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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Faith Communities: Perspectives of Catholic Religious Leaders, Mazna Patka
Forms and Functions : Life-Anatomy or Physiology?, Theresa Payne
Griswold v. Connecticut: A Study of Resistance to Sexual Revolution in Connecticut, 1961, Natalie Pearson
The Impact of School-Level Factors on Minority Students' Performance in AP Calculus, Phillip Bruce Pearson
Beyond Black and White: An Examination of Afrocentric Facial Features and Sex in Criminal Sentencing, Amanda Mae Petersen
The Effect of Social Media on Public Awareness and Extra-Judicial Effects: The Gay Marriage Cases and Litigating for New Rights, Sarahfina Aubrey Peterson
Zinc Oxide Random Laser Threshold Enhancement via Addition of Passive Scatterers, Zachariah M. Peterson, Rolf Könenkamp, and Robert Campbell Word
Gyalthang Southern Khams Tibetan: A Case Study of Language Attitudes and Shift in Shangri-La, Simon Peters
Maintaining Indigenous Mexican Languages in Oregon, a Preliminary Assessment, Simon Peters
A Program Evaluation of a Housing With Services Project for Low-Income Adults in Portland, Oregon, Jack A. Phillips, Paula C. Carder, and Diana White
The Relationship between Mindfulness and Burnout among Master of Social Work Students, Jolanta Maria Piatkowska
Punched in the Face: Collected Essays and Reportage, Eben Pindyck
"Your information station": A Case study of rural radio in the 21st century, William Jacob Amadeus Pinnock
Investigating the Link Between Surface Water and Groundwater in the Tule Lake Subbasin, Oregon and California, Esther Maria Pischel
Working Paper No. 36, The Rise of Marginalism: The Philosophical Foundations of Neoclassical Economic Thought, Emily Pitkin
Agent-based Control of a Flapping Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle, Michal Podhradský
Prevention and Management of Stress in Policing: A Review of the Literature, Portland State University. Criminology and Criminal Justice Senior Capstone
Pathos, Fall 2014, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Spring 2014, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Winter 2014, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Trace Metal Analysis of Drinking Water at Portland State University, Emma Claire Prichard
Front Matter Volume 8, 2014, McNair Scholars Program
Assessing Hydrologic and Water Quality Sensitivities to Precipitation Changes, Urban Growth and Land Management Using SWAT, Alexander Michael Psaris
Dracula and Dictators: Changes in Tourism in Romania After the Fall of Communism, Kelly D. Ragalie