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(University of Oregon, 2010-06)This dissertation examines the existence of the self-intersection local time for a superprocess over a stochastic flow in dimensions d ≤ 3, which through constructive methods, gives a Tanaka like representation. The ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)This dissertation offers an alternative account of Jewish history and experience from within the post-Holocaust and postcolonial Francophone world through the study of six autobiographically-inclined texts written by three ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)The Millennial Generation is a young generation now required to effectively and efficiently navigate the cultural diversity that they encounter in various group settings throughout the United States. Research has examined ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-10-10)The southern margin of the Kochkor Basin in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan is actively shortening. The South Kochkor Fault, a reverse fault that places Paleozoic granite on Neogene sediments, varies in displacement from 0-2 km while ...
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(University of Oregon, 2008-09)When cells are faced with the stress of oxygen deprivation (hypoxia), they must alter their physiology in order to survive. One adaptation cells make during hypoxia entails the transcriptional activation of specific groups ...
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(University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)Current evidence strongly supports the existence of two African elephant species – forest (Loxodonta cyclotis) and savanna (Loxodonta africana) – which are both highly threatened due to poaching and habitat loss. However, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2011-09)Human rights advocates have championed the establishment of a regime of international legal accountability for grave violations of human rights, including genocide. Despite recent advances in establishing a regime of ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)Genus Danio includes zebrafish (Danio rerio) and several other phenotypically diverse species. To understand the history of these species and how they acquired the genetic differences underlying their diverse phenotypes, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2008-06)This thesis examines the various forces shaping neighborhood change in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and concludes that the future of the community's Polish ethnic enclave is in jeopardy. Findings reveal that Greenpoint, a ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-04-30)Tertiary history of the Pacific Northwest is closely tied to that of the Columbia River Flood Basalt (CRB) events. The region is, geologically, one of the least well understood parts of the continental United States. Throughout ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)High fluoride concentrations in groundwater have been revealed as an environmental health concern. Groundwater in the Independence Basin of Central Mexico reaches over an order of magnitude greater than the World Health ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)A myriad of local adaptations has been associated with the great human dispersal across the Pacific Ocean, occasionally expressing cultural change in dramatic ways. On the small and remote island of Rapa (Rapa Iti) in the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)While the geographic literature has explored the role of artists as either harbingers or victims of gentrifying processes, this thesis examines the ways in which a particular group of artists contests gentrification. This ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-09)Fire is a fundamental, transformative, yet poorly understood process in the Earth system; it can radically reorganize ecosystems, alter regional carbon and energy balances, and change global climate. Short-term fire histories ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)The outcrops of Coglan Buttes in southern Oregon are composed of numerous distinct sedimentary sandstone and volcaniclastic beds. In the past it has been mapped as a single Miocene sedimentary unit. Though the area was ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)We produce explicit geometric representatives of non-trivial homology classes in Emb(S1,Rd), the space of knots, when d is even. We generalize results of Cattaneo, Cotta-Ramusino and Longoni to define cycles which live ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)Numerous studies have addressed the role of stream geomorphology on vegetation distribution. These studies have shown that channel morphology, including depositional and erosional processes, influence vegetation colonization. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2011-03)Splash dams were in-stream structures that were used to facilitate log driving in the Oregon Coast Range (OCR) between 1880 and 1957. This study explores the potential legacy impacts of "splashing" on stream morphology in ...
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(University of Oregon, 2011-03)Salmon habitat restoration is ongoing at a Nature Conservancy preserve on the Middle Fork John Day River in the Columbia River Basin in north-central Oregon. The site has a long history of disturbance including dredge ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)Only a small body of work currently exists regarding the geomorphology of humid tropical montane rivers. The research that does exist reports rapid geomorphic processes and high sediment loads compared to other montane ...
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