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  • Composing for Social Change : Clashes of Ideographs and Ideology in the Composition Classroom

    Creator:
    Gasser, Chris
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    Clashes of ideology are all around us, from our computer and television screens to our composition classrooms, and they merit attention within the composition classroom. This thesis examines the justifications and pedagogies that scholars in rhetoric and composition use to infuse issues of ideology and social ethics into writing instruction...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Tim. T. Jensen Clashes of ideology are all around us, from our computer and television

  • Corporate involvement in FOSS projects : an in-depth look at corporate contributions and implications for project governance

    Creator:
    Forrest, Darren J.
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    Free / Open Source Software developers come from a myriad of different backgrounds. While some contribute for personal reasons, many become involved because they receive compensation from corporations or foundations. The motivation for participating in a project can have dramatic impacts on how and what contribution an individual makes. These...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : _________________________________________________ Carlos Jensen Free / Open Source Software developers come from a myriad of different

  • Contributions to substrate noise due to supply coupling and pin parasitics

    Creator:
    Adluri, Sirisha
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    This thesis presents the contributions to substrate noise due to supply coupling and the effect of pin parasitics on the substrate noise generated by digital circuits. Various sources of substrate noise and their effect on analog circuits sharing the same substrate are discussed. A simulation approach to isolate the various...
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    Jensen for agreeing to serve on the committee for my Masters Defense. I would like to take this

  • Extending and Visualizing Authorship in Comics Studies

    Creator:
    Brown, Nicholas A.
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    This thesis complicates the traditional associations between authorship and alphabetic composition within the comics medium and examines how the contributions of line artists and writers differ and may alter an audience's perceptions of the medium. As a fundamentally multimodal and collaborative work, the popular superhero comic muddies authorial claims and...
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    : Tim T. Jensen Ehren H. Pflugfelder This thesis complicates the traditional associations between

  • Understory herb and shrub responses to root trenching, pre-commercial thinning, and canopy closure in Douglas-fir forest of the western Cascades, Oregon

    Creator:
    Lindh, Briana C.
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    This thesis examines factors limiting understory herb presence and flowering in young second-growth Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forests on the west side of the Cascade Mountains, Oregon, USA. I studied the belowground effects of canopy trees on understory herbs and shrubs in old-growth forests using trenched plots from which tree roots...
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    Dissertation
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    , Andy Gray, and Charlie Halpern for their help in designing, implementing, and completing this project

  • Fecal Bacteroidetes host distributions and environmental source tracking

    Creator:
    Dick, Linda K.
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    Contamination of recreational and shellfish waters with fecal pollution is a major water quality issue with associated economic impacts and human health risks. Reliable fecal source identification and rapid, quantitative analyses are essential components of risk assessment. Enteric bacteria that are endemic to specific hosts have a potential role as...
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    advice: Drs. Stephen Giovannoni, Dan Rockey, Andy Karplus, and Alex Stone. I thank T.J. Brodeur, Mike

  • Dietary organosulfur and organoselenium compounds as HDAC inhibitors

    Creator:
    Nian, Hui
    Abstract:
    Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have the potential to de-repress epigenetically silenced genes in cancer cells, leading to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Dietary HDAC inhibitors derived from natural phytochemicals are promising anticancer agents. In this thesis, metabolites from natural organosulfur and organoselenium compounds, i.e. allyl mercaptan (AM), β-methylselenopyruvate (MSP) and...
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    Dissertation

  • Phylogeography, evolution, and conservation in forest-associated Pacific Northwest salamanders

    Creator:
    Wagner, R. Steven
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    Phylogeographic studies of six Pacific Northwest forest-associated salamanders provide insight into historical and contemporary processes on population genetic structure. Among Larch Mountain Salamanders (Plethodon larselli), cytochrome b mitochondrial (mtDNA) sequences (381 bp) and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPDs; 34 loci) supported separate Management Units for northern and southern populations (12...
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    Andy Blaustein for all their help. Tom Mullins has been a great friend throughout my graduate career

  • Understanding Software Development and Testing Practices

    Creator:
    Hilton, Michael
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    A bad software development process leads to wasted effort and inferior products. In order to improve a software process, it must be first understood. In this work I focus on understanding software processes. The first process we seek to understand is Continuous Integration (CI). CI systems automate the compilation, building,...
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    Dissertation
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    . Many thanks also go to my committee, Margaret Burnett, Carlos Jensen, Ron Metoyer, and Todd Palmer for

  • Error control techniques for the Z-channel

    Creator:
    Oprisan, Paul
    Abstract:
    The asymmetric nature of bit errors in several practical applications provides grounds for efficient error control techniques. The Z-channel model and special classes of codes like asymmetric error detection codes and t-asymmetric error correcting/d-asymmetric error detecting codes can be successfully used in ARQ protocols for feedback error control enhancement. This...
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    Dissertation
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    Thomann, Prof. Mario Magafla and Prof. Dean H. Jensen for their kind agreement to serve on my committee