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Abraham's daughter

Creator:: Melton, Barbara
Abstract:: This thesis is a series of personal essays that explore themes of fundamentalism, family, loss, personal growth and the question of free will. The work reflects my study of the written word, of language, and of how people have tried to define, or have experienced, the numinous. The essays are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , 2006 All Rights Reserved Abraham's Daughter by Barbara Melton A Thesis submitted to Oregon

Image pre-processing algorithms for isolation of defects in Douglas-fir veneer

Creator:: Forrer, Johannes Barry
Abstract:: The goal of this research is to develop automatic techniques for identifying defects in Douglas-fir veneer. To achieve this goal, computer vision techniques, in particular image-processing, will be applied. Several pre-processing steps may be required to enhance images in making further analysis easier, faster, and more reliable. Pre-processing is often...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A plan for apprenticeship training in the city of Santa Barbara, California

Creator:: Mackenzie, Thomas Theodore
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Barbara, California A $3TRA.CT OF ¶LBB TEESIS OF -!t!for th.1 (Nne) (Degree) (IvIaj.r) Date Thesis

Cartographies of Haunting : Black Feminist Refusal in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and Octavia Butler’s Kindred

Creator:: Spencer, Megan
Abstract:: This thesis explores the gendered histories of slavery through the concept of haunting in two neo-slave narrative novels: Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and Octavia Butler’s Kindred. I offer readings of these texts through slavery’s geographic and temporal implications, in order to argue that the logics of antiblackness remain a fundamental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of racial, gender, and colonial violence. In her widely lauded work A Race for Theory, Barbara

Prehistoric Land-Use Patterns in the North Santiam Subbasin, On the Western Slopes of the Oregon Cascade Range

Creator:: Kelly, Cara McCulley
Abstract:: This thesis examines prehistoric land use patterns of the entire North Santiam subbasin, located on the western slopes of the Oregon Cascade Range. The objective of this analysis is three-fold: 1) to contribute to reconstructing the cultural chronology of the area; 2) to address the use of raw material by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , On the Western Slopes of the Oregon Cascade Range. Abstract approved. Barbara Roth This thesis

Archaeological investigation and technological analysis of the Quartz Mountain Obsidian Quarry, central Oregon

Creator:: Hatch, John B.
Abstract:: The Quartz Mountain Obsidian Quarry is located in the Southeast corner of the Bend Fort Rock Ranger District in central Oregon, approximately forty-five miles southeast of Bend, Oregon. The research of the Quartz Mountain Obsidian Quarry began with a literature search of other quarry sites in the area and the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Mountain Obsidian Quarry. Central Ore on. Abstract approved: Barbara Roth The Quartz Mountain

Surface and subsurface geology of the Santa Barbara-Goleta metropolitan area, Santa Barbara County, California

Creator:: Olson, Daniel J.
Abstract:: The Santa Barbara-Montecito and Goleta basins are structurally continuous fault-controlled Pleistocene basins containing up to 3000 feet (925 m) of marine Pleistocene Santa Barbara Formation which were deposited on previously deformed Sisquoc and older strata. Structures subcropping against the unconformity at the base of the Santa Barbara Formation show that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Exploring Embodied Gender Identities in Steven Universe

Creator:: Painter, Stephanie
Abstract:: Steven Universe, a relatively new show from Cartoon Network, explores an unexpectedly complex understanding of gender through their main protagonists. Utilizing Judith Butler’s work on gender performativity and doing gender, as well as Daniel Dennett’s conception of the self as a theorist’s fiction, and Alexander Weheliye’s understanding of power and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: cartoon character is still a villain. Gender Studies: Queer Theory Judith Butler is

A paleomagnetic study of recent sediments in the Santa Barbara Basin

Creator:: Graham, Rhea Lydia
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Professor A five meter long large-diameter core from the Santa Barbara Basin was sampled for paleomagnetic

The application of ablative laser ultrasonics to an aluminum plate, titanium tube, and welded joints

Creator:: Butler, Chad L.
Abstract:: Laser ultrasonics can be used to nondestructively evaluate structures to determine the existence and location of surface and interior flaws. The goal of this research was to determine if laser ultrasonic techniques can be applied to the inspection of aluminum plate. titanium tubes, and large welded plate structures. The research...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: plate, titanium tube, and welded joints AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Chad L. Butler for the degree

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Abraham's daughter

Image pre-processing algorithms for isolation of defects in Douglas-fir veneer

A plan for apprenticeship training in the city of Santa Barbara, California

Cartographies of Haunting : Black Feminist Refusal in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and Octavia Butler’s Kindred

Prehistoric Land-Use Patterns in the North Santiam Subbasin, On the Western Slopes of the Oregon Cascade Range

Archaeological investigation and technological analysis of the Quartz Mountain Obsidian Quarry, central Oregon

Surface and subsurface geology of the Santa Barbara-Goleta metropolitan area, Santa Barbara County, California

Exploring Embodied Gender Identities in Steven Universe

A paleomagnetic study of recent sediments in the Santa Barbara Basin

The application of ablative laser ultrasonics to an aluminum plate, titanium tube, and welded joints

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