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  • Effects of sheep grazing to control weeds in a pine plantation on weed reproductive success, trees and sheep performance

    Creator:
    Milliman, Lisa J.
    Abstract:
    Use of sheep to control weeds in a ryegrass-white clover pasture in which Knob Cone-Monterrey hybrid pine trees had been planted was investigated in Corvallis, Oregon during 1997-1998. Treatments consisted of an ungrazed control (C) and grazing applications to achieve 25 (L), 50 (M) or 75 (H) percent utilization of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Master of Science thesis of Lisa J. Milliman presented on November 10, 1999 Approved: Redacted for

  • Gravitational Waves and the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) and “Lab on a Chip”

    Creator:
    Gifford, Jessica
    Abstract:
    Improvements on the charge control measurements of the torsion pendulum, electron gun, and autocollimator system were conducted at the University of Washington in preparation for the fabrication of the final prototype of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) gravitational wave detector for NASA. One main cause of transient forces on...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    Antenna (LISA) and “Lab on a Chip” by Jessica Gifford A PROJECT submitted to Oregon

  • Seeking Balance in Oregon’s Coastal River Aggregate Mining Policy: How Do Scientists Inform the Permit Streamlining Process?

    Creator:
    Ewing, Amy
    Abstract:
    This essay presents a case study of the Regional Gravel Initiative (RGI) workshop, one instance of policy makers using science to inform decision making for sustainable and streamlined processes. The RGI consists of eight agencies, both federal and state, with responsibilities for informing and issuing permits for mining aggregate on...
    Resource Type:
    Capstone Project
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    of Public Policy essay of Amy Ewing presented on March 25, 2010 APPROVED: Lisa J

  • Plague in London : a case study of the biological and social pressures exerted by 300 years of yersinia pestis

    Creator:
    Hall, Alice
    Abstract:
    The Second Pandemic had a profound impact on the people of Europe. In the few years between 1347 and 1350, a new epidemic disease spread across the entirety of Europe and killed between one third and two thirds of the population. While this initial wave was important, the real significance...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________________________ Lisa T. Sarasohn

  • A Feminist Celebrates the Rediscovery of Immanence

    Creator:
    Lockhart, Janet L.
    Abstract:
    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
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    Immanence Abstract approved: Lisa Ede I offer a personal and prehistoric exploration of the concept of

  • In Pursuit of Literacy

    Creator:
    Freemole, George Maynard
    Abstract:
    My teaching experiences raised questions about the nature of literacy, especially about its relationship with education and schooling. Common sense, straightforward definitions of literacy failed to address those questions adequately, and that inadequacy led to the study which culminates in this thesis. In Pursuit of Literacy focuses on literacy in...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    : Lisa Ede My teaching experiences raised questions about the nature of literacy, especially about

  • Mike Rose : composing a reading of inclusion

    Creator:
    Jameson, Sara
    Abstract:
    Mike Rose researcher, professor, scholar, and author of numerous articles and books including the literacy memoir - Lives on the Boundary - has been active in the field of education and composition for over 30 years. This thesis looks back at the development of the discipline of composition studies to...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Inclusion. Abstract approved: Lisa Ede Mike Rose researcher, professor, scholar, and author of numerous

  • Fostering Authority in Readers and Writers

    Creator:
    Love, Jennifer Mary
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    As a reader and as a teacher of introductory reading and writing courses, I am persuaded by the concept of a genuine authority in which all readers both value and seek to examine their early readings of texts. What I have come to regard as a pretended authority or mastery,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Authority in Readers and Writers Abstract approved: Lisa Ede As a reader and as a teacher of introductory

  • The role(s) of literature in introductory composition classrooms

    Creator:
    Caster, Peter
    Abstract:
    First year college writing classes originated in the United States at Harvard University in 1874. Since then, theorizing such a course has proven a place of contention, as its purposes and subjects have proven difficult to sort and impossible to agree upon. When Harvard first began teaching introductory composition, literature...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    . Abstract approved: Lisa Ede First year college writing classes originated in the United States at

  • A rhetoric of transformation : the emergence of community literacy within composition studies

    Creator:
    Vega-Peters, Susan T.
    Abstract:
    Within literacy and composition studies, writing, as a social act, is believed by many to have the potential to effect change in and transform situations of injustice. Community literacy, as an emergent practice within composition studies, embraces and stretches this notion of linking literacy to social change. Community literacy also...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Emergence of Community Literacy Within Composition Studies. Abstract Approved: Lisa Ede Within literacy