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  • Challenges to stakeholder participation in coastal resource management : Allen, Northern Samar, Philippines

    Creator:
    Ulrich, Donald R.
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    Collaborative management of subsistence fisheries in the Philippines requires policies that devolve authority to the local level. This involves creating mechanisms to hold managers accountable for creating opportunities for active participation by fisher folk communities. The Philippines has created a comprehensive national framework for the co-management of coastal resources at...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Resource Management: Allen, Northern Samar, Philippines AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

  • Numerical model investigations of wind-driven coastal circulation

    Creator:
    Cervantes, Brandy T.
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    The effects of wind forcing on coastal ocean circulation are studied using a numerical modeling approach. The first region of interest is on the North Carolina shelf, where the Coastal Ocean Processes (CoOP) Inner Shelf Study (ISS) took place during August - November 1994. ISS observations are used to initialize,...
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    Dissertation
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    Investigations of Wind-driven Coastal Circulation. Abstract approved: John S. Allen The effects of wind

  • Modeling studies of mesoscale circulation in the Gulf of California

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    Martínez Alcalá, José Antonio
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    The mesoscale circulation in the Gulf of California is investigated using a numerical model (Princeton Ocean Model). Forced by satellite-derived winds, the circulation in the gulf shows a complex pattern dominated in the southern gulf by multiple eddies. Near the coast and in most of the north gulf, the circulation...
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    Dissertation

  • Environmental Virtue Ethics in Buddhism

    Creator:
    Peng, Chih-Wei
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    In this thesis, in order to understand why Buddhists in Southeast Asia protect rainforests and to establish a solid foundation for Buddhist environmental ethic, my first two tasks are to draw a clear picture regarding two major environmental concepts--nature and anthropocentrism--in Buddhism and to defend the claims that the Buddhist...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________ Allen Thompson In this thesis, in order to understand why Buddhists in Southeast

  • A Practical, Ethical Critique of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Shale Gas Extraction Process

    Creator:
    Bullock, Claude George, III
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    This thesis analyzes the emerging technology of hydraulic fracturing and shale gas extraction process through a pluralistic philosophical approach. Rather than defending traditional values in nature, such as intrinsic value, I defend a metaphilosophical pragmatism centered on policy implications. I argue that different philosophical positions will, most of the time,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Ethical Critique of Hydraulic Fracturine and the Shale Gas Extraction Process. Abstract approved Allen

  • Heavy fermion effective mass in the superconducting vortex state

    Creator:
    Townsend, Emily A.
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    The extended-Lifshitz-Kosevitch formalism (ELK) unifies the treatment of the de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) effect, allowing it to transcend its traditional roles of mapping Fermi surfaces and measuring effective masses. Here we exploit the capabilities of dHvA as a probe of many-body effects to examine heavy-fermion su- perconductivity. ELK successfully describes...
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    Dissertation
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    the Superconducting Vortex State Abstract approved: Allen L. Wasserman The extended-Lifshitz

  • Ethics and Human Biomedical Enhancement : A Case for Compatibilism

    Creator:
    White, Benjamin A.
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    This thesis explores some of the ethical issues pertaining to the use of so-called radical enhancement technology. Key concepts analyzed include “normal function”, “human being”, and “personhood.” I argue that the use of these key concepts in the debate thus far has lacked philosophical rigor, and that a reexamination of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Allen Thompson This thesis explores some of the ethical issues pertaining to the use

  • Federal soil conservation policy of the United States : priorities, values, and opportunities

    Creator:
    Pape, Timothy
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    The objective of this dissertation is to examine federally administered soil conservation policy within the United States and the broadly defined Columbia River Basin in the US Northwest. I accomplish this in five chapters. In the first chapter I provide background information for the study. In the second chapter I...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Allen Thompson The

  • Sound and death in John Haines's poetry

    Creator:
    Noble, Darren L.
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    Poet John Haines is best known for his first book of poetry, Winter News, which was published in 1966. The book contains poems about the Alaskan landscape that surrounded Haines during his many years of living in Richardson, Alaska. The recurring motifs in his poems include hunting, trapping, the Arctic...
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    Masters Thesis
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    John Haines's Poetry. Kerry D. Ahearn Poet John Haines is best known for his first book of poetry

  • Buddhist Theories of Karma and the Effect of Prosocial Behavior on Perceptions of Others

    Creator:
    Allen, Pamela M.
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    Psychological theory of social cognition and Buddhist philosophy of cognition suggest that people's actions should determine their impressions of future events. In psychology, several studies have shown that behavior can activate constructs and thereby influence one's perception. However, they do not address prosocial behavior, a specific concern of Buddhist philosophy...
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    . Allen for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development and Family