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  • Deep ultraviolet solid-state laser development

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    Dutton, David A. (David Adam)
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    There is a new possibility of generating deep ultraviolet laser radiation from a solid-state source. With recent advances in material development, a new nonlinear optical crystal provides a greater damage threshold than current materials making higher conversion efficiencies possible. This thesis examines the possibility of using this crystal to generate...
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    to Theodore Alekel, Ph.D., chief technical officer at a local startup, for helping in the

  • Antioxidant enzyme response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) after subchronic exposure to an environmentally-relevant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixture

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    Norby, Tyler S.
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    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are significant pollutants in aquatic environments. Many are carcinogenic and lead to DNA fragmentation and adduct formation in marine and freshwater organisms. Previous research demonstrates that rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) compensate to long-term PAH dietary exposures and reduce the DNA damage. The aim of this study...
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    Aromatic Hydrocarbon Mixture Abstract approved: Lawrence R. Curtis Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

  • 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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    Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon. Abstract approved David R

  • Indirect effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on larval amphibians as mediated by food quality and trophic interactions

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    Scheessele, Erin A.
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    Ultraviolet-B radiation (UVB) is an abiotic stressor in both terrestrial and aquatic systems. The stratospheric ozone layer, depleted due to anthropogenic activities and the cause of elevated UVB at earth's surface over the last four decades, is predicted to recover by 2065. However, UVB levels in aquatic systems may continue...
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    Food Quality and Trophic Interactions Abstract approved: Andrew R. Blaustein

  • The Deathscape of St. Paul: Historic Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes

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    Boulware, Brooke L.
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    A cultural landscape analysis of two historic cemeteries in St. Paul, Oregon demonstrates that the residents of this early community were unknowingly using grave markers to express their worldview and the identities that they felt were most important. Because of the historical and cultural development of this community as the...
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    of St. Paul: Historic Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes Abstract approved: David R

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

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    Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
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    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...
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    Abstract approval : l.ccrcf .z y x_ David R. Brauner Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on

  • Seconds to hour scale photosynthetic responses in marine microalgae

    Creator:
    Laney, Samuel R.
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    Our view of phytoplankton has historically revolved around their inability to control their location in space. The term phytoplankton itself underscores this particular difference between phytoplankton and their sessile terrestrial counterparts. Yet there are other differences between land plants and the phytoplankton that are perhaps equally important, beyond this sessile-planktonic...
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    THE DISSERTATION OF Samuel R. Laney for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography presented

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    Creator:
    Aguilar, Joseph R.
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    This novel-in-progress is an attempt to struggle with the complicated process of forging one’s identity in the murk of urban Northwest life. The protagonist of this piece is confused, to put it lightly: bi-racial, torn between the affections of divorced parents, unsure about his religious views, and baffled by his...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF UJoseph R. AguilarU for the degree of UMaster of Fine ArtsU in UCreative

  • Metaphor and Bias : An In-Depth Look at CNN and Fox News Channel

    Creator:
    Duncan, Sara R.
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    This study links together two very complicated, but very important subjects: media bias and metaphor. More specifically, this study investigates whether or not examining a media outlet's use of metaphor is an effective methodology for investigating media bias. Using cluster analysis, I identified the source metaphors most commonly used on...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sara R. Duncan for the

  • The ecological and behavioral dynamics of breeding in three sympatric anuran amphibians

    Creator:
    Olson, Deanna H.
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    Breeding ecology and behavior were investigated in a field study of three sympatric anuran amphibians in the Oregon Cascade Mountains: the western toad (Bufo boreas), the Cascades frog (Rana cascadae) and the Pacific treefrog (Hyla regilla). A comprehensive study of the western toad mating system was conducted at three populations...
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    Behavioral Dynamics of Breeding in Three Sympatric Anuran Amphibians Abstract approved: Dr. Andrew R