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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy: Case Study of a Female College Basketball Player, Kelly Marie Humble
Performing Marginal Identities: Understanding the Cultural Significance of Tawa'if and Rudali Through the Language of the Body in South Asian Cinema, Lise Danielle Hurlstone
Technology Assessment for Nosocomial Infection Solutions, Chris Imondi, Arundhati Shastri, Tom Shott, and Jayanth Siddappa
Evaluation of Performance Management Systems for Knowledge Workers, Chris Imondi, Tom Shott, and Ryan Fedie
Team Process Report: Overcoming the Differences, Niharika Jeena, Corey White, Ahmed Bohliqa, Xiaowen Wang, and Mehdi Toobaei
Power, Knowledge, Animals, Lisa Johnson
The Role of Feedback in the Assimilation of Information in Prediction Markets, Richard Donald Jolly
Thailand High Speed Rail Project, Jiali Ju, Chih-Hsun Lin, Chakaphan Pornsatit, and Pinprapa Pakdeekasem
Foreign Language Students' Beliefs about Homestays, Sara Racheal Juveland
Transforming the Soul of Education: Sustainability at the Center of Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools, Thomas Eugene Kane
"You Can See it in Their Eyes:" A Communication Ethnography of a Humane Society, Sara Victoria Kaufman
Numerical Modeling and Analyses of Steel Bridge Gusset Plate Connections, Thomas Sidney Kay
Toward a Richer Shade of Blue: The Impact on Oregon Police Officer Perceptions of Racial Minorities After Anti-Racial Profiling Training, David Andrew Kline
A Competitive Analysis of Intel and Intel's MeeGo Platform Using Multiple Frameworks, Mark Krampits
Intel’s Open Innovation Across borders, Mark Krampits
The Responsibility of Intellectuals: Chomsky and Student Opposition to the Vietnam War, Matthew S. Krane
Team Process Report, Arvind Kumar, Justin Thompson, Thanaporn Ngarmnil, Mamatha Murthy, and Timothy Calderwood
Nanostructured Extremely Thin Absorber (ETA) Hybrid Solar Cell Fabrication, Optimization, and Characterization, Darcy Erin Lambert
African Regime Types and International Humanitarian Non-Governmental Organizations: A Comparative Study of the Relationships of Friends and Enemies., Krista Noel Lane
Revolution, Regeneration and Visions of the "East" in the Russian Imagination, 1890-1932, Meg Langford
Reinhold Niebuhr and His Dialectic Approach to Twentieth-Century Crises, Melissa Cornelius Lang
Development of a Hybrid Atomic Force and Scanning Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect Microscope for Investigation of Magnetic Domains, Andrew James Lawrence
Implications of Hydrologic Data Assimilation in Improving Suspended Sediment Load Estimation in Lake Tahoe, California, Marc Leisenring
A Functional Approach to Memory-Safe Operating Systems, Rebekah Leslie