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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
A Systems Approach to Ecological Economic Models Developed Progressively in Three Interwoven Articles, Takuro Uehara
Data -mining In Case Management System: Wells Fargo Fraud Referral Unit, Michael Uffelman, Nandini Mahendran, and Niharika Jeena
Development Log: Cool People Inc., Jubin Upadhyay, Ziyad Alzamil, Apisit Charoensupyanan, Chakaphan Pornsatit, Dinesh Soysa, and Fredy Gomez
Project Report: iCam Marketing Plan, Jubin Upadhyay, Ziyad Alzamil, Dong-Joon Lim, Apisit Charoensupyanan, and Chakaphan Pornsatit
Spontaneous Cooperative Assembly of Replicative Catalytic RNA Systems, Nilesh Vaidya
Residential Energy Efficient Device Selection - South Africa, Kevin C. van Blommestein
Marketing Plan Samsung Galaxy Skin, Kevin C. van Blommestein, Aarthi Neethirajan, Mousa Alharbi, Rajasree Talla, Rajesh Talla, and Zack Khalifa
Apatite Crystal Populations of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo Eruption, Philippines: Implications for the Generation of High Sulfur Apatite in Silicic Melts, Ashley Elizabeth Van Hoose
Risk Factors for Homelessness Among Community Mental Health Patients with Severe Mental Illness, Rupert Talmage van Wormer
Adolescent Males' Similarity, Emotional Safety, and Change in Strengths-Based Programming, Wendy Elaine Viola
Understanding the Role of Social, Teaching and Cognitive Presence in Hybrid Courses: Student Perspectives on Learning and Pedagogical Implications, Janelle De Carrico Voegele
Scale Invariant Object Recognition Using Cortical Computational Models and a Robotic Platform, Danny Voils
Differential Susceptibility to Social Network Influences on School Motivation in a Cohort of Sixth Graders, Justin William Vollet
Cultural Hybridization, Glocalization and American Soccer Supporters: The Case of the Timbers Army, Jesse Harold Wagner
Competitive Pricing using Data Envelopment Analysis - Pricing for Oscilloscopes, Bing Wang, Christophe Perrenoud, Ignacio Castillejos, Phaneendra Rampalli, Sheng-Te Tsai, and Wilson Zehr
Evaluation of RFID and Wi-Fi Technologies for RTLS Applications in Healthcare Centers, Bing Wang, Harry Pham, Larry Pham, Mehdi Toobaei, Rodney Danskin, and Thanaporn Ngarmnil
A Strategic Model for INGO Accountability Systems, Sarah Elizabeth Wardwell
Mari When It's Light Out and Other Stories, Anna Christine Weatherford
Short Stories, Alisa Eve Welch
Climate Change Effects and Water Vulnerability in the Molalla Pudding River Basin, Oregon, USA, Susan Amelia Wherry
Investigation of Impedance Spectroscopy for Detection of Ovarian Cancer, Allison Mae Whited
Engaging Community Food Systems through Learning Garden Programs: Oregon Food Bank's Seed to Supper Program, Denissia Elizabeth Withers
Capillarity-Driven Droplet Ejection, Andrew Paul Wollman
Key Technology Management Challenges in Enterprise-wide Intellectual Property Management, Ori Wolman