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  • The Scientist’s Imagination: Cold War Politics and Nuclear Futures in Leo Szilard’s Fact and Fiction

    Creator:
    Dvorak, Anna Elizabeth
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    The story of Leo Szilard has not been told in its full complexity. This is especially so of the role imagination played in Szilard’s worldview. Szilard, like many other scientists in the mid-twentieth century, worked on the Manhattan Project. Like these other wartime participants, the work and relationships formed during...
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    Dissertation
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    DISSERTATION OF Anna Elizabeth Dvorak for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History of Science

  • “I Was That Student”: Exploring Instructor Experience of Empathy Amid Identities in the Classroom

    Creator:
    Anderson, Anna
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    This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the standpoint of how instructors experience it and understand themselves to communicate it to their students, particularly students from different cultural backgrounds. The research method used was ethnographic analysis of a classroom observation and a one-hour semi-structured interview with...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Empathy Amid Identities in the Classroom AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Anna Anderson for the

  • Courting Elizabeth : the virgin queen and Elizabethan literature

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    Zinck, Jaime
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    Sixteenth century Elizabeth I of England has long been a figure of interest to Renaissance scholars, and their work largely focuses on how her gender impacted the power, politics, and culture of her day. Many have perceived her to be a heroine whose ingenuity and determination circumvented the limitations imposed...
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    on March 20, 2012 Title: Courting Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen and Elizabethan Literature Abstract

  • The University Experiences of First-Generation Polynesian Football Players : An Exploratory Study of Cultural Adaptation

    Creator:
    Vave, Walker Cook
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    This study discusses common struggles of first-generation Polynesian football players’ university experiences with cultural adaptation. There is little research on this topic. Because of the importance of these issues and the exploratory nature of this study, a qualitative approach was needed. Interviews were conducted with 15 first-generation Polynesian football male...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root This study discusses common struggles of first-generation Polynesian

  • Effects of combining of upper and lower body resistance training on lumbar loading

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    Doran, Elizabeth R.
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    Osteoporotic vertebral fractures are a common and costly public health problem with a high occurrence in older women due to menopausal-onset bone loss. Recent findings suggest that mechanical loading created by upper body resistance training can stimulate bone growth in the lumbar spine, reducing osteoporosis-related bone loss and associated fracture...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Training on Lumbar Loading AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Elizabeth R. Doran for the degree of

  • Structure and Dynamics of the Canine (Canis familiaris) Nasal Microbiome

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    Knorr, Elizabeth
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    The diverse community of bacteria living within and on host organisms, known as the microbiome, has an important role in maintaining host health. Dysbiosis, known as a change in the healthy community of the microbiome, has been associated with a number of diseases across host organisms and body sites including...
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    Dissertation
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Elizabeth Knorr for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology

  • Emergent Properties of Animal Social Networks: Five Stories in Five Systems

    Creator:
    Devan-Song, E. Anne
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    Animals aggregate and interact in nonuniform and nonrandom patterns, which lead to group level characteristics that have important evolutionary and ecological consequences. Network analysis provides a useful conceptual framework for linking animal interactions at all scales from dyads to communities, to populations and ecosystems. Despite exciting theoretical and applied advances...
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    Dissertation
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    Five Systems Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________ Anna E

  • Hidden dynamics : community ecology and costs of parasite infection in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

    Creator:
    Henrichs, Brian
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    Most wild animals are concurrently infected with multiple parasite species for most of their lives. These parasite species assemble into rich and diverse communities, with parasites using host tissues for growth and reproduction as well as evolving strategies to evade the host immune system. The net effect of these ecological...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ). Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Anna E. Jolles

  • Hazardous materials commodity flow study for Linn, Benton, and Lincoln counties, Oregon

    Creator:
    Wemple, Bryan E.
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    Hazardous materials data from business and industrial chemical information and incident databases were analyzed to study the types of chemicals located in Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties, Oregon. Federal and Oregon Department of Transportation data were analyzed to study traffic patterns and truck and railroad traffic levels. Results indicate more...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Commodity Flow Study for Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties, Oregon. Abstract approved: Anna K. Har

  • Pollution prevention strategies used by Oregon hospitals

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    Patel, Neha T.
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    Waste generated by the health care industry has been cited as a major source of toxic pollution, including mercury and dioxins, which poses a serious threat to public health. The purpose of this study was to investigate pollution prevention activities of health care facilities in Oregon related to environmentally preferable...
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    Prevention Strategies Used By Oregon Hospitals. Abstract approved: Anna K. Harding Waste generated by the