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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Differences in Syntactic Complexity in the Writing of EL1 and ELL Civil Engineering Students, Santiago Gustin
Experiences of Early Childhood Educators Working with Teaching Strategies GOLD®: A Narrative Inquiry, Sarah Kathryn Guyon
Analyzing the Visual Grounding of "Referring Relationships", Kennedy Hahn
An Ocean of Brain Waves: Analyzing Methods to Find ERP Signals in the Noise, Andrea Hamblen, Mallary Owen, Lindsay Robb, Susan Wiggins, and Sarah Key-DeLyria
From Drought to Food-Energy-Water-Security Nexus: an Assessment of Food Insecurity in the Middle East, Maysoun Ayad Hameed
Does X Mark the Applicant? Assessing Reactions to Gender Non-Binary Job Seekers, Kelly Mason Hamilton
Use of Two-replisome Plasmids to Characterize How Chromosome Replication Completes, Nicklas Alexander Hamilton
Defining Cohorts Using Current Procedural Terminology Codes in Metastatic Bone Disease: Accuracy and Implications, Sarah Hanna
Feeding Outcomes in Children with Craniofacial Anomalies, Meghan R. Hansen, Shannon M. Theis, and Deanna Britton
Portland’s land managers and academic researchers partner in the launch of a central data repository for Portland’s natural area research, Carole L. Hardy
Creating a Pathway for Learners to Apply Improvement Skills on Health Justice in Our Community, Laken Harrel and Kanwar Thind
Homelessness in Portland, Oregon: An Analysis of Homeless Campsite Spatial Patterns and Spatial Relationships, Krystle N. Harrell
The Consolidation of Feminine and Feminist Identities: Third Wave Perspectives on Cosmetic Ritual, Grace Hartley
Performance of A* Based Search Algorithms in Grid-Based Stochastic Multi-Agent Systems with Static Obstacles and Non-Static Goal States, Kallen M. Harvey
Ex Vivo Heart Perfusion, Saifullah Hasan and Castigliano Bhamidipati
Heart Transplant: Donation after Circulatory Death, Saifullah Hasan and Castigliano Bhamidipati
Demystifying Ruth, Georgia Hatchett
Knowing Without Knowing: Real-Time Usage Identification of Computer Systems, Leila Mohammed Hawana
Why Do Adults Read Young Adult Books?, Monica Hay
Improving Access to Rare Disease Clinical Trials Through Telemedicine, Dylan Haynes, Christina Topham, and Teri Greiling
Closure or Censure? Examining the Determinants of Disclosure of Sexual Assault Among College Students, Whitney Head-Burgess
Student Voice in a Participatory Design Process Focused on Developing Equity-Based STEM Teaching Practices, Frank Heimerdinger
Flood Dynamics in the Portland Metropolitan Area, Past, Present, and Future, Lumas Terence Helaire