• Growth in Some Laminariales 

  Olson, Annette (1982-08-20)

  In the present study, I had two main objectives: First, to determine the rates, regions, and duration of elongation in a variety of kelps and, second, to compare the results obtained from use of the hole-punch and fluorescent ...

• Effects of hypoxia on lateralization in three coastal species of fish 

  Nati, Julie; Felipe, Rocco; Lucon Xiccatoa, Tyrone (2013)

  Coastal fish are daily subjected to several environmental changes mainly due to tidal rhythms. Hypoxic conditions are widespread in many coastal habitats and their occurrences have been increasing over the past years ...

• Effect of time of day on escape response in Pacific staghorn sculpin, Leptocottus armatus 

  del Pozo, Ana; Durollet, Marie; Svendsen, Morten Bo Søndergaard (2013)

  The present study aims to test both the daily locomotor activity of Staghorn sculpins (Leptocottus armatus) and the effect of the time of day on the escape response in this species. The daily locomotor activity of 12 ...

• Cyclicity in Landscape: Its Reality in Nature and Clash with Human Civilizational Progress 

  Nguyen, Hannah (University of Washington Libraries, 3/19/2019)

  Seeking to understand how landscape’s dualities serve as the basis for its inherently natural cyclicity in Henry David Thoreau’s Cape Cod brings us to a clearer recognition of its odds with the American ideal of unidirectional ...

• Reproduction, distribution, and feeding ecology of the Greenland shark (Sominosus microcephalus) in relation to climate change and human activities in the Arctic 

  Stork, Kalina (University of Washington Libraries, 5/6/2019)

  My submission is a research paper on the ecological role of the species the Greenland shark (Sominosus microcephalus). Very few research studies have been conducted on this species, so this paper is a review on over 30 ...

• Benthic-pelagic decoupling and walrus responses to a warming Arctic 

  Stromberg, Wells (University of Washington Libraries, 3/18/2019)

  A walrus diet typically consists of invertebrates that live on the seafloor, consumed in large quantities with the help of special morphological traits. In addition to the threats posed by diminishing sea ice in their ...

• Antibiotic Resistance and Mycobacterium tuberculosis 

  Moreno Candia, Jazmin (University of Washington Libraries, 5/6/2019)

  Mycobacterium tuberculosis is highly dangerous pathogen that is very prone to multiple drug resistance. As the microbe is very slow growing, culturing methods of diagnosing antibiotic resistance can take several months, ...

• Pursuing Social Justice: How Might a Universal Basic Income or Federal Jobs Guarantee Help Women? 

  Karcher, Kathryn (University of Washington Libraries, 3/4/2019)

  Welfare policies in the United States reinforce sexism, racism, and classism, and thereby oppress women. When discussing alternative policies, scholars and political players should not just consider economic consequences. ...

• Increased prevalence of human activity in the Arctic as a result of climate change, and the impacts on the Arctic ecosystem from resulting increases of introduced species 

  Lawson, Delaney (University of Washington Libraries, 5/6/2019)

  Arctic sea ice levels have been steadily decreasing since the end of the 20th century, and there is no evidence of this trend disappearing in the coming years. As a result of this, shipping routes are opening up within ...

• Peace for Apartheid: The Oslo Accords and Orientalism in Liberal American Foreign Policy, 1991-1996 

  Crowley, Dutton (University of Washington Libraries, 3/15/2019)

  My paper looks at the Oslo Accords, the "peace process" between the Palestinians and Israel. However, I argue that Oslo was never a peace process, and this is largely because the United States was never the neutral arbiter ...

• Epidemic of Violations Abroad: Prosecutorial Control of Exculpatory Evidence and Plea Bargaining Rates. 

  Fletcher, Alexandra (University of Washington Libraries, 5/5/2019)

  Over the last few decades, plea bargaining rates have skyrocketed in the United States. Most efforts taken by states to halt the surge of plea bargaining have not addressed prosecutorial discretion in the court, and no ...

• Civil Rights and their Limitations: On Redress for Japanese Latin Americans 

  Carrasquero, Danielle (University of Washington Libraries, 5/6/2019)

  My research project explores the incarceration of Japanese Peruvians and Japanese Latin Americans during World War II. Further, my paper looks at the fact that these individuals were then excluded from the Civil Liberties ...

• Gentrification, Displacement, and the Question of Responsibility 

  Ansari, Aleenah (University of Washington Libraries, 5/6/2019)

  "In 1865, Seattle’s First City Council banned Native Americans from living in the city – but restricting people’s right to a home hasn’t stopped there. Redlining, or policies that make it harder for people of color to ...

• A novel three-tiered approach to bridging the mental health treatment gap 

  Albright, Liam (University of Washington Libraries, 5/6/2019)

  Mental health is a vast problem around the globe and poses a threat to population health and economic development both domestically and internationally. While mental health is a vast problem current treatment plans by ...

• Educational Excellence and the Economics of Immigration: Undocumented Latin American Youth and the Neoliberal Knowledge Economy 

  Carey, Sophia (University of Washington Libraries, 6/5/2018)

  This paper examines the ideological superstructure of the Seattle-based Youth Tutoring Program in the context of racial politics in urban design and education. Institutional restrictions to eligibility for public housing ...

• The Story Behind An East Asian's Name Change 

  Au, Wing Yun (University of Washington Libraries, 5/6/2019)

  There’s a lot of reasons why one might decide to change their name—maybe it holds bad memories or there’s another name that holds more meaning. For a certain demographic, specifically East Asians who come to an English ...

• "We Wear Our Boots Just Like the Men": Women's Roles in Pacific Northwest Mountains and Society, 1890-1939 

  Abrams, Cleone (University of Washington Libraries, 3/15/2019)

  Women challenged traditional roles and expectations in both the mountains and politics of the 20th-century Pacific Northwest. Though women continued to struggle for equality and retained separate spheres from men, they ...

• Hospital-Based Newborn Hearing Screening Across The Globe: A Systematic Review & Preliminary Report On Guatemala’s Program 

  Bradford, Makayla J.; Castellanos de Muñoz, Patricia; Kover, Sara; Arenberg, Julie G.; Tremblay, Kelly; Mancl, Lisa (2019-05)

  Background: An average of 3 out of every 1000 children are born with a hearing loss. Both hearing screening and intervention services have a significant positive impact on these children. The current study focused on ...

• Humanitarian Aid under Stress: Assessing the Role of NGOs 

  Bahadory, Azelle; Bodell, Mia; Davis, Katie; Freney, Megan; Laskowski, Emily; Long, Aaron; Miller, India; Pingul, Olivia; Price, Gretchen; Steindorf, Molly; Sullivan, Maya; Wigen, Riley; Zech, Tommy (2019)

  Humanitarian NGOs currently face many challenges that inhibit their ability to deliver aid and place the humanitarian principles under stress. The politicization of aid by both donor and host governments has influenced the ...

• Opportunities and Challenges in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region 

  Curran, Dylan; Davison, Clay; Gao, Sihan; Kornas, Gabriel; Park, Seongshin; Peng, Kunpei; Quick, Megumi; Sampath, Sanjay; Stolfa, Connor; Stowe, Adrianne; Trindeva, Ava; Van Vleet, Kyle; Zheng, Jiajin (2019)

  This Task Force focuses on three key areas that U.S. policies have to address in order to capitalize on opportunities and meet challenges in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region: 1. Political issues that require the U.S. to increase ...

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