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(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)This dissertation is centered on investigation of metastable thermoelectric thin film materials and is split into 3 primary sections. Section 1 focuses on formation mechanisms of FeSbx compounds from layered precursors. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020-02-27)The delocalization of pi-electrons through extended carbon networks is a key design strategy to modulate the chemical and physical properties of organic molecules and materials. In addition to the extent of delocalization, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)The wide variety of novel properties provided by various nanomaterials has striking implications for future applications. However, adoption of new materials is hindered by challenges in material definition, reproducibility, ...
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Nanoparticles of Metal-Organic Frameworks: A General Synthetic Method and Size-Dependent Properties (University of Oregon, 2023-07-06)Metal-organic framework nanoparticles exhibit both high internal surface area and good colloidal stability in a variety of solvents including biological media. These materials are sought after for a range of applications, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-09-27)Windows reduce heat loss and heat gain by resisting conduction, convection, and radiation using thermal breaks, low-emissivity films, and window gaps. Contrary to advancing these resistive qualities, this research introduced ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)This dissertation investigates nineteenth-century narrative representations of the Cossacks—multi-ethnic warrior communities from the historical borderlands of empire, known for military strength, pillage, and revelry—as ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)This work examines the use of ambiguous or obfuscating narrative devices in 3 works by 20th century Russian authors: A Dead Man’s Memoir, by Mikhail Bulgakov, The Eye by Vladimir Nabokov, and You and I, by Abram Tertz. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-12)This thesis examines the roots of deforestation in Malawi and how it has been problematized and turned into an accepted discourse of an impending crisis. I argue that deforestation in Malawi has been prioritized in order ...
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(University of Oregon, 2011-09)My thesis examines Star Wars fan fiction about Anakin Skywalker posted on the popular blogging platform LiveJournal. I investigate the folkloric qualities of such posts and analyze the ways in which fans through narrative ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)Colonial narratives and nationalist rhetoric in Africa have always associated female sexuality with male desire and consumption, aberrance, or perversion. While historical narratives suggested that native women's bodies ...
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Narratives of Equity in Education: The Sociopolitical Microstances of Secondary Mathematics Teachers (University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)This sonata-form case study investigates the sociopolitical microstances of three secondary mathematics teachers in an urban, comprehensive high school. The study is framed by three questions: 1) How can philosophical ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016-11-21)Narratives of successful navigation are the personal stories of 13 Latin@ undergraduate students who navigated the public school system and completed high school in the United States. Their words recount their individual ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)This study identified the discipline decision situations that contribute most to racial discipline disparities from a sample of 992 schools across the U.S. Next, latent profile analysis was used to identify distinct patterns ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)China and Japan have claimed sovereignty of tiny, inhabitant islands in the East China Sea for a long time. This paper attempts to analyze this territorial dispute from the conflict transformation perspective to seek a ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-01-11)Native Americans continue to be one of the lowest represented ethnic groups in postsecondary education and present some of the lowest retention/graduation rates of any group. In the interest of supporting all students, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)Membrane proteins constitute a large portion of the protein and protein complexes found across life and perform a diverse range of critical functions such as transport of molecules and signaling across lipid bilayers. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2008-12)The debate concerning the role of natural versus anthropogenic burning in shaping the prehistoric vegetation patterns of the Willamette Valley of Oregon and Washington remains highly contentious. To address this, pollen ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020-02-27)Let Man* denote the category of closed, connected, oriented and based 3- manifolds, with basepoint preserving dieomorphisms between them. We show that the Heegaard Floer invariants yield functors from Man* to the category ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016-11-21)This dissertation recontextualizes literary, critical, and popular models of nature in contemporary American fiction, and argues that the transformations in the post-Fordist economy reframe environmental concepts and their ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)The Chinese rail system is among the largest, densest, and most heavily used rail networks in the world, playing a central role in the circulation of migrant workers, students, professionals and tourists within China’s ...
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