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Submissions from 2010
Group Project -- OIA: “Employee Utilization Model”, Stephen Noble, Nadja Wolfangel, Justus Arne Schwarz, Tung-Lung Li, and Jiting Yang
Meditation in an Emergency, Wendy Lynn Noonan
The Design of a Novel Tip Enhanced Near-field Scanning Probe Microscope for Ultra-High Resolution Optical Imaging, Derek Brant Nowak
Globalization of Human Resource Management in a Medical Device Manufacturing Company, Sevket Can Nuhisi, Faisal Al Fayez, Maher Almasri, Badr Alyamani, and Casey Zielsdorff
Personal Photography Experience, Neil O'Connell, Chih-Hsun Lin, N. Boemo-Mokhawa, and Maria Schenk
Extraction of Small Boat Harmonic Signatures From Passive Sonar, George Lloyd Ogden
Investigation of Speech Samples from Typically Developing Preschool Age Children: A Comparison of Single Words and Imitated Sentences Elicited with the PABA-E, Matthew William Olsen
A Logic Formulation for the QCA Cell Arrangement Problem, Marc Stewart Orr
Design Space Analysis and a Novel Routing Agorithm for Unstructured Networks-on-Chip, Neha Parashar
Reversible Logic Synthesis Using a Non-blocking Order Search, Alberto Patino
Family relationship quality and acculturation: Examination of their relationship among Latino adolescent sexual offenders, Lindsey B. Patterson
Ideologies of Kingship in Thirteenth Century Scandinavia: Heimskringla and the Gesta Danorum, Ryder Patzuk-Russell
Teacher Evaluation of Item Formats for an English Language Proficiency Assessment, Jose Luis Perea-Hernandez
The Boeing Company: Strategic Management, Kenny Phan
Initiation zone characterization of debris flows in November, 2006, Mount Hood, Oregon, Rachel Pirot
Re-Engagement as a Process of Everyday Resilience, Jennifer Rose Pitzer
China -- Can it Move from Imitation to Innovation?, Chakaphan Pornsatit, Dong-Joon Lim, Gaofeng Yang, and Chenxi Li
Using Excel Based Optimization and Simulation as Powerful Management Decision Tools in a Manufacturing Environment, Chakaphan Pornsatit, Andreas Udbye, and Chenxi Yan
Prevention of Residential Burglary: A Review of the Literature, Portland State University. Criminology and Criminal Justice Senior Capstone
Pathos, Fall 2010, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Spring 2010, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Winter 2010, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Bilingual Spanish-English Speaking 4-Year-Old-Children: English Normative Data and Correlations with Parent Reports, Brooke Leann Powers
Understanding the Development of Self-determination in Youth with Disabilities in Foster Care, Jennifer L. Powers
Comparison of Capital Investment Strategies for Loader Line of Company ACME, Nuttavut Praechareonwatana, Jesus Maria Martinez Ponce, Wahaj Tahir, Liliya Hogaboam, Valesca Walesko, and Shahin Alijany