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• Masters Thesis
  Study of Summer Lake, OR BB3-I core via biogeochemical molecular and isotopic analysis for Paleoclimate Reconstruction
  Fetzer, Dawn A
  The purpose of this study is to test models of millennial-scale climate response to hemispheric-scale drivers during the late Pleistocene in northwestern North America. Towards this end, a 12.5-10.5 mbgs section of the BB3-I core, spanning 38-35 ka in . . .
• Masters Thesis
  Beyond color: an examination of interethnic and biracial identity
  Lynch, Lauren Danielle
  The primary purpose of this study is to examine the strategies biracial and interethnic individuals use in self-identification of racial/ethnic identity. In the United States, multiracial/ethnic individuals have socio-historically been expected to ide . . .
• Masters Thesis
  U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of rhyolitic tuffs and lavas of the Sierra Madre Occidental silicic large igneous province: Insights into Eocene-Oligocene silicic volcanism from a new sample transect, Chihuahua and Durango border region, northern Mexico
  Moreno, Nick Andrew
  I present seventeen new U-Pb and eight 40Ar/39Ar ages from a previously unstudied geological traverse across the central Sierra Madre Occidental silicic large igneous province along the Chihuahua-Durango state border in Mexico. These data indicate pro . . .
• Masters Thesis
  An odontometric investigation of biological origins and affinities of the Yashkuns of Astore, Gilgit-Baltistan, Northern Pakistan
  Barton, Amber Marie
  The Yashkun are a Dardic-speaking ethnic group who live in Gilgit-Baltistan in extreme northern Pakistan. Most researchers assert that the Yashkun are immigrants to northern Pakistan from Central Asia. However, other authorities maintain that the Yash . . .
• Masters Thesis
  Paleontological, geochemical, and geophysical climate proxies in Late Pleistocene lacustrine sediments from Summer Lake, Oregon, western Great Basin
  Heaton, Eric James
  Paleontological, geochemical, and geophysical data from pluvial Summer Lake, Oregon, western Great Basin are the basis for a high resolution paleoclimate record during a time interval (38-34 ka) including the Mono Lake Excursion, Dansgaard-Oeschger in . . .
• Thesis
  Democracy in industry: an anthropological prolegomena
  Arnold, Peter Werner
  The following thesis contains two major areas of emphasis. At first I will present a comparative survey of types of workers’ participation systems in the industrial sectors of six countries. Preceding this will be a theoretical treatment of what I def . . .
• Article
  The changing academic library and what the University of California is attempting to do
  Helfer, Doris
  In light of the broad interest in enhancing the University of California library system in substantive and cost-effective ways, Richard Atkinson, president of the UC library system, announced an 18-month Library Planning and Action Initiative in Augus . . .
• Thesis
  The effects of a short term therapeutic camping experience on raising the self-concept of drug abusing delinquent adolescents
  Pascale, Joseph Fitzgerald
  The effects of a short term therapeutic camping experience on raising the Self-concept of drug abusing delinquent adolescents as measured by the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale was investigated. Forty adolescent residents of Pride House, a . . .
• Thesis
  Perceived Parental Attachment of Latino Adult Children of Alcoholics
  Guerra, Diana
  Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop a better understanding of parental attachment in Latino adult children of alcoholics (ACoAs) with their parent who struggles with alcoholism. Research questions: Is there a difference in parental attach . . .
• Thesis
  Cytochemical localization of NA+, K+-ATPase in the sea urchin egg and embryo
  Kruszewska, Barbara
  The sites of activity of Na+,K+-ATPase in the sea urchin egg and embryo were determined using a cytochemical localization technique. Fertilized and unfertilized eggs, and embryos at stages of development from 2 to 16-cells were lightly fixed with 2% p . . .