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Oregon's Federal Forest Restoration Program
(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)The Federal Forest Restoration Program (FFRP) is a partnership between the state, federal forest managers, and public lands stakeholders to support forest restoration and economic opportunity on federal forest lands across ... -
Collaborative group assessment : self-assessment tool and results for the Southern Willamette Forest Collaborative
(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2017)The SWFC partnered with the Ecosystem Workforce Program (EWP) at the University of Oregon to develop assessment tools to help inform their ongoing work. Using a number of existing collaborative assessments as examples, EWP ... -
Advancing rural conservation-based economic development : framing our community in Elk City, ID
(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)Across the U.S. West, many rural communities adjacent to publicly owned federal lands have been greatly affected by changes to federal land management policies and by economic restructuring of the wood products industry. ... -
Third Country Study: The Role of Degree-Seeking International Students as Study Abroad Participants
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)This thesis is exploratory in nature and examines the perspective of graduate and undergraduate matriculating international students at the University of Oregon as they consider, prepare for, reflect on, and participate- ... -
Veil and Tonsure: Stuttgart 95, Devotional Music, and the Discursive Construction of Gender in Thirteenth-Century Double Houses
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)This dissertation provides the first full-scale musicological study of Stuttgart 95, a thirteenth-century song book, formerly thought to be from the abbey of Weingarten. Upon further examination, it is clear that rather ... -
Through Their Neighbors’ Eyes: Interactions and Relations between Korea, Japan and China during the Ming-Qing Transition
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)In the period from the sixteenth century to the eighteenth century, East Asia witnessed changes in the Chinese tribute system, the downfall of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu invasion of Korea, the establishment of the Tokugawa ... -
LACING SKATES AND UNLACING CORSETS: GENDER PLAY AND MULTIPLE FEMININITIES IN ROLLER DERBY AND NEO-BURLESQUE
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)Lacing Skates and Unlacing Corsets: Gender Play and Multiple Femininities in Roller Derby and Neo-Burlesque. Contemporary roller derby and neo-burlesque, as an athletic sport and a framed staged performance respectively, ... -
Its a Dog's Life: Contemplating the Human-Animal Relationship through Dog Adoption Narratives
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)Dog adoption is a popular way for people to find pets in the United States. With dog adoption comes dog adoption narratives, ideologically about the dog, told by humans for humans. Dog adoption narratives, a genre of ... -
Sedimentology and depositional history of the Miocene-Pliocene southern Bouse Formation, Arizona and California
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)The Miocene to Pliocene southern Bouse Formation preserves a record of depositional environments immediately prior to and during integration of the Colorado River to the Gulf of California. Uncertainty over Bouse ... -
The Essence of Itō Jakuchū's Colorful Realm of Living Beings
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)This thesis focuses on the Colorful Realm of Living Beings, a set of thirty-three hanging scrolls by an Edo-period painter named Itō Jakuchū (1716 – 1800). The Colorful Realm was already considered a masterpiece during ... -
What Does Accuracy Get You? Empathic Accuracy During a Negotiation.
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)Accurately guessing the thoughts and feelings of another person, known as empathic accuracy, is thought to be a useful skill across many domains. However, the evidence supporting the value of empathic accuracy has been ... -
Performance Modeling of In Situ Rendering
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)With the push to exascale, in situ visualization and analysis will play an increasingly important role in high performance computing. Tightly coupling in situ visualization with simulations constrains resources for both, ... -
ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF ESTUARINE DISSOLVED OXYGEN INFERRED FROM TRACE-METAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORGANIC MATTER
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)Environmental history recorded in sediments can reconstruct estuarine water quality metrics, such as dissolved oxygen, through the use of geochemical and biological proxies. I collected sediment cores from two locations ... -
METAL-OXIDE THIN FILMS DEPOSITED FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS: THE ROLE OF CATION/WATER INTERACTIONS
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)Metal-oxide thin films are used in a wide variety of electronic devices. Although many techniques have been developed to deposit thin films of metal oxides, there is still a need for alternative cost- and energy-effective ... -
A Critical Geography of the United States' Diplomatic Footprint
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)The practice of diplomacy has changed dramatically in recent decades as a result of technological advancements and shifting geopolitical concerns. No longer confined to the cloaked and closed-door practices of elite state ... -
FLUVIAL BIOGEOMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER SOUTH FORK TOUTLE RIVER, WA AFTER THE 1980 ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 severely impacted the woody vegetation within the geomorphic floodplain as well as the morphology of the Upper South Fork Toutle River. Historic aerial imagery and LiDAR data were ... -
Homological Properties of Standard KLR Modules
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)Khovanov-Lauda-Rouquier algebras, or KLR algebras, are a family of algebras known to categorify the upper half of the quantized enveloping algebra of a given Lie algebra. In finite type, these algebras come with a family ... -
Generation Me: Millennial Intercultural Sensitivity and Conflict Management Styles in the Group Setting
(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 ... -
Jerusalem: Boundaries, Spaces, and Heterotopias of Conflict
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)This paper aims to tell many different stories about life in Jerusalem. It is, in part, about the human suffering that exists under Israeli occupation. It is about the legitimacy of powerful narratives, despite inaccuracies ... -
The biogeography and functional ecology of tropical soil microorganisms
(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)Tropical ecosystems are some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet. These ecosystems are also some of the most threatened worldwide and this is largely driven by agricultural expansion. Predicting ...