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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Economic Impact of Veteran Status: The Effect of Veteran and Demographic Statuses on Household Income, Danielle Standridge
Effects of HRU Size on PRMS Performance in 30 Western U.S. Basins, Madeline Olena Steele
Collaborative Ethnographic Film: A Workshop Case Study, Richard A. Stern
Stygian Forges: Debating Manufacturing in Early Nineteenth Century Britain, Tim Strikwerda
Bridging the Missing Link between "Top-down" and "Bottom-up": A Strategic Policy Model for International Collaboration in Science and Technology, Pattharaporn Suntharasaj
Touring The Ancient West: Archaeological Interpretation in Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) Homelands, Cerinda Survant
Taiwanese Language Medical School Curriculum: A Case Study of Symbolic Resistance Through The Promotion of Alternative Literacy and Language Domain Norms, Philip John Sweeney
The Postmodern Persistence of the Brazilian Development State: A Comparative Study of Policies During the Cardoso and Lula Administrations, Adam Talkington
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