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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Choosing the NoSQL Database Management System for Big Data Analysis: A Hierarchical Decision Model, Kwangwoong Yang
An Analysis of Oregon Youth Authority Populations: Who Receives Treatment and What Factors Influence Allocation of Treatment Resources?, Rebecca Arredondo Yazzie
Intestinal Microbiota Diversity of Pre-Smolt Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Across Six Oregon and Washington Hatcheries, Christina Carrell Yildirimer
Power-Aware Datacenter Networking and Optimization, Qing Yi
Contemporary Attitudes Towards the Senpai-Kōhai Relationship, Michiko Yoshinaga
Social Class and the Establishment of the London Metropolitan Police Force, Michelle C. Zachary
An Operational Drought Prediction Framework with application of Vine Copula functions, Mahkameh Zarekarizi
Examining the Structure of the Modus Operandi Questionnaire for Adult & Juvenile Sex Offenders, Judith Gayle Zatkin
Submissions from 2016
Adaptions: Mindful Living in the New Millenium (Full Issue)
Challenging Paradigms: New Frontiers in Graduate Research (Full Issue)
Exploring Transformation: An Analysis of Culture, Identity & Borderlands (Full Issue)
Humans Being: People, Places, Perspectives and Processes (Full Issue)
Identity, Communities, and Technology on the Cusp of Change (Full Issue)
The Edge of the Known is Infinite: Original Contributions in Undergraduate Research (Full Issue)
The Impact of Innovation: New Frontiers in Undergraduate Research (Full Issue)
Transformative Possibilities: Transcending Interlocking Boundaries (Full Issue)
Wings Outstretched: New Contributions in Undergraduate Research
Consistency Analysis for Judgment Quantification in Hierarchical Decision Model, Mustafa Sulaiman Abbas
The Role and Influence of Anne Boleyn, Cynthia L. Abrams
The Value of Place: Planning for Walkability in the Tigard Triangle, Wala Abuhejleh, Ray Atkinson, Linn Davis, and Curtis Fisher
De La Salle Sensor, Shayla Adams, Geraldine Hernandez, Gloria Joseph, Elias Taylor, and Elli Cooney
Exploring Length-Based Vehicle Count Data, Byad Ahmed