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Short Period Binary Star Formation: Stimulating the Fission Model with the Addition of Large Circumstellar Disks
(University of Oregon, 2018-06)The purpose of this research is to determine the validity of the fission model of short orbital period binary star formation. The fission model describes the process in which a protostar with a rapid rotation splits into ... -
Designing Trust: Building Social Trust Through Urban Design
(University of Oregon, 2018-06)Social trust has been weakening in the Unites States since the 1960s; inextricably tied to social capital, this decay has been lined to the parallel decline in well-being, health, safety, community participation, income ... -
Picture This: How Digital Storytelling Campaigns for Refugees Elicit Empathy from a Distant Audience
(University of Oregon, 2018-06)This study is concerned with understanding the barriers to empathy in the context of humanitarian imagery (shock effect, positive images, and digital storytelling). The research questions ask: how can digital storytelling ... -
Modern Girl Philosopher: The Story of Velva G. Darling
(University of Oregon, 2017-10)This creative project explores the process of adapting history into a screenplay. The project centers on the life and career of Velva G. Darling, a female columnist active in the 1920s and '30s. Darling achieved success ... -
Sustainable Advertising Represented in a Creative Brief for Dr. Martens
(University of Oregon, 2018-06)Sustainable advertising is relevant, because it persuades consumers to participate in smarter purchasing decisions that conserve the environment. Dr. Martens has the potential as a culturally relevant brand to market ... -
Voices of a Generation: HBO's Postfeminist Anti-Heroines
(University of Oregon, 2018-06)My research focuses on Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City (HBO, 1998-2004) and Hannah Horvath from Girls (HBO, 2012-2017). Both series elicited a range of responses from viewers and critics who called into question the ... -
Current and historic stream channel response to changes in cattle and elk grazing pressure and beaver activity
(University of Oregon, 2003)Livestock grazing and beaver trapping alter streams hydrologically and geomorphically leading to declines in the quality and extent of stream-riparian ecosystems. The influence of reductions in grazing pressure and ... -
Community Art Methods and Practices: A Model for a More Human-Centered and Culturally Sensitive Historic Preservation Practice
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)A growing number of Community Artists are doing work with potential relevance to the field of historic preservation. They have seen a need for action in low-income communities and communities of color that are losing their ... -
Aviation English Is Distinct From Conversational English: Evidence From Prosodic Analyses And Listening Performance
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)International aviation professionals converse in a register of English derived from postwar radiotelephony. Decades of use and regulatory pressure established Aviation English (AE) as the lingua franca for pilots and air ... -
Sustainable Development, Youth, Entrepreneurship and Leadership Education: A Case Study of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Young African Leaders Initiative
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)Entrepreneurship education has emerged as an alternative to traditional models of sustainable development in Sub-Sahara Africa. Traditional development models focus on economic reforms. In contrast, Amartya Sen’s capabilities ... -
Examining the Effectiveness of College- or University Sexual Assault Prevention Programs: A Literature Review
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)The purpose of the current review was to examine the effectiveness of college- or university sexual assault prevention programs. Further, the current paper reviews prevalence rates, factors that may contribute to the high ... -
Expanded Indenofluorenes: From Structure to Theory
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)As humanity moves into the future, the demand for new electronic devices increases. Flexible electronics that could be bendable, wearable, and/or biocompatible are more desired and, fortunately, closer to our grasp than ... -
GMO: Friend or Foe? An Analysis of the GMO Debate with Special Focus on India
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)Approximately thirty years after their inception, the use of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, remains contentious. Often, proponents of their use contend that the potential of GMOs to mitigate poverty and hunger ... -
Phylogenetics and the Genomic Consequences of Divergence in a Radiation of Monkeyflowers
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)Understanding the forces that drive divergence, and the genomic consequences of this process, is a central goal in evolutionary biology. Evolutionary radiations provide excellent opportunities to study speciation, as taxa ... -
Mission Accepted: A Case Study Examining the Relationship of Khan Academy with Student Learning
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)This study examined implementing the online website Khan Academy as a primary resource for mathematics instruction. Participants were high school students aged 15-18 years enrolled in the traditional mathematics courses ... -
A PALEOETHNOBOTANICAL APPROACH TO 14,000 YEARS OF GREAT BASIN PREHISTORY: ASSESSING HUMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PLANT DATA AT TWO OREGON ROCKSHELTERS
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)Well-preserved plant remains recovered from archaeological deposits at the Paisley Five-Mile Point Caves and Little Steamboat Point-1 Rockshelter in southcentral Oregon provided a rare opportunity to study ancient plant ... -
Kakeibo Monogatari: Women's Consumerism and the Postwar Japanese Kitchen, 1945-1964
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)This dissertation explores the history of Japanese home cooking during the formative postwar period—focusing on the women who were responsible for its development. My research demonstrates that as the primary consumers who ... -
Microclimate and Phenology at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)Spring plant phenology is often used as an indicator of a community response to climate change. Remote data and low-resolution climate models are typically used to predict phenology across a landscape; however, this tends ... -
Nonequilibrium Statistical Models: Guided Network Growth Under Localized Information and Perspectives on Electron Diffusion in Conductors
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)The ability to probe many-particle systems on a microscopic level has revolutionized the way we do statistical physics. As computational capabilities continue to grow exponentially, larger and more complex systems come ... -
Gauging Community Support for a Bilingual Two-Way Immersion Program for K-8 Students Using Under-Represented Languages
(University of Oregon, 2018-10-31)This application is for the U.S. Department of Education’s Education Innovation and Research Program to secure funding for a market analysis to gauge the interest of Portland, Oregon parents for opening a two-way immersion ...