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  • Maria Susanna Cummins' "The Lamplighter" : a revisioning of a sentimental writer of the nineteenth-century United States as rhetor, social critic, and feminist

    Creator:
    Steinert, Laura
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    Within The Lamplighter, a novel written in 1854, Maria Susanna Cummins defines a version of the sentimental novel that significantly differs from the prescriptive analysis male critics have offered for the genre. This thesis argues that feminist theory and recent rhetorical theory have caused a critical paradigm shift that has...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Maria Susanna Cummins' "The Lamplighter" : a revisioning of a

  • Evaporation synergy in a bi-textured soil system

    Creator:
    Fisher, Arthur J.
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    Evaporation synergy is the phenomenon in which two porous medium textures that share a common vertical boundary experience a higher cumulative evaporation than either homogeneous texture can produce. Studies that have been conducted to date address this phenomenon in relatively fine and coarse sands but not in finer textured soils...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Maria I. Dragila Evaporation synergy is the phenomenon in which two porous medium textures that share

  • Migration of E. coli and solutes to tile drains via preferential and matrix flow

    Creator:
    Moreno, Daniel
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    The extent of agricultural drainage has created concern for its potential undesirable effects on surface water quality. Land applications of liquid manure on tile drain fields have the potential to transport solutes and bacteria to the drains following precipitation or irrigation events and many times are directly sent to a...
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    to Tile Drains via Preferential and Matrix Flow. Abstract approved: Maria I. Dragila The extent of

  • Physical processes that control droplet transport in rock fracture systems

    Creator:
    Hay, Katrina M.
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    Aquifer recharge is generally driven by fluids that move from the Earth’s surface to groundwater through the unsaturated zone, also known as the vadose zone. When the vadose zone is fractured, fluids, which may include contaminants, can move through the fracture network as well as the porous matrix. Such a...
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    Dissertation
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    Control Droplet Transport in Rock Fracture Systems Abstract approved: Maria I. Dragila Aquifer recharge

  • The effect of burrowing mammals on the hydrology of a drained riparian ecosystem

    Creator:
    Cassidy, James Richard
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    Many species of rodents and insectivores live in subterranean burrows in soils throughout the world. The soil surface perforations of burrow entrances are often connected to complex, subsurface tunnel networks. Burrow entrances and associated subsurface tunnel networks represent a link between surface and subsurface ecological function. Anecdotal observations of surface-water...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Mammals on the Hydrology of a Drained Riparian Ecosystem. Abstract approved Maria I. Dragila Many

  • The effects of increased enrollment of international students on student services at six Washington State community colleges

    Creator:
    Acob-Nash, Maria
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    Institutions of higher education face a global mandate, understanding and addressing the concept of internationalization in the 21st century. As the world becomes "smaller", there is a need for college students to expand their awareness and understanding of multinational cultures and issues. Recently, many four-year colleges and universities have taken...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Maria Acob

  • A study of single-family residences in Corvallis, Oregon : identifying predisposing factors of declining residential exterior conditions

    Creator:
    Davila-Ash, Maria I.
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    Americans perceive renters as less interested and less vested in their residences than owner-occupants. These perceptions stem in part from historical and current day promotion of the homeownership tenure norm. Although this has achieved its main goal, that of reinforcing owner occupancy as the societal tenure norm, it has also...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Maria I. Davila-Ash for the degree

  • Movement of zoospores of Phytophthora citricola in saturated porous media

    Creator:
    Ochiai, Naoyuki
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    The genus Phytophthora comprises numerous plant pathogens in both natural and managed ecosystems. For Phytophthora spp. that infect roots, dispersal occurs in soil water through a combination of advection and swimming of specialized motile propagules (zoospores). Specific biological and physico-chemical processes, however, remain poorly understood, due to difficulties in studying...
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    Dissertation
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    approved: Maria I. Dragila Jennifer L. Parke The genus Phytophthora comprises numerous plant

  • Genesis of iron oxides in unsaturated porous media

    Creator:
    Grover, Deeksha
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    The kinetics of physical and chemical processes controlling the precipitation of iron oxide minerals in unsaturated media were investigated in this study. The characteristic morphology, mineralogy, and chemistry of iron oxides were also explored. Laboratory column experiments using fine and coarse grades of silica sand were conducted to compare the...
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    Dissertation
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    Iron Oxides in Unsaturated Porous Media Abstract approved: John E. Baham Maria I. Dragila The

  • Evaporation from bare soil and soil cracks: a numeric study

    Creator:
    Graham, Christopher Brian
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    Evaporation from bare soil was investigated using a numeric model In one set of simulations, texture and evaporative demand were analyzed as they impacted short and long term evaporation. The effect of these factors on water redistribution was also analyzed. A second set of simulations was run to determine the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Title: Evaporation from Bare Soil and Soil Cracks: A Numeric Study Abstract approved: Maria Ines