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Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Insulin-like Growth Factor Pathway Described in Austrofundulus limnaeus Diapause and Escape Embryos, Steven Cody Woll
Origin and Use of Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Case Study of Three Math Teachers and Their Students, Christopher Neal Wood
Anarchism in Book Publishing: An Exploration of Business and Ethics, Alexis M. Woodcock
Stellar Works: Searching for the Lives of Women in Science, Jennifer Elizabeth Woodman
The Design of a Simple, Spiking Sparse Coding Algorithm for Memristive Hardware, Walt Woods
Asbestos Exposure in Demolition: an Analysis of Abatement Practices and Alternatives to Demolition, Allison Woolverton
Looking to the Future of Education: A Social Art Practice Pedagogy, Alexis Xochihua
Small Scale Water Filtration Project, Elaine Yang, Lang Ming, Alex Tees, Lauren Galle, Tristan Coffey, Andria Tattersfield, and Colin Brock
From Drought Monitoring to Forecasting: a Combined Dynamical-Statistical Modeling Framework, Hongxiang Yan
Conventionalizing and Axiomatizing in a Community College Mathematics Bridge Course, Mark Alan Yannotta
Defining Protein Interactions: Ankle Link Proteins of Stereocilia in Hair Cells, Ladan Yazdidoust
Watershed Response to Climate Change and Fire-Burns in the Upper Umatilla River Basin Using the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System, Kimberly Crystal Yazzie
The Foundations of Network Dynamics in an RNA Recombinase System, Jessica Anne Mellor Yeates
South Korean Teachers' Beliefs about Diversity: the Impact on Practice of Multicultural Education, Marie Yeo
A Relevance Rule Organizing Responsive Behavior During Projectably Multi-Unit Tellings, Anri Zama
Cyclic Loading Behavior of CFRP-Wrapped Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints, Ali S. H. Zerkane
Image Stitching: Handling Parallax, Stereopsis, and Video, Fan Zhang
Dietary and Physical Activity Acculturation and Weight Status in Chinese College Students, Yanni Zhang
Assessment of TMDL Implementation and Water Quality Status and Trends in Amazon Creek and Coyote Creek Watersheds, Stosh Zydek
Submissions from 2015
Principal Leadership Practices in High Poverty K-5 Model Schools in Oregon, Janice Marie Adams
Evaluating the Success of Forest Restoration, Josh Adams
Multidisciplinary Teams as an Enhanced Learing Tool: A Case Study of an Extra-curricular Student Endeavor Resulting in Exceptional Learning Outcomes, Yassir Alamari, Hamed Alyaqout, Qin Guo, and Jerrod Thomas
Team Progress Report, Yassir Alamari, Hamed Alyaqout, Qin Guo, and Jerrod Thomas
PDX Urban Wineries Mobile Application Development, Mohammed Alaqeel, Samuel Cheek, and Nicholas Swanson