• Redefining News: A Manifesto for Community-Centered Journalism 

  Radcliffe, Damian; Lawrence, Regina; DeVigal, Andrew (Agora Journalism Center, 2023-09-21)

  This forward-thinking report makes the case for embracing a more inclusive, community-focused model of journalism, one that prioritizes listening to and collaborating with communities to produce relevant, equitable and ...
• Lane County Strategic Equity Lens Implementation Project 

  Arrington, Angela; Hill, Colin; Johnson, Kari; Niitani, Allyson; Wagner, Erika (Oregon Policy Lab, Institute for Policy Research and Engagement, School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management, 2021-06)

  The Lane County Equity Action Plan, adopted in January 2021, is aimed at improving equitable outcomes for its populations through the implementation of an equity lens in daily operations. The implementation of the equity ...
• Applying the Equity Lens Without a Cultural Tax 

  Gillespie, Cimmeron; Li, Jinyu; Lindberg, Imani; Sato, Hatsue; Yamada, Strick (2021-06)

  The United States is a culturally diverse nation but has a history of exploitation, racism, and discrimination, particularly in the criminal justice, healthcare, and education systems. In the summer of 2020, calls for ...
• Relationship between Baseline Inflammation and Peak Erythropoietin Levels in People Undergoing Carbon Monoxide Inhalation and Hot Water Immersion 

  Weiser, Natasha (University of Oregon, 2023-03)

  Erythropoietin (EPO) is a hormone produced by the kidneys that is responsible for stimulating red blood cell (RBC) production. The stimulus for EPO production is a reduction in oxygen delivery to the kidneys, which can ...
• Personalizing Public Health: Using Deep Q-Learning to Lower Type II Diabetes Risk in India 

  Reis, Sabrina (University of Oregon, 2023-03)

  The high prevalence of type II diabetes in India necessitates novel public health tools to promote behaviors that lower the likelihood of developing diabetes and associated comorbidities. We introduce a public health text ...
• The Seasonal Variation of Ultrasonic Vocalizations Produced by Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes Weddellii) in Mcmurdo Sound, Antarctica with Ambient Illumination Levels 

  McCarthy, Ryan (University of Oregon, 2023)

  Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) are a species of polar seal found circumpolar in the waters of Antarctica. This species, like all marine mammals, use highly complex vocalizations to communicate in aquatic environments ...
• Lossy Distortion as a Musical Effect 

  Butterfield, Arden (University of Oregon, 2023-01)

  Lossy audio compression is a digital process that uses models of human hearing to remove parts of the sound deemed less important, in order to compress audio to much smaller file sizes. The MP3 encoding process, one of the ...
• Fat and Fabulous: The Power of Contemporary Romance as a Site of Anti-Oppression Work 

  Cole, Lauryn (University of Oregon, 2023-03)

  Contemporary Romance, while building on a foundation of traditional Romantic idealism, is often referring to novels that have been historically scoffed at by literary scholars. Because of the wide, sustained reach of these ...
• OSMOTIC AND IONIC REGULATION IN CRUSTACEA 

  Wyland, Jacqueline V. (University of Oregon, 1967-05)

  This paper is an introduction to the processes of osmoregulation and ionic regulation in Crustacea, and a s elected review of the literature pertinent to a study of those processes. The problems of adaptation to ...
• ASHEL BUSH – PIONEER EDITOR, POLITICIAN AND BANKER 

  Roberts, Jenette Elizabeth (University of Oregon, 1939-08)

  This study endeavors to show the part played in Oregon during the years 1851-1913 by Asahel Bush, pioneer editor, politician, and banker. The writer has made use of the plentiful source material available for the ...
• The fear of personal death and the willingness to commit to organ donation 

  Kogut, Tehila; Pittarello, Andrea; Slovic, Paul (Sage, 2023-09)

  In three studies, with samples from different countries (the United States and Israel) and religions (Christians and Jews), we found that individual levels of fear of death significantly predicted lower willingness to ...
• Macros That Work 

  Clinger, William D.; Rees, Jonathan (University of Oregon, 1991-01)

  This paper describes a modified form of Kohlbecker's algorithm for reliably hygienic (capture-free) macro expansion in block-structured languages, where macros are source-tos-ource transformations specified using a ...
• How to Read Floating Point Numbers 

  Clinger, William D. (University of Oregon, 1990-06-05)

  Consider the problem of converting decimal scientific notation for a number into the best binary floating point approximation to that number, for some fixed precision. This problem cannot be solved using arithmetic of ...
• I used to... 

  Spivey, Meg (University of Oregon, 2023-08)

  Composed in three sections, “I used to...” explores the tension between my past and present self. It is a reflection on growth, stagnation, and how we can perceive ourselves through past identities and grieve for them. ...
• Valuations on a Commutative Ring 

  Manis, Merle Eugene (University of Oregon, 1966-06)

  The purpose of this paper is to extend some results from the theory of valuations on a field to an arbitrary commutative ring with identity. The results obtained are well known when interpreted in the context of a field ...
• Water Wars: Determining the Future of Dam Removal in the State of Oregon 

  Wiles, Eli (University of Oregon, 2023)

  During western expansion, dams helped settlers conquer nature and develop the frontier. Oregon depends on dams for flood control, efficient renewable energy, and irrigation. As 20th-century infrastructure ages, removing ...
• Best Practices for Sport League CBAs 

  Rice, Ethan (University of Oregon, 2023)

  Across professional sports, players typically unionize and collectively bargain with team owners to construct an agreement as to how revenue will be shared and how the league will operate. These agreements largely dictate ...
• Mapping the Sequence-Function Landscape for Antibiotic Resistance in the DHFR Family 

  Resnick, Carmen (University of Oregon, 2023)

  Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) is an essential enzyme in the folic acid synthesis pathway and has been the subject of intense study in recent decades. Despite the wide diversity of homologs, research attention has primarily ...
• A Mad or Sad Prince? A Psychological Evaluation of One of Shakespeare's Most Famous Characters 

  Purdue, Haylee (University of Oregon, 2023)

  Often considered one of the most influential and most quotable pieces of William Shakespeare’s repertoire, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, has stood the test of time. Analyzed by high school and college students ...
• Effects of Essential Amino Acid Supplementation and Blood Flow Restriction Training on Myonuclear Accretion in Single Muscle Fibers 

  Megowan, Helia (University of Oregon, 2023)

  Healthy muscle is characterized in part by its ability to recover from atrophy after surgery, bedrest, or immobilization. The goal of this thesis is to determine if the combined effects of essential amino acid (EAA) ...

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