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Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Numerical Modeling of Electromagnetic Scattering in Explosive Granular Media, Garth Sundberg (Dissertation)
The Development of Embedded DRAM Statistical Quality Models at Test and Use Conditions, Satoshi Suzuki (Thesis)
Broadcast Mechanism for improving Conditional Branch Prediction in Speculative Multithreaded Processors, Renjith Thankappan Achary Retnamma (Thesis)
Rashomon Comes to the Courtroom: the Adoption of the Lay Judge System in Japan, Its Impact on Jurisprudence, and the Implications for Civic Engagement, Bryan Matthew Thompson (Thesis)
Limitation Riders in the Postreform House: A Test of Procedural Cartel and Conditional Party Government Theories, Jessica Scott Tollestrup (Thesis)
Policy Responses to the Closure of Manufactured Home Parks in Oregon, Andrée Tremoulet (Dissertation)
Comparison of Microshear Bond Strength and Morphological Changes Between Active and Passive Application of 4th Generation Etch-and-Rinse Etchant on Enamel, Sophia Tuyet-Nhi Trieu (Thesis)
A Beer Party and Watermelon: The Archaeology of Community and Resistance at CCC Camp Zigzag, Company 928, Zigzag, Oregon, 1933-1942, Janna Beth Tuck (Thesis)
Modeling the Role of Operational Characteristics in Safety Performance of PublicTransportation Systems: The Case of TriMet Bus Collision and Non-collision Incidents., Paul Herman Wachana (Dissertation)
Nihilism Unbound: Strauss, Nietzsche and Foucault as Nihilist Thinkers, Jeffrey Jacob Wade (Thesis)
Model Analysis of the Hydrologic Response to Climate Change in the Upper Deschutes Basin, Oregon, Michael Scott Waibel (Thesis)
Engaging a Systems Approach to Evaluate Domestic Violence Intervention with Abusive Men: Reassessing the Role of Community, Courtenay Silvergleid Wallpe (Dissertation)
Thin Film Group II-VI Solar Cells Based on Band-Offsets, James Keith Walton (Thesis)
Characterization of Mesoscopic Fluid-like Films with the Novel Shear-force/Acoustic Microscopy, Xiaohua Wang (Thesis)
Women and Resistance in the African Diaspora, with Special Focus on the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago) and U.S.A., Clare Johnson Washington (Thesis)
War, Peace, and Principled Action: A Study of Veterans and the Peace Movement, Laura Kay Wegener (Thesis)
Phylogeographic Patterns and Intervarietal Relationships within Lupinus lepidus: Morphological Differences, Genetic Similarities, Kevin Allen Weitemier (Thesis)
Cyclic Behavior of Screen Grid Insulated Concrete Form Components, Carl Scott Werner (Thesis)
Multi-Criteria Trucking Freeway Performance Measures for Congested Corridors, Nicole Marie Wheeler (Thesis)
La Palabra es Salud: A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Popular Education vs. Traditional Education for Enhancing Health Knowledge and Skills and Increasing Empowerment Among Parish-Based Community Health Workers (CHWs), Noelle Wiggins (Dissertation)
Fabrication, Field Emission Properties and Theoretical Simulation of Triode-Type Carbon Nanotube Emitter Arrays, Jianfeng Wu (Dissertation)
Stochastic Orders in Heterogeneous Samples with Applications, Maochao Xu (Dissertation)
Drought Analysis under Climate Change by Application of Drought Indices and Copulas, Wen Yang (Thesis)
Functional Separation of Multimodular Type I PKS Polypeptides by Utilizing Matched Docking Domains From a Heterologous PKS System, John Kam Yan (Dissertation)
Internal Displacement in Colombia: Violence, Resettlement, and Resistance, Juan Esteban Zea (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Preliminary Characterization of Mitochondrial ATP-sensitive Potassium Channel (MitoKATP) Activity in Mouse Heart Mitochondria, Venkat Raghav Aachi (Thesis)
Quaternions, Octonions, and the Quantization of Games, Aden Omar Ahmed (Dissertation)
Comparison of the Focal Properties of Selected Magnetic and Electrostatic Lenses and Tests of Their Theoretical Models, Luis Thomas Almarez (Dissertation)
'Conflict Analysis:' Exploring the Role of Kuwait in Mediation in the Middle East, Abdullah R. Al Saleh (Thesis)
Red de Salud -- Network of health : structural violence, exclusion and inclusion in Venezuela, Steven John Bates (Thesis)
Developing One's Self: Adoption and Identity Formation Through the Eyes of Transracially Adopted Native American Adults, Jody Becker-Green (Dissertation)
Literacy Leadership in Secondary Schools: a Case Study of Teaching and Learning in Two School Districts, Gregory Berry (Dissertation)
Education as Sustainability : an Action Research Study of the Burns Model of Sustainability Pedagogy, Heather L. Burns (Dissertation)
Modeling Subprime Mortgage Delinquency, Default, Prepayment and Loss, Olgay Cangur (Dissertation)
The Role of Water and Other Resources in the Invasion of Rubus Armeniacus in Pacific Northwest Ecosystems, Joshua Sundance Caplan (Thesis)
Primary Care, Males, Masculinity, and Suicide : a Grounded Theory Study, John Thomas Casey (Dissertation)
Electron Transport and Sensor Characteristics of Tin Dioxide Based Nanocrystalline Materials, Allen Chaparadza (Dissertation)
A Phylogenetic Study of the Old World Asclepiadinae (Apocynaceae) Based on Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequence Data, David Chuba (Dissertation)
The traditional and the modern : the history of Japanese food culture in Oregon and how it did and did not integrate with American food culture, David P. Conklin (Thesis)
A Positive Development View of Risk-taking : Attachment, mental health, internal control, and life engagement, Lauren Michelle Denneson (Dissertation)
Students Who Are Moms: How Do They Do It?, Rhianna Marie Derscheid (Thesis)
Characterization of Putative Self-Resistance Genes in the Biosynthetic gene cluster of hygromycin A from Streptomyces hygroscopicus NRRL 2388, Vidya Dhote (Dissertation)
Dutch Spatial Planning: The Coordination of Compact Development and Affordable Housing, Andrew James Eickmann (Thesis)
The Incorporation of Direct Democracy : Populism and Initiative Practices as Contested Terrain, Larry Galizio (Dissertation)
A Systematic Approach to Developing National Technology Policy and Strategy for Emerging technologies, Pisek Gerdsri (Dissertation)
Analysis and Classification of Sounds Produced by Asian Elephants (Elephas Maximus), Sharon Stuart Glaeser (Thesis)
Data Assimilation, Adaptive Observations and Applications, Humberto Carlos Godinez Vasquez (Dissertation)
The relationship of group support, majority status, and interpersonal dependency in predicting intimate partner violence, Mary Elisabeth Gray (Thesis)
Computational Techniques for Reducing Spectra of the Giant Planets in Our Solar System, Holly L. Grimes (Thesis)
The Social Bottom Line of Community Development Financial Institutions: What Facilitates or Inhibits the Uptake and Use of Meaningful Social and Community Impact Reporting?, Kelly Haines (Thesis)
Oregon Physicians' Perception of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Use of Enforcement Discretion Related to the Use of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain, Robert Dale Harrison (Closed Dissertation)
Vegetation, Environmental Characteristics, and their Relationships: Variation within the Annually Flooded Riparian Zones of the John Day River Basin, Oregon, Samuel J. Hartsfield (Thesis)
Building Community and Bridging Cultures: the Role of Volunteer Tutors in Oregon’s Latino Serving Community-Based Organizations, Troy Vaughn Hickman (Thesis)
Working for the "Working River": Willamette River Water Pollution, 1926 to 1962, James Vincent Hillegas (Thesis)
Classical Search and Quantum Search Algorithms for Synthesis of Quantum Circuits and Optimization of Quantum Oracles, Sazzad Hossain (Dissertation)
An Eigenanalysis and Synthesis of Unitary Operators used in Quantum Computing Algorithms, Steven Randall Hutsell (Dissertation)
Subordinate saints : women and the founding of Third Church, Boston, 1669-1674, Melissa Ann Johnson (Thesis)
Molecular Coevolution of Pacific Northwest Hantaviruses and Their Host, The Deer Mouse, Peromyscus Maniculatus, Philip Darren Jones (Dissertation)
Dynamic Task Prediction for an SpMT Architecture Based on Control Independence, Komal Jothi (Thesis)
Investigating Engagement, Thinking, and Learning Among Culturally Diverse, Urban Sixth Graders Experiencing an Inquiry-Based Science Curriculum, Contextualized in the Local Environment, Sybil Schantz Kelley (Dissertation)
Quantum Multiplexers, Parrondo Games, and Proper Quantization, Faisal Shah Khan (Dissertation)
Tracking Rhythmicity in Biomedical Signals using Sequential Monte Carlo methods, Sungan Kim (Dissertation)
Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Consideration of Attachment Deficits in the Etiology of Offending, Lee Anna Knox (Thesis)
City Management Theory and Practice: A Foundation for Educating the Next Generation of Local Government Administrators, Scott Douglas Lazenby (Dissertation)
Active Site Chemistry of the NADPH-Dependent:7-Cyano-7-Deazaguanine (PreQ0) Nitrile Oxidoreductase, an Enzyme involved in Queuosine Biosynthesis, Bobby Wai Keung Lee (Dissertation)
Quantum Inductive Learning and Quantum Logic Synthesis, Martin Lukac (Dissertation)
Studies of DNA Hybridization Reactions and Applications in Genetic Assays, Fidelis Manyanga (Dissertation)
Las Pioneras : New Immigrant Destinations and the Gendered Experiences of Latina Immigrants, Angie Pamela Mejia (Thesis)
Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria): Factors Affecting Galerucella pusilla and Galerucella calmariensis Establishment in Tidal Areas, Lynda Kathryn Moore (Thesis)
Paraprofessionals Who Work with Elementary Grade Students with Significant Disabilities in Inclusive Settings, Regina Moreno (Dissertation)
Prediction of Persistence of Fertilizer-derived Cadmium in Oregon Agricultural Soils using Equilibrium Modeling and Fertilizer Release Kinetics, Fungai Mukome (Dissertation)
Programmer Friendly Refactoring Tools, Emerson Murphy-Hill (Dissertation)
A Framework for Superimposed Applications : Techniques to Represent, Access, Transform, and Interchange Bi-level Information, Sudarshan Srivivasa Murthy (Dissertation)
Leadership and the Role of Spirituality : a Qualitative Study of University Presidents in U.S. Higher Education, Joan Margaret Neice (Dissertation)
Nonparametric Inference Using Randomization and Permutation Reference Distribution and Their Monte-Carlo Approximation, Minh D. Nguyen (Paper)
The Nature of People's Perceptions of Wolves, Laura Briana Nobel (Thesis)
Hardiness, Well-Being, and Health: A Meta-Analytic Summary of Three Decades of Research, Celina Marie Oliver (Dissertation)
Being an "Other": the Significance of Teachers' Lived Experiences in Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, Yumiko Otsuki (Dissertation)
Determinants of Cross Organizational Software Project Success, And Ozbay (Dissertation)
Phylogeographic and Phylogenetic Exploration of Plethodon (Plethodontidae, Caudata) Salamanders in the Pacific Northwest, Tara Anne Pelletier (Thesis)
Impacts of Climate Change and Urban Development on Water Resources in the Tualatin River Basin, Sarah Praskievicz (Thesis)
The genesis of Portland's Forest Park : evolution of an urban wilderness, Elizabeth M. Provost (Thesis)
Model Reduction for Simulation, Optimization and Control, Oleg Edward Roderick (Dissertation)
Peer Network Emergence and Change in the Classroom: A Multiple Systems Perspective, Nicole Ann Sage (Dissertation)
Simulation of INSB Devices using Drift-Diffusion Equations, Edin Sijercic (Dissertation)
Synthesis of Aptamer-Porphyrin Conjugate for Photodynamic Therapy & Synthesis and stability of mixed thiol/lipid coated Gold Nanoparticles, Sarita Sitaula (Dissertation)
Ethnic Place Making: Thirty Years of Brazilian Immigration to South Framingham, Massachusetts, Laura Aldea Skorczeski (Thesis)
Community, Conversation, and Conflict: a Study of Deliberation and Moderation in a Collaborative Political Weblog, Samantha Isabella Soma (Dissertation)
Learning, Identity and Agency : Secondary Mathematics Professional Developers' Lived Experiences of Participation and Collaborative Inquiry in Professional Learning Communities, Susan Stein (Dissertation)
Dependent Care and Work-Life Outcomes : Comparing Exceptional Care and Typical Care Responsibilities, Lisa Maureen Stewart (Dissertation)
Sex Work and Moral Conflict: Enhancing the Quality of Public Discourse Using Photovoice Method, Crystal Renee Tenty (Thesis)
Graphical User Interfaces as Updatable Views, James Felger Terwilliger (Dissertation)
Fabrication of Anisotropic Nanostructures on Solid Substrates for Applications as Optically Active Surfaces, Mohan Krishna Vattipalli (Dissertation)
Finite Sample Properties of Minimum Kolmogorov-Smirnov Estimator and Maximum Likelihood Estimator for Right-Censored Data, Jerzy Wieczorek (Paper)
Factors Associated with Inclusion of Spirituality in Secular Social Work Education, Leslie Grace Wuest (Dissertation)
Japanese International Graduate Students in U.S. Higher Education Classrooms: An Investigation of their Pedagogical and Epistemological Challenges and Supports, Miki Yamashita (Dissertation)
Operationalizing the Antecedents of Work-Family Positive Spillover: A Longitudinal Study, Kristi Lynn Zimmerman (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Up a Creek : the Perilous Journey of Recently Uninsured Low-Income Adults in Oregon, Heidi Allen (Dissertation)
Attributes of Effective Head Start Mental Health Consultants : a Mixed Method Study of Rural and Urban Programs, Mary Dallas Allen (Dissertation)
Head Start Parents' Perceptions of Parental Involvement During their children's transition to Kindergarten : a Phenomenological Study, Dawn Angela Barberis (Dissertation)