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Theses from 2015
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
Animals in Advertising: Eliciting Powerful Consumer Response, Resulting in Enhanced Brand Engagement, Natasha Braunwart
"The Avalanche" : A Cantata for Mezzo-soprano, Flute, Viola, and Harp, Lily Breshears
The Response of Zooplankton Communities in Montane Lakes of Different Fish Stocking Histories to Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Simulations, Jeffrey Thomas Brittain
Using Landsat TM Imagery to Monitor Vegetation Change Following Flow Restoration to the Lower Owens River, California, Lesley Crandell Bross
Drift of Plumes in the Mantle, Luke Douglas Brown
Conceptualization of the Memorial Tattoo in Scholarly Literature, Nicole Brown
Developmental Perspectives on Motivational Resilience: Predictors of Eighth-grade At-risk Students' Academic Engagement and Achievement, Heather Anne Brule
References to Gendered Grief in Children's Media: A Content Analysis of Grief Picture Books, Machaila Budgeon
A Strategic Change: The Delta Model—A Strategic Framework for a Networked industry, David Burchfield
Misery Poker, Marina Callahan
The Slow Mo' Main Street Concept Plan, Brandi Campbell, Amanda Davidowitz, Neil Heller, Liz Kaster, Matt Lee, and Kathy Wilson
Cleaning Up the Cities of Tomorrow, Miguel Campos, Jack Chen, Alex Gaiovych, Fernando Lauer, Kaleb Swoverland, Anna Velikoretskikh, and Jason Yu
The Role of Emotional Support Consistency and Child Risk Factors in Predicting Pre-K Cognitive and Social-Emotional Development, Amy Lynn Cannell-Cordier
Landforms along the Lower Columbia River and the Influence of Humans, Charles Matthew Cannon
Challenges, Experiences, and Future Directions of Senior Centers Serving the Portland Metropolitan Area, Melissa Lynn Cannon
Die unbewältigte Vergangenheit: the Third Generation and the Holocaust in Recent Literature and Film, Dana Lynne Capage