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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Relationship Between Empathy and Language Proficiency in Adult Language Learners, Mika Sakai
Predictive Validity of a New Self-report Measure of Individual Skin Type Through Characterization of Skin Melanin Using Reflectance Photospectroscopy, Mark Sanchez, Lisa Marriott, Teala Alvord, R. Samatham, and S. Chang
Decision Making on Pursuing Computer Science Masters in United States, Chaitali Sunil Sawant
Examining the Development and Classroom Dynamics of Student Disaffection Over Multiple Time Periods: Short-term Episodes and Long-term Trajectories, Emily Anne Saxton
The Spatial and Temporal Evolution of the Portland and Tualatin Basins, Oregon, USA, Darby Patrick Scanlon
Next Generation Science Standards and Physics First: a Case Study of High School Teachers' Beliefs and Practices, Stephen Godfrey Scannell
Very High Frequency Bipolar Junction Transistor Frequency Multiplier Drive Network Design and Analysis, Daniel Dale Schaeffer
Design of a Canine Inspired Quadruped Robot as a Platform for Synthetic Neural Network Control, Cody Warren Scharzenberger
Physics-Based Signal Processing Methods for Terahertz Non-Destructive Evaluation of Layered Media, Scott G. Schecklman
Localized Photoemission in Triangular Gold Antennas, Christopher M. Scheffler
Effects of Wavelength Variation on Localized Photoemission in Triangular Gold Antennas, Christopher M. Scheffler, Robert Campbell Word, and Rolf Könenkamp
Not Even Past: Historical Essays on Subjects Forgotten, Michael L. Schepps
Statistical Analysis of Social Network Change, Teresa Danielle Schmidt
Student Sustainability Leadership Development at Portland State University: Developing Holistic Sustainability Leaders, Megan Suzanne Schneider
Barriers to Community Gardening in Portland, OR, Jullian Michael Schrup
Pay to Play: Internships, Post-Graduate Education, and the Cost of Working in Publishing, Madison Schultz
An Evaluation of the Established Relationship Between Federal and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Post-9/11, Samantha Schultz
ADHD-Related Impairments in Error-Processing Predict Symptom Change, Amber Schwartz
Characterizing Tilt Effects on Wind Plants, Ryan Scott
Black-White Differences in the Association between Maternal Early Life Adversity and Child Asthma Outcomes from the Add Health Study, Jennifer Seamans, Sarah B. Andrea, Kara Gallemore, Janne Boone-Heinonen, Tam Lutz, and Jodi Lapidus
Insta-Identity : the Construction of Identity through Instagram an Extended Literature Review, Bailey Seibel
Depiction and Function of Madness in Elizabethan and Jacobean Literature, Yeiji Seo
Idioms in Chinese EFL Contexts: a Review of 2004-2018, William Shanahan
The Oregon Coastal Worry: Cellular Division Affected by External Changing Temperatures and Salinity Concentration, Jessica Sheets