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Theses from 2023
Studies on Bonding, Syntheses, and Applications of Diarylhalonium Compounds, Shubhendu Karandikar
History of Hypertension and Urinary Incontinence among adults aged 40 and older: A cross-sectional study from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Puthyda Keath and Karla Cordova Nicolas
Player Character Conflict in Dungeons & Dragons 5e, Makenzie Kellar
It's a Mean, Mean World: Social Media and Mean World Syndrome, Samantha Kemp
How Photorealistic Images Are Generated, Nahom Ketema
Examining the Motives Behind Performative Allyship, Salena Keys-Kukoricza
The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Anxiety and the Protective Role of Mindfulness Among BIPOC Adults, Salena D. Keys-Kukoricza
Long Season, Jieon Kim
The Autistic Student Equity Initiative (AuSEI): a multilevel program to improve the experiences of autistic students at Oregon Health & Science University, Zoë S. Kim-Maskell
Globalizing Investments: Enhancing Retail Investor Portfolios through Cross-Asset International Diversification, Charlotte T. Kline
Working Paper No. 81, A Critique of Ideas Advanced by Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Chloe Kneedler
The Experiences of Black Women Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care, Nakeshia Knight-Coyle
Serotonin and Migraine, Sophia A. Kogan
Connection Between Migraine Physiology and Modifiable Lifestyle Factors and Behaviors: A Literature Review, Sophia A. Kogan
Signs of Life, John Kohlepp
The Effects of Salt Marsh Restoration on the Hydrology of Salt Marsh Channels, Isis Kontas
Current Vehicle Fleet Inventory and Future Implementation of a Centralized Electric Fleet at Portland State University, Dane Kovaleski
An Industry-Standard Profit and Loss Statement for Book Publishing Professionals in the United States, Jackie Krantz
Scales of Connectivity Within Stream Temperature Networks of the Clackamas River Basin, Oregon, Michael Krochta and Heejun Chang
Forest Generating Functions of Directed Graphs, Ewan Joaquin Kummel
BodySLAM: Feasibility of Tracking Human Kinematics with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), Sepehr Laal
A Hierarchical Decision Model to Evaluate Healthcare Organization's Readiness to Implement Clinical Decision Support Systems, Mohammed Oussama Laraichi
Knowledge of Medicaid Expansion to Recent and Undocumented Immigrants Among Oregon Mexican-origin Latinos, Nancy Ledezma