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Immigrant encounters : film narratives of the modern immigrant

Creator:: Yeager, Angela L.
Abstract:: This thesis employs a narrative analysis of more than twenty-five films that are centrally concerned with immigrants and the immigrant experience. In Part One, drawing from the work of Yosefa Loshitzky, I will focus on films that feature an immigrant lead character. In Part Two, I will explore movies that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Rosa (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez) and Enrique (David Villalpandoare) are forced to flee the lush green

Impact of malolactic fermentation on red wine color and color stability

Creator:: Burns, Tresider R.
Abstract:: Malolactic fermentation (MLF) is an important step in the production of wines and is commonly performed in red or cool climate wines to reduce acidity. In this study the impact of MLF on red wine color and the ability of Oenococcus oeni to degrade compounds important to the development of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An ethnographic crossing : voices from the Latino community in Yamhill County, Oregon

Creator:: Nicklous, Nan Gilmore
Abstract:: Changing demographics in Oregon, accompanied by a rising Latino population, serve to dispel myths that we live in homogeneous, monolithic communities. Migration studies indicate migration is reshaping communities, contributing to ethnic diversity thus challenging our notion of identity and culture. Through the medium of oral histories and ethnography, this study...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: written about the Chicano / Latino experience (Rosaura Sanchez 1983; David Gutierrez 1995; Rena lto

Drought, dispersal, and community dynamics in arid-land streams

Creator:: Bogan, Michael T.
Abstract:: Understanding the mechanisms that regulate local species diversity and community structure is a perennial goal of ecology. Local community structure can be viewed as the result of numerous local and regional processes; these processes act as filters that reduce the regional species pool down to the observed local community. In...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . LLOYD T. FINDLEY, DR. OSCAR GUTIÉRREZ-RUACHO, DR. ANDRÉS ALVARADO-CASTRO, and DR. ALEJANDRO VARELA

Effect of seed burial and vernalization on germination and growth of Bromus carinatus and its control with several herbicides

Creator:: Rojas-Calvo, Carlos Enrique
Abstract:: California brome (Bromus carinatus Hook & Arn), is considered an important weed infesting wheat and grass seed fields in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Field and greenhouse experiments were conducted to study some biological aspects to develop more efficient management strategies. A field experiment was conducted to determine the effect...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: recognition to all my friends in Corvallis, specially to Roberto Valenciano, Helena Molina, Alejandro

Understory competition for resources in Pinus ponderosa forests of northeastern Oregon

Creator:: Riegel, Gregg M.
Abstract:: The objective of this research was to determine which environmental resources, light, water, and nutrients, control understory plant production and composition in a Pinus ponderosa forest in northeastern Oregon. A split-plot experimental design, with three blocks, four treatments, and 44 plots, was established in the summer of 1985. Twenty plots...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Exploration of regression models for cancer noncoding mutation recurrence

Creator:: Xu, Tanjin
Abstract:: An important impact of the genome technology revolution will be the elucidation of mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis, leading to improvements in the diagnosis of cancer and the selection of cancer treatment. Integrated with current well-studied massive knowledge and findings about the role of protein-coding mutations in cancer, demystifying the functional...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The evolution of Mexican forest policy and its influence upon forest resources

Creator:: Crocker, Marvin D., 1934-
Abstract:: During the Colonial Period, in Mexico there was no rational forest development policy and, as a result, forest resources were squandered and to a considerable extent destroyed. During the Nineteenth Century, a rational forest policy began to be promoted, but in the end, it was translated into a policy of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Colombia's national parks : an analysis of management problems and perceived values

Creator:: Meganck, Richard Albert
Abstract:: This analysis of Colombia's System of National Park Reservations accomplishes four objectives: 1) The historical development of national parks in Colombia was described; 2) The status, as of August, 1974, of the areas administered by the Colombian Renewable Natural Resources Development Institute (INDERENA) was summarized; 3) An analysis of major...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The experiences of Latino immigrant students in an Oregon high school : identity, language, and interethnic relationships

Creator:: Hayden, Alyssa
Abstract:: For much of history, U.S. schools have employed ideologies of assimilation and nationhood - involving an exchange of immigrants' ways of life for a homogenous American identity - as frameworks for their curriculum and language education programs. However, a new ideology of multiculturalism has gained popularity in recent decades. Multicultural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 2012; DeJaeghere and McCleary 2010; Gutierrez et al. 2000; Valenzuela 1999). I contacted several

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Immigrant encounters : film narratives of the modern immigrant

Impact of malolactic fermentation on red wine color and color stability

An ethnographic crossing : voices from the Latino community in Yamhill County, Oregon

Drought, dispersal, and community dynamics in arid-land streams

Effect of seed burial and vernalization on germination and growth of Bromus carinatus and its control with several herbicides

Understory competition for resources in Pinus ponderosa forests of northeastern Oregon

Exploration of regression models for cancer noncoding mutation recurrence

The evolution of Mexican forest policy and its influence upon forest resources

Colombia's national parks : an analysis of management problems and perceived values

The experiences of Latino immigrant students in an Oregon high school : identity, language, and interethnic relationships

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