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Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Characteristics of Spoken and Written Communication in the Opening and Closing Sections of Instant Messaging, Kenta Nishimaki

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A Race to the Finish: an Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Achievement Gap in Portland Public School District, Victoria Noggle

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Cultural Competency: a Quantitative Analysis of Cultural Awareness in U.S. Healthcare, Jordan Nomie

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SLM-based Fourier Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy, Sahand Noorizadeh

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Street Level Food Networks: Understanding Ethnic Food Cart Supply Chains in Eastern Portland, OR, Alexander G. Novie

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Cellular Automata as Cellular Spaces, Max Orhai

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Modulation of the Cardiac Calcium Release Channel by Homocysteine Thiolactone, Laura Jean Owen

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Asymmetry of Matter/Antimatter and Possibility of CPT Violations, Kai Pak

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Equality, Trust and Universalism in Europe, Canada and the United States: Implications for Health Care Policy, P. Christopher Palmedo

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Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Faith Communities: Perspectives of Catholic Religious Leaders, Mazna Patka

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Forms and Functions : Life-Anatomy or Physiology?, Theresa Payne

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Griswold v. Connecticut: A Study of Resistance to Sexual Revolution in Connecticut, 1961, Natalie Pearson

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The Impact of School-Level Factors on Minority Students' Performance in AP Calculus, Phillip Bruce Pearson

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Beyond Black and White: An Examination of Afrocentric Facial Features and Sex in Criminal Sentencing, Amanda Mae Petersen

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The Effect of Social Media on Public Awareness and Extra-Judicial Effects: The Gay Marriage Cases and Litigating for New Rights, Sarahfina Aubrey Peterson

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Zinc Oxide Random Laser Threshold Enhancement via Addition of Passive Scatterers, Zachariah M. Peterson, Rolf Könenkamp, and Robert Campbell Word

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Gyalthang Southern Khams Tibetan: A Case Study of Language Attitudes and Shift in Shangri-La, Simon Peters

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Maintaining Indigenous Mexican Languages in Oregon, a Preliminary Assessment, Simon Peters

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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

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The Relationship between Mindfulness and Burnout among Master of Social Work Students, Jolanta Maria Piatkowska

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Punched in the Face: Collected Essays and Reportage, Eben Pindyck

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"Your information station": A Case study of rural radio in the 21st century, William Jacob Amadeus Pinnock

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Investigating the Link Between Surface Water and Groundwater in the Tule Lake Subbasin, Oregon and California, Esther Maria Pischel

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Working Paper No. 36, The Rise of Marginalism: The Philosophical Foundations of Neoclassical Economic Thought, Emily Pitkin

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Agent-based Control of a Flapping Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle, Michal Podhradský