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The Evolution of Anti-Dumping Duties in New User Countries
(University of Oregon, 2016-06)Over the past several decades the number of countries with antidumping laws has increased substantially. As countries continue to adopt antidumping laws, it is vital to understand the ways that antidumping usage evolves ... -
“Sentires”: Looking Towards the Social Processes in Spanish Okupas for Strategies of Neighborhood Cohesion and Re-direction of Development
(University of Oregon, 2016-10)As a result of the logics of neo-liberal, global capitalism, urban citizens across the world face the regulation, commodification, and enclosure of public space. City governance responds to global financial pressures through ... -
The Cyclops in "The Odyssey," "Ulysses," and "Asterios Polyp": How Allusions Affect Modern Narratives and Their Hypotexts
(University of Oregon, 2016-12)"The Odyssey" circulates throughout Western society due to its foundation of Western literature. The epic poem thrives not only through new editions and translations but also through allusions from other works. Texts ... -
A Review of ∆-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol’s Effect on the Hippocampus and Evaluation of Behavioral Memory Impairment in Acute and Chronic Cannabis Users
(University of Oregon, 2016-09)The history of marijuana use for clinical and recreational purposes dates back centuries, but its legalization in the United States by several states has produced record sales. Therefore, there is also a record amount of ... -
Radiole Regeneration and Branchial Crown Structure of the Feather Duster Worm, Schizobranchia insignis
(University of Oregon, 2016-11)The annelid feather duster worm, Schizobranchia insignis, is an abundant marine invertebrate found subtidally and in the low intertidal of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The Phylum Annelida is frequently utilized as a ... -
Fishing in Neoliberal Waters: The Political, Social, and Environmental Context of the Ley de Pesca in Chile
(University of Oregon, 2016-10)Around 80,000 families in Chile depend upon the fishing sector for their livelihood; however, for the one country able to boast the longest coastline in the world, many Chilean families consider having fish on the dinner ... -
The Western Genre and Gun Violence in United States Culture: Using Theatre as a Laboratory for Social Critique
(2017-02-02)The contemporary theatre director has the opportunity to encourage socially critical thought during the production process and in theatergoing audiences. This study seeks to demonstrate how the Western genre, which has ... -
Eyewitness Memory: How Stress and Situational Factors Affect Eyewitness Recall
(University of Oregon, 2016-12)As eyewitness memory and its current admissibility as evidence in courts have come under scrutiny, numerous studies have examined variables that affect eyewitness memory. These variables are divided into system and estimator ... -
October 26, 1954: Building Ideology on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain
(University of Oregon, 2016-12)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 ... -
Racial and National Identity of Black American Expatriates in France: A Study of the Works of Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and William Gardner Smith, 1936-1970
(University of Oregon, 2016-12)This thesis aims to construct a conception of the black American identity within the context of the works of three expatriate authors living in France during the 1940-1950’s. By examining the thematic links among three ... -
The Creation of “Entangled”: Employing the Filmic Narrative to Explain the Differences between Classical and Quantum Mechanics
(University of Oregon, 2016-12)The principles of quantum mechanics have begun to supplant those of classical mechanics in scientists' attempts to understand the universe. Sharing this new quantum worldview with the public is imperative to promoting a ... -
Paleopathology: Nutritional Stress As a Measure of Environmental Stress
(University of Oregon, 2016-11)The purpose of this thesis is to understand what kinds of societies were experiencing stresses and see what that implies about their lifestyle, environment, health, and diseases of the time. Paleopathology can be defined ... -
The Relationship between Plankton and Water Mass Properties in High Arctic (Svalbard) Fjords
(University of Oregon, 2016-11)Four areas around the Svalbard archipelago were selected as sampling sites to study the relationship between plankton communities and water mass properties during the spring transitional period. At each station, we sampled ... -
Being Unable to Conduct Bruckner: Gender Discrimination in the Classical Conducting World
(University of Oregon, 2016-06)Classical music conductors throughout time have overwhelmingly been white and male and this is not due to chance. It has been only in the past thirty years that women have been able to become conductors, which is traditionally ... -
Citizen Access to Complex Environmental Decision Making: A Case Study of the Proposed LNG Pipeline in Oregon
(University of Oregon, 2016-12)The ideals of popular sovereignty and equal access to involvement in the political process among all citizens are fundamental to the structure of democracy. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was passed in 1996 ... -
INNATE IMMUNE GENE EXPRESSION IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED VERSUS IMMUNOCOMPETENT ZEBRAFISH
(University of Oregon, 2016-06)Many bacteria live commensally in the intestines of complex host organisms. but the methods by which this community assembles are not fully understood. It is :i.uspected that two processes, inter-host dispersal and host ... -
TEMPERATURE CHANGES IN HUMAN SKELETAL MUSCLE DURING SINGLE LEG DYNAMIC KNEE EXTENSION EXERCISE
(University of Oregon, 2015-08)The beneficial cardiovascular adaptations associated with endurance exercise are widely acknowledged, but the exact mechanisms mediating such adaptations are not well understood. Research has indicated that acute sustained ... -
THE ROUTINIZATION OF RAJNEESHPURAM: CHARISMA AND AUTHORITY IN THE RAJNEESH MOVEMENT, 1981-1985
(University of Oregon, 2015-07)This paper concerns the application of Max Weber's theory on the routinization of charisma to the development of a large commune in southeast Oregon during the early 1980s. Ma Anand Sheela reorganized this community from ... -
SUBTLE SCULPTING: THE PRESSURE POINTS OF THE OMNISCIENT NARRATOR AN ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE EXAMINATION
(University of Oregon, 2016-06)The aim of this thesis is to engage with scholarly criticism of the omniscient narrator to provide new understandings about its distinct manifestation and function in literature. In order to reach new conclusions, this ... -
SEEING CHANGE: Techniques of Transition in the Three-Dimensional Space of Recorded Popular Song
(University of Oregon, 2015-11)This thesis presents a study of the recorded form of popular music through a visual lens. It seeks to show how we conceive of music visually through spatio-visual language such as high-pitch and low-pitch, and how these ...