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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Exiters of Religious Fundamentalism: Reconstruction of Identity, Social Relationships and Support, and Meaning Related to Well-Being, Andreea Alexandra Nica
Quantifying Spatial Potential Access Equity in an Agent Based Simulation Model of Buprenorphine Treatment Policy in the United States, Alexandra Elizabeth Nielsen
US Forest Service Seasonal Field Work Optimization Issue, Donavon Nigg, Erica Merckling, Jacqueline Nayame, and Konstantin Tuv
A Comparative Examination of the Hyperbole in Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami and Fudotoku Kyoiku Koza by Yukio Mishima, Jitsuya Nishiyama
Cultivation of the Backwater: Weirs as a Window into Historical Ecology and Ecosystem Engineering in the Lower Columbia, Michelle N. North and Virginia L. Butler
Campus Sexual Assault and (In)Justice: an Inquiry into Campus Grievance Professionals' Roles, Responsibilities, and Perspectives of Justice, Liane Kehaulani O'Banion
The Saint of Orléans: Her Legacy, Riona K. O'Donnell
Marie de France's Courtly Love: The Liberation of Women Through Romance, Tiffany K. Ong
R.I.P (Race in Portland), Christian J. Orellana Bauer
Relating Hume's Epistemic Theory of Causality to Habituation in Contemporary Neuroscience, Sydnie Mika Osaki
Impure Blood: The Menstrual Taboo in the Christian Church During the Thirteenth Century, Madeleine F. Ott
Laser-Scribed Graphene Micro-Supercapacitors, Kimi D. Owens
The Influence of Individual Differences on Eco-Driving Training Transfer and Spillover: a Correlational Study of Proactive Personality and Motivation, Timothy Oxendahl
The Intersections of Good Intentions, Criminality, and Anti-Carceral Feminist Logic: a Qualitative Study that Explores Sex Trades Content in Social Work Education, Meg Rose Panichelli
Music Video Creation and Auteurism, Dylan Paris
Differential Well-Being in Response to Incivility and Surface Acting among Nurses as a Function of Race, Lauren Sarah Park
An Excerpt From "River's Edge": a Novel, Christopher Michael Partin
Small Business Internationalization through Strategic Sourcing, Vishwa Patel
Cyclists' Queue Discharge Characteristics at Signalized Intersections, Kirk Thomas Paulsen
Minimizing Commute Distance for Small Groups: A Linear Programming Approach, Kevin Payne, Kritika Kumari, Levi Huddleston, and Rabi Hassan
Uncovering Newton's Laws within a Game of Tug-of-War, Roberto C. Perez-Franco
Financial Strain and the Work-Home Interface: a Test of the Work-Home Resources Model from the Study for Employment Retention of Veterans (SERVe), MacKenna Laine Perry
Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Economic Development and Climate Change Adaptation in Vietnam, Khanh Katherine Pham