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Theses from 2017
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
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)