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An Ethnoburb in Oregon? Vietnamese Settlement in Suburban Portland
(University of Oregon, 2005-06)Many immigrants in recent years have opted against settling in traditional urban ethnic enclaves and chosen instead to reside in suburban locales. Some of these immigrants have formed communities in the suburbs, a phenomenon ... -
The Distribution of Two Marine Cladocerans During Upwelling and Relaxation Events Off the Oregon Coast
(University of Oregon, 2010-11)Offshore surface currents that appear during upwelling events have the potential to carry nearshore coastal zooplankton offshore. I tested the hypothesis that the marine cladocerans Podon leuckarti and Evadne nordmanni are ... -
Online Film and Music Piracy in China: A Cultural Analysis
(2018-07-25)This paper analyzes the issue of online piracy from a cultural perspective, tracing the historical and cultural influences that affected modern-day perspectives on the entertainment industry and its creative products. After ... -
Sexual Assault on Campus Book Proposal
(2018-07-25)My thesis is a proposal (or query) for a book about sexual assault on college campuses in the United States. Inspired by my experience with the University of Oregon’s response to my sexual assault, my thesis is a proposal ... -
Las Excelencias de Los Hebreos: An Introduction and Translation of Isaac Cardoso's Seventeenth-Century Apology
(2018-07-25)This thesis presents an introduction and a critical translation of a seventeenth-century Jewish apology written by the Sephardic Jew Isaac Cardoso. The Excelencias represents the culmination of Cardoso’s spiritual and ... -
It was Just for Fun: Taarab and the Construction of Community Identity in Two Kenyan Towns
(2018-07-25)This thesis chronicles taarab, a popular genre of music, in Lamu and Matadoni, two communities on the coast of Kenya. My thesis argues that taarab, despite growing as popular and widespread in urban areas, developed as ... -
The effect of nutrition and diapause on longevity and aging in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii
(2018-07-25)Dietary restriction (DR) is a widely conserved intervention known to expand lifespan in worms, flies, mice and other organisms. Worms and flies undergo a hibernal diapause stage, and it remains poorly understood as to ... -
Prophecy and Fiction: Early Modern Theories of Poetic Invention
(2018-07-25)Philip Sidney’s Apology for Poetry defends the capacity of poetry to teach truth whether it is prophecy or fiction. Sidney associates fiction with prophecy to elevate fiction and show that it reveals truth even if it ... -
Identifying the Neural Mechanisms of Approach Behavior: Studying the Role of Superior Colliculus During Prey-capture Behavior in the Mouse
(University of Oregon, 2017)In mammalian brains, there are two areas that process information important for image formation and goal directed visual behavior: primary visual cortex (V1), and the superior colliculus (SC). However, it is unclear how ... -
Real World Object Naming from Infant Perspective
(University of Oregon, 2017)Babies learn what words mean through experience, but what is the relevant experience? We began to answer this question by capturing infant-perspective experiences in their everyday lives at home. Infants ages 3 to 24 months ... -
Visual Feedback Increases Accuracy in Active Shoulder Joint Angle Replication Task
(University of Oregon, 2017)Although visual feedback is typically occluded in joint position sense (JPS) research to avoid the confounding influence of an additional sense, it has not been established that vision impacts JPS accuracy. The purpose of ... -
Speak Right: A Qualitative Look at Language Policies in Multilingual Classrooms
(University of Oregon, 2017)Multilingual classrooms, where students and/or teachers of varying linguistic backgrounds come together in the same setting to learn, are common in America’s educational landscape. Instructors often strive to create inclusive ... -
Wavelet Analysis of Northeastern United States Climate Data
(University of Oregon, 2017)Climate change has been an intensely debated topic over the last decade, and ways of detecting and quantifying climate change are necessary for informing the development of policies related to responses to climate change. ... -
Tensions Between Scientific Programming and the Scientific Method
(University of Oregon, 2017)This thesis evaluates eleven scientific programmers against six best practices. The six best practices extracted from literature are: 1) the presence of a Distinct Design Phase, 2) Documentation, 3) the Use of Existing, ... -
Measuring the Effects of Housing Styles on Holstein-Cross Dairy Calves
(University of Oregon, 2017)The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of paired versus individual housing of approximately three-month old dairy calves on stress levels and overall calf health and performance. To do this, the study analyzed ... -
The Influence of Science in Policy: An Examination of Riparian Area Management on Oregon Private Forest Lands
(University of Oregon, 2017)In the Pacific Northwest, land use policies have historically championed economic values over environmental protection. Attempts to balance the commercial value of harvesting on private forestlands with the need to preserve ... -
Markets, Morals, and Mandates: The Problematic Persistence of the Wage Gap
(University of Oregon, 2017)This paper addresses the contemporary issue of the wage gap and how it affects women of color. It deals predominantly with the issues Black and Latina workers face, as they are the women most deeply affected by the wage ... -
The Effect of Muscle Fatigue on Single- and Dual-Task Walking and Obstacle-Crossing in Young Adults
(University of Oregon, 2017)Previous research has demonstrated independent effects of fatigue or concurrent cognitive task on walking and obstacle-crossing; however, limited studies were performed to examine their combined effects and interaction. ... -
LRIG1 Localization within the Colonic Crypt of Lrig3 Double Null Mice
(University of Oregon, 2017)Leucine rich repeats and immunoglobulin-like domains protein 1 (LRIG1) is a transmembrane protein that negatively regulates intestinal epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFRs) on the cell surface. This evidence suggests ... -
October 26, 1954: Building Ideology on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain
(University of Oregon, 2016)October 26, 1954 was a day for constructing ideology. This thesis explores the building – successful and not – of ideology on that day in both the United States and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the form of music ...