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Submissions from 2013
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
Division of Labor within the Household: The Experience of Bosnian Immigrant Women in Portland, Oregon, Miro Paljevic
Exploring Online Community Among Rural Medical Education Students: A Case Study, Ryan Tyler Palmer
The Use of Politeness Strategies in Email Discussions About Taboo Topics, Katrina Pariera
Beyond Sustainable Bounds: Changing Weather, Emigration, and Irrigation in a Farming Village of Sichuan, China, 1945-2012, Joseph Lynn Parker
Performance and Application of an Inexpensive Method for Measurement of Nitrogen Dioxide, Jeremy Parra
(Ad)dressing the Other: The Amazon in Greek Art, Annaliese Elaine Patten
Fostering Strengths in Incarcerated Youth: The Development of a Measure of Psychological Empowerment in Oregon Youth Authority Correctional Facilities, Lindsey Brianna Patterson
Coordinating Job Release Dates with Workdays: a Job Shop Application to Utilities Field Service Scheduling, Ryan Lawrence Pelkey
Identifying Information Security Vulnerabilities Using HDM, Chris Perrenoud, Greg Wease, Thanaporn Ngarmnil, and Rachanida Koosawangsri
The Effect of Road Culverts on the Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community in Wadeable Lotic Ecosystems, Travis Peterson
Modeling Fecal Bacteria in Oregon Coastal Streams Using Spatially Explicit Watershed Characteristics, Paul Bryce Pettus