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Theses from 2023
Trackxi Capstone Review, Kevin Abarca
Small Business Marketing in the Sports Industry, Cheyenne L. Abbett
Tools for Quantifying Bacterial Motility Using Digital Holographic Microscopy as Applied to Studying the Simulated Microgravity Environment, Jacqueline Marie Acres
The New Profits of Pleasure: Reality Television and Affective Exploitation in Post-Pandemic Neoliberalism, Sophia Aepfelbacher
Reactions to Latinx Children’s Picture Books from Indie Presses: An Analysis of Online Consumer Reviews, Karina L. Agbisit
Colonialism's Creation of Machismo and its Influence on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: A Film Analysis of Telenovela DV/SA Anthologies, Yoselin Aguirre Perez
Fintech and Entrepreneurship: An Assessment Model to Evaluate Policy Instruments for Fintech Adoption by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Deemah Abdullah Alassaf
Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal From Wastewater Under Low Dissolved Oxygen (LDO) Conditions, Bashar Al-Daomi
Business Analysis and Recommendations for Timber, Jared Alexander
Organizational Readiness Assessment for Fraud Detection and Prevention: Case of Airlines Sector and Electronic Payment, Sultan Ayed Alghamdi
Traits of Leadership, Alinta Magdalene Ali
Fanning the Embers of Discrimination at Work: Does Reward Structure Fuel Incivility?, Sam Allen
Probability Distribution Fitting for Censored Data: A Practical Guide for Survival Analysis of NBI Data for Concrete Bridge Decks in Oregon, Asmaa Almeshaileh
Soil Variables and Residential Yard Management Practices Significantly Influence Phosphorus Availability in Contrasting Cities, Olamide O. Alo
Seeing in the Dark: Towards Robust Pedestrian Detection at Nighttime, Afnan Althoupety
Social Media and Society: An Investigation of How Female Athletes Use Instagram, Kathleen Amore
Heartbreak and Head Trauma, August Joseph Amoroso
Law and Cultural Attitudes Towards Abortion: Ancient Civilizations to Present, Scarlett O. Anderson
Extracting Extractivism: Technopessimism, Green Anarchism and (Gestures Toward) Indigeneity, Matthew Anglin
Repurposing Retail to Bring Downtown Back: A Recovery Plan for Portland's South Downtown, Jamie Arnau, Luis Caro, Matthew Flodin, Amy Ly, Thiery Nanetangar, and Valeria Tapia
How Unequal Access to Personal and Professional Networks Impacts Success Among Construction Apprentices, Cameron Elliot Arnold
Characterizing family, physician, and WIC staff experiences with the 2022 infant formula shortage in Oregon, Megha Arora and Sarah Dzubay
Final (Year 2) Report to OHA on SOGI Demographic Standards for Minors, Martin Arrigotti, Nell Carpenter, Kieran Chase, Alysia Cox, Itai Jeffries, and Alexis Dinno
Postfire Effects and Regeneration Patterns in Araucaria-Nothofagus Forests in South-Central Chile, Paola A. Arroyo-Vargas
The Double Dutch Retention Framework: A Grounded Theory Study on Increasing Racial Staff Diversity at Pacific Northwest Community Colleges, Dominique S. Austin