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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Holocaust, Memory, Second-Generation, and Conflict Resolution, Leslie O'Donoghue
Elution Tailing of Nonaqueous Phase Liquids in Porous Media, Louisa Orr
The Failures of Equal Protection: an Examination of the Supreme Court's Three-Tiered Test in Equal Protection Claims, Jazmyn A. Ortiz
Integer Partitions and Why Counting Them is Hard, Jose A. Ortiz
An Analytical System for Determining Disciplinary Vocabulary for Data-Driven Learning: an Example from Civil Engineering, Philippa Jean Otto
A Statistical Investigation of Lower Columbia River Water Temperature, 1915-2003, Corina Christina Mae Overman
Nonverbal Communication in Business Setting Between Japan and the U.S., Chi Dao Ozawa
Home Is Where the Gator Is: a collection of memoir and essays, Rachel Heather Palmer
Design and Experimental Investigation of 500kV Current Transformer Seismic Retrofit Utilizing Structure Rocking and Supplemental Damping with Self-Centering, Ilya S. Palnikov
Living Between Worlds: Arrival and Adjustment Experiences of the Somali Community in Portland, Oregon, Neil A. Panchmatia
Communication Challenges and Solutions in Global Virtual Teams, Yanlong Pan, Sindhuja Gillela, Catalina Reyes, William Perreira, and Chris Chase
Lithography Hotspot Detection, Jea Woo Park
Expanding Stereotype Content Beyond Warmth and Competence, Lauren S. Park
Design and Test of 3D Printed Lenses for sub-THz Radiation, Justin Patterson
Shifting Wetland Policy and Perception in the Columbia Slough, Ryan Pemberton
A Financial Analysis of StarbucksBaristas Mobile Ordering Strategy, Anjana Penumarti, Alex Tacco Melendez, Bhavana Ramesh, Jake Stevens, Shreyas Vasanth, and Touraj Goudarznia
Rescheduling Staff Shifts in X-Ray Department: PCC Airfolds, Anjana Penumarti, Alex Tacco Melendez, Catalina Reyes Herreno, and Touraj Goudarznia
Athenian Women Through the Eyes of Sophocles (But Not Oedipus), Isabel C. Pereira
Cultural Identity and Cuisine in Taiwan, Cassidy A. Pfau
Associations between the Willingness to Exert Cognitive Effort and Smoking Abstinence, Austin A. Phanouvong
Associations between Willingness to Exert Cognitive Effort and Smoking Abstinence, Austin A. Phanouvong, Darby K. Dyar, and Suzanne H. Mitchell
Improving Quality of Patient Care Through Automated Nerve Segmentation, Madisen D. Phillips
Traveling from Hillsboro, Milwaukie, Gresham and Tigard to Portland State University, Amit Pingle
Effects of Beaver Dams on Surface Water Flow During Storm Events in an Urban Landscape, Erin Poor