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Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Exploring the Potential Use of Porous Silica Nanoparticles in CEST-MRI, Lydia Makotamo (Dissertation)

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Mapping the Publics: The Production of Spatial Knowledge and Public Interest, Paul Thomas Manson (Dissertation)

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Claiming Miscommunication to Justify Rape: The Role of Liking the Perpetrator, Alyssa Marie Glace Maryn (Dissertation)

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Judicial Review as an Instrument of Natural Rights Theory: An Intellectual History, James M. Masnov (Thesis)

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Transformative Health Care: Integrating the Perspectives and Lived Experiences of Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients into Health Care Education and Delivery, Shammarie Raquel Mathis (Thesis)

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The Use of Mayflies, Stoneflies and Caddisflies as Indicators of Fine Sediment Pollution in Salmon-Bearing Streams of the Pacific Northwest, Cory Michael McCaffrey (Thesis)

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From Molecules to Mountains: A Multi-Proxy Investigation into Ancient Climate and Topography of the Pacific Northwest, USA, Alex McLean (Thesis)

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Chemical Characterization of Toxicologically Relevant Molecules in Cannabis Concentrates and Vaporizer Aerosols, Jiries Meehan-Atrash (Dissertation)

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Emotional Intelligence and Resonant Leadership: Investigating School Principals' Preparation and Professional Development in Response to Covid-19 and Other Challenges, Ashlie Kaye Miller (Dissertation)

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My Mountain, Your Mountain, Our Mountain: Incorporating Emotional and Sensory Experiences in Mapping Sense of Place in Mount Hood National Forest, Alicia RaNae Milligan (Thesis)

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An Analysis of Capillary Flow in Finite Length Interior Corners, Samuel Shaw Mohler (Thesis)

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Understanding Financial and Human Resource Capacity Challenges among Small Nonprofits in Oregon: How to Overcome Challenges Unique to Size and Urban-Rural Divide, Anindita Mukerjee (Dissertation)

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Assessment of Vertical Accuracy from UAV-LiDAR and Structure from Motion Point Clouds in Floodplain Terrain Mapping, Andrew Muller (Thesis)

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Forecasting Optimal Parameters of the Broken Wing Butterfly Option Strategy Using Differential Evolution, David Munoz Constantine (Thesis)

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Decolonizing Healthcare: a Black Feminist Analysis of Sisters Informing Sisters on Topics of AIDS (SISTA), Joy Mutare Fashu Kanu (Dissertation)

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An Analysis of Suspended Sediment Dynamics in a Partially Mixed Estuary, Riyadh Hamad Muttaleb (Dissertation)

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Investigation of Environmental-Friendly, Membraneless Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cells, Bao Nguyen (Thesis)

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Public Perception of Air Quality Risks in Portland, Oregon, Dawn Nolan (Thesis)

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Reassessing Hydrothermal Heat Discharge and the Relationship of Hot Springs in the North Oregon Cascades, Aaron Alexander Orr (Thesis)

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Error Propagation and Algorithmic Design of Contour Integral Eigensolvers with Applications to Fiber Optics, Benjamin Quanah Parker (Dissertation)

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An "I" for an "I" : A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Instigated and Reciprocal Incivility, Lauren Sarah Park (Dissertation)

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Diffusion of Innovation: Investigations of Technology Advances on a University Campus, Melissa Shaquid Pirie (Dissertation)

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An Exploratory Study of Adjunct Faculty Professional Growth Experiences, Bethany Ann Potts (Dissertation)

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Undrained Cyclic Loading of Low Plasticity Silty Soils in the Pacific Northwest Using Laboratory and Field Cyclic Shear Testing, Angelica Melissa Preciado Reyes (Thesis)

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Early Implementation of a Standards-Based Mathematics Curriculum: Understanding Teacher Perspectives and Concerns, Karen Ann Prigodich (Dissertation)

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Proximal Policy Optimization for Radiation Source Search, Philippe Erol Proctor (Thesis)

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Situate: An Agent-Based System for Situation Recognition, Max Henry Quinn (Dissertation)

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Parenting and Children's Academic Coping as a Dynamic System: Feedforward, Feedback, and Mediators of Changes Across the School Year, Kristen Elizabeth Raine (Thesis)

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Incarceration and Suicide: Do the Risk Factors Differ for Civilians and Veterans?, Rheannon Gail Ramsey (Thesis)

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Tellurorhodamine Photocatalysts in Aerobic Oxidation Reactions: Development of Synthetic Methods and Reaction Mechanisms, Irving D. Rettig (Dissertation)

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Spread Like Wildfire: Assessing the Utility of Local Facebook Groups to Inspire Citizen Communication During a Disaster, Colby Riehl (Thesis)

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Exploring miRNA Function and Host Response to Coxiella burnetii Infection, Madhur Sachan (Dissertation)

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The Return to Anisotropy Across a Jet in Crossflow, Gregory P. Sakradse (Thesis)

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"It's Not by Accident": Examining Leadership Efforts to Disrupt Oregon's Segregated K-12 Education System, Michael Eric Salitore (Dissertation)

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A Ground-Based Assessment Framework for Validating Diesel Particulate Emission Models and Applicability in Portland, OR, Kirsten Marie Sarle (Thesis)

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Finding a Community Niche: Rethinking Historic House Museums in Oregon, Liza Julene Schade (Thesis)

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Exploring Linkages Between Landscape Patterns and Freshwater and Estuarine Bivalves in the Coast Range of Oregon, Kaegan Michael Scully-Engelmeyer (Dissertation)

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Reducing Transphobic Attitudes: a Cross-National Investigation of College Students in Japan and the United States, Kazusa Seko (Thesis)

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Racializing Discourses: an Exploration of Moreno Subject Formation in Oaxaca, Mexico, Juan Salvador Sepulveda-Figuereo (Thesis)

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From MDP to AlphaZero, David Robert SeWell (Thesis)

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Modeling Environmental Factors Related to Drought-Induced Tree Mortality Based on Lidar and Hyperspectral Imagery, Lauren Nicole Sharwood (Thesis)

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Technology Management Maturity Assessment Model in Healthcare, Amir Shaygan (Dissertation)

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Modeling Tools for Analyzing Electrical Power Distribution Systems Impacted by Electric Vehicle Load Growth, Jacob Sheeran (Thesis)

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Japanese-English Code-Switching by Postwar Speakers in Contemporary America, Andre John Shepherd (Thesis)

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Does Experiencing Spousal Support and Strain Impact the Quality of Family-Based Support that Supervisors Provide to Employees?, Joseph Alvin Sherwood (Dissertation)

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Automated Statistical Structural Testing Techniques and Applications, Yang Shi (Dissertation)

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Mechanistic Investigation of Neuropeptide S-nitrosylation by Nitric Oxide Moieties: A Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approach, Vusumuzi Leroy Sibanda (Dissertation)

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Incorporating Conditional ß-Mean based Equity Metric in Coverage based Facility Location Problems, Rohan Sirupa (Thesis)

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Regional Characteristics and Variability of Extreme Precipitation and Atmospheric Rivers in Past, Present, and Future Climates Over the Contiguous United States, Emily Anne Slinskey (Dissertation)

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Regionalist Romance: "America Eats" and the Culinary Myth-Making of the Federal Writers' Project, Icarus J. Smith (Thesis)

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"B-ing Flexible" : Examining Creativity in Bisexual Employees, Megan Jane Snoeyink (Thesis)

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Field Trials and Long-Term Monitoring of Microbially-Induced Desaturation for the Treatment of Liquefiable Silty Soils, Kayla Rae Sorenson (Thesis)

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Marijuana-related Crime in Oregon Following Legalization of Recreational Use, Ana Alicia Soto (Thesis)

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Development of a Design Guideline for Pile Foundations Subjected to Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading, Milad Souri (Dissertation)

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Immodest Transformations, Georg Sperle (Closed Thesis)

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Women's Work: a Feminist Standpoint Theory Study of Scholarship, Voice, and Resistance in the Academic Generation of Knowledge, Linnea Angelica Spitzer (Dissertation)

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Methods for Object Tracking With Machine Vision, Zachary Simon Stamler (Thesis)

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Nesting Habits of Cavity Nesting Bees and Wasps in Portland, Oregon, Stefanie Kay Steele (Thesis)

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Photoemission Electron Microscopy for Direct Observation of Photonic and Plasmonic Phenomena, Theodore Stenmark (Dissertation)

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Exploring the Relationships Between Community Experiences and Well-Being among Youth Experiencing Homelessness, Katricia Stewart (Dissertation)

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Projections of Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Patterns and Associated Temperature and Precipitation Over the Pacific Northwest Using CMIP6 Models, Graham Patrick Taylor (Thesis)

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The Perspectives of Head Start Employed Community College Students Who Earned an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education Programs: A Phenomenological Study Exploring Challenges and Successes, Robyne E. Taylor (Dissertation)

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Kinematic Demands on Pile-Supported Wharves Due to Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Ground Deformations, Thomas John Torkelson II (Thesis)

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Ancillary Data for Refining Computer Adaptive Algorithms for the Assessment of Anomia, Emily Kathryn Tudorache (Thesis)

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Mothers' Drinking Motives, Sheila Kathleen Umemoto (Thesis)

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Letitia Carson in Court: African American Women, Property, and Wages in the Pacific Northwest, Stephanie Marie Vallance (Thesis)

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Portland Urban Coyote Project: A Review of Citizen Science's Utility for Researching Urban Canids and the Human Environment, Keith David VanderBrooke (Thesis)

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An Examination of Nurses' Schedule Characteristics, Recovery from Work, and Well-Being, Sarah Elizabeth Van Dyck (Dissertation)

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Amount and Depositional Fate of Carbon Mobilized by Landsliding in SE Alaska, Bryce Alois Vascik (Thesis)

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Biological Invasions in Coastal Marine Ecosystems: How Changes in Trade Are Linked to Ballast Water Delivery of Nonindigenous Species, Danielle Elizabeth Verna (Dissertation)

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Rowing Concerns: Collaborative Governance and Stakeholder Determination in the Central Oregon's Deschutes Basin, Noel Vineyard (Thesis)

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Believe What You Will: Essays, Lee Ware (Closed Thesis)

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The Soniferous Experience of Public Space: A Soundscape Approach, Kenya DuBois Williams (Dissertation)

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Impacts of Nontraditional Admissions Criteria on the Admittance and Retention of Academically At-Risk Student Populations, Kristen Marie Winter (Dissertation)

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Temperature-induced Activation of the Reproductive Axis through Melatonin-mediated Changes in Thyrotropin, Treven J. Winters (Thesis)

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The Digital Divide and Health: Examining Digital Access as a Social Determinant of Health, Elizabeth Melissa Withers (Dissertation)

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Microbes on the Mountain: Plant-Microbe Associations and Interactions on Mount St. Helens, Emily Rose Wolfe (Dissertation)

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Short-term and Long-term Effects of New Light Rail Transit Service on Transit Ridership and Traffic Congestion at Two Geographical Levels, Huajie Yang (Dissertation)

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Spectrum Modeling of RF Amplifiers Based on Intercept Points with Measurement Improvements, Siyuan Yan (Dissertation)

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ten-cent flower & other territories, Charity E. Yoro (Closed Thesis)

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MIT-S1 Constitutive Model Calibration for a Portland-area Soil, Steven Ryan Young (Thesis)

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Preventing Sexual Violence Through Understanding Perceptions of Sexual Offenders, Judith G. Zatkin (Dissertation)

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Development of Graphene Synthesis and Characterization Techniques Toward CMOS Applications and Beyond, Otto Kno Zietz (Dissertation)

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Outsiders Within Inequality Regimes: a Sociological Framework to Advance the Lives of Women Veterans, Sarah Louise Aktepy (Dissertation)

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Exploring Policies and Strategies for the Diffusion of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) for the Care of Senior Population, Hamad Asri Alanazi (Dissertation)

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Long Term Changes to the Lower Columbia River Estuary (LCRE) Hydrodynamics and Salinity Patterns, Aqeel Al-bahadily (Dissertation)

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The Experience of Female Caregivers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nouf Albugami (Dissertation)

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A Land of Poets and Warriors: the Connection Between Warrior Culture and Bardic Culture in Medieval Wales c. 1066-1283, Sarah Lynn Alderson (Thesis)

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Achieving High Reliability Organizations Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps - the Case of Offshore Oil and Gas, Ahmed A. Alibage (Dissertation)

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Power Efficiency Enhancement and Linearization Techniques for Power Amplifiers in Wireless Communications, Haider Al-kanan (Dissertation)

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Undrained Cyclic Shear Resistance of Low Plastic Silts, Rawan Almoumen (Thesis)

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A Systematic Content Analysis of the Justice Reinvestment Programs Across Oregon Counties, Lorena Ambriz (Thesis)

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Detecting Geomorphic Change and Stream Channel Evolution on the Sandy River, Oregon, Using Lidar Following Dam Removal in 2007, Lowell Henry Anthony (Thesis)

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New Perspectives on Johannes de Muris and his Notitia artis musicae, Jeffrey Allan Arnsdorf (Thesis)

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Juveniles in the Interrogation Room: Defense Attorneys as a Protective Factor, Caitlin Noelle August (Thesis)

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Examining Employee Needs at Work and Home: a Self-Determination Theory Perspective, Dana Anuhea Auten (Dissertation)

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Microplastics in Pacific Northwest Bivalves: Ecological Prevalence, Harvester-Consumer Exposure, and Aquarium Exhibit Outcomes, Britta Rahel Baechler (Dissertation)

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Sensitivity Diagnostics and Adaptive Tuning of the Multivariate Stochastic Volatility Model, Sebastian Baldivieso (Closed Dissertation)

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A Seasonal Study of Ecoroof Metal and Nutrient Dynamics and Associated Drivers in an Ecoroof on a Commercial Building in North Portland Oregon, Alex Vijay Bans (Thesis)

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Self-Rescue, or Something Like It, Brittany Ann Barnhouse (Closed Thesis)