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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Essex under Cromwell: Security and Local Governance in the Interregnum, James Robert McConnell
Metabolic Support of Anaerobiosis in Embryos of the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus, Andrew McCracken
The Stringer, Patrick Michael McGinty
Humor-Related Social Exchanges and Mental Health in Assisted Living Residents, Ann Elizabeth McQueen
Ancient Cataclysmic Floods in the Pacific Northwest: Ancestors to the Missoula Floods, Erica Medley
Facebook: Galaxy of Chunk into Data Management and Financial Empire, Sam Melhem
Where We Belong: A Memoir, Mark Reed Merrill
Effects of Light Limitation on Plant-Rhizobia and Plant-Mycorrhiza Interactions, Jess A. Millar
Site Selection by Migratory Shorebirds in Oregon Estuaries Over Broad and Fine Spatial Scales, Aileen Kilpatrick Miller
Reflective Practice and Readiness for Self-directed Learning in Anesthesiology Residents Training in the United States, Amy Katrina Miller Juve
Obstacles to Market for V2V and V2I Safety Technologies, Ashish Mishra, Blair Hasler, Jejung Ha, Kruti Narvekar, Leopoldo Marino, and Pinprapa Pakdeekasem
An Empirical Study of Particulate Matter Exposure for Transit Users at Bus Stop Shelters, Adam Moore
The Crisis of Cooperation: A Critical Analysis of Russian-Iranian Relations in the Post-Soviet Era, Eric D. Moore
Public Policy and Sexual Geography in Portland, Oregon, 1970-2010, Elizabeth Morehead
The Regulation of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 by Growth Hormone via Stat5b, Tiffany Morrison
EcoDistricts: Building Sustainable Cities Block by Block, Caroline Mudavadi, Niharika Jeena, Chun Fan Pai, Karina Hershberg, Xiaowen Wang, and Yuan Xu
Dynamics Capabilities, Caroline Mudavadi, Farshad Madani, Garrett Gilliland, and Corey White
A Proposal for funding to The Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science Innovation Program at Portland State University, Innovation: Stroker Billiard Accessory, Caroline Mudavadi, Corey White, Christophe Perrenoud, Xiaowen Wang, and Melvin Cooper
Fundamental Properties of Functional Zinc Oxide Nanowires Obtained by Electrochemical Method and Their Device Applications, Athavan Nadarajah
The Nintendo Cycle, Kruti Narvekar
Research Paper: Strategic Management Analysis “iPad 2”, Aarthi Neethirajan
Forecasting the Adoption Pattern of RFID in Hospitals, Aarthi Neethirajan, Priti Maheshwari, Rajasree Talla, and Shreya Goyal
Interview or Interrogation: a Critical Review of the Efficacy and Ethicality of Post-Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing, Arthur J. Nelson
The Role of Nucleotide Excision Repair in Restoring Replication Following UV-Induced Damage in Escherichia coli, Kelley Nicole Newton
Entanglement: Health, Healing and Society in Africa, Haley Noel