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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
A Numerical Model Investigation of the Role of the Glacier Bed in Regulating Grounding Line Retreat of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, Michael Scott Waibel
Using Cultural Relevancy to Promote African American Brain Health, Miya Walker
Sexual Education Pedagogy in the Global South: PubMed Data in the Age of Globalization, Grace A. Walker-Stevenson
What Color Is the Threshold? An Exploration of the Materiality of Racial Descriptions in Marketing Paratext in Adult Fiction, Jordana Beh Wathey
Sappho's Queer Female History, Tess M. Waxman
The Social Acceptance of Community Solar: a Portland Case Study, Anne Weaver
The Littlefield Rhyolite, Eastern Oregon: Distinct Flow Units and Their Constraints on Age and Storage Sites of Grande Ronde Basalt Magmas, Brian McCulloch Webb
Reflection and Learning in Energy Demand Forecasting, Nicole Wehner
Revealing Subtle Cognitive-Linguistic Differences in Adults with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Through Discourse Analysis, Amanda L. Weichselbaum and Sarah E. Key-DeLyria
Sleep and Young Children's Development of Self-Regulation and Academic Skills, Emily Michelle Weiss
Middle School Teacher Beliefs about Classroom Diversity and their Influence on Differentiated Instructional Practices, Marcus Fredrick-Lynn Wenzel
Discrimination and Health: Sleep and Racism-related Vigilance in Wave 5 of Americans' Changing Lives Study, Jennifer Werekeitzen
How Does a Next Generation Science Standard Aligned, Inquiry Based, Science Unit Impact Student Achievement of Science Practices and Student Science Efficacy in an Elementary Classroom?, Kayla Lee Whittington
On Finding a Simulation Model for Carbon Nanotubes as Through-Silicon-Vias, Alec Wiese
Feasibility Determination Guide for the Road Diet Plus: a Five/Four-Lane to Two-Lane Road Diet, Michael Williams
Facilitating Open Innovation: Focusing on IP Management Rather Than IP Rights, Tony Williams
Comparing Infiltration Models to Estimate Infiltration Potential at Henry V Events, Rachel L. Wilson
Workers of the Word Unite!: The Powell's Books Union Organizing Campaign, 1998-2001, Ryan Thomas Wisnor
Pacific Northwest Residential PV Implementation Study, HoYin Wong, Waseem Takroni, Pingyi Lan, Kyle Kniffin, and Asrar Ahmed Syed
Subjective Retelling: The Influence of External and Individual Factors on the Folktales of the Brothers Grimm, Katherine R. Woodhouse
Implications of Psychotherapy and Low-Dose Medication Following First-Episode Psychosis, Alyssa Woolley
LiDAR Business Analysis, Liyan Xiao, Mufeed Yacoub, Rassaniya Lerdphayakkarat, Tyler Groth, Tanzila Akhter, and Wendy Lally
Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise: Analyzing the Benefits of Different Forms of Exercise for Adults Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, Mark A. Yakubovich