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Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Opal Creek : The Framing of a Policy Controversy, James Floyd
Revisiting Invasion-Succession: Social Relations in a Gentrifying Neighborhood, Lynda Franks
Forest Resource Use, Land-Use, and Ecotourism in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras, Christina Marie Friedle
The Friendship Group Motivational System: Naturally-Occurring Resources and Liabilities During the Transition to High School, Carrie Jeanne Furrer
Reorganizing the Oregon Department of Human Services : an Exploratory Case Study of Organizational Change, Charles Anthony Gallia
The Value of Project Management, Joseph F. Genduso
Digital Divide between Developed & Developing Economies, Karteek Gopisetty and Karthik Yalamanchili
Innovations in the Field of Cell Phones, Satish Kumar Gottimukkala
An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Upper Clackamas River Basin with a Distributed Hydrologic Model, David Graves
Communication related risk management in diverse and distributed project teams, Dave Gray, Irfan Khawaja, Papoj Pharsukdee, Gagandeep Singh, and Sarabjeet Waraich
Open Source Software for Commercial Off-The-Shelf GPS Receivers, Andrew Greenberg
Development and Validation of the Sustainability Climate Survey, David Edward Hall
Power2GO SolarSheet, Don Hallum, Goutham Ketineni, Khalfan AlMuhairi, and Mathias Sunardi
Power2GO SolarSheet, Don Hallum, Goutham Ketineni, Khalfan AlMuhairi, and Mathias Sunardi
Highway Interchanges, Transportation and Land Use: An Exploration of Changes in Transportation Volumes and Land Use Factors within Interchange Catchments, Matthew Hampton
The Selection of PSU Housing, Khawaja Han and Sunardi Puttaraksar
Visualizing Complexity : A Spatial Analysis of Decorative Geometric Pattern in the Islamic World, 900-1400 AD, Tracy Elizabeth Harrison
TURKEY & E.U., Yucel S. Helimoglu
Disaster Management: A Case Study of Portland State University, Yucel Sabit Helimoglu, Goutham Ketineni, Hilary Martin, Khalfan M. Al-Mehairi, and Aditya Krishna Yalamanchili
INTERGLUCOMON: Powerpoint Presentation, Abram Hernandez, Daniel Ho, and Kimberly Omland
Does the "News" Come First? Social Responsibility, Infotainment, and Local Television Newscasts in Portland, Oregon: A Content Analysis, Carey Lynne Higgins
Capstone Project: Transportation Division, at Multnomah County, Oregon, Fayez Hjouj
Actor and Partner Effects Among Marital Dyads in Retirement Adjustment and Well-being, Julie Guenette Howard
Analysis of Persistent Firefighting, Mayur Jagtap
First Season Effects of Managed Flooding on the Invasive Species Phalaris arundinacea L. And Shoreline Vegetation Communities in an Urban Wetland, Noah John Jenkins