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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Cabrita::Curandera, Alex Roselio De La Cruz
Immigration, Machismo, and Cultural Stigmatization: Causes of Lack of Mental Health Treatment Utilization Among Mexican Men in the U.S., Cynthia M. De La Torre-Lopez
Single-Stage Three-Phase Buck-Boost DC/AC Converter Design, Analysis, and Validation, Daisy Delgado-Zaragoza
Power to the Pedal: Assessing Barriers to Adoption of Closed-Access Bike Share in Low-Income Communities, Jordan Del Valle Tonoian
Neutron Time of Flight Spectrometry as a Diagnostic Tool for Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Plasmas, Andrew H. Dempsey and Erik J. Sanchez
Risk Analysis in Financial Statements, a Comparative Study of AI vs Human Risk Assessment, Andre Denegri
Performance-Based Risk Assessment For Large-Scale Transportation Networks, Anteneh Deriba and David Y. Yang
Commercial Property Vacancies in American Cities, Emily Dinh
Belt It Out, Cheyenne Dobbs
(un, made, Dumitru Michael Dobre
Perceptions of Educators on the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom, Abigail Donde
Black Transnationalism and Diaspora in Hip Hop: An Analysis of Billy Woods’ “Asylum”, Rayli Dornan
A Magical Symbiosis: The Advent of Witchcraft in the Age of Social Technology, James Dryden
Using Systems Thinking Tools to Inform the Implementation of a Cysticercosis Control Program in Rural Peru, Lisset M. Dumet Poma MBA; Angela Spencer PhD; Ruth Atto BSc; Vanessa Cruz BSc; Percy Vilchez MPH; and Seth O'Neal MD, MPH for the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru
Body/Prose, J.T. Duncan
Flood Vulnerability in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Hue Hong Duong
Exploring Decolonial and Indigenous mental health framework and practice to address complex trauma among Palestinian youth living under violence of settler-colonialism, Vivian L. Duong and Corrin Murphy
Uncovering the Dynamic Nature of Fire Refugia Across Landscapes in Oregon's Western Cascades, Alec Scott Dyer
Preliminary Reactions for DO3MBn ester Design of Experiments With a Separation Procedure for DO2MBn ester and DO3MBn ester ligand, Cerys A. Easton
The Influence of Soil Composition on Stormwater Retention and Runoff in Green Roofs at Portland State, Manuel Edrozo, Lily Green, Mitchell McDonald, and Nicholas Olmos
Pulse Modulation in Braided Pneumatic Actuators Mimics Contractile Behavior of Biological Muscles, Mohamad Elzein
Wired for Success: A Neurobiological Approach to Improving the Academic Outcomes of Middle School Boys, Allison Emery
Examining the Effects of Emotional Support and Therapy Animals on Anxiety and Depression in University Students: A Literature Review, Alexys Endries
Critical Conversations on Teaching and Learning Decolonial Narratives: A Duoethnography of Firekeeper’s Daughter, Erica England, Shain Wright, and Dion Crommarty
Between Magic and Realism: The Ashes of the Forest, Guzide Erturk Guzeldere