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  • A Novel Approach to Process-based River Restoration in Oregon : Practitioners’ Perspectives, and Effects on In-stream Wood

    Creator:
    Bianco, Stephanie R.
    Abstract:
    The widespread fragmentation, channelization, and simplification of river ecosystems has had acute environmental impacts, including degradation of water quality and habitat and biodiversity loss (Vörösmarty et al., 2010). These concerns have incited an increased focus on reestablishing ecological and hydrogeomorphological functions and improving habitat that has been lost in riverine...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . ©Copyright by Stephanie Rae Bianco May 30, 2018 All Rights Reserved A Novel Approach to

  • Exploring Embodied Gender Identities in Steven Universe

    Creator:
    Painter, Stephanie
    Abstract:
    Steven Universe, a relatively new show from Cartoon Network, explores an unexpectedly complex understanding of gender through their main protagonists. Utilizing Judith Butler’s work on gender performativity and doing gender, as well as Daniel Dennett’s conception of the self as a theorist’s fiction, and Alexander Weheliye’s understanding of power and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Stephanie Painter for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Ethics presented on March 22, 2017. Title

  • The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: Overlap Between Supreme Court Opinions and Amicus Briefs

    Creator:
    Arzie, Madelyn
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    The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 exists to protect the disabled community from discrimination in order to give people with disabilities the opportunity to live their lives to the fullest extent (What Is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? | ADA National Network, n.d.). When the ADA was signed...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    :_____________________________________________________ Stephanie Bernell The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 exists to protect the disabled

  • National health insurance in Taiwan : welfare analysis and hospital competition

    Creator:
    Chen, Wen-Yi
    Abstract:
    This dissertation consists of three essays that evaluate various types of health care policies from the social welfare perspective. Chapter 1 introduces the main ideas and framework of this dissertation. Chapter 2 evaluates the new co-payment policy, enacted on July 15, 2005 under Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI). We show...
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    Dissertation
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    . Dr. Andrew J. Plantinga introduced me to my major advisor, Dr. Stephanie L. Bemell, one of the most

  • Predictors of participation in a prison-based parenting program

    Creator:
    Schumer, Jean Ellen
    Abstract:
    The focus of this study was threefold. This research examined the extent to which parenting alliance between incarcerated parents and the caregivers of their children, influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs. This research explored the extent to which family contact influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs....
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    Dissertation
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    : _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Stephanie Lazarus Bernell The focus of this study was threefold. This research

  • Evaluating Equity in the Provision of Primary Health Care in Tanzania

    Creator:
    Babbel, Breannon
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    Equitable access to primary health care is vital to the overall health and development of a country. Since its independence in 1967, Tanzania has established a clear objective of achieving primary health care for all. Yet achieving the goal of health care for all is especially difficult considering Tanzania’s poverty...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    : Stephanie Bernell, representing Public Health Sarah Henderson, representing Political Science

  • Out-of-pocket health care expenditures and household food insecurity among families with children

    Creator:
    Patton-Lopez, Megan M.
    Abstract:
    Since the late 1990s accelerated growth in health care spending coupled with a cost shift of health insurance from employers to employees has created an increased financial burden for many families. Past research suggests that financial burden due to out-of-pocket (OOP) health care costs limits access to health care and...
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    Dissertation
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    :___________________________________________ Stephanie Bernell Since the late 1990s accelerated growth in health care spending

  • The Role of Political Party in Health Policy

    Creator:
    Rusetskiy, Karina I.
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    The role of political parties within legislation has been greatly debated over the decades. As health care continues to be an issue of concerns and contention, the question of how politics affects this industry is of importance. Utilizing Congressional records and websites to determine roll call and voice voting within...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Stephanie Bernell The role of political parties within legislation has been greatly debated over the

  • A Mystical Metamorphosis: Conceptualizing the Extraordinary in the Mundane Through Land Art

    Creator:
    McClarence, Shoshana H.
    Abstract:
    Mystical experiences are ineffable, thus defining mysticism itself is a difficult feat. To aid in the construction of a definition of mysticism it is imperative to break down the unique elements of a mystical experience and try to give examples of where we can see all of these elements interacting....
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Stephanie Jenkins Mystical experiences are ineffable, thus defining mysticism itself is

  • Analysis on Medicaid Expansion from the Affordable Care Act and the Effect on Low-Income Populations

    Creator:
    Sosnovske, Alden
    Abstract:
    When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, eligibility for Medicaid was expanded to include people whose income was less than 138% of the federal poverty level. In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that states could choose whether to expand their Medicaid programs or not. The objective of this...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    :_____________________________________________________ Stephanie Bernell When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, eligibility for Medicaid