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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Fluorescence Detection of Biological Thiols, Yixing Guo
Enhancing the Process of Redistricting in Metro Area Using Operation Research Approach, Meles Hagos, Niharika Jeena, Yuan Xu, Zack Khalifa, and Patrick Pai
Feasible Models of Universal Health Insurance in Oregon According to Stakeholder Views, Terry Richard Hammond
Toward an Age-Friendly Portland, Dawn Hanson, Mark Person, Garrett Phillips, Colin Rowan, Collin Roughton, and Alison Wicks
Late-Holocene Flood History, Flood-Frequency, and Paleoclimate Analysis of the Central Black Hills, South Dakota, Tessa M. Harden
Giving Voice to the Peace and Justice Challenger Intellectuals: Counterpublic Development as Civic Engagement, Tom Harry Hastings
Human Trafficking and Slavery: Towards a New Framework for Prevention and Responsibility, Dana S. Hathaway
On the Sacred Disease: The Historical Significance of Hippocratic Humanism, Rationality and Scientific Procedure, Leah Haykin
A Good Mormon Wife, Kathleen Louise Haynie
Late Pleistocene and Holocene Aged Glacial and Climatic Reconstructions in the Goat Rocks Wilderness, Washington, United States, Joshua Andrews Heard
Causes and Consequences of Mitochondrial Variation in Caenorhabditid Nematodes, Kiley Ann Hicks
Measurement and Simulation of Parallel Plate Waveguide Structures in the Terahertz Region for Sensing and Material Characterization Applications, James Alexander Higgins
Neighborhood Main Streets: A Plan for Revitalizing Milwaukie’s Neighborhood Commercial Areas, Jay Higgins, Allison Moe, Kelly Moosbrugger, Levi Roberts, and Tony Vi
Silk Cryogels for Microfluidics, Christopher David Hinojosa
RollTop Marketing Plan, Liliya Hogaboam, Yonghee Cho, Rupha Natarajan, Abrahim Sater, Jiali Ju, and Jeremy Provenzola
A Way to Understand the Process, Improve and Come Up with Outstanding Outcomes in a Team, Liliya Hogaboam, Fredy Gomez, Aparna Balasubramanian, Jorge Garcia, Rajasree Talla, and Rupha Natarajan
Project Report: Techsoft Service Center (IT SVC) Performance Analysis, Lokesh Honnappa and Puniti Singla
Extending Relativistic Programming to Multiple Writers, Philip William Howard
A Qualitative Study of Language Beliefs and Linguistic Knowledge in Preservice Teachers Using the Intercultural Communicative Competence Framework, Kimberly K. Ilosvay
Making Education Accessible: A Dual Case Study of Instructional Practices, Management, and Equity in a Rural and an Urban NGO School in Pakistan, Zafreen Jaffery
Effects of Financial Crisis on Technology Transfer from Universities in the United States, Niharika Jeena
Knowledge Management in an Organization: Does it Improve Innovation?, Niharika Jeena