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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Social and Human Capital: Contributing Effects of Incarceration on Neighborhoods, Jacqueline Victoria Swofford
Use of Hierarchical Decision Modeling to Choose the Best Game, Sajeda Tamimi, Apisit Charoensupyanan, Manar Al Mallak, and Chakaphan Pornsatit
Toward a Taxonomy of Diversity at Work: Developing and Validating the Workplace Diversity Inventory, Aisha Smith Taylor
Scaffolding the Development of Early Self-Regulation: The Role of Structure and Routine in Children's Daily Activities, Cynthia Lynn Taylor
Propagule Pressure and Disturbance Drive the Spread of an Invasive Grass, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Laura Alayna Vician Taylor
Poverty and Conflict: A Self-Perpetuating Cycle in the Somali Regional State (Region 5), Ethiopia: 1960-2010, Bisrat Teshome
Decision Model for Portland Metro Bike Commuters, Justin Thompson, Bennett Barnwell, Timothy Calderwood, Arvind Kumar, and Sath Vang
Development of an Ultra-Lightweight Buckling-Restrained Brace Using Analytical and Numerical Methods, John Andrew Tinker
Investigating Student Understanding of the Law of Conservation of Matter, Shirley Lynn Tremel
Wind Turbine Blade Maintenance Strategy Analysis Using Integer Programming Techniques, Matt Trippel, Mouhamad Zaher, Russell Watt, and Alex Julien
Hexavalent Chromium Substitution, David Tucker, James Eastham, Joe Smith, and Sumir Varma
Commercial Truck Fuel Economy and Emissions Technology Assessment, David Tucker, Dinesh Soysa, and Sath Vang
The Edge of the World, and Other Stories, Amreen Ukani
Capital Flows, Political Performance, and Development, Ayesha Umar Wahedi
Employee Utilization Model for the Recreational Center of Portland State University (PSU), Jubin Upadhyay, Ziyad Alzamil, Dong-Joon Lim, Mousa Alharbi, and Fredy Gomez
Biofuels: Innovation Growth and Adoption in the United States, Jubin Upadhyay, Jiali Ju, Ziyad Alzamil, and Badr Alyamani
Team Project Report: Evaluation of Available Technology to Treat Ammonia Wastewater, Jubin Upadhyay, Minh Lu, and Ziyad Alzamil
Elemental and Isotopic Measurements on Palladium After Heavy Water Electrolysis, Mathieu Jean Valat
Aphorism's Destructive Capacity Towards Logocentric Text in Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra, Joseph van der Naald
The Effect of Role Models on the Attitudes and Career Choices of Female Students Enrolled in High School Science, Stephanie Justine Van Raden
A Certain Kind Of Hunger, Katherine Vetrano
Early Childhood Inclusion: Teacher Perception of the Supports Needed to Fully Include Children with Special Needs, Meredith Villines
Measurement and Characterization of Terahertz Radiation Propagating Through a Parallel Plate Waveguide, Matthew George Wachsmuth
The Moving to the Beat Documentary and Hip-Hop Based Curriculum Guide: Youth Reactions and Resistance, Jennifer Wallin-Ruschman