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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Storytelling as Loving Praxis in Critical Peace Education: A Grounded Theory Study of Postsecondary Social Justice Educators, Amanda Smith Byron
Phase Change Materials as a Thermal Storage Device for Passive Houses, Kevin Ryan Campbell
The Fourth Amendment and Cyberspace: Conflict or Cohesion?, Federico Alberto Cantón
Integrating Ecosystem Services, River Restoration and Community: a Case Study at Fisher's Bend, Michael Carlson
Olde Towne St Helens Historic Design Guidelines, Sadie Carney, Caitlin Francis, Drew Meisel, and Victor Sanders
Effects of Evaporative Cooling in the Thermal Performance of Green Roofs, Giorgina Beatriz Castillo Garcia
Information Processing in Two-Dimensional Cellular Automata, Martin Cenek
Portland Mercado: Community Economic Development to Revitalize, Uplift, and Empower, Abigail Cermak, David Ruelas, Bridger Wineman, and Ellen Wyoming
Sources and Pathways to the Environment and Environmental Presence, Tess Chadil
Town Center Vision, Caroline Chapman, Jacqueline Gruber, and Neil Riordan
VA Patient Hospital Transportation for Northern California and Reno, Nevada, Keith Chapman, Liliya Hogaboam, Rupha Natarajan, Sevket Can Nuhisi, Rajasree Talla, Rajesh Talla, and Ken Propst
Multicultural Issues and Solutions in International Task Forces, Apisit Charoensupyanan, Manar Al Mallak, Chakaphan Pornsatit, and Tom Shott
Team Process Report, Apisit Charoensupyanan, Manar Al Mallak, Chakaphan Pornsatit, and Tom Shott
Simulation and emulation of massively parallel processor for solving constraint satisfaction problems based on oracles, Gunavant Dinkar Chaudhari
Discovery of Novel Amidotransferase Activity Involved In Archaeosine Biosynthesis and Structural and Kinetic Investigation of QueF, an Enzyme Involved in Queuosine Biosynthesis, Vimbai Masiyanise Chikwana
An Investigation of the Cultural Values and Beliefs in English Textbooks in Korea, Young Mi Choi
Qatar 2022 World Cup Benefit-Cost Analysis, Yonghee Cho, Meles Hagos, Alex Julien, Matthew Trippel, Sheng-Te Tsai, and Mouhamad Zaher
The Challenges and Opportunities of Immigrant Integration: A Study of Turkish Immigrants in Germany, Matthew Franklin Clark
Growth and Optical Characterization of Zinc Oxide Nanowires for Anti-reflection Coatings for Solar Cells, Martha Coakley
Chinese Merchants and Race Relations in Astoria, Oregon, 1882 - 1924, Aaron Daniel Coe
Pictures of Lily and Other Stories, Cornelia Coleman
Team Process Report, Rafael Colon, Reed Kistler, Jerry Bell, Farzad Vakilzadeh, and Bailey Nguyen
Virtual Team: Success and Failure Factors in Global Communication, Rafael Colon, Reed Kistler, Jerry Bell, Farzad Vakilzadeh, and Bailey Nguyen
The Second-Hand Society, Christina Elizabeth Cooke
The Issues We Face, Doug Cornett