Pennsylvania Currency in Depression and War

    Creator:
    Borden, John F.
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    The purpose of this study is to review Pennsylvania's use of paper money through two distinct periods: the first seven years of currency issues starting in 1723 and concluding in 1730, and the second period encompassed by the French and Indian War in 1755-63. They represent two significant periods affecting...
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    of paper money in Pennsylvania. The research materials used for this thesis include a

  • Public Participation in Urban Policy – Solution Papers Founded on Objectivity and Mutual Respectfulness

    Creator:
    Zarins, Eriks
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    In recent times, public policy debates in the United States have been very contentious and dysfunctional. To help improve this situation, a multi-discipline research effort was conducted to look at "solution papers" as a form of public participation. Specifically, the roles of objectivity and mutual respectfulness were under consideration. Foundational...
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    contentious and dysfunctional. To help improve this situation, a multi-discipline research effort was

  • Effectiveness of Computerized Communication Treatment for Neurologically Impaired Adults

    Creator:
    Krivak, Brenda M.
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    The single subject alternating treatment design experiment reported here compared the effectiveness of pencil-and-paper versus computerized communication treatment for neurologically impaired adults. Five stroke patients receiving outpatient speech/language treatment (ages 51-72) served as subjects. One subject completed the experiment as designed and clearly supported the hypothesis that a higher number...
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    effectiveness of pencil-and-paper versus computerized communication treatment for neurologically impaired

  • The Impact of Motivation in the University Spanish Classroom

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    Canete Blazquez, Raisa
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    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...
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    matter of interest for many years. The research objective of this project was to conduct a study that

  • Are single classified women's needs being addressed by the union in a university environment?

    Creator:
    Pastre, Nicolette M.
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    The initial research question for this study asked whether single women were having their employment needs met by the union in a university setting. Twelve single women who were members of a union at a university participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences with the union. To the surprise of...
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    University Environment? Abstract approved: Susan M. Shaw The initial research question for this

  • Facebook in the Work Environment : A Look At How Facebook Has An Impact on the Developing Relationships in the Workplace

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    Martin, Jessica L.
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    As a young adult, I have been able to witness first hand just how drastically social media is changing our culture and the way that we look at things. As social media continues to become more vastly used by its members who are in many different phases of life and...
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    . The overall goal of my research was to examine how employees use Facebook during the process of

  • An Investigation of Age-Related Differences in Value-Driven Attentional Capture

    Creator:
    Naylor, Jamie
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    Previous research on age-related differences in attentional capture has indicated that older adults are more susceptible to distraction than younger adults and this has been interpreted as a reduced capacity to inhibit distraction in late life. Recently, however, there have been discrepancies in the literature about in what circumstances older...
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    : _______________________________________________________________________ Mei-Ching Lien Previous research on age-related differences in attentional capture has

  • Champoeg, a perspective of a frontier community in Oregon, 1830-1861

    Creator:
    Speulda-Drews, Lou Ann
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    Champoeg, located along the Willamette River, developed as a transportation center for both river and overland travel and as a shipping point for agricultural products. Retired employees of the Hudson's Bay Company were the first to settle in the area, in the 1830s. American settlers began arriving in large numbers...
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    and efforts to rebuild were minimally successful. The research problem concerns adapting a frontier