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Emerging Governance at the Edge of Constrained Federalism : Public Administrators at the Frontier of Democracy, Gary Lloyd Larsen
George Lakoff"s Theory of Worldview : a Case Study of the Oregon Legislature, Catherine Law
Columbia River Crossing Can We Afford It? Effects of Current Economic Realities on CRC Tolling, Matthew Letts, Chang Lung Lin, Nathaniel Jarpa, Dhanabal Krishnaswamy, and Thomas Torres
Window Queries Over Data Streams, Jin Li
Team 7: Self Diagnosis, Paul Liner, Eyad Bakhsh, Wajdi Ismail, and Rahul Valsan
Physicians Providing Alternative Medicine: Boundary Crossing and the Emergence of Integrative Medicine, Richard Scott Lockwood
Who Benefits? : a Multilevel Analysis of the Impact of Oregon's Volunteer Mentor Program for Postsecondary Access on Scholarship Applicants, Alisha Ann Lund-Chaix
Retention of Special Education Professionals : Perceptions of Principal Support, Laurreta Janette Manning
Developing a Sense of Academic Ownership : a Longitudinal Analysis, Gwen Catherine Marchand
Organizational Change in Corrections Organizations : the Effect of Probation and Parole Officer Culture on Change in Community Corrections, Shea Brackin Marshman
Coupling the Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model CE-QUAL-W2 With a Multi-Trophic Fish Bio-Energetics Model for Lake Roosevelt, Washington, Michael Lee McKillip
Las Pioneras : New Immigrant Destinations and the Gendered Experiences of Latina Immigrants, Angie Pamela Mejia
Irrelevance, Polymorphism, and Erasure in Type Theory, Richard Nathan Mishra-Linger
Third Rome: Religion, Politics and a Persistent Myth, Seth Brugger Monteith
Pre-Service Science Teacher Sense of Self in Developing Multicultural Practice, Yuki Marie Monteith
Psychological detachment as a moderator in work-family conflict relationships, Lauren Ann Murphy
Advanced Algorithms for VLSI: Statistical Circuit Optimization and Cyclic Circuit Analysis, Osama Neiroukh
Peroxynitrite Chemistry: Formation, Decomposition and Possible Deactivation Mechanisms by Thiols, Olufunke Modupe Olagunju
Designing More Effective Air Quality Advisories, Justin Olexy
The Oregon University System's Proficiency-Admission Standards System as a Predictor of College Student Persistence-Related Outcomes, Tanya Leigh Ostrogorsky
Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Some Selected Organosulfur Oxo-acids, Adenike Otoikhian
Project Scope Definition, Marie Ottum, Wail Busaied, Dhanabal Krishnaswamy, Badr Sairafi, Agu-Ibe Daniel, and Fahad Jan
Microbial Colonization of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Chimneys, Antoine Pagé
More Than Screening Tools? : an Examination of Preliminary Applicant Evaluation Methods, Matthew Eric Paronto
Ecolopolis 3.0: Infrastructure and Sustainability in Cascadia, Portland State University