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Theses/Dissertations from 2009
The relationship of group support, majority status, and interpersonal dependency in predicting intimate partner violence, Mary Elisabeth Gray
Computational Techniques for Reducing Spectra of the Giant Planets in Our Solar System, Holly L. Grimes
Forecasting Energy Storage Technologies As applied to the North American Electrical Grid, Georgina Harell, Aaron Tsai, and Lawrence Carter
Oregon Physicians' Perception of the Drug Enforcement Administration's Use of Enforcement Discretion Related to the Use of Opioids in the Treatment of Chronic Pain, Robert Dale Harrison
Vegetation, Environmental Characteristics, and their Relationships: Variation within the Annually Flooded Riparian Zones of the John Day River Basin, Oregon, Samuel J. Hartsfield
Building Community and Bridging Cultures: the Role of Volunteer Tutors in Oregon’s Latino Serving Community-Based Organizations, Troy Vaughn Hickman
Working for the "Working River": Willamette River Water Pollution, 1926 to 1962, James Vincent Hillegas
The Impacts of Gentrification on the African American Business Community of Portland, Oregon, Alexandra Hosford
Classical Search and Quantum Search Algorithms for Synthesis of Quantum Circuits and Optimization of Quantum Oracles, Sazzad Hossain
EPORO - Marketing Plan, Yi-Lung Hsieh, Bundit Chotivanawan, Yulianto Suharto, Ho-Min Lai, Yu-Hsiang Lin, Majed Ahmadi, and Jerry Bell
EPORO - Marketing Research Log, Yi-Lung Hsieh, Bundit Chotivanawan, Yulianto Suharto, Ho-Min Lai, Yu-Hsiang Lin, Majed Ahmadi, and Jerry Bell
On the Decision Making for Energy Resources Selection in China, Fei Huang, Jingyang Zhang, Jiting Yang, Wally Huang, Lifeng Liu, and Bing Wang
An Eigenanalysis and Synthesis of Unitary Operators used in Quantum Computing Algorithms, Steven Randall Hutsell
Grocery Buddy, Hai Huynh, Helen Millward, Ryan Mitchell, Maria del Pilar Montejo, and Ujjal Pathak
Can Stopper: New Product Development Log, Fahad Jan, Jitra Saenaruk, Kai-Hung Huang, Supalerg Supaviriyakul, Wan-Hsiu Cheng, and Yu-Chieh Shen
The Customer Requirements Value StreamIn Lean Project Management, Naser Jaradat, Jay Justice, Mark Krampits, Matthew Letts, and Bailey Ng.
Subordinate saints : women and the founding of Third Church, Boston, 1669-1674, Melissa Ann Johnson
Risk Management System for Vestas Wind Farms, Todd Johnson, Wendy Peterman, Rajesh Talla, Diane Yates, and Youngkoo Yoon
Molecular Coevolution of Pacific Northwest Hantaviruses and Their Host, The Deer Mouse, Peromyscus Maniculatus, Philip Darren Jones
Dynamic Task Prediction for an SpMT Architecture Based on Control Independence, Komal Jothi
Investigating Engagement, Thinking, and Learning Among Culturally Diverse, Urban Sixth Graders Experiencing an Inquiry-Based Science Curriculum, Contextualized in the Local Environment, Sybil Schantz Kelley
Columbia River Crossing, Rabah Khamis, Fahad Aldhaban, Neelu Singh, Nitin Katarya, and Stevan Jovanovic
Quantum Multiplexers, Parrondo Games, and Proper Quantization, Faisal Shah Khan
Tracking Rhythmicity in Biomedical Signals using Sequential Monte Carlo methods, Sungan Kim