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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Mechanisms of Methane Transport Through Trees, Ellynne Marie Kutschera
Undergraduate Research and Metropolitan Commuter University Student Involvement: Exploring the Narratives of Five Female Undergraduate Students, Jolina Jade Kwong Caputo
The Importance of Choice: Political Intermediaries and Democratization in Egypt After the Arab Spring, Matthew Lacouture
Income Disparity for Working Mothers: Eliminating Structural Discrimination Through Public Policy, Marques Lang
Cultural Behavior in Post-Urbanized Brazil: The Cordial Man and Intrafamilial Conflict, Thais La Rosa
Evaluation of Phase Change Materials for Cooling in a Super-Insulated Passive House, Jeffrey Stephen Lauck
A Parabolic Equation Analysis of the Underwater Noise Radiated by Impact Pile Driving, Nathan Laws
Examining the Mechanisms of the Work-Nonwork Boundary Fit and Health Relationship, Jenna Risa LeComte-Hinely
3D Printing Technology: The Radical Innovations and the Discontinuous Impacts Therein, Hyun Joo Lee, Jack Link, Michael Presby, Daniel Schmidlkofer, Ami Solomon, and Amitabha Worcester
Life Post 9/11: Experiences of Korean Americans Ten Years Later, Jay Lee
The Dynamics of Creating Strong Democracy in Portland, Oregon : 1974 to 2013, Paul Roland Leistner
Utilizing Affinity Spaces and Critical Literacies for Multi-Media Language Learning : I Can has l3arning on teh interwebz plz?, Allison Lemcke-Kibby
Fact and Fiction: Liu E’s Treatment of Characters in The Travels of Lao Can, Henry Lem
Between Two Jailers: Women's Experience During Colonialism, War, and Independence in Algeria, Adrienne Leonhardt
Integrating Leader Fairness and Leader-Member Exchange in Predicting Work Engagement: A Contingency Approach, Fangyi Liao-Holbrook
"Do Not Disturb": A Micro-Macro Examination of Intrusions at Work, Bing Chun Lin
Seeing Crucibles: Legitimizing Spiritual Development in the Middle Grades Through Critical Historiography, Audrey Lingley
Nonlinearity Analysis and Predistortion of 4G Wireless Communication Systems, Xiao Li
Perceptions of Mexican residents in Oregon about Mexican Politics, Anabel López Salinas
No Place for Middlemen: Civic Culture, Downtown Environment, and the Carroll Public Market during the Modernization of Portland, Oregon, James Richard Louderman
The Use of Music as a Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education Sociology Courses: Faculty Member Perspectives and Potential Barriers, Jerry C.L. Loveless
Baldwin I of Jerusalem: Defender of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, John Francis Lowe
War's Visual Discourse: A Content Analysis of Iraq War Imagery, Mary Elizabeth Major