Increasing demand for home birth has created an upheaval in the
American medical profession and, is a controversial political and
legal issue as well. This research, utilizing ethnographic, historical,
and survey data analyzes contemporary home birth.
A review of the so called "medicalization" of childbirth is presented noting that the...
To understand the roles of forest management
practices in meeting the goals of forest sustainability and CO2
sequestration, we evaluated the effects of burning and thinning
treatments on soil respiration and soil environments in an
old-growth, mixed-conifer forest in California’s southern Sierra
Nevada. Six experimental treatments with two levels of...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine f the Basic
Educational Opportunity Grant program at Oregon State University
achieved its goal of providing equal access to the benefits of higher
education for students who have low financial resources as compared
to students not receiving student financial aid.
Design:...
This thesis pursues a flexible understanding and definition of
dis/ability as a broadly and liberally applied mark of stigma. It asks questions that develop a deeper understanding of how disability influences mētis, a knowledge or cunning use of the body. Through this framework of mētis, this thesis explores technologies as...
This thesis investigates the dynamic efficiency of emission standards and
Pigouvian taxes in the regulation of pollution where research and development (R&D)
and the technology level are endogenous. A key element of the analysis is a comparison
of the efficiency between instances in which the regulator can and cannot commnit...
The Va nationality, despite its small population compared
to other nationalities in China, has preserved most of its
traditions largely due to limits placed by historical
circumstances and geographical isolation. To non-Chinese
anthropologists, the Va people still remain unknown, as there
is little or no information about them in English...
We consider issues of equality and efficiency in two different school funding systems - a state-level system in Michigan and a foundation system in Ohio. Unlike Ohio, the Michigan system restricts districts from generating property or income tax revenue to fund operating expenditures. In both states, districts fund capital expenditures...