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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Confessions of a Forager, Lauren Elaine Hudgins
Applications of Remote Sensing to the Study of Estuarine Physics: Suspended Sediment Dynamics in the Columbia River Estuary, Austin Scott Hudson
From the Whiteboard to the Web: Equipping Administrators to Recruit, Hire, and Induct Top Quality K-12 Online Teachers, Daniel Keith Huld
The Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes of Elites in Jordan towards Political, Social, and Economic Development, Laila Huneidi
Himilco, and Other Stories, Jonathan Caldwell Hunsberger
Moving Beyond Regulatory Mechanisms: A Typology of Internet Control Regimes, Richard Reid Hunt
Copernicus’ Role in the Scientific Revolution: Philosophical Merits and Influence on Later Scientists, Jonathan Huston
Participation, Information, Values, and Community Interests Within Health Impact Assessments, Nicole Iroz-Elardo
An Assessment Model for Energy Efficiency Program Planning in Electric Utilities: Case of the Pacific of Northwest U.S.A., Ibrahim Iskin
Determine the Place to Take Vacation for the Spring Break, Abhishek Jain, Eric Lin, Standley Limarta, and Teddy Wang
Technology Assessment of Waste Disposal Technologies for Tillamook County, Abhishek Jain, Jonathan Lui, Jing Jiang, Jorge Garcia, and Standley Limarta
Washougal Waterfront (A Community Connected), Shannon Jamison, Sravya Garladenne, Michael Armstrong, Irene Kim, Julia Metz, and Victor Caesar
Accountability Models in Policy Design: Understanding the Explanatory Power of the Four Major Accountability Models in Policy Tool Choices, David Seiler Jarvis
System-wide Performance Analysis for Virtualization, Deron Eugene Jensen
Design and Prototyping of an Antenna-Coupled Cryotron, Shauna Jensen
Bicycle Level of Service: Where are the Gaps in Bicycle Flow Measures?, Pamela Christine Johnson
The Role of Network Position for Peer Influences on Adolescents' Academic Engagement, Price McCloud Johnson
Emerging Lexical Organization from Intentional Vocabulary Learning, Adam Jones
Industrial Decline in an Industrial Sanctuary Portland’s Central Eastside Industrial District, 1981-2014, Allison Jones
Gresham Opportunity Framework Plan, Belinda Judelman, Carlos Gonzalez, Hayley Pickus, Lori Parks, Mike Simpson, and Pamela N. Phan
Advances in Piecewise Smooth Image Reconstruction, Ralf Juengling
Understanding VCs: Exit and Time, Jiali Ju
The Catholic Church: Shaping the Roles of Medieval Women, Ashley N. Just
Effects of the First Language on Japanese ESL Learners' Answers to Negative Questions, Kosuke Kanda