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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
A Dissatisfied Partner: A Conflict - Integration Analysis of Britain's Membership in the European Union, Osman Goktug Tanrikulu
A 30-Year Record of the Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Methane, Doaa Galal Mohammed Teama
Show Me the Way to Go Home, Lisa Marie Teberg
The Effects of Offender Age and Offender-Victim Relationship on Modus Operandi Strategies to Lure the Victim, Hayley Lauren Tews
Onboarding For Success: A Midstream Evaluation of Strategic Onboarding at Portland State University, Jerrod Thomas
Bicycle-Specific Traffic Signals: Results from State-of-the-Practice Review, Sam R. Thompson, Christopher Michael Monsere, Miguel Andres Figliozzi, Peter Koonce, and Gary Obery
Misguided Men: International Law and the Closing of Guantanamo, Michael Tonn
The Call for Cultural Responsiveness: Teachers' Perceptions about the Interplay Between Culturally Responsive Instruction and Scripted Curricula, Kathryn Elizabeth Toppel
The Metropolitan Dimensions of United States Immigration Policy: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis, Nicole G. Toussaint
Strategic Evaluation of University Knowledge and Technology Transfer Effectiveness, Thien Anh Tran
Decision Model for a Sedan Car, Yen Tran, Chun Fan Pai, Larry Pham, Harry Pham, and Bahareh Saatchi
The Institutional Context that Supports Team-Based Care for Older Adults, Anna Foucek Tresidder
Economic Analysis of the Pacific Garbage Patch: Application of Economics, Sustainability and Scenario Analysis, David Tucker, Jeremy Provenzola, Namitha Shetty, Phaneendra Rampalli, and Andrew Thorsvik
The View from the Table: An Analysis of Participant Reactions to Community-Based Dialogues on Food and Justice, Jennifer Turner
Evaluating the Effects of Road Crossing Structures on Stream-Associated Amphibians in the Wilson River Watershed, Tillamook State Forest, Oregon, Sara Erin Twitchell
Polyethylenimine-Enhanced Alumina Nanoscale Adjuvant for Cancer Vaccine, Naoko Uno, Haiyan Li, Hong-Ming Hu, and Jun Jiao
Idealism and Pragmatism: "Transcendent" Validity Claims in Habermas's Democratic Theory, Richard Van Barriger
Short-Term International Service-Learning: Faculty Perceptions of and Pedagogical Strategies for the Design and Implementation of Successful Learning Experiences, Thomas Jacob Van Cleave
Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: Queer Localization in the Age of Anita Bryant, 1974-1980, Stewart John Van Cleve
The Role of Expectations on Nonnative English Speaking Students' Wrtiting, Sara Marie Van Dan Acker
Lacan, Ideology, and Military Behavioral Health: Exploring Interpellation Psychodiscursively, Joseph R. Van der Naald
Introduction, Joseph R. Van der Naald and Katherine Jensen
Horizontal Workplace Aggression and Coworker Social Support Related to Work-Family Conflict and Turnover Intentions, Sarah Elizabeth Van Dyck
The Role of Psycho-Sociocultural Factors in Suicide Risk Among Mong/Hmong Youth, TangJudy Vang
Optimization Modeling for Inventory Logistics, Noppadon Vannaprapa, Philip Bottjen, Rodney Danskin, Srujana Penmetsa, and Joseph Lethlean