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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Let's Try to Change It: Psychiatric Stigmatization, Consumer/Survivor Activism, and the Link and Phelan Model, María Jimena Alvarado Chavarría
Informal Learning Choices of Japanese ESL Students in the United States, Brent Harrison Amburgey
The Lived Experience of High School Policy Debate in Oregon, Ameena AnnaMaria Amdahl-Mason
TFDEA Application for Solar Industry, Mitra Amini, Sara Bahrini, Manar Al Mallak, Sajeda Tamimi, and Daria Spatar
Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) Adoption, Mitra Amini, Puniti Singla, Jonathan Lui, Craig Kensel, and Joseph Lethlean
The Effects of Hypoxia and Temperature on Developing Embryos of the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus, Skye N. Anderson
Perceived Isolation, Social Integration, and Health Behavior: A Daily Process Examination of Responses to Loneliness, Sarah Noel Arpin
A Study on Crowd Funding via Social Media and its Differences from Traditional Funding Methods, Sara Bahrini, Elizabeth Gibson, Shabnam R. Jahromi, Kayvan Javadi, Rupha Natarajan, and Matt Nickeson
Voicing Oppositional Conformity: Sarah Winnemucca and the Politics of Rape, Colonialism, and "Citizenship": 1870-1890, Jennifer Bailey
Using Dataflow Optimization Techniques with a Monadic Intermediate Language, Justin George Bailey
Anna of Denmark: Expressions of Autonomy and Agency as a Royal Wife and Mother, Anastasia Christine Baker
Application of Inter-Die Rank Statistics in Defect Detection, Vivek Bakshi
Team 5 Business Plan Project, Aparna Balasubramanian, Michael Uffelman, Asem Alluhibi, Opinderjit Bhella, Garrett Gilliland, and Neil Runde
A Fault-Tolerant Alternative to Lockstep Triple Modular Redundancy, Andrew Lockett Baldwin
Insights and Blind Spots: A Qualitative Analysis of Risk in Psychiatric Security Review Board Hearings, Abby Kealani Balfour
Technology Roadmapping for Medical Imaging: Towards Improved Value, Larry Ball, Ritu Bidasaria, Ignacio Castillejos, Pinprapa Pakdeekasem, and Chakaphan Pornsatit
Medical Device Sales Distribution Model, Larry Ball, Ritu Bidasaria, Kevin C. van Blommestein, Yonghee Cho, Jared Nambwenya, and Matt Nickeson
Engaging Global Service: Organizational Motivations for and Perceived Benefits of Hosting International Volunteers, Erin Leslie Barnhart
Dynamics of Channel Complexity and Nitrate Retention in Upper Fanno Creek, Oregon, Robert Allen Bean
Rebound: The Resurrection of a Hometown Team, Stephen W. Beaven
Teacher Stress and Coping: Does the Process Differ According to Years of Teaching Experience?, Jeffry Childs Beers
Examining Health Information Technology Implementations: Case of the Patient-Centered Medical Home, Nima A. Behkami
Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics: A Case Study of Music Censorship and Suppression in America, Nathaniel T. Belcik
The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) Applied to Willamette Dental’s Technology Equipment Deployment, Jerry Bell
Increasing Social Work Students' Political Interest and Efficacy: The Experience and Impact of a Social Welfare Policy Course from the Students' Perspective, Christie Dianne Bernklau Halvor