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  • On the Conflation of the Concepts of Medicine and Health

    Creator:
    Tuten, Mavis I.
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    The concepts of medicine and health are becoming conflated. This can be seen in the language of medicine and health: medicine is discussed in terms of health and health in terms of medicine. A review of literature by medicine and health scholars gives evidence of the conflation and of its...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Philosophy, Philosophy, and Anthropology presented on

  • The relationship of Teilhard de Chardin's law of complexity/consciousness to the mechanism/vitalism debate in biology

    Creator:
    Weierich, Andre Jean
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    Dissertation
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    Teilhard"is a central theme in the his- tory and philosophy of biology. This debate focuses on how we are

  • The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

    Creator:
    Tobey, Toni K.
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    The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
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    Masters Thesis
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    sociology, economics, ethnology, anthro- pology, psychology, philosophy, critical theory, and

  • Stoicism, Enkrasia, and Happiness

    Creator:
    Bowman, John L.
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    Cicero wrote in Tusculan Disputations that we are born with the seeds of virtue which, if allowed to ripen, would lead us to a happy life (Cicero 227). However, as things are, we find ourselves in a world of "iniquity among a medley of wrong beliefs" that inhibits the ripening...
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    Masters Thesis
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     Philosophy, Philosophy, and History presented on   April 14, 2010  itle: T Stoicism, Enkrasia, and

  • A Feminist Celebrates the Rediscovery of Immanence

    Creator:
    Lockhart, Janet L.
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    I offer a personal and prehistoric exploration of the concept of immanence, the principle of a divine force living, remaining, and operating within living creatures, inherent in the human, including the female; a unifying force that connects humans to each other, to nature, and to the earth. I examine the...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Candidate Causes, Consequences, and Estimation of Individual Diet Specialization

    Creator:
    Coblentz, Kyle E.
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    Diet variation among individuals within populations is widespread. Often diet differences among individuals are attributable to obvious differences among individuals such as age, sex, or morphology. However, growing evidence suggests that individual diet variation is also common among seemingly identical individuals within populations. This phenomenon has been termed individual diet...
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    Dissertation
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    degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology presented on September 6, 2018. Title: Candidate Causes

  • Beckett, Barthelme, and Vonnegut : finding hope in meaninglessness

    Creator:
    Britten, Alex M.
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    This thesis is a study of the shifting philosophical trends in the works of Samuel Beckett, Donald Barthelme, and Kurt Vonnegut as representations of a greater shift from modernism to postmodernism. I have chosen to explore Beckett's plays Waiting for Godot and Krapp's Last Tape, Barthelme's short stories "Nothing: A...
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    Masters Thesis
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    himself. [Nietzsche’s] philosophy is meaningful for the age of anxiety because it is based upon a

  • To Express the Inexpressible: Poetry as Philosophy within Mystical Discourse

    Creator:
    Hyam, Jarrod
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    Within this thesis, I posit that poetry, rather than philosophical argument, is a more effective means of expressing and understanding the nature of mystical experiences. William James’ analysis of mysticism inspires the theoretical approach utilized in this thesis. An analysis of the unique qualities of poetic language within mystical discourse...
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    Masters Thesis
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    degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Philosophy

  • Philosophy in Action: Tales and Lessons from Oregon Osteopaths

    Creator:
    Goss, Lainey
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    There is great value in understanding the impact that a doctor’s approach to care may have on the experience of the patient. This oral history adds to the body of knowledge that we have about osteopathic medicine and its providers- DOs. It captures real, lived narratives of DOs in Oregon,...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Philosophy in Action: Tales and Lessons from Oregon

  • Radically reframing environmental problems : The Salmon 2100 case study

    Creator:
    Lane, David Earl
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    There are typically two responses to the complex environmental problems of our time: 1) doom and gloom and 2) optimism. There is a lot of doom and gloom in the environmental literature. This literature warns that the future portends danger for humans and their life support systems. But when one...
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    Dissertation
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    David Earl Lane for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Sciences on December 16, 2009

  • Burwell v. Hobby Lobby: Crafting Corporate Personhood with Glitter and Toothpicks

    Creator:
    Buccello, Taylor
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    Presented via Zoom at the OSU Religious Studies 2021 Spring Conference. This paper takes an analytical look at the 2014 Supreme Court Case Burwell v Hobby Lobbly. This case is an example of the intersection of religion with capitalism, healthcare, feminism, and public policy. This case looks to answer the...
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    Research Paper

  • Plant-Pollinator Interactions in a Changing World: Cryptic Specialization, Pollinator Movement, and Landscape Genetics of Pollinator-Dependent Plants

    Creator:
    Gannon, Dustin G.
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    Plant-pollinator mutualisms are one of the most prevalent and economically important mutualisms in nature. Like many other ecological systems, plant-pollinator communities are threatened by anthropogenic activity, both directly (e.g., habitat conversion and fragmentation) and indirectly (e.g., climate change). While we are aware of many of the activities that adversely impact...
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    Dissertation
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    for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Botany and Plant Pathology presented on March 17, 2022

  • Exploring the structural dynamics of human understanding : an historico-philosophical analysis of the problem of meaning in Heidegger and Bohr

    Creator:
    Tattersall, Mason
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    This dissertation explores the structural dynamics of human understanding and particularly the concept of meaning and its connections to concepts of ultimate ground, necessity and contingency, language, and perception. It focuses on the history of the concept of meaning in early twentieth-century European physics and philosophy, through an analysis of...
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    Dissertation
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Mason Tattersall for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History of

  • An evaluation of expressed level of aspiration as a determinant of performance in an undergraduate biology course

    Creator:
    Pearce, Richard Mott
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    The purpose of this investigation was to determine if the level of aspiration procedure consisting of knowledge of results plus goal-setting possesses a motivational property as reflected in performance on subject matter criterion instruments above that of knowledge of results alone in an undergraduate biology course. In addition the study...
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    Dissertation
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    determinant of performance in an undergraduate biology course AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF RICHARD MOTT

  • Functional analysis of novel β-catenin mutants

    Creator:
    Al-Fageeh, Mohamed B.
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    β-catenin is a multi functional protein that is involved in cell-cell adhesion and cell signaling. In non-stimulated cells, β-catenin is tightly down-regulated by GSK-3β-dependent phosphorylation at Ser and Thr residues, followed by rapid ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. It is well established that mutations within the regulatory GSK-3β region lead to...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Effects of Predator Introductions on Population and Community Dynamics

    Creator:
    Ingeman, Kurt E.
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    There is increasing awareness that human activities are altering the ways that natural systems operate and that local shifts in species composition and abundance can lead to abrupt and irreversible global change. Therefore, understanding the processes that buffer biological communities from critical shifts and how our actions affect natural stabilizing...
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    Dissertation
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    Kurt E. Ingeman for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology presented on July 28, 2016

  • New perspectives in archosaur biology

    Creator:
    Harwell, Amy E.
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    The respiratory and metabolic biology of dinosaurs is poorly, if at all, reflected in the fossil record. By comparing anatomical features of modern taxa that are functionally linked to specific biology with the remains of theropod dinosaurs (Archosauria: Theropoda) and early birds, we may reasonably infer the physiology of long...
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    Dissertation
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                                                                                            AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF      Amy E. Harwell for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Baculovirus molecular biology, 1st edition

    Creator:
    Rohrmann, George F.
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    This book is based on a project to completely annotate what is known about the function of the ~150 genes encoded by the genome of the most commonly investigated baculovirus, AcMNPV. Once the annotation was completed (summarized in Chapter 11), the material was organized into a series of chapters integrating...
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    Book
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    Baculovirus Molecular Biology G.F. Rohrmann 2 3 Baculovirus

  • Baculovirus molecular biology, 2nd Edition

    Creator:
    Rohrmann, George F.
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    This book is based on a project to completely annotate what is known about the function of the ~150 genes encoded by the genome of the most commonly investigated baculovirus, AcMNPV. Once the annotation was completed (summarized in Chapter 12), the material was organized into a series of chapters integrating...
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    Book
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    composite Baculovirus Molecular Biology Second

  • Baculovirus molecular biology, 4th edition

    Creator:
    Rohrmann, George F.
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    This is the 4th edition of a book that was initiated with the annotation of the function of all the genes in the most commonly studied baculovirus, AcMNPV. It has been almost six years since I reviewed this literature. As a measure of the research that has occurred over this...
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    Book
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    Biology Fourth Edition George F. Rohrmann Department of Microbiology Oregon State University