This collection contains both Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Theses.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2007
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)
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)
From "Sit and Listen" of "Shake It Out Yourself" : Helping Urban Middle School Students to Bridge Personal Knowledge to Scientific Knowledge through a Collaborative Environmental Justice Curriculum, Shamu Fenyvesi Sadeh (Dissertation)
Job Insecurity and Work-family Conflict : the Organizational, Situational, and Individual Influences on the Job Strain Process, Khatera Sahibzada (Dissertation)
Interpersonal Sensitivity and Information Sharing During Layoffs : Implications for Job Seekers, Rainer Seitz (Dissertation)
Unfinished Journeys : Elder Learners in an Assisted Living Facility, Suzanne Renée Simon (Dissertation)
An Examination of Conflict Conversation in an Online Community: the Pie Fight at DailyKos.com, Samantha Isabella Soma (Thesis)
Redrawing the Color Line : a Case Study of the Alliance of Minority Chambers of Commerce in Portland, Oregon, Francisca Inez Trujillo-Dalbey (Dissertation)
Early Moral Sense : Behavioral Self-regulation, Temperament, and Prosocial Behavior in Young Children in Child-centered Classrooms, Elizabeth Alliene Vale (Dissertation)
The Challenges International Students Face in Adjusting to Their New Status as Graduate Students: An Exploratory Case Study, Vincent Womujuni (Dissertation)
Adolescent Mothers : Youth in Need of Developmentally Appropriate Services, Patricia Arlyne Zimmerman (Dissertation)
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
A Decision Model for Technology Assessment to Reduce the Internal Digital Divide in Emerging Economies (case: Costa Rica), Audrey María Alvear Báez (Dissertation)
Mathematics, Meaning, and Identity : a Study of the Practice of Mathematics Education in a Rural High School, Rick Anderson (Dissertation)
Effects of Surrounding Land Use on Plant Species Composition in Urban Forest Fragments, Bruce Michael Barbarasch (Thesis)
The Role of Parent Coaching by Pediatric Physical Therapists: An Exploration of Current Practice, Nancy Ann Cicirello (Dissertation)
Community Benchmarks: An Analysis of Performance Measurements in Urban Planning Management, Susan Joan Daluddung (Dissertation)
Wavelet Based Feature Extraction and Dimension Reduction for the Classification of Human Cardiac Electrogram Depolarization Waveforms, Christopher S. De Voir (Thesis)
Female inmates perspectives on incarceration and correctional education at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Clara Guadalupe Ellis (Thesis)
Revisiting Invasion-Succession: Social Relations in a Gentrifying Neighborhood, Lynda Franks (Thesis)
Forest Resource Use, Land-Use, and Ecotourism in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras, Christina Marie Friedle (Thesis)
The Friendship Group Motivational Systems: Naturally-Occurring Resources and Liabilities During the Transition to High School, Carrie Jeanne Furrer (Dissertation)
Reorganizing the Oregon Department of Human Services : an Exploratory Case Study of Organizational Change, Charles Anthony Gallia (Dissertation)
An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Upper Clackamas River Basin with a Distributed Hydrologic Model, David Graves (Thesis)
Development and Validation of the Sustainability Climate Survey, David Edward Hall (Thesis)
Visualizing Complexity : A Spatial Analysis of Decorative Geometric Pattern in the Islamic World, 900-1400 AD, Tracy Elizabeth Harrison (Thesis)
Does the "News" Come First? Social Responsibility, Infotainment, and Local Television Newscasts in Portland, Oregon: A Content Analysis, Carey Lynne Higgins (Thesis)
Actor and Partner Effects Among Marital Dyads in Retirement Adjustment and Well-being, Julie Guenette Howard (Dissertation)
First season effects of managed flooding on the invasive species Phalaris arundinacea L. and shoreline vegetation communities in an urban wetland, Noah John Jenkins (Thesis)
Diversity of Methanogens and other Archaea in Permanently Cold, Anoxic Marine Sediments, Melissa Mary Kendell (Dissertation)
Fuel model development and fire simulation analysis in the wildland-urban interface : the case of Forest Park, Portland, Oregon, David Malcolm Kuhn (Thesis)
A Tale of Three Sisters: Reconstructing the Holocene glacial history and paleoclimate record at Three Sisters Volcanoes, Oregon, United States, Shaun Andrew Marcott (Thesis)
Humane education : the effects of animals in the classroom on children's empathy in Japanese elementary schools, Mika Maruyama (Thesis)
Ambivalent Landscapes: An Historical Geography of Recreation and Tourism on Mount Hood, Oregon, Ryan Franklin Mitchell (Thesis)
Progress and economy: the clash of values over Oregon's Trojan Nuclear Plant, Gregory Nipper (Thesis)
Teacher Learning: Documentation, Collaboration, and Reflection, William A. Parnell (Dissertation)
Self-help Support Groups: Choices in Participation Among Women Facing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Maria A. Pfeifer (Thesis)
Re-imaging a neighborhood : the creation of the Alberta Arts District, Portland, Oregon, Meredith R. Rizzari (Thesis)
"Alberta Arts District" : boundaries and belonging among long-time residents in a culturally changing neighborhood, Sammy Shaw (Thesis)
Evaluating Deliberative Democracy : Comparing Habermas' Discourse Ethic and Evaluations of Consensus Process in Residential Cooperatives, Katheryn Sutter (Dissertation)
"We want smokestacks and not swamps" : filling in Portland's Guild's Lake, 1906-1925, Kathleen D. Tucker (Thesis)
“Judith” Shakespeare in Computer Programming : An Oral History Study of American Women Programmers in the Late Twentieth Century, Laura L. Zeigen (Thesis)
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
The Wilderness Problem: A Narrative of Contested Landscapes in San Juan County, Utah, David Banis (Thesis)
A nun's life : Barking Abbey in the late-medieval and early modern periods, Teresa L. Barnes (Thesis)
Socratic Pedagogy, Critical Thinking, Moral Reasoning and Inmate Education: An Exploratory Study, Peter Boghossian (Dissertation)
Adult and Juvenile Sexual Offenders: The Use of Violence and Fantasies, Megan N. Carter (Thesis)
Effects of Shift Work on Employee Retention: An Examination of Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Stress-Based Explanations, Kristin Elizabeth Charles (Thesis)
Fundamental Conditions for the Evolution of Altruism: Towards a Unification of Theories, Jeffrey Alan Fletcher (Dissertation)
Fur Trade Daughters of the Oregon Country: Students of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, 1850, Shawna Lea Gandy (Thesis)
A Dialect Study of Oregon NORMs, Lisa Wittenberg Hillyard (Thesis)
PPerfGrid: A Grid Services-Based Tool for the Exchange of Heterogeneous Parallel Performance Data, John Jared Hoffman (Thesis)
Technology Forecasting Using Data Envelopment Analysis, Oliver Lane Inman (Dissertation)
The Origin of Portland, Oregon's Waterfront Park: A Paradigm Shift in City Planning (1967-1978), Michael Anthony Jenner (Thesis)
The Relationship of Parenting with Adolescent Problem Behaviors and Healthy Development: An Application of a Motivational Model of Development, Sharon Ann Johnson (Dissertation)