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(University of Oregon, 2021-04-27)This thesis investigates the iconography used by specific groups of modern Pagan women in the contemporary United States to represent the feminine divine, the meanings attributed to them by women and by broader communities, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-10-17)This dissertation searches for a body of queer modernist poetry while at the same time attempting to rework the definition of “queer.” In chapter I, I use a reconceptualization of queerness not as an abstract, theoretical ...
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(University of Oregon, 1957-01)I take my motivation for the M.F.A. degree to be the Opportunity it provides rather than the M. or the F.A.: the Opportunity to pursue my personal Growing by continuing the original studies and development of the particular ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)This study examines the potential contribution market research could make to planning urban farm locations. Substantial research identifies access to healthy foods as a significant barrier for under-served communities. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2015-08-18)Using a sample of 57 master limited partnerships (MLPs) formed from corporate assets between 1982 and 2011, I examine the share price effects on parent corporations from forming MLPs. Specifically, I compare announcement ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)We construct a semi-orthogonal decomposition for the equivariant derived category of a hypersurface associated to the sum of two potentials. More specifically, if $f,g$ are two homogeneous poynomials of degree $d$ defining ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)In this thesis, we give two equivalent definitions for a group $G$ acting on a strictly-unitary-lax-2-functor $D:\CC\rightarrow\mathscr{B}$ from the cube category to the Burnside category. We then show that the natural ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-07-11)This study focuses on the development of architectural education at the University of Oregon's School of Architecture and Allied Arts (A&AA) in Eugene, Oregon. Applying a historic preservation perspective, this study ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-07-11)Spontaneous atomic emission is not a process of the isolated atom but rather a cooperative effect of the atom and the vacuum field. It is now well established that spontaneous radiative decay rates can be enhanced or ...
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(University of Oregon, 2011-12)The evolutionary history of protein families can be difficult to study because necessary ancestral molecules are often unavailable for direct observation. As an alternative, the field of computational phylogenetics has ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-10-17)Within the field of Quantum Information Processing, we study two subjects: For quantum state tomography, one common assumption is that the experimentalist possesses a stationary source of identical states. We challenge ...
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(University of Oregon, 2011-09)Mafic arc volcanoes have eruption styles that range from explosive to effusive. In a broad sense, eruption style is controlled by the rate of magma supply to the vent. In this dissertation I examine relationships between ...
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(University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)The Hispanic American population along with its purchasing power is on rise. For the advertising industry, there is a great potential in this market that researchers should delve into. Based on the Markedness Model and the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-09)Essay for Orchestra is a one-movement concert piece scored for full orchestra. Since the definition of the genre "orchestral essay" is unclear, the composer has considerable latitude while still claiming a connection to ...
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(University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)This dissertation consists of three essays: “The Effect of Women's Access to Free Health Care on Breastfeeding Practices: Evidence from Armenia” examines how women's decisions regarding breastfeeding respond to increased ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)This dissertation represents a study of how machine learning can be incorporated into existing econometric causal techniques, with explorationsboth in the costs and benefits of making that choice. The first chapter explores a ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)In this dissertation, I consider two potential sources of racial disparities: racially biased discipline at school and changes to voting rights protections. In the first chapter, I examine patterns of racial disparities ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)I use applied and experimental methods to empirically investigate individual decisions in a number of settings where behavior may be more consistent with models from behavioral economic theory than from traditional economic ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)This dissertation includes previously unpublished co-authored material. The first chapter of this dissertation outlines a new method of estimating the synthetic control technique that has a number of desirable properties. ...
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