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Theses from 2015
Green Roofs Support a Wide Diversity of Collembola in Urban Portland, Oregon, Konrad Miziolek
Growing Writers, Katherine Moffitt
A Novel Approach to Flow and Sediment Transport Estimation in Estuaries and Bays, Hamed Moftakhari Rostamkhani
Chemical Reaction Network Control Systems for Agent-Based Foraging Tasks, Joshua Stephen Moles
"Children Need Protection Not Perversion": The Rise of the New Right and the Politicization of Morality in Sex Education in Great Britain, 1968-1989, Miriam Corinne Morehart
Effective Technology Implementation in Schools: Differing Perceptions of Teachers, Administrators, and Technology Staff, Joseph Stephen Morelock
Analyzing Free-Base Nicotine Content in the Particulate Matter of Mainstream Tobacco Smoke Using a Headpace Solid-Phase Microextraction GC/MS Method, Christopher S. Motti
Structure from Motion Elevation Model for Adding Topographic Correction to Ground Penetrating Radar, Leslie A. Mowbray
Quaternary Chronology and Stratigraphy of Mickey Springs, Oregon, Leslie Allen Mowbray
Role of Metabolic Shifts in Protection from Mutation Damage: Characterizing Mitochondrial Membrane Potential in C. Elegans Gas-1 Mutants, Lauren S. Muñoz-Tremblay
Design and Synthesis of Novel Chloroquine-based Antimalarials, Kevin Vincent Murphy
Organizational Culture Change Resulting from Human Resources Outsourcing, Emily Murrell
Training "In a Good Way": Evaluating the Effect of a Culturally Responsive Pre-training Intervention on Learning and Motivation, Adam Thomas Murry
Cathedral Waterfront Plan, Mathangi Murthy, Tabitha Boschetti, Michelle Anderson, Saumya Kini, Rosa Lehman, and Violet Brown
Advances in Autonomous-Underwater-Vehicle Based Passive Bottom-Loss Estimation by Processing of Marine Ambient Noise, Lanfranco Muzi
Improved Gain Stability of a Digital Imager Using a Charge Feedback Amplifier, Elliot Eckman Mylott
Locke, Figure, and Judgement: A Consistent Answer to the Molyneux Problem, Jamale Nagi
Locke, Judgment, and Figure: A Consistent Answer to the Molyneux Problem, Jamale Nagi
Pushover Analysis of Retrofitted Reinforced Concrete Buildings, Hamidreza Nahavandi
Software Strategic Planning: Ring Technology Company, Kruti Narvekar, Soheil Zarrin, and Leopoldo Marino
A Bell Awakened, Lenore Nash
Effective Methods of Constituency Service in Oregon State, Thanh T. Ngo
How Vocal Classification Affects Young Singers, Anthony Nguyen
Designing Nanochelators for Cancer Therapy, Tan Pham-Duy Nguyen