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Theses from 2020
Iron-Deficiency Anaemia (IDA): Socio-Cultural Misconceptions Intersect the Health of Vulnerable Populations in Developing Countries, Samantha G. Alarcon Basurto
Long Term Changes to the Lower Columbia River Estuary (LCRE) Hydrodynamics and Salinity Patterns, Aqeel Al-bahadily
Weaving Urban Webs: Representations of Urban Space in the First Four Issues of Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Cordelia Albertson
The Experience of Female Caregivers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nouf Albugami
A Land of Poets and Warriors: the Connection Between Warrior Culture and Bardic Culture in Medieval Wales c. 1066-1283, Sarah Lynn Alderson
The Performativity and Dynamics of H.P. Grice's "Logic and Conversation": an Interdisciplinary Re-conceptualization, Linnea Alexander
Achieving High Reliability Organizations Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps - the Case of Offshore Oil and Gas, Ahmed A. Alibage
Power Efficiency Enhancement and Linearization Techniques for Power Amplifiers in Wireless Communications, Haider Al-kanan
HomeSense, Ashwaq Al Khalil, Brian Aebi, and Mitesh Dedhia
Post-Fire Changes in Interior Alaska's Vegetation Composition, Jannike E. Allen
Greening Inequality: How Urban Sustainable Development Fails Under Neoliberalism, Josie R. Allison
Undrained Cyclic Shear Resistance of Low Plastic Silts, Rawan Almoumen
A Systematic Content Analysis of the Justice Reinvestment Programs Across Oregon Counties, Lorena Ambriz
Screening for Candidate Genes Involved in Opioid Addiction in Reduced Complexity Cross Between B6J and B6NJ, Jeya Aishwarya Anandakumar
Understanding the Impacts of a Latinx Parent's Undocumented Immigration Status for Their College-Enrolled Children, Luz Maria Anaya and Karlyn R. Adams-Wiggins
Which native plants should home gardeners grow for pollinators?, Aaron G. Anderson and Gail Langellotto
Hamlet Futures: A Planning Framework for The Stafford Hamlet, Hannah Anderson, Heide Camarata, Hillary Harris, Kate Harbour, Sebrina Mortenson, and Lydia Ness
Dental, nursing, and medical student driven community-based infectious disease prevention, Francesca Andronic BA; Alyssa Hjelvik BS, MBA; Rachel Lockard BS, MPH; Allen Yoshinaga BS; Paul Kim BS; Barry Taylor DMD; and Brian Park MD, MPH
Detecting Geomorphic Change and Stream Channel Evolution on the Sandy River, Oregon, Using Lidar Following Dam Removal in 2007, Lowell Henry Anthony
Abuela, Mamá y Yo; Nutritional Resiliency for the Latinx Community, Briana Arnold, Rebeca Márquez, Alejandra Gurrola, and Izzy Ventura Meda
New Perspectives on Johannes de Muris and his Notitia artis musicae, Jeffrey Allan Arnsdorf
Exploring Food Deserts and Environmental Impacts on Health in Chicago and Oregon, Sivasomasundari Arunarasu and Paulina Grzybowicz
Portland’s I-5 Expansion: Evaluating the Environmental and Cultural Impact of ODOT's Rose Quarter Improvement Plan, Mason Ashmore
Approximate Computing with Emerging Devices, Richard Atherton
Autistic Representation in Television, Sarah E. Audley