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  • Negotiating conflicted climates : the experiences of transgender students attending women's colleges

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    Jones, Whitney K.
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    The conversation regarding transgender students in the context of women's colleges is inherently complicated due to the binary gender system that the existence of women's colleges reinforce. The primary goal of this phenomenological research was to examine the lived experiences of transgender college students at U.S. women's colleges. Because the...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Whitney K. Jones for the degree of Master of Arts in Women, Gender

  • Estimating a juniper biomass supply from private rangelands : the impact of distance and biotic factors on costs

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    McCaulou, Jeff C.
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    Central Oregon has attracted attention as a potential location for a biomass industry based on a locally fixed source of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook) feedstock. This study identifies a supply of juniper from private lands to determine how much of the available juniper is economically supplied at alternative prices...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Capalbo Central Oregon has attracted attention as a potential location for a

  • Proteomic Profiles of Circulating Exosomes as Biomarkers for Disease Detection in Canine Osteosarcoma

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    Brady, Jacqueline V.
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    Osteosarcoma (OSA) is the most common primary skeletal tumor in dogs accounting for 85% of bone tumors and nearly 6% of all canine neoplasms. They are highly aggressive tumors that carry a poor prognosis despite intensive treatment, highlighting the need for more effective diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Recent research in...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan Tornquist Abstract: Osteosarcoma (OSA) is the most common primary skeletal tumor

  • Toxicogenomic Biomarkers Associated with PAH Carcinogenic Potential in a 3D in Vitro Bronchial Epithelial Model

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    Chang, Yvonne
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    The environmental health science community recognizes polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as a re-emerging class of environmental pollutants due to their persistence and prominence in mixtures of concern. Due to their widespread distribution in the environment, exposure to PAHs often occur as complex chemical mixtures. Exposures are linked to numerous adverse...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Susan C. Tilton The

  • California condors in the Pacific Northwest : integrating history, molecular ecology, and spatial modeling for reintroduction planning

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    D'Elia, Jesse
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    Reintroduction programs are increasingly being used to save animals from extinction and aid in their recovery. The California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus), one of the most endangered birds in the world, is a remarkable example of how reintroduction programs can help rapidly increase a species' population numbers and range following a...
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    : ________________________________________________ Susan M. Haig Reintroduction programs are increasingly being used

  • Shifting Rural Quantification Towards Study of Health Disparities: Applications in Statistical and Spatial Analysis of Rural Colorectal Cancer

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    Buchalter, Robert Blake
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    Quantitative measurement of the urban-rural continuum for examination of U.S. rural health disparities is a relatively new research area, where only a handful of studies have investigated health disparities using quantitative rural measures and even fewer have attempted to integrate health variables within said measures. Most U.S. rural health disparity...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan E. Carozza Quantitative measurement of the urban-rural continuum for

  • Can you see me?

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    Wyckoff, Elizabeth
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    In Can You See Me?, a collection of nine short stories, Elizabeth Wyckoff explores the conflicting desires of young women who long for connection, but struggle to find the balance between concealing and revealing themselves. The female protagonists in these stories simultaneously yearn to be seen, recognized, and acknowledged; and...
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    : ________________________________________________________________________ Susan J. Rodgers In Can You See Me?, a collection of nine short stories, Elizabeth

  • Confessing Our Sims: The construction of gender and sexuality among women ages 18-22 on MySpace

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    Papaleo, November R.
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    MySpace is a social network phenomenon with over 100 million profiles and a strong presence in over 24 countries. As digital media become more commonplace, social networks are becoming sites where women create and manage relationships and identities. This thesis is a study of how women ages 18-22 are constructing...
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    approved: ___________________________________ Susan Shaw MySpace is a social network phenomenon

  • “My Whole World”: Teen Moms Navigating Identity and Social Discourse

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    Tanner, Laura C.
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    Social discourse presents teenage childbearing as a “serious problem” that results in significant harm and expense to teenage mothers, their children, and society. Although the discourse of teenage childbearing has been multiple, overlapping, and contested, it has resulted in negative stereotyping and stigmatization of teenage mothers. Much of these stereotypes...
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    Susan Shaw Social discourse presents teenage childbearing as a “serious problem” that results in

  • Leadership and Loyalty Revisited : Catholic Latinas and Leadership

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    Morales-Warming, Melissa
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    White women’s experiences with major institutions, the church included, often are generalized to other women’s experiences, much like how the experience of men in often represented as the experience of all humankind. In 2001 Elaine Howard Ecklund studied white lay women in the Catholic Church and explored two questions: What...
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    : __________________________________________________________________ Susan Shaw White women’s experiences with major institutions, the church included, often

  • Women: Pregnancy and Sexual Activity

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    Kilkenny, Michelle
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    The perception of the self as a sexual being is challenged by the experience of pregnancy. Included in the experience of pregnancy are issues with perceptions of the self, body image, transition into motherhood, and reconciliation of the self as a sexual being during pregnancy. Through a review of the...
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    Approved: Susan Shaw The perception of the self as a sexual being is challenged by the experience of

  • Wedding Bells, Binaries and the Heterosexual Menace

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    McNeill, Elizabeth
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    This research explores and aligns a postmodern method in line with a theoretical lens of "strategic political queer/feminism" to understand the construction and positioning of the issue/ problem of same-sex marriage. The method takes shape through a theoretical framework that leads to a political maneuver opening access to the rights...
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    : Susan M. Shaw This research explores and aligns a postmodern method in line with a theoretical

  • A Qualitative Study of Women in Modern Day Polygamous Households in the United States

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    Wilson, Suzanne M.
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    This study will show that polygamy is not a religious freedom protected under the U.S. Constitution, but a power system in which men use economic, political, social and physical force to control the behavior of others. This thesis will use a feminist perspective theory to provide a theoretical outline for...
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    Modern Day Polygamous Households in the United States Approved: Susan Shaw This study will show that

  • Breaking Down Blackout: Building Understanding of Media Effects at OSU

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    Dillard, Lauren L.
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    In the days following Oct. 5, 2007, the staff of The Daily Barometer - the student newspaper at Oregon State University - was left scrambling for understanding. The paper published a image of a man wearing black face paint for an event called "Blackout Reser." That black face paint looked...
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    approved: ________________________________________________ Susan Shaw In the

  • Economic feasibility of segregating grain by protein concentration while harvesting

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    Martin, Charles T.
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    Price premiums and discounts are currently paid for various classes of wheat in the US marketplace. These premiums and the known heterogeneity of grain protein across landscapes beg the question of whether grain could be separated on the farm to maximize revenues. Theoretically, the concavity or convexity of a price...
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    Grain by Protein Concentration While Harvesting Abstract approved: Susan M. Capalbo Price

  • Connecting local values and forest policy to the international forest sustainability dialogue

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    Morré, Susan K.
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    Sustainable management of the world’s forests is a key component for conserving biodiversity, soil and water resources, mitigating climate change, strengthening economies, and promoting sustainable communities and human well-being, now and in the future. While international cooperation is important, the actual policies and management actions that affect forest conditions and...
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    International Forest Sustainability Dialogue AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Susan Kay

  • A multifaceted assessment of adult informal learning at the Hatfield Marine Science Center

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    Lynds, Susan E.
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    Authentic assessment of visitor learning in museum settings is a challenging endeavor. Evaluation literature includes very few studies that link adult visitors' behavior to their learning. Multiple data collection methods in a naturalistic environment hold great promise for increasing understanding of informal public education. In 1997, Oregon State University's Hatfield...
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    Hatfield Marine Science Center AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Susan E. Lynds for the degree of Masters

  • Characteristics of soil organic matter in two forest soils

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    Crow, Susan E.
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    Soil organic matter (SOM) is the terrestrial biosphere's largest pool of organic carbon (C) and is an integral part of C cycling globally. Soil organic matter composition typically can be traced directly back to the type of detrital inputs; however, the stabilization of SOM results as a combination of chemical...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Susan E. Crow for the degree

  • The Effect of an Ethics Course on Bioengineering Students' Understanding of Social Justice Issues in the Context of Engineering

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    Rinker, Torri E.
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    The nature of engineering work requires that ethical considerations are taken into account while making decisions surrounding topics such as technology, equal distribution of cost benefits, and consumer risk. In order for engineers to make ethical decisions in their careers, it is helpful if their engineering education provided them with...
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    Susan Shaw for her guidance in the data collection, data analysis, and writing of my thesis. As I had

  • Assessing Exposures and Simplifying Complex Mixtures of SVOCs for Hazard Characterization using Alternative Model Systems

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    Rivera, Brianna N.
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    Throughout their lifetime individuals are exposed to complex mixtures of chemicals. The study of chemical mixtures is an internationally recognized research priority, but seemingly complex challenge. To reduce the intricacy of studying mixtures, researchers have identified different prioritization methods based on exposure or the toxicity of chemicals. However, understanding the...
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    Susan C. Tilton & Kim A. Anderson Throughout their lifetime individuals are exposed to complex

  • An evaluation of criteria proposed to reauthorize the cleanup of superfund sites : case studies from EPA's Region X

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    Williamson, Gina Denise
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    The United States Congress is currently debating a bill to reauthorize the 1980 Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup Law. If this bill is not reauthorized by the end of 1995, the program will either continue in its present form or be eliminated altogether.' As currently administered, the Superfund program sets out...
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    from EPA's Region X. Abstract Approved: Anna K. Hard g The United States Congress is currently

  • Population demography, resource use, and movement in cooperatively breeding Micronesian Kingfishers

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    Kesler, Dylan C.
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    Island systems and species are susceptible to extinction because of their small population size and an ecological naiveté from an evolutionary past lacking strong competition and predation. For example, only one-fifth of the world’s bird species occur on islands, yet more than 90% of the avian extinctions witnessed during historic...
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    Movement in Cooperatively Breeding Micronesian Kingfishers Abstract approved: Susan M

  • Population Ecology of the Mariana Swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi) on O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands

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    Johnson, Nathan Christopher
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    The Mariana Swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi) (Aves: Apodidae) is endemic to the Mariana Islands, where it currently occurs on Saipan, Aguiguan, and Guam. An introduced population of Mariana Swiftlets is also present on O'ahu in the Hawaiian Islands. Sparing interference with the endangered population in the Marianas, the introduced, surrogate population...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Haig The Mariana Swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi) (Aves: Apodidae) is endemic to the

  • Phylogeography and population genetic structure of double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus)

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    Mercer, Dacey M.
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    The Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) is a widespread, colonial, North American waterbird with bicoastal and inland distributions. Four subspecies have been described within North America corresponding to five geographic breeding regions: Interior and North Atlantic cormorants (P. a. auritus); Southeastern cormorants (P. a. floridanus); Alaskan cormorants (P. a. cincinnatus); and...
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    Susan M. Haig The Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) is a widespread, colonial, North

  • Rapid endangered species assessment : a novel approach to improve extinction risk assessments in poorly known species

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    Bianchi, Carlos A.
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    The number of endangered species is rapidly increasing while paucity of adequate information and resources delays establishment of conservation actions. The IUCN’s listing system is insufficient to determine conservation priorities and many species lack information even to be evaluated (i.e., “data deficient”). Here I proposed and tested the Rapid Endangered...
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    Risk Assessments in Poorly Known Species. Abstract approved: Susan M. Haig The

  • Incubation patterns, parental roles, and nest survival of black oystercatchers (Haematopus bachmani) : influences of environmental processes and potential disturbance stimuli

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    Spiegel, Caleb S.
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    Shorebirds display great variation in mating systems and breed in dynamic environments that are increasingly subject to human threats worldwide. In order to adequately assess productivity and demography of shorebird populations, it is important to understand factors that influence patterns of parental care and reproductive success. The Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus...
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    Potential Disturbance Stimuli Abstract approved: Susan M. Haig Shorebirds display

  • Phylogeography and population structure of least terns (Sterna antillarum)

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    Draheim, Hope M.
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    Historically, least terns (Sterna antillarum) were one of the most common tern species in North America. However, population declines have resulted from direct and indirect anthropogenic pressures on their breeding and foraging habitat. Three subspecies of least terns have been described within the United States: California least tern (S. a....
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    Susan M. Haig Historically, least terns (Sterna antillarum) were one of the most common tern

  • Use of Artemisinin to Treat Mycoplasma haemolama Infection in Llamas

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    Puccetti, Jessica N.
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    Mycoplasma haemolamae is associated with mild to marked anemia in stressed, immune-suppressed, and debilitated animals, and may be found in low numbers in healthy animals. The continued presence of the organism, detectable by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay, may be associated with an underlying problem, such as stress or immune-suppression...
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    : _____________________________________________________________ Susan J. Tornquist Mycoplasma haemolamae is associated with mild to marked anemia in stressed

  • A Thematic Feminist Analysis of Best-Selling Children’s Picture Books

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    Marie, Michelle
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    Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the top ten best-selling children's picture books of 2006 reveals that these books contain elements of systematic privilege and oppression. Dominant group members are numerically overrepresented in the sample. Major emergent themes are the normalization of racism and white privilege, the stereotypical portrayal of the...
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    Feminist Analysis of Best-Selling Children’s Picture Books. Abstract approved: Susan M. Shaw

  • Greening the grid : the cost-effectiveness of residential solar programs in Oregon

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    Hanhan, Nadine
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    Oregon residents possess several options in installing solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. This study examines a range of options--tax credits and rebates, a volumetric incentive rate program, power purchase agreements from third-party installers, and solar leasing--and compares the cost of these options to not installing. The paper considers the problem of...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Capalbo Oregon residents possess several options in installing solar photovoltaic

  • Seasonal movement, residency, and migration patterns of Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) across the annual cycle in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.

    Creator:
    Cline, Brittany B.
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    Studies of avian movement ecology afford essential insights regarding species' life histories, population dynamics, habitat and resource requirements, and other ecological relationships. While it is widely recognized that events in different stages of the annual cycle have important implications for processes in avian ecology, evolution, and conservation, challenges associated with...
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    approved: Susan M. Haig Studies of avian movement ecology afford essential insights

  • A Global Trend of Child trafficking Among Girls Experiencing Violence and Neglect in the Yorùbá Ethnic group in Nigeria: A Transnational Feminist Approach

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    Oludayo, Folasade M.
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    The trafficking of children is one of the gravest violations of human rights globally today. Every year, hundreds of thousands of girl child are smuggled across borders and sold as mere commodities. There are minimal scholarly works focusing on the girl child and analyzing it from the global trends among...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw Abstract The trafficking of children is one of the gravest violations of human

  • Influence of wetland landscape structure of shorebirds wintering in an agricultural valley

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    Taft, Oriane Williams
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    Understanding how wetland birds use habitat is pivotal to developing successful and beneficial conservation strategies. Although it has been an ardent topic in forest research for some time, how species interact with the spatial patterning of habitat across a landscape (i.e., landscape structure) has been more or less neglected in...
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    Landscpe Structure on Shorebirds Wintering in an Agricultural Valley Abstract approved: Susan M. Haig

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

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    Freehling-Burton, Kryn
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    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...
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    : ________________________________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite

  • Casting Call: A Female Actor's Struggle to Stardom

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    Schiller, Dawn S.
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    In the era of #MeToo, we have learned more about the plight of women in Hollywood as they seek employment as actors. While the recent public conversation about gender and sexualization in Hollywood is robust, few peer-reviewed academic articles examine the actor’s personal experiences of gaining meaningful employment in television...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw In the era of #MeToo, we have learned more about the plight of women in

  • A qualitative description of pregnant women experiencing homelessness

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    Shatzel, Margaret M.
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    This study describes the experience of homelessness and pregnancy for seven women and their partners in Lane County, Oregon. Homeless pregnant women provide a unique challenge to health care providers and social workers. These women are at increased risk for many negative factors that could affect their pregnancy outcomes. The...
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    Homelessness. Abstract approved: Susan L. Prows This study describes the experience of homelessness and

  • The Experiences of Male Students in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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    Viveros Cespedes, Marcos Andres
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    Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) is an interdisciplinary academic field that addresses gender, sexuality, and social justice issues. The research objective of this project was to examine the attitudes of self-identified male students in introductory Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies for winter term 2016 at Oregon State University. This...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw

  • The Feminist Itinerant School: A Feminist Pedagogical Approach to Curriculum Transformation for Public School Teachers in Brazil

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    Melchor, Carolina R.
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    This Thesis examines Brazil’s political and historical context to explore and understand the logics behind the high rates of violence in our society. It focuses in education as one of our main vehicles of disseminating knowledge and therefore culture, language and values that might be contributing and perpetuating sexism, racism,...
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    : _________________________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw This Thesis examines Brazil’s political and historical context to explore and

  • Feminist and Mormon: Reconciling Ideals of Equality and a Culture of Patriarchy

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    George, Julie A. (Julie Ann)
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    The aim of this study is to explore how women who identify as both active, believing Mormons and as feminists negotiate the contradictions between an ideology that values equality (feminism) and a religion that values patriarchy (Mormonism). Data were gathered through recorded and transcribed interviews with women who identify as...
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    : ___________________________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw The aim of this study is to explore how women who identify as both active

  • Incredible Lives: An Ethnography of Southern Oregon Womyn's Lands

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    Almquist, Jennifer Marie
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    This research summarizes the cumulative efforts of in-depth research, extensive participant observation, and archival analysis focused on Southern Oregon lesbian lands. This community of womyn has persisted in rural Southern Oregon for nearly 30 years. The intention of this study is to examine both the accumulation of knowledge of issues...
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    . Abstract approved Susan M. Shaw This research summarizes the cumulative efforts of in-depth research

  • The economics of spatial choice and displacement: case study of the Oregon bottom trawl groundfish fishery

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    Valcic, Branka
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    To increase the knowledge needed to successfully implement the ecosystem-based approach to fishery management, this dissertation investigates important issues within the economics of choice and the economics of displacement. In particular, a discrete choice model of the fishing location decision in the Newport, Oregon bottom trawl groundfish fishery is estimated...
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    Displacement: Case Study of the Oregon Bottom Trawl Groundfish Fishery Abstract approved: Susan S. Hanna

  • The Construction of Masculinity in the Online Communities Where Men Talk About Their Experiences as Buyers in the Sex Trade

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    Rosario Sanchez, Raquel
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    This thesis on online communities for sex buyers seeks to understand questions such as “what can we learn from online communities for sex buyers?” We explore these issues with the framework of Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis and through the use of qualitative research of both the review boards at Punternet...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw This thesis on online communities for sex buyers seeks to understand

  • A Qualitative Feminist Analysis of Welfare Mothers and Human Capital

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    Leer-Beyerlein, Amy L.
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    This thesis explores outcomes of women's participation in the American welfare system. The primary goal of this research was to determine the impact certain segments of the welfare system in the United States have on women's ability to obtain and retain human capital. The primary resources were formulated around participants...
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    . stract approved: Susan M. Shaw This thesis explores outcomes of women's participation in the American

  • Utilization of the Zebrafish Model for Investigating Nitrated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Developmental Toxicity

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    Chlebowski, Anna C.
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    Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the most widely known and studied environmental contaminants, originating from a range of natural and anthropogenic sources. PAHs are known to occur in the environment as complex mixtures, containing both unsubstituted PAHs, as well as a range of PAH derivatives. Among the less-studied of...
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    (past and present): Drs. Jennifer Field, Susan Tilton, Juliet Greenwood, and Susan Carozza, for their

  • Air pollution trends in Tehran, Iran, from 1988 to 1993

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    Shirazi, Mehra A.
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    Physical geography and topography combined with increasing number of motor vehicles have lead to record breaking air pollution levels in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. The objectives of this study were: 1) to document trends in Tehran, Iran's ambient air quality levels between 1988 and 1993; 2) to compare...
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    . Abstract approved: Anna K. Harding Physical geography and topography combined with increasing number of

  • Road user understanding of shared lane pavement markings (sharrows) case study - Corvallis, OR

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    Cosma, Ioana
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    This thesis focuses on shared use lane facilities and road user understanding. Shared use lanes (sharrows) are a common solution for road facilities that are too narrow to accommodate a full bicycle lane and where the local jurisdiction wants to reduce dooring crashes. In recent years, engineers have focused on...
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    : Karen K. Dixon This thesis focuses on shared use lane facilities and road user understanding

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

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    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

  • Essays on location decisions and carbon sequestration strategies of U.S. firms

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    Wu, Caiwen
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    Location is a critical component of business decisions. A firm's location decision may be influenced not only by market forces, such as the location of input suppliers, output processors and competitors, but also by government policies if such policies impact their expected profits and are applied non-uniformly across space. Likewise,...
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    : ______________________________________________________________________ Susan M. Capalbo JunJie Wu Location is a critical component of business

  • Effects of restricted ankle range of motion on human walking : an application to transtibial amputee gait patterns

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    Silverman, Susan R. (Susan Rebecca)
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    Alterations in gait patterns are commonly observed in individuals with transtibial amputation (TTA) who use a prosthesis. Current commercially available ankle-foot prostheses (AFP) offer very little range of motion (ROM) at the ankle joint. Previous researchers have hypothesized that lack of ankle ROM significantly contributes to alterations in TTA gait...
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    : An Application to Transtibial Amputee Gait Patterns AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Susan R

  • The expression, function, and potential therapeutic targeting of serotonin receptors 1B and 2A in a canine osteosarcoma cell line

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    Viall, Austin K.
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    The serotonergic system plays a significant regulatory role in osteoblast differentiation and proliferation. Serotonin (five-hydroxytryptamine or 5HT) may promote or inhibit osteoblast proliferation depending upon the serotonin receptor isoforms expressed by the cell. Classically, 5HT receptor 1B (5HTR1B) reduces osteoblast proliferation by inhibiting phosphorylation of the cAMP response element binding...
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                This page is intentionally left blank.    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF  Austin K. Viall for the