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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Influence of Surface Chemistry on the Photoelectrochemical Properties of FeS(2) Photoanodes, Qi Tong
Specializing in Normal: An Overview of Midwifery in the US, Lucille Tower
Reversible Circuits Synthesis Based on EXOR-sum of Products of EXOR-sums, Linh Hoang Tran
Jews, Sports, Gender, and the Rose City : An Analysis of Jewish Involvement with Athletics in Portland, Oregon, 1900-1940, Kelli Ann Tusow
Forecasting the availability of bioprinted livers for human liver transplant, Bhaskar Uthanumalliah
Impacts of Replacing a Tight Diamond Interchange with a SPUI – A Wilsonville Interchange Study, Sina Vadaei
The Role of Healing Gardens, Kalina K. Vander Poel
Planning for a Semiconductor Ramp: Capacity and Staffing, Sumir Varma
Pseudocapacitors for Energy Storage, Anuradha Venkataraman
Apollo Hospital Patient Database Upgrade, Komal Vinchhi, Sivagamasundari Sathappan, and Mike Smith
Check-In Frequency with Friends on Location-Based Social Networks: A Look at Homophily and Relational Closeness, Jacqueline H. Vo
Developmental Mechanisms that Support Genome Stability and Embryonic Survival in Stress-tolerant Embryos of the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus, Josiah Tad Wagner
Investigating the Impact of Sibling Foster Care on Placement Stability, Jeffrey David Waid
A Publisher’s Look at eBooks and Their Affect on Young Readers, Caitlin Waite
Not That Kind of Publisher: How NovelRank and BookScan Can Benefit Small Publishers' Marketing and Promotions, Geoff Wallace
Therapy and the Nontraditional Transgender Narrative, Dylan Ellingson Waller
Facile Methods for the Analysis of Lysophosphatidic Acids in Human Plasma, Jialu Wang
Hydrogeologic Investigation of a Pumice Aquifer, Fremont/Winema National Forest, Oregon, Jonathan Michael Weatherford
Engineering Professional Development: Elementary Teachers' Self-efficacy and Sources of Self-efficacy, Donna Louise Webb
Hohenzollern Prussia: Claiming a Legacy of Legitimacy, Jeremy Brooks Weed
The Limits of Tolerance: The Equal Treatment Act and Discrimination in the Netherlands, Dylan E. Wells
The Great Good Bicycle Shop: Exploring the Community Roles of a Neighborhood Business, Timothy J. Wesolowski
Trauma and Mental Health: The Development, Treatment, and Future of, John Anthony Wheeler