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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Ozone-Surface Exchange and Transport and Transformation Near Ventilation Air Supply, Pradeep Ramasubramanian
Stop Labelling Us: Queer Futures for Film Criticism, Aria N. Ramus
Selecting the Best Digital Camera for an Amateur Photographer using HDM, Nagarjun Hassan Ranganath
Koreans as Japanese as Manchurians: Korean Nationality in Manchuria, Santiago J. Ravello
Best Buy’s Competitive Strategy in Amazon Era, Asma Razavi
Unique E3 Ligase Complexes Regulate Levels of Cyclin E, Katia de Oliveira Rebola and Jeffrey Dean Simger
An Ethnographic Study of Intermediate Students from Poverty: Intersections of School and Home, Shiela G. Rector
An Experimental Study on the Impact of Informal Rape Myth Education to Alter Rape Myth Acceptance Scores in a Non-Student Sample, Leah Noelle Reddy
The Transport of Non-Spherical Particles In a Simulated Ocean Environment, Hannah Reed
A Mutual Charge: the Shared Mission of Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman to Alleviate Global Hunger in a Postwar World, Brian Douglas Reese
The Impact of Domestic and Foreign Forces on Guatemala's Social Services, Brooke Marie Reichert
Design Optimization for a CNC Machine, Alin Resiga
Affordances on Facebook, Stress, and Emotional Support, Caitlin Rose Rethwish
The Fourth Avenue Street Seat: an Exercise in Disbanded Bureaucracy, Rhiannon Reynolds
NORSE and Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus: a Single-Center Retrospective Chart Review, Manaz Rezayee
Choosing the Most Suitable AR-enabled Wearable for Industrial Use, Roland Richards
Rammed Earth in the Portland Metro Area, Samuel D. Richmann
Principal and Teacher Beliefs About the Impact of CBAs on School Performance: Five High Performing High Schools in Oregon, Kevin Jon Ricker
Treading, Not Running, Victoria A. Rielly
Annual Precipitation Influences Denitrification Potential in Portland’s Urban Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Erin N. Rivers and Jennifer L. Morse
Grieving Through Day of the Dead: the Influence of Culture on Processes and Resources, Sadie Layne Rockford
Some Assembly Required: computational simulations of dusty plasma, Isabel J. Rodriguez
Examining Sense of Place for Marginalized Communities in Community Gardens, Jocelyn Rodriguez
Finite Element Analysis of 3D Printed Aircraft Wing, Julian M. Rogers