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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Development of an Optical Method for the Detection of Homocysteine as a Disease Biomarker Using Fluorescein-Aldehydes, Aabha Barve
The Effects of an Overnight Environmental Science Education Program on Students' Attendance Rate Change for Middle School Years, Jennifer Elizabeth Basham
Geostatistical Examination of the Geotechnical Portland BES Databases with Emphasis on Silt, Alex K. Baumann
Nationalism in United States Foreign Policy in the Post 9/11 Era, Chris W. Baum
Beyond Fruit: Examining Community in a Community Orchard, Emily Jane Becker
Rock Creek Restoration Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Report, Daniel Bedell
Romantic Identity and LGBTQ Identification: Variations of Experience in the Asexual Community, Alexa Bell
Polyethylene Glycol and Silica Coatings of Bismuth Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Whole Serum Compatibilities, Victor Benavides-Montes
Catholic Action in Twentieth-Century Oregon: The Divergent Political and Social Philosophies of Hall S. Lusk and Francis J. Murnane, Ian Alan Berge
Car2Go Portland Home Area Expansion, Fannie Black, Shiva Ram Reddy, Kranthi Rapolu, and Ben Wilson
véLo-CK, Anna Blakley, Jonathan Cordisco, Jonathan Huang, Justin Huang, Emma Perlman, Ruhika Prasad, Siddarth Suri, and Will Swindell
An Exploration of Bicyclist Comfort Levels Utilizing Crowdsourced Data, Bryan Philip Blanc
Porject Report: Team 6, Alexander Blank, Purva Chhatre, and Felix Maier
The Europeanization of Political Parties: A Study of Political Parties in Poland 2009-2014, Dennis Jan Blew
Leveraging the power of mobile technology as a banking strategy – a case for Ghanaian banking institutions, Kwasi Boateng
The Corporatization of Retail Pharmacy: Changes in Efficacy, Reliability, and Expedience, Charles Bodreau
The Exchange, Adam Boehm, Jurie Lewis, Bryce Payne, Bob Sassa, and Jason Wald
Empowering the Voice of the Female Student: A Gender Inclusive Approach to the High School Language Arts Curriculum, Brittany Bonnet
PAALF People's Plan: East Portland Pilot, Todd Borkowitz, Lorrie Chang, Christine Corrales, Leslee Humphrey, D. H. Strongheart, and Timothy Wood
Modifications to a Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer to Improve Data Acquisition Rates, Gregory Alan Bostrom
Non-Orientable Objects as Gaming Surfaces, Haley P. Bourke and Paul Latiolais
Direct Versus Indirect Assessment of Truthfulness, Lauren Bowling, Olivia Preston, Bridgette Norris, Jennifer Gill, and Shawn Johnston
Performance Metrics for Depth-based Signal Separation Using Deep Vertical Line Arrays, John K. Boyle
Localized Ecological and Educational Effects of Environmental Service-Learning in Portland, Oregon, Steven Matthew Braun