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Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Social Regulatory Policy : A Challenge to Federalism, Kimberly Janet Russell
From "Sit and Listen" of "Shake It Out Yourself" : Helping Urban Middle School Students to Bridge Personal Knowledge to Scientific Knowledge through a Collaborative Environmental Justice Curriculum, Shamu Fenyvesi Sadeh
Job Insecurity and Work-family Conflict : the Organizational, Situational, and Individual Influences on the Job Strain Process, Khatera Sahibzada
Interpersonal Sensitivity and Information Sharing During Layoffs : Implications for Job Seekers, Rainer Seitz
Unfinished Journeys : Elder Learners in an Assisted Living Facility, Suzanne Renée Simon
An Examination of Conflict Conversation in an Online Community: the Pie Fight at DailyKos.com, Samantha Isabella Soma
Selecting a Vacation using a Heirarchical Decision Model (HDM), Pattharaporn Suntharasaj, Neslihan Sener, John Frieh, and Jerry Alan Matson
Challenges in Development of Metrology Tools for Nanotechnology, Rimal Abu Taha, Tudi Ajay, Baqer Al-Ali, Ahmed Aldraihem, and Ferra Wahyuni
Make Scrap Pay, Ardthawee Tanyavutti, Andrea Fox, Clarence Forrest, and Napabhaj Cheeparranai
A Review of “The Development And Evaluation Of Aggregation Methods For Group Pairwise Comparison Judgments”, Thien Tran
Redrawing the Color Line : a Case Study of the Alliance of Minority Chambers of Commerce in Portland, Oregon, Francisca Inez Trujillo-Dalbey
Early Moral Sense : Behavioral Self-regulation, Temperament, and Prosocial Behavior in Young Children in Child-centered Classrooms, Elizabeth Alliene Vale
Emergence of Program Management, Paramon Vantaniyobol
Examining the "Anthropometric Mill": Earnest Albert Hooton and the American Criminal, Audrey Ward
The Challenges International Students Face in Adjusting to Their New Status as Graduate Students: An Exploratory Case Study, Vincent Womujuni
Adolescent Mothers : Youth in Need of Developmentally Appropriate Services, Patricia Arlyne Zimmerman
Submissions from 2005
Selection of Alternate Fuel Technologies for Vehicles, Bassam Abu-Khater, Suresh Dontula, Samantha Munoz, and Srujan Behuria
HDM Project: Searching for a Search Engine, Jonathan Adkins, David Gray, Piyaporn Limkatanyoo, Suwat Hattagarun, and Kuen Lin
Sustainable Development Strategy for Springwater Community - Gresham, Oregon: Recommendations for Sustainable Development Incentives, Gary Albrecht, Laurie Harris, Steve Hansen, Colin McConnaha, Darren Nichols, and Casey Nolan
A Comprehensive Study of the 4th & 5th Avenue Corridor from SW Market Street to I-405 in Downtown Portland, Adrien Allred, Ellie Fiore, Tiffanie Furlong, Eli Haworth, Heather Kaplinger, Anne Kawasaki, Kate Marcello, Grant Morehead, Justin Wells, Brett Schenk, Sarah Selden, Brian Vanneman, and Alex White
Intellectual Property is Two Edged Swords to Innovation, Saif Al-Shehaimi
A Decision Model for Technology Assessment to Reduce the Internal Digital Divide in Emerging Economies (case: Costa Rica), Audrey María Alvear Báez
Analysis of PushToTalk, Chudamani (Mani) Ambalam
Innovation lives through Re-Innovation: A Case Study PushToTalk, Chudamani (Mani) Ambalam
Mathematics, Meaning, and Identity : a Study of the Practice of Mathematics Education in a Rural High School, Rick Anderson