• Asahel Bush, Party Master and Political Boss in Oregon 1850-1863 

  Malouf, Naseeb Mahfoud (University of Oregon, 1951-06)

  The writer has attempted to trace, in this paper, the coming of Asahel Bush to Oregon and the part he played in its growth as a territory and in its creation and further maturation as a state. Intermingled in the story are ...
• Alfred B. Meacham Promoter of Indian Reform 

  Phinney, Edward Sterl (University of Oregon, 1963-06)

  A study of existing materials raised questions about Meacham: Was he a sincere well-intentioned reformer, or was he a fool? Did he deserve the abuse heaped upon him by Oregonians and Coloradans? Was the support of eastern ...
• Selective Objection: A Comparison Between Two Social Movements in Israel 

  Dar, Dana (University of Oregon, 2004-12)

  Since the eruption of the Al-Aqtsa intifada, increasing numbers of soldiers have refused to serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a form of political protest. Two groups organize these refusers, Yesh Gvul ("There is a ...
• Set Class Conceptualizations: A Pedagogical and Theoretical Framework 

  King, John (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  Set Class Conceptualizations has two main goals: one, facilitate a student’s learning of set classes; and two, demonstrate multiple ways in which they could benefit from doing so. The intended audience of this dissertation ...
• Systemic Cardiovascular and Carotid Baroreflex Support of Blood Pressure during Recovery from Passive Heat Stress in Young and Older Adults 

  Larson, Emily (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  Much like exercise, heat stress is a profound thermoregulatory, cardiovascular, and autonomic stressor which may promote a distinct post-stress recovery period marked by altered cardiovascular support of blood pressure. ...
• Cuerpo-Territorio: Embodied Transformative Memory and Cartographies of Healing among GuateMaya Feminist Groups 

  Macal Montenegro, Carla (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  My dissertation presented case studies of two GuateMaya feminist groups that are challenging state-dominant narratives of the Guatemalan 36-year- war (1960-1996) and foregrounding counter-memory with art, Maya cosmovision ...
• Evolution of Developmental Pattern and Larval Form in the Ophiuroids of Oregon and Beyond 

  Nakata, Nicole (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  Despite the ubiquity and known impacts of transitions in developmental pattern in marine invertebrates, many taxa have been insufficiently analyzed. In Chapter II, I report the effects of larval feeding in an undescribed ...
• Microbes, Mothers, and Others: Allocare and Socially-Mediated Gut Microbiome Transmission Across the Colobus vellerosus Lifespan 

  Christie, Diana (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  In this dissertation, I investigate relationships between gut microbiome variation and social interactions in a natural population of black and white colobus monkey (Colobus vellerosus) at Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, ...
• Myths of Missile Defense: International Ambition Driven by Domestic Politics 

  Baker, Joshua (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  This dissertation investigates the paradoxical revival of strategic missile defense, a resurgence notable for high economic, diplomatic, and strategic costs and a lack of imminent threats. Despite historically incurring ...
• AN ACCUMULATION OF CATASTROPHE: A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WILDFIRE IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES 

  Dockstader, Sue (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  This dissertation is an environmental sociological study of wildland fire in what is now the western United States. It examines wildfire management from roughly the 1900s to the present time employing a Marxist historical ...
• The Problem of Freedom and Universality: Marxian Philosophical Anthropology 

  Ralda, Oscar (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  This dissertation has two principal aims. First, it provides a critical reconsideration of Marx’s philosophical anthropology as it bears on the essential continuity of his emancipatory critique of political economy. Second, ...
• Ruling Class Governance: Capitalist Class Political Blocs, Labor, and PAC Co-donation Networks, U.S. House of Representatives, 1990–2018 

  Labuza, Andrew (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  Most contemporary political theories argue that the state is autonomous from the hegemony of the capitalist class. This project tackles the question of the relative autonomy of the state through a novel approach of converting ...
• CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS OF DNA AND PROTEIN-DNA COMPLEXES AT SINGLE-STRANDED-DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA JUNCTIONS 

  Maurer, Jack (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  Most biological systems, particularly protein-DNA complexes, leverage a dynamic evolution of their structure to perform a myriad of functions within the context of the cell. Decades of detailed biophysical research have ...
• Representation of Land and the Female Body in Polish Dramatic Literature 

  Dulba-Barnett , Anna (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  In this dissertation, I map how the authors of canonical Polish dramas from Romanticism to the present construct and solidify the ideals of womanhood and its connection to land and nature. I analyze how the use of the ...
• CHEMICAL CONTROLS ON THE BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC RELEASE OF CHROMIUM AND VANADIUM 

  Balogun, Fatai (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  Contamination of ground and well water by Cr and V from anthropogenic and geogenic sources has gained considerable attention over the last few decades due to environmental and public health concerns. The specific threat ...
• The Design, Synthesis, and Properties of Strained Alkyne Cycloparaphenylenes. 

  Fehr, Julia (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  Strained molecules possess the potential energy required to do work in the form of further chemical transformations. Strained alkynes in particular are an attractive handle for such applications as they can undergo the ...
• SYNERGIZING GENETIC ENGINEERING AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY: ANIMAL-BASED LINEAGE TRACKING TO STUDY ADAPTIVE MUTATIONS 

  Stevenson, Zachary (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  The fitness effects of new mutations are one of the central drivers of evolutionary change. Mutation is the ultimate source of novel genetic diversity, yet only a small fraction of new mutations provides an adaptive ...
• Investigating Protein Evolution Through Sequence Space Using a Biophysical Lens 

  Shavlik, Michael (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  How do the underlying biophysical properties of proteins dictate the “rules” that govern molecular evolution? Understanding the principles and mechanisms that determine which evolutionary trajectories proteins take is ...
• Heart Holes and Breath Holds: Influence of Sex and Intracardiac Shunt on Pulmonary Gas Exchange Efficiency and Association of Vascular Mediators on Blunted Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction in Apnea Divers 

  Kelly, Tyler (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been documented in humans since Galen reported their existence approximately 2000 years ago. PFO has been associated with a variety of negative outcomes such as impaired ventilatory ...
• Reflections of Closures 

  Sullivan, Zachary (University of Oregon, 2024-03-25)

  The idea that programs are data forms the bedrock of functional programming languages, but it is also found in object-oriented languages and recent iterations of systems languages. Since passing and returning programs ...

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