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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Remember Who You Are: The Story of Portland Dykecore, Mel Mundell
An FPGA Implementation of a High Performance AER Packet Network, Sirish Kumar Munipalli
The Impact of Social Capital on Innovation Intermediaries, Songphon Munkongsujarit
Climate Change Impact on the Spatio-Temporal Variability of Hydro-Climate Extremes, Mohammad Reza Najafi
Time after Time: Exploring Temporality and Identity in Wong Kar‐wai’s Days of Being Wild, In the Mood for Love, and 2046, Julie Nakama
The Production of Organic Nitrates in Portland Oregon and the Columbia River Gorge, Holly Ann Neill
Self-Timed DRAM Data Interface, Rajesh Nerkar
Synthesis of Sulfamoyl‐Aminoacyl Adenylate Analogs for use in Protein‐RNA Structure Determination, Emil Mikael Nilsson
Progress on a Photovoltaic Cell Design Consisting of Silicon Nanowires and Poly (3‐ hexylthiophene), Lori Noice
Building Bridges with Social Capital in the European Union, Peter Andrew Noordijk
Characterization of Nano-scale Aluminum Oxide Transport Through Porous Media, Sasha Norien Norwood
Corn, Free Trade and the Mexican Quest for Food Security, Jazmine Ogle
Fated to Pretend?: Culture Crisis and the Fate of the Individual, Rebecca Jade Ok
From Company Town to Company Town: Holden and Holden Village, Washington, 1937-1980 & Today, Mattias Olshausen
A Summer in the Land of Milk, Louis Charles Opatz
Self-Presentation and Identity in the Roman Empire, ca. 30 BCE to 225 CE, Rhiannon Ysabel-Marie Orizaga
Mathematics Orality and Literacy, Beverly Orth
On the Cover: “Embrace”, Tatyana Ostapenko
Real Witness, Lynn Michelle Otto
Just-In-Time Power Gating of GasP Circuits, Prachi Gulab Padwal