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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Growth and Optical Characterization of Zinc Oxide Nanowires for Anti-reflection Coatings for Solar Cells, Martha Coakley
Chinese Merchants and Race Relations in Astoria, Oregon, 1882 - 1924, Aaron Daniel Coe
Pictures of Lily and Other Stories, Cornelia Coleman
Team Process Report, Rafael Colon, Reed Kistler, Jerry Bell, Farzad Vakilzadeh, and Bailey Nguyen
Virtual Team: Success and Failure Factors in Global Communication, Rafael Colon, Reed Kistler, Jerry Bell, Farzad Vakilzadeh, and Bailey Nguyen
The Second-Hand Society, Christina Elizabeth Cooke
The Issues We Face, Doug Cornett
Population Structure of Island-Associated Pantropical Spotted Dolphins (Stenella attenuata) in Hawaiian Waters, Sarah Shelby Courbis
Snowing in Kansas, Mackenzie Courtney
The Influence of Ambient Temperature on Green Roof R-values, Bryce Kevin Cox
Not All Were Created Equal, Sarah Cox
Identifying Victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking in a Juvenile Custody Setting, Jonathan Dickinson Dabney
Exploration of Weather Impacts on Freeway Traffic Operations and Safety Using High-Resolution Weather Data, Chengyu Dai
A low level analysis of Cellular Automata and Random Boolean Networks as a computational architecture, Prateen Reddy Damera
Scalable and Efficient Tasking for Dynamic Sensor Networks, Thanh Xuan Dang
Biological Erosion of Marine Habitats and Structures by Burrowing Crustaceans, Timothy Mathias Davidson
Motherland: Collected Stories, Sandra Kelly Derrick
FPGA Implementation and Acceleration of Building blocks for Biologically Inspired Computational Models, Mandar Deshpande
A Study of Soil Organic Matter and Its Controlling Factors in Portland, Oregon, Megan Dillon
Lean Principles Applied to Project Management, Atakan Dirik, Chenxi Yan, Chris Davis, Dilek Ozdemir, and Mamatha Murthy
Genetic Substructure of Pacific Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) Populations Along the Coasts of Oregon and Washington, Diana Lynn Dishman
The Relationship Between Teachers' Multicultural Attitudes and Their Instructional Practice with English Language Learners: A Mixed Method Study, Adria Danielle Dodici
Conjoint Analysis With Dummy Variable Regression Model, Lim Dong-Joon and Dinesh Soysa
Antioxidant Anthocyanidins and Calcium Transport Modulation of the Ryanodine Receptor of Skeletal Muscle (RyR1), Thomas J. Dornan