This study will show that polygamy is not a religious
freedom protected under the U.S. Constitution, but a power
system in which men use economic, political, social and
physical force to control the behavior of others. This
thesis will use a feminist perspective theory to provide a
theoretical outline for...
A greenhouse experiment was conducted in 1991 and in
1992 to determine the effect of soil water pressure on
potato (cv Russet Burbank) plant growth and infection by
Verticillium dahliae. Soil water pressures of -0.01,
-0.03, -0.08, or -0.15 MPa were combined factorially with
two inoculum concentrations, 0 or 10...
This paper is a compilation of micro and macro consequences of women migrating into Singapore to work as domestic workers. Singapore's governmental push for Singaporean women to have babies and a career simultaneously has required modern families to seek alternative forms of child care as a means of fulfilling household...
The focus of my thesis is ethnobotany which seeks to examine
botanical resources and their context within particular cultures. My ethnographic
research identifies and interprets the cultural processes woven into Oregon's
coastal basketry through spirituality, environmental habitats, and utilized plant
species. This is augmented with botanical research addressing the question...
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...
This study aimed to determine the efficacy of baking to reduce bacterial populations (an unknown contaminant or Salmonella) in cookie dough. Baking conditions (time and temperature parameters) were selected based on conditions commonly used in industry. The first study (Chapter 2), “Baking as Validation for Control of Coliform Counts in...
Commercial fishing is deeply embedded in the economy and culture of many communities on the Oregon coast. Recent economic, environmental, and regulatory changes impacting fisheries have exacerbated the need to investigate the relationship between the commercial fishing industry and their host communities. The objective of this study is to examine...
The Willamette valley has grown to be an important source of high quality grapes for the production of wine. These grapes are a very high value crop that has proven to be profitable in this region. Irrigation of this crop has been limited largely to the establishment stage, with most...
Strobilus production, growth, and morphology of Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia Nutt.) were examined at three sites in the Cascade Mountains and one site in the Willamette Valley of western Oregon. Strobilus production on branch segments was positively associated with overstory openness for male and female trees at all four sites...
Introduction: People whose faces look untrustworthy tend to receive harsher social evaluations, including more severe criminal sentences. Yet little is known about how much facial trustworthiness reflects individuals’ behavioral histories. We examined whether adolescent histories of delinquency and substance use predict strangers’ perceptions of young men’s facial trustworthiness. Methods: Boys...