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  • Empowering pedagogy : a case study of non-traditional teaching methods and philosophy at the Centro de Educación Creativa

    Creator:
    Sansone, Sophia Vosburg
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    Empowering pedagogy (also know as “transgressive,” “emancipatory,” or “democratic” forms of education) seeks to challenge the historically oppressive tendencies of traditional education. As a student of Social Justice and International Studies, I approach the topic of empowering pedagogy through a case study. My research explored this non-traditional educational philosophy and...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    implementing their philosophy and methods of education. This thesis is intended to act as a resource to those

  • Stop Reinventing the Wheel : Using Wikis for Professional Knowledge Sharing

    Creator:
    Deitering, Anne-Marie and Bridgewater, Rachel
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    This article details the development of the Library Instruction Wiki (http://instructionwiki.org): an effort to develop a web-based, knowledge sharing resource. Though some library instruction is specific to a given institution or class, much of what instruction librarians teach is similar. Library instructors have repeatedly expressed the desire to share resources,...
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    Valley Library Oregon State University Corvallis, OR  97331 USA (541) 737-9973 anne-marie.deitering

  • Pathogenic Mechanisms of Cancer Causing hMLH1 Mutations

    Creator:
    O'Donnell, Edmond Francis
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    DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is an evolutionary conserved process that functions to maintain genomic integrity through the correction of mismatches that have escaped proofreading. Mutations in the MMR gene Mlh1 are associated with approximately 50% of all cases of Lynch syndrome, a hereditary predisposition to colorectal cancer, through varying and...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    act preferentially towards larger IDLs (7). The vast quantity of basepairs replicated during each

  • A genomic and proteomic characterization of the first cultured oligotrophic marine Gammaproteobacterium from the SAR92 clade

    Creator:
    Mellbye, Brett L.
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    High-throughput culturing (HTC) consisting of extinction culturing in autoclaved seawater has led to the isolation and characterization of many novel strains of oligotrophic marine bacteria. Strain HTCC 2207 was isolated from the Oregon coast by the HTC method. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that this strain...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    ACT domain protein C7_0670 efflux transporter C7_0698 probable carbonic anhydrase C7_0758

  • Studies on a transgenic approach to decrease gliadin content in wheat

    Creator:
    Bell, Shannon M.
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    Celiac disease, an autoimmune response triggered by the consumption of seed storage proteins of cereals, affects an estimated 1% of the human population. In the case of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), one of the world’s most consumed cereals, alcohol-soluble proteins, the gliadins, have been identified as the allergy-eliciting agents. Previous...
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    Undergraduate Thesis
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    by Argonaute, further propagating the silencing mechanism, or RISC can act to block the translation

  • Discovery and identification of antibacterial agents for dental use

    Creator:
    Kirkpatrick, Adam G.
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    Dental disease is a very prevalent and costly disease in which the symptoms, not the disease, are currently being treated. The disease is caused by pathogenic oral bacteria, many of which are a part of the Mutans Streptococci. The objective of this thesis was to find a natural substance that...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    acids can act as detergents that have non-specific antimicrobial activity and most of them are already

  • A comparison of three certification systems with the 2005 McDonald-Dunn Forest plan revision

    Creator:
    Starker, Anna
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    This study compares the requirements of three forest certification systems, the Sustainable Forestry Institute (SFI), the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), with the 2005 McDonald-Dunn Forest Plan Revision. The analysis was done with a series of matrices comparing the requirements of SFI and FSC...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Anna M. Starker, Author TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1INTRODUCTION 1Certification History in the USA

  • A bibliotherapy evaluation tool: grounding counselors in the therapeutic use of literature

    Creator:
    Pehrsson, Dale Elizabeth and McMillen, Paula S.
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    Discusses the development and evolution of the Bibliotherapy Evaluation Tool to help graduate counseling students use literature in therapy ethically and appropriately. A survey of bibliotherapeutic practice in the helping professions is provided. Graduate students showed greater knowledge of and comfort with bibliotherapy after exposure to a teaching module and...
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    Article and Preprint
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    sorrow. William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus (Act IV, Sc1, 1.34) Introduction The idea that the arts

  • USA PATRIOT Act and its effect on OSU Libraries

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    Parks, Bonnie
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    Hard copy of presentation delivered May 20, 2003, at OSU Memorial Union as part of a faculty panel, "USA PATRIOT Act Forum: Effects on Oregon State University." Sponsored by Faculty for Peace and Justice, and the Program for Ethics, Science and the Environment.
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    Presentation

  • The People's band: U2 and international activism

    Creator:
    Peterson, Maxie Jean
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    The end of the Cold War brought about changes within international political relations that resulted in expanded interest in global civil society. Such developments, like globalization and democratization, have encouraged the growth of social and political organizations. Political scientists have found that these inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations have a significant...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    of states to act within their own borders because of the integration of transnational institutions