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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Undrained Cyclic Loading of Low Plasticity Silty Soils in the Pacific Northwest Using Laboratory and Field Cyclic Shear Testing, Angelica Melissa Preciado Reyes
Roman Law and Magic, Abigail Preston
Early Implementation of a Standards-Based Mathematics Curriculum: Understanding Teacher Perspectives and Concerns, Karen Ann Prigodich
Proximal Policy Optimization for Radiation Source Search, Philippe Erol Proctor
Uniting Non-Empirical and Semi-Empirical Density Functional Approximation Strategies Using Constraint-Based Regularization, Trine K. Quady
Situate: An Agent-Based System for Situation Recognition, Max Henry Quinn
Parenting and Children's Academic Coping as a Dynamic System: Feedforward, Feedback, and Mediators of Changes Across the School Year, Kristen Elizabeth Raine
Exploring How Antecedent Precipitation Amount and the Effects of Covid-19 Affect Stormwater Runoff Quality Along Urban Gradients, Daniel Ramirez and Katherine Gelsey
Incarceration and Suicide: Do the Risk Factors Differ for Civilians and Veterans?, Rheannon Gail Ramsey
How to Effectively Manage Virtual Teams Created Due to COVID-19?, Aakanksha Santosh Rane
The Impact of COVID-19 on International Students at Portland State University, Aakanksha Santosh Rane
Teen Dating Violence Prevention for Queer and Questioning Youth, Whitney Reek
Tellurorhodamine Photocatalysts in Aerobic Oxidation Reactions: Development of Synthetic Methods and Reaction Mechanisms, Irving D. Rettig
CD40L and TNF-alpha Levels After Traumatic Injury, Queen Revollido and Martin Schreiber
‘I just had to do most everything’: Colonial Implications of Settler Women’s Roles in Nineteenth-Century Oregon, Hannah A. Reynolds
Engaging Ecological Narratives: An Inquiry into Place-Based Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction in Gozo, Malta, Ella S. Richmond
The Case for Industry to Push for E-waste Regulation, Marianne Richter
Gamification of Aging, Tyne A. Riddick
Migrant Success: Sanctuary Law and Resources for Migrants in Portland, Oregon, Jessica Risney
Comparing heavy metal content found in Spinach grown on the roof and ground sites at Portland State University, Tyler A. Robin
Comparing Heavy Metal Content Found in Spinach (Spinacia Oleracea) Grown on the Roof And Ground Sites At Portland State University, Tyler Robin, Gwynn R. Johnson, and Olyssa Starry
Forest Park Trail Monitoring, Adan Robles, Colton S. Maybee, and Erin Dougherty
The Outriders, Zak Rodgers
Stuttering Accommodations in Professional Environments: The Intersectionality between Multiculturalism, Multilingualism, Stigma, Disability Identity and Rights, Sulema Rodriguez and Megann McGill