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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Fundamental Properties of Functional Zinc Oxide Nanowires Obtained by Electrochemical Method and Their Device Applications, Athavan Nadarajah
The Nintendo Cycle, Kruti Narvekar
Research Paper: Strategic Management Analysis “iPad 2”, Aarthi Neethirajan
Forecasting the Adoption Pattern of RFID in Hospitals, Aarthi Neethirajan, Priti Maheshwari, Rajasree Talla, and Shreya Goyal
Interview or Interrogation: a Critical Review of the Efficacy and Ethicality of Post-Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing, Arthur J. Nelson
The Role of Nucleotide Excision Repair in Restoring Replication Following UV-Induced Damage in Escherichia coli, Kelley Nicole Newton
Entanglement: Health, Healing and Society in Africa, Haley Noel
Leveling Demand Across the Portland Fire Department Using Non-linear Goal Programming, Alaa Nour, Baraa Abudawod, Corey White, Jeremy Provenzola, and Sean McGraw
Comparison of Effective Project Management Methodologies used in the Health Care & Manufacturing Industries, Alaa Nour, Amit Hulme, Baraa Abudawod, Melinda Pizarro, and Selen Yilmaz
Crafting a Space: A Feminist Analysis of the Relationship Between Women, Craft, Business and Technology on Etsy.com, Elizabeth Gillette Offensend
Safety Effectiveness of Red Light Treatments for Red Light Running, Carl Scott Olson
Inventory and Initiation Zone Characterization of Debris Flows on Mount St. Helens, Washington Initiated during a Major Storm Event in November, 2006, Keith Vinton Olson
Carry That Weight, Candace Jane Opper
Islam in Central Asia: A Religion and a Heritage, Jordan Pahl
Narrative Processes in Urban Planning: A Case Study of Swamp Gravy in Colquitt, Georgia, Ronald David Pate
Motivation in the Portland Chinuk Wawa Language Community, Abigail Elaina Pecore
Portland State University E-CRM System Implementation, Christophe Perrenoud
Team Process Report: Team 4, Christophe Perrenoud, Byung Sung Yoon, Baraa Abudawod, Meles Hagos, and Sarah Griffis
The Basic Scheme for the Evaluation of Functional Logic Programs, Arthur Peters
Portland's "Refugee from Occupied Hollywood": Andries Deinum, his Center for the Moving Image, and Film Education in the United States, Heather Oriana Petrocelli
Gendering Gardasil: Framing Gender and Sexuality in Media Representations of the HPV Vaccine, Maura Kathleen Pisciotta
Electronic Properties and Structure of Functionalized Graphene, Pavel Plachinda
Community Earth System Model: Implementation, Validation, and Applications, William Christian Porter