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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
An Evaluation of the Nontarget Effects of Transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis Maize on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Soil Ecosystem, Tanya Elizabeth Amy Cheeke
Spectrum Regrowth for OFDM-based LTE and WIMAX Systems, Bosi Chen
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis Occupancy in Amphibian Habitats, Tara Chestnut
Spectroscopic Studies of Cu2+ and Zn2+ Binding to Prodigiosin Analogs, Karen Chichetu, Papireddy Kancharla, Shilah Bonnett, and Kevin Reynolds
A Framework for Strategic Thinking, Yonghee Cho, Kevin van Blommestein, and Bing Wang
The Strategic Effects of Counterinsurgency Operations at Religious Sites: Lessons from India, Thailand, and Israel, Timothy L. Christopher
Optimal Network Topologies and Resource Mappings for Heterogeneous Networks-on-Chip, Haera Chung
Industrial and Environmental Pressures Affecting Fante-Speaking Artisanal Fishers of Anomabo, Ghana: A Case Study, Dylan Clark
Postwar Reconstruction in Liberia: The Participation and Recognition of Women in Politics in Liberia, Roland Tuwea Clarke
Best Practices for Managing Organizational Downsizing: Portland State University Research Administration, Michael Clark
Disruptions in the Dream City: Unsettled Ideologies at the 1905 World's Fair in Portland, Oregon, Kat Cleland
Epic, Benjamin Clemenzi-Allen
Shaping School Culture: to Support Moving from a Targeted-Assistance to Schoolwide Title I Program, Paul Edward Coakley
Not Quite Formal: Theorizing the Informal Labor Market Experiences of “Documented” Immigrant Workers, Carrie Cobb
Constructing the Norte Grande: Chilean Infrastructure in the Northern Border Region, 1915-1929, William Cohoon
Russian Nationalists' Misconception of the Turkestan Cotton Industry, 1911, William Cohoon
Map-based Probabilistic Infinite Slope Analysis of the Stephens Creek Watershed, Portland, Oregon, Ryan Andrew Cole
Nativism or Response to Globalization? Business Reaction to Immigration Reform, Tyanne Conner
How Did WWII Pull the United States Out of Economic Stagnation?, Chris Constans
Solid State Pre-Formed Electronics Adhesive (SPEA), Alexander Randon Cope
L1 Influence on L2 Intonation in Russian Speakers of English, Christiane Fleur Crosby
Identity Development of Adolescent Gay Black Males, Miles James Allen Crumley
Exploring Four Barriers Experienced by African Americans in Healthcare: Perceived Discrimination, Medical Mistrust, Race Discordance, and Poor Communication, Adolfo Gabriel Cuevas
Magical Realism as a Means of Expressing Cultural Disjunction in Alejo Carpentier's 'El reino de este mundo', Ryan Saul Cunningham
Improving Vehicle Trip Generation Estimations for Urban Contexts: A Method Using Household Travel Surveys to Adjust ITE Trip Generation Rates, Kristina Marie Currans