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Exploring Healthcare Information Technology Adoption and Resistance through the Lens of Technological Innovation, James McCormack
Barriers to Market Adoption of Renewable Energy, James McCormack, Vorakarn Chiamsiri, Majed Ahmadi, and Supalerg Supaviriyakul
Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria): Factors Affecting Galerucella pusilla and Galerucella calmariensis Establishment in Tidal Areas, Lynda Kathryn Moore
Paraprofessionals Who Work with Elementary Grade Students with Significant Disabilities in Inclusive Settings, Regina Moreno
Programmer Friendly Refactoring Tools, Emerson Murphy-Hill
A Framework for Superimposed Applications : Techniques to Represent, Access, Transform, and Interchange Bi-level Information, Sudarshan Srivivasa Murthy
Management and Innovation Strategies for Successful Sustainability, Jamshid Nafisi, Matt Trippel, Stephanie Wendt, and Kenny Yoo
Leadership and the Role of Spirituality : a Qualitative Study of University Presidents in U.S. Higher Education, Joan Margaret Neice
Nonparametric Inference Using Randomization and Permutation Reference Distribution and Their Monte-Carlo Approximation, Minh D. Nguyen
The Nature of People's Perceptions of Wolves, Laura Briana Nobel
Parking By Cell Phone: Economic Evaluation of a New Parking System for Portland, Stephen Noble, Nadja Wolfangel, Justus Schwarz, Tung Lungli, and David Malombo
China: Moving from Imitation to Innovation, Sevket Can Nuhisi, John Elliot, Jayanth Siddappa, Xiaofang Lu, and Claudiu Rusnac
Hardiness, Well-Being, and Health: A Meta-Analytic Summary of Three Decades of Research, Celina Marie Oliver
Giftango - Your Virtual Card Delivered, Osman Osman, Nametsegang Boemo-Mokhawa, and Dick Sperry
Being an "Other": the Significance of Teachers' Lived Experiences in Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, Yumiko Otsuki
Determinants of Cross Organizational Software Project Success, And Ozbay
Phylogeographic and Phylogenetic Exploration of Plethodon (Plethodontidae, Caudata) Salamanders in the Pacific Northwest, Tara Anne Pelletier
Socio-Technical Issues for Transition to Renewable Energies, Francis Pham, Ying Liu, Parisa Ghafoori, Shahrokh Eshghi, and Yasser Alizadeh
Ecolopolis 4.0: Livability in Cascadia, Portland State University
Pathos, Fall 2009, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Spring 2009, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Winter 2009, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Impacts of Climate Change and Urban Development on Water Resources in the Tualatin River Basin, Sarah Praskievicz
Cultural Responses to Climate Change in the Holocene, Richard Prentice