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Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Japanese Dialect Ideology from Meiji to the Present, Nao Okumura
Accuracy of Wave Speeds Computed from the DPG and HDG Methods for Electromagnetic and Acoustic Waves, Nicole Michelle Olivares
Characterization of Photonic Waveguides Using Fourier Analysis, Sam Olson
Does the School Day Matter? The Association Between Adolescent School Attachment and Involvement and Adult Criminal Behavior, Madeline O'Neil
Regarding the Treatment of Women, Where Did Jesus Set the Bar?, Katerina Paetzhold
A Comparative Study of the Performance Capabilities of Magnetic Gears, D. S. Painter
The Efficacy and Feasibility of a Context-Specific Autism Behavior Rating Tool with Real Time Data Collection Methods from the Perspectives of Clinicians, Educators, and Parents, Kathleen Marie Panaccione
Elsie's Secret, Mersene Pappas
Future Mrs. President or Simply Bill's Wife? : A Content Analysis of New York Times Coverage of Hillary Clinton in 2008 versus 2016, Chandler E. Paterson
Day Trip To- One Pager, Prajakta Patil
Investigations into the Effects of Water Exchange and the Structure of Lanthanide Chelates, Katherine Marie Payne
Smart Glasses Prototype: A Wearable Technology for Cyclists, Anjana Penumarti, Agam Ebramsyah, and Catalina Reyes
A Large Mansion of Many Apartments, Erin Perry
Gritos en el Desierto: Denuncia y Resistencia en las Obras de las Escritoras Wayuu Estercilia Simanca Pushaina y Vicenta María Siosi Pino, Lindsay H. Perwak
Pharmaceutical Contaminants as Stressors on Rocky Intertidal and Estuarine Organisms: a Case Study of Fluoxetine, Joseph Richard Peters
Aqua Band, Jessica Peterson, Sam Behrens, Michael DeSimone, Aiden Nelson, and Alexandra Leamy
Precipitation Intensity Required for Landslide Initiation in Rwanda, Angela N. Piller
Google Glucose Sensing Contact Lens, Amit Pingle, Luciane Dolgos, Michael Smith, Shreyas Sankaran, Shruti Agrawal, and Sivagamasundari Sathappan
Chasing After the Tangle, Eleanor Anne Piper
Working Paper No. 35, The Machine Process in Industry and Society: A Veblenian Approach, Emily Pitkin
A Multi-Agent System for Adaptive Control of a Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle, Michal Podhradský
The United States’ Criminal Justice System Divided* : …On the Connection between the Exclusionary Rule and Preserving Civil Liberties, Alexandre Pomar
Sedimentologic Changes in the Deposits of an Evolving Lahar-Flood in 2006, Hood River Basin, Mount Hood, Oregon, Matthew Ray Poole
Growing STEM Education on the Playground: A Case Study of the Factors That Influence Teachers’ Use of School Gardens, Megan Poole
Migration Movement, Robert Porte