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"A fragile job" : Haitian traditional midwives (matwons) and the navigation of clinical, spiritual and social risk

Creator:: Watson, Annaliese
Abstract:: Haiti's political and economy history has led to a maternity care system that lies out of reach, geographically and financially, of most Haitians, resulting in excessively high maternal and infant mortality. The most common birth practitioners are homebirth midwives (matwòns), who attend roughly three-fourths of all births in Haiti (UNICEF),...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"AmaRosa," a Red Skinned, Red Fleshed Fingerling with High Phytonutrient Value

Creator:: Brown, Charles R., Vales, Isabel, Yilma, Solomon, James, Steven, Charlton, Brian, Culp, Darrin, Hane, Dan, Shock, Clinton, Feibert, Eric, Pavek, Mark, Knowles, Richard, Novy, Richard, Whitworth, Jonathan, Stark, Jeff, Miller, J. Creighton, Jr., Holm, David, Quick, Richard, and Navarre, Roy
Abstract:: The diversity of traits in varieties of potato outside of its South American birthplace is a small subset of that available in the Andean center of origin. Among the traits that evoke most interest are skin and flesh pigments. Recent studies have pointed to the high antioxidant activity and potential...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Phytonutrient Value Charles R. Brown & Isabel Vales & Solomon Yilma & Steven James & Brian Charlton & Darrin

“Gold Dirt:” An Exploratory Study of Beginner Women Farmers’ Experiences with Farmland Tenure Mediating Care for Soil in Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Christophel Michaels, Rosa J.
Abstract:: This thesis investigates how beginning, women farmers, within in a women farmers’ network in the Willamette Valley, Oregon are accessing land and farming information. Using ethnographic, community-based research methods, I ask how land access mediates their ability to care for their land and soil. Are these farmers interested in fostering...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

“I Can’t Believe I’m Marching for Reality”: Examining the Rhetorical Role of Science in the “Post-Truth” Era

Creator:: Baker, Carlee A.
Abstract:: In the months preceding the 2016 presidential election and during the Trump presidency, rhetoric, composition, and communications scholars expressed an urgent concern about the threat that Trump and his political affiliates posed to the status of truth in political life (McComiskey; Rice; Harsin; Cloud). However, the conversations surrounding the discipline’s...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

“I Want a Chocolate Milkshake:" Pharmacy, Spirituality, and Palliative Care

Creator:: Arounpradith, Alena N.
Abstract:: How can healthcare providers, particularly pharmacists, help palliative care patients cope with the inevitability of death? This thesis reviewed how spirituality and religious beliefs can be utilized as key coping strategies for many patients and their loved ones regarding various stressors associated with facing mortality in palliative care. In the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: cancer patients undergoing end-of-life care. One of these trials is being conducted by Dr. Charles Brob

“Just” Words?

Creator:: Lieberman, Aaron W.
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to engage in a linguistic-conceptual inquiry into what it proposes might for analytical purposes be conceived—and which it hence stipulatively defines—as Applied Value Words. After constructing the conceptual framework through which to identify, and within which to characterize Applied Value Words, this thesis then...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

"Playing with computers" : the hidden impact of the computer in a school

Creator:: Turner, Martha I.
Abstract:: The topic of this study is the cultural impact of the computer in a school. "Impact" is 'defined as the cultural consequences of intended and unintended learning that occur when computers are used in the school. The major theoretical orientations of the work include the concepts of manifest and latent...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

“SHOO FLY”: Reduce Pesticide Dependence with Knowledgeabout Drosophila suzukii

Creator:: Marek, Charlene Marie
Abstract:: Drosophila suzukii was a known pest of berries, grapes, and stone fruits in East Asia for almost a century. Yet in recent years it has successfully migrated throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe due to globalized fruit trade. The invasive success of D. suzukii is causing unrest for fruit...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

"They said I would never amount to anything" : the life of a Kootenai woman

Creator:: Wheaton-Abraham, Jyl M.
Abstract:: There is a fundamental distortion in our understanding of Native people, especially Native women. This distortion is rooted in imperialism and the colonization of Native lands and has created a dominant/subordinate relationship between Non-Native/Native people. Anthropological life history research has traditionally reflected this relationship. As a Native woman, the author...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

"Walloped" by the weather? Deflections, diversions, and dubious representations of women in climate change discourse

Creator:: Brinker, Rachel K.
Abstract:: Research shows that women's lives are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. While the topic of women is largely absent from climate discourse overall, the representations of women that occur reveal underlying structures of power rooted in imperialism and colonial dominance. This thesis presents an analysis of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: your inspiration, encouragement, support, and mentorship: Kathleen Dean Moore, Charles Goodrich

ScholarsArchive@OSU

"A fragile job" : Haitian traditional midwives (matwons) and the navigation of clinical, spiritual and social risk

"AmaRosa," a Red Skinned, Red Fleshed Fingerling with High Phytonutrient Value

“Gold Dirt:” An Exploratory Study of Beginner Women Farmers’ Experiences with Farmland Tenure Mediating Care for Soil in Willamette Valley, Oregon

“I Can’t Believe I’m Marching for Reality”: Examining the Rhetorical Role of Science in the “Post-Truth” Era

“I Want a Chocolate Milkshake:" Pharmacy, Spirituality, and Palliative Care

“Just” Words?

"Playing with computers" : the hidden impact of the computer in a school

“SHOO FLY”: Reduce Pesticide Dependence with Knowledgeabout Drosophila suzukii

"They said I would never amount to anything" : the life of a Kootenai woman

"Walloped" by the weather? Deflections, diversions, and dubious representations of women in climate change discourse

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