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An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

Creator:: Fluharty, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Environmental complex mixtures modify benzo[a]pyrene and dibenzo[a,l]pyrene-induced carcinogenesis

Creator:: Courter, Lauren A.
Abstract:: Human exposure to the carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DB[a,l]P) is through environmental complex mixtures, such as urban dust particulate matter (UDPM) and diesel exhaust (DE), however the potency of these PAH within a mixture is not established. To determine the effect of these mixtures on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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The Enerience of Women's Higher Education at Oregon Agricultural College 1870-1916

Creator:: Knewtson, Katrina Anne
Abstract:: This study addresses women's experiences in higher education at Oregon Agricultural College between 1870 and 1916. The experiences of these women illustrate how they were affected by society's beliefs and values, and further, how their education encouraged them to develop skills necessary to transform their role in society. Education has...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Creator:: Richter, Amanda M.
Abstract:: This collection of stories spans a range of content: the personal, the domestic, the political, and the downright terrifying. In “Ilka the Flyer,” a young man is faced with his own crisis and that of his veteran uncle. Sister relationships bloom and fade as the entire family deals with changes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

Creator:: Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
Abstract:: Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Nonverbal communication and restaurant personnel

Creator:: Drago, Carleen
Abstract:: Servers in a small college town were asked to take part in an interview to assess perceptions of their use of nonverbal communication, how they believe nonverbal communication affects tipping behavior, and whether or not they received formal training in nonverbal communication tactics. The study also links nonverbal communication with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: identify personality dimensions with different settings. Kenrick, McCreath, Govern, King and Bordin

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

Creator:: Owens, Michael V.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite

Creator:: Freehling-Burton, Kryn
Abstract:: Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite examines the ways in which the audience at Oregon State University (OSU) responds to the annual production of the play in connection with the international college campaign to raise awareness about violence against women and to raise money for community organizations...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Evolving character controllers for collision preparation

Creator:: Rose, Robert W.
Abstract:: Full dynamic control of physically simulated characters is the holy grail of video games and other interactive applications. Recent advances in the field have presented controllers that can handle the balance and fall response after a collision. This thesis addresses the development of a controller that handles the response before...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The journey of developing multicultural competence : A phenomenological exploration of lived experience in student affairs professionals

Creator:: St. Clair, Serena Erskine
Abstract:: Prior research has noted the changing demographics of higher education since the Civil Rights Movement and the expanded need for multicultural education. Armando Hernandez Morales (2003) wrote that, “A multiculturally competent person is aware of and knowledgeable about cultural differences, their own cultural identity, and the history and contemporary struggles...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

Environmental complex mixtures modify benzo[a]pyrene and dibenzo[a,l]pyrene-induced carcinogenesis

The Enerience of Women's Higher Education at Oregon Agricultural College 1870-1916

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Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

Nonverbal communication and restaurant personnel

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

Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite

Evolving character controllers for collision preparation

The journey of developing multicultural competence : A phenomenological exploration of lived experience in student affairs professionals

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