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Willed Women : Female Bodies & Subversive Being in the Knight’s and Second Nun’s Tales

Creator:: McLemore, Emily C.
Abstract:: This project examines two understudied female characters from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales who emerge as subversive figures by striving to maintain control over their bodies and being. Through my analyses of the Knight’s and Second Nun’s Tales, I reveal how virginity correlates with bodily autonomy for the narratives’ respective protagonists,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Whose community is it anyway? : the CDA and cultural conflicts over speech and pornography

Creator:: Christian, Mary Ann
Abstract:: The Communication Decency Act became law in 1996 and was immediately challenged on Constitutional grounds. It was subsequently declared unconstitutional based on the First Amendment guarantee of free speech. Using Fantasy Theme Analysis, an analysis of the dramatic elements of the key players was accomplished. The dramatic elements of Overall...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The evaluation of data file access methods for an on-line information system

Creator:: Meesajjee, Chulit
Abstract:: It is necessary to evaluate and compare the characteristics of various methods of accessing data-files in order to utilize economically both the hardware and the software (Space and Time) supported by the digital on-line system. The purpose of this paper is to describe and evaluate the structure and use of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Suggested learning experiences for beginning clothing construction based on the beliefs of Oregon home economics teachers

Creator:: Post, Colleen Marie
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the beliefs of home economics teachers concerning beginning clothing construction skills. Specifically, the writer was seeking to determine: 1. What sewing skills are essential for beginning clothing construction students to acquire. 2. What sewing skills are important or desirable for beginning clothing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Shared family time : an analysis in two-parent, two-child Oregon households

Creator:: Parker, Louise Anne
Abstract:: In this study patterns of shared family time in 210 two-parent, two-child Oregon households were described. The relationship between amounts of shared time and a number of family and environmental characteristics was also researched. The study used the Oregon data from a contributing project of the Northeast Regional Research Project...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Post occupancy evaluation of passive solar houses in Oregon : the relationship of sources of information and overall satisfaction, areas of satisfaction and problems

Creator:: Hogue, Teresa A.
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to assess the post occupancy evaluation of passive solar houses and address the limitations of previous research. First, the sample size was large enough to allow for statistical analysis; second, hypotheses. were tested; and third, an understanding of sources of information and overall satisfaction,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Evaluation of Passive Solar Homes in Oregon," conducted by Jeanette A. Brandt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Phylogeography and population structure of least terns (Sterna antillarum)

Creator:: Draheim, Hope M.
Abstract:: Historically, least terns (Sterna antillarum) were one of the most common tern species in North America. However, population declines have resulted from direct and indirect anthropogenic pressures on their breeding and foraging habitat. Three subspecies of least terns have been described within the United States: California least tern (S. a....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Fisheries and Wildlife), John Castrale (Indiana Department of National Resources), Jeanette Boylan

Occupants' satisfaction and problems among four categories of passive solar systems

Creator:: Malroutu, Yamini Lakshmi
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if occupants' satisfaction and problems with their houses differed by four categories of passive solar systems. The four categories were: 1) south facing window, 2) sunspace, 3) south facing window + sunspace, and 4) south facing window + sunspace + Trombe wall....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Privacy_ Dr. Jeanette A. Brandt The purpose of this study was to determine if occupants' satisfaction and

Leadership and Loyalty Revisited : Catholic Latinas and Leadership

Creator:: Morales-Warming, Melissa
Abstract:: White women’s experiences with major institutions, the church included, often are generalized to other women’s experiences, much like how the experience of men in often represented as the experience of all humankind. In 2001 Elaine Howard Ecklund studied white lay women in the Catholic Church and explored two questions: What...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: represented as the experience of all humankind. In 2001 Elaine Howard Ecklund studied white lay women in

Energy considerations in remodeling of owner-occupied single family dwellings, Corvallis, Oregon

Creator:: Granite, Mary Lou
Abstract:: The investigation of energy considerations in the remodeling of single family owner-occupied dwellings was the central purpose of this study. Variables studied included relationships between demographic characteristics and the inclusion of energy conservation techniques, planning of the remodeling, and ranking of considerations in the remodeling. A sample of 225 owner-occupants...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for their interest and guidance in this study. Special appreciation is extended to Jeanette Brandt

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Willed Women : Female Bodies & Subversive Being in the Knight’s and Second Nun’s Tales

Whose community is it anyway? : the CDA and cultural conflicts over speech and pornography

The evaluation of data file access methods for an on-line information system

Suggested learning experiences for beginning clothing construction based on the beliefs of Oregon home economics teachers

Shared family time : an analysis in two-parent, two-child Oregon households

Post occupancy evaluation of passive solar houses in Oregon : the relationship of sources of information and overall satisfaction, areas of satisfaction and problems

Phylogeography and population structure of least terns (Sterna antillarum)

Occupants' satisfaction and problems among four categories of passive solar systems

Leadership and Loyalty Revisited : Catholic Latinas and Leadership

Energy considerations in remodeling of owner-occupied single family dwellings, Corvallis, Oregon

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