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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Influence of Parental Gender on the Type of Communication between Incarcerated Parents and Their Children, Sarah Renee Lazzari
Pig (Sus scrofa) Exploitation at Hallan Çemi, Southeastern Anatolia: Proposing an Alternative Model, Ximena Lemoine
Identifying the Major Barriers to Renewable Distributed Generation: A review and survey, Anthony Michael Levenda
Forecast of Wireless Communication Technology: A Comparative Study of Regression and TFDEA Model, Dong-Joon Lim
Nine Months, Esther Lim
Fluorescent Indicators for Disease Biomarkers, Soojin Lim
Connecting Habitat Across Roads: Field Testing Mitigation Strategies for Reducing Road Mortality of an Imperiled Butterfly, Rebecca Jalene Littlejohn
Team Process Report: Team 3, Jonathan Lui, Ritu Chaturvedi, Greg Wease, Jejung Ha, and Jon McAnnis
Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Technology Strategies, Minh Lu
Conscientiousness as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Work Autonomy and Job Satisfaction, Kyle Garret Mack
Application of Reference Models in Technology Management, Farshad Madani
Managing Knowledge-based Projects, Farshad Madani
Case Study: The Optimization of Information Flow & Organization in Software Development, Farshad Madani, Bing Wang, Xiaowen Wang, Corey White, and Liying Wang
Life Is Not Short Enough, Michael Magnes
Site Fidelity, Associations and Long-Term Bonds of Short-Finned Pilot Whales off the Island of Hawai`i, Sabre D. Mahaffy
Strategic Management of Information Technology, Priti Maheshwari
The Quiet Bigotry of Oregon's Compulsory Public Education Act, Nicole L. Mandel
Understanding the Emission from Semiconductor Nanoparticles, Beth Ann Manhat
Better Learning Though Augmented Reality: AR in the Classroom, Alex Manning, Russell Powers, and Xan Pedisich
Team 2 Process Report: How Team 2 Became Team Velocity, Mohammad Mansour, Mitra Amini, Sara Bahrini, Bahareh Saatchi, Carl Nielsen, and Puniti Singla
TB Fud PMO: Defining the Path to Success, Mohammad Mansour, Carl Nielsen, and Jessica Lucas
Weaving Together A Knowledge Community, Aaron Maples, Bob Sack, Brett Walker, Chris Mulcahy, Daniel Navarro-Gomez, Jan Frutiger, Jeremy Grotbo, Melissa Peavey, Sofie Malm, and Steffanie Lorentzen
Afterswarm, Sarah Marshall
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and the Commissioning of the History of William Marshal, Chloe Faith Massarello