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Measuring benefits of outdoor recreation services : an application of the household production function approach to the Oregon steelhead sport fishery

Creator:: Strong, Elizabeth J.
Abstract:: This study provides an empirical test of the Bockstael-McConnell (1980) household production function (HPF) framework for evaluating wildlife recreation. This is perhaps the first study in which both taste and technology parameters have been estimated with a theoretical model specification. The results suggest that for steelhead sport fishing in Oregon,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: OF THE THESIS OF Elizabeth J. Strong for the degree of Master of Science in Resource Economics

The Impact of Digital Media on Mandala Making in Art Therapy

Creator:: Donahue, Elizabeth C.
Abstract:: In the United States, the utilization of digital media has assumed an omnipresent status and has altered the manner in which we communicate, conduct business, and create art and music. However, it has been demonstrated that art therapy lags behind the current culture of prolific use of digital media. To...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Elizabeth

Courting Elizabeth : the virgin queen and Elizabethan literature

Creator:: Zinck, Jaime
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: on March 20, 2012 Title: Courting Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen and Elizabethan Literature Abstract

Validity of preschool language intervention programs

Creator:: Wright-Fromherz, Robin Elizabeth
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of using an early childhood language intervention program with children who had been determined to be language delayed at the ages of 3, 4 and 5 and to determine how the early childhood langauge intervention program was associated with changes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robin Elizabeth Wright-Fromherz for the degree of Doctor 9.L

Producing possibility : glimmering alternatives in Willa Cather and Virginia Woolf

Creator:: Nipper, Sarah
Abstract:: This thesis examines alternative modes and forms of production in texts by Willa Cather and Virginia Woolf. Applying queer methodologies drawn from the work of Michel Foucault, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Lee Edelman, and Elizabeth Freeman, I show how Cather’s The Professor’s House and Woolf’s To the Lighthouse demonstrate and interrogate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Sheehan

The hand of humanity : Eliot's religious reformation in Middlemarch

Creator:: Peake, Natasha C.
Abstract:: As the embodiment of the religiously unsettled Victorian Era in which she lived, George Eliot sought to discover a system of belief that would allow her to reaffirm and maintain her feelings of faith and morality. She believed that the subjective nature of traditional Christianity needed to be replaced with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: I would like to thank my committee members, Dr. Elizabeth Campbell, Dr. Lisa Ede, and Dr. Vicki

The incidence and duration of breast feeding among women in the greater metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Marshall, Joyce M.
Abstract:: The incidence and duration of breast feeding were determined via telephone questionnaires from a sample of 95 women who delivered healthy infants during the month of September 1982, in the greater metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon. This sample was limited in that the women were married, predominately white, over 25...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: J Dr. Elizabeth Johnson The incidence and duration of breast feeding were determined

You better work : negotiating race, sexuality, gender, and neoliberalism in plus-size fashion blogs

Creator:: Conway, Clare
Abstract:: Over the past decade, the explosion of social media has secured the Internet as a venue for political discussions of all sorts; as well as a realm of consumption and commodification. One population of women that has utilized social media in this way is the plus-sized fashion ("fatshion") community on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Sheehan

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys Taint in Wine : Impact on Wine Sensory, Effect of Wine-processing and Management Techniques

Creator:: Mohekar, Pallavi
Abstract:: Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), (Halyomorpha halys, Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is an invasive species that damages numerous agricultural crops including grapes. Related damage include lower berry weight with increased exposure and cracked berries as a result of BMSB feeding activity. The insect is currently detected in 43 US states including Oregon,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Dr. Elizabeth Tomasino Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), (Halyomorpha halys, Hemiptera

Confusion and disappointment in the dream world: the allegorical senses, courtly language, and poetic landscape in Pearl

Creator:: Lewis, Michael Stewart
Abstract:: My current Project on the late fourteenth-century Pearl observes the workings of allegory, courtly language, and poetic landscape. During this study, I pursue the elements of the poem that suggest a lack of spiritual growth and change, and an abundance of pain, torment, and confusion for the poem's narrator. I...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Elizabeth Campbell My current Project on the late fourteenth-century Pearl observes the workings of

Eternal Years : Religion, Psychology and Sexuality in the Art of Emily Bronte

Creator:: Miranda, Pamela C.
Abstract:: This thesis offers a textual analysis of Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights and, to a lesser extent, her poems in an effort to understand fully the complicated relationship of gender to time that characterizes her artistic imagination. The study emphasizes the interplay of religious, psychological and sexual forces inherent in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: by researcher for Pamela C. Miranda ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A very special thanks to Elizabeth Campbell

"Her Hypnotic Eyes" : Reading the Optical in Aaron Douglas’s Aspects of Negro Life and Nella Larsen's Passing

Creator:: Barkley, Charles K.
Abstract:: This thesis examines two cultural productions of the Harlem Renaissance: Aaron Douglas's mural series, Aspects of Negro Life, and Nella Larsen's novel Passing. I read these works together because, more than their shared time period, they showcase an attention to the visual. Both Larsen and Douglas's works are concerned with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Sheehan This thesis examines two cultural productions of the Harlem

Constituting the Invisible : An Examination of the Social Construction and Communication of Female Bisexual Identity

Creator:: Whitney, April L.
Abstract:: Bisexual females experience unique forms of discrimination, but are often overlooked in scholarship. Recent research focuses on various aspects of bisexuality, yet female bisexuality is largely overlooked. Many existing studies focus on the experiences of bisexuals, rather than on social constructions of the identity and the role communication plays in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Identity Abstract approved: _________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root

Interrelationships among attitudes toward and practice of nutrition and health of prepaid health plan members

Creator:: Daoust, Jan Morgan
Abstract:: Interrelationships among attitudes toward and practice of nutrition and health were determined from results of 335 responses to a survey mailed to members of a prepaid health plan in Portland, Oregon, in the Spring of 1981. The scales used to test attitudes included Subjective Index of General Well-Being, Health Locus...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: _ .-. Elizabeth ^Fbhnson, Ph.D. Interrelationships among attitudes toward and

An evaluation of the effectiveness of a nutrition education workshop for home economics teachers

Creator:: Stark, Christina May
Abstract:: The effectiveness of a three-hour nutrition education workshop for home economics teachers given in 18 locations in Oregon was evaluated based on responses from 138 teachers. Changes in knowledge of and attitude toward four nutrition topics (fast foods, vegetarianism, weight control, and food exchanges) were measured using questionnaires completed at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: 0 Elizabeth Johnson The effectiveness of a three-hour nutrition education workshop for

The effect of auditory subliminal deactivating messages on motor and task performance of hyperkinetic children

Creator:: Gaethke-Brandt, Jane E.
Abstract:: The effects of a subliminal auditory stimulus on the motor activity and task performance skills of hyperkinetic children were investigated. Fifteen boys between seven and twelve years of age, who were enrolled in one of three treatment groups for hyperactivity, were recruited for this study. Each child participated, weekly, in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Children Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. Elizabeth The effects of a subliminal auditory

Women's voices : the emergence of female identity in Bleak House and Little Dorrit

Creator:: Van Ras, Tamara L.
Abstract:: Dedicated to recording, portraying, and indicting the social inequities that he witnessed in nineteenth century Victorian England, one of Charles Dickens' many concerns was the roles assigned to women both in the public and private spheres. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the narratives of Amy Dorrit and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Identity in Bleak House and Little Dorrit. Abstract approved: Dr. Elizabeth Campbell Dedicated to

Free Monoterpene Isomer Profiles in White Wine : Effect of Grape Variety, Region and Style and Impact on Odor Perception

Creator:: Song, Mei
Abstract:: Monoterpenes are important volatile compounds to the aroma of many white wines. Many monoterpenes are chiral and found in wine as different isomers. These isomers (also known as enantiomers) are non-superimposable mirror images of each other, maintain the same molecular structure and in many instances possess different sensory characteristics. Much...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________________ Elizabeth Tomasino Monoterpenes are important volatile compounds to the aroma of many

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

Creator:: Anderson, Anna
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________ Elizabeth M. Root This research is an exploration of empathy in the classroom from the

Training needs of school counseling site supervisors in the Pacific Northwest : An exploration via the construct of self-efficacy

Creator:: DeKruyf, Lorraine
Abstract:: School counseling site supervisors provide a critical contribution to the professional development of master's program school counseling interns; however, their training needs remain unidentified in the literature. To that end, the purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the training needs of site supervisors of master's program school counseling...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson School counseling site supervisors provide a critical

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