This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2008
More Than Screening Tools? : an Examination of Preliminary Applicant Evaluation Methods, Matthew Eric Paronto (Dissertation)
Semantic Components: A Model for Enhancing Retrieval of Domain- Specific Information, Susan Loucette Price (Dissertation)
Cardioprotective Signal Transduction to Mitochondria, Casey Lee Quinlan (Dissertation)
Development and Investigation of Unique Organic Materials to Detect Disease Biomarkers, George Kiplimo Samoei (Dissertation)
"Railcars Loaded With Crisp Fresh Vegetables" A study of Agriculture at the Tule Lake Relocation Center 1942-1946, Michael David Schmidli (Thesis)
Work-related Outcomes of Financial Stress: Relating Perceived Income Adequacy and Financial Strain to Job Performance and Worker Well-being, Lindsay Ellen Sears (Thesis)
"Whose streets? Our streets!" Urban Social Movements and the Transformation of Everyday Life in Pacific Northwest Cities, 1990-1999, Leanne Claire Serbulo (Dissertation)
Lost in Translation : Ideas of Population Health Determinants in the American Policy Arena, Maria Gilson Sistrom (Dissertation)
The Impact of the Swingshift Options School Alternative Educational Pathway on at-risk Middle School Students' Transition to High school, Carol Rutan Smith (Dissertation)
Structural Bone Density of Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis): Taphonomic and Archaeological Implications, Ross E. Smith (Thesis)
The Reproductive and Conservation Biology of the spotted towhee in Urban Forest Fragments, Sarah Bartos Smith (Dissertation)
Representation without Taxation : China's Rural Development Initiatives For a New Millenium, Minzi Su (Dissertation)
How Organizational Arrangements Affect High Reliability in Public Research Universities: Perceptions of environmental Health and Safety Directors, Rita Finn Sumner (Dissertation)
Challenging the New Penology: A Case-Study Analysis of Correctional Management, Interstate Inmate Transfers, and Administrative Intent, Robert Thomas Swan (Dissertation)
Students' Reasoning about the Concept of Limit in the Context of reinventing the Formal Definition, Craig Alan Swinyard (Dissertation)
Financial Engineering for Energy System Capital Budgeting, Chin-Chuen Teoh (Dissertation)
The Child Care Self-Sufficiency Scale: Measuring Child Care Funding and Policy Generosity across States, Karen Tvedt (Dissertation)
Nanostructered Aminophenylporphyrin Films for Use in Bulk Heterojunction and Inverse Dye-Sensitized TiO₂ Solar Cells, Michael George Walter (Dissertation)
The Washington State Patrol, Accountability-Driven Leadership, and the Organizational Factors that Propelled their Success: An Organizational Analysis, Timothy Carl Winchell (Dissertation)
Design of Radio-Frequency Filters and Oscillators in Deep-Submicron CMOS Technology, Haiqiao Xiao (Dissertation)
Methodology for Developing a Functional Multiscale Architecture Model System Towards Future Integrated Circuits, Yamini Yadov (Dissertation)
Intimate Partner Violence, Supervisor Support and Work Outcomes for Low-Wage Workers, Nanette Lucia Yragui (Dissertation)
CMOL/CMOS Hardware Architectures and Performance/price for Bayesian Memory - The Building Block of Intelligent Systems, Mazad Shaheriar Zaveri (Dissertation)
A Grounded Agent Model of the Consumer Technology Adoption Process, Brent Alan Zenobia (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Modeling Streambed Heating in Shallow Streams, Robert Leslie Annear Jr. (Dissertation)
The Characterization of tRNA Modifying Enzymes S-adenosylmethionine : tRNA Ribosyltransferase-isomerase (QueA) and a novel Type I GTP cyclohydrolase, Shilah Amal Bonnett (Dissertation)
Contribution of Public Support Agency Programs to Local New Firm Performance, Stephen Baker Braun (Dissertation)
Shift Work in the Long-TermCare Industry : an Examination of Organizational and Individual factors that influence Employee Outcomes, Kristin Elizabeth Charles (Dissertation)
Sensitivity Analysis for Hierarchical Decision Models, Hongyi Chen (Dissertation)
Selected Chemistry of Biologically-Active Thiols : N-acetylpenicillamine and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole in Nitrosothiol Formation and Role in Allergic Contact Dermatitis Respectively, Itai Chipinda (Dissertation)
The Family Fuselloviridae : Diversity and Replication of a hyperthermic virus infecting the archaeon genus Sulfolobus, Adam Joseph Clore (Dissertation)
Radicalism in American Political Thought : Black Power, the Black Panthers, and the American Creed, Christopher Thomas Cooney (Thesis)
Workplace Cognitive Failure as a Mediator between Work-Family Conflict and Safety Performance, Rachel Jane Daniels (Thesis)
Islamophobia and the U.S. Media, Michelle Maria Nichole Diamond (Thesis)
A Multilevel Analysis of Individual and Organizational-Level Effects on Staff Attitudes Towards Use of Medication in Substance Abuse Treatment, John Patrick Fitzgerald (Dissertation)
The Effects of Coypu Myocaster Coypus (Nutria) Trapping on the Water Quality of South Johnson Creek, Beaverton, Oregon, Deborah Jean Frankel (Thesis)
"Questions About Stuff You Don't Normally See on a Map:" A Study of Sixth-Graders' Abilities to Understand Quantitative Thematic Maps, Stephanie Lynn Gaspers (Thesis)
Memory and hypnotism in Wagner's musical discourse, Jonathan C. Gentry (Thesis)
Biosedimentology of Thermal Features in the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Russia : Implications for Biosignature Formation, Jessica Christine Goin (Dissertation)
The Changing Paradigm of Emergency Management : Improving professional development for the Emergency Manager, Robert Edward Grist (Dissertation)
Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Learning and Action Processes for Social Change and Sustainability : The Case of a Regional Food System Effort in the Pacific Northwest, Janet Michelle Hammer (Dissertation)
Using Building Energy Simulation and Geospatial Modeling Techniques in Determine High Resolution Building Sector Energy Consumption Profiles, Shem C. Heiple (Thesis)
Family-Friendly Workplace Culture, Flexibility, and Workplace Support for Dependent Care : the Perspectives of Human Resource Professionals, Katherine June Huffstutter (Dissertation)
Spatial and morphological change of Eliot Glacier, Mount Hood, Oregon, Keith Michael Jackson (Thesis)
Family Participation : Exploring the Role it Plays in Outcomes for Youth with Serious Emotional Disorders, Jodi Lee Kerbs (Dissertation)
Beyond the Classroom Walls: a Study of Out-Of-Class English Use by Adult Community College ESL Students, Tracey Louise Knight (Thesis)
ReVisioning : a Theoretical Model of Teachers' Career Choices, Wendi Bain Laurence (Dissertation)
Ultra Reliable Computing Systems, Chong Ho Lee (Dissertation)
Global Civil Society Finding Collective Voice in Diversity, Kristen Marie Magis (Dissertation)
An Examination of Faculty Experiences with Hybrid Formats, Jo Elsa Meyertons (Dissertation)
Prediction of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis from Psychosocial Questionnaires, Scott David Mist (Dissertation)
"Creative Interpretation and Fluidity in a Rights Framework": the Intersection of Domestic Violence and Human Rights in the United States, Karen Lynn Morgaine (Thesis)
Graduate Teaching Assistants' Statistical Knowledge for Teaching, Jennifer Ann Noll (Dissertation)
Microbial Biosignatures in High-Iron Thermal Springs, Mary Nichole Parenteau (Dissertation)
Seasonal Changes in Allocation, Growth, and Photosynthetic Responses of the Submersed Macrophyte Egeria densa Planch. (Hydrocharitaceae) from Oregon and California, Toni Garrett Pennington (Dissertation)
Distributed Cooperative Framework and Algorithms for wireless Network Performance Optimization, Emily Hong Qi (Dissertation)
Information Technology Training in the Public Sector : Essential Planning Elements, Betty Jean Reynolds (Dissertation)
Perspectives on an Arts Magnet School : the Voices of Elementary School Children, Denise Robles-Torres (Dissertation)
Food Security and Hunger among Low income US Households: Relations to Federal Food Assistance Program Participation, Rebecca Elizabeth Sanders (Dissertation)
Engaging Our Workforce: How Job Demands and Resources Contribute to Social Worker Burnout, Engagement and Intent to Leave, Sara Laura Schwartz (Dissertation)
Improving Monitoring and Diagnosis for Process Control using Independent Component Analysis, Thaddeus Taylor Shannon (Dissertation)
The Effects of Western Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobium campylopodum) on Radial Growth of Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) in Managed Stands in Eastern Oregon, Sharon Marie Stanton (Dissertation)
From Prison to the Community : the Role of Citizen Participation in Female Prisoner Reentry, Dana Roderick Torrey (Dissertation)
Thin Film Solar Cells Using ZnO Nanowires, Organic Semiconductors and Quantum Dots, Kaitlyn VanSant (Thesis)
Goal-Oriented Job Scheduling for Parallel Computer Systems, Sangsuree Vasupongayya (Dissertation)
Active Recreation in Parks: Can Park Design and Facilities Promote use and physical activity?, Lynnette Renee Weigand (Dissertation)
Network Analysis of a Shared Governance System, Debra Reifman Whitall (Dissertation)
A Qualitative Analysis of Hybrid Control Systems, Anca Georgeta Williams (Thesis)
Mother/Infant Interaction in the Context of Four Maternal Risk Factors, Deirdre Ann Winder (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
A Market-Based Framework for Semiconductor Industry Growth the Reduced Ecological Impart, Dawood Sulieman Abugharbieh (Dissertation)
Lives, Livelihoods, and Landscapes: A Study of Land Use and Social Change in Northeastern Nepal, Jennifer Leigh Anderson (Thesis)
Deer-Vehicle Accident Hotspots in Northwest Clackamas County, Oregon, Linda K. Anderson (Thesis)
Examining the Effects of Transit Service on Commuting Mode Choice and residential location choice, Jaturapat Bhiromkaew (Dissertation)
Is It Just Me? Felt HIV -Related Stigma among Adults with HIV, Rebecca Gila Block (Dissertation)
Oxygen Demand Trends, Land Cover Change, and Water Quality Management for an Urbanizing Oregon Watershed, Michael Karl Boeder (Thesis)
Comparison of the Variation between ASCE Penman-Monteith Reference Evapotranspiration and Potential Evaporation in Oregon, Chad M. Cary (Thesis)
Social Workers Addressing Student-Perpetrated Interpersonal Violence in the School Context : Awareness and Use of Evidence-Supported Programs, Natalie Diane Cawood (Dissertation)
Addressing Cheating and Workload Characterization in Online Games, Christopher Chambers (Dissertation)
Nonlinear Dynamics Derived from the Oxyhalogen Oxidation of Selected Organosulfur Compounds, Edward Chickwana (Dissertation)
Avian Affairs: A Study of the Occurrence and Benefits of Extra-pair Breeding Behavior in Eastern Kingbirds (Tyrannus Tyrannus), Amy Catherine Dolan (Dissertation)
Presidential Values : Implications for Foreign Policy, Jordan Katherine Durbin (Dissertation)
Sons Providing Care at End-of-Life : Common Threads and nuances, Patricia Ebert (Dissertation)
First impressions : a Study of the Relationship Between Presenting Problems and Clinical Perception, Holly Elizabeth Fussell (Dissertation)
Scalable Load and Store Processing in latency tolerant processors, Amit Vasant Gandhi (Dissertation)
Ternary quantum logic, Normen Giesecke (Thesis)
Exploring Interethnic Dialogue Design, Stephen Hiroshi Gilchrist (Dissertation)
Expanding Responsibilities and Shifting Demands: An Analysis of the Effects of Migration and Employment on Immigrant Women's Negotiating Power in the Household, Kerry Greer (Thesis)
Gridfields: Model-Driven Data Transformation in the Physical Sciences, Bill Howe (Dissertation)
Efficient Support for Application-Specific Video Adaptation, Jie Huang (Dissertation)
Impact of Universal Health Coverage on Health in Late Life, Nathalie Huguet (Dissertation)
Regeneration Patterns and Facilitation Following Blowdown in a Self- Replacing Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) Stand in Central Oregon, Jennifer Michelle Karps (Thesis)
Nesting Like Birds, Teaching Like Spiders: Emerging Visions in U.S. Higher Education for Biocultural Sustainability and Ecological Literacy Education, Ariana Marta Francesca Kramer (Thesis)
A Mixed-Methods and Multi-Level Investigation of the Effects of a Crew Chief Intervention on Job Attitudes, Occupational Stress, and Organizational Commitment, Michael Charles Leo (Dissertation)
The Fisheries of the Lower Columbia River, 1792 to 1850, Based on Euroamerican Explorer and Fur Company Accounts, Michael A. Martin (Thesis)
Conceptualizing and Measuring the Self in Chronic Illness and its Relationship to Adjustment, Jessica Marie Morea (Thesis)
Analysis of Relay-based Cellular Systems, Ansuya Negi (Dissertation)
The Interactions between Carbon Regulation and Renewable Energy policies in the United Kingdom, Hal Thomas Nelson (Dissertation)
Oregon's Approach to Health Care Reform : an Analysis of the Role of the Business Community in the evolution of the Oregon Health Plan, Peter Chuka Olemgbe (Dissertation)
Children’s Perceptions of the Learning Environment and Aesthetic Qualities within Their Classroom, Sheryl Reinisch (Dissertation)
Social Regulatory Policy : A Challenge to Federalism, Kimberly Janet Russell (Thesis)