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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Some Neglected Aspects of the Rococo: Berkeley, Vico, and Rococo Style, Bennett Gilbert
Safety in Maize: Subsistence Agriculture in a Zapotec Migrant Town, Fiona Joy Gladstone
Better Beams Through Simplicity: High-intensity Free-Jet Sources in Neutral Atom Microscopy, Galen Rhodes Gledhill
The Most Godless Region of the World: Atheism in East Germany, Sophie L. Goddyn
Evidence-Based Decision Making in Coastal Oregon: Increasing the Effectiveness of Policy and Management Decisions, Kaitlin Goldsmith
Veblen’s Vested Interest and Power, Bryan Gordon
Causation in Orosius' Seven Books of History Against the Pagans, Kiefer Greig
The Half-History of Spiro Elisha White, J. W. Griffith
A Cross-Sectional Study of Student-Athlete Needs Satisfaction and Well-Being, Abigail M. Gunnink
Selective Indicators for Optical Determination of Disease Biomarkers, Lovemore Hakuna
An Update to the Proficiency Benchmarks for Surgical Simulation Training in Laparoscopy at Oregon Health and Science University, Caleb Alan Haley
"L'Affaire des Princes": Baroque Architecture and Factional Politics in Regency Paris, 1715-1723, Jordan Hallmark
Anisotropy of the Reynolds Stress Tensor in the Wakes of Counter-Rotating Wind Turbine Arrays, Nicholas Michael Hamilton
Implementation of a Sediment Transport Model for CE-QUAL-W2, Rachel Hanna
Traversing the United States-Mexico Border: Gender and Kinship in Migrant Families, Patrick S. Harhai
Stories of Success: Understanding Academic Achievement of Hispanic Students in Science, Amanda Harris
Assessing Generic and Program-Specific Dose-Response Relations Between Engagement in Contemplative Practices and Reductions in Teachers' Occupational Stress and Burnout, Jessica Leigh Harrison
Alexander's Empire, Sema Hasan
Training Set Design for Test Removal Classication in IC Test, Nagarjun Hassan Ranganath
Language as a Tool: The Use of Arabic in Spain Under Islamic Rule, Madeline B. Hauenstein
Gender Complex Curriculum for the Portland Public School District: Proposal, Kathryn Hayes
Benchtop Minimal-Intervention Anaerobic Digestion of Vegetarian Food Waste for pH and Methane Production: Conceivability and Control Study, Emily J. Heleva-Ponaski
"Vitalité": Race Science and Jews in France 1850-1914, Kendra Beth Hendrickson
Rebirth and the Body: CA Conrad and The Book of Frank, Sean Hennessey