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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Characteristics of Spoken and Written Communication in the Opening and Closing Sections of Instant Messaging, Kenta Nishimaki
A Race to the Finish: an Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Achievement Gap in Portland Public School District, Victoria Noggle
Cultural Competency: a Quantitative Analysis of Cultural Awareness in U.S. Healthcare, Jordan Nomie
SLM-based Fourier Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy, Sahand Noorizadeh
Street Level Food Networks: Understanding Ethnic Food Cart Supply Chains in Eastern Portland, OR, Alexander G. Novie
Cellular Automata as Cellular Spaces, Max Orhai
Modulation of the Cardiac Calcium Release Channel by Homocysteine Thiolactone, Laura Jean Owen
Asymmetry of Matter/Antimatter and Possibility of CPT Violations, Kai Pak
Equality, Trust and Universalism in Europe, Canada and the United States: Implications for Health Care Policy, P. Christopher Palmedo
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