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  • International comparison and evaluation of agricultural productivity growth

    Creator:
    Rada, Nicholas E.
    Abstract:
    Long-run food price changes respond to long-run changes in food demand, quasi-fixed and variable production factors, and agricultural productivity. Recent global food-price volatility puts a renewed spotlight on the trends and sources of any agricultural productivity growth. Because food prices’ most critical effects are on human hunger, it is especially...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Nicholas E. Rada for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Geneticist L.C. Dunn : politics, activism, and community

    Creator:
    Gormley, Melinda (Melinda Brooke)
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    L. C. Dunn (1893-1974) spent most of his scientific career conducting research in developmental genetics as a member of the Zoology Department at Columbia University in the City of New York. He had an accomplished scientific career researching mutations in mice, which earned him respect from other geneticists and scientists....
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    Dissertation
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    : Mary Jo Nye L. C. Dunn (1893-1974) spent most of his scientific career conducting research

  • Publicly Funded, Privately Assisted : The Role of Giving in Oregon K-12 Education

    Creator:
    Sattem, Jennifer L.
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    In Oregon, property tax revolts and school equalization measures have led to increasingly unstable and more non-discretionary public funding for schools. As a result, public schools are turning to private donations to provide both basic and supplemental educational opportunities. Some schools and districts are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars,...
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    Capstone Project
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    revisions.doc AN ABSTRACT OF THE ESSAY OF Jennifer L. Sattem for the degree of Master of Public

  • Augmenting and interpreting ice core greenhouse gas records

    Creator:
    Rosen, Julia L.
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    The three studies that comprise this dissertation seek to answer significant questions in paleoclimatology through unconventional applications of ice core greenhouse gas data. These studies involve different gases and span the interval of time between the Last Glacial Maximum and the Industrial Revolution, but are united by their nontraditional use...
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    Dissertation

  • Resurgent Uplift of Samosir Island in Toba Caldera, Indonesia : Insights from Lake Sediment Paleomagnetism and C-14 Age Determination

    Creator:
    Solada, Katharine
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    Around 74 ka, a supervolcano, Toba Caldera in Sumatra, Indonesia erupted, producing the Youngest Toba Tuff and its associated caldera. After this catastrophic eruption, a lake filled the caldera, sedimentation within the lake occurred, and the process known as resurgence began. Today, the resurgent dome, Samosir Island, is uplifted 700...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Shanaka L. de Silva

  • Needs Assessment and Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ+ People Experiencing Houselessness along the I-5 Corridor in Oregon

    Creator:
    McKenna, Julia
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    Most studies suggest that LGBTQ+ young adults make up between 20 and 40 percent of the houseless young adult population (Edidin, Ganim, Hunter, and Karnik 2011; Nolan 2006). However, LGBTQ+ young adults compose only 1.3–3.8% of the general young adult population (Rosario, Schrimshaw, and Hunter 2012). Thus LGBTQ+ young adults...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project

  • The Impact of Causal Uncertainty on Dyadic Satisfaction

    Creator:
    Needham, Shana M.
    Abstract:
    One's ability to determine the cause and effect nature events is important for navigating within the social realm. However, the ability to determine these relationships is not always as clear. According to Weary and Edwards (1996) causal uncertainty (CU) is the result of an individual perceiving themselves as someone who...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    ……………………………….. 104 L. Interpersonal Reactivity Index…………………………...……... 106 M. McGill Friendship Questionnaire

  • The physiological effect of posture on cycling

    Creator:
    al-Haboubi, Muhammad
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    The objective of this research was to investigate the physiological effects of body posture on cycling. The familiar positions of bicycle riding have been the touring posture (hands stretched on top handlebar) and the racing posture (hands bent at the elbow, with the back horizontal). However, a relatively new stance...
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    Dissertation
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    approved: Redacted for Privacy Edward McDowell The objective of this research was to investigate the

  • Assessment of Extraterrestrial Tracers Ir, Pt and ³He in Polar Ice Cores

    Creator:
    Mehmel, Nicholas C.
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    This thesis focuses on the investigation of extraterrestrial tracers Ir, Pt and 3He in polar ice cores. These tracers may be used to identify characteristics of interplanetary dust particles, and to quantify the flux of extraterrestrial material during impact events, certain volcanic eruptions, and stable background periods. In the first...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ____________________________________________ Edward J. Brook This thesis focuses on the investigation of extraterrestrial tracers Ir

  • The Negative Relationship Between Existential Threats and Attitudes toward Freedom

    Creator:
    Li, Zheng
    Abstract:
    Three studies tested the hypothesis that existential threats will be negatively associated with attitudes toward different kinds of freedom. Existential threats experienced as Death Anxiety and Belief in a Dangerous World were negatively associated with attitudes toward Freedom To behave in a desired manner and positively associated with the idea...
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    Dissertation