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Fall 2014

Stephens, Laura M

This thesis considers the evolving role that public memories of Pablo Escobar have played in Colombian society since his death in 1993. By the mid 1990s, Escobar had become established in Colombia as the foremost emblem of the drug-related violence that ravaged the nation during the 80s and...

Fall 2017

Arku, Cynthia

The literature on the university participation of First Nations (First Peoples of Canada) learners pointed to historic K 12 challenges and competing demands that hinder their transition to university. Although learners’ attendance is rising steadily, more females than males attend university. ...

Fall 2017

Loosen, Anne Elizabeth

American black bears (Ursus americanus) and grizzly bears (U. arctos) have similar habitat requirements, relying on seasonally available grasses, forbs, fruiting shrubs and trees, and neonate ungulates. To avoid aggressive encounters with grizzly bears, black bears partition habitats spatially...

Fall 2012

Arregoces, Julio

A case study research was conducted in the city of Puerto Carreño, Colombia to assess adaptive capacity for the Farmers’ community and indigenous people to face climate change. Some of these inhabitants understand these changes in the weather as natural processes, others as climate change. The...

Fall 2018

Gavina, Kenneth C

Malaria caused by the genus Plasmodium (P.) is one of the oldest and most important parasitic infections globally. Pregnant women are at an increased risk for malaria, where the disease poses a significant risk to both maternal and child health. Better diagnosis of malaria can have an immediate...

Fall 2015

Zhang,Rengong

The existing literature debates whether selling, general and administrative (SG&A) spending is on average beneficial to shareholders as an asset-like investment or detrimental to shareholders as the result of empire building. I address this debate by examining the behavior and consequence of SG&A...

Spring 2015

Goehing, Jeannine

The effects of different vegetation control practices on tree-weed interactions and associated establishment and early tree growth were investigated in 1-3 year old hybrid poplar plantations containing Walker poplar (Populus deltoides x (P. laurifolia x P. nigra)) and its progeny Okanese poplar...

Fall 2016

Castillo Ayala, Claudia I.

Primates play an important role in the maintenance and functioning of tropical ecosystems. However, habitat loss due to land use conversion threatens the persistence of primates worldwide. Colombia has a diverse fauna of primates with 12% of its terrestrial territory protected under the country’s...

Fall 2018

Fang, Chengdong

Red alder (Alnus rubra [Bong.]), is the most common hardwood species along the Pacific Northwest coast and is widely distributed as a component of mixed stands with conifers on highly productive sites. It is also a strong competitor in young conifer stands and rapidly overtops associated juvenile...

Fall 2017

Le, Kyle

Trembling aspen is commonly used in the afforestation of boreal forest reclamation sites; however, the presence of vegetation competition can reduce growth and establishment success. This research examines how initial morphological characteristics influence the above and belowground growth of...