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The development and validation of a predictive instrument to measure student success in the first semester of Gregg shorthand

Creator:: Skaff, Lorrine B.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: SUCCESS IN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF, GREGG SHORTHAND Redacted for privacyAbstract approved: Fred E. inger

Opinions and characteristics of Portland Community College black students

Creator:: Bonaparte, Lawson Gregg, 1921-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to analyze and describe the opinions and characteristics of black students enrolled in Portland Community College. Data were obtained through a random sampling of two groups of subjects who were invited to participate in the study as follows: (1) Black subjects were 109 students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: black students AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF LAWSON GREGG BONAPARTE for the DOCTOR OF EDUCATION (Name

Communication Climate in a Health Care Setting : A Case Study

Creator:: Reynolds, Kristy
Abstract:: The climate in which communication occurs is a result of how employees in an organization perceive and react to such factors as rewards, support, trust, openness, decision making, and leadership. The purpose of this case study is to identify and describe communication climate factors in a health care organization which...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Characteristics of a functional organization : a case study of the Portland Rose Festival Association

Creator:: Newbore, Lisa M.
Abstract:: This research addresses the functional characteristics of a single organization. It specifically investigates one of the largest festival organizations in the United States, The Portland Rose Festival Association (PRFA). In this case, three groups within the PRFA are its foundation: the paid staff, the executive committee, and the volunteer directors....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to first thank Dr. Gregg Walker for all of his support and encouragement. His faith

Exploring the Dramatization in Dabiq: A Fantasy Theme Analysis

Creator:: Drischell, John
Abstract:: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a formidable international force operating and perpetuating religious, military, and violent agendas. In 2014, ISIS established a worldwide Caliphate governing religious authority across Middle Eastern territories. ISIS operations are grandiose and large scale, longevity and survival are predicated on recruitment. One...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Gregg B. Walker The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a formidable international force

Spousal Communication in the Family Setting (Married with Children)

Creator:: Dokken, Cort J.
Abstract:: Communication plays an important role in the life of a couple. This study seeks to determine the nature of couple communication. This study compares and contrasts the differences and similarities in communication between childless couples and parenting couples. The material for this study comes from interviewing ten married couples along...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Gregg Walker T/ Communication plays an important role in the

Cooperation and Coordination Between Interdependent Organizations : Job Training Partnership Agencies and Oregon Employment Division Local Offices

Creator:: Bober, Pete
Abstract:: The Oregon Employment Division (ES) and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funded agencies frequently provide employment and training services to the same populations, resulting in increased demands to coordinate the two systems efforts and avoid duplications of service. This study examined coordination between local ES offices and JTPA agencies in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee for their patience and flexibility. Special accolades to Dr. Gregg Walker and Dr. Marian Kostecki

A J2EE and XML-enabled, web-based technical report management system

Creator:: Qian, Ying
Abstract:: The new Technical Report Management System (TRMS) is a client/server web application developed for the Compute Science Department. It provides web services like online browsing, viewing, searching and online database administration including creating and modifying the existing bibliographic records. It is a multi-tiered, component-based application that deploys the latest J2EE...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Get off the Couch and Move! A Rhetorical Analysis of American Idle

Creator:: Cluster, Melodee A.
Abstract:: Mary Collins composed the award-winning book American Idle in 2009 after her recovery from an awful bicycle accident. This bicycle accident inspired Mary Collins to take a trip of discovery. Mary Collins visited historical locations to see changes in peoples’ physical activity over time. Collins interviewed individuals whose professions varied...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Gregg B. Walker Mary Collins composed the award-winning book American Idle in 2009

Gender bias & teachers : college students' perceptions of sexual discrimination in their high school

Creator:: Hostetler, Catherine L.
Abstract:: The field of gender bias indicates that teachers are a significant source of gender-role socialization for students. This study focuses on post hoc recollections of college students' perceptions of gender bias exhibited by their high school teachers. Specifically, this study asks students to define sex discrimination, as well as describe...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee: --Dr. Gregg Walker -Dr. Jodi Engel --Dr. Lisa Ede - -Dr. Frank Ragulsky I would also like

Children and the communication of values through significant emotional events

Creator:: Biddle, Ronald Lon
Abstract:: This study addresses how parents communicate with their children about Significant Emotional Events (SEEs). A SEE is an experience that is so mentally engaging as to cause an individual to consider, examine, and possibly change one's initial values or value system. It examines parent's goals, concerns, and values related to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Emotional Events. Abstract approved: Gregg B. Walker This study addresses how parents communicate

Perceptions on informal performance feedback in Japanese subsidiary organizations : Japanese supervisors and U. S. subordinates

Creator:: Kinefuchi, Etsuko
Abstract:: This study explored perceptions of performance feedback communicated by Japanese supervisors to their U.S. subordinates in Japanese subsidiaries in the U. S. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with both Japanese supervisors and U.S. subordinates and their responses were tape-recorded. The purpose of the study was to assess perceptual similarities and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee, Dr. Gregg Walker and Dr. Nancy Rosenberger, and the graduate representative, Dr. Anisa

‘Uncle Ho’: A Rhetorical Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Hồ Chí Minh

Creator:: Meyers, Kaden R.
Abstract:: This thesis is a rhetorical analysis of American newspaper coverage of Hồ Chí Minh from 1954-1969. My method is the Pragmatic Attitude, created by Elizabeth and Jay Mechling. My foci of study are the polls and letters to the editor from this same period. These foci of study are used...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Gregg Walker, Dr. Christopher Stout, and Dr. Mario Magana for their help and flexibility with this

Metaphor, Malheur, and Government: A Comparative Rhetorical Examination of Metaphor Usage the Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Creator:: Siegner, Samantha C.
Abstract:: On January 2, 2016 a militia occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon and captured national attention. The militia vowed to occupy until certain demands were met, and among these demands was a call for less federal control of land. While the occupation lasted 41 days, the militia remained...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: appreciation for Dr. Gregg Walker, who continually brings a fresh perspective to life, work and school. I

Organizational Transformation and Social Construction : How Community College Faculty Make Meaning of the Completion Agenda

Creator:: Moore, Sally Widenmann
Abstract:: How do organizational members socially construct the shared meaning of a mandated change in the external environment? The opportunity to address this question presented itself when President Barack Obama set forth a goal for American community colleges to increase the number of students completing certificates and degrees by 5 million...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: unflagging support. To my parents, my late mother, Margaret Lyon Widenmann, and my father, Charles

The adorned and the adored : issues of sympathy and ownership in Victorian literature

Creator:: Schmuhl, Emily J.
Abstract:: This thesis is comprised of two articles that examine sympathy, material culture, and ownership in Victorian literature. In the first article, I explore the figure of the heiress in the Victorian literary tradition, focusing on Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. George Eliot marked the heiress figure...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: heiress in the Victorian literary tradition, focusing on Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Charles

deSilvaShanakaCEOASResurgentTobaField.pdf

Creator:: de Silva, Shanaka L., Mucek, Adonara E., Gregg, Patricia M., and Pratomo, Indyo
Abstract:: Highlights: New data reveal for the first time a history of the last ∼33.7 ky of uplift of Samosir. Minimum uplift rates were high (4.9 cm/year) for the first 11.2 ky but diminished after that to <1 cm/year for the last 22.5 ky. Numerical modeling suggests that rebound of remnant...
Full Text:: ., Mucek, A. E., Gregg, P. M., & Pratomo, I. (2015). Resurgent Toba–field, chronologic, and model

Revegetation with Carex nebrascensis and Carex utriculata following reconstruction in a NE Oregon meadow stream

Creator:: Quistberg, Sarah E.
Abstract:: Riparian vegetation is an essential component for the maintenance and/or repair of channel stability and function. Sedges within low-gradient riparian systems provide the structure necessary for sediment trapping leading to channel narrowing through bank building processes. Planting success in riparian restoration projects has often failed due to inappropriate species selection,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Factors influencing the outcomes of public health legislation in the 2001 Oregon legislature

Creator:: Wise, Kendra J.
Abstract:: Legislation can be an effective public health tool, and understanding the factors that influence legislative outcomes is advantageous for public health practitioners who propose and advocate for legislation. The literature indicates that the issues of personal freedoms, the presence or absence of strong coalition leadership, and political conditions and ideology...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Department of Public Health), Gregg Walker (Department of Speech Communication) and Leslie Burns

Fostering social-ecological resilience in the Upper Klamath Basin : The National Riparian Service Team's Creeks and Communities strategy and an emerging model for government in adaptive co-management

Creator:: Paulekas, Robyn N.
Abstract:: Social-ecological resilience theory is part of a new paradigm for understanding and managing complex coupled human-ecological systems. The theory aims to inform explorations of a system’s ability to withstand disturbance while maintaining its critical functions. Adaptive co-management has been proposed as a governance mechanism that can enhance resiliency by combining...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Aaron Wolf and Dr. Gregg Walker for serving on my committee and providing me with background necessary

The Power of Influence: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Andrew Tate’s use of Status

Creator:: Sheldon, Alyssa N.
Abstract:: The impact that Andrew Tate has on his audience paired with the platform he holds has made Andrew Tate one of the most infamous names related to misogyny and “male empowerment”. His ability to connect to his audience and convince them of the superiority of his beliefs allows him to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Thank you. Dr. Gregg Walker has been both one of my advisors as well as my boss during grad school

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
Full Text:: ACKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to thank my committee, Bill Keith, Gregg Walker, Mina Carson and Bill Lunch for

Constraining Upper Crustal Magmas in the North Chilean Andes

Creator:: Lewis, Charles T.
Abstract:: The 4.59-4.18 Ma Caspana ignimbrite, found within the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex (APVC), is the result of an ~8km3 eruption that took place during the Neogene Ignimbrite Flare-up in the N. Chilean Andes. While most of the eruptions during this flare up are large, monogenetic eruptions, the Caspana that is characterized...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Rhyolitic Melt Production in the Midst of a Continental Arc Flare-Up - The Heterogenous Caspana Ignimbrite of the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex of the Central Andes

Creator:: Lewis, Charles T.
Abstract:: The ~5 km3, 4.54 to 4.09 Ma Caspana Ignimbrite of the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex (APVC) of the Central Andes records the eruption of an andesite and two distinct rhyolitic magmas. It provides a unique opportunity to investigate the production of silicic magmas in a continental arc flare-up, where small volumes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Charles T. Lewis for the degree of Master of Science in Geology presented on May 6, 2022

Promises of the Unknown New: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of President Reagan’s April 28, 1981 Address on the Program for Economic Recovery

Creator:: Anderson, Charles E.
Abstract:: On April 28, 1981, President Reagan delivered his address on the Program for Economic Recovery before a joint session of Congress and the nation. It was the first major public appearance and speech of Reagan following his survival of the assassination attempt on March 30, 1981. The administration sought to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Charles E

Connecting local values and forest policy to the international forest sustainability dialogue

Creator:: Morré, Susan K.
Abstract:: Sustainable management of the world’s forests is a key component for conserving biodiversity, soil and water resources, mitigating climate change, strengthening economies, and promoting sustainable communities and human well-being, now and in the future. While international cooperation is important, the actual policies and management actions that affect forest conditions and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Badege Bishaw, and Randy Rosenberger, Forest Ecosystems and Society; Gregg Walker, Speech

Ecohydrological mediation of water budget partitioning and time scales of subsurface flow in a seasonally semi-arid grassland

Creator:: Pangle, Luke A.
Abstract:: Understanding how the interactions and feedbacks between plant function, climate, and soils ultimately affects the terrestrial water balance and subsurface flow processes is major challenge in scientific hydrology. This dissertation summarizes the findings of a manipulative climate warming experiment, an observational field study that utilized stable-isotope tracers, and associated modeling...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Jillian Gregg for the terrific opportunity to work at the Terracosm facility, for funding support during

An environmental history of Euphoria Ridge, Oregon : a case study for ethnobotany in traditional resource management

Creator:: Fluharty, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Forestry & Communication : A Coos Bay Case Study

Creator:: Livingstone, Tasha
Abstract:: This thesis combines elements of forestry, interpersonal communication, and rhetoric to describe where residents of Coos Bay and North Bend Oregon obtain information about forests and forest uses, and how they view the credibility of that information. As a qualitative exploratory study, grounded theory methodology was used to develop theme...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Is dam development a mechanism for human security? Scale and perception of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia and the Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River in Laos

Creator:: Veilleux, Jennifer Corinne
Abstract:: Human security is a framework related to the stability and sustainability of political, environmental, economical, and socio-cultural areas of concern. Water resources around the world are under increased pressure from increased development, growing populations, pollution, and global climate change. Large-scale dam development while still popular for political and economic development...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to members of my committee Michael Campana, Bryan Tilt, and Gregg Walker for the hours of invested

Overstory composition and stand structure shifts within inter-mixed ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine stands of the south-central Oregon pumice zone

Creator:: Shuffield, Chaylon D.
Abstract:: Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. murrayana) forests of south-central Oregon have been extensively researched over the last century. However, little information has been reported on overstory composition and stand structure shifts associated with fire exclusion within inter-mixed ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine stands of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee members, Jerry Franklin (U of W), Paul Doescher (OSU), Gregg Riegel (USDA Forest Service) and

Impacts of Stocking Density on Development and Puberty Attainment of Replacement Beef Heifers

Creator:: Schubach, Kelsey M.
Abstract:: The following experiment presented herein compared growth, physical activity, stress-related responses, and puberty attainment in heifers reared on high- (HIDENS) or low-stocking densities (LOWDENS). Sixty Angus x Hereford heifers were ranked by age and BW (210 ± 2 d and 220 ± 2 kg, respectively) on d 0, and assigned...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: while fostering animal well- being (Thornton, 2010). Hence, management practices that increase beef

Northern fur seal reproductive rates and early maternal care

Creator:: Kunisch, E. (Erin)
Abstract:: The majority of the world's breeding population of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) is found on the Pribilof Islands (St. Paul and St. George) in the Bering Sea, Alaska. Pup production on these islands experienced an irregular but overall decline since the early 1970's. Between 1998 and 2010, pup production...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Testa, Dr. Gregg Adams and Dr. Don Bergfelt who provided the ultrasound data included in this study. I

Enhancing cultural resources management and improving tribal involvement inthe NEPA process through the development of atribal environmental policy act

Creator:: Sloan, Kathleen M.
Abstract:: This dissertation presents an analysis of the historic preservation framework on tribal cultural resources management (CRM). It examines some of the challenges this framework poses to tribal governments working on cultural resources protection efforts within a compliance framework. An examination of five major laws that regulate the practice of CRM...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Deep convection as a source of new particles in the midlatitude upper troposhere

Creator:: Twohy, Cynthia, Clement, Charles F., Gandrud, Bruce W., Weinheimer, Andrew J., Campos, Teresa L., Baumgardner, Darrel, Brune, William H., Faloona, Ian, Sachse, Glen W., Vay, Stephanie A., and Tan, David
Abstract:: A case study of new particle formation in the region downwind of a mesoscale convective system stretching across much of the central United States is presented. Airborne measurements were made of condensation nuclei (CN), cloud particle surface area, water vapor, and other gases. CN concentrations were greatly enhanced above and...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: the midlatitude upper troposphere Cynthia H. Twohy,1 Charles F. Clement,2 Bruce W. Gandrud,3,4 Andrew

Oregon biography index

Creator:: Brandt, Patricia A. and Guilford, Nancy
Abstract:: Oregon Biography Index is intended to serve primarily as a starting point in locating biographies of Oregonians. We have indexed 47 historical volumes which are either entirely devoted to biographies or have large self-contained biographical sections. The profiles in the books vary widely in accuracy and detail. Birth dates of...
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: Carey, Charles Henry History of Oregon. Chicago, The Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1922. v. 2-3

The Role of Trees and Thermal Refugia in Greater Sage-Grouse Brood Habitat Selection

Creator:: Dungannon, Tyler D.
Abstract:: It is well documented that greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter sage-grouse) populations have been in decline throughout their range in the western United States. Currently, sage-grouse occupy approximately 56% of their historic distribution prior to European settlement. Numerous factors have been cited as potential causes for declining productivity and contraction...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ’ range, and generally from late- March to mid-June (Gregg 2006, Connelly et al. 2011a). Nests are

Growth pathways in feline oral squamous cell carcinoma

Creator:: Harris, Krystal, L.
Abstract:: Background Bcl11b, previously CTIP2, is a zinc finger nuclear transcription factor involved in the development of keratinocytes, teeth, T lymphocytes, and nervous tissue. Expression of Bcl11b has been reported in human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and increased expression correlates with poorly differentiated tumors. This study aimed to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: animal model (Tannehill-Gregg et al 2006). FOSCC cell lines Our study utilized three FOSCC cell

OSU theses and dissertations : 1966-1970

Creator:: Guss, Margaret Basilia
Abstract:: A departmental and author index of Masters' Theses and Doctoral Dissertations accepted by the Graduate School.
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: Harvesting of Tomatoes in the Salinas Valley, California. Gibbs, Kenneth Charles. An Empirical Anal- ysis of

Second nature : domestication as experiment and metaphor in 20th century American psychobiology

Creator:: Blanchard, Nicholas
Abstract:: By 1900 domestication was a promising, if somewhat vexed, subject in biology. Volumes had been written about domestication, but little serious scientific inquiry was directed toward the phenomenon. Expertise lay with practical men, primarily breeders and fanciers. The bulk of scientific commentary on domestication came from anthropologists who derived theories...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ………….....249 Freedom from the Tyranny of Instinct: Charles Otis Whitman, Progressivism, and

Forestry theses accepted by colleges and universities in the United States : July 1981 - June 1990

Creator:: Fox, M. Anne, 1939-
Abstract:: This is a bibliography of doctoral dissertations and masters' theses in forestry and related topics issued during the period from July 1981 through June 1990. The colleges and universities included are all accredited by the Society of American Foresters. The actual listings were supplied by the individual institutions. Topics covered...
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: , Charles Kevin. A mixed integer programming model to determine the optimal location for an oriented strand

Evolution of sodefrin precursor pheromones in salamandrid newts

Creator:: von Reis, Martha
Abstract:: An ancient pheromonal signal is found in aquatic courting salamandrids and terrestrial courting plethodontids, two highly divergent salamander families. In the aquatic courting salamandrids Cynops pyrrhogaster and C. ensicauda, the decapeptide sodefrin is cleaved from a larger 189 amino acid Sodefrin Precursor Factor (SPF) protein and released from a gland...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: whom I can’t say enough good things. Lastly, I am grateful for my amazing family, Charles

The Impacts of Juniper Removal on Native Herbaceous Vegetation and Surface-Dwelling Invertebrates in the Sagebrush Steppe

Creator:: Haab, Kimberly A.
Abstract:: Understanding the effects of disturbance and restoration on a species’ habitat is essential for understanding the demographic rates and population trends observed in a species. Sufficient habitat provides the space and resources required for survival and successful reproduction, such as food availability, access to water, protection from predators, protection from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: greater sage-grouse in sagebrush steppe habitat (Gregg 2006, Bates et al. 2017, Roché and Garrett 2020

Depth estimation and frontal imaging via X-band marine radar

Creator:: Honegger, David Andrew
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on two core aspects of remote sensing: (a) interpretation of the remotely sensed data to identify and characterize sea surface features of interest, and (b) the quantitative analysis of previously characterized features to produce robust estimates of geophysical variables. Specifically, these aspects are addressed in the context...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: image pixels [Thornton and Guza, 1982]. After preliminary tests at a single point in optical imagery

Observations and assessment of forest carbon dynamics following disturbance in North America

Creator:: Goetz, S. J., Bond-Lamberty, B., Law, B. E., Hicke, J. A., Huang, C., Houghton, R. A., McNulty, S., O'Halloran, T., Harmon, M., Meddens, A. J. H., Pfeifer, E. M., Mildrexler, D., and Kasischke, E. S.
Abstract:: Disturbance processes of various types substantially modify ecosystem carbon dynamics both temporally and spatially, and constitute a fundamental part of larger landscape-level dynamics. Forests typically lose carbon for several years to several decades following severe disturbance, but our understanding of the duration and dynamics of post-disturbance forest carbon fluxes remains...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: - tions to counteract the effect of nutrient-poor soils and debris burning [Thornton et al., 2002

An evaluation of understory vegetation dynamics, ecosystem resilience and state and transition ecological theory in an eastern Oregon ponderosa pine forest

Creator:: Carr, Craig A.
Abstract:: Relatively recent increases in ponderosa pine abundance have effected unprecedented changes to ecosystem structure and function. Efforts to restore ponderosa pine systems are often focused on the manipulation of tree structure and the re-introduction of a more natural fire regime. Successful restoration should also incorporate understory components but information addressing...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Subsistence Harvest Diversity in Alaskan Food Sharing Networks

Creator:: Scaggs, Shane A.
Abstract:: Two striking characteristics of human beings are the diversity of resources that we use to sustain our lives and the extent to which we engage in coordinated, collective efforts to obtain and consume these resources. Together, these two characteristics are the foundation of human subsistence patterns. In many remote Alaskan...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ; Wheeler and Thornton 2001). Subsistence is a vibrant and dynamic process of acquiring resources that

Historical landscape reconstruction and perceptual geography of Mount Hood, Oregon

Creator:: Belgam, Daniel R.
Abstract:: This research seeks to understand the influences of perception on land use around the Mount Hood area of Oregon and evaluate how it has evolved over the past 4,000 years. The study addresses three specific questions: 1) How has the study area evolved over time into the modern landscape? 2)...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Institute, J. Quinn Thornton, during his travels through Oregon and California in 1848: “It is estimated

Constructing heroic identities : masculinity and the western film

Creator:: Foster, Brad D.
Abstract:: This thesis employs the study of gender to demonstrate how recent Hollywood western films have constructed a hero that is reflective of contemporary beliefs regarding masculinity. Beginning with a New Historicist approach at studying gender, this work first considers the construction of masculinity in post World War II America and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Thermal Ecology and Population Dynamics of Female Greater Sage-Grouse Following Wildfire in the Trout Creek Mountains of Oregon and Nevada

Creator:: Anthony, Christopher R.
Abstract:: The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, sage-grouse) is a ground nesting gallinaceous bird that requires large contiguous patches of sagebrush. Sage-grouse populations have declined, especially in the Great Basin where changes in wildfire regimes and the invasion of annual grasses have contributed to habitat loss and fragmentation. During the last...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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