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Holland, Caroline M., 1986-
(University of Oregon, 2000-12)
This study examines the effect oil has on the onset and duration of conflict. In the
"resource curse" literature, researchers argue that a state's abundance in natural resources
can raise the likelihood of civil war. ...
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Wunderlich, Rebecca
(Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, 1991)
This two-sided map shows the OIMB (Oregon Institute of Marine Biology) trails on one side and both sides contain illustrations, text and tips on how to identify the vegetation found on the OIMB campus. This trail guide ...
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Koehler, June
(University of Oregon, 2012)
The Spanish artist Josep Renau (1907-1982) published the propaganda
periodical Nueva cultura from 1935 to 1937. Although richly illustrated with cuttingedge
graphic design and photomontage, it made use of popular culture ...
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Krishna Kumaran, Sahana
(University of Oregon, 2021)
Large arteries stiffen due to advancing age and they are associated with cognitive impairment. However, the direct effects of long-term large artery stiffness require further investigation. Therefore, we studied cognitive ...
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Jacisin, John
(University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)
Newts, abundant worldwide, have unclear pre-Pliocene evolution and phylogenetic relationships. North America has a sporadic pre-Pliocene newt record. Several undescribed fossils can address this lack of information. I ...
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Tuohy, Robin
(University of Oregon, 2014-06-17)
H2O and CO2 concentrations in olivine-hosted melt inclusions, assuming vapor saturation at the time of trapping, can be used to estimate crystallization depths for the olivine host. Estimating the true CO2 in melt inclusions ...
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Brock, Hermya
(University of Oregon, 2022)
For the first time in Olympic history, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were postponed for one year, taking place in July and August 2021 due to the COVID-19 emergency. This paper explores the effect hosting the Olympics during a ...
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Amarel, James
(University of Oregon, 2022-05-10)
While it is well known that transport equations may be derived diagrammatically, both this approach and that of Boltzmann inevitably encounter an integral equation that both is difficult to solve and, for the most part, ...
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Kloefkorn, Tyler
(University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)
This dissertation studies new connections between combinatorial topology and homological algebra. To a finite ranked poset Γ we associate a finite-dimensional quadratic graded algebra RΓ. Assuming Γ satisfies a combinatorial ...
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Battista, Beau
(University of Oregon, 2015-06)
Travel and its accompanying literature have long been popular in modern societies. Early forms of the genre reflected attributes of the anthropological ethnography and were focused upon educating and informing their readers ...
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Klein, Madeleine
(University of Oregon, 2024)
This thesis focuses on benzofulvenes, a class of aromatic molecules with unique physical and chemical properties that have gained considerable interest over the past decade. The core research questions addressed include ...
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Nebert, Lucas
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)
Plants are inhabited by diverse species of bacteria and fungi, which affect plant health and fitness. Endophytes are bacteria or fungi that live within plant host tissues without causing symptoms of disease, and mediate ...
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Mendoza, Jose
(University of Oregon, 2012)
Recently, Christopher Heath Wellman has proposed an innovative argument that appears to resolve, at least with respect to immigration, the tension between democratic autonomy (i.e. a people's right to self-determination) ...
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Sun, Wenqian
(University of Oregon, 2024-01-09)
Thin elastic shells are ubiquitous in nature. Indentation measurements (i.e., poking) provide a useful way for probing mechanical properties of these shell structures.
While spherical and cylindrical shells made of isotropic ...
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Memon, Ghulam
(University of Oregon, 2014-06-17)
The Internet has evolved into a medium centered around content: people watch videos on YouTube, share their pictures via Flickr, and use Facebook to keep in touch with their friends. Yet, the only globally deployed service ...
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Panther, Benjamin
(University of Oregon, 2015-08-18)
This thesis places art heists in the context of their journalistic and online commentaries to examine their implications for subversive anti-capitalist criticism. The 2012 Rotterdam Art Heist functions as a case study that ...
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Usher, Robert
(University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)
In this dissertation, we study two main topics: superfusion categories, and embeddings of symmetric fusion categories into modular fusion categories. Using a construction of Brundan and Ellis, we give a formula relating ...
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Boyle, Keegan
(University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)
We investigate relationships between some knot invariants and symmetries of knots. In the first chapter, we recall the definitions of knots, the symmetries we will investigate, and some classical knot invariants including ...
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Pratt, Aaron
(University of Oregon, 2012)
This essay proposes that theology and philosophy are not mutually exclusive or at odds with one another methodologically, but in fact that religious categories are useful in philosophical analyses, and particularly when ...
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Bushnell, Chelsea Colette
(University of Oregon, Arts and Administration Program, 2004-11)
The purpose of this study is to facilitate the implementation of a seven-to-ten day Fringe Festival in Portland, Oregon, or any similar metro area. The study defines the mutual benefits of such festivals to artists and ...
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